To address concerns on intellectual property rights (IPRs)
especially copyright issues on the web and digital libraries, the Filipinas
Heritage Library in cooperation with FILCOLS organized the 3rd
LibraryLink Conference at the library’s headquarters in Makati City from
October 17 to 19.
With the theme “Beyond Librarianship: Information as a Way
of Life” this year’s conference gathered librarians and other information
gatekeepers from different institutions in the country.
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| The 3rd LibraryLink Conference gathered participants from various libraries and institutions. |
Day one of the
conference provided a general view of the library and the librarian.
FHL director Maritoni Ortigas welcomes the participants and
officially opened the conference.
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| Atty. Antonio M. Santos |
Keynote speaker Atty. Antonio M. Santos discussed the
relevance of the library in the digital age. Santos was recently appointed by
President Noynoy Aquino as director of the National Library of the Philippines.
Before NLP, he headed the University of the Philippines Diliman College of Law
library. (http://web.nlp.gov.ph/nlp/)
Myra Michele Brown focused on the changing and ever important
role of the librarian in the digital age. Brown is an information resource
officer at the US Department of State.
FILCOLS executive officer for licensing Napoleon G. Almonte explained
the history of libraries. He stressed the role of libraries as sanctuaries.
Day two of the
conference focused on the fast changing relations among library, content,
technology, and its young patrons.
Leigh Reyes concretized the meaning of information overload
with mind-blowing figures like the 100 billion photos on Facebook and the
trillion views of Youtube videos. Reyes is the president and chief creative
officer of Lowe Philippines, one of the top advertising agencies in the
country. (http://www.lowephilippines.com/)
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| Leigh Reyes |
Inquirer Group’s JV Rufino discussed the past and future of
print. Rufino is the director for mobile and books of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, one of the leading broadsheets in the
country. He is also the editor-in-chief of Inquirer.net (http://www.inquirer.net/)
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| JV Rufino |
Nelson Co discussed how libraries can provide worldwide
access to and earn from its collection of rare books by converting them into
Flipbooks (http://onlinelibrary.filipinaslibrary.org.ph/).
Co is the managing director of TradeChannel Philippines.
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| Nelson Co |
Maria Ressa explained the fragmentation of media outlets
from the dominance of ABS-CBN and GMA in 2008 to the entry of new channels in
2012. Ressa stressed the participation of amateurs in the creation of content
for social media and the developing collaboration between professionals and
citizen journalists. She was the former head of ABS-CBN News and Current
Affairs and now CEO of Rappler. (http://www.rappler.com/)
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| Maria Ressa |
Book signing of Ressa’s latest work “10 days, 10 years: From
Bin Laden to Facebook” followed after her presentation.
Beverly Siy regaled the audience with her witty presentation
on what the youth expect from their libraries and librarians. Siy conducted an
informal survey of young library patrons from various parts of the country to
get the latest feedback from the ground. Siy was the former FILCOLS executive
officer for membership and documentation. She is now a consultant at the
National Book Development Board. (http://nbdb.gov.ph/)
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| Beverly Siy |
Siy’s latest book “It’s a Mens World” was a finalist at the
31st National Book Awards.
The last day of the
conference was dedicated to IPRs, readership survey, and techniques to
encourage the youth to become readers.
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| Alvin J. Buenaventura |
FILCOLS executive director Alvin J. Buenaventura explained
why copyright is a human right as provided for in Article 27.2 of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights (http://www.ohchr.org/en/udhr/pages/introduction.aspx).
He also explained the operations of an RRO like FILCOLS and the Fair Use
provision in the IP Code.
For the panel discussion, FILCOLS invited Atty. Mark Andrew
C. Herrin, Debbie Ann Tan, and Imelda Morales.
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| Atty. Mark Andrew C. Herrin |
Mark Andrew C. Herrin is one of the young lawyers at the
Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL). Fresh from his IP
training in Sweden, Herrin discussed IP issues on the internet and the latest
legislations affecting the digital world. (http://www.ipophil.gov.ph/)
Debbie Ann Tan talked about her harrowing experience when
her name was used without her permission in a bastardized version of her work.
Tan is a Palanca awardee and teaches at the Miriam College in Quezon City.
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| Ime Morales |
Imelda Morales shared her exploitation at the hands of a big
organization to produce articles for their website. Morales is a single parent
who lives on freelance writing. Her sad experience led her to found the
Freelance Writers Guild of the Philippines (https://www.facebook.com/groups/139347056147493/).
FILCOLS helped in establishing the freelance writers in the
country. Read previous articles here (http://filcols.blogspot.com/2011/07/freelance-writers-come-together-to-form.html
and http://filcols.blogspot.com/2011/10/post-event-pinoy-freelance-writers.html).
Following the panel discussion, Atty. Andrea Pasion-Flores
presented the highlights of the 2012 NBDB Readership Survey. She is the
executive director of the National Book Development Board.
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| Atty. Andrea Pasion-Flores |
Author Dr. Lina B. Diaz de Rivera presented strategies on
how to engage young adult readers with contemporary Philippine fiction. She is a professor at the UP Diliman College of Education.
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| Dr. Lina B. Diaz de Rivera |
In her live blog, libriarian Zarah Gagatiga thanked the IP
panel for providing “substantial information,” for making copyright easy to
understand, and for “sharing real life examples of plagiarism and
exploitation.” (Read her live blog here http://lovealibrarian.blogspot.com/2012/10/day-3-of-3rd-lib-link-copyright-ipr.html).
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| FILCOLS Panel discussion |
FILCOLS is honoured to be a partner of the Ayala Foundation,
Inc. and FHL in this successful conference.
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| FHL deputy director Suzanne Yupangco, Alvin J. Buenaventura, and FHL staff Cecil Ayson. |
FILCOLS is a member of the Brussels-based International
Federation of Reproduction Rights Organizations (www.ifrro.org). FILCOLS
receives support from the Norwegian Copyright Development Association (http://www.norcode.no/en) and KOPINOR, the Norwegian
RRO (http://www.kopinor.no/) .
The author allows the reposting of the unaltered article along with
photos in other websites as long as the following is included at the end:
Text by Alvin J. Buenaventura. Photos by Gilbert De Jesus, FHL Digital
Imagist. For more information, please visit http://filcols.blogspot.com and http://www.filipinaslibrary.org.ph/
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