Dr. Pulido Memorabilia

Dr. Agustin Pulido, 11th Silliman President, signs the Deed of Donation, officially turning over his memorabilia showcased in two glass cabinets to the University. Accepting the donation are President Ben S. Malayang III and Vice President for Acadcdemic Affairs Dr. Betsy Joy Tan. Looking on is University Librarian Mrs. Lorna Yso

Former Silliman University President Dr. Agustin A. Pulido officially turned over his memorabilia last month at the Main Library.

Dr. Pulido, who served the University for 10 years from 1996 as 11th President, described the donation as his way of “fulfilling my commitment to the University”, just like what he asked of his predecessors when he started the project.

Displayed in his glass cabinets are academic regalia, plaques, pictures, and other items that speak of his achievements as an academician and Silliman president.

Silliman President Dr. Ben S. Malayang III welcomed the donation of memorabilia, and said that one can view through the memorabilia three things: (1) the ministry of Dr. Pulido – how he steered to academic excellence the University on both “calm and stormy waters”; (2) the grace and glory of God – how God revealed the sustaining grace and glory of God to Dr. Pulido and his family when in his leadership of Silliman; and (3) the soul of the person – who Dr. Pulido is as a person and who he had been when he carried out his ministry in Silliman.

The idea of establishing a section in the library to host the memorabilia collections of the past Silliman presidents started in 1996 when Dr. Pulido saw the memorabilia collection of Dr. Leopoldo Ruiz, the first Filipino president of Silliman. He then started to get in touch with his predecessors and their families, and introduced the idea to them. He got their support.

Displayed on the second floor of the Main Library are memorabilia collections of the following past Presidents: Dr. Ruiz (1953-1961) Dr. Cicero D. Calderon (1962-1971), Dr. Proceso U. Udarbe (Acting President 1971-1973), Dr. Quintin S. Doromal (1973 – 1982), Justice Venancio Aldecoa Jr. (1983-1986), Engr. Juan B. Escarda (Interim President 1990), Dr. Angel A. Alcala (Acting President 1982-1983, 1986-1987 / President 1991-1992) and Dr. Mervyn J. Misajon (1994-1996).

SU-KDC team off to World Bank meeting

Silliman University President Dr. Ben Malayang III will head the Silliman team attending the 6th Knowledge for Development Center (KDC) Annual Meeting hosted by the World Bank (WB) from April 23 to 26 at the Astoria Plaza in Ortigas, Pasig.

The annual meeting will be attended by presidents, community extension officers, public information officers and librarians from nine universities with KDCs and heads of KDC depository libraries in the country. Silliman is the first and one of two universities in the Visayas to host a KDC.

Together with Dr. Malayang are Director of Extension Dr. Nichol Elman, Director of the Office of Information and Publications Mr. Mark Raygan Garcia, University Librarian Mrs. Lorna Yso and SU-KDC Librarian Mrs. Gemma Plasabas

This year’s meeting seeks to determine how each KDC can use its focus areas and core competencies to promote anti-corruption and good governance in the community; share lessons of experience in the various areas of experience of the participating institutions; and identify communication, information and technology approaches.

 

The SU- Knowledge for Development Center is located at the groundfloor of the Main Library and is open to the public for free

To give perspective to the plans of the different KDCs for 2007, in line on April 24 are lectures on “Anti-Corruption Initiatives in the Philippines”, “Procurement Reform”, “Anti-Graft and Corruption”, “WB Country Governance and Anti-Corruption”, “Government Watch”, and “Social Accountability”.

A series of workshops is also in store on April 25 at the Asian Institute of Management where Garcia was invited to be the main resource person and facilitator of the workshop on “Customizing Information”. (At last year’s meeting in Palawan, Garcia shared the experience of the SU-KDC on the topic “Establishing Media Relations”.) The other workshops are on “Videoconferencing”, “Facilitating Discussions”, and “Project Proposal Preparation”.

Open to the public for free, the SU-KDC offers easy access to a wealth of information through the Internet and a diverse collection of WB publications and other special books and documents both in the print and non-print formats.

University Librarian in PLAI Board

Silliman University Librarian Mrs. Lorna Yso was voted into the Board of Trustees (BOT) of the Philippine Librarians Association, Inc. (PLAI) Regional Council 7 meeting in Cebu City recently. She was also elected by the Board as its vice-chair, serving such position from 2007 to 2009.

As member of the PLAI BOT, Mrs. Yso’s responsibilities include helping maintain the highest standards of professionalism in librarianship and advance the profession in the country.

The PLAI Council is composed of licensed librarians in Region 7.

Mrs. Yso was named in 2003 as the Outstanding Academic Librarian of the Year by the Philippine Association of Academic and Research Libraries. She is also Auditor of the Academic Librarians Network of Region 7, created by the Commission on Higher Education for purposes of resource sharing among libraries in the region.