#lis181

First image: Shelf 18 to 19 Second image: Shelf 20 to 21

I will miss them so much :((

Moselle and I grew closer as the sem’s end draws near. HUHUHU. One of the finest people around.

Welp. The real quest actually lies as we finish up the entire collection and arranging them. However, a while ago, we were tested. 2 History professors went inside the Silid Balangay and started to look for 15 books about History for their research. I was shocked. I didn’t that they would be finding books this early, knowing that the library is currently being cataloged and finished by none other than, yours truly  (lol I wasn’t even prepared that 2 of them at once, would ask for books). But I kept my calm. I know I can handle this. Just like any regular librarian, one has to handle the situation calmly and without arrogance and apathy. I searched the database wherein all the books I encoded were located. I have successfully found the 10 books for Sir Guiang and 5 books for Sir Santillan. Whew. I can only imagine the joy that I had when I found the books that they were looking for. Sir Neil even told me that “I was not wrong asking for a SLIS student. You never disappoint.” I was like woah. Did he really say that? Am I dreaming? After Sir Neil went out, Moselle approached me and congratulated me. I told her that I am not going to be congratulating or accepting any congratulations for myself, not until I finish arranging the collections and finishing the teaching session for Sir Vic Villan and at the same time, teach the Silid Balangay people especially Vin and Ma’am Bianca on basic cataloging processes and preservation practices that they can employ. Moselle admitted to me at first that she never knew what I was doing during my first weeks in the Silid Balangay. She thought I was just there to goof of. She never saw my predecessor, Jude Abang because she became the Graduate Assistant last February 23, 2018 (10 days after Jude finished the 700 books for the Silid  Balangay). She was curious on how I do things so I taught her about LIS and some of its quirks and nuances. She, a political science major from UP Manila was amazed at how LIS was conceived and currently lashes through the fields of knowledge. I told her explicitly that being an LIS major entails a lot of courage and passion. You need to have the courage to face the world that you are an LIS student, that you will face all types of discrimination against someone who constantly belittles the program like he/she is any better than it. You need to have the passion as well. LIS is not an easy program. Like what I stated in the past journals, LIS is more than just sitting for 8 hours in the Library. We are beyond the library. Archives, Museums and Knowledge Centers are also places where you can find LIS people working. We are just rebranding ourselves. Perhaps, the reason why she didn’t know anything about LIS is because UP Manila has no LIS program. I also went to their library and god, I believe that the CAL Library is WAAAAYYY better than their library. If you did not put an effort in branding your library, chances are, people will not recognize you. The same thing happened to Moselle. I talked to her about this and she agreed. I just hope that UP Manila will change its branding of the library services it caters to the students and staff. Nevertheless, I am so happy I was able to change someone else’s perception of the LIS program.

A selfie with the collection that will soon have their call numbers! Hooray!!! (More pictures to come! Mabagal lang po ang net huhuhuhu) I will also be uploading our farewell party (charot lang po hahaha)

Shelf 18 coming up!!!!! Huhuhu ang saya ko magkakacall number na sila!!