LibSpeak2010: iLead.iLearn.iListen

GeneralObjective:

Toprovide the participants a better view and a holistic approach of the field oflibrary and information science

SpecificObjectives:

*To enlighten the participants on the capabilities of informationand how it paves the way to success;

*To promoteinformation literacy; and

*To realize thepotential of utilizing information in the endeavor of leadership.

LibSpeak2010: iLead.iLearn.iListen

RATIONALE:

“[Librarianship today] is indeedperpetually perched between order and disorder, between information anddisinformation, between poverty and surfeit. The vastness of our currentinformation possibilities has many librarians madly pursuing the technologiesof data. Others have learned to their detriment the price of panaceas. Stillothers quietly dream of the librarian somewhere who understands it all.”

(Abbott, 1998)

Sifting and Discerning

Librarianshiphas long been regarded as the profession which deals with the stewardship ofinformation. As such, the advent of the information age has amplified theimportance of this field. The rapid pace of technology demands librarians tokeep abreast of the constantly changing ways of information exchange or faceinevitable obsolescence. Adaptation is the only way to maintain their status asthe keepers of knowledge.