UP Future Library and Information Professionals of the Philippines

The UP Future Library and Information Professionals of the Philippines formally declares its unanimous and unwavering support for Assistant Professor Rhea Rowena U. Apolinario as she seeks a second term as the Dean of the UP School of Library and Information Studies.

The organization's official statement of support can be read in the letter below.

, Dean Rhea! 🩵💛

𝙳𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚎-𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎? 𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚞𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚗𝚘𝚘𝚔! 🍀📚

We are currently calling for 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 to help build our shared library at Kamia Residence Hall. Whether it is fiction or non-fiction, a single book or a whole box, your contribution will help foster a culture of reading in our community. ☀️

We are also excited to announce that we will be hosting a dedicated 𝗭𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆! If you have a zine you want to share, feel free to drop it off and help us build a platform for independent stories and voices! 🧡

To know more about the donation process and the project, click this link:
https://bookyard.carrd.co/
https://bookyard.carrd.co/
https://bookyard.carrd.co/

𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝!

Your new cozy reading escape in UP Diliman is launching this 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲!☀️

Nestled in the front yard of Kamia Residence
Hall, Bookyard is a student-friendly outdoor reading nook where you can slow down, relax, and enjoy books surrounded by greenery. Whether you borrow from our collection or bring your own favorite read, Bookyard is your space to unwind, learn, and get lost in stories under the trees. 🍃✨

This project was made possible through the partnership of our team, the Kamia Residence Hall - Office of Student Housing, the UP Library and Information Science Students Association - UP LISSA, and the UP Future Library and Information Professionals of the Philippines, in our shared commitment to fostering student-centered spaces within the campus community.

Come by, take a seat, and leaf through a good book with us! 📖💚

Alam mo bang kayang mag-drawing ng connections gamit ang kamay? 🤟

Excited ang UP PsychSoc para ipakilala ang:

𝗚𝗨𝗛𝗜𝗧-𝗞𝗔𝗠𝗔𝗬: 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗳 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗼 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 🌈🌟

Samahan niyo kami sa isang interactive at makabuluhang FSL workshop kung saan hindi lang tayo matututo ng mga basic signs, kundi bubuo rin tayo ng mas malalim na koneksyon sa Deaf community, lalo na sa mga nasa service industry 🧑🤝

🗓️ May 9, 2026
📍 Room 301, Cesar E.A. Virata School of Business, UP Diliman
☀️ 9:00AM–12:00NN (AM Session)
☁️ 1:00PM–4:00PM (PM Session)

Tara, sabay-sabay tayong matuto at magtaguyod ng mas inclusive na komunikasyon—isang galaw ng kamay bawat hakbang 🤟💛 Limited slots lang, so make sure to secure your spot! 🖍️

RSVP link:
🔗https://forms.gle/z2wpgRxcYqfY95QJ9

In partnership with:
PLM Psychological Society
Letran Psychology Society – Gold

Special Thanks To:
UP Future Library and Information Professionals of the Philippines

Subaybayan niyo kami! 💌
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Caption by: Jai Rayat
Pub by: Hayley Guzman and Ejay Cruz

ICYMI: LOOKING FOR MAYO UNO VOLUNTEERS! 👀

The Philippine Labor Movement Archive is looking for volunteers to help design archiving workshops and community exhibits for workers' communities in the weeks leading up to .

No prior archiving experience is required! If you’re passionate about supporting workers in their historical struggle for labor rights, there’s a place for you at PLMA.

Interested? Sign up here:
https://tinyurl.com/plma-2026-volunteer
https://tinyurl.com/plma-2026-volunteer
https://tinyurl.com/plma-2026-volunteer

The first Volunteers’ Orientation will be held on April 9 (Thursday). We’ll be in touch soon with more details.

LOOKING FOR MAYO UNO VOLUNTEERS! 👀

The Philippine Labor Movement Archive is looking for volunteers to help design archiving workshops and community exhibits for workers' communities in the weeks leading up to .

No prior archiving experience is required! If you’re passionate about supporting workers in their historical struggle for labor rights, there’s a place for you at PLMA.

Interested? Sign up here:
https://tinyurl.com/plma-2026-volunteer
https://tinyurl.com/plma-2026-volunteer
https://tinyurl.com/plma-2026-volunteer

The first Volunteers’ Orientation will be held on April 9 (Thursday). We’ll be in touch soon with more details.

Happy women's month from UP FLIPP! 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐱 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐢𝐬 🌳🍃, we put a spotlight on one of the biggest names in the library and information science field, Emily Drabinski!

In her study, “Q***ring the Catalog: Q***r Theory and the Politics of Correction”, she dove deep into the internal structure of classification and uncovered how ideologies seep into them. These therefore created homophobic and/or transphobic biases within these classification systems (like LCC and LCSH). Her work pioneered the thought of criticizing long standing systems that have been widely used for years and instead creating space in systems that one does not have to force themselves into.

Look into her insightful interviews here: https://www.out.com/out100/2023/storytellers/emily-drabinski,
https://medium.com/authority-magazine/social-impact-heroes-why-how-emily-drabinski-of-american-library-association-is-helping-to-1ea22c8e65fb

Read deeper about her mentioned article here: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/669547

𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟒𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐃𝐒𝐀 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐔𝐏 𝐅𝐋𝐈𝐏𝐏 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐃𝐒𝐀 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐮𝐧𝐲𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡, 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦.

The calls raised by Filipinos then remain relevant today—rampant corruption, police violence, red-tagging, systemic failures in our education and healthcare systems, as well as widespread poverty—and it is our duty as future library and information professionals to ensure that these calls are not only documented, but continuously developed through access to reliable, truthful, and liberating information.

The institutions and collections we steward should not remain neutral grounds for remembrance. We have seen time and time again how the dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. has used these institutions and their works to sanitize his own legacy as the bodies of those wrongfully killed are literally overwritten, as done with impunity as well by those who held power after him.

Rather, our repositories of knowledge must become sites of resistance, where the wider masses not only learn their history but become empowered to write it themselves. The information and heritage that we work to preserve and echo throughout the ages serve no purpose if they are not used for direct action within our society to address the pitfalls of our history.

Under a new Marcos regime once again rife with the exploitation of the Filipino people, we call for change enabled by the memory we preserve.

Katiwala ng aklatan at impormasyon, panatilihing buháy, masikhay, at mapagpalaya ang diwa ng EDSA! Itaguyod at ipaglaban ang kabatiran ng bayan!

Investigate the reports of The Great InfoHunt: Hukay and get a chance to win these gadgets!

Register here: bit.ly/TGI_2025

(TGI is open to all currently enrolled students of the UP system.)

𝐆ō𝐧𝐠 𝐱ǐ 𝐟ā 𝐜á𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐱 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐢𝐬 🌳💫, everyone! This month, we look into the innovations over in China in regards to their interactive, dynamic museums!

To adjust duration, timing, spatial prominence and even the number of these exhibits themselves, museums like the Digital Poetry Road Cultural Experience Hall look out for facial expressions and even body language of their guests. Interestingly, did you know they are pushing for non-artifact museums? China is pushing for museums to have no artifacts at all! For the sake of smaller institutes that have limited resources, they will be able to connect with the overarching history of China through their cultural tourism big-data platform! (Though, there are very major risks with data privacy to be considered in this plan 😕!)

Read more about smart museums here: https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.25968897.17