AMB INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE

PHILIPPINE LIBRARIANS ASSOCIATION, INC NATIONAL CONGRESS 2015

NOVEMBER 25, 2015, (9:00 AM)

I AM VERY MUCH HONORED AND PLEASED TO BE JOINING THE

OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PHILIPPINE LIBRARIANS
ASSOCIATION, INCORPORATED (PLAI), IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR CULTURE AND THE ARTS (NCCA)
THROUGH THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON LIBRARIES AND
INFORMATION SERVICES (NCLIS) AND THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF THE
PHILIPPINES (NLP) ON THIS SPECIAL OCCASION – “LIBRARY AND
INFORMATION SERVICE MONTH” - BY VIRTUE OF PRESIDENTIAL
PROCLAMATION NO. 837, SERIES OF 1991, THRU MS. ELVIRA B. LAPUZ,
PRESIDENT AND MR STEPHEN B. ALAYON, CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN
AND EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT,

THIS EVENT “THE LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICE MONTH” IS A

TESTAMENT OF YOUR COMMITMENT IN THE PURSUIT OF PUBLIC
AWARENESS THAT LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION CENTERS RENDER.

I AM CONFIDENT THAT THESE LONG LINE OF ACTIVITIES WILL SURELY

ADD COLOR AND VIBRANT TO THE SUCCESS OF THE “LIBRARY AND
INFORMATION SERVICE MONTH” CELEBRATION.

YOUR POSITIVE INVOLVEMENT AND CONTINUOUS SUPPORT TO THE

YEARLY CELEBRATION OF THE “NATIONAL BOOK WEEK “ SINCE IT WAS
PROMULGATED IN THE YEAR 1937 BY THEN PRESIDENT MANUEL L.
QUEZON IS A PRIVILEGE AND AT THE SAME TIME, A PATRIOTIC DUTY.
YOU HAVE RESPONDED TO THE TASK OF AROUSING A WIDESPREAD
INTEREST IN THE READING OF GOOD BOOKS AS ONE OF THE MOST
EFFECTIVE METHODS OF BRINGING ENLIGHTENMENT OF THE LARGEST
POSSIBLE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND IN PROMOTING THE CAUSE OF
POPULAR CULTURE WITH ITS TREMENDOUS SOCIAL BENEFITS.

AGAIN, WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR MAKING OUR PROVINCE AS

LIBRARIANS’ DESTINATION AND A FAVORITE VENUE FOR THE
PHILIPPINE LIBRARIANS ASSOCIATION, INCORPORATED NATIONAL
CONGRESS. I AM CONFIDENT THAT “PLAI” LOVES TO FLY TO COME
AND VISIT ILOCOS NORTE AND LAOAG CITY MORE OFTEN, FOR THERE
ARE REASONS TO KEEP COMING BACK AND WITH MUCH TO OFFER,
NOT TO MENTION THE WARM HOSPITALITY OF ILOCANOS, THE ILOCOS
NORTE’S BEAUTIFUL SCENIC SPOTS, OUR CULTURE, OUR HERITAGE
AND, AS WE FERVENTLY HOPE TO ACHIEVE THE PROVINCIAL GOALS OF
BECOMING A PREMIERE TOURIST DESTINATION – THE PROVINCE OF
ILOCOS NORTE, THE NORTHERN GATEWAY OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND
TO BE THE BEST LITTLE PROVINCE IN THE YEAR 2020.

I HOPE THAT THE INTERACTION AMONG OUR PHILIPPINE LIBRARIANS

ASSOCIATION OFFICERS, MEMBERS AND STAKEHOLDERS WILL LEAD TO
A DYNAMIC CONVERGENCE OF GOOD PRACTICES, TECHNOLOGICAL
INNOVATIONS AND STRATEGIES TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE AND
INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF ALL LIBRARIES IN THE COUNTRY. ALSO,
MAY THIS GATHERING PROVIDE ALL THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
INSIGHTFUL DISCUSSIONS AND FURTHER INSPIRE US TO PURSUE THE
LIFELONG VISION OF THE PHILIPPINE LIBRARIANS ASSOCIATION,
INCORPORATED.

SA NGALAN PO NG AMING BUTIHING INA NG LALAWIGAN

GOBERNADOR IMEE, MARAMING MARAMING SALAMAT SA PAGBISITA
N’YONG MULI AT SA INYONG WALANG SAWANG PAGTANGKILIK SA
AMING MUNTING LALAWIGAN NG ILOCOS NORTE.

MABUHAY PO ANG MGA MAGIGITING NA TAGA-PANGASIWA NG MGA

SILID-AKLATAN AT SINING SA BUONG BANSA.