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About the Members of the Project Team
Iyra S. Buenrostro (BLIS 2005, cl; MLIS 2010, specialization in Archival Studies) is
a full-time faculty member of the UP School of Library and Information Studies and
teaches courses on Library and Information Science, Records Management, and
Archives Administration. Before joining the academe, she was an Assistant
Metadata Specialist in a Manila-based outsourcing firm that delivers digital archives
services to different companies in the Middle East. At present, she is always
invited by different professional library associations, schools and universities,
and private organizations to talk about basic records management, core functions
of archiving and archival training and education in the Philippines.
Dr. José S. Buenconsejo (BM UPhils 1988, MA UHawaii 1993, PhD UPenn 1999)
has been a recipient of grants from the East-West Center, Asian Cultural Council,
and Mellon Foundation (Dissertation Fellowship). He has published a book, Songs
and Gifts at the Frontier: Person and Exchange in the Agusan Manobo Possession
Ritual (Routledge, 2002). He was a teaching fellow at the University of Pennsylvania
(1995-1999) and an honorary professor at the University of Hong Kong while on
a postdoctoral fellowship (2004-2007). An Associate Professor in Musicology at
the College of Music of the University of the Philippines, he is currently the Dean
of the said College.
About the School of Library and Information Studies
The UP School of Library and Information Studies (UPSLIS) is the oldest library
school in the Philippines. It is the premier institution for higher education in library
and information science not only in the country, but also in the region. Thus in
accordance with this vision, the SLIS consistently produces top quality librarians
and information professionals who are able to meet the pressing manpower
needs brought about by new information systems and technology. Establishing its
graduate program in 1962, the SLIS continues to improve its academic programs
by covering all areas of research and information science, in addition to traditional
library science courses which are also now taught using new techniques.
Courses in information theory, information storage and retrieval, information
management and analysis, information dissemination, electronic publishing, and
intellectual property rights are among the subjects LIS students are made familiar
with in the various subjects that they are required to take. (Source: http://upslis.info/
?page_id=35)

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COLLOQUIUM SESSION 4
Prioritizing People:
The University as Social Advocate