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QC PUBLIC LIBRARY OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF QC PUBLIC LIBRARY

July-Dec. 2010QUEZONIAN NEWSLETTERPage 11

QUEZONIAN NEWSLETTER

Special points of interest:

A Purpose Driven Life Seminar- 10QCPL Puppeteers Invited to Perform 11

Inside this issue:

Mayor Herbert Bautista Supports QCPL 2A Profile of a Young leader 3

QCPL Intensifies Partnership w/ NGOs 4

QCPL & Its Branches at Your Service 5

QCs 3rd Lady vice Mayor 6

City Librarians Proposed Projects for 2011 7

QCPL in Action 8

QCPL & ITS BRANCHESAT YOUR SERVICE p.5

A PLACE TO LEARN, READ, BROWSE, CONNECT,

ALL FOR FREE!Mayor Herbert Bautista supports QCPL. p.2A Profile of a young leader: Mayor Herbert Bautista p. 3

QCs 3rd Lady Vice Mayor: Hon. Joy Belmonte p. 6


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. Mayor Herbert

Bautista was the Guestof Honor during theBookshower with atheme My Library: MyCommunity, My contri-bution, at the QCPL incelebration of the 71stfoundation Anniversaryof Quezon City. Thevisitors were peoplefrom the book publish-ing industry in the City.This project was con-ceptualized by the goodMayor and proposed to

the City Librarian withthe objective of part-

nering with the bookpublishers for possibledonation of books pub-lished to the City li-brary that will eventu-ally update and in-crease the librarysbook collections. Theaffair also had the op-

portunity to acknowl-edge the outstandingbarangay captains whowere very supportiveto the branch libraries

in their community.A plaque of apprecia-tion were awarded toHon. Fermin B. Bilaosof Bgy. Bagong Pag-asa, Hon. Erlinda M.Madrilejo of Bgy.Balingasa, Hon. Re-nato Galimba of Bgy.Greater Lagro, Hon.Fernadito Ortiz,Escopa II and HonEfren B. Cudal ofBgy. San Isidro Ga-las.

Our congratulations!

Mayor Herbert Bautista Supports QCPL

Our branch

libraries are

also venue of

outreach

services

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From Left, The City Librarian Ms. Emy Villanueva, Bgy. Captain Galimba ofGreater Lagro, Mayor Herbert Bautista, Bgy Captain Fernandito Ortiz ofEscopa II, Ms. Cynthia Tolado, Asst. City Librarian, Ms. Janet Alday, BarangayLibraries Coordinator & Bgy. CaptainEfren Cudal of B00gy. San Isidro Galas


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Mayor HerbertBautista startedhis fruitful ex-perience in gov-ernment serviceas President ofKabataang Baran-gay in 1995, bothin Quezon Cityand in the wholeMetro Manila. Hewas elected coun-cilor from 1992 to1995 and was the

youngest electedVice Mayor in1995. He was alsoelected in variousgovernment, pub-lic service, pro-fessional andsocio economic ac-tivities. He is wasonce a Public Rela-tion Officer forNational CapitalRegion, League ofCities of the Phil-

ippines. He is alsoa member, Boardof Governors,Philippine NationalRed Cross andpresently a Bri-

gade Commander,1502nd Ready Re-serve Brigade,Phil. Army, ArmedForces of thePhilippines. He hasequipped himselfby furthering hisstudies, up toDoctor in PoliticalScience(InternationalStudies Develop-ment) at the Uni-versity of thePhilippines, Mas-ter of Arts inPublic Administra-tion and Govern-ance also at theUniversity of thePhilippines. Hewas an Out-standing Centen-nial BedanAwardee.

In the May 2010elections, he waselected Mayor ofQuezon City, witha large number ofvotes. MayorBautista givesgreat support to

the Quezon CityPublic Library andits 21 branchessince he was aCouncilor, to ViceMayor and todayas Mayor of Que-zon City. He hasprovided com-puters, air condi-tioning units andhas sponsored re-pairs to ourbranch librarybuildings for amore conducivelearning environ-ment, and sup-ported variousoutreach activi-ties of the li-brary.

A Profile of a young leader: Mayor Herbert Bautista


Mayor Herbert Bautista

QC Mayor 2010 present

Mayor

Bautista

gives great

support to

the QC Public

Library and

its 21

branches


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Last September 2010, ,The City Library intensi-

fied its partnership withthe NGOs to help in dif-ferent concerns of the li-brary. A Memorandum of Agreement was signed inbetween the City Publiclibrary represented by itsCity Librarian, Ms. Eme-lita L. Villanueva and theLibrary Renewal partner-ship, through the initiative

of our Vice Mayor JoyBelmonte. The Vicemayor introduced theCity Library to LRP to bethe beneficiary of one of their projects.: providebooks and computers totheir chosen one. TheQCPL was lucky enough

to meet the requirementsof LRP, thus a donation of

more or less 4,0000 vol-umes of reference bookswere given to our No-valiches Branch Library atNovaliches Proper. Four (4) computers were alsoturned over for the use of the students using theMulti Media and InternetSection of said Library.Members of the LRP are

the Bato Balani Founda-tion, Inc.,, Adarna Publish-ing House, Synergeia,Bagong Kulturang Pinoyand the 7 degrees of Change.

The Memorandum of Agreement for the bookdonations and computers

between the City Govern-ment through City Mayor Herbert Bautista, repre-sented by the City Librarian,Mrs. Emelita Villanueva andthe LRP, witnessed by theVice Mayor was signed in asimple ceremonies at the QCPublic Library. The turnover ceremonies of the do-nated books and computerswas held at the NovalichesBranch Library and Informa-tion Center accepted by Ms.Villanueva, with Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte, Councilor AlyMedalla, and the representa-tives from the LRP ConradoF. Baite, Citiseconline CEOand President, and Ms.Vanessa Estares, MarketingOfficer of the Adarna House.

QCPL INTENSIFIES PARTNERSHIP WITH NGOs

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Left: MOA signing between QCPL represented by the City Librarian, ms. Villanueva and the LRP represented by Ms. AniAlmario and Mr. Conrado F. Baite. Right: Turn Over ceremony of the donated books and computers by the LRP represen-tatives Mr. Conrado Baite and Ms. Vanessa Estares., accepted by Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte, Councilor Aly Medalla andthe City Librarian, Ms. Emelita Villanueva and her Assistant, Ms. Cynthia Tolado


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QCPL & ITS BRANCHES AT YOUR SERVICE

The Quezon City Public

Library and its brancheslocated at your communi-ties offers wide variety of library services. It is aplace where you can read,learn, browse, connect, allfor free. You can readbooks from different disci-pline, for elementary, highschool, college and for theprofessionals. We also

have encyclopedias, dic-tionaries, maps, globes,newspapers, magazines,

journals, theses andpocketbooks. The greatthing is that we have our

Multi Media Section

where students can usethe computers for freeprovided they have thelibrary ID card. You canhave your e-mailschecked, open your facebook, search onlineencyclopedias, type your research, and print. Allin one Library.

Our branch librariesoffer the same, exceptthat they have limitedbook collections, sincethey have limited space,and they can only acco-

modate 10-20 students/users in one sitting.

The good news is, theycan provide you also withunlimited research throughthe internet services. Our branch libraries are alsovenue of outreach serviceslike storytelling, puppetshows, film showing andother educational activities.You can search our website

for the location of our branch libraries at http://www.qcpubliclibrary.org/.See QCPL staff in action onpage 8.


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Ms. Joy Bel-monte-Alimurungis the youngestand only daughterof former CityM a y o r n o wspeaker of theHouse Congress-man Sonny Bel-monte, Jr. TheLady Vice Mayorfinished her ele-mentary at PovedaLearning Center.She was once arecipient of theGerry Roxas Lead-ership award. Shewas also a DeansLister, freshmanMerit Scholar andfinished BA SocialSciences at theAteneo de ManilaUniversity. Shealso finished herMA Museum Stud-ies at the Univer-

sity of Leicesterand in Universityin London, Shewas a consultantin Archeology andMuseulogy at wasa professor in

Masters degreecourses on Mu-seum Studies andthe History of ar-cheological The-ory at the uUiver-sity of the Philip-pines in 1997.She also workedin Museum ofMankind in Lon-don, NationalCommission forCulture and theArts, Caritas Ma-nila and at SanI s i d r o H i g hSchool in Bukidnonas participant,Jesuit volunteer.

She was alsoinvolved in differ-ent excavationprojects in Manila,and Cebu, Cavite,Batanes and alsoin Thailand.

S h e w a sTreasurer of theBoard of Trus-tees , Nayong Pili-pino, Chairman andBoard of Directorof QC Performing

QCs 3rd Lady Vice Mayor: Hon. Joy Belmonte

Vice Mayor JoyBelmonte also

supports theoutreach

activities of theQCPL and has

been its resource

speaker in manyoccasions.


Arts DevelopmentFoundation, Inc.,President of QCLadies Foundation,Inc. Member ofMetro ManilaMayors SpousesFoundation, Inc.,President of Ba-

yan Foundation,Inc. and others.

She is also awriter of differ-ent glossy maga-zines. Fluent inEnglish and Fili-pino. She hastraveled in her

young age inEurope and South-east Asia. Herinterests are clas-sical and medievalhistory.

Vice MayorJoy Belmonte alsosupports the out-

reach activitiesof the QCPL andhas been its re-source speaker inmany occasions.

Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte

2010 to Present


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THE CITY LIBRARIANS PROPOSED PROJECTS FOR 2011


The QCPL has proposed to the CityMayor Herbert Bautista various pro-

jects for the year 2011. They are:

1. Construction of four (4) districtlibrary buildings in areas as proposedby the City Planning as a result oftheir site inspection together withQCPL staff.

Proposed site were:

District I ;The old dilapidated building formerlyoccupied by the rotary club which isnow an abandoned building located atLa Loma near the Fire Station.

District II: A site at Batasan nearthe Police Station and the BatasanElementary School.

District III :To occupy the DefensorMulti Purpose Bldg. now vacated.

In District IV, no site has been

located, but the QCPL propose to de-velop either the Cubao Branch Libraryat the Lions Intl. Bldg. or the RoxasBranch Library.

2. Proposed publication of a QuezonCity Book containing major accomplish-ments of different Mayors from 1939to present, History of the 142 QCBarangays, landmarks, signage andmonuments.

3. Computerization of the Library IDSystem in preparation of the proposedbarcoding program.

Recently, Councilor Julienne AlysonRae Medalla of the 2nd District, pro-posed an ordinance in support of theconstruction of district libraries in theCity. The good councilor is also a con-

sistent supporter of the outreach ac-tivities of the City Library. Theres apartnership between Coun. Medalla andthe Library, through the City Librar-ian, Ms. Emelita L. Villanueva for theuse of her bookmobile in bringing thelibrary and books closer to the commu-nity.

Coun. Medalla has also showed hersupport by proposing an ordinance thatwill require publishers in Quezon Citydonate copies of books published tothe Quezon City Public Library so as toincrease and update the librarys col-lections.The Bookmobile of Coun. Aly Medalla


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QCPL and its Branches at your Service from p. 5


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.you and wants only theJesus Christ lives in your life by thepower of the Holy Spirit. He said Hewould never leave you or forsake you.Christ is in your life; He is alive in

you today. Jesus is not with you only

when you go to church, or only atspecial times; when you accept Christas Savior He comes and lives in yourlife.

Jesus is alive in the world today. Heis spiritually present in all true Chris-tians; these Christians are called thebody of Christ. Jesus lives in us

spiritually today.

Jesus is in heaven seated at theright hand of God the Father. He hasall power and authority in heaven andon earth. Someday Jesus Christ willreturn to this earth in bodily formwith the armies of heaven, and thenevery knee will bow and every tonguewill confess that Jesus Christ isLord, to the glory of God the Father.Until that day, we have the privilegeto choose to worship and serve JesusChrist our wonderful Lord and Sav-ior.

He (Jesus) is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rul- ers or authorities; all things were created by Him and for Him. Colossians 1:15 17

Who is Jesus Christ to you today? If you have truly accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, then:

Jesus Christ is now your Savior. He diedfor your sins and paid the penalty sothat you could go to heaven. He loves

Someday Jesus Christ will return tothis earth in bodily form with the ar-mies of heaven

WHO IS JESUSCHRIST? ( From Global Media)


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A one week Purpose Driven LifeSeminar was conducted at the

Quezon City Public Library lastDecember 12-16, 2010. It wasa meaningful seminar thattaught the participants moralvalues, faith and love for Jesus.At the end of the week, De-cember 16, 2010, was thegraduation ceremony and theGuest Speaker was Mayor Her-

bert Bautista. Invited speak-ers were Pastor Saturnino Bala- jadia and his group. Plaques ofappreciation for all the supportin this endeavor were given toMs. Rose Ann Belmonte andPastor Balajadia and his group.

A PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE AT QCPL

(Above) The City Mayor with the CityLibrarian, Ms. Emelita Villanueva,Asst. city Librarian, Cynthia Tolado,Pastor Balajadia and Bro. SixtoJavier

Left: Mayor Bautista with Ms.Villanueva, Cynthia Tolado, MayBernal, Lucila Raquino, Maria Chico,Fe Gomez, Pastor Balajadia andBro. Sixto Javier.


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QCPL PUPPETEERS INVITED TO PERFORM AT THE ECCD ON WHEELS AT BGY. ESCOPA II

The QCPL Puppeteerswere invited to performduring the Early Child-

hood Care and Develop-ment (ECCD) on WheelsProgram last Dec. 11, 2010at Bgy. Escopa II. Theinvitation came from theOffice of Vice Mayor JoyBelmonte, the guest ofhonor of the occasion.She herself had a story-

telling to the group ofchildren who were pre-sent. Bgy. Chairman Fer-nandito Ortiz was alsopresent and gave his mes-sage to his constituents

Above: The QCPL Puppeteers during the show. Left. Bgy. Captain Fernandito Ortiz. Right: Ms. Joy Belmontegiving her message to the audience.

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