𝟭𝟭𝗧𝗛 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗𝗥𝗘𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗗𝗨𝗟𝗧𝗦 𝗟𝗜𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣
October 12, 2023
The #NationalLibraryPH and the Provincial Government of Laguna (PGL) through the Laguna Provincial Library (LPL) in partnership with the Association of Librarians in the Public Sector (ALPS) conducted an impactful day 1 of the 11th Conference on Children and Young Adults Librarianship with the theme “𝘿𝙪𝙣𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙜 𝙆𝙖𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙖 𝙏𝙪𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙜 𝘼𝙠𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙣, 𝙋𝙪𝙝𝙪𝙣𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙖 𝙈𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙡𝙖𝙙 𝙣𝙖 𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙪𝙠𝙖𝙨𝙖𝙣,” at Los Banos, Laguna.
The morning session began with the registration of participants and presentation of the conference proper in the afternoon. Participants were welcomed by the message of the Governor of the Province of Laguna, 𝗛𝗼𝗻. 𝗥𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹 𝗟. 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝘇, represented by 𝗠𝘀. 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗣. 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗶𝗮 Librarian IV of Laguna Provincial Library. This was followed by the inspirational message of 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗲𝘀𝗮𝗿 𝗚𝗶𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗤. 𝗔𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 of National Library of the Philippines. The conference ended with the keynote message delivered by Congresswoman of 2nd District of Laguna, 𝗛𝗼𝗻. 𝗥𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗠. 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝘇.
The first day of the conference provided a stimulating platform for learning, networking, and knowledge exchange. The conference is ongoing until 13 October 2023 with the presentations from a pool of experts in the field in the different sessions prepared by the organizing committee.