EISI will take you to Mindanao’s Crown Jewel “Davao City”, as University of the Immaculate Conception, Davao, will host the well attended Machine Readable Cataloging (MARC21) Workshop on November 27 to 28, 2009 at the 2nd Floor, UIC Main Library, Fr. Selga St., Davao City.

MARC21 Workshop ‘Reloaded’ series includes two days of intensive training featuring the two kinds of MARC21 Format (Bibliographic and Authority) and RDA (Resource Description and Access), a new content standard for resource description and access designed for the digital environment.

Note: EISI’s MARC 21 workshop is NOW an accredited CPE provider.

Visit www.eisi.com.ph/marc.htm for further information.

Here’s a comment from one of our recent attendees:

I was there and it was awesome.  I really learned a lot.

Thanks to you guys for having this kind of Workshop.

– loui tacata (http://blogsplat.multiply.com)

EISI employees spent the company’s 16th anniversary last September 7, 2009 by giving cheer to the children of the Home of Joy orphanage.  Operated by the Missionaries of Charity, founded by Mother Theresa of Calcutta, Home of Joy is a shelter for special and abandoned children in Tayuman Street, Manila.  Eighty-four children interacted with EISI employees, who brought gifts and meals.

We are grateful for this  opportunity to share our blessings.

EISI Employees at the Home of Joy orphanage

EISI employees feeding the children of Home of Joy

A memorable anniversary

Our 16th Anniversary Tarpaulin

We acknowledge some greetings from our loyal customers by publishing them here:

• Happy 16th anniversary to EISI…keep on soaring high…kaya flying high greetings ko…kasi layo ko sa inyo – Regie Maligad, University Librarian, University of San Agustin, Iloilo City
• May the future hold not only dreams come true and much success but all that means the most to you and gives you happiness!
  Happy Happy 16th Anniversary EISI! – Rhona Bautista, Head Librarian, Union Church of Manila

EISI commits to providing the best products and services to Philippine libraries in the years to come.

A new online searching interface for the digitally native student is Destiny Quest™, a new feature within the widely used Destiny Library Manager™ solution, combining a visually engaging interface, broad-based integrated searching power and social networking components to create the new library for the 21^st century learner.

For a live demo of Destiny Quest, click HERE.

Destiny Quest connects the teacher and student with resources to support curriculum and encourage development of research tools they’ll need for today’s new information environment. The new interface fosters greater collaboration among students, teachers, media specialists and parents. Destiny Quest strengthens the library-classroom connection and helps improve information literacy by providing technology tools to effectively search, manage, organize and interpret vast amount of information from the district’s collection and across the Internet.

Engaging Interface, Collaboration Tools
Destiny Quest offers new features today’s digitally native students expect in an online interface:

• Engaging, visually rich interface: Destiny Quest features a new, graphically engaging interface that offers many of the same visual cues they’re used to from popular Internet sites. Cover images of books available through TitlePeek™ are featured in more locations, and there’s more dynamic, click-and-drag action than in a more traditional search interface.

• Students rate, review, share opinions on books: Destiny Quest lets students give star ratings to books, and they can write expanded, moderated reviews on books they’ve read. Students can read the reviews of others, creating an engaging social networking environment.

• New “My Info” Space: Students can bookmark and store information sources they like in a personalized space for immediate, easy retrieval wherever they use Destiny^®.

• Virtual Shelf Browsing: Destiny Quest features a Carousel View that lets students browse the actual library shelves online, seeing books on either side of the book they’ve found in a search. The feature makes it easier to find related titles that are available in the school library.

• Multiple Library, Internet Results Integrated in One Easy Search: Students and teachers can search every library among several, plus with Enriched Content Services, they can also search educator-approved websites and other digital content. Search results integrate all results seamlessly.

• Next-Generation Search Tools: Destiny Quest features an arsenal of search tools to help users find information faster and navigate more intuitively. Searches can be narrowed by keyword, author, publication year and other terms to produce more refined results. A “You May Also Like” feature makes active recommendations for further reading based on the student’s search history and circulation history. Destiny Quest also features a menu that drops down while the student enters a search term, providing spelling suggestions and alternate search terms based on previous searches.  As students dig down into search results, they see a trail of search levels at the top of the screen, allowing them to backtrack to any level with one click of the mouse.

• Digital Content Immediately Available: When digital content, like eBooks, video or audio files, show up in search results, students can access them directly by clicking on them, without having to exit Destiny.

Destiny Quest has been part of the Destiny Resource Management Solution™ since version 8.5.  For a live demo of Destiny Quest, click HERE.

It was another gainful day for those who attend the three-day seminar- workshop, organized by the Association of Special Libraries of the Philippines (ASLP), last May 6-8, 2009 at Sampaguita Gardens Resort, Poblacion, New Washington, Aklan. This year’s theme is “Collection Management: Current Trends, Practices and Future Directions”.

As part of our commitment to a good service for Philippine libraries, providing them new technology to cater their library needs, EISI who came as an exhibitor once again was given a chance to present our newest products. First, the Follett’s Destiny Library Manager software, a totally web-based library automation and educational asset management software for consortia and multiple campuses with all functions like OPAC, cataloging, circulation, inventory, reports and others requiring no more than a web browser. Also, the Follett’s Cir/Cat (Circulation Plus, Cataloging Plus and Web Collection Plus) that includes a fully integrated database accessible from the different modules and which may be searched over the internet and all data entered are compliant with MARC 21, the standard data format for libraries. Lastly, the Inmagic information management software that organize and deliver enterprise content, seamlessly integrate internal and external content sources and deploy business critical information to corporate portals, intranets, extranets and the Web.

Thank you ASLP for trusting our products! EISI got a plaque of appreciation from this active and enthusiastic group of special librarians.

Luzon Sales Engineer, Ms. Snooky Ignacio welcomes the participants at EISI booth (left) and while presenting our products to ASLP participants (right).

ASLP Participants during the seminar-workshop

The Philippine Association of Academic and Research Librarians (PAARL), held its National Summer Seminar- Workshop last April 29 to May 1, 2009 at Lyceum of Aparri, Macanayan District, Aparri, Cagayan Valley. This year’s theme is “Librarians at their Best: Envisioning and Realizing Multilevel and Progressive Readers Services”. PAARL represents the librarians of institutions supporting scholarly, research and/or formal education on the collegiate level and above. EISI took advantage of this opportunity to attend as an exhibitor to this event, for we know that our products and services could help streamline the needs of each participant’s institution. See pictures below.

Participants from different institutions nationwide at the registration booth

Some participants with our beloved client Dr. Sernande of Cagayan Colleges Tuguegarao (lower-left ) and the head librarian of Lyceum of Aparri, Ms. Melinda Banera (upper-left) who took a look at EISI booth. Sales engineer of NCR Region, Mr. Jayson Rumbawa entertained them giving full information to their queries.

A closer look to the seminar-proper at Audio-visual room of Lyceum-Aparri

Aside from learning, some participants and EISI client as well took time to have an enjoyable tour on this two-day seminar-workshop. Ms. Bartolome of Central Luzon State University (upper-left) handed a participant on awarding of certificate. Also present from Adventist University of the Philippines were Ms. Alva Marquez and Ms. Mila Sales (lower right/left).

Group picture of PAARL participants and organizers as well

The 15th MARC21 Workshop ‘Reloaded’ held last March 26-27 at Sotero H. Laurel Library, Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU)- Manila. The two- day training course drew fifty-three (53) participants nationwide who came mostly from Metro Manila, but there was also participation from as far north as Nueva Ecija, and as far south as Negros Occidental.

With the able cooperation of LPU- Manila Director of Libraries, Prof. Corazon M. Nera and her staff, EISI conducted another successful learning experience for those who wanted to update their skills for the next generation of library automation software. The response was so enthusiastic that EISI has to hold it’s sixteenth workshop soon. “I’m looking forward for more workshops like this. Thank you for this prepared learning of new knowledge to apply in our library!” – Participant

Mrs. Sonia M. Gementiza, Director of Libraries of DLSU- Dasmariñas and Mr. Pedro Tabinas of Electronic Information Solutions, Inc. once again were the trainers of the workshop with the facilitation of staff from EISI headed by Customer Service Supervisor, Ms. Naidz Abragan and LPU Library Assistant, Mrs. Venus B. Oruga.

Although most library automation software use MARC standard, it is not often taught except in an introductory manner. EISI aims to develop a core of MARC-literate catalogers through our MARC 21 Workshops in major Philippine cities. See pictures below.

Registration of the participants and the opening program at LPU Mini-theater

Resource Speakers of the 15th MARC21 Workshop ‘Reloaded’

A glimpse to the seminar-proper at electronic library of LPU

Gorgeous smiles from the event organizers and participants in awarding of certificates held at LPU Mini-theater

Aside from learning, participants took time to have a happy hour going around the walled city-Intramuros where the host school (LPU) is located

The latest MARC21 Workshop ’Reloaded’ held last November 26 to 27, 2008, at University of Saint Louis-Tuguegarao (USLT), Cagayan. This is the 14th MARC 21 Workshop from EISI and partner libraries, and the 6th of our ‘Reloaded’ series which includes two kinds of MARC21 Format (Bibliographic and Authority).
USLT, Assistant Cataloguer Ms. Rodora dela Rosa gave the invocation. EISI Customer Service Assistant, Ms. Lene Mira introduced the trainer. Participants received a warm welcome address from Dr. Delailah B. Valencia Vice-President for Academic Affairs.
Once again we were pleased to have experienced cataloger and University Research Associate of College of Science Library-UP Diliman, Mr. Francisco T. Tamor with EISI Software Specialist, Mr. Rafael S. Lacsina who delivered a successful training. The Director of Libraries-USLT, Mr. Michael A. Pinto who gave the closing remarks together with other USLT library staffs who worked hand in hand with Training Coordinator Ms. Naidz F. Abragan and EISI Luzon Region Sales Engineer Ms. Snooky B. Ignacio to update the participants’ skills for the next generation of library automation software were also present during the workshop. See pictures below.

EISI Workshop Team headed by Ms. Naidz Abragan in cooperation with the USLT Director of Libraries, Mr. Michael Pinto

EISI Sales Engineer (Luzon) , Ms . Snooky Ignacio with Trainer Mr. Francisco Tamor giving personal attention to participants at USLT-College Library

Awarding of Certificate to the workshop trainer Mr. Tamor of UP Diliman

Wacky pose from 14th MARC21 Workshop Participants

EISI once again came as one of eight exhibitors during the Philippine Association of Academic and Research Librarians (PAARL) National Seminar- Workshop held at Regency Inn, Villa Abrille St., Davao City, last October 22 to 24, 2008 with the theme “ Scaling the Heights of Professional Development “. During the seminar-workshop, EISI was chosen to present Destiny, one of our company’s newest product from Follett Software Company. Destiny is a totally web-based library automation and educational asset management software for consortia and multiple campuses.
Photos below:

Shown above is Mr. Rodenio Enriquez (EISI Sales Representative Vis-Min Region) during the product presentation of Destiny Library Manager.

EISI booth at PAARL manned by EISI personnel. Shown above are Mr. Rodenio B. Enriquez (VisMin-Sales Representative) and Ms. Snooky B. Ignacio (Luzon-Sales Engineer) together with the participants.

PAARL National Seminar-Workshop participants at the Regency Inn, Davao City.

EISI was one of the ten exhibitors during the three-day seminar workshop of the Philippine Librarians Association, Inc.-Southern Tagalog Region Librarians Council (PLAI-STRLC) last September 24 – 26, 2008 at Queen Margarette Hotel, Lucena City. The Southern Tagalog Region Librarians Council of PLAI covers the provinces of Laguna, Cavite, Batangas, Quezon, Aurora, Rizal, Palawan, Marinduque, Romblon and Mindoro. Participants were composed of librarians and information professionals in Region IV.
This year’s theme is “Empowering Librarians in the 21st Century.” It aims to stress the importance of the involvement of librarians in enabling students and its community to become critical thinkers and effective users of information in all formats and media; strengthen librarians’ understanding of the library’s basic functions and how technology has changed these basic functions; and to empower the administrators, librarians, information professionals and teacher-librarians in conquering successfully the library challenges of the 21st century.
See photos below.

EISI Booth at PLAI-STRLC manned by EISI Personnel

PLAI – STRLC participants at the Queen Margarette Hotel, Lucena City

The Director of Libraries of De La Salle University – Dasmariñas, Mrs. Sonia M. Gementiza ( Follett CirCat User) one of the speakers of PLAI – STRLC

Shown above is Ms. Zenaida Abragan (Customer Service Supervisor) with Mr. Marcial Batiancila PLAI – STRLC President at EISI Booth

Luzon Sales Engineer Ms. Snooky Ignacio receiving EISI Certificate of Apperance as a presentor and exhibitor.

Group picture of PLAI-STRLC Participants

PLAI-STRLC officials together with the organizers

EISI celebrated 15 years of successful service to Philippine libraries. To mark the event, EISI employees took time out from their usual routine. Caliraya Recreation Center in Lumban, Laguna was a perfect spot to relax and unwind. EISI family enjoyed in outdoor activities, they found time shared their talents during fellowship night and also, their faith in ecumenical service. See picture below