NETWORK OF ACADEMIC LAW LIBRARIANS National Library of the T.M. Kalaw St., Ermita, 1000 [email protected]

20 20 Executive Board 01 October 2020

President Willian SA. Frias [email protected] Dear Colleague,

Vice-President Rene B. Manlangit Good day. University of the Philippines Diliman [email protected] One of the major skills that sets academic law librarians (ALLs) apart from Secretary other types of librarians is their knowledge in legal research. To be a legitimate Bryan Boy C. Cortez law librarian, ALLs have to know the basic structure of law and the legal University of the Philippines BGC [email protected] research process. They have to master the difference between primary and secondary resources, understand at least the Philippine statutes and Treasurer constitutions, and acquire skills to convey it to their students and support their Bernice G. Mangabat Polytechnic University of the Philippines clients' research requirements. [email protected] However, the recently published article entitled Legally Bound: Advancing Auditor Paulit De Guzman Competencies of Academic Law Librarians in the Philippines found out that Ateneo de Manila University Legal Research is among the competencies that ALLs rated themselves low. [email protected] Banking on this information, NALL chose the topic of Legal Research for

Public Relations Officer Academic Law Librarians for the 3rd installment of its Webinar Series. This Alvin F. Halcon webinar will be held on 22 October 2020 at 1:30 PM, with the desired learning Lyceum of the Philippines University outcomes: [email protected] 1. Identifying, describing, and using basic legal terminologies that will Board Members help them in assisting law students in their research; Joanna C. Camante 2. Classifying resources (primary and secondary sources); and, San Beda University 3. Recognizing and applying the skills needed by ALLs to provide better [email protected] legal research assistance. Mark Joseph Manimtim Centro Escolar University-Makati [email protected] In this light, we would like to invite you once again in this webinar. Please register here. You shall receive the zoom link after registration. Wilma A. Luna San Sebastian -Recoletos An e-certificate will be given to all participants. [email protected]

Adviser Thank you and hope to see you there. Lilia F. Echiverri University of the Philippines Diliman (Ret.) [email protected]

Respectfully yours,

Willian S.A. Frias President Email: [email protected] Tel. No.: 0922-861-7686