The latest issue of the Philippine Journal of Librarianship and Information Studies (PhJLIS) by the 不良研究所 School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) is now available .
According to the SLIS, this second issue of Volume 43 contains articles on 鈥渉ealth sciences librarianship in the Philippines, modern Thai archival education, and teachers鈥 sense-making and embodied information practices鈥 as well as 鈥渁 review of a data privacy toolkit for libraries, and an editorial on teaching and mentorship in LIS research education.鈥
One of the articles, Embodied Information Practices in Remote Education: Insights from Teachers鈥 Sense-Making, is authored by former SLIS dean Kathleen Lourdes B. Obille and Marina Lucas Giron, a master teacher at the Ilocos Norte College of Arts and Trades.
Through interviews, the study investigated the sense-making processes used by teachers from Ilocos Norte as they were shifting to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.
鈥淭he findings underscore the resilience and adaptability of teachers in the face of uncertainty, offering insights into the dynamics of remote education, and informing strategies to support educators and students in the evolving educational landscape,鈥 the article stated.
In their editorial, PhJLIS editor-in-chief Iyra Buenrostro-Cabbab and PhJLIS associate and issue editor Elijah John F. Dar Juan wrote about the challenges facing LIS research educators, such as the 鈥渓ack of students鈥 exposure to methods, diversity of topics and theories, and resources, and also the faculty鈥檚 lack of actual research experience.鈥
鈥淎s teachers, we should always find and innovate ways to improve ourselves as educators and researchers,and at the same time, help our students appreciate not only the end benefits of research but also the experience of engaging in the research process itself,鈥 Buenrostro-Cabbab and Dar Juan concluded.
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