Day 1: Saturday, March 25

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
Venue: Dela Salle University Cybernook Library

7:30 Registration

8:00 WORKSHOP A

Digital Inclusion – Deploying and Managing Digital Collections to Remote Communities
Cameron Esslemont

12:00 Lunch Break

13:00 WORKSHOP B

Open Access Scholarly Databases
Peter Jacso

Note: Only the first 50 participants to register for each of the free pre-conference workshops may be accommodated at the venue.

Malls, Banks, Etc.

Welcome to the Philippines!

CONSAL participants who have plenty of spare time this weekend after the pre-conference workshops need not be bored. The organizers couldn’t have chosen a better place to hold the conference. EDSA Shangri-la Hotel (see photo above) is surrounded by malls, all within walking distance.

Just across the hotel is Shangri-la Plaza (in photo, to the left of hotel), across this mall is EDSA Central and to its west is Starmall. And then there’s SM Megamall (in photo, to the right of hotel), a 5-minute walk from the hotel. Farther down the street is Robinson’s Galleria. At the back of Megamall is the upscale mall Podium.

Most of these malls have banks, should participants want to avail of foreign exchange services but outside banking hours there are legitimate money changers in these malls.

If you’re not sure how to get to these places, don’t hesitate to approach any member of the reception or guest relations committees. Or use MapCentral to find out where all these places are on a map.

Enjoy your stay!

Mabuhay!

Welcome to the Consal XIII blog!

This will serve as the online newsletter for the General Conference. News about the conference, reviews of sessions, and tips for making the most of the conference and your visit to Manila will be posted here.

For more information about the conference, please see the official Consal XIII website. To find out more about the Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians (Consal), please see the Consal website.

Note: “Mabuhay� is a Filipino word that is commonly used to welcome a guest, but more properly means that the person saying it wishes the object of the greeting a long life.