SMAL Library and Information Services

02/05/2024

Schedule of Signing of Clearance | May 06-24, 2024

Please ensure that all borrowed books in your account are returned to the library. Thank you.

22/04/2024

The teachers of St. Mary's Academy of Ligao conducted an evaluation of textbooks in the school library. The purpose of evaluating textbooks is to assess the suitability of these textbooks as supplementary materials for teaching and learning. This evaluation aimed to identify textbooks that aligned with curriculum standards, provided accurate and up-to-date information, and catered to the diverse learning styles and needs of the students.

03/04/2024

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝟰𝟱𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆, 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗹𝗯𝗮𝘆!

Long before the Spaniards arrived in 1569, Albay had a thriving civilization and a rich culture. The land was fertile, with lush vegetation covering the plains and mountains, and it yielded minerals, including gold.

In July 1569, Luis Enriquez de Guzman, a member of the Spanish expedition led by Legazpi, and the Augustinian Fray Alonso Jimenez, landed on the southeastern side of the region, in a town called Gibalong, and traveled by land until they reached the town of Camalig, now almost in the heart of Albay and at the foot of Mayon Volcano.

Catholicism was first introduced to the Bikolanos in 1569. The arrival of the Franciscans in 1578 initiated a systematic and sustained process of Catholic conversion.

In 1572, Juan de Salcedo, in search of gold, penetrated the Bicol Peninsula from the north and made it as far south as Libon, establishing the very first settlement called Santiago de Libon. In 1574, Spanish adventurers in Bikol returned to Manila with over 4,000 ounces of gold. They believed they had found the land of “El Dorado.”

On April 3, 1574, the place called “Baybayon” became an encomienda assigned by Philippine Governor General Guido de Lavezaris to Juan Guerra. This place would later be called “Baybay,” then “Al Baybay,” and later shortened to “Albay.”

The development of Albay was largely the work of Jose Maria Peñaranda, the governor of Albay from 1834 to 1843. His monument stands in a plaza bearing his name in front of the Provincial Capitol.

Source: About Albay (n.d.). Province of Albay. https://albay.gov.ph/about/

03/04/2024

Happy School Library Month! It's time to celebrate the essential role that strong school libraries play in transforming learning! What do you have planned in celebration?
Promotional and advocacy tools from the American Association of School Librarians are available at: https://www.ala.org/aasl/advocacy/slm

12/03/2024

These websites can help you in one way or another for your data analysis. Check them out here 👇

📌 Kaggle
https://www.kaggle.com/

📌 Stack Overflow
https://stackoverflow.com/

📌 GitHub
https://github.com/

📌 R-bloggers
https://www.r-bloggers.com/

📌 DataCamp
https://www.datacamp.com/

📌 CrossValidated
https://stats.stackexchange.com/

📌 StatsModels
https://www.statsmodels.org/stable/index.html

📌 Plotly
https://plotly.com/

📌 Towards Data Science
https://towardsdatascience.com/

www.thewiseresearcher.com

01/03/2024

𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 | February 2024

Total and average daily library visits by students, faculty, and staff in February 2024.

Note: The average daily visit is calculated by dividing the monthly visits by the number of school days per month, and then dividing that result by the total number of students or teachers. The final value is multiplied by 100.

01/03/2024

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐌𝐀𝐋 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 2024 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡.

Grounded on the objective of transforming culture toward a more equal and inclusive future, the 2024 NWMC bears the sub-theme, “𝙇𝙞𝙥𝙪𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙖 𝘽𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙋𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙨; 𝙆𝙖𝙠𝙖𝙮𝙖𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙣𝙜 𝙆𝙖𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙖𝙞𝙝𝙖𝙣, 𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙖𝙮𝙖𝙣!” It echoes the target outcomes of Chapter 15 in the Updated Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Plan 2019-2025 towards transforming gender norms and culture.

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