Keynote Address delivered by Dr. Catherine Quimpo-Castaneda, CHED NCR Director, at PAARL's Conference on the theme "The Power of Convergence: Technology and Connectivity in the 21st Century Library and Information Services" held on Nov. 11-13, 2009 at St Paul College, Pasig City

1. For him that stealeth a Book from this Library, let it change
into a serpent in his hand and rend him. Let him be struck
with Palsy, and all his Members blasted. Let him languish in
Pain crying aloud for Mercy and let there be no surcease to
his Agony till he sink in Dissolution. Let Bookworms gnaw
his Entrails in token of the Worm that dieth not, and when
at last he goeth to his final Punishment, let the flames of
Hell consume him for ever and aye.
~Curse Against Book Stealers
Monastery of San Pedro, Barcelona

2. 25 Most Modern Libraries in the
World
 Architecture
 Technology and Innovations
 Digital Collections

3. ARCHITECTURE

4. Library of Picture Books in Iwai City
of Fukushima Prefecture (Japan)

5. The Danish Royal Library

6. French National Library

7. Seattle Public Library
(Washington, USA)

8. Malmo City Library (Sweden)

9. Geisel Library
(San Diego, California, USA)

10. Halmstad Library (Sweden)

11. National Library of the Czech
Republic (Prague)

12. TECHNOLOGY AND
INNOVATION

13. Delft Public Library
(Netherlands)

14. Turku City Library (Finland)

15. Bow Idea Store (London)

16. Cerritos Library (California)

17. Cuyahoga County Public Library
(Cleveland, Ohio, USA)

18. Pace University Library
(New York, USA)

19. Richmond Public Library
(California)

20. Denver Public Library
(Colorado, USA)

21. San Diego Public Library
(California, USA)

22. Cleveland Public Library
(Ohio, USA)

23. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
(Pittsburgh, USA)

24. New York Public Library
(New York, USA)

25. DIGITAL COLLECTIONS

26. National Diet Library (Japan)

27. Bavarian State Library
(Munich, Germany)

28. Library of Congress
(Washington DC, USA)

29. The British Library
(United Kingdom)

30. National Library of Australia

31. Common Denominators
Category Common Denominators
bright, airy, colorful, fun, playful, exciting, unique, open,
Architecture nature, light
text message, self-service, podcasting, videocasting,
unique names, help stations, DVDs, CDs, movies,
games, music, wifi, e books, audio books, lectures, hub,
Technology & Innovation social networking, online access
huge online catalog system, large number of collection of
Digital Collection digital images of materials accessible anywhere