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I am Rosa Marikit Mateo. I'm an Information Management Specialist by day and a frustrated singer by night. I work for an IT company called Geodata Systems--a mapping solutions company--for almost three years now. My work evolves around Information dissemination--from writing policies and procedures to implementing information management systems. 

When I started out, I was what some would consider the traditional librarian. I was stuck with my library knowledge of cataloguing, indexing, abstracting and other management tasks and I was doing them by the book and manually. At some point, I realized there must be something more to this library life.

With the advent of technology, antiquated would be an understatement for those who were stuck in the traditional ways. I began to discover new concepts Digital Libraries, Information Management and Knowledge Management just to name some. I realized that this was what I wanted to do and give focus on. It does not only answer librarianship work, it is when realized fully, would be the solution to knowledge acquisition and information dissemination and sharing, not just for my company but to everyone who would be interested. 

The concept of Digital Libraries is starting to gain popularity in the Philippines but weak in the implementation part. Professionally, I lack knowledge about it but I can’t just stop and not do anything about it. I’ve done research; I’ve read papers and attended conferences to enhance my knowledge still they were scarce. My thirst to learn has lead me in applying for a Masters Degree with great focus on Information Science.

My main motivation is to learn. With learning, I gain knowledge and with knowledge I’m able to put plans into action. Professionally, I would like to achieve a lot of things--improve documents and records management processes, to have a fully implemented document management system to use for our company, improve business process make available useful knowledge that the employees can make use and benefit from. 

I hope that I would be able to share as much knowledge in the field of Information Science through the topics that had been laid for the duration of our lis 260 class. On the other hand, I would like to learn just as much from my peers and be exposed to this discipline through the experiences of others and learn how Information Science is practiced in their work and as it is worldwide.

The great secret of success is self-discipline - getting yourself to do what you really need to do - choosing to do what you feel is right and will bring the results you want into your life -  long term.   It is bringing order and efficiency into your life-. . .  creating structure in your life and doing this enthusiastically! Success comes from taking charge of yourself and feeling proud of yourself when you do. - Anonymous