EDUCATING FILIPINO ARCHIVISTS AMIDST THE CHALLENGES OF THE 21ST CENTURY ARCHIVAL PROFESSION
As the archival profession takes off to further assert its importance in the society, it is necessary that would be archivists be equipped with the necessary understanding of the evolving archival landscape, and all other issues that go with it.
ASSESSMENT OF DIGITAL PRESERVATION NEEDS TOWARDS CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN THE UP SCHOOL OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES
Digital preservation concerns the policies, strategies, and actions undertaken to ensure continued access to digital information over time. These actions are guided by standards and guidelines which are reflected in courses and certifications on digital preservation. In the Philippine setting there is no established course on digital preservation in the undergraduate LIS curriculum and practitioners rely mostly on seminars and workshops for education on the subject. The paper identifies the ideal competencies for digital preservation as observed from industry needs with the goal of integration into the existing curriculum. Data was collected by document analysis of known standards and the use of qualitative interviews with five institutions, one professional organization, and two universities. A need for digital preservation was observed in respondent institutions, but also revealed the institutions' lack of awareness of digital preservation theories and standards. The proposed digital preservation course by the University of the Philippines School of Library and Information Studies was found to satisfy most needs. The majority of unsatisfied needs were observed to be management related and indicative of the need for a separate course in archival management.
Heritage Sites of Astronomy and Archaeoastronomy in the context of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention: A Thematic Study
"Following the publication of the first ICOMOS–IAU Thematic Study (“TS1”) in 2010, the IAU requested its Working Group on Astronomy and World Heritage to develop particular case studies in greater detail, so as to explore further and clarify some of the key issues highlighted in TS1 that can arise in the particular case of astronomical heritage sites. In doing so, it would further encourage and aid State Parties in the development of nominations. In collaboration with ICOMOS, nine “extended case studies” were duly prepared for discussion at a workshop held at Mount Cook, New Zealand, in June 2012 and presented at the IAU General Assembly in August of that year. 
 
A particularly complex issue is the recognition and protection of dark skies. Dark sky areas cannot in themselves be considered as potential World Heritage Sites, but a thematic chapter by Michel Cotte considers a range of ways in which dark sky values can be interrelated with broader cultural or natural values of a place and thereby contribute to its overall cultural or natural value and potential OUV. Other issues explored in TS2 include the need to balance archaeoastronomical considerations in the context of broader archaeological and cultural values; the potential for serial nominations, for example among groups of monuments whose astronomical significance is only evident from the group as a whole; and management issues such as preserving the integrity of astronomical sightlines through the landscape. 
 
The case studies included in TS2 include seven-stone antas (prehistoric dolmens) in Portugal and Spain, the thirteen towers of Chankillo in Peru, the astronomical timing of irrigation in Oman, Pic du Midi de Bigorre Observatory in France, Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, and Aoraki–Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve in New Zealand. A case study on Stonehenge, already a World Heritage Site, focuses on preserving the integrity of the solstitial sightlines." 
 
Source: UNESCO portal to the heritage of astronomy