Martin Julius V. Perez is a foreign service staff employee and one of the communications and records officers of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). He is also a part-time lecturer on archives and records management in the School of Library and Information Studies of the University of the Philippines – Diliman.
He obtained his bachelor’s degree in Library and Information Science (LIS) in 2011 with the distinction of Magna Cum Laude, and currently finishing the Master of Library and Information Science, both from UP Diliman. He is a licensed librarian and ranked second (2nd) in the 2011 Librarians’ Licensure Examination in the Philippines.
Martin formerly worked as a part-time librarian and archivist for the Sto. Domingo Convent Archives and Library, as library assistant and then librarian for the Far Eastern University Library, and as librarian for the Carlos P. Romulo Library of the Foreign Service Institute.
He has served as a resource speaker in the DFA and outside the agency including professional associations, on various library, records, and archives-related topics. He is also active in participating and presenting papers and posters in international conferences on LIS and archival studies. In 2015, he was one of the five Fellows selected to participate in the Jay Jordan IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Program in the USA.
As main speaker
ILS 82 – Christianity and the Development of Libraries in the Philippines
About the Intramuros Learning Sessions
The Intramuros Learning Sessions (ILS) is the educational webinar series of the Intramuros Administration (IA). The IA is an attached national government agency under the Department of Tourism.
Topics are interdisciplinary and cover themes related to Intramuros and Manila studies, Philippine studies, as well as cultural heritage studies. Pursuant to IA’s charter, the ILS aims to contribute to the strengthening of the Filipino’s national identity and sense of belonging and pride.
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