Santos,+Antonio+M.

=Atty. Antonio M. Santos=

The PAARL Award for Outstanding Academic Librarian was given to Atty. Santos in recognition of his national/international contribution to academic and research librarianship, having served as College librarian for the past 3 decades, and as CONSAL member of the Council of Academic Librarians. He was also the first awardee for CONSAL Outstanding Librarian 2002, and the UP Alumni Awardee for 2002. His active involvement in national/international organizations is legendary (CONSAL Executive Board member three times, PLAI President twice, PGLL President many times, etc.). Atty. Santos works as a Law Librarian at the UP College of Law Library.

As PRC Outstanding Librarian of the Year 1998, he was cited for his outstanding accomplishments toward the development of the librarianship profession through active participation in the implementation of the "Philippine Librarianship Act" as past President of the Philippine Librarians Association, Inc. (PLAI); for active participation in the drafting and the implementation of the continuing professional education for librarians; and for having institutionalized the holding of PLAI regional assemblies, seminars, and outreach programs to touch base with librarians throughout the country.