Marcial R. Batiancila

Marcial R. Batiancila is a registered Filipino librarian, a lecturer of Cebu Normal University (Graduate School of Lib. Info. Science), research council member, and a regional trainer (IFLA-FAIFE Philippines Project).

His involvement in the library community includes consultancies at various institutions and organizer of several seminars/conferences in the field of librarianship. Was a former officer of Cebu Librarians Association, Inc. (1999-2003); has been elected as the 1st corporate president of Cavite Librarians Association, Inc. (2006 & 2007); was elected as Regional Chair of Philippine Librarians Association, Inc. – Southern Tagalog Region Librarians Council (PLAI-STRLC) for two consecutive terms (2008, 2009-2010). He is also a member of the national governing board of the Philippine Librarians Association, Inc.

Currently, he is pursuing a graduate studies in International Master in Digital Library Learning at Oslo University College (Norway), Tallin University (Estonia), and Parma University (Italy).