Technology Service

Nutrition Foundation of the

Philippines, Inc.

Nutrition Center of the Philippines

Department of Social Welfare and

Development—Capacity Building

Bureau

United Laboratories, Inc.

The organization of the network is made

up of the Governing Board, the Technical

Committee, and Secretariat.

The NUTRINET Governing Board is

composed of the heads of the Network

me mb er - i ns t i tu t io n s , o r t he i r

representatives representing four sectoral

groups, namely: the academe (7

members), research (4 members), health

and nutrition services (5 members), and

industry (1 member). The Board is

chaired by the Director of DOST-FNRI.

The Vice Chairman is the Director of

DOST-STII.

The Technical Committee is composed

of designated representatives from the

technical staff of each member-

institution. This committee is in charge

of the implementation of the activities of

the network.

The Secretariat is comprised of the staff

of the FNRI Information Resource Unit

(IRU) and assists the Technical

Committee in project implementation.

Today, the NUTRINET has seventeen

(17) member agencies. Namely:

Department of Science and

Technology—Food and Nutrition

Research Institute

Department of Science and

T e c h n o l o g y — S c i e n c e a n d

Technology Information Institute

University of the Philippines

Di l iman—Col lege of Home

Economics

University of the Philippines Los

Baños—College of Human Ecology

University of the Philippines

Manila—College of Medicine

University of the Philippines

Manila—College of Public Health

Center for Culinary Arts, Manila

University of Perpetual Help—Dr.

Jose G. Tamayo Medical University

University of Perpetual Help System

Laguna—College of International

Hospitality Management & Nutrition

and Dietetics

Department of Science and

Technology—Industrial Technology

Development Institute

Department of Agriculture—

Agricultural Training Institute

Department of Health—National

Nutrition Council

Department of Health—Knowledge

Management and Information

What is NUTRINET?

Inside this issue:

The Birth of NUTRINET 3

NUTRINET’s Founding Members 4

The Expansion of NUTRINET 5

NUTRINET’s Adopt-A-Library

Project

6

NUTRINET’s Timeline 7

NUTRINET Newsletter

January-June 2016 Vol. 23 No. 1

Nutrition Research Information Network

ISSN 0117-7656

Working towards an improved food and nutrition

information system in the country

The Nutrition Research Information

Network (NUTRINET) is composed of

institutions whose libraries linked up to

form a specialized information system in

nutrition and related fields. Its goal is to

achieve an efficient flow of information

needed by nutrition-related research &

development (R&D) activities of the

Network member-institutions, the

country’s research community, policy-

makers, planners, and the general public.

The objective of NUTRINET is to

promote and improve the flow of

nutrition research and development

information in the country by facilitating

exchange of information among different

nutrition and related agencies. This is in

response to the felt need of users within

the R&D, academe and nutrition services

delivery sectors for accurate, relevant

and timely information on food and

nutrition.

NUTRINET Secretariat

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Vol. 23 No. 1

Milflor S. Gonzales, Ph.D. Editor-in-Chief

NUTRINET Newsletter Editorial Board

Editorial Staff

From the Governing Board Chair

To recognize the pioneering work done,

we look back and present the founding

member-agencies and the men and

women who served as pillars of

NUTRINET.

The membership expansion of the

network will likewise be featured in this

issue. This initiative was conducted by

the Network in order to enhance its

ability to carry out its objectives.

As a way of giving back, the Network

begun the Adopt-A-Library Project in

2013. The objective of this project is to

help needy state universities and colleges

in terms of collection development on

F&N and related courses.

To further highlight the Network, the

NUTRINET’s many “firsts” and

memorable events through the years

presented on a timeline will also be in

this newsletter.

Mabuhay tayong lahat!

MARIO V. CAPANZANA, Ph.D.

Governing Board Chair

The year 2015 is a good year for the

Network in terms of accomplishments.

The Network conducted two seminars:

Seminar on How to Publish in a Peer-

Reviewed Journal and Training on

Google Collaborative Tools. The recent

beneficiary of the Network’s Adopt-A-

Library Project is Cavite State

University—Naic. The Network

expanded its membership with the

addition of University of Perpetual

Help—Dr. Jose G. Tamayo Medical

University (UPH-DJGTMU) and

University of Perpetual Help System

Laguna—College of International

Hospitality Management & Nutrition and

Dietetics (UPHSL-CIHMND).

From this issue onwards, the newsletter

will be re-engineered to show the

Network’s growth in terms of its services

and members. Following issues will

feature and focus on each member-

institution and its services.

This issue will highlight the Network’s

objectives and organizational structure.

Also, inside this issue is how the

Network was formed in 1987.

Dexter Y. De Leon Publications Manager

Ma. Corazon E. Palompo Publications Assistant and Production Staff

Dexter Y. De Leon Victoria B. Sandoval

Contributors

Mark Anthony C. Quiambao Proofreader

Advisers

NUTRINET Governing Board

NUTRINET Secretariat FNRI Building, DOST Compound, Gen. Santos

Ave. Bicutan, Taguig City 1631 Fax: 837-2934 or 837-3164

Telephone: 837-2071 loc. 2287 nutrinet.secretariat@yahoo.com nutrinet.secretariat@gmail.com

nutrinet.fnri.dost.gov.ph

From this issue onwards, the newsletter

will be re-engineered to show the

Network’s growth in terms of its

services and members.

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Vol. 23 No. 1

The Birth of NUTRINET

In late 1986, the rationale for forming the

Network was conceived. This is to ease

the burden of purchasing foreign

subscriptions which were becoming very

expensive at that time. An initial meeting

was held among a group of information

officers and representatives of certain

institutions.

In the group was Dr. Irene D. Amores,

then Deputy Director of the Science and

Technology Information Institute (STII)

of the National Science and Technology

Authority (NSTA), now the Department

of Science and Technology (DOST).

Also in the meeting was Atty. Florencio

Sangalang, then Administrative Officer

of the Nutrition Foundation of the

Philippines (NFP), who served formerly

as Officer-in-Charge of the library of the

National Institute of Science and

Technology (NIST) of NSTA. The NIST

is now the Industrial Technology

Development Institute (ITDI). The Food

and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI)

was represented by Ms. Rosario D.

Ocampo and Ms. Thelma Naraval, then

Technical Services Section Chief and

Librarian, respectively. Ms. Azucena B.

Limbo, field nutritionist of NFP was also

there.

During the meeting, the group realized

that the Network’s concern should not

only be the exchange of materials but

also the compilation and sharing of

research results from different nutrition-

related organizations nationwide.

Considering the country’s wide-ranging

efforts in nutrition research and

development (R&D), this plan meant that

voluminous data and information would

have to be systematically compiled,

processed, and disseminated in the form

of information packages appropriate to

various users.

Thus, on 31 of July 1987, The Nutrition

Research Information Network

(NUTRINET) was formed. At the helm

was Dr. Rodolfo F. Florentino, then

Director of the FNRI, the country’s lead

government agency on food and nutrition

research. Together with Dr. Irene D.

Amores, they mobilized the nutrition

community to form the NUTRINET.

Initial meeting to create the Network on 1986. (Photo by NUTRINET Secretariat)

NUTRINET Secretariat

This is to ease the burden of

purchasing foreign subscriptions which

were becoming very expensive at the

time (1986).

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NUTRINET’s Founding Members

Vol. 23 No. 1

The initial members who were invited to

draw up the plan for the Network

included four (4) institutions, namely the

Nutrition Foundation of the Philippines,

National Institute of Science and

Technology (now ITDI), Nutrition

Center of the Philippines (NCP), and the

University of the Philippines Manila-

College of Medicine (UPM-CM).

Later, eight (8) government and private

institutions joined up which included:

The UP Los Baños, College of

Human Ecology, Institute of Human

Nutrition and Food (UPLB-CHE-

IHNF);

Population Center Foundation, now

Philippine Center for Population and

Development, Inc. (PCPD);

UP Diliman, College of Home

Economics (UPD-CHE);

Department of Social Welfare and

Development, Bureau of Family and

Child Welfare (DSWD-BFCW);

Department of Health, Nutrition

Service (DOH-NS);

National Nutrition Council (NNC);

Department of Agriculture,

Agricultural Training Institute (DA-

ATI); and

UP Manila - College of Public

Health (UPM-CPH).

The signing of the NUTRINET

Memorandum of Agreement by all the

heads of the 14 institutions took place on

July 19, 1988 at the former FNRI

Building at Pedro Gil Street, Ermita,

Manila.

NUTRINET Secretariat

Signed MOA of NUTRINET’s Founding Members. (Photo by NUTRINET Secretariat)

NUTRINET’s Launching Ceremony, July 19, 1988.

(Photo by NUTRINET Secretariat)

On April 16, 1999, a Memorandum of

Agreement among the member-

institutions was signed to include the

United Laboratories (UNILAB) as the

first private industry to join the Network.

In line with the government’s thrust to

improve the socio-economic status of our

country and the need to bring to the

countryside valuable food and nutrition

information to support regional projects,

regional expansion of the network

activities and services was conceived.

Region 7 was chosen as the first region

for the expansion of NUTRINET because

of its strong institutional capabilities in

terms of services and facilities available

in the region.

Negotiations started in November of

1997 through representatives. After

several consultations, brainstorming, and

meetings, a group was formed by DOST-

7 regional office composed of

representatives from:

Eduardo J. Aboitiz Cancer Center

(EACC);

Department of Education, Culture,

and Sports – Region 7 (DECS-7);

Department of Health – Region 7

(DOH-7);

National Nutrition Center – Region

7 (NNC-7);

Nutrition Center of the Philippines –

Region 7 (NCP-7);

Department of Social Welfare and

Development –Region 7 (DSWD-7);

College of Hotel & Restaurant

Management, University of Cebu

(CHRM-UC); and

Home Technology Department,

College of Education, University of

San Carlos (HTD-CE-USC).

The signing of Memorandum of

Agreement for NUTRINET’s expansion

in Region 7 was realized in October 26,

1999.

To further expand the Network’s

membership, orientation-meetings were

conducted on 2014 and 2015 with several

academic institutions.

The first fruitful orientation-meeting

conducted was on February 4, 2014 with

Center for Culinary Arts-Manila (CCA-

Manila). After several meetings, CCA-

Manila joined the Network through a

signed conforme on March 3, 2014.

Afterwhich, two (2) other colleges

joined. These are: University of

Perpetual Help—Dr. Jose G. Tamayo

Medical University (UPH-DJGTMU)

and University of Perpetual Help

S y s t e m L a g u n a — C o l l e g e o f

International Hospitality Management &

Nutrition and Dietetics (UPHSL-

CIHMND). The orientation-meeting with

UPH-DJGTMU and UPHSL-CIHMND

was conducted on June 23, 2015. They

joined the Network on July 8, 2015

through a signed conforme.

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Vol. 23 No. 1

The Expansion of NUTRINET

Signing of MOA at UNILAB on April 16, 1999.

(Photo by NUTRINET Secretariat)

NUTRINET Secretariat

Signing of MOA at DOST-7 on October 26, 1999.

(Photo by NUTRINET Secretariat)

Orientation-meeting with Dr. Veritas F. Luna of

CCA-Manila. (Photo by NUTRINET Secretariat)

Orientation-meeting with UPH-DJGTMU and

UPHSL-CIHMND Deans and Librarians. (Photo by

NUTRINET Secretariat)

Vol. 23 No. 1

NUTRINET’s Adopt-A-Library Project

The Network’s Adopt-A-Library Project

(AAL Project) aims to facilitate the

collection development of public college

or university libraries in need of

additional references for use in F&N and

related courses.

There are currently three beneficiaries of

the AAL Project:

L a g u n a S t a t e P o l y t e c h n i c

University—Sta. Cruz Campus

(LSPU-Sta. Cruz Campus);

Nueva Ecija University of Science

and Technology—Sumacab Campus

(NEUST-Sumacab Campus); and

Cavite State University—Naic

Campus (CvSU-Naic Campus).

The first AAL Project Turnover

Ceremony was conducted on December

2, 2013 with LSPU-Sta. Cruz Campus as

beneficiary.

The ceremony was attended and

witnessed by the NUTRINET TecCom

representatives and LSPU-Sta. Cruz

deans and students.

LSPU-Sta. Cruz Campus received a total

of 140 volumes of books and other

materials as donation from the Network.

The second AAL Project Turnover

Ceremony was held on February 23,

2015 with NEUST-Sumacab Campus as

beneficiary.

NEUST-Sumacab Campus received a

total of 644 volumes of books and other

materials from the Network. The

Turnover Ceremony was attended by

Dr. Hilario C. Ortiz, NEUST’s

University President, university officials,

and students.

The lastest AAL Turnover Ceremony

was conducted on December 2, 2015,

coincidentally two years after the first

turnover ceremony, with CvSU-Naic

Campus as beneficiary. The NUTRINET

TecCom representatives and CvSU-Naic

officials were in attendance during the

ceremony.

Aside from books and other materials,

CvSU-Naic Campus was the first

beneficiary of library furniture because

their library was totally burned down.

DYDe Leon

FNRI-DOST

Signing of Deed of Donation in LSPU-Sta. Cruz

Campus (Photo by DYDe Leon, FNRI-DOST)

Signing of Deed of Donation in NEUST-Sumacab Campus (Photo by DYDe Leon, FNRI-DOST)

Signing of Deed of Donation in CvSU-Naic

Campus (Photo by CvSU-Naic)

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Vol. 23 No. 1

NUTRINET’s Timeline

Page 7

Vol. 23 No. 1

NUTRINET’s Timeline

Page 8

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NUTRINET’s Timeline

Page 9

NUTRINET Newsletter

NEW ACQUISITIONS

Contributor: Ms. Victoria B. Sandoval, UPLB-CHE

Postage NUTRINET Secretariat

Food and Nutrition Research Institute-DOST

DOST Compound, General Santos Avenue

Bicutan, Taguig City 1631

NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT-PHYSIOLOGY;

NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT

Nutrition health and disease: a lifespan approach.

Simon Langley-Evans. 2nd ed. Chichester, West

Sussex: John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2015

TX

547

F66

2013

FOOD-ANALYSIS;MASS SPECTROMETRY

Foodomics: advanced mass spectrometry in

modern food science and nutrition. Edited by

Alejandro Cifuentes. Hoboken, New Jersey: John

Wiley & Sons Inc., 2013.

QP

141

L36

2015

SAFETY CHILDREN-HEALTH AND HYGIENE-

UNITED STATES;EARLY CHILDHOOD

EDUCATION-UNITED STATES;SCHOOL

HEALTH SERVICE-UNITED STATES;SCHOOLS-

UNITED STATES-SAFETY MEASURES

Safety nutrition and health in early education. Cathie

Robertson. Australia: Wadsworth Cengage Learning,

2013.

RM

666

R39

2013

PROBIOTICS;FERMENTED FOODS-HEALTH

ASPECTS

Fermented foods for health: use the power of

probiotic foods to improve your digestion,

strengthen your immunity and prevent illness. By

Dierde Rawlings. Beverly, MA: Fair Winds Press,

2013

LB

3409

R63

2013

The NUTRINET’s Logo

The Figures:

Malunggay

It stands for nutrition; each leaf

represents the original NUTRINET

member-agencies.

Stylized waves

It denotes information and network

waves going in one direction –

center.

The Colors:

Blue Green

It stands for the sea. Therefore, it

connotes travel; information travels

around.

White

It means center. All colors come

from white so all researches on

nutrition goes to the center wherein

it is collected.

Green

It stands for life, food and (also)

nutrition.