ZAMBOANGA CITY,
September 17 - - A total of 18 school libraries and learning resource centers
in the Zamboanga Peninsula Region have availed of the STARBOOKS, or the Science
and Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly-Operated Kiosk Stations since
its launching last November 23, 2011.
STARBOOKS is the first Philippine Science Digital
Library developed by the Science and Technology Information Institute (STII) of
the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).
It
is a stand alone, onsite research kiosk that provides free access on S&T
information for academic and livelihood use.
The mobile library differs from other library portals as it does not
require Internet connectivity to deliver information to its users. The project is aimed at providing Filipinos
with relevant and latest information on science and technology. Users can access thousands of books,
journals, scientific researches, technical and annual reports and other latest
data and information contained at the DOST’s Science Information Network
(SciNeT), Philippine eLib project sources, freely-available online resources,
and subscribed databases.
The
science digital library also contains various videos on DOST-developed
technologies for entrepreneurs looking for potential science-based
livelihood. The videos range from food
processing to laundry soap making and other livelihood materials.
The DOST-STII will continuously build-up the
STARBOOKS content to ensure that the information offered are rich, appropriate and
timely. DOST expects that this project
will spur a wave of S&T enthusiasts and entrepreneurs.
To
date, the DOST-IX has deployed STARBOOKS to a total of 18 recipients namely: 1) Regional Science High
School, 2) Zamboanga City High School
(Main), 3) Ayala National High School,
4) Vitali National High School, 5) Talon-Talon National High School, 6) Maria Clara Lobregat L. National High
School, 7) Zamboanga State College of Marine Science and Technology (ZSCMST),
8) Western Mindanao State University (WMSU-University Library), 9) WMSU-College of Agriculture, 10) TESDA-IX
Regional Training Center, 11) Sibugay
National High School; 12) WMSU-External Studies Unit (Siay), 13) La Dicha National
High School, 14) Zamboanga del Sur National High School, 15) LGU–Molave eCommunity Center, 16) Zamboanga
del Norte National High School, 17) Lantungan National High School, and 18) Dapitan
City National High School.
Further,
DOST-IX has received numerous requests of STARBOOKS from other interested learning
institutions in the region. The
Department will deploy the same as soon as the requesting parties are ready
with the hardware requirements.
STARBOOKS software is free-of-charge.
For
inquiries, interested party may call DOST IX office at 991-1024, look for
Thelma, Jill or Aris. (DOST-IX PRESS
RELEASE/PIA9/alt)