#ATM: DOST 1 through Provincial Science and Technology Office (PSTO) – Pangasinan conducts training and orientation on Science and Technology Academic Research-Based Openly Operated Kiosk Stations (STARBOOKS) at Lyceum Northwestern University, Dagupan City.
Mr. Edward E. Ugale, STARBOOKS Deployment Officer of PSTO-Pangasinan serves as a Resource Speaker.
Participants in the training are 600 Grade level 4-12 students, faculty members together with Dr. Elzalde Berba, Information Technology Head and Ms. Melanie Agbay, Head Librarian.
STARBOOKS is a stand-alone information source designed to reach those with limited or no access to S&T information resources. The project aims to provide STI (Science, Technology, and Innovation)-based content in various formats to students and other constituents in geographically-isolated and economically-challenged schools and communities throughout the country. STARBOOKS contains hundreds of thousands of digitized science and technology resources in various formats (text and video/audio) placed in specially design “pods” set in a user-friendly interface.