Twenty residents of the U.S.-affiliated Pacific have been selected to attend the 2008 Pacific Library Training Institute (PLTI) in Honolulu, Hawai‘i. The PLTI, funded by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and organized by Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL), will take place from July 21 through August 8, 2008, at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
By providing professional development to this group of preprofessional staff working in special libraries in their home jurisdictions, the PLTI seeks to improve library services across the region. Following is a list of the attendees: Nathaidia Moeia from American Samoa; Erlinda Naputi and Gregorio Sablan from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; Kersweet Eria from Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM); Shra Renton from Kosrae, FSM; Atarino Helieisar, Karleen Manuel, Julia Martin, and Julie Nimea from Pohnpei, FSM; Erica Ruwepin and Helen Salap from Yap, FSM; Walfrid Benavente and Lourdes Nedegog from Guam; Pearl Anien, Tina Edmond, and Kiona Lalimo from the Republic of the Marshall Islands; and Pioria Asito, Everett Belelai, Sandy Fernandez, and Grace Merong from the Republic of Palau.
PREL is an independent, nonprofit 501 (c)(3) corporation that serves the educational community in the U.S.-affiliated Pacific, the continental United States, and countries throughout the world. PREL bridges the gap between research, theory, and practice in education and works collaboratively with schools and school systems to provide services that range from curriculum development to assessment and evaluation. In addition, PREL administers the Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Pacific, 1 of 10 Regional Educational Laboratories funded through the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education. With a commitment to ensuring that all students have an equal opportunity to develop a strong academic foundation, regardless of circumstances or geographic location, PREL has service centers in the U.S.-affiliated Pacific islands, including American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM: Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap), Guam, Hawai‘i, the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), and the Republic of Palau.
For additional information about this media release or PREL and its work, please contact Javier Elizondo, Director of Communications, by telephone at (808) 441-1300 or by email at elizondoj@prel.org, or visit our website at www.prel.org.
(Posted Wednesday, May 21, 2008)