Nineteen residents of the U.S.-affiliated Pacific have been selected to attend the 2008 Leaders for Pacific Libraries (LPL) professional development in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). The LPL professional development, funded by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and directed by Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL), will take place November 20–22, 2008, on Yap, as part of the 2008 Pacific Islands Association of Libraries, Archives, and Museums (PIALA) Conference.
The intensive professional development for the LPL cohort will include a 3-day postconference workshop on “The Art of Thinking Big: How to Go From an Idea to a Competitive Grant.” The training will be conducted by Ms. Elaina Norlin, Manager of New Initiatives and Outreach, OCLC Eastern, and Mr. Mathew Bellhouse-King, Research Assistant, PREL. Ms. Stephanie Gerding, coauthor of Grants for Libraries, will provide virtual training materials for the workshop. All LPL awardees will attend the PIALA conference from November 17 to 19, 2008.
By providing targeted professional development in specific areas of library management to this group, all of whom are preprofessional staff working in libraries, archives, and museums in their home jurisdictions, the LPL training seeks to improve library services across the region. The 2008 LPL attendees include: Perise Toilolo from American Samoa; Kieko Kanemoto from Chuuk; Patricia Aguon-Cruz and Erlinda Naputi from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI); Lourdes Nededog from Guam; Michael Williams from Kosrae; Mike Chipen, Jennifer Hainrick, Atarino Helieisar, Dosihner Jose, and Karleen Manuel from Pohnpei; Pearl Anien and Sistina Elbon from the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI); Mary Arius, Sandy Fernandez, Sunshine Garcia, and Imengel Mad from the Republic of Palau; and Erica Ruwepin and Helen Salap from Yap.
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, March 24, 2010)
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