Published April 27, 2021, 9:35 PM
To provide Science and Technology (S&T)-based educational and learning resources in various formats to geographically isolated schools, the Department of Science and Technology-Lanao Del Norte (DOST-LDN) handed over six units of STARBOOKS Digital Library to three schools situated in geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas (GIDA) in the province.
STARBOOKS turn-over at the DepEd Division Office in Tubod, Lanao del Norte (Photo from DOST)
DOST, in a statement issued Tuesday, April 27, explained that STARBOOKS or the Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly Operated KioskS – which is dubbed as the first Philippine S&T digital library – is a “stand-alone information source designed to bring S&T information to the grassroots.”