The Joeten-Kiyu Public Library recently welcomed a new librarian, Rosalyn Ajoste, who has been hired as technical services librarian.<\/p>\n
The 34-year-old former public school teacher will report directly to JKPL executive director John Oliver Gonzales.<\/p>\n
Ajoste recently completed her Master’s in Library and Information Science with a certificate in School Librarianship from the University of North Texas in Denton. She finished her bachelor\u2019s degree in European History from University of Hawaii-Manoa.<\/p>\n
She also is a scholar of LEAP, which stands for Library Education for the U.S. Affiliated Pacific. It\u2019s a scholarship launched by the IMLS Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian program through a grant partnership between UNT\/PREL to increase the number of indigenous librarians from the region.<\/p>\n
Some of Ajoste\u2019s responsibilities involve cataloguing JKPL\u2019s inventory of books and other materials and help in crafting the state library\u2019s five- and 10-year plans. Ajoste will also be serving as the library\u2019s de facto archivist.<\/p>\n
One of her goals is to continue to make the JKPL as well as satellite libraries on Tinian and Rota the \u201cbest library in Micronesia.\u201d <\/p>\n
She also believes that having an informed citizenry is part of the democratic process and one way to achieve this is putting information within reach of the community.<\/p>\n
Ajoste also plans to make available the library\u2019s Pacific collection to academics and historians who are doing research about the region.<\/p>\n
Other immediate goals include increasing the patronage of the library.<\/p>\n
A resident of Susupe, Ajoste is the daughter of Filipino immigrants from Zambales, Philippines. She said her family has made Saipan their home the past 41 years.<\/p>\n
Prior to joining JKPL, she has taught at Kagman High School for six years, Marianas High School for three years, and Saipan Southern High School for two years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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