COUNTRY’S FIRST SCIENCE DIGITAL LIB BY DOST NOW IN CAPIZ U. The Department of Science and Technology-Science and Technology Information Institute (DOST-STII) recently handed over 35 units of STARBOOKS (Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly Operated Kiosk Station) to Capiz State University (CAPSU) in Roxas City, Capiz.  A project of STII, STARBOOKS is the first science digital library in the Philippines. It can be accessed without Internet connection and contains  text, video and audio materials from local and international sources Including Britannica Ultimate Encyclopedia.  The 35 units will be distributed to ten CAPSU campuses namely Roxas City (main campus), Burias, Dumarao, Sigma, Pilar, Pontevedra, Mambusao, Dayao, Sapian, and Tapaz campuses.  Photo  above shows library staff and campus administrators from the ten CAPSU campuses during a STARBOOKS training session conducted by STII after the formal turnover rites at the CAPSU Roxas City campus last April 30, 2015. (Text and photos by Espie Angelica A. de Leon, S&T Media Service, DOST-STII)