Alele Museum and Public Library

Alele Museum, Public Library and National Archives, the designated State Library Administrative Agency for the Republic of the Marshall Islands, will use grant funds to support an ongoing library computer training program, digitization of important cultural heritage materials, and an Internet connection. Older adults are a target audience of the computer training, and Alele has made recent efforts to reach women through classes designated just for them. Grant funds will continue to support computer literacy trainers for this program as well as replacement computers. The project will also continue digitizing over 600 video tapes from the years when Alele was producing a weekly television program. Grant funds will also support staff participation in the Pacific Islands Association of Libraries, Archives, and Museums (PIALA) conference as well as attend the biannual Pacific workshop organized by IMLS.