Office of the Governor

Feleti Barstow Public Library, the designated State Library Administrative Agency for American Samoa, will use funds to support the goals of their Five-Year Plan for FY 2013-2017, which reflect the purposes and priorities of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). In American Samoa, specific goals address 1) expanding service for learning, access to information, and educational resources in a variety of formats, and developing public and private partnerships with other agencies and community-based organizations; 2) developing library services that provide all users access to information through local, state, regional, national and international electronic networks; 3) providing electronic and other linkages between all types of libraries; 4) targeting library and information services to persons having difficulty using a library; 5) hiring qualified library staff that will participate in selected online learning opportunities, enhance and expand library services, and provide in-house staff training; and 6) providing e-books as part of expanded collection services.