Pacific Resources for Education and Learning

Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL) serves libraries, archives, and museums in U.S.-affiliated Pacific region territories including American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Territory of Guam, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. Building upon two previous IMLS-funded continuing education and leadership training initiatives in this region, the new PREL Strategic Learning Communities project will recruit and train new, skilled cohorts of information professionals in each territory over a three-year period. These 80 students will receive training and mentoring in organizational leadership, community service, technology management, and other aspects of information services management. They also will be given opportunities to travel to professional conferences. Populations of the Pacific region territories will benefit from improved services from their local libraries, archives, and museums.