October 29th to October 31st Staff members of the Queen Wilhelmina Library Saba + Gertrude Johnson Library St Eustatius participated in a workshop about Library automation at PJ Library.
The libraries from Saba and Statia received funds from the Dutch Ministry of OCW to upgrade their libraries. PJ Library was asked to provide technical assistance. Workshop was an initiative from the recently established DCLA (Dutch Caribbean Library Association) of which PJ Library director Monique Alberts is the President)
Trainers were Ans Koolen ( PJ Library) Margo Groenewould ( Library manager University of the NA – Curacao). School librarians from the St Maarten Academy, St. Dominic High school and Seventh Day Adventist School also participated in the workshop as well as a representative from USM.