The Department of Science and Technology-Science and Technology Information Institute (DOST-STII) deployed one scanner and one computer to Benguet State University through a project titled “Augmenting and Strengthening the e-Library Services in the Regional R&D Consortia Base Agencies” on August 24, 2023, at the BSU ICT Hall.

The said project is being implemented by the DOST-STII, funded by the DOST-Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD), in which BSU is among the beneficiaries from eight regional consortia base agencies. It aims to digitize the Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources (AANR) knowledge content of the Cordillera Consortium for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Resources Research and Development (CorCAARRD) and other regional consortia-based agencies. It will also be uploaded on the Science Library Integrated Management System (SLIMS), a system that runs the DOST-PCAARRD eLibrary.

Designed by DOST-STII, SLIM intends to facilitate efficient and prompt dissemination, sharing, exchange, preservation, access, and retrieval of its resources. The said system will be shared among the DOST-PCAARRD regional R&D consortia base agencies.

Furthermore, the activity involved a training and orientation workshop for the personnel from CorCAARRD, led by Consortium Director Dr. Janet B. Pablo, and BSU ULIS staff, led by its Director Lauren P. Kipaan, on the utilization of the SLIMS and digitization process of the AANR resources.