STARBOOKS

TITLE OF TECHNOLOGY: STARBOOKS

Applicants: DOST – STII

Status of Application: On – going

Applications Filed:

  Title of Application Application Number
1. Method of Managing the Bibliographic Details of Collected Materials in an Electronic Instructional System 2-2016-000200
2. Method of Accessing Data from an Electronic Instructional System 2-2016-000201
3. System of Accessing the Data from an Electronic Instructional System 2-2016-000202
4. System of Converting Collected Data to be Uploaded in an Electronic Instructional System 2-2016-000203
5. Method of Converting Collected Data to be Uploaded in an Electronic Instructional System 2-2016-000204
6. Method of Parsing the Bibliographic Details of Collected Materials in an Electronic Instructional System 2-2016-000205
7 System of Parsing the Bibliographic Details of Collected Materials in an Electronic Instructional System 2-2016-000206
8. Method of Managing Contents of an Electronic Instructional System 2-2016-000207

STARBOOKS is short for Science & Technology Academic and Research – Based Openly Operated Kiosk Station also known as “Library in a Box” intended to serve as information access portals in key areas in the Philippines.

STARBOOKS contains hundreds and thousands of digitized science and technology resources in various formats (text and video / audio) placed in specially design “pods” set in a user-friendly interface. Its special features are:

  • It is a standalone Information kiosk; hence, information access is possible even without internet.
  • It is a compendium of S&T information gathered from all over the world – a one stop S&T information source; and
  • It features videos dubbed “Tamang DOSTkarte Livelihood Videos” to stimulate every Filipino’s entrepreneurial capacity.