E-Pustaka

e-Pustaka is a code name for Pustaka Negeri Sarawak mobile multimedia library. Physically, it is a medium-sized bus equipped with the following basic ICT facilities:

a) a network server;
b) an IP-based local area network c) 8 - 10 units of computers d) a printer e) an Internet connection f) an electric power generator g) an air conditioning system; and
h) books and CD-ROM collection.

Manned by 2 specially trained staff, e-Pustaka commenced its services in Kuching sub-urban areas in the year 2001. In 2004, another unit was added and commissioned in Limbang to serve the communities there. This unit was later shifted to Lawas to reach out to more users in the northern region of Sarawak.

2007 is the inaugural year for e-Pustaka to commence its service in Lawas district. e-Pustaka Lawas, which was initially e-Pustaka Limbang, worked effortlessly in providing multimedia and Internet services, beside delivering information literacy classes to primary schools in the outskirts of Lawas Town. Meanwhile in Kuching, e-Pustaka shifted its attention to communities in the rural district.

Objectives

The main objectives of this service are:

a) to improve ICT awareness among the rural population;
b) to provide electronic classroom experience to the rural community;
c) to promote the use of ICT in teaching and learning at school level;
d) to assess the impact of ICT applications in the rural areas; and
e) to narrow the digital divide or gap among the communities in Sarawak.