February 23, 2024 | Miami, Florida, United States | Libna Stevens, Inter-American Division News
The Inter-American Division’s (IAD) Office of Education will launch its latest version of the Adventist Virtual Library (AVL) portal during a live streaming program on Mar. 4, 2024. The online event will instruct users how to navigate the new website and access its thousands of resources, as well as highlight expansion plans for the coming months.
Created in 2007, AVL is a cybernetic port created to facilitate access to various databases and links in several languages and diverse educational disciplines that complement teaching-learning and investigative process in all the educational Adventist institutions that are part of the IAD.
“We are so excited that the virtual library was instituted years ago by the Division and now is a stronger tool for students at our schools and universities in the territory,” says Dr. Faye Patterson, education director of the IAD. The extensive virtual library is also an important accreditation requirement for K-12 educational institutions as well as higher education, not only for the Adventist Educational System in Inter-America, but also government entities in each country, she explains.
The launch will be hosted from the campus of Central American Adventist University in Alajuela, Costa Rica, with a group of students, educators and IAD leaders.
“It is such a plus to have this virtual library close to our schools which helps cultivate students towards reading more and digging further in their research investigations,” says Dr. Yanet Cima, assistant education director of the IAD, who has been working on the virtual library for nearly three years. Since last year, Cima has been promoting access, fictionality and data resources, for their primary, secondary and university institutions.
The new website boasts a rebranding with a new domain, new logo, new features, and vast information in English, Spanish and French.
To watch the live event of Inter-America’s Adventist Virtual Library special launch program, on Mar. 4, 2024, at 4:00 p.m. Costa Rica Time, or 5:00 p.m. Miami Time, visit webcast.interamerica.org