Employee of the Year Caitlyn Crisostomo at the JKPL canopy during the CNMI Labor Day celebration at Garapan Fishing Base on Sunday.
Gov. Arnold I . Palacios, right, reads the commendation for JKPL Employee of the Year Caitlyn Crisostomo, 2nd left.
Team JKPL and Employee of the Year Caitlyn Crisostomo with Gov. Arnold I . Palacios.
(JKPL) — Team Joeten-Kiyu Public Library celebrated Labor Day by recognizing outstanding employees and the overall employee of the year during the annual CNMI government-wide Labor Day festivities at the Garapan Fishing Base on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023.
Team JKPL recognized the following outstanding employees for five years or more for length of public service at the Joeten-Kiyu Public Library-CNMI State Library:
• 5 years — Caitlyn Joan Lieto Crisostomo, Library Assistant I
• 6 years — Beth Barcinas Demapan, Technical Services Librarian
• 7 years — Gerard Anthony Borja, Library Assistant III
• 7 years — Bergitt Maratita, Library Assistant I (Antonio C. Atalig Memorial Library, Rota)
• 9 years — Joey Songsong, Computer Programmer II
• 9 years — Leoralynn Sablan Terlaje, Library Assistant III
• 11 years — Silverio DLC. Balisalisa, Library Services Coordinator
• 15 years — Ray Jr. Deleon Guerrero, Computer Specialist I
• 17 years — Celina Camacho Foreman, Librarian I
• 27 years in total CNMI government, Systems Librarian Omar Tababa Manacop (9 years JKPL)
• 31 years in total CNMI government, Administrative Officer III Vincent Donald Palacios Sablan (6 years JKPL)
• 31 years — Erlinda Cabrera Naputi, Library Director
Library Director Erlinda C. Naputi shared, “I am very pleased and especially honored to recognize this year’s overall 2023 Joeten-Kiyu Public Library Employee of the Year to Library Assistant I Ms. Caitlyn Joan Lieto Crisostomo. Caitlyn has been with the library for 5 years now. But before that, she started volunteering at the library while attending Marianas High School. Then she served as a Library Intern during Super Typhoon Yutu. I was very impressed with her work ethic when the library was used as a FEMA Disaster Center. She loves helping the community and volunteering to assist all department areas in any way she can. It came as no surprise that she was hired as a Library Assistant and then promoted to Library Assistant I. She is a valuable member of our team. Caitlyn assists in the day-to-day operations of the JKPL. She is responsible for organizing employee celebrations, ordering books and supplies, assisting in Teen Services by facilitating Teen-driven programming, managing and inventorying JKPL office supplies, inputting requisitions into MUNIS, soliciting for event sponsorships, scheduling the video-teleconference Room/McRel Room, answering phones, conducting cashier services, cleaning the JKPL facility, assisting in all library programs and services, and so much more! She is self-motivated and a great pleasure to work with. She has a positive attitude. She is very reliable, friendly, meticulous, diligent, and completes all her work on time. Caitlyn is the current Director of Events and Programs in the Northern Marianas Library Association. She was also competitively selected by the American Library Association and the Young Adult Library Services Association to represent the Northern Marianas in 2022 for the T3 Train the Trainer: Improving Teen Services Cohort held in Indianapolis, Indiana. She is an active member of the Pacific Association of Libraries, Archives, and Museums. She is also a Certified Instructor in the Motheread/Fatheread CNMI Adult Curriculum and the Children’s Story Exploring Curriculum. Congratulations, Library Assistant I Caitlyn Joan Lieto Crisostomo as the official Joeten-Kiyu Public Library 2023 Employee the Year. Biba, Caitlyn Crisostomo!
“ I also would like to acknowledge our hardworking Team Joeten-Kiyu Public Library — from our Front Circulation (Adult and Teen Services) with Library Assistant III Gerard Borja, Library Outreach Assistant Shianalyn Lizama; our Pacific Room with Computer Specialist Ray Jr. Deleon Guerrero; Our Children’s Library with Librarian Celina Camacho Foreman and Library Outreach Coordinator Val Naputi; our Information Technology Center/Technology Mobile Express with Computer Programmer II Joey Songsong; our Bookmobile Outreach Services with Library Assistant III Leoralynn S. Terlaje and Library Outreach Assistant II Carrie Camacho; our Admin Office with Library Services Coordinator Silverio Balisalisa, Library Assistant I Kaleina Reyes, and Library Assistant I Caitlyn Crisostomo; our newest team member Sina Ha’ani Palacios; our Management Team with Admin Officer III Vincent Sablan, Systems Librarian Omar T. Manacop, and Technical Services Librarian Beth Barcinas Demapan; our public library branches — Fernando M. Benavente Memorial Library in San Antonio, the Antonio C. Atalig Memorial Library on Rota with Library Assistant I Bergitt Maratita in partnership with the Rota Mayor’s Office, and the Tinian Public Library staff led by Supervisor and Commonwealth Library Council member Julie B. Sablan of the Tinian Mayor’s Office! Thank you to our Commonwealth Library Council Friends of the Joeten-Kiyu Public Library, the Office of the Governor, Governor Arnold I. Palacios and Lieutenant Governor David M. Apatang for all your continued support! You are all phenomenal people! You continue to impress and astound me by your steadfast dedication and commitment to public service, your mutual support and respect towards one another, and by the strength and spirit of your character! As Helen Keller once said, ‘Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much’! Congratulations and thank you, everyone! Biba, Marianas! Happy Labor Day! Biba, Team JKPL!”
Team JKPL also thanked their sponsors the Northern Marianas Library Association and Pacific Trading Company.
