PHOTOS: JIS Hands Over Heritage Material to Jamaica Library Service

March 31, 2025
PHOTOS: JIS Hands Over Heritage Material to Jamaica Library Service
Photo: JIS File
Managing Editor, Editorial and Photography Department at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Tracey Chin Loy (centre) presents a colourful poster of the national symbols to Director General at the Jamaica Library Service (JLS), Maureen Thompson (right). Looking on is Senior Photo Librarian, JIS, Maxine Shrouder. Occasion was the handover of a range of JIS heritage publications by the Editorial and Photography Department at the JLS’ offices, 2 Tom Redcam Drive in Kingston on Friday (March 28). The donation is in keeping with the agency’s mandate to inform and educate the public about matters of national interest.

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Managing Editor of the Editorial Department at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Tracey Chin Loy (left), displays a poster of the national symbols, which was among a range of JIS heritage publications handed over to the Jamaica Library Service (JLS) at the library’s headquarters at 2 Tom Redcam Drive in Kingston on Friday (March 28). The donation is in keeping with the agency’s mandate to inform and educate the public about matters of national interest.
Staff of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) and the Jamaica Library Service (JLS) display some of the JIS heritage publications that were handed over to the JLS at the library’s headquarters at 2 Tom Redcam Drive in Kingston on Friday (March 28). The donation is in keeping with the JIS’s mandate to inform and educate the public about matters of national interest. The JIS team members (from left) are Senior Photo Librarian, Maxine Shrouder; Reporters, Andrew Laidley and Vanessa James; Managing Editor, Editorial and Photography Department, Tracey Chin Loy; and Acting Senior Editor, Douglas McIntosh (fifth right). The JLS team members are (from centre), Director General, Maureen Thompson; Senior Director, Kishma Simpson; Senior Librarian, Marjorie Rutherford; Director of School Library Network, Patsy Gordon; and Librarian, Elizabeth Baker.
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