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September 3, 2019
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Table of Contents
Library Development Stakeholder Survey
Public Librarians’ Chat: Developing Civic Engagement Programs for Adults
Reading the Region: Award Books from the Pacific Northwest
Alaska Library Association Scholarship
Internship Opportunity
Learning Express Series of Webinars
Library Development Training & Continuing Education Calendar
Library Development Stakeholder Survey
The mission of Library Development is An excellent library in every community for every Alaskan.
Soliciting feedback from our stakeholders on the critical issues facing their libraries helps us improve the services and resources we are currently offering and helps us identify new services.
Please take a moment to complete the online survey , it should take less than 2 minutes. The deadline to submit a survey is September 30, 2019.
Public Librarians’ Chat: Developing Engaging Civic Programs for Adults
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Just a quick note about our upcoming Public Librarians’ Chat: Developing Engaging Civic Programs for Adults that will be held on Thursday, September 19th at 11:00 am
According to the Civic Engagement: Stepping Up to the Civic Engagement Challenge report published by the Urban Libraries Council, "Research and experience have shown that investing in civic engagement produces significant dividends. Engaged and empowered citizens generate optimism, produce good decisions on tough community challenges, and contribute to economic success."
During this webinar, our guest presenter Amy Koester, Learning Experiences Manager at the Skokie Public Library will give an overview of the Civic Lab program, which offers information, activities and discussion on issues facing the community.
Reading the Region: Award Books from the Pacific Northwest
During the Pacific Northwest Library Association Conference that was held in Spokane, Washington, I had pleasure of participating in the Reading the Region session. Below is the list of regional book titles that were shared during that fun, informative and enlightening session. Set a personal goal to expand by reading one award winning book from each region. The Reading the Region bibliography was researched and compiled by Jan Zauha, Montana State University and is shared with permission.
Reading the Region 2018-2019:
Award Books, Award Programs, and the Latest Winning Titles From Around the PNLA Region
REGIONAL AWARDS
Pacific NW Booksellers Awards (presented by Jan Zauha)
2019 Winners:
- A False Report by Ken Armstrong (Seattle)
- Washington Black by Esi Edugyan (Victoria, BC)
- Buzz by Thor Hanson (Friday Harbor, WA)
- Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough (Seattle)
- Rising Out of Hatred by Eli Saslow (Portland)
- Libba by Laura Veirs, illustrated by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh (Portland)
PNLA Young Readers Choice Awards2019 (presented by Della Dubbe for Jocie Wilson)
- Junior Division (4th-6th Grades): Dog Man by Dav Pilkey
- Intermediate Division (7th-9th Grades): The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan
- Senior Division (10th – 12th grades): Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake
ALASKA
- 2019 Winner: Wildcat Women: Narratives of the Women Breaking Ground in Alaska’s Oil and Gas Industry by Carla Williams
US National Book Festival Great Reads List, Alaska Choice (presented by Julie Niederhauser)
- 2019: Fighter in Velvet Gloves: Alaska Civil Rights Hero Elizabeth Peratrovich by Annie Boochever & Roy Peratrovich Jr.
ALBERTA
Book Publishers’ Assoc. of Alberta Awards (presented by Maureen Penn)
- 2018 Winners:
- Children & Young Adult Award: Maddie Hatter and the Gilded Gauge by Jayne Barnard
- Scholarly & Academic Book Award: Alberta's Lower Athabasca Basin: Archaeology and Paleoenvironments by Brian M. Ronaghan
- Learning Book of the Year: Pathology Review & Practice Guide edited by Dr. Zu-hua Gao
- Trade Fiction Book Award: Dazzle Patterns by Alison Watt
- Trade Non-Fiction Award: The Unravelling by Clem Martini and Olivier Martini
- Robert Kroetsch Poetry Book Award: Fail Safe by Nikki Sheppy
- Speculative Fiction Award: Where the Stars Rise edited by Lucas K. Law and Derwin Mak
- Alberta Book Design Awards:
- Book Cover: My True and Complete Adventures as a Wannabe Voyageur by Phyllis Rudin, cover designed by Vikki Wiercinski (NeWest Press)
- Book Design: What is Going to Happen Next by Karen Hoffman, designed by Natalie Olsen (NeWest Press)
Rocky Mountain Book Award (grades 4-7)
- 2019 Winner: From Ant to Eagle by Alex Lyttle
Writers’ Guild of Alberta: Alberta Literary Awards
- 2019 Winners:
- Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction: Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead
- Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry: Matronalia by A. B. Dillon
- Wilfrid Eggleston Award for NonFiction: Homes: A Refugee Story by Abu Bakr al Rabeeah and Winnie Yeung
- R. Ross Annett Award for Children’s Literature: Crafty Llama by Mike Kerr
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Red Cedar Book Awards 2019 (grades 4-7) (presented by Jay Peters)
- Information Book Award: Smiley: A Journey of Love by Joanne George
- Fiction: From Ant to Eagle by Alex Lyttle
- Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize: Trickster Drift by Eden Robinson
- Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize: Breaching the Peace: The Site C Dam and a Valley’s Stand Against Big Hydro by Sarah Cox
- Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize: The Woo Woo by Lindsay Wong
- Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award: 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act by Bob Joseph
- Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize: Our Familiar Hunger by Laisha Rosnau
- Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize: Sparks! by Ian Boothby
- Sheila Egoff Children's Prize: No Fixed Address by Susin Nielsen
- Best Picture Book: Where Oliver Fits by Cale Atkinson
- Chapter Book: ?
- Best Novel: The Bonaventure Adventures by Rachelle Delaney
IDAHO
Idaho Book of the Year (ID Library Assoc. Book Award) (Presented by Jan Zauha for Ellie Dworak)
- 2018 Winner: Idaho by Emily Ruskovich
- 2019 Winner: Restart by Gordon Korman
US National Book Festival Great Reads List, Idaho Choice
- 2019: Beauty and the Beak by Deborah Lee Rose and Jane Veltkamp
Young Adult Library Services Association’s Alex Awards
- 2019: Educated by Tara Westover
MONTANA
Montana Book Award 2018 (presented by Jan Zauha, Corey Fifles & Gavin Woltjer)
- Winner: One-Sentence Journal by Chris LaTray
- Honor Books:
- The Traveling Feast by Rick Bass
- Warblers & Woodpeckers by Sneed B. Collard III
- The Flicker of Old Dreams: A Novel by Susan Henderson
- Howl Like a Wolf! by Kathleen Yale, illustrated by Kaley McKean
- Nonfiction: Wonderlandscape: Yellowstone National Park and the Evolution of an American Cultural Icon by John Clayton
- Fiction: Days Without End by Sebastian Barry
- First Book: Bad Kansas by Becky Mandelbaum
- Woman Writer: The Last Chance Ladies’ Book Club by Marlis Wesseler
- Indigenous Writer: Strangers: Book 1, The Reckoner Trilogy by David A. Robertson
- Poetry: Throwing the Diamond Hitch by Emily Ursuliak
- Art & Photography: Theodore Waddell: My Montana by Rick Newby
- Short Stories: Maple & Lead by Aaron Parrett
- Children’s: What I Saw in Glacier by Ellen Horowitz
- Young Adult: Stranded: A Story of Frontier Survival by Matthew P. Mayo
- Medicine & Science: The Patch: The People, Pipelines, and Politics of the Oil Sands by Chris Turner
- Creative Nonfiction: A Darkness Lit by Heroes: The Granite Mountain- Speculator Mine Disaster of 1917 by Doug Ammons
Treasure State Award (K-12 picture)
- 2019: Hattie & Hudson by Chris Van Dusen
US National Book Festival Great Reads List, Montana Choice
- 2019: Montana for Kids by Allen Morris Jones
WASHINGTON
Children’s Choice Picture Book Award (presented by Linda Johns & Ree West)
- 2019 Winner: The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors by Drew Daywalt & Adam Rex, illustrator
- 2019 Winner: Flawed by Cecelia Ahern
- 2019 Winner: A Night Divided by Jennifer Nielsen
- 2019 Winner: This Book Isn’t Safe by Colin Furze
- 2019 Educators’ Choice: The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist by Cynthia Levinson
Washington State Book Awards 2018
- Fiction: This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
- Poetry: Water & Salt by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha
- History/General Nonfiction: Mozart’s Starling by Lyanda Lynn Haupt
- Biography/Memoir: The Spider and the Fly by Claudia Rowe
- Picture Book: Shawn Loves Sharks by Curtis Manley, illustrated by Tracy Subisak
- Books for Younger Readers (ages 6-8): Zoey and Sassafras: Dragons and Marshmallows by Asia Citro
- Book for Middle Grade Readers (ages 8-12): The Many Reflections of Miss Jane Deming by J. Anderson Coats
- Book for Young Adults (ages 13 and up): The Arsonist by Stephanie Oakes
US National Book Festival Great Reads List, Washington Choice
- 2019: All Are Welcome by illustrated by Suzanne Kaufman
Young Adult Library Services Association’s Alex Awards
- 2019: Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
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Alaska Library Association Scholarship
If you have been toying with the idea of pursuing a Master in Library Science degree (MLIS), you may want to read the April 26, 2019 What Do Librarians Do? post from the School of Information Studies, Syracuse University. The post describes the basic education requirements to become a librarian, the broad range of jobs that librarians may apply for and the skills librarians need to possess. Barriers to pursuing an MLIS may include the belief the applicant will need to leave their job and family to go to school out of state, or a concern about needing a high score on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or Miller Analogies Test (MAT) in order to be admitted, as well as questions about how to pay for graduate school.
While the University of Alaska doesn’t offer an ALA Accredited Library & Information Studies, over thirty universities in the United States do offer 100% online programs that would allow students to work and live in Alaska while completing their studies. The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) admission requirement varies amongst universities. Some universities only require students who don’t meet a minimum undergraduate GPA of 2.75 (4.0 basis) to take the GRE or MAT. The American Library Association's searchable database of ALA accredited programs allows you to limit searches by distance education options, areas of concentration and other degrees/educational opportunities.
- Directory of ALA Accredited Library & Information Studies
- Searchable Database of ALA Accredited MLIS Programs
Each year the Alaska Library Association awards General Graduate Library Studies scholarships in the amount of $4000.00 to students pursuing graduate studies leading to a MLIS. The deadline to apply is January 15th.
Scholarship Eligibility Requirements
An applicant must be an Alaskan resident who:
- is eligible for acceptance, is currently enrolled, or will be a student in a graduate school program during the academic year, semester, or academic quarter for which the scholarship is received.
- makes a commitment to work in an Alaska library for a minimum of one year after graduation as a paid employee or a volunteer, or for two semesters for one semester’s financial assistance. A scholarship recipient who fails to fulfill this commitment will be expected to repay the money received. Candidates awarded the scholarship must supply proof of admission to an accredited program before the scholarship is disbursed.
If you aspire to advance in librarianship an MLIS can certainly help you achieve future career goals. Below is a list of Alaskan who have received the AkLA Scholarship.
Scholarship Fund Award Recipients 1992-now
1992 – Nathaniel Good, Fairbanks
1993 – Lillian Petershoare, Juneau
1994 – Katherine Sanders, Fairbanks
1995 – Marta Vick, Fairbanks
1996 – Diane Sotak,
1997 – Barbara Forster, Barrow
1998 – Elise Tomlinson, Juneau
1999 – Karen Davies,
2000 – Jennifer D. Brown, Petersburg
2001 – Robbin Garber-Slaght, Karen Kresh, Ellen Moore, and James Simard
2002 – Kerri Canepa, June Degnan, Amelia Jenkins
2003 – Stacey Glaser, Laurene Madson, and Linda Lee Wynne
2004 – Linda Christine Ericson, Erin Gratz, and Karen Roberts
2005 – Dan Coleman and Rosalie White
2006 – Ann Dixon, Jonas Lamb, and Lisa Pearson
2007 – Irena Adams, Tiffany Bryner, Coral Ellshoff, M.J. Grande, and Lisa Perkins
2008 – Katie Conover, Roxie Duckworth, Marcia Lee, and Sharon Vogel
2009 – Kate Duncan, D’Arcy Hutchings, Jodi Jacques, Catherine Melville, and Christine Snyder Osciak
2010 – Mollie Good, Claudia Haines, and Margo Mandel
2011 – Amy Carney, Holly Dean, Claire Imamura, and Chris Turner
2012 – Olga Lijo Serans and Ryanna Thurman
2013 – Wendy Stout
2014 – Ashley Hambin, Wendy Mannen, Ashley Paris, Alissa Williams, and Meaghan Zimplemann
2016 – Michelle Carton
2017 – Theresa Quiner, Bethel
2018 – Julie Varee and Samuel Dinges, both Anchorage
2019 – Shelly B. Andresen, Anchorage and Katja Wolfe, Kasilof
Internship Opportunity
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The Alaska State Library will be sponsoring one (1) library internship for 8-weeks to a public library during the summer of 2020. The intern is required to work on a project that benefits library patrons or library operations. The Alaska State Library Internship Project has successfully brought interns who have recently or are near completion of an MLIS to Alaska to work in a public library on a pre-approved project for the past three years.
Alaska State Library staff will:
- Select one project proposed by a DirLead Library
- Solicit and select an intern who has completed or is near completion of an MLIS
- Direct the Alaska Library Network to issue bi-weekly checks for approved travel costs, Per Diem ($60/day for 50 days, $3000), and honorarium.
- Serve as the primary supervisor of the intern during the internship assignment
The DirLead library will:
- Design a meaningful and feasible project for the intern to complete and provide any necessary supplies or equipment for the project
- Determine project outcomes and allow the intern to use their professional training to develop strategies to reach project outcomes
- Provide housing for the intern for 8-weeks
- Cooperate with the Public Library Coordinator on training, supervising and evaluating the intern’s progress
- Be willing to assist the Alaska State Library in evaluating the internship pilot project as a whole
If your library would like to participate in the internship project please contact Julie.niederhauser@alaska.gov and request an Intern Project Application.
The deadline to apply is December 2nd, 2019.
Learning Express Series of Webinars
One of the NEW databases available to Alaskans from Statewide Library Electronic Doorway (SLED) is LearingExpress Library which is comprised of a selection of interactive tutorials, practice tests, articles and e-books. LearningExpress tutorials and practice tests help high school students prepare for the ACT, SAT, and AP tests. College students use the LearningExpress Math Skills, Reading Skills and Grammar and Writing Skills reviews to succeed in their academic course work.
Learn more about the many features available from LearningExpress Library by joining one of the upcoming webinars.
Alaska – October 29; 9:00 am.
Learning Express Library – Focus on Job and Career Accelerator
This 30 minute Webex will focus on Job and Career Accelerator (JCA) which gives job seekers the most comprehensive collection of job search and career exploration tools anywhere — all in one place and always available online. It includes a resume builder with targeted samples and tips, interviewing advice and a personal dashboard to track users' work.
Alaska – January 28th 9:00 am
Learning Express Library – Focus on Career Center and Occupational Test Prep – 30 minutes
LearningExpress Library features online tutorials, practice tests, and e-books to help patrons of all ages. In this Webex we will focus on the Career Center with Occupational Test Prep and Work Place Soft Skills todays employers are looking for. In the Career Center we have over 25 occupational certification test prep which include ALLIED HEALTH, NXCLEX for Nursing, PRAXIS for Teachers, Military ASVAB, and many more. Are you preparing for a professional exam? Are you curious about a particular occupation or looking to improve your workplace skills? Choose the Career Center and begin your path to a bright future.
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