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March 12, 2019
by Public Library Coordinator on 2019-03-11T13:57:00-08:00 | 0 CommentsTable of Contents
- Thank you, thank you!
- Congratulations Scholarship and Conference Award Winners
- Upcoming PNLA/AkLA Conference
- Webinars You Don’t Want to Miss
- NASA STEM Workshop Travel Grant Opportunity
- Small Library Institute of Continuing Education
- Health Training Presentations You May Use
- Trust It or Trash It?
Thank you, thank you!
A great big thank you to everyone who volunteered, presented or provided critical behind the scenes support during the Alaska Library Association Conference. You are a big reason this year’s AkLA Conference was so successful!
Congratulations Scholarship & Conference Award Winners
Each year, the Alaska Library Association gives a $4000.00 General Graduate Library Studies Scholarship to worthy students pursuing graduate studies leading to a Master’s Degree in Library and Information studies and encourages graduates to return to Alaska to work in professional library positions. The amount of the scholarship is $4000.00
This year, the AkLA Scholarship Committee selected two recipients for the General Graduate Studies scholarship: Shelly B. Andersen and Katja Wolfe.
Shelly is a Guidance Counselor at Romig Middle School in Anchorage where she works collaboratively with staff, students and families to meet each student’s individual educational needs. After 20 years in the Anchorage School District, Shelly is ready for a new challenge-becoming a school librarian and is working on her MLIS from the University of Southern Mississippi.
Katja is the Assistant City Librarian at the Joyce K. Carver Memorial Soldotna Public Library. She has over ten years of experience as both a library director of a small rural library and an assistant director of a medium-sized library. Katja is pursuing an MLIS from San Jose State University because the people in her life that she considers her mentors have encouraged her to take this next step in her professional development.
The School Librarian Jo Morse Scholarship provides financial assistance to worthy students pursuing graduate studies leading to a library media specialist or a school librarian certificate and also encourages graduates to return to Alaska to work in professional school library positions.
This year the AkLA Scholarship Committee selected Eileen Mock to receive the Jo Morse Scholarship.
Eileen is a veteran educator with seventeen years of teaching experience and a passion for libraries. When she learned that the school librarian at her school was retiring, she immediately enrolled in the MLIS program at the University of Central Missouri. She is now a first year school librarian at the Delta Greely School District and is living the dream!
The Alaska Library Association also supports a Conference Attendance Award of up to a $1000.00 for a rural library staff member or library volunteer to attend the AkLA annual conference. The conference attendance award is for a library staff member or library volunteer working in a library in the region where the conference is being held.
This year’s recipient of the Conference Attendance Award is William Ortiz. William is a Library Aide at the Sitka Public Library and is currently pursuing an MLIS from San Jose State University. William has worked as a STEM teacher to adult inmates and is also interested in prison librarianship.
If you thought the 2019 AkLA Conference in Juneau was an amazing professional development opportunity. You will be happy to learn about the upcoming joint PNLA/AkLA Conference that will be a held in Juneau, August 5-7, 2020. The fearless Juneau Chapter of the Alaska Library Association is already swinging into gear and making plans for the 2020 conference. The Pacific Northwest Library Association includes members from Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. The synergy generated as AkLA and PNLA work together is guaranteed to result in a truly exciting conference experience.
Webinars You Don’t Want to Miss
Tuesday, March 12, 2019 2:00 pm
Wednesday, March 13, 2019 11:00 am
Thursday, March 14th 10:00 am
Tuesday, January 8, 2019 2:00 pm
NASA STEM Workshop Travel Grant Opportunity
To support rural librarians' participation in the NASA STEM Workshop, the Alaska State Library is offering 12 travel grants of up to $500.00 for travel reimbursement. The deadline to apply for a travel grant is March 15, 2019. To learn more about the NASA STEM Workshop and access a NASA Travel grant application visit https://lam.alaska.gov/programming/NASA .
The Alaska State Library in partnership with the Loussac Library has been selected as one of 10 State Library Agencies to work with NASA@ My Library team members to bring a hands-on, space science themed workshop to public library staff who work with children.
A 1.5 day NASA STEM Workshop will be held at the Loussac Library in Anchorage on April 12-13, 2019. The 1st day of the workshop will begin at 1 pm and conclude at 5 pm. The 2nd day will begin at 9 am and will conclude at 3:00 pm.
The workshop facilitators Keliann LaConte, Professional Development Manager, STAR Net/Space Science Institute and Brooks Mitchell, Education Coordinator, STAR Net/Space Science Institute have years of experience in providing NASA and NSF supported workshop for public library staff.
During the workshop participants will:
- Gain confidence in facilitating hands-on space science activities for ages 5-13 and their families at libraries
- Gain confidence in making connections to current NASA science and mission with NASA apps, video clips, images, and other education and promotional resources.
- Network with others involved in facilitating innovative science and technology programs
- Connect to a broader online community of practice through the STAR Library Network (STAR Net).
Register for the NASA STEM Workshop
Small Library Institute of Continuing Education
A Small Library Institute of Continuing Education (SLICE) workshop will be held in the Andrew P. Kashevaroff building located at 395 Whittier Street in downtown Juneau, May 6-9, 2019.
The Small Library Institute of Continuing Education (SLICE) is a four day workshop designed to empower library directors and provide them with the skills to be leaders of change and innovation in their library and community. SLICE is designed as a second tier of leadership and management training for library directors who have previously attended the Small Library Institute of Management (SLIM).
Leadership consultant Catherine McHugh and Julie Niederhauser, Public Library Coordinator for the Alaska State Library will facilitate the training.
Workshop topics include:
- Leading with Emotional Intelligence
- Leading with Social Intelligence
- Communicating the positive Impact and value of the library
- Developing library programs and partnerships that align with community goals
- Anticipating and leading change within the library
SLICE participants will be required to design and implement a library and/or community project to demonstrate and apply the knowledge and leadership skills acquired during the workshop.
To register complete SLICE Agreement form found online before the April 5th deadline.
Health Training Presentations You May Use
Looking for a quick and easy way to provide health information programming at your library? Staff from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Pacific Northwest Region have created health presentations that may be freely used, reproduced and/or adapted; attribution is requested. Some of the topics covered in the presentations include the ABCs of DNA: Helping Patrons Unravel the Mystery of Genetic Information, Beyond an Apple a Day: Providing Consumer Health Information at Your Library and Healthy Communities: Health and Wellness at the Library.
Trust It or Trash It?
Trust It or Trash It? is an interactive tool designed to help consumers think critically about the quality of health information and help them differentiate health information they can trust from material that belongs in the trash.
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