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June 3, 2019

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Public Librarians' Chat: Senior Story Hour

According to the Public Reference Bureau, “With Americans living longer and the large baby boom generation reaching ages 65 and beyond, the sheer numbers of people with conditions of old age-including Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia are expected to rise dramatically in the coming years.”  Innovative public libraries should be aware of this shifting demographic and consider offering programs and services for seniors experiencing Alzheimer's or dementia. On June 13th at 11:00 the Public Librarians Chat will feature Andrea Hirsh and Felicite Toney, Outreach Librarians from the Juneau Public Library.   During the webinar, they will share their experiences of leading a Senior Storytime and will provide information that will help you plan and execute a senior story hour program for seniors and older adults living in care facilities, and/or experiencing early onset Alzheimer's or dementia.

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Alzheimer’s Fact Sheets

Who are millennials?

If you are interested in learning about the traits and characteristics of the Millennial Generation (anyone born between 1980-2000) and were unable to attend one of the three half-day Engaging Millennials in Alaska's Libraries workshops that were offered in May,  you may enjoy listening to or reading the following interviews of Jean Twenge. She is the author of Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled and More Miserable Than Ever Before and The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement. Jenny Emanuel Taylor, the presenter of the Engaging Millennials in Alaska's Libraries workshops frequently referred to Jean Twenge's research on millennials.

Alaska Digital Stewardship Intensive Wraps Up

Congratulations to the following people who have successfully completed the Alaska Digital Stewardship Intensive and qualified for an Honoring Alaska Native Cultural Heritage through Tribal and Community Libraries: Year 2 Continuing Education/Training Grant.

For the past four months, participants of the Alaska Digital Stewardship Intensive have been steadily working through a course curriculum that was designed to introduce them to all aspects of the digital stewardship lifecycle. Participants have been attending bi-monthly webinars presented by experienced Alaska facilitators while drafting a digital collection policy for their institution.   

The final webinar of the Alaska Digital Stewardship Intensive was held on May 21st and featured Jennifer Treadway, the State Records Manager for the Alaska State Archives who provided an Introduction to Records Management.   If you missed her webinar or any of the previous webinars, you may view recordings on the Digital Preservation and Digitization Training Resources LibGuide.

The Alaska Digital Stewardship Intensive training was a truly collaborative effort. The success of the training is due in larger part to the following presenters who graciously shared their shared their knowledge and expertise.

Julie Niederhauser, Public Library Coordinator, Alaska State Library; Anjuli Grantham, Curator of Statewide Services at Alaska State Museum; Arlene Schmuland, Head of Archives and Special Collections at the University of Alaska, Anchorage; Leah Geibel, Alaska State Archives; Janey Thompson, Alaska State Library; Katie Fearer, Documents Librarian, Alaska State Library, Anastasia Tarmann, Librarian and Alaska Digital Newspaper Project Director at Alaska State Historical Collections. Karen Gray, Alaska State Archivist at the Alaska State Archive; Sara Piasecki, Archivist at Anchorage Museum; Jason Russell, Archivist/Technical Services Librarian at Tuzzy Consortium Library; Jennifer Treadway, State Records Manager, Alaska State Archives

A special "thank you" to Annie Tucker at the Sustainable Heritage Network who has assisted Alaska State Library staff in creating a community on the Sustainable Heritage Network where all of the Alaska Digital Stewardship Intensive course material will soon reside.

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Health Programming in Your Library

 If you have been wanting to offer health programs in your library but weren’t sure how to go about it, you might want to read the article 4 Ways to Get Started with Health Programming at Your Library which was published by Demco in December of 2018. The article encourages libraries to incorporate guest speakers, community partnerships, as well as clubs, discussion and classes and do-at-home activities into their health programing.  Below are few health organizations based in Alaska. Most organizations are eager to share information about their mission, programs and services with the public. When reaching out to a potential guest presenter provide them with information about your library, possible program dates, the amount of time they would be required to present, and the audience the program is geared towards. You may want to ask them for permission to use their organizations' logo on materials you create o promote the scheduled program.

1. Guest Speakers

 

Many health organizations are actively seeking community partners who will provide them with space (inside or outside of the building) where they can offer important health services to the public.  For example, public libraries interested in partnering with the Providence Imaging Center's Mobile Mammography Coach are encouraged to call (907) 212-4982.  If your library would like to schedule a blood drive, you can contact the Alaska Blood Bank at (907) 222-5633. 

2.  Community Partnerships

The National Health Observances Calendar features more than 200 health observances. These observances may be for a specific day, week or month and are for a specific health issue. For example, June is National Safety Month. You may want to schedule health programs in your library so they coincide with National Health Observances and take advantage of the sample announcements, tweets and other free promotional resources available from the National Health Observances calendar website.

Hands-on programing isn't just for kids. Consider incorporating fun, DIY activities into your adult health programs. Healthy cooking classes, local hikes that involve identifying and foraging for edible plants, programs that teach people how to create their own non-toxic beauty and household beauty products are popular with adults and seniors.

3.  Clubs, Discussions, and Classes

If your library has limited space, you may want to consider creating passive health programs that introduce library patrons to helpful online health resources by engaging in simple activities they can complete at home.

Don't forget about including some pet health programing at your library.  Pets add comfort, exercise and joy to our lives.   Consider including some passive pet health programing at your library.

4. Do-at-Home Activities

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