The Alaska State Historical Records Advisory Board (ASHRAB) is seeking nominations for a Certificate Archival of Excellence Award. This Award recognizes and publicizes excellence by members of the public, researchers, educators, archivists, curators, institutions, organizations, tribes, or government agencies for meritorious accomplishments related to historical and archival records. During September 2018 the ASHRAB will consider outstanding projects that merit a Certificate of Archival Excellence Award. Categories under consideration include, but are not limited to:
The ASHRAB solicits and encourages submittals of award nominations for significant projects. Individuals, institutions (libraries, historical societies, museums), agencies (local, state, federal), tribes and Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act corporations, and organizations (Red Cross, Rotary, business groups) are encouraged to submit nominations by email or mail, describing the significance of the nominee’s work. No self-nominations will be accepted. To make a nomination, please send a one to two-page written nomination to the ASHRAB Coordinator by Sept. 5, 2018.
The award winner(s) will be announced in September 2018. The winning recipient(s) will receive public acknowledgement and a certificate of award.
Send to:
Zachary R. Jones
ASHRAB Coordinator
Alaska State Archives
P.O. Box 110571
Juneau, AK 99811
Email: zachary.jones@alaska.gov
The ASHRAB, overseen by the Alaska State Archives, is a nine-member Governor-appointed board. The ASHRAB believes that the collection and preservation of historical records—Alaska’s priceless legacy, are fundamental to understanding our past and guiding our future.
Janey Thompson of the Alaska Digital Newspaper Project recently blogged this good news:
Exciting news on the project front: a representative from the National Endowment for the Humanities contacted the Alaska State Library to notify us that we have been approved for an additional funding cycle from 2018 through 2020. This means that we can continue to produce content for Chronicling America and make historic Alaska newspapers online and text-searchable, free of charge.
In addition, we recently received a phone call from the office of Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski congratulating us on the work in progress, and on the project thus far.
Work has already started on this next cycle, as we are continuing to digitize and input metadata for the National Digital Newspaper Program.
From all of us at the Alaska State Library, we are thrilled to continue this project for another round, and for patrons to be able to search historic Alaska newspapers online.
Imagine that your only way to navigate the World Wide Web is via keyboard only. Go ahead. Take your hand off your mouse, and navigate your favorite website with only your keyboard.
No matter what the reason or impairment (visual, physical, etc.), no one should be shut out from a website just because it wasn’t coded to accommodate keyboard interaction. You might not have control over the code, but you have the power to test your pages to see if they work for all your users.
Keyboard Testing Basics
Navigate any webpage with the following keys:
Successful Keyboard Navigation Results
Learn more about Keyboard Accessibility
Most of us have had need to put the same value into multiple cells in a spreadsheet – perhaps a library name, perhaps a number used in a calculation, etc. Division Webmaster Amy Carney recently shared this tip to make the process easier:
Select empty cells > hit F2 > type data into one cell > press Ctrl + Enter. The empty cells will contain the value you typed into the first cell.
On 8/16/2018, Teresa Cotsirilos of KYUK-Bethel reported on the opening of the Nunalleq Culture And Archaeology Center in Quinhagak. According to the article, “The opening was the culmination of nine years of back-breaking work, and the result of a unique partnership between Quinhagak’s village corporation and archaeologists.”
Quinhagak is on the Kanektok River on the east shore of Kuskokwim Bay, less than a mile from the Bering Sea coast. It lies 71 miles southwest of Bethel.
Congratulations to Quinhagak on their new museum!
Reference:
Nunalleq Culture And Archaeology Center opens in Quinhagak, By Teresa Cotsirilos, KTOO Public Media, August 16, 2018.
FYI on two grants to Alaskan museums announced 8/2/2018 by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS):
Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes
Log Number: MN-00-18-0004-18
Fiscal Year: 2018
Award: $66,479.00
Recipient Type: museum
Program: Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services
City: Juneau
The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska will complete a storage assessment, evaluate its existing repatriation policies, and improve ongoing collections care. Since 1993, Tlingit and Haida has been successful in repatriating numerous artifacts on behalf of its tribal communities through the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. Project activities will support the long-term stewardship of these relics by improving the storage, access, preservation, and security of the collection through the purchase of museum quality storage units. The objects will be on public display at Tlingit and Haida's Edward K. Thomas building in Juneau, Alaska. The project will also provide an updated repatriation collection policy based on traditional values of the tribe.
Native Village of Eyak
Log Number: MN-00-18-0017-18
Fiscal Year: 2018
Award: $44,823.00
Recipient Type: museum
Program: Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services
City: Cordova
The Native Village of Eyak's Ilanka Cultural Center and Museum will create an augmented reality digital map of its traditional lands using the tribe's traditional names. The project will bring together five tribal members with traditional knowledge and language to identify sites within the tribe's traditional boundaries on Google Maps. The information will be incorporated into an existing digital kiosk in the museum. When visitors touch the western place name text on the digital kiosk, the program will bring up the traditional place name and either text or video, in members' words and voices, about traditional uses of the site. The "Centering Ourselves through Time" project will allow tribal members to center themselves in their role as indigenous first peoples within their traditional homelands by returning traditional place names to today's maps and linking them to historical uses.
Unalaska City Librarian Karen Kresh recently shared a write up of the third annual Unalaska Library Mini Golf Night, which took place Saturday, 7/28/2018. According to the article:
Participants played their way through a handcrafted nine-hole course, each with its own unique theme dreamt up by library assistants Maricela Rodriguez and AnnaMarie Ammons. Hole themes varied from Dr. Seuss to Alice in Wonderland to a rock n’ roll themed hole, complete with inflatable guitar obstacles.
If your libraries, archives and museums has done something whimsical like this, we’d love to share it with the rest of the state. Please drop us a line!
Reference:
Unalaskans tee off at the 3rd Annual Library Mini Golf Event. By Chrissy Roes, KUCB, 7/31/2018.
A message from the Law Library of Congress:
Join us on September 27, 2018 for our live and free Congress.gov webinar hosted by the Law Library of Congress! Our legal reference experts, Barbara Bavis and Robert Brammer, will demonstrate how to utilize Congress.gov, the official U.S. federal legislative information website.
Please join the Law Library Thursday, September 27 from 2 PM to 3 PM (EDT). Sign up on our website today (http://www.loc.gov/law/opportunities/seminar-orient.php).
Request ADA accommodations five days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov
ALA has established some legal guidance for libraries faced with requests to 3D print guns or gun parts as part of their 3D printer policy. Short version:
ALA’s draft policy states that a possible settlement agreement on the Defense Distributed case “is not binding on libraries and does not create a right to use those plans to create guns on library 3D printers in violation of library policy or in violation of the applicable law regulating the manufacture or distribution of guns in the United States, such as the law that makes it illegal to create or assist in the creation of a gun that is undetectable by X-ray machines or metal detectors.”
ALA adds:
These materials are not a legal opinion nor should they be regarded as legal advice. Readers should consult their own legal counsel for legal advice regarding their particular situation.
Additional policies, including printing size and printing time limits could also impact the printing of gun parts.
Reference:
3-D Printing in Libraries: Policies & Best Practices. American Library Association, Intellectual Freedom Committee, Updated August 2018
The Alaska Staff Development Network (ASDN) is now part of Code.org’s nationwide network of Regional Partners to advance computer science education in K-12 schools across Alaska. ASDN will provide quality professional learning to educators throughout Alaska through district partnerships and by building a positive statewide computer science educator community. Elementary, middle, and high school teachers interested in upcoming professional development opportunities or in becoming a facilitator for Code.org curricula during the 2019-20 school year are encouraged to join the ASDN Code.org interest list. Applications will be available in the fall of 2018.
If your library or museum has or wants to start a coding club or some other Computer Science activity, we encourage you to complete the interest form. Under Primary Role, you’ll need to check “other” and fill in your actual position.
Thanks to DEED Information Exchange for pointing out this opportunity to us.
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