The staff of the Division of Libraries, Archives and Museums wish all Alaskans the best of the holiday season. Many of us posed for you:
Due to staffing in December and January, no Friday Bulletin will be published on December 15th or January 5th. The next issue of the Friday Bulletin will be January 18, 2018.
This issue's featured video is another episode of At the APK, this time featuring the work of Robert Murray, the man who brought Nimbus to Juneau.
The Alaska Digital Newspaper Program recently used Instagram to announce the availability of several additional runs of digitized Alaska newspapers in the Library of Congress' Chronicling America:
To learn more about the Alaska Digital Newspaper program, visit their web page.
The Institute of Museum and Library Services has awarded the Alaska Library Network funds for a two year project called Honoring Alaska Native Cultural Heritage: Continuing Education for Alaska’s Community and Tribal Libraries. The project will feature a week long workshop in Fairbanks, April 23rd – 27th for staff members from public and tribal libraries that serve Alaska Native populations or have significant Alaska Native materials collections. This project follows on the success of the Alaska State Library’s Alaska Native Libraries, Archives and Museums (ANLAM) project (2011-2013) but is specifically targeted at libraries.
Training will prepare participants to craft their libraries to fit their communities and to work with local and regional agencies to enhance Alaska Native cultural activities and collections. Scholarships that cover travel and lodging and food will be available. Applications will soon be available. Attendees at this workshop will qualify to apply for a limited number of week long, on-site visits by specialists to assist or advise with a cultural heritage project at your library. For further information contact Tyson Rinio at tsrinio@alaska.edu or call with questions at 1-800-478-5348 (or in the Fairbanks area at 474-7406).
We learned from a November 18, 2017 Native News Online post that Native filmmakers Zacharias Kunuk (Inuit) and Andrew Okpeaha MacLean (Iñupiaq) were invited to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. From the article:
Kunuk’s short film, Home (Angiraq), screened at the 1996 Festival in Beyond Borders: New Native Cinema. Kunuk was invited to join the Directors Branch of the Academy.
Andrew Okpeaha MacLean’s short film, Natchiliagniaqtuguk Aapagalu, screened at the 2005 Festival. His dramatic short film Sikumi won the Grand Jury Prize for Short Filmmaking at the 2008 Festival. His feature film On the Ice, which he directed and wrote, screened in 2011 in the U.S. Dramatic Competition. MacLean also served as a Creative Advisor at the 2014 and 2016 Native Filmmakers Labs. Okpeaha was invited to join the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch of the Academy.
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