The Alaska Digital Newspaper Project has added over 5,000 historic newspaper issues to Chronicling America.
"We’re super excited to add this content, over 21,000 newspaper pages ... and will continue to update this blog with notifications of our progress as well as when new material is uploaded online."
"New Titles Online" by Christopher Russell, January 4, 2022. Alaska's Digital Newspaper Project: Historic Alaska Newspaper Blog, Accessed 1/7/22.
"[T]he Alutiiq Museum, should be celebrated as a model for any organization that wants to collect and share cultural knowledge and artifacts...By engaging everyone in the celebration of Alutiiq heritage, the museum reduces cultural isolation, reawakens cultural traditions, builds intergenerational ties that broaden cultural understanding, and creates a welcoming environment for discovery."
Governor's Arts and Humanities Awards, Accessed 1/7/22.
Recently preserved films showing life on Alaska’s Pribilof Islands prior to WWII are now available through the Alaska Film Archives at University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF).
"Pre-WWII Pribilof Islands films are a ‘treasure trove.’" University of Alaska Fairbanks Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, Accessed 1/7/22.
"The Friends of Homer Library, in partnership with Pier One Theatre and Kachemak Bay Campus, invite the general public to participate in an online reading of a play by William Shakespeare. There will be a new play each month. Readings are conducted over Zoom."
"Second Sunday Shakespeare." City of Homer, Alaska Library. Accessed 1/7/22.
"The Alutiiq Museum has released Unigkuat—Kodiak Alutiiq Legends, a book featuring sixty-two traditional tales from the Kodiak Archipelago. This 279-page paperback assembles Alutiiq tales from sources dating from the eighteenth century to 2005. The legends talk about the creation of the world and the cosmos, share the exploits of heroes, and follow shamans, spirits, and animals—all while providing lessons about proper living. Unigkuat is the first publication of its kind for the Kodiak region."
"Alutiiq Legends Book Published-December 15, 2021." Alutiiq Museum, accessed 1/7/22.
Registration is now open for the 2022 Virtual Alaska Library Association Conference on February 24-27. This year a special discount bundle is available for people who wish to attend both the AkLA conference and the virtual ASTE (Alaska Society for Technology in Education) conference February 19-22.
Alaska Library Association, accessed 1/7/22.
"Wrangell’s library is getting a tech upgrade and, hopefully, an extra set of hands to help out. That’s thanks to new grants from the state and feds.
"Librarian Margaret Villarma told the borough assembly Tuesday that the Wrangell Cooperative Association – the local tribal government – applied on behalf of the library for a grant to fund a temporary library assistant position."
"Grant Funds Help Expand and Update Wrangell Library Services" by Sage Smiley, Dec 15, 2021. KSTK, accessed 1/7/22.
"December 18, 2021 marked the 50th anniversary of the signing of the landmark Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) by President Richard Nixon. The Alaska Historical Society wanted to recognize the movement that led to ANCSA and its evolving significance, and provide an opportunity to reflect on the accomplishments and struggles of those who made this happen."
"AHS ANCSA Committee" Collection. ScholarWorks@UA, accessed 1/7/22.
"On January 1, 2022, copyrighted works from 1926 will enter the US public domain, where they will be free for all to copy, share, and build upon. The line-up this year is stunning. It includes books such as A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh, Felix Salten’s Bambi, Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises, Langston Hughes’ The Weary Blues, and Dorothy Parker’s Enough Rope. There are scores of silent films—including titles featuring Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton, and Greta Garbo, famous Broadway songs, and well-known jazz standards. But that’s not all. In 2022 we get a bonus: an estimated 400,000 sound recordings from before 1923 will be entering the public domain too!"
"Public Domain Day 2022" by Jennifer Jenkins. Duke Center for the Study of the Public Domain, accessed 1/7/22.
"The history of reindeer in Alaska is complex. To help me understand I interviewed Nathan Muus, writer, musician, and yoiker. Muus is a Sámi American leader who’s been involved in the Sámi American awakening for 30 years...Humans have been working with reindeer for 5,000 years. This ancient relationship is evident in the Sámi languages. "
"Planet Alaska: Reindeer walkers and Alaska's reindeer history" by Vivian Faith Prescott, Jan 5, 2022. Juneau Empire, accessed 1/7/22.
"For years, libraries have been a place people turn to for information to help them solve problems. But the challenges patrons are dealing with are increasingly beyond the scope of what most librarians are trained to handle — and that's where social workers can fill in the gaps...Providing public health services in public libraries isn't new. Many libraries are stocking the overdose antidote Narcan and training staff on how to administer it. Some libraries play host to vaccination clinics, and others have assisted in health insurance enrollment."
"Why your local library might be hiring a social worker" by Darian Benson, Jan 3, 2022. NPR, accessed 1/7/22.
"Publishers Weekly looks back at the library stories that captivated the publishing world this year—and what they portend for 2022."
Stories on banned books, ebook laws, library funding, and more.
"The Top 10 Library Stories of 2021" by Andrew Albanese, Dec 10, 2021. Publishers Weekly, accessed 1/7/22.
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