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In May 2020, the OWL Videoconference Network hosted 35 videoconferences with a total of 265 participants and was one important channel to delivering library services to remote patrons, as well as keeping library staffs connected. Representative videoconferences included:
If your library would like to schedule an OWL videoconference, please visit https://lam.alaska.gov/owl and complete the Schedule a videoconference through OWL form.
The Online with Libraries (OWL) videoconferencing network has been hosting videoconferences since 2012. With the permission of event organizers, we’ve recorded and posted selected videoconferences for quite a while, organizing them by year.
The OWL Program is happy to announce the creation of subject pages for most of our archived videoconferences. We hope that this will bring more notice to useful content produced by and for Alaskans. Our subject pages are:
If future presenters of videoconferences request recording and posting of their videoconferences, we’ll update these pages. We hope you’ll have a look around and share/link to what you find useful. Questions about these pages can be sent to Daniel Cornwall, OWL Program Manager at Daniel.cornwall@alaska.gov.
Christopher Russell joined the Alaska State Library on 6/1/2020 as the grant funded Project Coordinator for the Alaska Digital Newspaper Program. Christopher arrived in Juneau from Corvalis, Oregon. He recently earned his MLIS at Simmons University, Christopher also received an undergraduate degree in History at Oregon State University. He has experience working on the technical and outreach sides of digitization projects to help improve archival access. At the Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center in Boston, Christopher digitized immigration case file records from the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society and wrote blog entries to spotlight the stories of immigrants from the collection. He also worked to digitize items at the Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, and supported outreach through blog entries, contributing research for exhibits, and creating an oral history. Christopher recently worked at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library as well as the Boston Athenaeum, one of the nation’s oldest independent libraries.
The Alaska State Archives is pleased to announce that Clayton Hainebach transferred from a Microfilm/Imaging Operator II position to the Records Analyst I position within the Alaska State Archives effective 6/1/2020. Clayton brings previous experience with records management and consulting services to his new position.
If you know Clayton, we hope you will join us in congratulating Clayton as he transitions to his new role!
Jennifer Ward, librarian at the University of Alaska Southeast Egan Library and co-editor of the PNLA Quarterly, wanted to make sure that all Alaska library staff knew about this writing opportunity:
PNLA Quarterly is publishing a special issue about the Libraries and COVID-19. PNLAQ would like to hear from you about your COVID-19 library experiences.
Email pqeditors@gmail.com with your library reactions, responses, and reflections to the pandemic. Brief and long papers, essays, and writing are welcome. DUE BY JUNE 19. PLEASE CONTACT US IF YOU ARE INTERESTED!
PNLA Quarterly webpage: https://pnla.org/pnla- quarterly/
HOW HAS THE COVID-19 CRISIS AFFECTED YOUR PATRONS, YOUR LIBRARY, YOU? PNLAQ (Pacific Northwest Library Association Quarterly) is interested in capturing librarian responses, reactions, and reflections about their COVID-19 experience including opinions, photos, and descriptions of your library’s response. This is a special issue not subject to peer review.100 words+ and images welcome!
Any annoyance at the short-ish deadline should be directed to Daniel Cornwall, as he forgot to put this item into the bulletin when it was first given to him in early May. Jennifer intended to give you more time than this.
Remember last summer when things were so different and we were gearing up to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11, the first landing of humans on the Moon? One immersive resource was Apollo in Real Time, which last year brought together photos, mission audio and telemetry to give people a convincing impression of what it might have been like to hang out at Mission Control Houston back in July 1969.
This year Apollo in Real Time has expanded its offerings. In addition to days’ worth of material on Apollo 11, you can also enter simulations of:
Public Library Coordinator Julie Niederhauser shared this fun item from Haines:
From Julie: Holly Davis of the Haines Public Library has created some charming children’s videos. We have permission to share her singing “Baby Beluga.”
From Holly: Thanks for helping us navigate through some unusual times. I am loving getting to record some stories on location and share them with the families! Here’s my Baby Beluga [YouTube].
Tech soup offers a comparison guide of popular video conferencing platforms to help you choose with notes on:
Platforms covered in this brief comparison guide are:
*If you're a library leaning towards Zoom, know that OWL videoconferencing is transitioning to a Zoom-based infrastructure. We plan on sending out more information on changes to OWL videoconferencing in the next few weeks.
While museums are opening across Alaska, many have a virtual presence that you can experience any time. Museums Alaska and the Alaska State Museum put together a subject based list of Alaska museums offering virtual content on Museums Alaska’s Museum from Home page. Subjects include:
If you look at this list, consider letting us know what your favorite resource was.
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