E-rate Deadline for Discounts is March 27th, 2019. Contact Valerie Oliver for help. Her e-mail is valerie.oliver@alaska.gov and her phone number is 907-227-4051.
We hope we will see many librarians at this week’s annual Alaska Library Association (AkLA) conference underway here in Juneau. Staff from the State Library will be presenting the following sessions:
FRIDAY
11:30-12:30 pm E-rate Category 2 Funding for Your Public Library’s Ntwork – Valerie Oliver
2:15-3:15 pm Website Archaeology – Katie Fearer
3:30-5:00 pm Summer Reading/Learning Program 2019: A Universe of Stories – Julie Niederhauser
5:15-6:15 pm Early Literacy Spaces @ Your Small Library – Samantha Blanquart
5:15-6:15 pm Digital Preservation Basics Tour – Anastasia Tarmann
5:15-6:15 pm All Shook Up: Lessons Learned and Implications for Disaster Planning – Claire Imamura
SATURDAY
8:45-10:15 am State of Our Libraries Breakfast – Patience Frederiksen
11:00 am – Noon Accessible Workstations: Ensuring Your Public Computers are Welcoming to People of All Abilities – Amy Carney
11:30 am – 12:30 pm AkLA Ignite Session: Lessons Learned in the Library Field – Julie Niederhauser (Moderator)
12:10-1:10 pm Supercharged Storytimes for All Wrap-up – Samantha Blanquart
12:10-1:10 pm How to Keep Your Library Trustees Out of Trouble – Julie Niederhauser
3:00-4:30 pm Accessible Digital Documents – Amy Carney
3:00-4:30 pm Bibliotherapy for Preschoolers: Using Storytime to Help – Samantha Blanquart
4:45-6:15 pm Project & Grant Management – Tracy Swaim
4:45-6:15 pm Digital Preservation: Expert Tips – Anastasia Tarmann
Also at AkLA, the State Library’s Virtual Reality Lab will be open for demonstrations to everyone 18 and over during exhibitor hours EXCEPT for the State of Our Libraries Breakfast and the Awards and Memberships Lunch.
Month long observances
Week long observances
Specific day observances
If you do a program around one of these observances, drop us a line about how it went!
On February 21, 2019, US Senator Dan Sullivan gave his annual address to the Alaska State Legislature. In this speech he spoke of his practice of educating the US Senate on Alaska by highlighting an “Alaskan of the week. He went on to give examples of these outstanding fellow state residents. One of his examples was Joyce McCombs, director of the Delta Community Library. Of Joyce, he said:
Joyce McCombs, in Delta Junction, has spent nearly 32 years keeping the library there going, and keeping it one of the best libraries in the state. It’s a “community living room,” Joyce calls it—a much-needed place for people to get out of the cold and be with each other. Senator Shower and Representative Rauscher, she’s one of yours.
Other Alaskans of the Week mentioned in the Senator’s speech were:
If you wish to read the speech, check out Senate and House Joint Journal Supplement No. 5, February 21, 2019. His remarks about Alaskans of the Week start on page 12. You can watch the full address on Senator Sullivan’s YouTube Channel. Mentions of Joyce and the other Alaskans of the Week appear at about minute 40.
Finally, if you need a full dose of Joyce’s wonderfulness, visit Senator Sullivan’s video and transcript from March 3, 2017 celebrating Joyce McCombs as “Alaskan of the Week.”
Applications are now being accepted for the 2019 William E. Davis Internship at the Anchorage Museum:
The Anchorage Museum is seeking enthusiastic applicants for this year's William E. Davis Internship. This summer internship position is funded by the Cook Inlet Historical Society and the Anchorage Museum Association. Opportunities and training may include assisting with library and archival work; including processing and describing photograph collections, creating finding aids and reference services.
Eligibility (from full announcement):
Applicants must be at least 18, must be computer literate, and should be a current student or a recent graduate in Library and Information Science, Museum Studies, History or related field. Previous experience with historical photographs, Alaskan history and/or special collections research preferred, but not required.
Please refer to the full posting at:
https://www.anchoragemuseum.org/media/13461/2019-davis-internship-announcement.pdf
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