Alaska Online With Libraries (OWL) Program

In a broadcast from the Anchorage Public Library's Innovation Lab, Ken Perry of Pied Piper Pest Control discusses the detection and treatment of bed bugs in a library context. If you would like copies of handouts, please contact Stacia McGourty at McGourtySA@ci.anchorage.ak.us or Ken Perry at mail@alaskapest.com

Presenter: Dr. Dipesh Navasria
Description: Learn basic principles of early brain and childhood development, the connection to literacy skills and innovative approaches that use these concepts to help children flourish in the first thousand days. Talk given at the Anchorage Public Library.

Presenter: Ed Rossman, author of 40+ New Revenue Sources for Libraries and Nonprofits, Shaker Heights Public Library
Description: In this fast paced presentation, Mr Rossman will be getting right into the key considerations for methods to generate revenue. He’ll then reinforce these by introducing several fast-track methods the audience can start thinking about and implement immediately to create new dollars by years end.

Examples of some of the best practices in presenting story time in libraries from youth librarians from around the state of Alaska.

Group Discussion lead by Linda Klein
Description: Group discussion on storytimes in small libraries lead by Linda Klein of the Ready to Read Resource Center with participation from Nome, Homer, Delta Junction, Kenai and Skagway. Topics covered included space limitation, book selections and handling mixed age groups.