Applications open for Alaska State Museum's annual Grant-in-Aid program on April 1. This year, ASM is offering Mini-Grants of up to $2000 for small museums (those with operating budgets less than $100,000) and Regular Grants of up to $12,000 for museums of any size. Application templates are available now and the online submission platform will open on April 1.
The William A. Egan Library has been selected as one of 200 libraries nationwide for the American Library Association’s American Rescue Plan: Humanities Grants for Libraries opportunity, an emergency relief program to assist libraries that have been adversely affected by the pandemic...
The competitive award comes with a $10,000 grant that will help the Egan Library and the UAS Alaska Native Languages and Studies program to convert the Cyril George Indigenous Knowledge Collection to an Indigenous knowledge organization system...
“We are thrilled to be selected for this opportunity,” said UAS Library Dean Elise Tomlinson. “According to the Library of Congress Classification System, most items about Indigenous Alaskans are located in the history section, indicating that these thriving cultures are a thing of the past. This grant will allow our library to organize materials in a more accurate way as we come out of the pandemic.”
Historians announced Thursday that they’ve uncovered evidence that key details about the teenager who designed Alaska’s state flag have been wrong for more than a century.
Benny Benson, a Seward boarding school resident, won the state’s flag design contest in 1927. But he was a year older than previously thought, according to Michael iqyax̂ Livingston who works for the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association’s community health services.
"Historians uncover Benny Benson’s Unangax̂ heritage nearly a century after he designed Alaska’s flag" by Maggie Nelson, March 11, 2022. KTOO.
Note from the State Library: Technical Services Librarian Ginny Jacobs has submitted an update through OCLC to correct the Library of Congress authority file for Benny Benson. We're also in the process of adding the DHSS press release or a smaller note to related special collections and books. Are you doing anything special to acknowledge the correction? Let us know!
Juneau officials dropped the city’s pandemic alert level to “minimal” two weeks ago. One of the activities to return to the community’s calendar is storytime at Mendenhall Valley Public Library.
“My heart’s beating really, really fast,” said MJ Grande as she waited for families to arrive.
Grande is the Youth Services Librarian for Juneau Public Libraries. She’s preparing for the first storytime in two years. And she’s anxious because storytime is for kids young enough that they can’t get vaccines yet, but she’s trusting public health guidance.
“This is an essential part of services to children. The schools get them at five. But to link that early literacy in the family setting — and with the smallest people — has been the public library’s responsibility,” she said.
"Storytime returns to Juneau public libraries" by Claire Stremple, March 16, 2022. KTOO.
The Elmer E. Rasmuson Library invites you to a virtual presentation on Fake News, Misinformation and Media Manipulation with renowned journalist, author and expert, Craig Silverman.
This event is open to all and will be recorded for registrant viewing. Registration is required.
There are two varieties of trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in southern Alaska—rainbow trout and steelhead trout. These closely related fish use Alaska’s waters differently...
"Steelhead-Alutiiq Word of the Week-March 13" by Alutiiq Museum, March 13
Kenai cyclists will be able to fill up their tires and make other minor bike repairs at the Kenai Community Library come summer following unanimous approval by the Kenai City Council last week. Council members voted during the body’s March 2 meeting to use $3,500 to put a new bike repair station at the library, which will become the third repair station in the area.
"Bike repair station coming to Kenai library" by Ashlyn O'Hara, Peninsula Clarion.
A major new online research guide highlights hundreds of sources that tell the stories of women through a wide variety of perspectives and media in the Library of Congress collections.
The guide includes historic and contemporary audio and video files, posters, photographs, magazines, sheet music, maps, manuscripts and rare books, as well as government documents and legislation. The topical essays highlight such themes as the Equal Rights Amendment, Patriotism, and Suffrage.
"Ten new books to read this Women’s History Month" by Sabrina I. Pacifici,
From Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development:
New data on the number of people who moved between Alaska's boroughs, census areas, and cities from 2020 to 2021 is available under "PFD-Based Migration Data." (Permanent Fund Dividend applications are used to tabulate these numbers.)
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