Library News

Written by
Tanya Salmon
Published
17 August 2016

On July 24th I was on a plane traveling with my best friend to our old stomping grounds, UAF. I was attending a week long School-Public Collaborative Library Training (SPCL) & Stacie was accompanying me so she could work on her car. To our delight, they had us staying on campus.

After checking in at Moore Bartlett Skarland (MBS & my old residence) & oohing & ahhhing over all the upgrades, we grabbed our luggage & tromped down to lower campus where we would be staying. That evening, we walked around campus exclaiming over all the changes & checking out our old trails.

Class began at 8 AM in the University library. Twenty-one other people scattered throughout the State also attended the conference. My days were filled with going over policies, mission statements, laws & regulations, interlibrary loan, grants, hosting events, ordering, etc. There is a lot more to running a library than shelving books!

I think my favorite part of the training was meeting with other librarians & getting new ideas/advice from them. I enjoyed touring the new North Pole library (with their lights on their shelves!), the hands on activities (I learned different techniques to bind books, a job I usually dread). Sammye Pokryfki, Senior Vice President for the Rasmuson Foundation, gave a presentation about the history of the company, the members, & to en-courage librarians/individuals to apply for grants.

I’m excited to start using our OWL (Online With Libraries) video conferencing equipment & ordering new materials through the interlibrary loan program. I will be busy organizing the library to make room for the classroom as well as working on displays/events. I look forward to a busy school year . :)

_____________________________________________________

SRC Results:

Kiara: 20 books, 7,198 pages
Tanya: 7 books 1,981 pages
Avery: 90 books
Julie: 6 books 2,141 pages
Walt: 5 books 5,245 pages
Erika: 13 books
Mavrik: 13 books

Village Total: 154 books 16,565 pages
1,986 books to reach our goal of Banana Split Party
SRC Ends right before School Starts around August 17. That is a little over 1 month away.

Contact Us

email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
tel: +1 907-533-3211

Igiugig Tribal Village Council

PO Box 4008
Igiugig, AK 99613


© 2009- Igiugig Tribal Village Council. All rights reserved.

Designed and Maintained by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..