SAYL Mail   School and Youth Librarian Newsletter February 14 Around the State The combined public/school library at the Harold Kaveolook School suffered major fire damage early Friday morning February 7. The portion of the building housing teachers and the elementary school was not damaged, with the middle and high school, gym, and library were destroyed.
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SAYL Mail   School and Youth Librarians Newsletter from the Alaska State Library December 13, 2019 Reminders…    winter break will come AKLA scholarship program application due Jan 15, 2020 Libraries Transform Communities engagement grant (school libraries can apply) Applications due between 12/2/19 and Feb3, 2019 Webinars of interest Tuesday December 17 @ 11:00 am: Empower Student
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SAYL Mail            School and Youth Librarian’s Newsletter from the Alaska State Library December 6, 2019 In Alaska…. “From December 9-15, Alaska will join the world in celebrating the Week of Code, a movement to increase exposure to computer programming and computational thinking to students of all ages. The Department has set up an information
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School and Youth Librarians Newsletter from the Alaska State Library October 3, 2019 News in Brief Alaska Statewide Databases will have a password change SOON. “If you want notice of the future password, contact Daniel Cornwall at Daniel.cornwall@alaska.gov. Otherwise it will be available on the SLED password hotline at 1-800-440-2919 starting October 7, 2019.”  “If you’re
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SAYL Mail May 3, 2019     School and Youth Librarians Newsletter News Applications are due Tuesday May 7th for the writing and review committee of the Alaska School Library and Information Literacy Standards. Please consider participating. We need your input to submit an updated set of standards for consideration and adoption by the Alaska Board of
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SAYL Mail   April 19, 2019       School and Youth Librarians Newsletter News DEED Seeking Applicants for Library/Information Literacy Content Standards Review Committee DEED is beginning the process of reviewing and recommending Library/Information Literacy content standards, which were originally adopted in 1999. The process will involve writing and review committees who will work collaboratively online to develop
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