SAYL Mail January 31, 2020

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SAYL Mail                School and Youth Librarians Newsletter January 31, 2020   Creative Writing Contest Alaska Center for the Book is coordinating the 37th annual UAA/Anchorage Daily News Creative Writing Contest. The statewide contest is for writers of all ages in fiction, non-fiction and poetry categories. More than 650 entries were submitted in the 2019
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SAYL Mail December 13, 2019

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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 December 6, 2019

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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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SAYL Mail November 29, 2019

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SAYL Mail                School and Youth Librarian’s Newsletter from the Alaska State Library November 29, 2019 News in Brief For those of you who did not attend the AASL conference in Louisville Kentucky there are some good links to resources from attendees. Check out Joyce Valenza’s Never-ending Search Blog #notatAASL, no worries! CE Opportunities in
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SAYL Mail October 23, 2019

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SAYL Mail School and Youth Librarians Newsletter from the Alaska State Library October 23, 2019 News in Brief   Live Homework Help has been funded for another year! Alaska State Library information on Live Homework Help and link AASL Standards Framework for Learners is now crosswalked with Next Generation Science Standards. A “A terrific tool to facilitate conversation and collaboration”   PDF available. Announcement “School librarians can use
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SAYL Mail October 3, 2019

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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 August 23, 2019

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School and Youth Librarians Newsletter from the Alaska State Library    August 23, 2019 News in Brief PD grants for school librarians are now available through the Alaska State Library. https://library.alaska.gov/dev/grants.html Scroll down to “Continuing Education (CE) and Professional Development (PD) Grants. Under “School Libraries” you will find links to the guidelines, application, reimbursement and final
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FY19 ADL Shared Collection Statistics (for PL reports)

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Number of volumes in collection E-Books Withdrawn (question 7-2): 8 E-Books Added (question 7-2): 1,897 E-Books Held (question 7-2): 20,844 Downloadable Audio Materials Withdrawn (question 7-4): 0 Downloadable Audio Materials Added (question 7-4): 722 Downloadable Audio Materials Held (question 7-4): 13,099 Library Specific Circulation Statistics The following chart will have information for these questions: A. E-Book Circulation Juvenile (question 9-2)
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Alaska Libraries Reciprocal Borrowing Program

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The purpose of the program is to establish reciprocal borrowing privileges among Alaska libraries. The program allows library patrons with valid library cards from participating libraries to receive borrowing privileges from other libraries participating in the program. The program is voluntary. Click here to view a list of participating libraries Introduction Dear Librarian: As you
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