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State of Our Libraries 2019

State of Our Libraries 2019. Patience Frederiksen. First Time at AkLA?. If this is your first conference, please stand up and wave Everyone else – please say hello to our new colleagues. The Power of Librarians.

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State of Our Libraries 2019

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  1. State of Our Libraries 2019 Patience Frederiksen

  2. First Time at AkLA? • If this is your first conference, please stand up and wave • Everyone else – please say hello to our new colleagues

  3. The Power of Librarians • Children’s author Jon Klassen tweeted: “last year in a library in Alaska I read a folk tale in a random book on a random shelf & have been thinking about it since & today i wrote the librarian w/ no book title or author & in 2 hrsi had a scan of the story & cover in my inbox – librarians should be running everything.” • Librarian in question? Andi Hirsh at Juneau PL

  4. Your Playful Library Development Team Is Eager to Help • Public Library & CE Consultant –Julie Niederhauser • School Library & School BAG Consultant – Janet Madsen • Grants and Statistics Consultant – Tracy Swaim • Technology and OWL Consultant – Daniel Cornwall • Early Literacy Outreach Consultant – Samantha Blanquart • E-Rate Consultant – Val Oliver

  5. Services for You • Consulting services just a phone call away • Continuing education grants for public and school librarians • Workshops - SLIM, SLICE and DirLead • PNLA Leadership Institute • School Librarian Leadership Academy • AkLA scholarships • AkLA conference grant • Library science collection

  6. Services for Your Library • Alaska Library Network • 800# ILL Reference Backup Service • Ready to Read Resource Center • OWL - Online With Libraries • School Broadband Accessibility Grants (BAG) • SLED - databases and support • Summer reading program • Early literacy grants • Library site visits • Library statistics • Alaskana cataloging • Disaster response • consulting

  7. Services for all Alaskans • Talking Book Center through Utah State Library • Sesame Street and Tumblebooks via SLED • Alaska Mail Services – books by mail • Alaska’s Digital Archives • Live Homework Help • Battle of the Books • Author visits • At the APK TV show

  8. Alaska State Library • Alaska Historical Collections • Collecting and preserving books, state documents, journals, business records, • photographs, A-V, maps • Information Services • Reference & research • services for state govt. • State depository program • Circulating Alaskana and • public policy materials

  9. Looking Forward – New Projects • NASA @ My Library STEM kits and speakers • NASA continuing education workshop in Anchorage • School Librarian Investigation Project • Alaska Digital Stewardship Intensive for LAMs • Joint AkLA/PNLA Conference August 2020 • Engaging Millennials – 3 cities • Grow with Google – 3 towns • SLICE 2019 in Juneau • Guerilla Branding – 3 cities

  10. Looking Virtually in Exhibits Hall with Daniel Cornwall

  11. Alaska Library News – The Good, The Bad, and the Statewide

  12. Chiniak Public Library - 2015 and 2019

  13. Library Capital Funding News • Anchorage passed Proposition 7 by 59%, which included money for automated material handling system in Eagle River and upgrades to Loussac’s security system and cameras • Mat-Su’s FY2019 budget included $1.9M for Willow Library Replacement and Community Center upgrade project - need to raise $2M more to reach $5.7M

  14. Library Building News • Unalaska PL – City Council approved funding for 1,200 sq. ft. expansion at cost of $5.2M • Unalaskans asked for quiet spaces and a coffee shop in Jan. 2019 survey • Survey results posted at https://unalaskalibraryimprovements.com/

  15. Library Grants • Tuzzy Consortium - $500,000 CLIR (Council on Library and Info. Resources) Cataloging Hidden Collections grant to digitize, transcribe and translate 1,000+ hours of North Slope audio and to digitize 700+ hours of VHS materials • Craig PL – $18,000 Rasmuson grant to replace public computers, revitalize audiobook collection, and purchase new shelving for children’s area

  16. Library Grants from Rasmuson – Not A Good Trend! • 2013 –$604,707 for 7 grants, with 1 for construction • 2014 –$1,280,950 for 5 grants with 2 for construction • 2015 – $71,213 for 6 grants • 2016 – $67,899 for 7 grants • 2017 – $73,645 for 8 grants • 2018 – $22,050 for 2 grants • 2019 – $29,492 for 2 grants

  17. Library and Librarian Awards • Atwood Resource Center at Anchorage Museum won 2018 AASLH Leadership in History Award for excellence in collection and preservation of local history • Healy PL librarian Martha Tomeo won $2,000 in Voya Unsung Heroes initiative to buy diverse books and host visit by an author who is diverse

  18. Library and Librarian Awards • Michelle Carton, Tudor School librarian, named grand prize winner of $60,000 in Follett Challenge and also SLJ Champion of Civic Engagement • Her Young Global Citizens curriculum involves reading about children in other countries, then videoconferencing with those children • Five minute video about project at: https://follettchallenge.com/videopreviews/952

  19. Library News • Juneau PL hosted a Discover Tech exhibit that explores how technology and engineering help solve national problems • 700 people attended Discover Tech programs • 2,000+ kids visited exhibit (85% of all children in K-5 age range) • 94 class field trips

  20. Library News In May, the Mountain View Library held a Spring Job Fair in partnership with the Department of Labor, a three-hour hiring event with over 20 local employers.

  21. Library News Summer music at Kenny Lake PL

  22. Library News • Sitka PL featured Harry Potter School week in February with a curriculum that included Herbology, Care of Magical Creatures, and Defense Against the Dark Arts classes • Friends of Tuzzy Library hosted author Willie Hensley and broadcast his session to village libraries using the OWL network

  23. Library News • Ketchikan PL is holding a Growing in Southeast Gardening mini- conference with three classes in one day and a seed swap

  24. Library News – Douglas PL • PLA Inclusive Intern organized a Native Culture Festival with Woosh.ji.een Dance Group to culminate her internship project • Younger members danced and older members explained the significance of regalia

  25. Library News Homer’s first ever July 4th book cart drill team

  26. Library News Elizabeth Nicolai read Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus as a Books on the Bus storytime

  27. Library News Petersburg’s interactive art display asks people to write their power word and pose as a phoenix rising from the ashes. Julie’s word is love.

  28. Library News • Fairbanks PL founded a Girls Who Code club with a weekly meetings over four months • Girls created web pages with their favorite recipes • Open house held at Westmark to celebrate and to sample recipes

  29. Library News Unalaska’s third annual mini golf night lured 90 people to this nine-hole course on a blustery Saturday night

  30. Poet Laureate Visits Alaska Tracy K. Smith’s whirlwind poetry tour of Palmer, Bethel and Juneau brought 80 people to Kuskokwim Library and 125 to State Library

  31. And Just for Fun! • Fairbanks PL librarian Ashley Paris and her videographer husband made a wonderful 2 minute video Digital Downloads Party! at Wien Library • https://youtu.be/biVk_wHBgQw

  32. 81 Little Free Libraries in Alaska (There are more than 81.) Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau and Douglas (8), Valdez, Chitina, Kenny Lake, Homer, Dillingham, Naknek, Seward, Girdwood, Kenai, Soldotna, Nikiski, Anchorage (41), Eagle River (5), Wasilla (5), Palmer (2), Fairbanks (3), North Pole (2), and Savoonga

  33. Bad News on November 30

  34. State Library Budget FY2020 OWL program cut entirely $670,900 Live Homework Help cut entirely $138,200 Staff travel reduced by 50% $13,700 Salary increases and furlough cuts $106,000 School BAG cut $1.1M to actual cost of program

  35. State Budget Impacts on Libraries • University cut could translate into $400,000 cut in EBSCO databases • Academic libraries could lose staff & money for materials • K-12 cuts could impact school libraries • State cuts to funding for local government could impact public libraries

  36. Internet Bill Before Legislature • HB 75 Funding for Internet services for schools districts • Filed February 25 • Sponsors Reps. Rasmussen (R) and Tuck (D) • Increases School BAG from 10 mbps to 25 mbps • Pays for School BAG grants through Alaska Higher Education Investment Fund • Impacts school libraries in a good way

  37. Library Bill Before Legislature • HB 6 Display of National and State Mottos • Section 2: a school board shall arrange to have each library and classroom of a school district prominently display the national motto, "In God we trust," established under 36 U.S.C. 302, and the state motto, "North to the Future“ established under AS 44.09.045.

  38. Alaska Library Catalog Expansion • Consortium of 86 public, academic, special, and K-12 libraries • Added Fairbanks’ Noel Wien Library and North Pole Branch Library • Added UAF campus libraries - Rasmuson, Cold Climate Library, Native Language Archive, Geophysical, Chukchi, Kuskokwim, Northwest Campus, and Tuzzy Consortium • Added 2 million more items to ALC, bringing catalog holdings up to 6 million • Circulation increased from 2.5 to 3.5 million items

  39. SLED Databases – Facing Serious Cuts in July 2019 Alaska State Library $138,200 from AK Legislature for Live Homework Help $298,768 from IMLS LSTA grant University of Alaska $400,000 from AK Legislature Total $836,968

  40. SLED Databases Paid by State Library

  41. Alaska’s Public Libraries – By the Numbers

  42. Library Journal’s 2018 STAR Libraries in Alaska • Delta Junction • Haines • Healy • Homer • Petersburg • Soldotna • Based on FY2016 per capita statistics for circulation, e-circulation, visits, program attendance, and public internet computer use

  43. Alaska Digital School Library • Opened in May 2017 • Members: 11 districts with 73 schools and 8 individual schools (Up from 11 districts and 5 schools) • Checkouts: 3,233 (Up from 2,548) • Holds: 458 (Up from 407) • Unique users: 848 (Down from 1,029) • Cost: $6,774 (Down from $15,414)

  44. Alaska Digital Library • Opened: 2006 • Members: 52 libraries + 21 branches (2 new libraries this year) • Total Checkouts: 442,277 (Up from 401,462) • Total Current Holds: 16,088 (Up from 11,234) • Unique users: 18,373 (Up from 16,447) • Total Cost: $97,500 this year, $100,000 next year

  45. State Funds Support Broadband in Schools and Libraries • SchoolBAG serves 105 schools in 26 districts • OWL serves 25 public libraries

  46. From Awareness to Funding

  47. From Awareness to Funding

  48. From Awareness to Funding

  49. From Awareness to Funding 2018 • Recommend you read the Summary Report • Cathy DeRosa writes in A Decade Apart (LJ 9/15/2018): “The biggest red flag…core emotional connections to the library are in decline. If this trend continues, library funding is in jeopardy…Create the shared community experiences that unite us and they will fuel library support for generations to come.”

  50. National Trends We Are Seeing

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