September
2007
SAYL Mail September 17, 20070
ALASKA LIBRARY NETWORK NEWS / PASSWORD FOR LHH / POSITION POSTING / HOORAY
ALASKA LIBRARY NETWORK NEWS
Kerri Canepa asked me to post this to you all:
The Alaska Library Network has a new web page! Check out http://alaskalibrarynetwork.org/ for loads of promotional materials for SLED and the Digital Pipeline all available for download and printing. You’ll find brochures, bookmarks, posters and other items. Just click on Products & Services in the lefthand column. Keep up with what’s happening with ALN by clicking on News and also Schedule & Events. As ALN grows, so will the web page so make sure to bookmark the site and visit regularly! SLED has a new toolbar that can be added to your browser! It’s customizable and will search SLED from anywhere on the Internet. Go to sled.alaska.edu and click on “Download the SLED toolbar!” text in the lefthand column. Please note, the toolbar does not work with Safari, so if you use Apple products, download the toolbar in Firefox. The Digital Pipeline now features a series of video tutorials! These are designed to provide step-by-step instruction for using the EBSCOhost interface. The tutorials build on each other by explaining the features of the interface and how to use it for searching for information. Each tutorial is approximately 2 1/2 to 3 minutes in length and can be viewed over and over again. Go to sled.alaska.edu/databases/ and click on the “Need Help?” box on the righthand side of the page to get to the list of tutorials. Please send any comments or suggestions about any of the web sites to:
Kerri Canepa, Coordinator, Alaska Library Network Alaska State Library, 334 W. 3rd Avenue, Ste 125, Anchorage, AK
99501907-269-6567 kerri.canepa@alaska.gov
LIVE HOMEWORK HELP PASSWORD (AGAIN!)
Live Homework Help is a valuable afterschool service offered on SLED (http://sled.alaska.edu/) or on a number of public and school library websites each day from 1 to 9 PM for students who need help with their homework. As I wrote last time, it now works with PCs AND Macs, but it requires a password. Although we can not post or mail that password electronically, we can tell you that it is the password that one uses for the databases on the Digital Pipeline. If you do not know the password, look at the Live Homework Help page for the toll-free number to obtain it. Feel free to distribute it freely in paper format, but just DON’T post it on a website or send it to students, teachers, or parents via email. Remember that students will need to know to use the password if they are asked for a library card number. Library card numbers will NOT work despite what the screen asks.
If you would like a couple of cute posters to advertise LIVE HOMEWORK HELP in your school, please contact Priscilla McAdara at priscilla.mcadara@alaska.gov
SCHOOL LIBRARY COORDINATOR DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 10/1/2007
Because there were insufficient applicants for my position, the search has been broadened and the deadline extended. Take a look at the job description to learn how you can apply on Workplace
Alaska at: http://notes4.state.ak.us/wa/PostApps.nsf/0/5A5E395DFF0E09438925735300655EFC?OpenDocument
The position is listed under Librarian III and School Library Coordinator. It’s one job listed two different ways.
HOORAY!
Cheers for all the energetic youth services librarians who gathered in
Anchorage September 11-12 for the first-ever Alaska Youth Services Workshop. Priscilla McAdara of the State Library Anchorage office commented, “I don’t think I’ve ever been around so many people who had so much passion for their jobs.” There were 32 librarians in attendance, but there was enough energy in the room to stoke a few small power plants.
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