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The newsletter of the Friends of the Egan Library Network
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Winter 2015
| 2016
A NETWORK OF THE UAS ALUMNI &
FRIENDS ASSOCIATION.
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UAS Authors '
Reception
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First Annual
of the Egan Library
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tableof con -tents
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0425th Year bythe numbers
06Creating theCyril Georgecollection
Celebrating UASAuthors
08 Blonde Indian
11120 glacier hwy (BE1), Juneau, AK 99801
http://www.facebook.com/friendsofeganlibraryof the Egan Library | University of Alaska Southeast
Benefits of
Membership:
A commemorative lapel pin
Invitations to Egan Library events including Evening at Eganlectures, the annual UAS Authors' Reception (p. 3) & others.Reserved seating at select Egan Library eventsFRIENDS newsletterSpecial member discount on select University of Alaska Press titles(details at http://uas.alaska.edu/library/friends.html)
Invitations to review & select materials withdrawn from the EganLibrary collectionRecognition in the annual Honor Roll of Friends
CELEBRATE Winter 2015/2016friends
p. 03
The first annual reception recognizing UASauthors will feature opening remarks byBen Huff, UAS Adjunct Professor ofPhotography and author/photographer ofThe Last Road North. Appetizers, nohostbar and an opportunity to learn more aboutthe Friends of the Egan Library Network,UAS Alumni & Friends andScholarWorks@UA, an open access,online showcase of the intellectual outputof UAS.
Following the reception:
UAS Sound and MotionThe Photography of Ben Huff7:00pm @ Egan Lecture HallPhotographer Ben Huff will sharepictures from a current body of workbeing made in Adak, as well as alocal project. He will discuss bookmaking, narrative qualities ofphotography, and his philosophy inregards to photography and art.
WITH FRIENDS
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OUR 25th
We're Growing | The JointLibrary Catalog nowincludes 21 Libraries andover 1.5 million items!
by the numbers...
John Pugh, MansourAlzaharna and thespread at the EganLibrary 25th AnniversaryReception.
YEAR
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IMPACT
520 issues of Soundings: http://bit.ly/SWSoundingsOver 4,500 items and growing.Searchable in OneSearch and Google.
In 2015, 3 Academic Support Servicesjoined with the library.
1 Program Review50page SelfStudy32page Executive Summaryhttp://bit.ly/ProgramReview
Acad
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Over 5000 outofdate items removedfrom our Juvenile Collection!
CYRIL GEORGEcoming soon Winter 2015/2016friends
In 2015, Assistant Professor of AlaskaNative Languages X'̱unei Lance A.Twitchell secured grant funds from theRasmuson Foundation to help create anew centerpiece for Egan Library—theCyril George Alaska Native KnowledgeCenter. This space will honor ḴaalḵáawuCyril George, an esteemed Tlingit elderfrom the Deisheetaan Clan of Angoon,who passed away in 2014. As X'̱uneiwrote in the grant application, this projectwill “continue to reshape our campus inways that focuses energy on the visibilityand centrality of indigenous voices.”
This project is also supported by agenerous gift from Kathy Ruddy, a closefriend of Cyril George. After consultationwith Library management, Alaska Nativefaculty and staff leaders, and UASFacilities Planning staff, a space on theMain Level of the Library was selected asthe future home of the Cyril Georgecollection. This space is literally right atthe heart of the library, extending frombehind the Reference Desk to theReading Alcove and also repurposing aportion of the library currently used formicroform collections.
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COLLECTIONcoming soon Winter 2015/2016friends
Gift and grant funds will be used to purchase new shelving for the Cyril George AlaskaNative Knowledge Center. The collection itself will initially be drawn from the EganLibrary’s current collection of books and media on Alaska Native cultures, as well as onlanguage revitalization and indigenous peoples worldwide. There will also be areas forstudy. In the future, there is interest in adding additional media stations and newfurnishings, as well as continuing to grow the collection. Future funding will also besought to enhance the area with artwork, potentially including the creation of four Tlingithouseposts around the structural columns in the space.
p. 07
Mockup of how Tlingit basket design elements
might be incorporated into the new area.
(Design from: Tlingit Verb Dictionary. Gillian
Story and Constance Naish, compilers (College,
Alaska: University of Alaska, Alaska Native
Language Center, 1973); used with permission.
Mockup image courtesy of Library Bureau
Steel).
Other indigenous knowledge collections,
such the Waitakere Library in New
Zealand, are inspirations for the Cyril
George collection project. The collection
will incorporate Tlingit art motifs and
bilingual signage. (Photo by Matt
Jenkinson from Google Maps)
The Library is aiming to have the CyrilGeorge Alaska Native KnowledgeCenter in place during Summer 2016.
COMMON
read along Winter 2015/2016friends p. 08
There's never been a better time toread the American Book Awardwinning memoir, Blonde Indian byProfessor Ernestine Hayes.Selected as this year's OneCampus, One Book for UAS andas the statewide Alaska Readsbook for February, everybody'sreading it! Follow these links to findthe book and to learn more:
Alaska Reads: http://bit.ly/BIAlaskaReads OCOB: http://bit.ly/OCOBhome @ the library: http://bit.ly/jlcBlondeIndian Manuscript: http://bit.ly/BImanuscript
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