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  • Introduction to the Alaska State Library
    Offered every third Wednesday of the month from 12:15 - 1 p.m.
    For employees of the State of Alaska. Find out what the Alaska State Library offers to help you with your work, and some resources for fun, too! Please register by 5 pm of the previous day to attend this event.

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Novelist (SchoolTube)

Have you just finished the last book in a series and want to find another series that's similar? Or want to find a book, but can't remember anything more than it was about knitting and solving crime? This webinar covers NoveList, a database of fiction titles, authors, series, and other reader-focused content that's accessible to all Alaskans. We'll include plenty of time for practice, so bring your book interests to class with you. Recorded on March 27, 2014.

Alaska History Online (SchoolTube)

Whether you need specific details for a report or just want to learn more about our great state and her people, there are some wonderful, free online resources on Alaska history. Whether you're a Cheechako new to Alaska, or are already a confirmed Sourdough, our state is large and diverse enough that there's always more to learn. Recorded on March 13, 2014.

Alaska and the Affordable Care Act (SchoolTube link)

Crystal Bourland, Health Insurance Navigator for Juneau, gives a general overview of the ACA & Health Insurance Marketplace and covers the types of financial assistance available, the individual mandate & exemptions to the mandate, qualified health plans in Alaska, application process, key dates for enrollment, & resources. She also gave an update on enrollment in Alaska. Recorded on January 17, 2014.

Free Images (Video)

Looking for free, high-quality images to add to your publication or newsletter? This class will introduce participants to government and commercial sources of royalty free and/or public domain images.

Databases By Alaskans 2013 (Video)

Looking for some gravel? Want to know if you live near a contaminated site? No? Perhaps you’d like basic information about schools or an address for a business owner. No matter your Alaska-related information need, chances are good that a state agency has put that information in a database. In this webinar, we’ll introduce you to some Alaska agency databases available, and demonstrate a few of them in depth.

To find the resources mentioned in this class, and more, see the Alaska State Agency Databases page from the Government Documents Roundtable of the American Library Association.

EBooks (Video)

State employees have access to thousands of ebooks. Whether you need titles covering academic or technical subjects or just want a fun read, join us for this webinar. We’ll introduce you to Alaska State Library’s most comprehensive collections of ebooks and audiobooks: ebrary and ListenAlaska. We’ll also briefly review other ebook sources.

Apps for Alaskans (Video)

Who needs a computer anyway? Learn about free smartphone and tablet apps for using the Digital Pipeline, as well as some of the best Alaska-related apps available. The instructors are both iPad and iPhone users, but we’ll talk about Android options as well.

Small Business Resources (Video)

Do you have clients ready to embark on a new career? Do you dream of owning your own business? Learn how to locate start-up capital, write a successful business plan, obtain a business license and more.

Bills, Budgets and Hearings, Oh My! (Video)

Looking for Alaska State Legislative materials? Prepare for the 2013 session by attending this forty-five minute class. Learn where the key resources are located and how to get started with legislative research.

    Handouts:
  • Alaska Legislative History - Print (Juneau) (PDF)
  • Alaska Legislative History - Online (PDF)
  • Legislative Resource Chart (PDF)
  • Legislative Process Flow Chart (PDF)

Foreign Languages (Video)

Find out about the fun and easy resources available to learn a foreign language, plus English as a second language. Mango Languagages is one popular option, but there are others as well. We’ll also talk about free practice and tutor options, games and foreign news sites.

Introduction to The Alaska State Library (Video)

Never again pay $50 for 24 hour access to an article. Don’t make do with unauthoritative resources because they’re all you can find from a quick Google search. You need accurate, reliable, timely information on research, regulations, news and more, to do the best job possible for Alaskans. We can help. Find out how.

What is OWL? (Video)

Learn how the statewide initiative OWL, Online with Libraries, is providing Alaskans with greater access to e-commerce, distance education and professional development opportunities..

Grant Writing (Video)

In this class, we'll cover grant writing and general writing resources, tips on things to avoid, and outcome based evaluations. There will be plenty of examples of what makes a good grant vs. a poorly written grant.

Small Business Resources (Video)

Do you have clients ready to embark on a new career? Do you dream of owning your own business? Learn how to locate start-up capital, write a successful business plan, obtain a business license and more.

Deciphering Legal Citations (SchoolTube Video)

Are you looking for laws or court decisions, but frustrated because you just can't decipher legal citations? This introductory class is for anyone who wants to learn how legal citations work.

Electronic Resources (Video)

The Alaska State Library offers electronic books, images, articles, encyclopedias, automobile manuals, and more. To make it easier to find our eResources, we’ve redesigned our web pages. In this session, you’ll learn how to identify and access the eResource you need through the library’s web pages, whether you’re looking for an eBook, notable quote, peer reviewed or general interest article, or other type of information.

What is SLAM? (Video)

Are you curious about the State Libraries, Archives, and Museums (SLAM)? Do you know the state libraries are different than their city counterparts? Join us and get to know SLAM a little better.

Testing and Education Reference Center (TERC) (Video)

The Testing & Education Reference Center is a one-stop online digital resource designed to help users meet their educational or career goals. By the end of the webinar participants will be able to research colleges and universities, identify college funding and locate practice exams. Participants will also be introduced to TERC’s Resume Builder & Virtual Career Library.

Digital Discretion (Video)

Do you deal with confidential information at work? Do you sometimes use your home computer to catch up on a task? Do you use your personal smart phone for work? These are growing issues in our modern, mobile, and often wireless society. Join us to learn some of the tricky areas in privacy and confidentiality in the digital age, and pick up tips about how to minimize risk. Watch a recording of the video conference presentation.

Health Resources for Clinicians (Video)

Designed to help clinicians access health resources available from PubMed. Topics covered include instruction on building a search in PubMed, how Medical Subject Headings are structured and used in PubMed, and how to manage search results.

Setting Up Information Alerts (Video)

Do you have an ongoing need for newspaper, magazine, or journal articles on a particular topic? In this class you will learn how to set an EBSCOhost research database search that will deliver weekly results to your email. This class is most appropriate for people familiar with basic database searching.

Databases By Alaskans (Video)

Learn how to get quick access to community, economic and demographic information produced by state agencies within Alaska. Also learn about the sheer variety of information that is publicity available from State of Alaska agencies.

Just Google (Video)

We know you are using it; now learn how to use it right. In this forty-five minute class, we’ll highlight search options from Google you might not have know were available and show you how to find better information quicker. Come learn how to Google your questions more efficiently. There will be time for questions and practice.

ebrary Downloads (Video)

ebrary provides access to the full text of over 50,000 books covering a wide range of academic and technical subjects including law, computers, education, health, political science, and more. Now users can download these full-text books and save them to their desktop or tablet device using Adobe Digital Editions.

Access our instructional guide on downloading ebrary books.

OWL VideoConference Learning

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We're working on our new schedule and will post here shortly. Please check back! In the meantime, check out our recorded webinars and videoconferences at the View Archived Recordings arrow above.

Tech Talk

These classes are presented using Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate). If you haven't joined us for a chat before, visit this page to verify that your computer meets system requirements. Programs with audio will require headphones or speakers connected to your computer.

In order to better serve you, we are changing how we present what was formerly known as Fourth Friday Tech Talks. For the past couple of years our tech savvy librarians have been offering monthly informal webinars covering technology topics in a primarily Q & A format. Beginning on the first Fourth Friday of October (10/25), they will be offering more formal, longer presentations that allow them to explore a topic in depth. These NEW Tech Talk will be offered quarterly.

For more information contact Freya Anderson, via email or telephone 465-1315

Coming Up Next

Graphics Tools in Microsoft Office and Windows 7
Friday, April 25th, 2:30-3:30 pm

Join Daniel Cornwall and Freya Anderson for a discussion of graphics tools built into Windows 7 and Microsoft Office - picture tools, mass import into PowerPoint, screen clippings, Paint and more.

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Archived Tech Talk Discussions

Microsoft Word Tips: January 2014 (SchoolTube Link)
Runtime: 1 hour

Creating a Table of Contents in Word 2010: July 2013 (Video)
Runtime: 17 minutes

Loading multiple pictures/screenshots into PowerPoint: May 2013 (Video)
Runtime: 28 minutes

Batch Edit Images in MS Office: April 2013 (Video)
Runtime: 26 minutes

Loading multiple pictures/screenshots into PowerPoint: March 2013 (Video)
Runtime: 12 minutes

Alaska Legislative iPhone app: February 2013 (Video)

Due to technical difficulties there was no recording made of January's Tech Talk, "Microsoft Outlook Tips & Tricks." To find tips on Outlook please visit our resource guide at lam.alaska.gov/outlook

Some basics for using your tablet better: December 2012 (Video) - Program starts at 12 minute mark of video

Quick tips for beginners and advanced users: November 2012 (Video)

Guided keyboard shortcuts in Office 2010 and 2007: October 2012 (Video)

Adobe PDF Reader tips: August 2012 (Video)

Customizing spell check in Word: July 2012 (Video)

Reading RSS feeds in Outlook: June 2012 (Video)

Word 2010 file menu & removing revision marks: May 2012 (Video)

Windows 7 accessories: (Video)






Page last updated 04/24/2014

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Alaska State Library
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