William shakespeares best and greatest works more titles to come. Library alaska mail services city and borough of juneau. Providing early literacy programs for young children and educational opportunities for sitka families. Learn a new language, check out some digital books and audiobooks, read digital magazines and explore the many other educational resources we offer. The alaska state library talking book center is a cooperative effort between the national library service for the blind and physically handicapped, the alaska state library, and the utah state library to provide alaskans who cannot read standard print with talking books and braille service. If a book you are looking for is not on hand the staff can request the item from another library or add it to their next order. Egan library keeps current issues from over 200 periodicals in our periodicals area. Library service is provided through a partnership of the alaska state library for patron applications and the utah state library for books, magazines and playback equipment. If a book is checked out by another patron, you can place it on hold. Get access to ebooks, audio books and more by signing up online for a temporary card. This audiobook playlist includes free, full length original. I love reading and anywhere i can read as freely as i enjoy it.
Our book returns remain open, but we would like you to hold on to our items until we reopen. Audio books, magazines, braille service, and playback equipment for people who cannot read standard print. Kpc campuses have libraries to assist students with reference materials including books, journals, dvds, audio and video tapes, local and national newspapers and maps. Alaska library network strengthening libraries through. See the new audiobooks collection from alaska digital library. Find thousands of ebooks for adults, children, and teens in our catalog or search directly through hoopla or alaska digital library overdrive.
Library catalog search for books, music, videos and more in the consortium library and other nearby libraries. Anchorage public libraries are currently closed to visitors and no items should be returned to the library at this time. The 2,600 volume reference library contains books on alaska covering topics dealing with alaska history, native culture and art, geology, exploration, biography and literature. Audio books, cds, dvds, music and books can be checked out with a. This is the audiobook cd library edition in vinyl case. Free ebooks for young readers and parents to share statewide. General collection books will have the location designation circulating collection in the library catalog. These books are always available, never on hold, and no need to download. Is there a specific audiobook youd like the library to carry. Board books and toys for parents and day care providers. The high points in the story of alaska since the american acquisition are brought vividly to life through more than 100 characters, real and fictional.
Alaska digital library treats ebooks like paper books in a physical library. Audiobooks are audible versions of books, read aloud by the author or another narrator. The network is also sustained through the generous work effort of alaska library network member librarians, the alaska state library, and the. Akla is a nonprofit professional organization for the employees, volunteers and advocates at academic, public, school and special libraries of all sizes in alaska, as well as library products and services vendors. Tumblebook library offers animated, narrated picture and chapter books and hoopla has a great collection of sesame street books, movies and comics.
See our library services updates page for information about changes to rasmuson library services need to checkout material from rasmuson library, including media equipment, books, and other physical materials. The consortium library serves the university of alaska anchorage and alaska pacific university. While our library building may be temporarily closed, our digital resources are available 247. This service is free and open to anyone who lives outside an area serviced by a state funded library. The program serves the entire state and is free to those who. In the late 1800s, john muir made several trips to the pristine, relatively unexplored territory of alaska, irresistibly drawn to its aweinspiring glaciers and its wild menagerie of bears, bald eagles, wolves, and whales. Today the library has more than 42,000 items in a collection that includes books, movies, audio books, and periodicals. Alaska state library talking book center po box 110571 juneau, ak 998110571. Its constituent parts are university archives, manuscript maps, and historical manuscripts and photographs. If you want to check out books or access the internet, you need to get an unalaska public library card.
Worldcat search library collections worldwide and place interlibrary loans for titles from other libraries. Collectionsacquisitions university of alaska southeast. Alaska digital library offers many mainstream fiction and nonfiction ebooks as well as audio books. Access the alaska library catalog from your android phone or tablet. Materials are mostly organized by the library of congress classification system. The alaska library network is a collaborative venture supported by funds from the institute of museum and library services through the library services and technology act and its member libraries. Tumblebooklibrary is an online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach young children the joys of reading. I love listening to audio fiction books from the free digital library, because once i have heard a fiction book, i really dont care to hear them again. Download ebooks and audiobooks for all ages for your device.
Home books by alaska native authors alaska state library. If you enjoyed looking for alaska for its realistic portrayal of teenage life, issues, and friendships, then the perks of being a wallflower is a great option for you published in 1999, the novel is written completely in letters from the protagonist, charlie, to an anonymous recipient. Find books and articles by searching across most of the librarys collections. This bibliography of books by alaska native authors accompanies a display at the alaska state library, in the andrew p. Overdrive libby is offered through the alaska digital library adl, a free service for alaskan library card holders. Library patrons have direct access to online databases, journal articles, and archives via the state library electronic doorway and the alaska digital library of ebooks and audio books provided with funding from the alaska state library and the city of kodiak. Plus these audiobooks from the library are way better and more professionally dramatized. Travels in alaska library edition audio cd audiobook. While our buildings are closed were here to help with online resources for learning, reading, watching and listening. Check out new bestsellers in adult, young adult and childrens fiction and nonfiction.
Listen online to audio books in many different categories. Its generally limited to titles available in our circulating collection. Accessible outside the library with your nypl card. With download media available 247, your library is always open. Alaska is obsessed with something she read in a novel talking about the struggle of life, which states, how will i ever get out of this labyrinth. See our ebooks page to search and learn more about uas ebook collections. As the story continues, you realize that alaska flies off the handle, suddenly withdraws from everyone, and no one can understand this side of her. Alaska resources library and information services arlis is a publiclyaccessible library which serves nine federal and state agencies, including alaska department of fish and game. Sign up to get books and other library resources by mail.
The consortium library provides and supports teaching, learning, and research, as well as the innovative use of information resources and technologies. It coordinates the alaska library network aln, which provides interlibrary loans. Browse, borrow, and enjoy titles from the alaska digital library digital collection. The alaska state library talking book center is a cooperative effort between the national library service for the blind and print disabled, the alaska state library, and the utah state library to provide alaskans who cannot read standard print with talking books and braille service. The alaska mail services program connects alaskans who live remotely with our library services. Download digital audiobooks, music, and ebooks to a computer or other compatible devices for viewing or listening on the go.
This service is free for homer public library cardholders. Manage your account, search the catalog, renew and reserve books. Center provides blind, visually impaired, and physically impaired individuals, who cannot read standard print, with audio books, large print, and braille materials. And its looking to expand to accommodate more visitors.
Visit the ua coronavirus information website to learn how the university of alaska is responding to the novel coronaviruscovid19 situation and. Archives university of alaska fairbanks rasmuson library. Place a hold to have items sent to the valdez consortium library. Please do not come to campus to return anything that you currently have checked out until that happens. Find alaska library phone numbers, addresses, and other library info.
The best audiobooks on youtube on greatest audio books. Welcome to the 50states alaska libraries directory. Browse thousands of titles, stream on your computer or take it on the go with the overdrive app. Library material will automatically renew until the current restrictions on travel are lifted. Kashevaroff building, to celebrate indigenous peoples day and alaska book week. Best books on alaska score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Interlibrary loan borrow books from libraries worldwide when they are not available in the library catalog. The library also has a complete run of the alaska magazine on its shelves. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. We also have a special alaskana collection which is available for checkout. Free ebooks, animated ebooks, and videos for kids in k6.
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