Pam in Alaska

4 girls standing behind a bake sale table

Smiling woman holding bags of baked goods

Woman holding box of homemade sourdough bread

Woman holding box of baked goods

Not that I'm bragging, but my students and the Valdez Community pitched in and raised over $1100 at a bake sale tonight! Funds will be donated to the Alaska Community Foundation's Western Alaska Disaster Relief fund

My neighbor and I were commenting that we get to live other people's bucket lists. AK is awe-inspiring

Green northern lights

Pink and green northern lights

Pink and green northern lights with the big dipper

Mostly red northern lights with stars and some green

The lights are out!

Author Julie Kagawa is being impersonated on BlueSky and wants people to know any advice or offers will be a scam

Seen on Facebook: Julie Kagawa does not have a BlueSky account and is being impersonated.

Fun fact - we're also the only Beta Club in Alaska!

A little about me-I started in a rural hs library in the fall of 2013 with no training & no district librarian. Since then, I had a YALSA mentor, joined state & nat'l library assns, & serve on the board of the AK Assn of Sch Librarians. I earned a cert in ILS from UMA & my MLIS from UWM.

School Library Topics I am creating a continuing education course proposal for the University of Alaska Anchorage, Prince William Sound College campus. It will be an asynchronous, brief introduction to working in a school ...

So many people on social media are new to school libraries & asking questions, so I reached out to our local college about creating a course to cover the basics. I would appreciate feedback on what topics would be helpful. Please fill out a brief (anonymous) survey at forms.gle/iuJGhhCn7iiC...

Teaching! Start of a planned series of trainings

Flyer giving information for a Google Sheets class

So... I'm doing something new!

We talked about this topic in grad school!

I'm a school librarian in Valdez, but this is a personal account

Antique tea trolley in bad condition

Antique tea trolley painted blue with yellow and blue floral tray

I don't usually paint antiques, but this one really needed the face lift! Can't wait to get it up to our cabin. #SummerProjects

We have weekly siren tests (5pm on Wednesday). It makes a different sound than a real siren and is followed by an announcement saying it is a test

Chickens eating food at a small picnic table

Everybody needs a chick-nic table. #ThingsThatMakeYouSmile

YES to the edit button request! And then a plea for people to actually use it ;-)

Craft items on a display rack

Getting ready for a July 4 vendor market! If you're in the Copper Center, AK area this weekend, come see me at the King for a Day Campground at mile 100.5 on the Rich.

Everyday magic!

Opinion: Cutting Alaska librarians and literacy programs is a betrayal of our kids Eliminating literacy resources leaves vulnerable students with fewer chances to succeed — and fewer paths forward.

Thanks to Deborah Rinio for articulating what we all know to be true. www.adn.com/opinions/202...

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Today's farmer's market bounty. Only those who also live in an area with very little fresh produce will understand my joy in this photo.

Woman wearing graduation regalia standing in front of library bookshelf

I did it! 4.0 MLIS degree from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee School of Information Studies! #NeverTooOldToLearn

Celebrating a new daughter in law!

We use this in our AK history classes!

Group of high school students and photo of same students with their right hands raised

Valdez High School inducted 12 new members into the northernmost chapter of National Beta Club! I love working with these student leaders. #schoollibrarylife #AkLearns #studentleaders

Please, no! I need to travel this week!

Proving once again that small things can add up. There are 8 billion people on this planet. Try to imagine the impact of 8 billion positive actions every day. #JustDoStuff

Pink and white newspaper with headline reading great news you made it through another week

I made it! And congratulations to those of you who also survived.

And you're still in school! Just shows how cool you are

@penamerica.bsky.social

We're plowing for sure!