ARLIS resources available for loan to educators include the following collections.
Environmental Education Curriculum Collection
More than 700 books, selected for K-12 educators. Items in this collection circulate to anyone with a valid library card from Anchorage Public Library, UAA/APU, or ARLIS. Alaska reciprocal library privileges are supported via Consortium Library. Items in this collection are also available by interlibrary loan.
To browse the Environmental Education collection from the ARLIS catalog, do a call number search on ENV ED in the search box at the bottom of the Advanced Search Screen of the ARLIS library catalog.
Furs, Skulls, Bird Mounts & Fish Mounts
Furs, Skulls, Bird Mounts & Fish Mounts are made available at ARLIS by the Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game, Division of Wildlife Conservation, U.S. Fish & wildlife Service, and private donors. Most items may be checked out from ARLIS for a 2-week period and may be renewed once for an additional two weeks. An inventory is available for
download.
These items are available on a first-come/first-served basis. Please check the catalog for availability by doing a keyword search using the name of the animal or bird exactly as it appears in the list. If the search produces too many hits, add keyword “realia”.
Furs, mounts and skulls may be borrowed and returned Monday through Friday, except holidays, from 8:00 until 4:45 PM.
Science Kits
Science Kits are made available by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Wildlife Conservation, and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Kits may be checked out from ARLIS for a 2-week period.
Materials may be renewed once. Kits are available on a firstcome/first-served basis; please check the ARLIS catalog for availability. Contents vary; kits may include activities, books, posters, videos, etc.
Questions? Call (907) 27 ARLIS (907 272-7547) or send e-mail to reference@arlis.org.
