UAS Egan Library
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Egan Library supports scholarship, research, and creative activities at the University of Alaska Southeast by providing relevant, diverse, and well-maintained collections, by helping individuals evaluate and efficiently use those resources, and by creating a welcoming environment for all.
Library Services
Collections
Content in support of learning for UAS students and enrichment of our broader community. From ebooks and databases to streaming video and special collections centering Indigenous Knowledge, explore our collections.
Open Educational Resources
Students can't learn from textbooks they can't afford. Open Educational Resources (OER) are free alternatives to expensive textbooks. Runaway textbook costs on college campuses have become a major impediment to student success. See what UAS faculty and students are doing to address textbook affordability.
Borrowing & Access
Details on borrowing materials from Egan Library, partner libraries and accessing library accounts.
Learning Center
The Learning Center provides math and statistics support for student success and is located on the ground floor of the Egan Library.
Writing Center
Make an appointment with a Writing Specialist for help at every stage of the writing process.
Testing Center
Testing services including placement and professional tests offered for UAS and other UA university students, faculty, and residents enrolled with an educational institution who need testing support.
Featured Programs & Services
Juneau Reads
Let's Read Together! Free copies of Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach are available at Egan Library and all Juneau Public Libary locations while supplies last and events are happening around the community.
"Fuzz" Open Mic
Feb. 23 from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
UAS Student Lounge. Students, faculty, staff and community members are encouraged to share original or cover songs, poems, comedy skits, and stories about encounters with wildlife
Trailblazers: Hike and Book Club
Mar. 21 from 10 a.m. to noon
Meet at the Fish Creek shelter on North Douglas. All are welcome to hike and discuss Fuzz. Trailblazers is a collaboration between CBJ Parks and Recreation Department and the library,
TBA Film Screening
Mar. 28 at 4 p.m.
Gold Town Theater.
Art workshop with Kathy Hocker
Apr. 18 from 10 a.m. to noon
Mendenhall Valley Public Library. Registration required for teens and adults. Hocker’s illustrations of Alaska wildlife decorate cafeteria tables on the ferry LeConte as well as trail signs on the Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge and numerous publications.
Indigenous Knowledge Collection
This special collection is named after Ḵaalḵáawu Cyril George, a Tlingit leader from the Deisheetaan Clan of Angoon, and partially funded by a Rasmuson Foundation grant. The Cyril George Collection honors Indigenous voices and Alaska Native Knowledge in a collection of over 3,000 volumes on the main floor of Egan Library.
Northwest Coast Native Art Collection
The collection features wood carvings, basketry, and Ravenstail weaving by renowned Alaskan artists including Edna Jackson, Steve Brown, Wayne Price, Nathan Jackson, Jennifer Brady Morales, Jan Criswell, Cheryl Samuel, Mary Lou King, Ray Watkins, Harry Calkins and Delores Churchill. The collection was acquired through the Alaska Percent for Art in Public Places program. Collection Guides are available at the entrance of the library for reference in self-guided tours.
