UAS Egan Library
Inspiration and innovation begin here
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
Deails 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 Services
Tech Tools for Faculty (and Students Too!)
Find elegant solutions to tricky tech quagmires.
The Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) has a Tech Tools series on YouTube, which covers topics like Checking Documents for Accessibility, Creating and Using Gifs, Using a Green Screen, Video-Creation & Editing Tools, Polling Tools, and many more helpful tech tools that make teaching and presentations easier and more effective.
You can also visit the CELT website for additional technology and teaching resources to support your face to face, online, or hybrid classes.
Permanent Exhibit
Northwest Coast Native Art
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.
Featured Collection
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.