Major Alaskana Collections

The libraries in this list house the state’s largest Alaskana collections. “Alaskana” refers to written works about Alaska, and materials related to the Circumpolar North as a whole.

Hauling in a load of salmon in a double seine net, Karluk, Alaska, 1901. ASL-P277-008-064, Wickersham State Historic Sites Photograph Collection, Alaska State Library-Historical Collections.

Hauling in a load of salmon in a double seine net, Karluk, Alaska, 1901. ASL-P277-008-064, Wickersham State Historic Sites Photograph Collection, Alaska State Library-Historical Collections.

Elmer E. Rasmuson Library
University of Alaska Fairbanks
310 Tanana Loop
Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-6808
Phone: 907-474-7482
Email: AskRasmusonLibrary@uaf.libanswers.com

Z.J. Loussac Public Library
3600 Denali Street
Anchorage, Alaska 99503
Phone: 907-343-2975

Consortium Library
University of Alaska Anchorage and Alaska Pacific University
3211 Providence Drive
Anchorage, Alaska 99508
Phone: 907-786-1848

Alaska Resources Library and Information Service (ARLIS)
Consortium Library Building, Suite 111
University of Alaska Anchorage
3211 Providence Drive
Anchorage, Alaska 99508
Phone: 907-27-ARLIS
Email: reference@arlis.org

Alaska State Library
395 Whittier Street
Juneau, Alaska 99801
Phone: 907-465-2925

Email: asl.historical@alaska.gov

Tuzzy Consortium Library (home of the Tundra Times collection)
PO Box 2130
Barrow, Alaska 99723
Phone: 907-852-4050 or 800-478-6916

Chukchi Consortium Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks
PO Box 297/604 3rd Street
Kotzebue, Alaska 99752
Phone: 907-442-3400 or 800-478-3402

Kegoayah Kozga Library
PO Box 1168/223 Front Street
Nome, Alaska 99762
Phone: 907-443-6628
Email: library@nomealaska.org

Dillingham Public Library
P.O. Box 870
Dillingham, Alaska 99576
Phone: 907-842-5610
Email: librarian@dillinghamak.us

Kettleson Memorial Library
320 Harbor Drive
Sitka, Alaska 99835
Phone: 907-747-8708
Email: library@cityofsitka.com

Ketchikan Public Library
1110 Copper Ridge Lane
Ketchikan, Alaska 99901
Phone: 907-225-3331

Unalaska Public Library
PO Box 1370/64 Eleanor Drive
Unalaska, Alaska  99685
Phone: 907-581-5060
Email: akunak@ci.unalaska.ak.us