Travel / Travel Grants

Alaska Airlines:

If you are traveling by air to Fairbanks for the conference, you may wish to make your arrangements through Alaska Airlines Group and Meetings Desk to obtain a 10% discount. Just call 1-800-445-4435 and mention discount code CMR9830.

If you are booking online, go to the following link http://www.alaskaair.com/www2/help/contacts/HelpGroupRes.asp and use discount code ECCMR9830 (10% off all Y or F fares except for companion or other promotional fares).

These discount codes are good for the following travel dates: February 25 - March 5, 2008.

After you have made your reservation, please send your ticket number (it starts with 027...) to Ann McCann at amccann@northstar.k12.ak.us . For every forty reservations made this way, AkLA gets one free roundtrip on Alaska Airlines which we can use to bring Outside apeakers to Alaska

School Librarian Travel Grants

School librarians are eligible for one of fifteen AkASL (Alaska Association of School Librarians) Travel Grants of $1,100 each. Applicants must be a member of AkASL and information about this grant can be found at: http://www.akla.org/akasl/assoc/travel_grant.htm. The deadline for grant applications is December 15, 2007. Notification will be made no later than January 15, 2008.

Regional Travel Grants

Are you interested in attending the Alaska Library Association 2008 Conference and live in the Interior or Northern region of Alaska? Grant assistance is available for one attendee from within the Fairbanks conference region. The Alaska Library Association is offering up to $500 to a library employee, volunteer or board member from a library in the Interior and Northern Regions to assist with travel and lodging expenses incurred while attending the 2008 AkLA Conference. The conference registration fee will be waived for the award recipient. More information.