The Nebraska Guidelines for Public Library Accreditation will be revised this year. The Guidelines are the basis upon which Nebraska public libraries are accredited by the Commission and serve as a measure of the quality of those services.
Members of the group involved in that revision, named earlier this month, include:
Joan Birnie (Broken Bow Public Library)
Kathy Bretschneider (Lied Battle Creek Public Library)
Francine Canfield (Baright Public Library – Ralston; State Advisory Council member)
Kendra Caskey (Goodall City Library – Ogallala)
Robin Clark (Sump Memorial Library – Papillion; NLA Public Library & Trustee Section Chair)
Brenda Ealey (Southeast Library System)
Amy Greenland (Hastings Public Library)
Pat Leach (Lincoln City Libraries; State Advisory Council Vice-Chair; Metropolitan Public Library)
Stan Schulz (Kilgore Memorial Library – York)
Commission staff:
John Felton (Planning and Data Services Coordinator)
Janet Greser (GoToMeeting support)
Linda Jensen (Staff Assistant)
Laura Johnson (Continuing Education Coordinator)
Richard Miller (Library Development Director)
The group will be using the comments on the current Guidelines received from the library community at various meetings around the state, and online on the Commission’s website. Tentative plans call for the revised Guidelines to be produced in several drafts, allowing comment from the library community before they are presented to the Commissioners for their consideration. The work of the group will be accomplished using GoToMeeting. Tentative plans call for several members of the revision group to attend meetings with the Commissioners and to present at the annual NLA/NEMA conference.
For questions about this process, contact Richard Miller 800-307-2665
