Author Archives: Jennifer Wrampe

10:00 – 11:00 a.m. (CT)

NCompass Live: The Power of Word-of-Mouth Marketing

In this totally ‘wired’ time, the commercial world is turning to word-of-mouth marketing (WOMM) as the most powerful form of advertising. This is great news for libraries because WOMM is truly powerful and because we can afford it! In this program you’ll learn:

•What is it?
•Why to do it.
•Who can do it?
•How to do it.
•Where does customer service fit in?

This NCompass Live portion of the day [will also be presented online using the GoToWebinar online meeting service. Please see the NCompass Live website for detailed information about GoToWebinar, including equipment requirements for computer speakers and microphones. If you cannot attend the morning session in Lincoln and wish to register for the morning online session, please register at [obsolete link removed].

11:00 a.m. – noon (CT)

Equipment Demonstration

Try out the computer equipment that has been selected for the Library Broadband Builds Nebraska Communities project, including the ADA-accessible workstation.

Noon – 1:00 p.m. (CT)Lunch provided.

1:00 – 4:00 p.m. (CT)

The Marketing/Communication Gymnasium

Building on the SPA (start planning already) day at the Library Broadband Builds Nebraska Communities Kickoff program in November 2010, please come to this event ready to stretch your strength in listening and presentation skills. We’ll introduce strategies for assessing community needs/wants and developing and delivering an effective message. There will be exercises, but no need to bring a towel.

(NOTE: Libraries are not required to be participants in the Library Broadband Builds Nebraska Communities project to be eligible to attend this day of training.)

Prior to launching a consulting practice, Library Communication Strategies, Inc., Peggy Barber was Associate Executive Director for Communication for the American Library Association (ALA). She established the ALA Public Information Office, ALA Public Programs Office, and ALA Graphics program, including the popular Celebrity READ© poster series. She recently completed a term as president of Friends of Libraries USA, now ALTAFF, the Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations. Her current work as a consultant is focused on marketing and communication support for libraries.

For Further Information Contact:

Mary Jo Ryan
Nebraska Library Commission
402-471-3434 or 800-307-2665
E-mail

Registration
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School Library Month is just around the corner!
See http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslissues/slm/schoollibrary.cfm for ideas, activities, and more!

The ALA Public Programs Office and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced an increase in funding for the Let’s Talk About It: Making Sense of the American Civil War reading and discussion program grant. Following the application process, 50 selected public, academic and community college libraries will receive a $3,000 grant to support the reading and discussion series in their library in addition to books, promotional materials and other programming support. Applications, available at www.ala.org/civilwarprograms, must be completed by April 19.
The program grant includes:
* A $3,000 grant from NEH to support program-related expenses.
* Twenty-five copies of two titles: “March” by Geraldine Brooks (Penguin, 2006) and “Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam” by James McPherson (Oxford University Press, 2002) and 50 copies of a forthcoming Civil War anthology of historical fiction, speeches, diaries, memoirs, biography, and short stories, edited by national project scholar Edward L. Ayers and co-published by NEH and ALA.
* Promotional materials, including posters, bookmarks and folders, to support local audience recruitment efforts.
* Training for the library project director at a national workshop, where they will hear from the project scholar, expert librarians and organizers and receive a program planning guide, materials and ideas. As part of the grant, NEH will pay for two nights of lodging in Chicago for the library project director.
Let’s Talk About It: Making Sense of the American Civil War follows the popular Let’s Talk About It model, which engages participants in discussion of a set of common texts selected by a nationally known scholar for their relevance to a larger, overarching theme. More information including project guidelines and the online application are available at www.ala.org/civilwarprograms.

Paraprofessional Section & Special & Institutional Section 2011 Spring Meeting
Collaboration Across Libraries
Thursday, March 24, 2011 9:55 a.m. -1 p.m. CT [obsolete link removed]
A limited number of scholarships are available to Para or S&I members. submit your name, address, email, phone and library affiliation to Jennifer Wrampe. Scholarship recipients will be asked to submit a 2-5 sentence statement about themselves and their job when applying for the scholarship. The statements will be posted to the Para Facebook page and blog.

YART Spring Meeting Cosponsored by SCYP
Saturday April 2nd
LaVista Public Library 9110 Giles Rd 10am – 1ish
Come network with other YARTers, learn how YART can help you, leave with ideas for your summer programs and lesson plans, and maybe even win a prize!
Oh yeah, there will be donuts and coffee, too!
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There are two great reasons to attend the joint College & University / Information Technology & Access Roundtable Spring meeting on May 20, 2011.
ACRL President Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe presenting “Engagement, Experimentation and Entrepreneurship: Value Principles for Creating the Library of the Future.”
Amy Mather, one of Library Journal’s Movers and Shakers of 2010, presenting “Fallen Between the Cracks: Reengaging the Lost Patron.”
For more information and to register visit: http://www.nebraskalibraries.org/cu/. Early bird registration discounts end March 31.

The NLA Public Library and Trustee Section will be partnering with Read Aloud Nebraska and the Regional Library Systems to bring nationally known author and librarian Michael Sullivan to four locations across Nebraska (Alliance, Lexington, Norfolk, Seward) in April. This program is open to the public. We encourage you to pass this information on to your academic colleagues and library customers.
Michael will give two presentations – “Connecting Boys with Books” and “Breaking all the Rules”. You can learn more about Michael and his books at www.talestoldtall.com. His program offers 5 hours of CE credit.
A brochure with more information can be found at
http://www.readaloudnebraska.org/sullivan/sullivan.pdfor you can register online at
http://www.readaloudnebraska.org/sullivan.htm
Early bird registration fee- before April 1 – $20.00.
$30.00 registration fee after April 1.
Sign up today!

The Nebraska Center for the Book (NCB) invites recommendations for the 2012 One Book One Nebraska book selection. The Nebraska Center for the Book will consider books written by a Nebraska author (living or dead/with current or former residence in the state), or that have a Nebraska theme or setting. Books should have a broad appeal to readers across Nebraska and lend well to group book discussion. Books may be fiction, non-fiction, biography, memoir, or poetry. They must be in print and readily available. The Center for the Book strongly suggests that anyone who nominates a text should have read it.
Book recommendations should be sent via e-mail by June 15, 2011. Recommendations may also be sent via the U.S. Postal Service to The Nebraska Center for the Book One Book One Nebraska, c/o Nebraska Library Commission Reference Services, 1200 N Street, Suite 120, Lincoln, NE 68508-2023.
The Nebraska Center for the Book will announce the 2012 One Book One Nebraska choice at the Fall Nebraska Center for the Book Celebration, which will include a 2011 One Book One Nebraska Program, Jane Pope Geske Award and Nebraska Book Awards Ceremony, and NCB Annual Meeting.
For information about One Book One Nebraska, including current and previous book selections, see http://centerforthebook.nebraska.gov/programs/onebook_archive/2011.html or join us on http://www.facebook.com/#!/NebraskaBookFestival
The Nebraska Center for the Book, Nebraska Humanities Council, Nebraska Library Association, Nebraska Library Commission, and other statewide organizations sponsor One Book One Nebraska to demonstrate how books and reading connect people across time and place. In 2011, Nebraska communities will come together through literature in community-wide reading programs to explore Local Wonders: Seasons in the Bohemian Alps, a non-fiction work by one of Nebraska’s best-loved authors—Nebraska’s own Ted Kooser, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry and U.S. Poet Laureate (2004–2006).

SAVE THE DATE!
Nebraska Museum, Library and Archives
COLLECTIONS CONSERVATION MEETINGS/WORKSHOPS
April 18 Chadron
April 19 Kearney
April 20 Norfolk
April 21 Omaha
Staff and volunteers of Nebraska museums, libraries, and archives–here’s a great opportunity to influence the future of collections care for our state, and learn a little to boot!
Join your colleagues at one of four regional meetings and workshops to
1) review a statewide collections conservation draft plan and add your perspective on how to best save our heritage
2) gain practical hands-on experience in caring for your own collection
PRELIMINARY INFORMATION
• Events will run from 9:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
• Workshops will be offered by experienced professionals on four different topics:
o Chadron: digitization and preservation of documents and records
o Kearney: photographic collections care and preservation
o Norfolk: disaster preparedness planning
o Omaha: working with conservators
• Pending funding, some travel stipends will be available to help cover participants’ transportation costs
• Partners are Nebraska State Historical Society, Nebraska Library Association, Nebraska Museum Association, Nebraska Arts Council and Nebraska Humanities Council with project funding provided in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, a federal agency
Mark your calendar for the regional conference that best suits your schedule & location!
Registration information will be forthcoming soon! If you have questions or want to be sure to receive registration information directly, please email:
Lynne Ireland
Deputy Director
Nebraska State Historical Society
PO Box 82554
Lincoln, NE 68501
p: (402) 471-4758
f: (402) 471-3100
lynne.ireland@nebraska.gov

The Lincoln Arts Council, in cooperation with the Kimmel Foundation and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, is pleased to offer two special Mayor’s Arts Awards to emerging artists and writers working in Lincoln, Nebraska. Begun in 2009, the Lincoln Mayor’s Kimmel Foundation Award includes a two-week residency at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts and a $1000 stipend. The awards will go to one emerging visual artist and one emerging writer. Only artists working in Lincoln, Nebraska, through year-end 2011 will be considered for this year’s award. Award winners will be choosen by the KHN staff and KHN current artists-in-residence. Application including an application form and support materials must be mailed to Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, 801 3rd Corso, Nebraska City, NE, 68410 by March 1, 2011. There is no application fee to apply.
Award winners will be notified by the Lincoln Arts Council and recognized at the Lincoln Mayors Arts Awards on June 8, 2011.
Contact for more information or with questions:
Jenni Brant, Executive Director
Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts
jbrant@khncenterforthearts.org
402.874.9600

The American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) Innovative Reading Grant supports the planning and implementation of programs for children that motivate and encourage reading, especially for struggling readers. Selection criteria include the potential to measure and evaluate a literacy project that promotes the importance of reading and facilitates learners’ literacy development by supporting current reading research, practice and policy. Reading programs specifically designed for children (K–9) in the school library setting are eligible for the $2,500 award. The program must encourage innovative ways to motivate and involve children in reading. The applicant must be a member of AASL.
Deadline: February 7, 2011
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslawards/innovativereadinggrant/aaslreading.cfm

Awards will be offered by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, MidContinental Region to recognize public libraries that have had successful public library/public health partnerships involving health information.
Recipients will receive a $200 cash award or gift.

Nomination Requirements and Eligibility:

• Public library must be an Affiliate or Full Network Member of the NN/LM, MCR. Not a member? Join today, it’s FREE http://nnlm.gov/mcr/services/network/index.html.
• Partnership must be between a public library and a public health entity. An entity encompasses those organizations whose focus is to protect and improve the health of a community through education, promotion of healthy lifestyles, and research for disease and injury prevention.
• Nominations must demonstrate the success of the partnership
• Self-nominations are encouraged

Examples of outstanding partnerships can include, but are not limited to:

• Partnerships to improve access to health information for underserved/vulnerable populations
• Partnerships to provide access to health information before/during/after a disaster or emergency (i.e. natural disaster, pandemic, man-made disaster)
• Partnerships to benefit the overall library communities access to health information
• Partnerships to conduct innovative health information outreach programs

Nomination Process:

• A summary of the public library/public health partnership supporting success with anecdotes or evidence
• Do not exceed four typed pages or 1,000 words (double-spaced; minimum 12-point type size)
• Provide complete contact information, including name, address, phone/fax number and e-mail address of the nominee and nominator
• Nominations should be submitted in MS Word and sent via email to Dana Abbey @ dana.abbey@ucdenver.edu• Questions? Please contact Dana Abbey toll free at 1-800-338-7657, select option 1, then option 2, then option 3
Nominations must be received by: March 16, 2011
Award recipients will be notified by: April 16, 2011

2010 Outstanding Public Library/Public Health Partnership Award Recipients:

• The Lawrence Public Library/Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department/Coalition Together Prepared Partnership – Kansas
• The Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library/Washburn Mobile Health Clinic Partnership – Kansas
• The Salt Lake County Library Services /South Main Clinic Partnership – Utah
• The Laramie County Library System/Wyoming Department of Health, Community and Rural Health Division – Maternal and Family Health Section Partnership – Wyoming
Dana Abbey, MLS
Consumer Health Coordinator
dana.abbey@ucdenver.edu
National Network of Libraries of Medicine, MidContinental Region
University of Colorado Denver-Health Sciences Library
Anschutz Medical Campus
Mail Stop A003, 12950 East Montview Blvd.
Aurora, Colorado 80045
Office: 303-724-2110, Fax: 303-724-2166
Toll Free 1-800-338-7657, select option 1, then option 2, then option 3 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/

Librarians seeking funding for summer reading programs aimed at teens can apply for one of 20 summer reading grants, each worth $1,000, distributed by YALSA and funded by Dollar General. YALSA encourages innovative proposals that are inclusive of underserved teen populations, including but not limited to teens with disabilities and teens who speak English as a second language.
Applications for the program, as well as guidelines and a sample budget form, are available at www.ala.org/yalsa/awards&grants. Individual library branches within a larger system are welcome to apply. Applications are due March 1, 2011. Recipients will be announced in early April.
To apply, applicants must:
-be a personal member of YALSA
-live in one of 35 states that has a Dollar General store (check and see if your state is eligible at www.tinyurl.com/DGstate)
-plan to offer a summer reading program for teens in your library
Questions can be sent to Letitia Smith, YALSA’s membership coordinator, at lsmith@ala.org or 1 (800) 545-2433, ext. 4390.
For more than 50 years, YALSA has been the world leader in selecting books, videos and audiobooks for teens. For more information about YALSA or for lists of recommended reading, viewing and listening, go to www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists, or contact the YALSA office by phone, (800) 545-2433, ext. 4390, or e-mail: yalsa@ala.org.

As part of her presidential initiatives, ALA President Roberta Stevens launched a video contest for teens at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in San Diego.
Why I Need My Library, which runs through April 18, encourages teens ages 13 to 18 to create original videos on why they think libraries are needed now more than ever.
Teens will submit one- to three-minute videos on YouTube. The videos can be live-action, animation, machinima or use a combination of techniques, and teens can work in groups of up to six. Full contest guidelines and information on how to enter can be found on ALA’s advocacy website, ilovelibraries.org.
Prizes will be awarded in two age categories – ages 13 to15 and 16 to18 – to a school or local public library selected by the winners. In each age category, two second place finalists will receive $2,000 each for their selected library and three third place finalists will receive $1,000 each for their selected library. The winning contestant or group of contestants from each age category will receive $3,000 for their selected library. In addition, each member of the winning group will receive a $50 gift card to an online bookseller.
Winning videos will be showcased on ALA websites and at the 2011 ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans (June 23-28).
The American Association of School Librarians (AASL), the Association of Library Service to Children (ALSC), the Public Library Association (PLA) and the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), all divisions of ALA, are co-sponsors of the Why I Need My Library contest.
Questions about the contest can be directed to WhyINeedMyLibrary@ala.org.
Why I Need My Library is one of two presidential initiatives that kick off at the ALA Midwinter Meeting. The other, Our Authors, Our Advocates: Authors Speak Out for Libraries, calls on authors to highlight the key roles libraries and library staff play in the economic, social and educational fabric of our nation. More information is available at www.ilovelibraries.org/ourauthorsouradvocates.

The Libri Foundation is currently accepting applications for its 2011 BOOKS FOR CHILDREN grants.
The Libri Foundation is a nationwide non-profit organization which donates new, quality, hardcover children’s books to small, rural public libraries throughout the United States. Since October 1990, the Foundation has donated over $4,600,000 worth of new children’s books to
more than 3,000 libraries in 49 states, including Alaska and Hawaii.
In order to encourage and reward local support of libraries, The Libri Foundation will match any amount of money raised by your local sponsors from $50 to $350 on a 2-to-1 ratio. Thus, a library can receive up to $1,050 worth of new children’s books. After a library receives a grant,
local sponsors (such as formal or informal Friends groups, civic or social organizations, local businesses, etc.) have four months, or longer if necessary, to raise their matching funds.
The librarian of each participating library selects the books her library will receive from a booklist provided by the Foundation. The 700-plus fiction and nonfiction titles on the booklist reflect the very best of children’s literature published primarily in the last three
years. These titles, which are for children ages 12 and under, are award-winners or have received starred reviews in library, literary, or education journals. The booklist also includes a selection of classic children’s titles.
Libraries are qualified on an individual basis. In general, county libraries should serve a population under 16,000 and town libraries should serve a population under 10,000 (usually under 5,000). Libraries should be in a rural area, have a limited operating budget, and an
active children’s department.
Please note: Rural is usually considered to be at least 30 miles from a city with a population over 40,000. Town libraries with total operating budgets over $150,000 and county libraries with total operating budgets over $350,000 are rarely given grants.
Applications are accepted from independent libraries as well as libraries which are part of a county, regional, or cooperative library system.
A school library may apply only if it also serves as the public library (i.e. it is open to the everyone in the community, has some summer hours, and there is no public library in town).
A branch library may apply if the community it is in meets the definition of rural. If the branch library receives its funding from its parent institution, then the parent institution’s total operating
budget, not just the branch library’s total operating budget, must meet the budget guidelines.
Previous BOOKS FOR CHILDREN grant recipients are eligible to apply for another grant three years after the receipt of their last grant. Libraries that do not fulfill all grant requirements, including the final report, may not apply for another grant.
Application deadlines for 2011 are: (postmarked by) January 23rd, and April 15th. Grants are awarded January 31st and April 30th.
The names of grant recipients will be posted on the Foundation’s website a few days after grants are awarded. Acceptance packets are usually mailed 14-18 days after grants are awarded.
If you want your books in time for your summer reading program, please apply for a January grant. April grant recipients may not receive their books until after most summer reading programs begin.
Please DO NOT waste money sending your application by Express Mail. The application deadline is based on postmark date, not arrival date.
Application guidelines and forms may be downloaded from the Foundation’s website at: www.librifoundation.org.
For more information about The Libri Foundation or its Books for Children program, please contact Ms. Barbara J. McKillip, President, The Libri Foundation, PO Box 10246, Eugene, OR 97440. 541-747-9655 (phone); 541-747-4348 (fax); reading@librifoundation.org (email). Normal office hours are: Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Pacific Time.
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The Libri Foundation
PO Box 10246
Eugene, OR 97440
541-747-9655 (phone)
541-747-4348 (fax)
reading@librifoundation.org (email)
www.librifoundation.org

The ALA Public Programs Office and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) are now accepting applications for “Let’s Talk About It: Making Sense of the American Civil War,” a reading and discussion program in America’s libraries. Public libraries are invited to apply online through April 19 by visiting www.ala.org/civilwarprograms.
Just in time to commemorate the Civil War sesquicentennial, “Let’s Talk About It: Making Sense of the American Civil War” follows the popular Let’s Talk About It model, which engages participants in discussion of a set of common texts selected by a nationally known scholar for their relevance to a larger, overarching theme. Funding for this program was provided by a grant from NEH to the ALA Public Programs Office.
In June, 50 public libraries will be selected to host the reading and discussion series and receive support materials from NEH and ALA. The program grant includes:
• A $2,500 grant from NEH to support program-related expenses.
• Twenty-five sets of three titles: including “March” by Geraldine Brooks (Penguin, 2006), “Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam” by James McPherson (Oxford University Press, 2002) and a forthcoming Civil War anthology of historical fiction, speeches, diaries, memoirs, biography, and short stories, edited by national project scholar Edward L. Ayers and co-published by NEH and ALA.
• Promotional materials, including posters, bookmarks and folders, to support local audience recruitment efforts.
• Training for the library project director at a national workshop, where they will hear from the project scholar, expert librarians and organizers and receive a program planning guide, materials and ideas.
“Let’s Talk About It: Making Sense of the American Civil War” is supported by NEH’s We the People initiative, which aims to stimulate and enhance the teaching, study and understanding of American history and culture. More information including project guidelines and the online application are available at www.ala.org/civilwarprograms.
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ALA Public Programs Office
www.ala.org/publicprograms
publicprograms@ala.org