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Big Talk From Small Libraries 2018 Recordings Now Available
Recordings of all 2018 Big Talk From Small Libraries sessions are now available! You will find them through the Previous Conferences page.
We are still waiting for a few of the PowerPoint files from our presenters – they will be added as soon as we receive them.
And don’t forget to complete the conference Evaluation! We’re looking for input from people who attended the live conference and watched the archived recordings.
Apply Now for Funding to Host Letter Writing Clinics
Funding is available to support Letters About Literature Letter Writing Clinics in Nebraska libraries and schools. Teachers and Librarians can apply now at: http://centerforthebook.nebraska.gov/programs/LAL_Grant/2018/howtoapply.aspx
Books make a difference in the lives of Nebraska young people. We know this because they say so in the letters they write to authors for the Letters About Literature competition. In her 2014 winning letter to Gary Soto, Sydney Kohl says, “The work inspired me to be true to myself, and also taught me the importance of each and every small perk in life. Our time on Earth is short, and might not be perfect, but as long as we take advantage of the opportunities given to us, maybe that’s okay.” *
Nebraska teachers and librarians are invited to apply for $300 grants to conduct Letters About Literature Letter Writing Clinics. Funding will be provided to introduce students to the Letters about Literature (LAL) contest and letter writing techniques, and to work with them to select books and craft letters to the authors. Grant funds can be used for items such as instructor honorariums, supplies, marketing, small participation prizes, etc. Applicants will target their efforts to specific age groups: grades 4-6, grades 7-8, or grades 9-12
For more information about the LAL Letter Writing Clinic grant (due April 15), see http://centerforthebook.nebraska.gov/programs/LAL_Grant/2018/index.aspx or contact Mary Jo Ryan, Nebraska Library Commission, 402-471-4870, 800-307-2665. This grant opportunity is sponsored by the Nebraska Center for the Book and Nebraska Library Commission and supported by Humanities Nebraska. More about how the LAL national reading and writing promotion program encourages young readers in grades 4-12 to explore what books mean to them by writing a personal letter to an author is available at centerforthebook.nebraska.gov.
* Get inspired by listening to Nebraska winners Ashley Xiques and Sydney Kohl read and talk about their winning letters to the authors that meant something to them at NET Radio’s All About Books.
NOTE: The Letters About Literature competition is made possible by a generous grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, with additional support from gifts to the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, which promotes the contest through its affiliate Centers for the Book, state libraries, and other organizations. Letters About Literature is coordinated and sponsored in Nebraska by the Nebraska Center for the Book and the Nebraska Library Commission, with support from Houchen Bindery, Ltd. and Chapters Bookstore in Seward.
Friday Reads: The 12 Dares of Christa
Confession #1: Yes, I read this book because it had my name in the title. I had no idea what it might be about, but I just had to check it out.
Confession #2: I liked it!
The 12 Dares of Christa is the most recent YA novel by Marissa Burt. It’s a funny, sad, heartwarming story of a teen girl working through a difficult, confusing time in her life.
Christa is a huge fan of the holidays, and each year the planning starts months in advance. She loves to come up with a crazy agenda of activities for her and her parents. This year is different though. Instead of being at home for Christmas, they are going on vacation to Europe! Two weeks traveling to Florence, Paris, and London. It won’t be the same as being at home, but it will be fun.
But, before the trip, her parents break the news that they are planning to divorce. Christa is devastated of course. She will be taking the trip only with her mother. Her father will be staying home in Chicago. Definitely not the vacation Christa was looking forward to.
However, once she arrives in Italy, she finds a package from her father waiting in her hotel room. He has arranged his traditional holiday scavenger hunt for her. Even though he can’t be with her, he has set up 12 dares that she has to complete as she is traveling through Europe.
I found the dares fun, mostly. A bit repetitive, but with a good purpose in the end. And, it was their father/daughter tradition after all. Christa makes some new friends and does learn more about herself, gaining much more strength and confidence than she had at the beginning of the book. I think this would be a good read for YA fans who like the holidays, European travel, and surprises.
Big Talk From Small Libraries is tomorrow!
Small libraries! Awesome ideas! FREE!
Join us tomorrow for the Big Talk From Small Libraries 2018 online conference. Registration is still open, so head over to the Registration page and sign up!
We have a great agenda for the day, with seven 50 minute sessions plus five 10 minute lightning round sessions. You can log in and out of the conference as you like throughout the day, based on your interest and availability.
And, Nebraska library staff can earn 1 hour of CE Credit for each hour of the conference you attend! A special Big Talk From Small Libraries CE Report form has been made available for you to submit your C.E. credits.
So, come join us for a day of big ideas from small libraries!
NCompass Live: Why Diverse Literature Matters for Youth Services
Join us for the next NCompass Live, ‘Why Diverse Literature Matters for Youth Services’, on Wednesday, February 21, 10:00am – 11:00am CT.
This episode’s discussion will focus on the need for robust representation of cultures, religions, and lifestyles in our book collections. A key part of this topic includes a conversation regarding the effects of exposing young readers to diverse literature and why this is important.
Presenter: Erica Rose, Library Science Faculty, University of Nebraska – Omaha.
Upcoming NCompass Live events:
- Feb. 28 – Eleven Ways Your Current Tutorials Are as Forgettable as Barb and What to Do About It
- March 7 – Pioneers in Violence Prevention: Libraries & Rape Crisis Centers
- March 14 – Tops and Flops of Library Programs
- March 21 – Reading Diversely
- March 28 – Providing Access to the Good Life for the Disabled
For more information, to register for NCompass Live, or to listen to recordings of past events, go to the NCompass Live webpage.
NCompass Live is broadcast live every Wednesday from 10am – 11am Central Time. Convert to your time zone on the Official U.S. Time website. The show is presented online using the GoToWebinar online meeting service. Before you attend a session, please see the NLC Online Sessions webpage for detailed information about GoToWebinar, including system requirements, firewall permissions, and equipment requirements for computer speakers and microphones.
Teachers and Librarians Invited to Host Letter Writing Clinics
Books make a difference in the lives of Nebraska young people. We know this because they say so in the letters they write to authors for the Letters About Literature competition. In her 2014 winning letter to Gary Soto, Sydney Kohl says, “The work inspired me to be true to myself, and also taught me the importance of each and every small perk in life. Our time on Earth is short, and might not be perfect, but as long as we take advantage of the opportunities given to us, maybe that’s okay.” *
Nebraska teachers and librarians are invited to apply for $300 grants to conduct Letters About Literature Letter Writing Clinics. Funding will be provided to introduce students to the Letters about Literature (LAL) contest and letter writing techniques, and to work with them to select books and craft letters to the authors. Grant funds can be used for items such as instructor honorariums, supplies, marketing, small participation prizes, etc. Applicants will target their efforts to specific age groups: grades 4-6, grades 7-8, or grades 9-12
For more information about the LAL Letter Writing Clinic grant (due April 15), see http://centerforthebook.nebraska.gov/lalwritingclinics or contact Mary Jo Ryan, Nebraska Library Commission, 402-471-4870, 800-307-2665. This grant opportunity is sponsored by the Nebraska Center for the Book and Nebraska Library Commission and supported by Humanities Nebraska. More about how the LAL national reading and writing promotion program encourages young readers in grades 4-12 to explore what books mean to them by writing a personal letter to an author is available at centerforthebook.nebraska.gov.
* Get inspired by listening to Nebraska winners Ashley Xiques and Sydney Kohl read and talk about and their winning letters to the authors that meant something to them at NET Radio’s All About Books.
NOTE: The Letters About Literature competition is made possible by a generous grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, with additional support from gifts to the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, which promotes the contest through its affiliate Centers for the Book, state libraries, and other organizations. Letters About Literature is coordinated and sponsored in Nebraska by the Nebraska Center for the Book and the Nebraska Library Commission, with support from Houchen Bindery, Ltd. and Chapters Bookstore in Seward.
Youth Awards Announced at ALA Midwinter Meeting
Here is a quick look at some of the book awards announced today in Denver. For a PDF of the complete list of winners and Honor Books click here.
John Newbery Medal goes to Hello, Universe, written by Erin Entrada Kelly. Three Honor Books were also named.
Randolph Caldecott Medal was awarded to Wolf in the Snow, illustrated and written by Matthew Cordell. Four Honor Books were named.
Coretta Scott King Author Award was given to Piecing Me Together, written by Renée Watson, and three Honor Books were named.
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award recipient is Ekua Holmes for Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets, two Honor Books were named.
Michael L. Printz Award recipient is We Are Okay, written by Nina LaCour and four Honor Books were noted.
I hope you get a chance to read one or two award-winning titles of your choice. It is a great day when the country’s attention is on reading and books.
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What’s Sally Reading?
Jason Reynolds on Encouraging Reading
One librarian’s blog, Alicia Abdul, and her list of “Six Sensational YA + MG” titles for 2017. Since seeing this I have checked one title out of the library, and am pleased that two of her six were on Jill Annis and my Teen list for 2017.
But I really hope you will take the 3+ minutes to hear what Jason Reynolds has to say about reluctant readers. Makes good sense. It is included on this page, right under his title Long Way Down.
I was tempted to include my review of Long Way Down but thought that might be redundant. Instead here is my review of brave by Svetlana Chmakova. A full-color graphic novel: Jensen, is just starting middle school and still trying to figure it out. He knows to avoid Foster and Yanic – they are never nice. He sees the school as a video game, all he needs to do is survive to the end of the day. Math is hard, but he lives for art club after school. He becomes involved with the newspaper crew as an on-call helper, and then as a possible subject for their bullying article. He isn’t certain he is being bullied, aren’t his “friends” just joking with him? He slowly finds his way and eventually speaks up on his own behalf.
(The Nebraska Library Commission receives free copies of children’s and young adult books for review from a number of publishers. After review, the books are distributed free, via the Regional Library Systems, to Nebraska school and public libraries.)
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What’s Sally Reading?
School Library Journal’s Best Books 2017
Once again it is time for journals to print (or post) their choices for “Best Books of…” lists. School Library Journal recently posted their choices and the lists can be found here.
A total of 71 titles have been honored this year, divided into the following categories: Picture Books (14 titles), Chapter Books (1 title), Middle Grade (13 titles), Young Adult (18 titles) and Nonfiction (25 titles). I enjoy learning about excellent titles I did not encounter earlier, and also finding some agreement with some I have read and put on my lists. Now here is the chance for you to do the same.
On the main page, scroll down to find a form to fill out in order to download, at no charge, a printable PDF version of the full list. There is also an “Other Bests” link on the right side of the screen which contains a print list of six additional categories, such as “Top 10 Graphic Novels,” “Top 10 Audiobooks,” and “Top 10 Apps.” I hope you can find some time to explore these pages. For the Best Books of 2017, once you click on one of the categories you will see a slide show of the titles.
One of the selected picture books from 2017 is The Three Billy Goats Gruff, adapted and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, gives readers another wonderful retelling of a popular folktale with outstanding artwork. The author notes at the back of the book that this story gave him trouble because in many versions the Troll does not have the opportunity to learn his lesson. Mr. Pinkney found a satisfying way for this to happen in his version. I will say it again: It is great that Pinkney is retelling both folktales and fables so children today can continue to hear them.
(The Nebraska Library Commission receives free copies of children’s and young adult books for review from a number of publishers. After review, the books are distributed free, via the Regional Library Systems, to Nebraska school and public libraries.)
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Nebraska Library Commission Awards Grants for Youth Library Service
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
December 20, 2017
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Mary Jo Ryan
402-471-3434
800-307-2665
Nebraska Library Commission Awards Grants for Youth Library Service
The Nebraska Library Commission recently awarded $25,000 in grants for Excellence in Youth service. Of the grants awarded to nineteen Nebraska public libraries, several addressed the need for Science Technology Engineering Art Mathematics (STEAM) programming in libraries and some will design programs for specific age groups: babies, toddlers, preschoolers, teens, and tweens. The Nebraska Library Commission congratulates the public libraries listed below as they develop new and innovative programs to ensure excellence in library service for Nebraska young people.
The recipients are:
- Atkinson Public Library, Music and LEGO®
- Bennington Public Library, Summer of STEAM
- Blue Hill Public Library, LEGO® Club
- Broadwater Public Library, Summer Reading Program
- Central City Public Library, STEM in Music and Reading
- Hruska Memorial Public Library, David City, Afterschool Makers Clubs
- Keene Memorial Library, Fremont, Teen Advisory Board
- Genoa Public Library, Adventure Club
- Grand Island Public Library, Teen Program
- La Vista Public Library, Preschool Musical Movers and Shakers
- Lincoln City Libraries, Makerspace Kits and Programming
- Morrill Public Library, Afterschool Programs
- Norfolk Public Library, Book-to-Film Club
- Plattsmouth Public Library, STEAM IDEA Boxes
- Baright Public Library, Ralston, Monthly Mini Makers
- Ravenna Public Library, Baby and Me
- South Sioux City Public Library, 1,000 Books before Kindergarten
- Dvoracek Memorial Library, Wilber, Celebrate Books and Reading
- Kilgore Memorial Library, York, Starlings for York Encouraging Parents of Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers
Youth Grants for Excellence are made available by the Nebraska Library Commission with funding from the State of Nebraska. As the state library agency, the Nebraska Library Commission is an advocate for the library and information needs of all Nebraskans. The mission of the Library Commission is statewide promotion, development, and coordination of library and information services, “bringing together people and information.”
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The most up-to-date news releases from the Nebraska Library Commission are always available on the Library Commission Website, http://nlc.nebraska.gov/publications/newsreleases.
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NCompass Live: Best New Teen Books of 2017
Join us for the next NCompass Live, ‘Best New Teen Books of 2017’, on Wednesday, December 20, 10:00am – 11:00am CT.
Sally Snyder, Nebraska Library Commission’s Coordinator of Children and Young Adult Library Service, and Jill Annis, School Librarian at Elkhorn (NE) Grandview Middle School, will give brief book talks on new titles that could be good additions to your library’s collection. Titles for middle and high school ages will be included.
Upcoming NCompass Live events:
- Dec. 27 – The Next Best Thing to Having Your Own Gigabit Internet
- Jan. 3, 2018 – Best New Children’s Books of 2017
- Jan. 31, 2018 – The Innovation in Libraries Awesome Foundation Chapter
For more information, to register for NCompass Live, or to listen to recordings of past events, go to the NCompass Live webpage.
NCompass Live is broadcast live every Wednesday from 10am – 11am Central Time. Convert to your time zone on the Official U.S. Time website. The show is presented online using the GoToWebinar online meeting service. Before you attend a session, please see the NLC Online Sessions webpage for detailed information about GoToWebinar, including system requirements, firewall permissions, and equipment requirements for computer speakers and microphones.
Youth Grants for Excellence Awarded
Nineteen public libraries were awarded Youth Grants for Excellence on December 1, 2017, for a total of $25,000. The recipients are:
Atkinson Public Library, $750 – for a Musical Lego workshop
Bennington Public Library, $2,132 – “Summer of STEAM”
Blue Hill Public Library, $1,620 – LEGO Club
Broadwater Public Library, $250 – to restart the Summer Reading Program
Central City Public Library, $1,600 – to reinforce STEM concepts in music and celebrate reading
Hruska Memorial Public Library, David City, $740 – to hold afterschool programs: a K-2 Makers Club and a 3-7 Makers Club
Keene Memorial Library, Fremont, $750 – to establish a Teen/YA Advisory Board and develop programming for teens
Genoa Public Library, $450 – to start an Adventure Club for children ages 9-14
Grand Island Public Library, $1,000 – to draw teens to the library
La Vista Public Library, $995 – “Movers and Shakers” to provide age appropriate musical instruments and manipulatives for programming for ages birth to five
Lincoln City Libraries, $2,638 – encouraging youth to become Makers through Makerspace Kits and programming
Morrill Public Library, $1,000 – Afterschool programs
Norfolk Public Library, $1,000 – “Book-to-Film Club”
Plattsmouth Public Library, $2,000 – “IDEA Boxes” relating to STEAM subjects
Baright Public Library, Ralston, $550 – “Monthly Mini Makers”
Ravenna Public Library, $3,000 – “Baby and Me: Bringing in the Children’s Museum Feel”
South Sioux City Public Library, $1,250 – “1,000 Books Before Kindergarten”
Dvoracek Memorial Library, Wilber, $1,000 – programs to celebrate books and reading
Kilgore Memorial Library, York, $2,250 – “Starlings for York” for encouraging parents to read to and talk with their babies, toddlers, and preschoolers
Congratulations! We look forward to hearing more about your projects and how they are helping your communities.
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NCompass Live: Guerrilla Storytime
Join us for the next NCompass Live, ‘Guerrilla Storytime’, on Wednesday, December 6, 10:00am – 11:00am CT.
One of the greatest Youth Services resources out there is you! Join us for a special online version of Guerrilla Storytime where I’ll ask questions and take responses from attendees. If you know of a special rhyme, tip, or trick that others would enjoy learning, then feel free to submit a video or instructions to Rebecca ahead of time. Send them to hafuboti@gmail.com, and she’ll try to include as many submissions as possible. This guerrilla training method was created by Cory Eckert and pioneered in Guerrilla Storytimes facilitated by Storytime Underground.
Presenter: Rebecca McCorkindale, Assistant Library Director and Creative Director, Gretna (NE) Public Library.
Upcoming NCompass Live events:
- Dec. 13 How to Choose Your News: Educating College Students on Identifying Bias
- Dec. 20 – Best New Teen Books of 2017
- Dec. 27 – The Next Best Thing to Having Your Own Gigabit Internet
- Jan. 3, 2018 – Best New Children’s Books of 2017
For more information, to register for NCompass Live, or to listen to recordings of past events, go to the NCompass Live webpage.
NCompass Live is broadcast live every Wednesday from 10am – 11am Central Time. Convert to your time zone on the Official U.S. Time website. The show is presented online using the GoToWebinar online meeting service. Before you attend a session, please see the NLC Online Sessions webpage for detailed information about GoToWebinar, including system requirements, firewall permissions, and equipment requirements for computer speakers and microphones.
NCompass Live: Libraries Rock! : Summer Reading Program 2018
Join us for the next NCompass Live, ‘Libraries Rock! : Summer Reading Program 2018’, on Wednesday, November 29, 10:00am – 11:00am CT.
For Summer 2018 the Summer Reading Program motto is “Libraries Rock!” and the theme is music. Sally Snyder, Coordinator of Children and Young Adult Library Services at the Nebraska Library Commission, will give brief book talks of new titles that will address the music focus.
Upcoming NCompass Live events:
- Dec. 6 – Guerrilla Storytime
- Dec. 13 How to Choose Your News: Educating College Students on Identifying Bias
- Dec. 27 – The Next Best Thing to Having Your Own Gigabit Internet
For more information, to register for NCompass Live, or to listen to recordings of past events, go to the NCompass Live webpage.
NCompass Live is broadcast live every Wednesday from 10am – 11am Central Time. Convert to your time zone on the Official U.S. Time website. The show is presented online using the GoToWebinar online meeting service. Before you attend a session, please see the NLC Online Sessions webpage for detailed information about GoToWebinar, including system requirements, firewall permissions, and equipment requirements for computer speakers and microphones.
Call for Speakers: Big Talk From Small Libraries 2018
The Call for Speakers for Big Talk From Small Libraries 2018 is now open!
This free one-day online conference is aimed at librarians from small libraries; the smaller the better! We are looking for speakers from small libraries or speakers who directly work with small libraries. Small libraries of all types – public, academic, school, museum, special, etc. – are encouraged to submit a proposal. We’re looking for seven 50-minute presentations and five 10-minute “lightning round” presentations.
Do you offer a service or program at your small library that other librarians might like to hear about? Have you implemented a new (or old) technology, hosted an event, partnered with others in your community, or just done something really cool? The Big Talk From Small Libraries online conference gives you the opportunity to share what you’ve done, while learning what your colleagues in other small libraries are doing. Here are some possible topics to get you thinking:
- Unique Libraries
- Special Collections
- New buildings
- Fundraising
- Improved Workflows
- Staff Development
- Advocacy Efforts
- Community Partnerships
- That great thing you’re doing at your library!
Big Talk From Small Libraries 2018 will be held on Friday, February 23, 2018 between 8:45 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. (CT) via the GoToWebinar online meeting service. Speakers will be able to present their programs from their own desktops. The schedule will accommodate speakers’ time-zones.
If you are interested in presenting, please submit your proposal by Friday, January 12, 2018.
Speakers from libraries serving fewer than 10,000 people will be preferred, but presentations from libraries with larger service populations will be considered.
This conference is organized and hosted by the Nebraska Library Commission and is co-sponsored by the Association for Rural & Small Libraries.
NCompass Live: Using YA Literature to Inspire Teen Girls’ Interests in STEM
Join us for the next NCompass Live, ‘Using YA Literature to Inspire Teen Girls’ Interests in STEM’, on Wednesday, November 8, 10:00am – 11:00am CT.
If Hunger Games can inspire young women to take up the bow and arrow, then surely other young adult (YA) titles can inspire enthusiasm for STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math). This program will discuss the role of YA fiction in teen development and specific YA titles to encourage STEM interests with teen girls.
Presenter: Dr. Melissa Cast-Brede, Department of Teacher Education, College of Education, University of Nebraska Omaha.
Upcoming NCompass Live events:
- Nov. 15 – What’s Up @ the Commission?
- Nov. 29 – Libraries Rock! : Summer Reading Program 2018
- Dec. 6 – Guerrilla Storytime
- Dec. 13 How to Choose Your News: Educating College Students on Identifying Bias
- Dec. 27 – The Next Best Thing to Having Your Own Gigabit Internet
For more information, to register for NCompass Live, or to listen to recordings of past events, go to the NCompass Live webpage.
NCompass Live is broadcast live every Wednesday from 10am – 11am Central Time. Convert to your time zone on the Official U.S. Time website. The show is presented online using the GoToWebinar online meeting service. Before you attend a session, please see the NLC Online Sessions webpage for detailed information about GoToWebinar, including system requirements, firewall permissions, and equipment requirements for computer speakers and microphones.
Young Nebraskans Win Scholarships through their Library Summer Reading Program
Nebraska’s young readers had a great time at the 2017 Summer Reading Programs in libraries across the state and some of them won a $529. Nebraska State Treasurer Don Stenberg, First National Bank of Omaha, and the Nebraska Library Commission presented 15 Nebraska children and teenagers each with a $529 contribution to a NEST 529 College Savings account in the fourth annual Read to Win Drawing at the Nebraska State Capitol Rotunda. Each winner’s respective library branch was awarded $250. For more information see http://nlc.nebraska.gov/publications/newsreleases/1710winners.nest529.aspx.
PHOTO CAPTION: Nebraska Treasurer Don Stenberg with Joanna Swanson of First National Bank of Omaha and Rod Wagner, director of the Nebraska Library Commission, and some of the winners of the Read to Win summer reading program. From left, back row, Caine Genereux of Bartlett, Braden Anderson of Hallam and Brayden Reinboth of Lincoln. Center row, Emery Palser of Ravenna, Boaz Roan of Grand Island and Ruth Mansour of Omaha. Front row, from left, Lincoln Lappe and Jacob Miller of Lincoln
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Gov. Ricketts Unveils Library Innovation Studios Makerspace Partnership
Governor Pete Ricketts announced that 18 Nebraska libraries will be the initial local participants in Nebraska’s Library Innovation Studios: Transforming Rural Communities project to create library makerspaces. The Nebraska Library Commission was recently awarded a National Leadership Grant of $530,732 by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for this partnership project with the University of Nebraska Lincoln (UNL), Nebraska Innovation Studio, Nebraska Extension, Regional Library Systems, and local public libraries.
“This partnership demonstrates how our Nebraska communities can use technology and education to empower community residents to create, learn, and invent,” said Governor Ricketts. “By expanding the skills of the workforce in our communities, supporting entrepreneurs, and encouraging lifelong learning, this partnership reinforces our vibrant business climate and supports community development.”
The project uses Library Innovation Studios makerspaces hosted by public libraries to support community engagement and participatory learning experiences by providing access to technology and innovative learning tools not readily accessible locally….READ MORE at http://nlc.nebraska.gov/publications/newsreleases/1710Gov.RickettsUnveilsLIS.aspx.
Free Nebraska Statehood 150 Videos!
Did you know that Nebraska Statehood 150 has a whole series of short YouTube videos, titled NOW YOU KNOW NEBRASKA!, about the history, culture, people, government, and places of Nebraska?
Click here to watch: NOW YOU KNOW NEBRASKA!
Excellent resource for learning and teaching about Nebraska History!
The first week’s videos are presented by current Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts, but the rest are presented by various kids and adults. VERY informative, fun, quick facts about Nebraska!
Five videos per week, beginning with January 9th, 2017.
NCompass Live: One Book For Nebraska Kids & Teens 2017
Join us for the next NCompass Live, ‘One Book For Nebraska Kids & Teens 2017’, on Wednesday, September 13, 10:00am – 11:00am CT.
Wouldn’t it be great if kids all over Nebraska were talking about books? The Nebraska Library Commission & the Regional Library Systems have a program where kids can all read and discuss the same book. Join Sally Snyder, the NLC’s Coordinator of Children and Young Adult Library Services, to learn all about the 2017 program: One Book For Nebraska Kids – Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson, and One Book For Nebraska Teens – The Legend of Bass Reeves by Gary Paulsen.
Upcoming NCompass Live events:
- Sept. 20 – Empowering Immigrant Community Members Through Education & Information
- Sept. 27 – Weeding Your Library Collection
- Oct. 11 – NO NCOMPASS LIVE THIS WEEK – Enjoy the 2017 NLA/NSLA Annual Conference! Check out the full program and register.
- Oct. 18 – ALA Book Club Central
- Oct. 24 – Google Forms for Your Library
For more information, to register for NCompass Live, or to listen to recordings of past events, go to the NCompass Live webpage.
NCompass Live is broadcast live every Wednesday from 10am – 11am Central Time. Convert to your time zone on the Official U.S. Time website. The show is presented online using the GoToWebinar online meeting service. Before you attend a session, please see the NLC Online Sessions webpage for detailed information about GoToWebinar, including system requirements, firewall permissions, and equipment requirements for computer speakers and microphones.
