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Tag Archives: #GreatReadPBS
NCompass Live: Teaching Digital Literacy in Your Library
Join us for the next NCompass Live, ‘Teaching Digital Literacy in Your Library’, on Wednesday, October 31, 10:00am – 11:00am CT.
We all know that librarians are the information superheroes of the world. It’s only natural that we would hold the key to digital literacy!
When the topic is raised, people think of everything from learning e-readers, to practicing web safety, or building a website. This is all part of learning how to find, use, create and share digital content. The fun part is that digital literacy is always going to mean different things to different people. The trick is to find free resources library patrons will want to use.
This webinar will help you prepare to teach digital literacy in your library. Tune in to find out:
- What is digital literacy?
- How digital literacy is evolving
- Using free, existing resources to save time
- Deciding what to teach in your library
- Catering to a wide variety of patron needs
- Working with local schools
It’s time to put on your Digital Literacy cape and prepare your library for the future!
Presenter: Amanda Sweet, Technology Innovation Librarian, Nebraska Library Commission.
Upcoming NCompass Live events:
- Nov. 7 – Letters About Literature: Read. Be Inspired. Write Back.
- Nov. 14 – Reading Reflections: What Kids Are Reading Now
- Nov. 28 – Public Library Survey Using Bibliostat
- Dec. 5 – Popular Teen Novels: New Books They Need to Read
- Dec. 12 – Summer Reading: The Next Frontier!
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: Strategies for Identifying Fake News
Join us for the next NCompass Live, ‘Strategies for Identifying Fake News’, on Wednesday, October 24, 10:00am – 11:00am CT.
With the proliferation of fake (or, at least, dubious) news, students need to know the strategies necessary to be a good consumer of information. This involves fine-tuning their critical thinking skills and using prior knowledge when determining the validity of research information. This presentation will give school librarians ideas and information they can incorporate in their information literacy curriculum.
Presenter: Judy Henning, Assistant Professor – School Library Program, University of Nebraska at Kearney.
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 Rescheduled: Virtual Tours in the Library with Nebraska History
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this week’s NCompass Live, ‘Virtual Tours in the Library with Nebraska History’, has been rescheduled for next Wednesday, October 17, 10:00am – 11:00am CT.
Featuring “Tusker Power!”, a virtual field trip to visit ‘Archie’ and company in the Elephant Room at the University of Nebraska State Museum, this workshop is designed to show you how easily you can bring virtual tours to your library.
Presenter: Annie Mumgaard, Virtual Learning Educator/Coordinator, University of Nebraska State Museum.
Upcoming NCompass Live events:
- Oct. 24 – Strategies for Identifying Fake News
- Oct. 31 – Teaching Digital Literacy in 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.
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NCompass Live: Virtual Tours in the Library with Nebraska History
Join us for the next NCompass Live, ‘Virtual Tours in the Library with Nebraska History’, on Wednesday, October 10, 10:00am – 11:00am CT.
Featuring “Tusker Power!”, a virtual field trip to visit ‘Archie’ and company in the Elephant Room at the University of Nebraska State Museum, this workshop is designed to show you how easily you can bring virtual tours to your library.
Presenter: Annie Mumgaard, Virtual Learning Educator/Coordinator, University of Nebraska State Museum.
Upcoming NCompass Live events:
- Oct. 17 – Cataloging Picture Books Made Easy
- Oct. 24 – Strategies for Identifying Fake News
- Oct. 31 – Teaching Digital Literacy in 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.
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NCompass Live: 2018 Continuing Education/Training and Internship Grants
Join us for the next NCompass Live, ‘2018 Continuing Education/Training and Internship Grants’, on Wednesday, September 26, 10:00am – 11:00am CT.
The Nebraska Library Commission will be offering Continuing Education/Training and Internship Grants this Fall. Full details coming soon! Join us for an overview of the two grants, including eligibility requirements, the application process and grant review, timelines and deadlines.
Presenters: Christa Porter, Library Development Director, and Holli Duggan, Continuing Education Coordinator, Nebraska Library Commission.
Upcoming NCompass Live events:
- Oct. 3 – NO NCOMPASS LIVE – ENJOY NLA/NSLA!
- Oct. 10 – Virtual Tours in the Library with Nebraska History
- Oct. 24 – Strategies for Identifying Fake News
- Oct. 31 – Teaching Digital Literacy in 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.
NCompass Live: Get a Youth Grant for Excellence!
Join us for the next NCompass Live, ‘Get a Youth Grant for Excellence!’, on Wednesday, September 19, 10:00am – 11:00am CT.
Sally Snyder, Coordinator of Children and Young Adult Library Services at the Nebraska Library Commission, will tell you what you need to consider in making an application to the Youth Grants for Excellence program. Since the deadline for these grants is coming up on October 15, this workshop will be timely and should leave you better equipped to complete a successful application.
Upcoming NCompass Live events:
- Sept. 26 – 2018 Continuing Education/Training and Internship Grants
- Oct. 3 – NO NCOMPASS LIVE – ENJOY NLA/NSLA!
- Oct. 24 – Strategies for Identifying Fake News
- Oct. 31 – Teaching Digital Literacy in 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.
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Free Materials for Nebraska Libraries to Support Great American Read Programming
The Great American Read is the new PBS eight-part television competition and nationwide campaign to discover America’s favorite novel. Everyone can vote for their favorite from a list of 100 novels chosen in a national survey. NET Television is offering Nebraska resources for programming to help community members participate in the Great American Read. Nebraska libraries are invited to request posters and bookmarks (and possibly a local screening) from Marthaellen Florence, Director, Community Engagement, Nebraska Educational Telecommunications – NET, mflorenc@netad.unl.edu, 402-470-6603.
See http://netnebraska.org/greatread or Facebook.com/netNebraska for more information about the program broadcasts on NET. The series is hosted by Meredith Vieira and features conversations with authors, celebrities, and book lovers. The programs are scheduled for the next six weeks, leading up to the last day of voting (October 18, 2018) and announcement of America’s favorite read (October 23, 3018).
Schedule
“Launch Special” (Premiered Tuesday, May 22, 2018) – WATCH NOW
“Fall Kick-off” (Premieres Tuesday, September 11, 2018 7:00 p.m. ct)
“Who Am I?” (Premieres Tuesday, September 18, 2018 7:00 p.m. ct)
“Heroes” (Premieres Tuesday, September 25, 2018 7:00 p.m. ct)
“Villains and Monsters” (Premieres Tuesday, October 2, 2018 7:00 p.m. ct)
“What We Do For Love” (Premieres Tuesday, October 9, 2018 7:00 p.m. ct)
“Other Worlds” (Premieres Tuesday, October 16, 2018 7:00 p.m. ct)
“Grand Finale” (Premieres Tuesday, October 23, 2018 7:00 p.m. ct)
The Nebraska Library Commission’s Talking Book and Braille Service helps Nebraska librarians serve library customers who can’t use regular print, and all but four of the Great American Read titles are available in the talking book format through this service. For more information, see http://nlcblogs.nebraska.gov/nlcblog/?s=great+american+read. To help serve book clubs that want to read a title from this list, the Nebraska Library Commission Book Club Kit collection contains 59 of the 100 selections. To serve your library customers, search at http://nlc.nebraska.gov/ref/bookclub/ or contact Lisa Kelly, Information Services Director, 402-471-4015 for the list of Great American Read titles available in Book Club Kits.
For more information, see the recording of the Sept. 5, 2018 NCompass Live Great American Read broadcast at http://nlc.nebraska.gov/scripts/calendar/eventshow.asp?ProgID=17615
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NCompass Live: Book vs. Movie: The Ultimate Showdown!
Join us for the next NCompass Live, ‘Book vs. Movie: The Ultimate Showdown!’, on Wednesday, September 12, 10:00am – 11:00am CT.
It’s the never-ending battle. Which was better – the book or the movie? Or the TV show? NLC staff will debate this hot button issue and discuss if we thought the book or the screen adaptation was better (it can happen!). Join us as we try to answer the age-old question – Is the book always better than the movie?
Upcoming NCompass Live events:
- Sept. 19 – Get a Youth Grant for Excellence!
- Sept. 26 – 2018 Continuing Education/Training and Internship Grants
- Oct. 3 – NO NCOMPASS LIVE – ENJOY NLA/NSLA!
- Oct. 24 – Strategies for Identifying Fake News
- Oct. 31 – Teaching Digital Literacy in 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.
NCompass Live: The Great American Read
Join us for the next NCompass Live, ‘The Great American Read’, on Wednesday, September 5, 10:00am – 11:00am CT.
The Great American Read is the new PBS eight-part television competition and nationwide campaign to discover America’s favorite novel. Everyone can vote for their favorite from a list of 100 novels chosen in a national survey. Marthaellen Florence, from NET Television, and Katie Murtha, from Lincoln City Libraries, will join us to share resources and activities that you can use in your library to help your community participate in the program.
Upcoming NCompass Live events:
- Sept. 12 – Book vs. Movie: The Ultimate Showdown!
- Sept. 19 – Get a Youth Grant for Excellence!
- Sept. 26 – 2018 Continuing Education/Training and Internship Grants
- Oct. 3 – NO NCOMPASS LIVE – ENJOY NLA/NSLA!
- Oct. 24 – Strategies for Identifying Fake News
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.
Friday Reads: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Set during the Civil War and following years, Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women tells the story of four remarkable sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. When we first meet them, they, and their mother, struggle to make ends meet while their father serves as a minster in the Union army. Despite their lack of material wealth, the Marches share what little they have with their poorer neighbors. This charitable act catches the eye of their wealthy neighbor James Laurence and his grandson, Laurie. Over the course of the novel, Laurie grows close to the sisters, particularly Jo.
In writing Little Women, Alcott drew heavily from her childhood in Concord, Massachusetts, the book’s principal setting. Like the Marches, the Alcott family struggled financially at times. The Alcott family also followed American transcendentalism or the belief that people and nature are inherently good. On numerous occasions, Alcott’s characters express a belief in transcendentalism. Even when they’re at their lowest, they choose to see the good in others. Additionally, the character of Jo is said to be drawn from Alcott. They not only shared numerous personality traits, but both chose to pursue literary careers at a time when middle class women did not work outside of the home.
While Little Women takes place during the late-nineteenth century, the story continues to strike a chord with today’s readers. Like modern girls, the March sisters fall in love, encounter envy, struggle to fit in with wealthy friends, fight with siblings, and find their way in the world. We rejoice at Meg’s marriage, laugh at Jo’s antics, and weep when they lose loved ones because these are universal experiences we all go through at some point. In other words, we see ourselves in the Marches.
Alcott, Louisa May. Little Women. New York: Signet Classics, 2004. Originally published 1868.
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“The Great American Read” Books available to Talking Book and Braille Service readers
This reading list, curated by PBS, shows the diversity of America’s 100 most beloved fiction books. Voting for America’s greatest novel began May 22nd and will end in October 2018. Learn more about The Great American Read and how to vote at http://www.pbs.org/the-great-american-read/about/show/
For library patrons who can’t use regular print, all but four of the Great American Read titles are available in the talking book format. If you know readers who would love to be involved, but their vision is making it hard to use regular print, they can’t hold a book, or turn pages, the Nebraska Library Commission Talking Book and Braille Service is here to help! You can use the 5-digit numbers beside the book titles below to order these and many other wonderful books and magazines. Simply give us a call anywhere in Nebraska by dialing 1-800-742-7691, or visit our section of the NLC website.
| DB | Title and Author | |
| 73474 | 1984 by George Orwell | |
| 50482 | A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole | |
| 29012 | A Prayer for Owen Meany: A Novel by John Irving | |
| 24697 | A Separate Peace by John Knowles | |
| 44769 | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith | |
| 53084 | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain | |
| 65599 | The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho | |
| Alex Cross Series by James Patterson | ||
| 50842 | Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll | |
| 77188 | Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | |
| 11077 | And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie | |
| (also within DB 53999) | ||
| 56114 | Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery | |
| (also within DB 50475) | ||
| 51074 | Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand | |
| 26026 | Beloved by Toni Morrison | |
| 62431 | The Book Thief by Markus Zusak | |
| 65402 | The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz | |
| 49486 | The Call of the Wild by Jack London | |
| 48063 | Catch-22 by Joseph Heller | |
| 47480 | Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger | |
| 74950 | Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White | |
| 50083 | Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis | |
| 52680 | Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel | |
| 57412 | Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah | |
| 58842 | The Color Purple by Alice Walker | |
| 56946 | Count of Monte Christo by Alexandre Dumas | |
| 50147 | Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky | |
| 56893 | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon | |
| 55735 | The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown | |
| 24290 | Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes | |
| 26423 | Doña Bárbára by Rómulo Gallegos | |
| 44126 | Dune by Frank Herbert | |
| 74504 | Fifty Shades of Grey series by E.L. James | |
| 36176 | Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews | |
| 80139 | Foundation series by Isaac Asimov | |
| book 1 10365, book 2 80139, book 3 10610 | ||
| 25835 | Frankenstein by Mary Shelley | |
| 45742 | Game of Thrones series by George R.R. Martin | |
| Prequel Companion 80183, Prequel Anthology 80183 | ||
| book 1 45742, book 2 49913, book 3 51406, | ||
| book 4 62348, book 5 73557 | ||
| 85921 | Ghost by Jason Reynolds | |
| 59561 | Gilead by Marilynne Robinson | |
| 37689 | The Giver by Lois Lowry | |
| 25677 | The Godfather by Mario Puzo | |
| 74888 | Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn | |
| 33082 | Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell | |
| 68308 | The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck | |
| 53991 | Great Expectations by Charles Dickens | |
| 16147 | The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald | |
| 23150 | Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift | |
| 24695 | The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood | |
| Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling | ||
| book 1 47260, book 2 48437, book 3 48772, book 4 50228, | ||
| book 5 56062, book 6 60262, book 7 64495 | ||
| 30535 | Hatchet by Gary Paulsen | |
| 12613 | Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad | |
| 68889 | The Help by Kathryn Stockett | |
| 18339 | Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams | |
| Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins | ||
| book 1 68384, book 2 69689, book 3, 71734 | ||
| 21513 | The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy | |
| 56346 | Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison | |
| 47868 | Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë | |
| 29021 | The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan | |
| 32018 | Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton | |
| 47462 | Left Behind by Tim Lahaye and Jerry B. Jenkins | |
| 44071 | The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | |
| 18128 | Little Women by Louisa May Alcott | |
| Lonesome Dove series by Larry McMurtry | ||
| book 1 43928, book 2 45001, book 3 22959, book 4 37323 | ||
| 61873 | Looking for Alaska by John Green | |
| The Lord of the Rings (series) by J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| prequel 48978, book 1 47486, book 2 47487, book 3 47488 | ||
| 54698 | The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold | |
| 78389 | The Martian by Andy Weir | |
| 45008 | Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden | |
| 34184 | Moby-Dick by Herman Melville | |
| 43180 | The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks | |
| 25181 | One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez | |
| Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon | ||
| book 1 36535, book 2 36536, book 3 38591, book 4 43320 | ||
| book 5 53366, book 6 61201, book 7 70073, book 8 79331 | ||
| 22433 | The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton | |
| 56794 | The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde | |
| 59950 | The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan | |
| 30999 | The Pillars of The Earth by Ken Follett | |
| 50549 | Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen | |
| 73772 | Ready Player One by Ernest Cline | |
| 11106 | Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier | |
| 67237 | The Shack by William P. Young | |
| 52190 | Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse | |
| 15759 | The Sirens Of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut | |
| 12942 | The Stand by Stephen King | |
| 34114 | The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway | |
| 26498 | Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon | |
| Tales of The City series by Armistead Maupin | ||
| book 1 39531, book 2 39602, book 3 39603, book 4 39604, | ||
| book 5 39605, book 6 39606, book 7 65336, book 8 72107, | ||
| book 9 78276 | ||
| 35745 | Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston | |
| 47510 | Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe | |
| 29252 | This Present Darkness by Frank. E. Peretti | |
| 36414 | To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee | |
| Twilight Saga series by Stephanie Meyer | ||
| book 1 82750, book 2 64367, book 3 65812, book 4 67238 | ||
| 67136 | War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy | |
| 25982 | Watchers by Dean Koontz | |
| The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan and Brandon | ||
| Sanderson | ||
| prequel 57628, book 1 57628, book 2 34701, book 3 34702, | ||
| book 4 36984, book 5 37569, book 6 39661, book 7 43043, | ||
| book 8 47082, book 9 51203, book 10 55506, book 11 62078, | ||
| book 12 70020, book 13 71926, book 14 76085 | ||
| 32449 | Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls | |
| 50261 | White Teeth by Zadie Smith | |
| 25178 | Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë |
