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CCC Announces Fall Online Classes for Library and Information Services Program

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Latest Edition of Plain Speaking Now Available

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Winner(s) of an Autographed Copy of James & Susan Patterson’s New Book!

As announced previously, the System has an autographed copy of James & Susan Patterson’s new book, Things I Wish I Told My Mother.  We had an overwhelming number of responses….43 in total!  So what did we do?  We decided to … Continue reading

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CPLS Month of Weeding is a Big Success!

The Central Plains Library System’s Month of Weeding is done for this year. It was successful for all that participated. We had 2 school libraries and 8 public libraries turn in their weeding reports and several more that indicated they … Continue reading

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And the Winner is…

Jennie Smith from Wilson Public Library in Cozad! On May 8, we offered a new Chicken Soup for the Soul book, titled The Advice That Changed My Life as a give-away. We had more than 20 people enter the random drawing. Congratulations, Jennie! The … Continue reading

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May is Mental Health Awareness Month

The stigma around mental health and treatment has long existed, even though this has started to change. Still, people hesitate to seek help or even talk about it with their loved ones for fear of being judged and facing unnecessary … Continue reading

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Latest Edition of Plain Speaking (April/May 2023)

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CPLS Will Provide This Speaker for Your Library

Would you like to have a live performance at your library this summer? Humanities Nebraska has many fine speakers, and David Marsh has a wonderful program that coordinates beautifully with this year’s Summer Reading theme. That program is titled Music … Continue reading

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Youth Award Winners

John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature: Freewater, written by Amina Luqman-Dawson, is the 2023 Newbery Medal winner. The book is published by JIMMY Patterson/Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Three Newbery Honor Books also were named: Iveliz … Continue reading

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Date for Postponed SRP Workshop

Due to the terrible weather and treacherous road conditions that started Tuesday, January 17, and continued through Friday, January 20, the Central Plains Library System’s workshop for the 2023 Summer Reading Program that was originally scheduled for Friday, January 20, … Continue reading

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