Category Archives: News
Advocacy Day 2018
This year’s Advocacy Day will be Tuesday, March 6. We will start with a legislative briefing at 10 AM in the Nebraska State Capitol Room 1507. After the briefing, you will have time to visit with your Senator and legislative … Continue reading
42 Books That Will Become Movies/TV Shows in 2018
This information comes from a terrific blog called The Perpetual Page Turner. If you have these titles, they would make an interesting display. Put a small sign on the cover of each indicating when the movie or tv show will … Continue reading
CPLS Winners of the NEST 529 Drawing
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 today in the fourth annual Read to … Continue reading
AASL Best Websites for Teaching 2017
Media Sharing Elink.io Looking for a way to curate and share links in a newsletter or list then elink is the online tool for you. Choose a template, add links and share as a web page, newsletter or website embed. … Continue reading
2017 ALSC Summer Reading Lists
The Association for Library Service to Children’s Quicklists Consulting Committee has updated their Summer Reading Lists with new and exciting titles! The lists are full of book titles to keep children engaged in reading throughout the summer. Four Summer Reading … Continue reading
May celebrations
National Library Legislative Day: May 1-2 Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month Choose Privacy Week: May 1-7 Star Wars Day: May 4 National Beverage Day: May 6 Children’s Book Week: May 1-7
National Library Week 2017
“Libraries Transform” is the theme for National Library Week in 2017. For information and ideas on how to celebrate, go to: http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/celebrationweeks/natlibraryweek
“Best” Lists
Best Adult Genre Fiction 2017 Best Fiction for Young Adults 2017 Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2017 Notable Children’s Books 2017
American Marketing Association Covers Library Marketing
Interesting piece that appeared on the AMA website: https://www.ama.org/publications/MarketingNews/Pages/libraries-bust-out-of-the-card-catalog.aspx
Public libraries invited to apply for the NASA@ My Library STEM initiative
Sarah Ostman Communications Manager ALA Public Programs Office 312-280-5061 sostman@ala.org Public libraries are invited to apply for NASA@ My Library, a STEM education initiative that will increase and enhance STEM learning opportunities for library patrons throughout the nation, including geographic … Continue reading
