Author Archives: Denise

New Audiobooks at RVLS

A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy Secrets From the Past by Barbara Taylor Bradford Daddy’s Gone A Hunting by Mary Higgins Clark Let the Dead Sleep by Heather Graham Calling Me Home by Julie Kibler The Chance by Karen … Continue reading

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Nebraska Library Leadership Institute 2013

Apply now for the Nebraska Library Leadership Institute! This unique professional development opportunity is scheduled for August 5-9 at the St. Benedict Retreat Center in  Schuyler. Librarians of all types (public, school, academic, and special libraries) are encouraged to apply. … Continue reading

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Online Resources for Story Times

Sandy Wallick and Alice Boeckman offered some terrific tips for story times at the Children’s Services Workshop at the Grand Island Public Library yesterday. Sandy focused on story telling for preschoolers and Alice gave us insight on why we should … Continue reading

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Casey Strikes Out at the Nebraska Library Commission

Hear “Casey at the Bat” read by NLC staffers—one line at a time.  Inspired by Bob Barringer’s presentation at Big Talk from Small Libraries, and because April is National Poetry Month, and this is National Library Week, and, even if … Continue reading

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Valley Visit–May 2 or May 3

The Nebraska Regional Library Systems contracted with Susan K. Sapp, Attorney and Senior Litigation Partner with Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather, L.L.P. in Lincoln, to put together a template of a personnel policy for Nebraska libraries. The project was … Continue reading

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National Library Week–April 14-20, 2013

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New Audiobooks

We received a shipment of new audiobooks for the RVLS collection. Stringer by Lou Cameron Six Years by Harlan Coben Touch & Go by Lisa Gardner Family Pictures by Jane Green Deadly Stakes by J.A. Jance Dream Eyes by Jayne Ann Krentz … Continue reading

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…and the Survey Says!

The responses are in and the results have been tabulated. If you would like to see the information we gathered with the 2013 RVLS Services Survey, click on this link. If you would like to suggest a program idea or … Continue reading

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Angry Patrons

Didn’t make it to the PLTS Spring Meetings this year? Click on this link to see our presenter, Carolyn Davidson Brewer, in a 10 minute video training. It is called “Why So Angry? Dealing with Upset People.”

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May Display Ideas

Summer is just around the corner! Display vacation and travel books in an open suitcase. Here are 10 more display ideas for May. Get Caught Reading Month Celebrities appear in ads appealing to people of all ages to remind them … Continue reading

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