Nebraska School Librarians Day will be held on Saturday October 17th from 9:30-1:30 CST via Zoom. Registration will open mid-August. Cost will be $30 for members and $60 for nonmembers. $15 for student members and $30 for student nonmembers. All nonmember registrations will include membership for the 2020-2021 year.
NCompass Live: The Kreutz Bennett Donor-Advised Fund: Grants to Nebraska’s Small-Town Public Libraries Is your library in a community with a population under 3,000? ‘The Kreutz Bennett Donor-Advised Fund: Grants to Nebraska’s Small-Town Public Libraries’ is for you! Join us to learn how to apply for this funding opportunity on…
The regional library systems decided to hold a short, virtual version of the Joint Youth Services Retreat this year via Zoom. Following is a bit of information about, and a registration link for, this event. September 3, 1-4 PMFREE!Joint Youth Services RetreatPresentations to include: YA Literature and Leadership Lightning Rounds…
Knight Museum & Sandhills Center 908 Yellowstone Avenue Alliance, NE 69301 Tuesday, July 28, 2020 Join us at the Western Library System’s Annual Meeting. There is an extended time before the meeting for networking: 9:00 Coffee, Rolls and Registration 10:00 Meeting and Program 12:15 Lunch (catered by…
Use this link to view the most current issue of the Western Sun newsletter: http://nlc.nebraska.gov/systems/NewsLetters/wls07082020.pdf
4-H STEM Reading Connections Has Gone Virtual Looking for a way your child can be involved in the summer program any time, any place? Nebraska 4-H has you covered. Nebraska 4-H is offering 4-H STEM Reading Connections virtually. This is the same great program that has been offered in partnership…
The Nebraska Library Commission announced grant application information with funding available from the CARES Act. http://nlcblogs.nebraska.gov/nlcblog/2020/05/29/2020-cares-act-grants-available-from-the-nebraska-library-commission/
As you are all part of the Nebraska library system , I thought you might be interested in some information about our spring conference, which we have made entirely virtual this year. You can register for the conference here: https://www.willacather.org/events/un/tethered-cather-cusp-1920s. Also, anyone who is a first-time attendee or a student can use the…
Authority Control Class Libraries use authority control to manage the names, uniform titles, series, and subject headings in their catalogs. Participants in this class will learn what authority control is and why it is needed, how to read a MARC authority record, and how to use the Library of Congress…
The Western Library System Board Meeting that was scheduled for Tuesday, May 12th at the Chadron Public Library has been cancelled due to COVID-19.
