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Booklist Reader
New Edition of Booklist Reader
Click on the cover to read the full edition.
CE Grant Applications Due May 10th
Continuing Education and Training Grants
CE Grant Applications are open!
This application is for CE activities that are happening AFTER July 1, 2024.
Applications due: May 10th
Details about the grant, along with the application forms can be found in the link below.
The purpose of these Continuing Education and Training grants is to assist Nebraska libraries to improve the library services provided to their communities through continuing education and training for their library personnel and supporters. Successful applications will show how the continuing education and/or training proposed will support the library’s mission.
Please note that if an entity, or a person working for that entity, has unresolved issues with any previous Commission grant projects, they will not be eligible to apply for a Continuing Education and Training Grant.
This project is supported by state funding appropriated by the Nebraska legislature, granted and administered by the Nebraska Library Commission.
Grant Information (other conferences, events, and activities)
April/May Newsletter
The April/May edition of the Plain Speaking Newsletter is ready to read. There is a LOT of free stuff in this one and several pages of resources for your Summer Reading Program. You can even win a $100 Amazon Gift Card. Check out the CPLS Week of Weeding on page 12.
Booklist Reader
New Issue!
The System provides access for our Member Librarians to a publication called Booklist Reader. Click on this link and find your next book to purchase! Each month, issues are packed with author interviews, top 10 lists, essential reading lists, feature articles and recommendations for high-demand, newly released books published during the cover month in a section named Reserve These Reads. In addition, every issue of Booklist Reader includes rich and diverse recommendations based on monthly editorial themes.
Here are the top 10 ways you can use Booklist Reader in your library.
Free STEM Kits!
Plain Speaking Newsletter – August / September
Click here to see the newest edition of the Plain Speaking Newsletter.
Registration for the first-ever biennial Conference is open! Spots are limited so register early. Take note of our new Storytime Crafts service and the new Book Club Sets we have added.