DiSPEL stands for Directors Sharing Practice, Experience, and Learning. It is intended for public library directors to gather together for networking and professional development. The following meetings are scheduled for the remainder of 2016: August 19 at the Tekamah Public Library September 9 at the…
Category: Continuing Education/Library Training
As always, this year’s youth services retreat will be a great chance to relax, participate in sessions directed towards youth services, enjoy wonderful food, network, share ideas, and play. As in past years, the retreat will be held at Carol Joy Holling Camp and Retreat…
Session Descriptions: Horrible, Evil, Library Books with Tammy Parrott, Tiffany Mautino, and Katie Gregory (Mid-Continent Public Library): Intellectual Freedom is a core value of library service. A publicly supported library provides free, equitable, and confidential access to information for all people in the community. We…
Register at: http://goo.gl/forms/mm4oOoI50Y Session 1: Bully-Proofing Your Library presented by Pat Wagner 10:00 am – 3:00 pm (with one hour lunch) Whether you call it bullying, harassing, intimidating, stalking, threatening, tormenting, browbeating, needling, or pushing people around, commonsense calls it bad behavior. What steps need…
Click the picture for event registration information! For SRP Sharing attendees are encouraged to bring a song, craft, story, or any other SRP idea to present to the group. Please provide 30 copies of your craft instructions/lyrics/book titles/etc., with the object being that each attendee will go home with a…
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“The Call for Speakers for Big Talk From Small Libraries 2016 is now open! This free one-day online conference is aimed at librarians from small libraries; the smaller the better. Small libraries of all types – public, academic, school, museum, special, etc. – are encouraged…
Summer Reading Webinar December 11, 2015 (rescheduled from November 20) 9:00 – 9:30 4-H Summer Reading Connections—Jackie Steffen, Cedar County Extension Office (.5 c.e.) 9:30 -10:20 New Summer Reading Titles to Consider—Sally Snyder, Nebraska Library Commission (1 c.e.) 10:20 – 11:10 Get in the Game:…
Big changes are coming again to E-rate, the federal program that provides discounts to assist schools and public libraries in the United States to obtain affordable Internet access and Connections. USAC has launched the E-Rate Productivity Center, EPC, for the 2016 Funding Year. This new…