Would you like to entice all of your library detectives to participate in a real life “sleuthing” game night? Do your afterschool patrons enjoy solving a good mystery? Do your mystery readers want to advance their detective skills up to the next level? The Western Library System now offers…
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Young readers in grades 4-12 are invited to write a personal letter to an author for the Letters about Literature (LAL) contest, a national reading and writing promotion program. The letter can be to any author (living or dead) from any genre—fiction or nonfiction, contemporary or classic—explaining how that author’s…
2017 Celebration of Nebraska Books • Saturday, October 21, 2017; 2:30 – 6:30 p.m. Nebraska History Museum 131 Centennial Mall North, Lincoln, NE The celebration, free and open to the public, features presentations of the Nebraska Center for the Book’s Nebraska Book Awards, Mildred Bennett Award and Jane Geske…
This is a month when the American Library Association and libraries across the country remind parents that a library card is the most important school supply of all. This observance was launched in 1987. Since then, thousands of public and school libraries join each fall in a national effort to…
For more than 50 years, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has worked to provide every woman and man with the skills, capacities and opportunities to become everything they wish, in dignity and respect. UNESCO believes that literacy is a foundation to build a more sustainable future for…
Each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15, by celebrating the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America. The day of September 15 is significant because it is the anniversary of…
Banned Books Week, the annual celebration of the freedom to read, will be held the week of September 24th in 2017. For this year’s celebration, the coalition of organizations that sponsors Banned Books Week will emphasize the importance of the First Amendment, which guarantees our inherent right to read. Go…
“PROVIDING ACCESS to the GOOD LIFE. FOR ALL” NLA/NSLA Annual Conference Deadline to apply is August 14, 2017. Apply for up to $150.00 for registration, mileage, meals, etc. using the WLS Scholarship application under forms. The entire 2017 NLA/NSLA Conference program is available at: https://nebraskalibraries.site-ym.com/page/Neblib2017fullprogra As you review the program,…
Nebraska Public Library Accreditation The purpose of public library accreditation is to encourage excellent library service in Nebraska communities. Accreditation: establishes minimum standards for library services ensures that libraries adhere to certain standards offers libraries benchmarks offers libraries evidence that certain expenditures, services, and practices are needed and expected …
