{"id":2523,"date":"2017-07-31T11:34:09","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T17:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/wls\/?p=2523"},"modified":"2017-07-31T11:34:09","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T17:34:09","slug":"its-that-time-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/wls\/2017\/07\/31\/its-that-time-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s that time of the year!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #808000\">Nebraska Public Library Accreditation\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #000000\">The purpose of public library accreditation is to encourage excellent library service in Nebraska communities.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Accreditation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>establishes minimum standards for library services<\/li>\n<li>ensures that libraries adhere to certain standards<\/li>\n<li>offers libraries benchmarks<\/li>\n<li>offers libraries evidence that certain expenditures, services, and practices are needed and expected<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Accreditation process <strong>begins in July <\/strong>each year when invitations to apply are sent to public libraries up for reaccreditation and to libraries that have not been previously accredited but that have submitted the Public Libraries Survey for the preceding year.\u00a0 Completed Accreditation Applications are <strong>due each October 1.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Library Accreditation is valid for three years.\u00a0 In order to apply, the library must:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>have submitted the statistical report<\/li>\n<li>know the library Bibliostat username and password, verify that the library meets the <span style=\"color: #3366ff\">12 minimum qualifications,<\/span> and have an up-to-date <span style=\"color: #3366ff\">strategic plan, <span style=\"color: #000000\">approved by the Nebraska Library Commission.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The guidelines are community based, so that each library determines its own priorities based on community needs.\u00a0 This requires each library to have or to create a strategic plan that addresses the unique needs of its community.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please contact Christa Porter with questions about Accreditation at: <a href=\"mailto:christa.porter@nebraska.gov\">christa.porter@nebraska.gov<\/a>\u00a0or at 402-471-3175<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nebraska Public Library Accreditation\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 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 &nbsp;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/wls\/2017\/07\/31\/its-that-time-of-the-year\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/wls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/wls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/wls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/wls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/191"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/wls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2523"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/wls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2525,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/wls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2523\/revisions\/2525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/wls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/wls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/wls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}