Library Commission News & Announcements
ProQuest is offering two months of trial access to their most popular K12 databases:
CultureGrams
eLibrary
eLibrary Science
Government Reporter
History Study Center
Learning: Literature
ProQuest Research Companion
SIRS Decades
SIRS Discoverer
SIRS Issues Researcher
SIRS Renaissance
SIRS WebSelect
Trial Dates: January 27, 2015 through March 27, 2015
Trial access instructions were distributed via a January 28, 2015 message to the TRIAL mailing list...
This week, in between answering public library survey related questions and reviewing actual surveys that have been submitted (the deadline is February 13, 2015), the Dude has been thinking about this new element on the survey asking for the number of annual wireless internet sessions...
We are having balmy January days here in Nebraska, but people in colder parts of the country may be glad to know that January is National Hot Tea Month. While there are only a few days left in the month, a hot cup of tea is always a good way to ward off the winter chill...
SF author, and recent entry in the Commission's Friday Reads, Jack McDevitt is being honored this year.
Jack McDevitt, science fiction author is the 2015 winner of the Robert A. Heinlein Award...
Join us for next week's NCompass Live, "Tech Talk with Michael Sauers: CES & Libraries 2015", on Wednesday, January 28, 10:00-11:00 am Central Time...
The Horror Writers Association (HWA), the premier organization of writers and publishers of horror and dark fantasy and home of the iconic Bram Stoker Awards®, today announced Jack Ketchum and Tanith Lee as the 2015 recipients of the Bram Stoker Award® for Lifetime Achievement...
Two Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries are given annually - the Will Eisner Graphic Novel Growth Grant will provide support to a library that would like to expand its existing graphic novel services and programs and the Will Eisner Graphic Novel Innovation Grant will provides support to a library for the initiation of a graphic novel service, program or initiative...
