Library Commission News & Announcements
Did you know that there used to be a balloon school in Nebraska?
This black and white lantern slide shows the balloon house at Fort Omaha. During World War I, Fort Omaha became the nation's center for balloon training. Balloonists were trained in map reading and charting troop movements...
Coding is no secret. In fact, there's an almost paralyzing amount of information available to people. So much that is can be difficult to decide where to start and where to go next...
We're going on a field trip on the next FREE NCompass Live webinar, "Connect to Meetings, and more...Experts, Virtual Field Trips with Zoom', on Wednesday, April 24, 10:00am - 11:00am CT...
It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood!
It's a beautiful day for a neighbor with this week's #BookFaceFriday! If the sight of a red cable knit cardigan brings a smile to your face, and our opening line has a jingle playing in your mind, this is the book for you...
This book is a bit of false advertising, as it is nothing like the title suggests. Nevertheless, I did stick with it, after learning that Stoner actually is a reference to William Stoner, the main character in the novel by John Williams (1922-1994). The book was originally published in 1965...
This Sunday is Easter and for a lot of people that means celebrating with an Easter egg hunt!
This black and white photo shows about a dozen children and several adult volunteers standing in a park near the Nebraska Children's Home Society located in Omaha...
The other day I came across a forum called "How to Deal With Flaming Trolls". I won't link to it here because the content took a turn about halfway through. But it is an important topic...
