Library Commission News & Announcements
The Nebraska Library Commission (NLC) has generated 230 challenges to the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) National Broadband Map on the behalf of Nebraska's public libraries. ...
In my opinion, the best books are about what it means to be a human and humanity as a whole-which are usually best represented through a different species. And it's only fitting that fantasy writer Sir Terry Pratchett would explore this age-old philosophy through rats...
The 2023 United for Libraries Outstanding Friend Conference Grant sponsored by ThriftBooks enables one member of a Friends of the Library group at a public library to attend the 2023 ALA Annual Conference. Applications are due April 10, 2023. Applicants will be notified by April 24, 2023...
Learn how to plan and implement a GrandPad program, with tablets designed by older adults for older adults, on next week's NCompass Live webinar, "GrandPads: Creating Digital Connections for Older Adults', on Wednesday, March 29 at 10am CT. Special monthly episodes of NCompass Live!...
Don't blink or you'll miss this week's #BookFaceFriday! The Nebraska Library Commission has Book Club Kits for a wide range of readers, including kids' chapter books and Young Adult titles. One such YA title is "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements ...
This past weekend I listened to The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living, by Meik Wiking (duration: approximately three hours). Wiking, CEO of the Happiness Research Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark, narrates with a delightful Danish accent...
It's time for another #ThrowbackThursday from the Nebraska Memories archive! 110 years ago, a devastating tornado hit Omaha, Nebraska. This week's image shows the aftermath of that storm and the damage left behind at the Academy of the Sacred heart...
