Library Commission News & Announcements
Join us for next week's NCompass Live, "Strategic Planning in a Nutshell", on Wednesday, February 4, 10:00-11:00 am Central Time.
Do you have a plan? The new Nebraska Guidelines for Public Library Accreditation require that a library have an up-to-date strategic plan in place...
This past week, I was looking for comfort reading while I was home with a bad cold. I suppose everyone has their own requirements for a good comfort read. For me, that's almost always an old friend-a book that I've enjoyed before...
Nebraska Library Commission staff posing at entrance to NLC in the Atrium Building, 1993...
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...
