LSTA Timelines Set

The Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) provides federal funding to state library agencies to support statewide programs and library grant projects. This year, the LSTA grant application process will identify three priorities for funding: digitization projects, programs and projects for serving English-Language Learners, and the development of a statewide virtual library. Other projects will be considered, but priority will be given to those projects that meet the parameters established for these target areas.


Applications will be available online on October 1 and due at the Library Commission on December 31. Successful applicants will be notified by March 8, 2004. For more information contact Kit Keller, Library Data Services Coordinator, 402-471-3216, 800-307-2665, fax: 402-471-2083, e-mail: Kit Keller.

This year $213,856 in LSTA funding was awarded through the Nebraska Library Commission to fifty Nebraska communities:
• Atkinson Public Library . . . . . . . . $6,330
• Blair Public Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,946
• Columbus Public Library. . . . . . . .18,000
• Creighton Public Library . . . . . . . . 5,393
• Emerson Public Library . . . . . . . . . 2,889
• Fairbury Public Library . . . . . . . . . 2,264
• Genoa Public Library. . . . . . . . . . . .7,854
• Grand Island Public Library. . . . . .17,246
• Imperial Public Library. . . . . . . . . . 4,200
• Kearney Public Library and
Information Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,440
• La Vista Public Library. . . . . . . . . . 4,744
• Lyons Public Library. . . . . . . . . . . .6,147
• Meadow Grove Public Library . . . .1,643
• Neligh Public Library . . . . . . . . . . . 3,070
• Norfolk Public Library . . . . . . . . . . 7,944
• Pierce, Lied Pierce Public Library .12,076
• Schuyler Public Library. . . . . . . . . . 4,191
• Seward Public Library . . . . . . . . . .23,057
• Shelby Public Library . . . . . . . . . . . 1,688
• Shelton Township Library. . . . . . . .7,519
• South Sioux City Public Library . . .5,362
• Stromsburg Public Library. . . . . . . .2,573
• Valentine Public Library. . . . . . . . . 8,694
• Wayne Public Library . . . . . . . . . . .5,032
• Wymore Public Library. . . . . . . . . .7,500
• York, Kilgore Memorial Library. . . 1,565
• Nebraska Regional Library
Systems for twenty-four
Nebraska public libraries . . . . . . . . .40,489

 

 

 

Volunteer Named Admiral
Image of Road Wagner presenting a plaque Commission Director Rod Wagner (left) presents Admiralship to Pat Schreurs.
Pat Schreurs, long-standing Talking Book and Braille Service volunteer, has been named an Admiral in the Great Navy of the State of Nebraska. This honorary title, in recognition of twenty years of volunteer service, was bestowed upon Pat at a recent Nebraska Library Commission reception in her honor. Thousands of Nebraskans who receive magazine cassettes from the library benefit from Pat’s dedicated service as a quality-check volunteer in Tape Duplication. Pat is dedicated and reliable. She juggles her personal schedule around her volunteer job and is willing to work until the job is done.


Celebrate @ your library™ in April

The American Library Association (ALA) provides online resources to help libraries and media centers promote National Library Week, April 6—12 and School Library Media Month. National Library Week features the @ your library™ brand for The Campaign for America’s Libraries, ALA’s multi-year public effort to speak loudly and clearly about the value of libraries and librarians in the 21st century. See the ALA Web site for more information, <www.ala.org/pio/factsheets/NLW.html>, and for promotional ideas, see<cs.ala.org/@yourlibrary/nlw.cfm>.


State Advisory Council Appointments Made

The Nebraska Library Commission appointed five new members and reappointed two members to the Nebraska State Advisory Council on Libraries. New members will serve three-year terms.
New members are: Jan Boyer, Dean, University Library, University of Nebraska at Omaha; Theresa Jehlik, Training and Staff Development Coordinator, Omaha Public Library; Diana Johnson, Director, Stromsburg Public Library; Sharon Osenga, Administrator, Meridian Library System; and Rebecca Pasco, Assistant Professor and Coordinator, Library Science Programs, University of Nebraska at Omaha. Reappointed members are: Jim Bothmer, Health Sciences Library, Creighton University, Omaha and Karen Drevo, Youth Services Librarian, Norfolk Public Library.

Information on Council membership, agendas, and minutes are available on the Library Commission home page, see <nlc.nebraska.gov>, search on Council Minutes or Council Agendas.


NLA Seeks Nominations

The Nebraska Library Association (NLA) Citations Committee invites nominations for the 2003 Meritorious Service and Mari Sandoz Awards. Deadline for nominations and letters of support is May 30. Mail to Dave Oertli, NLA Citations Committee Chair, Nebraska Library Commission, 1200 N Street, Suite 120, Lincoln, NE 68508-2023, e-mail: Dave Oertli. See Announcements on the Commission home page, <nlc.nebraska.gov>.

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