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State Aid to be Distributed
to Public Libraries in February |
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| In 2002 more than
$260,000 was paid in direct state aid to 162 eligible Nebraska public libraries,
with an average payment of $2,248. The average payment made to libraries
serving a population of less than 5,000 was $973, $1.06 per capita. The
average payment to libraries serving populations of 5,000 and above was
$7,843, $.23 per capita. To be eligible for state aid Nebraska public libraries
must submit their Public Library Statistical Report online using Bibliostat™
Collect, a Web-based data collection tool, by January 31 (see related article
on page 4). State aid award letters for 2003 will be mailed to eligible
libraries on February 15. For more information, contact Kit Keller, 402-472-3216,
800-307-2665, e-mail: Kit Keller. |
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New Unicameral Resource
Available |
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| Nebraska Legislators,
Past and Present is a new resource on the Library Commission Web site
at <nlc.nebraska.gov/docs/legislatorspast/index.html>.
This resource provides basic information about state senators serving in
the Unicameral since 1937, including their district, residence, term of
office, and the dates of the Nebraska Legislative Journal that can be consulted
for information on bills they sponsored. Search and alphabet button bar
features facilitate quick searching by Senators’ names. The Web site
will be linked from the Library Commission’s online catalog and will
eventually be expanded to include legislators serving from Territorial times
to 1937 (when Nebraska’s one-house, Unicameral legislature was instituted).
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Commission Provides
Interlibrary Loan |
The Nebraska Library Commission
officially began providing Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service for Nebraska
libraries July 1, 2001. Since that time, more than 11,000 ILL transactions
have been completed for 127 public, 151 school, and 5 college library customers.
We thank our partners, the lending libraries who have helped provide this
service quickly and efficiently, notably: Bellevue Public Library, Bellevue
University, Columbus Public Library, Creighton University, Grand Island
Public Library, Hastings Public Library, Holdrege Public Library System,
Lincoln City Libraries, Norfolk Public Library, North Platte Public Library,
Omaha Public Library, University of Nebraska at Kearney, University of Nebraska–Lincoln,
University of Nebraska at Omaha, and Wayne State College.
For more information or to place requests for this service, fill out an
ILL request form at: <nlc.nebraska.gov/ref/ill/>,
call 402-471-4016 or 800-307-2665 and ask for the information desk, e-mail:
Ready,
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Our customers respond:
“I had my report/discussion Friday last week. Thanks again
to all of you for your hard work in retrieving the articles.”
“I received the video today. Thank you for such quick action. Your
department at the Commission has always given me fantastically good
service.”
“Thank you so much! This is exactly what we were looking for! I’m
sure I wouldn’t have been able to locate it without your assistance!
Thank you again.”
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Libraries Encouraged
to Apply for CDBG Grants |
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Libraries are encouraged
to apply for 2003 Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) for library
construction or for planning. Last year, the first year that libraries were
eligible for this funding, St. Edward Public Library received a $250,000
library construction grant. Information about this funding will be provided
at January workshops.
For more information see the Commission home page Announcements at <nlc.nebraska.gov>
or contact Steve Charleston, 402-471-3757, 800-426-6505, e-mail: <scharleston@neded.org>
for Planning and Rick Zubrod, 402-471-3762, 800-426-6505, e-mail: <rzubrod@neded.org>
for Public Works. |
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