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To celebrate our centennial year, the Nebraska Library Commission is launching the Libraries for the Centuries initiative. We invite library staff and supporters across Nebraska to join us as we spend 2001 celebrating our birthday. The celebration began in February with a proclamation by Governor Mike Johanns congratulating and recognizing the Nebraska Library Commission for its one hundred years of service to the State of Nebraska. Sen. DiAnna Schimek introduced a resolution in the Nebraska Unicameral commemorating the Library Commission Centennial.

A major component of the Libraries for the Centuries initiative is the Centennial Speaker Series. To initiate the series, Charley Seavey, Associate Professor, School of Information Resources and Library Science at the University of Arizona in Tucson, made a presentation on Growth of the Public Library in Nebraska. Seavey's research resulted in the development of a database with information on more than 7,500 libraries in the country, 214 of which are

(Above) Governor Mike Johanns (at podium) presents the proclamation to Library Commission staff, supporters, and Commissioners (right to left) Richard Miller, Nancy Busch, Rod Wagner, Wally Seiler, Kathy Tooker, Kristen Rogge, Karen Warner, Maggie Harding, Dave Oertli, and Brenda Ealey.

(Right) Sen. George Coordson (2nd from left) and Sen. DiAnna Schimek (3rd from left) present the Legislative Resolution honoring the Library Commission Centennial to NLA Executive Director Maggie Harding (left), Nebraska Library Commission Director Rod Wagner (2nd from right), and NLA President Kathy Tooker.

in Nebraska. Public libraries in Nebraska, from Ainsworth to Yutan, were the subject of his presentation, part of a reception and dinner highlighting the annual joint meeting of the Nebraska Library Commission and the State Advisory Council on Libraries.

This event commemorated the date the legislation went into effect creating the Nebraska Public Library Commission, March 26, 1901. For more information see the Library Commission home page, click on Centennial.

Public Services Course Underway

The Basic Skills/Public Services course, one of four Basic Skills courses required for certification in the Nebraska Public Librarian Certification Program, is underway. The two-day course, sponsored by the Nebraska Library Commission, is designed for public library employees. Course content includes public service attitude, reference service, reader's guidance, planning, policy development, and developing needs-based services and programs. Participants who are not taking the course to fulfill the requirement for certification will earn twelve Continuing Education (CE) credits. This two-day course is being offered across the state via in-class instruction or via online format. For more information contact Pam Scott at 402-471-2694, 800-307-2665, or by e-mail.

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