Your guide
to the
Nebraska
Library
Commission
Summer 2001
Vol. 8 No. 2
Meet some members of the Library Commission staff, page 4 and 5
Your guide Summer 2001 Vol. 8 No. 2 |
Meet some members of the Library Commission staff, page 4 and 5 |
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Commission InitiatesMaking a Difference @ your library.TM | |||||
The visits started on April 16, 2001 (Bess Johnson Elkhorn Public Library in Elkhorn), and will continue through the spring of 2002. These visits include discussions with library staff members on how Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grants or other grants made during the past three years are "Making a Difference @ your library.TM" Participants also discuss the impact of state aid payments, as well as local library service successes and challenges. In addition, the Library Commission teams hold dialogue sessions with the library staff, trustees, customers, and other interested community members to gain a better understanding of local issues, concerns, and goals, and to learn how state and regional services impact local library services. |
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As of June 30, thirty-three visits (twelve percent) are completed, with another sixty-eight (twenty-five percent) scheduled through October. Staff reactions to these visits are very positive. Local library staff members have extended warm hospitality to visiting Commission staff members. The feedback about programs and services will prove invaluable for Commission planning purposes. |
For more information, see the Library Commission Web site, nlc.nebraska.gov, search on Making a Difference. As the project continues, the Web site will be expanded to include photographs taken during visits and access to some of the information gathered. For more information contact Nancy Busch, Deputy Director, 402-471-4002, 800-307-2665. | ||||
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The Nebraska Library Commission recently launched a new venture, 
Sally Payne, Sump Memorial Library Director, and Nancy Busch, Nebraska Library Commission Deputy Directory (l-r), discuss the library's information technology infrastructure during the 
Sally Borowski, Hastings Memorial Library Director, conducts a tour for Dave Oertli, Library Commission Talking Book & Braille Service Director (r-l), during the 
In this Issue:
Building the Peace was the theme for the start of Clara Belle Johnson's tenure (1944-1950) as Executive Secretary of the Nebraska Public Library Commission. She emphasized good books and service by trained librarians. The shortage of librarians in many towns resulted in the need for training.