News of Nebraska Libraries and People
• Dave Eckmann, Talking Book & Braille Service Book Circulation/Studio Support, was selected Employee of the Year and Shannon Behrhorst, Library Commission Network Services Director was named Manager of the Year. Congratulations Dave and Shannon!
• LaVista Public Library was awarded a Human Rights Video Collection from National Video Resources,
in partnership with the American Library Association Public Programs Office.
For more information see
www.humanrightsproject.org.
• The Advisory Committee of the Nebraska Library Commission’s Talking Book and Braille Service recently appointed: Avis Wiest, Ogallala; Ryan Osentowski, Lincoln; and Carolyn Bennett, Beatrice. Reappointed to a second term are Roy Hobley, Lincoln, and Kathy Tooker, Omaha. Also on the committee are Candace Laursen and Cheryl Roblyer, both of North Platte; Kay Paulsen, Lincoln; and Susan Roe, Brady.
• Recent University of Missouri–Columbia graduates are the first of the Missouri–Nebraska educational partnership (left to right): Susan Franklin, Republican Valley Library System and Hastings College Perkins Library; Jodene Glaesemann, Nebraska Library Commission and Lincoln City Libraries; Casey Kralik, Joslyn Art Museum Library; and Martha (Marty) Magee, National Network of Libraries of Medicine Nebraska liaison.
• NEBASE Members Council Delegate Michael LaCroix, Director of the Reinert Alumni Library at Creighton University, was elected Delegate-at-Large to the OCLC Members Council Executive Committee.
• New appointments by the Nebraska Library Commission to three-year terms on the State Advisory Council on Libraries include Nancy Cantin, Director, Medical and Patient Library, Hastings Regional Center, Hastings; Pat Gross, Librarian, Gering High School, Gering; Gretchen Healy, Library Director, Little Priest Tribal College, Winnebago; and Mary Ann (MeMe) Smith, Director, Schuyler Public Library, Schuyler. Appointed to second terms were Margaret Harding, Executive Director, Nebraska Library Association, Crete; John Seyfarth, Information Systems Manager, Sump Memorial Library, Papillion; and Jeff Yost, President, Nebraska Community Foundation, Lincoln.
• Christa Burns, Library Commission OCLC Member Services Librarian, was appointed Network OCLC Service Managers Chair for the year. Shannon Behrhorst, Library Commission Network Services Director, was appointed to the RONDAC executive committee. Devra Dragos, Cataloging Librarian at the Nebraska Library Commission was selected to serve on the OCLC Collections & Technical Services Advisory Committee.
• Raymond A. Whitwer Tilden Public Library hosted the national traveling exhibit, Listening to the Prairie: Farming in Nature’s Image and sponsored a program on sustainable agriculture, featuring Tom Larson, of St. Edward, one of the four farmers highlighted in the exhibition.
• New library directors include Ansley Township Library, Linda Smith; Beatrice State Development Center Media Resource Coordinator, Nikki Reisen; Bruning Public Library, Marie Huber; Clarkson Public Library, Wanda Thompson; Dakota City Public Library, Teresa Wessling; Dorchester Public Library, Jerry Boller; Auld Doudna Public Library, Guide Rock, Barbara Sholtz; Hemingford Public Library, Deborah Finley; Hooper Public Library, Fran Liston; Imperial Public Library, Janet Sears; North Loup Public Library, Judy Coan; Goodall City Library, Ogallala, Cindy Mielke; Hastings College, Joslyn Art Museum Library, Omaha, Casey Kralik; Omaha, Erin Bauer; O’Neill Public Library, Tanci Mishler; Osmond Public Library, Donna Kahny; Saint Edward Public Library, Deanna Reardon; Shelton Township Library, Michelle Self; Springfield Memorial Library, Constance Manzer; Tekamah Public Library, Joyce Grass; and Trenton Public Library, Carol Schell.
• Beth McNeil, Associate Professor and Assistant Dean of the University Libraries at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (UN–L), received the 2004 Runza Spirit of Service Award for her work as a volunteer narrator for the Library Commission’s Talking Book and Braille Services. She was recognized at the Chancellor’s Leadership Recognition Reception for her volunteer contributions.
