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Nebraska Public Library Board Certification Status
The table below shows library board certification status for each public library in Nebraska. If the Expiration Date column is blank, our records show no certification participation on the part of the library. To apply for certification, complete the Public Library Board Certification Application. Boards will be certified upon completion of at least 20 hours of continuing education activities over a three-year period. Further information about the board certification program is available here or by contacting Richard Miller.
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| City | Library Name | Bd Certified | Expiration Date | System |
| Ainsworth | Ainsworth Public Library | Y | 9/30/2015 | Meridian |
| Albion | Albion Public Library | Y | 8/31/2014 | Northeast |
| Alexandria | Tucker Memorial Library | 4/30/2008 | Southeast | |
| Allen | Springbank Township Library | 4/30/2008 | Northeast | |
| Alliance | Alliance Public Library | Y | 5/31/2015 | Panhandle |
| Alma | Hoesch Memorial Library | Y | 4/11/2014 | Republican Valley |
| Anselmo | Anselmo Public Library | 4/30/2008 | Meridian | |
| Ansley | Ansley Township Library | 4/30/2008 | Meridian | |
| Arapahoe | Arapahoe Public Library | Y | 8/31/2014 | Republican Valley |
| Arcadia | Arcadia Township Library | Meridian | ||
| Arlington | Arlington Public Library | 10/31/2008 | Eastern | |
| Arnold | Finch Memorial Library | Meridian | ||
| Arthur | Arthur County Library | 4/30/2012 | Panhandle | |
| Ashland | Ashland Public Library | Y | 9/30/2015 | Eastern |
| Atkinson | Atkinson Public Library | Y | 9/30/2014 | Northeast |
| Auburn | Auburn Memorial Library | Y | 9/30/2015 | Southeast |
| Aurora | Alice M Farr Library | Y | 9/30/2015 | Southeast |
| Axtell | Axtell Public Library | Y | 8/31/2014 | Republican Valley |
| Bancroft | Bancroft Public Library | Y | 8/31/2014 | Eastern |
| Bartley | Bartley Public Library | Y | 6/28/2015 | Republican Valley |
| Bassett | Rock County Public Library | Y | 8/31/2014 | Meridian |
| Battle Creek | Battle Creek Public Library | Y | 8/31/2014 | Northeast |
| Bayard | Bayard Public Library | Y | 9/30/2014 | Panhandle |
| Beatrice | Beatrice Public Library | Y | 3/31/2014 | Southeast |
| Beaver City | Beaver City Public Library | Y | 1/13/2015 | Republican Valley |
| Beaver Crossing | Beaver Crossing Community Library | 4/30/2008 | Southeast | |
| Beemer | Karlen Memorial Library | Y | 9/30/2015 | Eastern |
| Bellevue | Bellevue Public Library | Y | 6/30/2015 | Eastern |
| Benkelman | Dundy County Library | Y | 9/30/2014 | Republican Valley |
| Bennington | Bennington Public Library | Y | 4/11/2014 | Eastern |
| Big Springs | Big Springs Public Library | Panhandle | ||
| Blair | Blair Public Library | Y | 8/31/2013 | Eastern |
| Bloomfield | Bloomfield Public Library | Y | 9/15/2015 | Northeast |
| Blue Hill | Blue Hill Public Library | Y | 3/31/2014 | Republican Valley |
| Bridgeport | Bridgeport Public Library | Y | 9/30/2014 | Panhandle |
| Broadwater | Broadwater Public Library | Y | 7/31/2013 | Panhandle |
| Broken Bow | Broken Bow Public Library | Y | 9/30/2015 | Meridian |
| Bruning | Bruning Public Library | 3/31/2008 | Southeast | |
| Brunswick | Brunswick Public Library | Y | 9/30/2015 | Northeast |
| Burwell | Garfield County Library | 4/30/2008 | Meridian | |
| Butte | Davies Memorial Library | Northeast | ||
| Byron | Byron Public Library | Southeast | ||
| Callaway | Nigel Sprouse Memorial Library | 6/30/2008 | Meridian | |
| Cambridge | Butler Memorial Library | 10/31/2009 | Republican Valley | |
| Campbell | Campbell Public Library | Republican Valley | ||
| Carroll | Carroll Public Library | Northeast | ||
| Cedar Rapids | Cedar Rapids Public Library | Y | 9/1/2015 | Northeast |
| Central City | Central City Public Library | Y | 9/30/2015 | Northeast |
| Ceresco | Ceresco Community Library | Y | 8/31/2014 | Eastern |
| Chadron | Chadron Public Library | Y | 4/11/2014 | Panhandle |
| Chappell | Chappell Mem Library & Art Gallery | Y | 4/29/2015 | Panhandle |
| Chester | Chester Public Library | Southeast | ||
| Clarks | Clarks Public Library | Y | 6/9/2015 | Northeast |
| Clarkson | Clarkson Public Library | Y | 9/30/2013 | Northeast |
| Clay Center | Clay Center Public Library | Y | 9/30/2014 | Republican Valley |
| Clearwater | Clearwater Public Library | Y | 1/29/2014 | Northeast |
| Columbus | Columbus Public Library | Y | 4/30/2014 | Northeast |
| Comstock | Comstock Township Library | Meridian | ||
| Cozad | Wilson Public Library | Y | 2/1/2016 | Meridian |
| Crawford | Crawford Public Library | Y | 6/30/2015 | Panhandle |
| Creighton | Creighton Public Library | Y | 5/31/2015 | Northeast |
| Crete | Crete Public Library | Y | 9/30/2014 | Southeast |
| Crofton | Eastern Township Library | Y | 11/30/2014 | Northeast |
| Culbertson | Culbertson Public Library | Y | 7/20/2015 | Republican Valley |
| Curtis | Klyte Burt Memorial Library | 8/31/2008 | Republican Valley | |
| Dakota City | Dakota City Public Library | Y | 9/30/2014 | Northeast |
| Dalton | Dalton Public Library | 4/30/2008 | Panhandle | |
| Davenport | Davenport Public Library | 4/30/2008 | Southeast | |
| David City | Hruska Memorial Public Library | Y | 9/30/2014 | Northeast |
| Dawson | John G Smith Memorial Library | 4/30/2008 | Southeast | |
| Daykin | Daykin Public Library | 4/30/2008 | Southeast | |
| Deshler | Deshler Public Library | Y | 4/30/2014 | Southeast |
| DeWitt | Bob and Wauneta Burkley Library | Y | 5/31/2015 | Southeast |
| Dodge | John Rogers Memorial Library | Y | 9/30/2014 | Eastern |
| Dorchester | Dorchester Public Library | Southeast | ||
| Douglas | Douglas Public Library | Southeast | ||
| Dwight | Dwight Community Library | 9/30/2012 | Northeast | |
| Elgin | Elgin Public Library | Y | 9/1/2015 | Northeast |
| Elm Creek | Elm Creek Public Library | 4/30/2008 | Meridian | |
| Elmwood | Elmwood Public Library | 8/31/2011 | Southeast | |
| Elwood | Elwood Public Library | Y | 8/30/2014 | Republican Valley |
| Emerson | Emerson Public Library | Y | 9/30/2014 | Northeast |
| Eustis | Eustis Public Library | 4/30/2008 | Republican Valley | |
| Ewing | Ewing Township Library | Northeast | ||
| Exeter | Exeter Public Library | Y | 9/30/2013 | Southeast |
| Fairbury | Fairbury Public Library | Y | 4/11/2014 | Southeast |
| Fairfield | Fairfield Public Library | Y | 8/31/2014 | Republican Valley |
| Fairmont | Fairmont Public Library | Y | 9/30/2014 | Southeast |
| Falls City | Falls City Library and Arts Center | 8/30/2011 | Southeast | |
| Farnam | Farnam Public Library | Y | 6/30/2015 | Meridian |
| Franklin | Franklin Public Library | Y | 8/31/2014 | Republican Valley |
| Fremont | Keene Memorial Library | Y | 12/7/2013 | Eastern |
| Friend | Gilbert Public Library | Y | 8/31/2015 | Southeast |
| Fullerton | Fullerton Public Library | Y | 9/30/2015 | Northeast |
| Geneva | Geneva Public Library | Y | 9/30/2013 | Southeast |
| Genoa | Genoa Public Library | Y | 10/1/2013 | Northeast |
| Gering | Gering Public Library | Y | 4/11/2014 | Panhandle |
| Gibbon | Gibbon Public Library | Y | 6/30/2015 | Meridian |
| Giltner | Giltner Public Library | Southeast | ||
| Glenvil | Brumbaugh Public Library | Republican Valley | ||
| Gordon | Gordon City Library | Y | 9/30/2015 | Panhandle |
| Gothenburg | Gothenburg Public Library | Y | 4/11/2014 | Meridian |
| Grand Island | Grand Island Public Library | Y | 6/30/2015 | Meridian |
| Grant | Hastings Memorial Library | Y | 6/30/2014 | Republican Valley |
| Greeley | Greeley Public Library | 4/30/2008 | Meridian | |
| Greenwood | Greenwood Public Library | Y | 9/30/2013 | Southeast |
| Gresham | Gresham Public Library | 4/30/2008 | Southeast | |
| Gretna | Gretna Public Library | Y | 8/31/2014 | Eastern |
| Guide Rock | Auld-Doudna Public Library | Republican Valley | ||
| Harrison | Sioux County Public Library | 2/28/2008 | Panhandle | |
| Hartington | Hartington Public Library | Y | 9/30/2014 | Northeast |
| Harvard | Harvard Public Library | 8/31/2008 | Republican Valley | |
| Hastings | Hastings Public Library | Y | 4/11/2014 | Republican Valley |
| Hay Springs | Cravath Memorial Library | Panhandle | ||
| Hayes Center | Hayes Center Public Library | 4/30/2008 | Republican Valley | |
| Hebron | Hebron Secrest Library | Y | 8/31/2014 | Southeast |
| Hemingford | Hemingford Public Library | Y | 4/11/2014 | Panhandle |
| Hildreth | Hildreth Public Library | Y | 9/30/2013 | Republican Valley |
| Holdrege | Holdrege Area Public Library | Y | 4/11/2014 | Republican Valley |
| Hooper | Hooper Public Library | Y | 3/31/2015 | Eastern |
| Howells | Howells Public Library | Y | 9/30/2013 | Northeast |
| Humboldt | Bruun Memorial Library | Y | 4/30/2014 | Southeast |
| Humphrey | Humphrey Public Library | Y | 5/20/2015 | Northeast |
| Hyannis | Grant County Library | Y | 3/31/2015 | Panhandle |
| Imperial | Lied Imperial Public Library | Y | 5/31/2015 | Republican Valley |
| Indianola | Indianola Public Library | Y | 8/31/2014 | Republican Valley |
| Kearney | Kearney Public Library | Y | 8/31/2014 | Meridian |
| Kimball | Kimball Public Library | Y | 9/30/2013 | Panhandle |
| La Vista | La Vista Public Library | Y | 9/30/2015 | Eastern |
| Laurel | Laurel Community Learning Center | Y | 1/31/2015 | Northeast |
| Leigh | Leigh Public Library | Y | 9/30/2015 | Northeast |
| Lewellen | Lewellen Public Library | Panhandle | ||
| Lexington | Lexington Public Library | Y | 7/31/2014 | Meridian |
| Lincoln | Lincoln City Libraries | Y | 6/30/2015 | Southeast |
| Litchfield | Litchfield Public Library | 4/30/2008 | Meridian | |
| Lodgepole | Nancy Fawcett Memorial Library | Y | 8/31/2014 | Panhandle |
| Loomis | Loomis Public Library | Republican Valley | ||
| Louisville | Louisville Public Library | Y | 1/9/2014 | Southeast |
| Loup City | Loup City Library | Y | 11/30/2015 | Meridian |
| Lyman | Lyman Public Library | Y | 6/30/2015 | Panhandle |
| Lynch | Lynch Public Library | Northeast | ||
| Lyons | Lyons Public Library | Y | 4/30/2014 | Eastern |
| Madison | Madison Public Library | Y | 4/11/2014 | Northeast |
| Mason City | Sunshine Township Library | 4/30/2008 | Meridian | |
| McCook | McCook Public Library | Y | 5/31/2015 | Republican Valley |
| Mead | Mead Public Library | Y | 8/31/2014 | Eastern |
| Meadow Grove | Meadow Grove Public Library | Y | 8/31/2014 | Northeast |
| Merna | Brenizer Public Library | 4/30/2008 | Meridian | |
| Milford | Webermeier Memorial Library | Y | 4/30/2014 | Southeast |
| Milligan | Milligan Public Library | Southeast | ||
| Minatare | Minatare Public Library | 4/30/2009 | Panhandle | |
| Minden | Jensen Memorial Library | Y | 4/30/2014 | Republican Valley |
| Mitchell | Mitchell Public Library | Y | 8/31/2014 | Panhandle |
| Morrill | Morrill Public Library | Y | 9/30/2015 | Panhandle |
| Mullen | Hooker County Library | Y | 5/31/2015 | Meridian |
| Naper | Naper Public Library | Northeast | ||
| Nebraska City | Morton-James Public Library | Y | 7/31/2013 | Southeast |
| Nehawka | Nehawka Public Library | Southeast | ||
| Neligh | Neligh Public Library | Y | 6/30/2015 | Northeast |
| Nelson | Nelson Public Library | Y | 2/1/2014 | Republican Valley |
| Newman Grove | Newman Grove Public Library | Y | 8/31/2014 | Northeast |
| Niobrara | Niobrara Public Library | Y | 3/31/2014 | Northeast |
| Norfolk | Norfolk Public Library | Y | 9/30/2015 | Northeast |
| North Bend | North Bend Public Library | Y | 3/31/2015 | Eastern |
| North Loup | North Loup Township Library | Y | 6/30/2015 | Meridian |
| North Platte | North Platte Public Library | Y | 10/31/2015 | Republican Valley |
| Oakdale | Oakdale Public Library | Y | 1/31/2015 | Northeast |
| Oakland | Oakland Public Library | Y | 9/30/2014 | Eastern |
| Oconto | Oconto Public Library | Meridian | ||
| Ogallala | Goodall City Library | Y | 11/30/2014 | Panhandle |
| Omaha | Omaha Public Library | Y | 5/31/2015 | Eastern |
| O'Neill | O'Neill Public Library | 4/30/2013 | Northeast | |
| Orchard | Orchard Public Library | Y | 9/30/2014 | Northeast |
| Ord | Ord Township Library | Y | 4/30/2014 | Meridian |
| Orleans | Cordelia B Preston Memorial Library | Y | 4/30/2015 | Republican Valley |
| Osceola | Osceola Public Library | Y | 6/30/2015 | Northeast |
| Oshkosh | Oshkosh Public Library | Y | 9/30/2013 | Panhandle |
| Osmond | Osmond Public Library | Y | 7/1/2013 | Northeast |
| Overton | Overton Community Library | Meridian | ||
| Oxford | Oxford Municipal Library | Y | 8/31/2015 | Republican Valley |
| Palisade | Palisade Public Library | Y | 12/31/2015 | Republican Valley |
| Palmer | Palmer Public Library | Northeast | ||
| Palmyra | Palmyra Memorial Library | Y | 12/9/2014 | Southeast |
| Papillion | Sump Memorial Library | Y | 5/31/2015 | Eastern |
| Pawnee City | Pawnee City Public Library | Y | 9/30/2014 | Southeast |
| Paxton | Paxton Public Library | Y | 12/31/2015 | Panhandle |
| Pender | House Memorial Library | Y | 9/30/2015 | Northeast |
| Petersburg | Petersburg Public Library | Northeast | ||
| Pierce | Lied Pierce Public Library | Y | 4/30/2014 | Northeast |
| Pilger | Pilger Public Library | Y | 5/31/2015 | Northeast |
| Plainview | Plainview Carnegie Library | Y | 11/30/2014 | Northeast |
| Plattsmouth | Plattsmouth Public Library | Y | 4/11/2014 | Southeast |
| Plymouth | Plymouth Public Library | 4/30/2008 | Southeast | |
| Polk | Polk Public Library | Y | 6/30/2014 | Northeast |
| Ponca | Ponca Carnegie Library | Y | 10/21/2014 | Northeast |
| Potter | Potter Public Library | Y | 7/25/2015 | Panhandle |
| Primrose | Primrose Public Library | Northeast | ||
| Ralston | Baright Public Library | Y | 1/31/2015 | Eastern |
| Randolph | Lied Randolph Public Library | Y | 9/30/2014 | Northeast |
| Ravenna | Ravenna Public Library | Y | 9/30/2014 | Meridian |
| Red Cloud | Auld Public Library | Y | 5/31/2015 | Republican Valley |
| Rising City | Rising City Community Library | Northeast | ||
| Rushville | Rushville Public Library | Y | 9/30/2014 | Panhandle |
| Saint Edward | Saint Edward Public Library | Y | 8/18/2014 | Northeast |
| Saint Paul | Saint Paul Public Library | 4/30/2013 | Meridian | |
| Sargent | Sargent Township Library | 8/31/2012 | Meridian | |
| Schuyler | Schuyler Public Library | Y | 8/31/2014 | Northeast |
| Scotia | Scotia Public Library | Meridian | ||
| Scottsbluff | Scottsbluff Public Library | Y | 5/31/2015 | Panhandle |
| Scribner | Scribner Public Library | Y | 8/30/2014 | Eastern |
| Seward | Seward Memorial Library | Y | 6/30/2015 | Southeast |
| Shelby | Shelby Community Library | Y | 9/30/2014 | Northeast |
| Shelton | Shelton Township Library | Y | 10/13/2014 | Meridian |
| Shickley | Virgil Biegert Public Library | Y | 10/5/2014 | Southeast |
| Shubert | Shubert Public Library | Southeast | ||
| Sidney | Sidney Public Library | Y | 8/18/2013 | Panhandle |
| Silver Creek | Silver Creek Township Library | Northeast | ||
| Snyder | Snyder Public Library | Eastern | ||
| South Sioux City | South Sioux City Public Library | Y | 8/30/2013 | Northeast |
| Spalding | Spalding Public Library | 4/11/2008 | Meridian | |
| Spencer | Spencer Township Library | Northeast | ||
| Springfield | Springfield Memorial Library | Y | 1/31/2014 | Eastern |
| Springview | Keya Paha County Library | 4/30/2008 | Meridian | |
| Stanton | Stanton Public Library | Y | 9/30/2015 | Northeast |
| Stapleton | Logan County Library | 9/30/2006 | Republican Valley | |
| Stella | Stella Community Library | Southeast | ||
| Sterling | Sterling Public Library | Southeast | ||
| Stratton | Stratton Public Library | 4/30/2008 | Republican Valley | |
| Stromsburg | Stromsburg Public Library | Y | 7/31/2014 | Northeast |
| Stuart | Stuart Township Library | 2/29/2008 | Northeast | |
| Superior | Superior Public Library | Y | 5/31/2015 | Republican Valley |
| Sutherland | Sutherland Public Library | Republican Valley | ||
| Sutton | Sutton Memorial Library | Y | 8/31/2014 | Republican Valley |
| Syracuse | Syracuse Public Library | Y | 4/30/2014 | Southeast |
| Table Rock | Table Rock Public Library | 4/30/2008 | Southeast | |
| Talmage | Talmage Public Library | 4/30/2008 | Southeast | |
| Taylor | Taylor Public Library | 4/30/2008 | Meridian | |
| Tecumseh | Tecumseh Public Library | Y | 8/31/2014 | Southeast |
| Tekamah | Tekamah Public Library | Y | 7/26/2014 | Eastern |
| Thedford | Thomas County Library | Meridian | ||
| Tilden | Raymond A Whitwer Tilden Public Library | Y | 5/31/2015 | Northeast |
| Tobias | Tobias Public Library | Southeast | ||
| Trenton | Trenton Public Library | Y | 9/30/2015 | Republican Valley |
| Ulysses | Ulysses Township Library | Y | 3/20/2015 | Northeast |
| Valentine | Valentine Public Library | Y | 9/30/2014 | Meridian |
| Valley | Valley Public Library | Y | 8/17/2013 | Eastern |
| Valparaiso | Valparaiso Public Library | Y | 4/30/2014 | Eastern |
| Verdigre | Verdigre Public Library | Y | 6/30/2015 | Northeast |
| Verdon | Village of Verdon Library | Southeast | ||
| Wahoo | Wahoo Public Library | Y | 6/30/2014 | Eastern |
| Wakefield | Gardner Public Library | Y | 7/31/2014 | Northeast |
| Wallace | Faith Memorial Library | Republican Valley | ||
| Walthill | Walthill Public Library | Y | 4/10/2016 | Northeast |
| Waterloo | Agnes Robinson Waterloo Public Library | Y | 9/30/2013 | Eastern |
| Wauneta | Wauneta Public Library | 4/30/2008 | Republican Valley | |
| Wausa | Lincoln Township Library | Y | 5/31/2015 | Northeast |
| Wayne | Wayne Public Library | Y | 8/31/2014 | Northeast |
| Weeping Water | Weeping Water Public Library | Y | 5/31/2015 | Southeast |
| West Point | John A Stahl Library | Y | 8/31/2015 | Eastern |
| Western | Struckman-Baatz Public Library | Y | 10/31/2014 | Southeast |
| Wilber | Dvoracek Memorial Library | Y | 3/23/2014 | Southeast |
| Wilcox | Wilcox Public Library | 4/30/2008 | Republican Valley | |
| Wilsonville | Wilsonville Public Library | 9/30/2006 | Republican Valley | |
| Winside | Lied Winside Public Library | 2/1/2011 | Northeast | |
| Wisner | Wisner Public Library | Y | 8/31/2014 | Eastern |
| Wolbach | Wolbach Public Library | Meridian | ||
| Wood River | Maltman Memorial Public Library | Meridian | ||
| Wymore | Wymore Public Library | Y | 6/30/2015 | Southeast |
| York | Kilgore Memorial Library | Y | 12/31/2013 | Southeast |
| Yutan | Yutan Public Library | Y | 9/30/2015 | Eastern |
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