Help fund ebooks and electronic databases for Nebraska residents! There are three requests that need to be funded: 1. NEW direct state funding for ebook and eaudio for public libraries. The request is for $925,000 or $.50 per person. This means more ebooks to check out for free! 2. NebraskAccess. Help Nebraska residents find...
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Do you have a program or service in your small library that other librarians might like to hear about? Have you implemented a new (or old) technology, hosted an event, partnered with others in your community, or just done something really cool? The Big Talk From Small Libraries online conference can give you the...
Read more →Thanks to memolane I was just reminded that I started at the Nebraska Library Commission exactly five years ago today; March 1, 2007. On the left: back then. On the right: today.
Read more →The ongoing Nebraska Learns 2.0 program (http://nelearns.blogspot.com ) is now 2 years old! Yup, our very first Thing was in May 2009. Every month since then, we’ve offered you a new resource to learn about. But this isn’t the Nebraska Library Commission’s first foray into a 23 Things program. We debuted our first Nebraska...
Read more →First, yes, I missed yesterday. Considering I got more than half way through the month before missing a post I’m not too upset by it. So, on to today’s post… Emily over at Shelf Check (yes, she did end up reposting the original Shelf Check #420) has written a great post titled “What would...
Read more →Thing #38 in the Nebraska Learns 2.0 program is about marketing. We’re asked to talk about some 2.0 tech that we are or could be using to market our library. Well, I’m the producer of the NCompass Podcast and yesterday I posted the 62nd episode and decided to see just how much content we’ve...
Read more →Nebraska Learns 2.0 is the Nebraska Library Commission’s ongoing online learning program. The goal of our program is to encourage participants to experiment with and learn about the new and emerging technologies that are reshaping the way people, society and libraries access information and communicate with each other. Nebraska Learns 2.0 is a self-discovery...
Read more →For those that don’t know MPOW got audited recently and the state auditor determined that our spending of state funds regarding gaming was inappropriate. The report and our response can be found on the NLC’s blog. Those interested in the local reaction can check out this article and the 60+ comments on the Lincoln...
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