CASTL
Meetings 2008SELS Board Meetings
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SELS Board Meetings |
May
2nd
- NLA
Diversity Committee Spring Meeting - Serving Your Spanish - Speaking Customers,
at the Atrium Conference Room (near the Nebraska Library Commission) in Lincoln
from 1 to 5.
May
8th
& 9th
- Public
Library & Trustee Section, along with the School Children’s & Young
People’s Section Annual Spring Meetings.
Register to attend in Grand Island or Papillion.
May
9th
- College
& University (C&U) Section 2008 Spring Meeting
at Bellevue University: Information
Needs of Nebraska’s Diverse Populations, with keynote speaker – Julie Todaro.
May
9th
- College
of DuPage - Library Challenges & Opportunities 2008. Tools of Engagement:
Attracting and Engaging Library Users,
11 to 12:30. Program can be viewed as a Webcast or satellite downlink. Contact
Laura Johnson, ljohnson@nlc.state.ne.us,
(402)471-2694 or (800)307-2665.
May
12th
- 18th
- Children’s
Book Week 2008 -
go to: http://bookweekonline.com/index1.html
for information, ideas, and more. Includes
info on how kids can vote for their favorites in the Children's Choice Book
Awards. Cool!
Votes must be placed by May 4th.
May
16th
- SELS
Training Extravaganza at
Lincoln Public Schools District Office (5901 "O" Street).
May
22nd
- NLC
Statewide Open Source ILS Symposium at
College of St. Mary in Omaha. Contact
Shannon White: swhite@nlc.state.ne.us,
(800)307-2665.
May
22nd
- 25th
- Mayhem
in the Midlands,
at the Embassy Suites Hotel (444 South 10th,
Omaha) - with guest of honor, Alex
Kava,
2006 One Book One Nebraska author of One
False Move.
For details go to: www.omahapubliclibrary.org/mayhem/index.html,
or contact Maggie Tarelli-Falcon, mtarellifalcon@omahapubliclibrary.org
or (402)444-4854.
June
June
6th
- CASTL
(Conversation Among Small Town Librarians) and NEMA (Nebraska Educational Media
Association)
meeting in Seward. This is your
chance to review the big list of Golden Sower (K-3) nominations, and place your
top 10 vote. Plus, we'll provide
information on libraries that have gone "Dewey-less" that will include
a bookstore, school and public library perspective.
We hope to see lots of public library staff, and school media
specialists.
June 18th - SELS Annual meeting with guest speaker - Bill Kloefkorn, this year’s One Book One Nebraska with - Restoring the Burnt Child.
July
July 18th -
CASTL (Conversation Among
Small Town Librarians)
at Gresham Public Library with a librarian/attorney, Mindy Rush - to talk about
Nebraska Public Meeting Laws. This is our joint library trustee meeting - so
invite your library board members to join us.
August
August 22nd - CASTL (Conversation Among
Small Town Librarians)
at Morton James Public Library in Nebraska City.
Kit Keller, NLC, will be joining us to guide in using Bibliostat Connect
for library reports that can include charts/graphs, peer comparisons, trends and
more.
September
September 11th & 12th
– Youth
Services Retreat
at Camp Carol Joy Holling.
September 26th - CASTL (Conversation Among
Small Town Librarians)
at the Lyceum in Brownville. Sure to be a
fun and informative day with Jane Smith (Lyceum), Boni Hathaway (Village
Bookstore), Tom Rudloff (Antiquarium), and Cinnamon Dokken (A Novel Idea
Bookstore) joining us.
October
October 15th -17th
- Nebraska
Library Association/Nebraska Educational Media Association Conference
in Lincoln.
November
November 14th – CASTL (Conversation Among
Small Town Librarians) meeting
at Wymore Public Library. We’ll have Dee Aguilar (UNL Speakers Bureau) for a
presentation on: Humor: What’s So
Funny?” This month please read the title – Focus
on the Good Stuff: The Power of Appreciation –
an adult selection for our book discussion by author Mike Robbins.
December
December
11th
– CASTL
(Conversation Among Small Town Librarians)
meeting at Kilgore Memorial Library in York. Stay tuned for topics of
discussion, and odds are good will fit in lunch at Chances R.