July 6th – Nebraska Library Leadership Institute Reunion with Jamie LaRue at St. Benedict in Schuyler.

July 9th - Nebraska Library Commissioners meeting from 9:30 to 12 at Nebraska Library Commission, 1200 N Street. The meeting is open to the public. For more information contact Maria Medrano-Nehls at (402)471-2045 or (800)307-2665 or at: maria.medrano-nehls@nebraska.gov.

July 16th – State Advisory Council Meeting, 9:30 to 1:30 – site to be determined. The meeting is open to the public. For more information contact Maria Medrano-Nehls at (402)471-2045 or (800)307-2665 or at: maria.medrano-nehls@nebraska.gov.

July 20th – Database Roadshow from 9:30 to 3:30 at ESU#3 (6949 South 110th Street, LaVista). NLC staff will provide you with an overview of the NebraskAccess website, with time for hands-on training and a tour of the Librarian’s Toolbox, which contains promotional and training material. Register online at: www.nlc.state.ne.us/training/train.asp.

July 23rd – CASTL Meeting at Auburn Memorial Library – please bring library board members or trustees as well as a copy of your library budget – which will be the topic for this meeting. You are also encouraged to read one of the titles on the RUSA Reading List in the Fantasy category (www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rusa/awards/readinglist/index.cfm). The winner in this category was Lamentation by Ken Scholes, but you can also choose from the Read-Alikes or Short List: Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin; Wizards First Rule by Terry Goodkind; Acacia. Book One, The War With the Mein by David Anthony Durham; Red Wolf Conspiracy by Robert V.S. Redick; Turn Coat by Jim Butcher; Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson; or The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett. Of course we’ll conclude the day with a round robin and a chance to share ideas, questions and current happenings. The meeting starts at 10 a.m. and we’ll aim to wrap things up by 3:30 p.m.

July 31st – 16th Annual Norfolk Public Library Literature Festival at Northeast Community College. It will feature three fabulous authors; 2010-2011 Golden Sower Previews by Karen Drevo & Marci Retzlaff; Book Display & Discount Sales by Norfolk Public Library Foundation of titles by Hopkinson, Henson, & Varrato; Sales of Golden Sower Items; Autograph Session/Book Signing with Deborah Hopkinson (Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek), Heather Henson (That Book Woman) & Tony Varrato (Fakie). Contact Karen Drevo (402-844-2108) at Norfolk Public Library for more information or to register.

August 3rd – NLC Roadshow at Nebraska Library Commission (1200 N Street, Lincoln) from 9:30 to 3:30.
NLC staff will provide you with an overview of the NebraskAccess website, with time for hands-on
training and a tour of the Librarian’s Toolbox, which contains promotional and training material.
Register online at: www.nlc.state.ne.us/training/train.asp.

August 19th – CASTL meeting in Deshler, 10 a.m. Before this meeting take some time to read a book from
the RUSA Reading List in the Historical Fiction Category. You can choose the winner – Agincourt
by Bernard Cornwell, or one of the Read-Alikes: The Templar Trilogy by Jack Whyte, The
Religion by Tim Willocks or Gates of Fire by Stephen Pressfield. Or if you’d like more choices
choose a title from the Short List: Cleopatra’s Daughter by Michelle Moran, Etta by Gerald
Kolpan, Grace Hammer by Sara Stockbridge or The Owl Killers by Karen Maitland. You can find
the entire RUSA Reading List and additional information at: www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rusa/
awards/readinglist/index.cfm.

August 26th – SELS Board and Annual Planning Meeting, 10 a.m., Clark Enersen Partners, 1010 Lincoln
Mall, Suite 200 – Lincoln.