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Keynote Speakers...

Barb Stripling, Director of Library Services for New York City's Department of Education, will be featured as a Conference Keynote Speaker, sponsored by NEMA, on Thursday, September, 29.  Read more about  Barb Stripling here.

Martha Choe, Director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Global Libraries Program, will be featured as a Conference Keynote Speaker, sponsored by the Nebraska Library Commission, on Friday, September, 30.  Read more about Martha Choe here.

Session Highlights...

Gamers and Gaming and Care and Feeding of Gamers from the Point of View of the Library, Constance Steinkuehler, Massively Multiplayer Online Games Researcher, University of Wisconsin, Friday 8:00-8:50 & 9:10-10:00. Read more about it here.

Get Your Campaigns Ready for the NEMA Exploratorium / NLA Poster Sessions (Parts 1 & 2)  Show how you promoted your program/event to help establish your library as "The Heart & Soul of Your Community." Visit with conference attendees about how you employed a theme to draw an audience to your event/program. Exhibit items should be no taller than 48 inches. Scrapbooks welcome. NLA Poster Session Entry Form

  • Submissions accepted until 4:30 p.m. Wed. or 7:30-10 a.m. Thurs: drop off your poster/display(s) in lower level conference room at the Cornhusker Hotel.
  • Judging: the entries will be judged between 11:30 am and 2 p.m. on Thurs.
  • Poster session will be on exhibit from noon Thursday until 4 p.m. Friday
  • If possible, please be available to visit with conference attendees during the public viewings: Part 1 on Thurs, 4:20 - 5:10 p.m., and Part 2 on Friday 10:20 - 11:10 a.m.
  • Pick up your poster/exhibit between 2 and 4 p.m. on Friday, or make prior arrangements with one of the NLA Publicity committee members.
  • Six prizes will be awarded. Judging will be based on the following criteria:
    1. Best theme
    2. Best headline/title
    3. Best design
    4. Best use of multimedia (most innovative)
    5. Most un-library-like
    6. Cutest
    ** categories are open to your interpretation. Your program may target any audience such as Seniors, Adults, Teens, School-aged, Toddlers, Babies, Families, General, or special groups

Exploratorium  NEMA members--help showcase the excellence of library media programs in Nebraska--prepare a display for the first ever “Exploratorium” at next fall’s NLA/NEMA 2005 Fall Conference. In a learning station style exhibit room, members will be invited to share best practices and displays that help others feel the sense of place for their media centers. The “exploratorium" concept received rave reviews at AASL in Indianapolis and Kansas City, and hopefully Nebraska media specialists will step forward to share their creative ideas next fall in Lincoln. Start thinking about and planning your learning station now. You can find contact information on the participation
forms.  Exploratorium Call for Participation Forms are available in  in Word or .PDF format on the web page. We are still accepting proposals...send yours to Susan Vanneman.