The Nebraska Library Association Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce the 2008 recipients of the Louise A. Nixon and Duane Munson Scholarships.
The Louise A. Nixon Scholarship winners are:
Karl Wirth of OmahaThe winner of the Duane Munson Scholarship is:
Mindy Rush Chipman of Bennett
Rochelle Krueger of Kearney
Nancy Voris of Papillion
Congratulations to the 2008 Nixon and Munson Scholarship winners!
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Would you like to attend graduate classes or training to increase your library skills? Here's your opportunity to apply for financial assistance.
These links include information on the Louise A. Nixon Scholarship ($1,000.00) and the Duane Munson Scholarship ($250.00). The application deadline is April 15th of the current year.
Louise A. Nixon Scholarship
Louise A. Nixon (1897-1989) worked constantly to enlighten the legislature about Nebraska's libraries' needs. She served as Assistant Director of the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau and as Legislative Council Librarian. Louise Nixon was head of the Nebraska Library Commission from 1950 to 1969. When federal funds were made available, she initiated bookmobile demonstration projects; public library construction; extension services; services to institutional residents and the physically challenged; and an inter-library communication network. Our lives have been enriched by her open-minded, conscientious dedication to building library service in this state.
When Nixon reflected on her life for the Lincoln Journal, the paper wrote, “There is no single figure of greater 20th century significance in developing Nebraska's contemporary system of community libraries – facilities, collections, trained personnel, cooperative networking.”
This scholarship was established to help each recipient reach for Nixon's goals of dedication and vision.
The application deadline is April 15th of the current year. Scholarship recipients will be announced in May. http://www.nebraskalibraries.org/nixonschol.htm
Duane Munson Scholarship
Duane Munson, a well-known bookseller from Columbus, has been a long-time leader and solid supporter of library and educational activity in Nebraska. He desires to share his good fortune jointly with the NLA and NEMA communities. Munson has personally sponsored this scholarship since 1991.
The application deadline is April 15th of the current year. Scholarship recipients will be announced in May. http://www.nebraskalibraries.org/munsonschol.htm
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Don’t forget that the scholarship committee is holding a silent auction. All donations are greatly appreciated. Help support our profession by being a donor and a bidder! Due to limited space, the auction will run on Thursday only. Bids will close during the vendors’ reception on Thursday evening.
If you have an item to donate, please bring it to our tables located next to the registration area early Thursday morning. I will be at the preconference on Wednesday and will also take items that day. If you can volunteer to take a shift at the table on Thursday, that would be wonderful. Please e-mail me at this address kjacobs@southsiouxcity.org if there is a time you can volunteer. Thanks.
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posted by webmaster @ 11:59 AM
The NLA Scholarship Committee is once again sponsoring a silent auction at Annual Conference. If you have an item you would like to donate, please let me know and, if possible, send a digital of that item to me so we can begin posting on the conference web site as soon as possible. Thanks!!
Kathy Jacobs, kjacobs@southsiouxcity.org
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What: 1 pair of Husker football tickets, Huskers vs. Ball State, September 22, time TBA
When: Raffle runs from August 20 to September 15. The winner will be announced and tickets will be sent to the winner during the week of September 16.
Cost: Every $5.00 donation entitles you to one (1) raffle chance. Send your check made payable to the NLA Scholarship Committee to:
Kathy Thomsen, NLA Executive Director
Lexington Public Library
907 North Washington Street
PO Box 778
Lexington, NE 68850-0778
Who: Sponsored by the NLA Scholarship Committee. Tickets are a donation to the scholarship committee courtesy of The Clark Enersen Partners of Lincoln.
For further information, contact Kathy Jacobs, Scholarship Committee Chair, 402-494-7545, or kjacobs@southsiouxcity.org.
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posted by webmaster @ 2:27 PM
The Nebraska Library Association scholarship committee recently announced the recipients of the Louise A. Nixon scholarships, Marcia Dority-Baker, Karen Dalziel, Rose Fredrick and Cynthia Sellhorst.
Marcia Dority-Baker is currently employed at the UNL Schmid Law Library as the circulation supervisor and is a member of NLA. Her anticipated graduation date from UM-C with a MLS is the summer of 2008.
Karen Dalziel works as a library assistant at UNL, is a student in the MLS program at UM-C, and will graduate in December of 2008.
Rose Fredrick is a library intern at the McGoogan Library of Medicine and is attending the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. Her anticipated graduation date with a MLS is the spring of 2008.
Cynthia Sellhorst is currently the vocal and instrumental music instructor at the Doge Public Schools and is attending the University of Nebraska-Omaha pursuing her Maters of Science in Elementary Education and Library Media Endorsement. She will graduate in the spring of 2009.
The winner of the Duane Munson Scholarship is Haishu Zhu, a MLS student at UM-C. She is currently a library assistant at the Lincoln City Libraries.
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