Library Commission News & Announcements
Spooky season continues with this week's #BookFace! You are what your consume in this week's #BookFaceFriday, "Wake Up and Open Your Eyes" by Clay McLeod Chapman (Quirk Books, 2025.)...
In Plot Twist, author Harlan Coben offers his perspective on the writing process through a memoir with insights, observations, and practical advice. The book is not only about how Coben writes, but also about the creative process and the life experiences that have shaped his outlook and style...
Don't let the skeleton spook you, it's just #ThrowbackThursday! This week's highlight is a 9 1/2" x 7 1/2"black and white photographic print. Identified by a note on the back, it shows a classroom for student nurses in the 3rd hospital of the Immanuel Deaconess Institute...
Nebraska Community Foundation is excited to offer Library Connection Grants, designed to unleash local creativity while connecting NCF affiliated funds and Greater Nebraska Libraries...
In our last Book Club Spotlight, we read a work in translation by Cuban author Elaine Vilar Madruga; and today we are staying in the same hemisphere with Cuban-American author Pablo Cartaya's, Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish...
Learn about Nebraska's state reading and writing contest for youth, "Letters About Literature', on next week's NCompass Live webinar, on Wednesday, October 7 at 10am CT...
What book will all Nebraskans be encouraged to read in 2027? We will all find out on November 14th at the Nebraska Celebration of Books (N.COB) literary festival. A Nebraska family saga, a cross?country odyssey, a deeply researched historical narrative- all stories with ties to Nebraska - are the finalists for the 2027 One Book One Nebraska statewide reading program. The finalists are:...
