Lincoln City Libraries in Lincoln, Nebraska http://www.lincolnlibraries.org en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 22:57:34 Central Daylight Time Thu, 23 May 2013 22:57:34 Central Daylight Time Copyright 2013, All rights reserved. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. QCRSS After a Fall/Winter filled with discussions and programming surrounding our 2012 One Book selection, Destiny of the Republic, we're happy to announce that the nomination process has begun for the 2013 One Book - One Lincoln. Interested readers are encouraged to visit the 2013 Nomination Form online (just click the link), or stop in at any Lincol... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/One_Book_One_Lincoln/2013_One_Book_One_Lincoln_nominations_now_open.htm Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:14:00 Central Standard Time Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard! Readers in Lincoln cast their votes in June and July, and by an overwhelming majority, the title you all selected for this year's One Book One Lincoln title was Millard's engrossing look at the assassination of President James A. Garfield. You can visit this year's official One Book - One Lincoln we... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/One_Book_One_Lincoln/And_the_2012_One_Book_One_Lincoln_selection_is.htm Mon, 10 Sep 2012 0:05:00 Central Daylight Time Just a reminder -- there are now only ten days left to cast your vote for this year's One Book - One Lincoln final selection. Your last day to vote is July 31st. Click here to jump straight to the voting form Click here to read more about this year's three finalists... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/One_Book_One_Lincoln/Ten_Days_and_Counting.htm Sat, 21 Jul 2012 9:09:00 Central Daylight Time Just a reminder, to those who may not have heard through other channels, that the voting for the 2012 One Book One Lincoln title has been extended from June 30th to July 31st, 2012 Many readers contacted the libraries, to say they wished they had more time to read all three finalists before voting. We heard you...how does an additional month sou... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/One_Book_One_Lincoln/One_Book_voting_extended_to_July_31st_2012.htm Fri, 29 Jun 2012 10:09:00 Central Daylight Time The finalists for the 2012 One Book - One Lincoln community reading program have been announced!... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/One_Book_One_Lincoln/Finalists_Announced.htm Mon, 28 May 2012 10:58:00 Central Daylight Time The One Book - One Lincoln selection committee is in the final stages of narrowing down the list of nominated titles. Join us at The Mill in the Haymarket for a Foundation for Lincoln City Libraries-hosted event on May 28th, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The Three One Book Finalists for 2012 will be announced at 10:30 a.m.!... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/One_Book_One_Lincoln/Top_Three_One_Book_Finalists_to_be_announced_May_28th.htm Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:21:00 Central Daylight Time On Sunday, December 11, 2011, at 2:00 p.m., at Bennett Martin Public Library, 136 So. 14th Street, Lincoln, Neb., a panel of medical professionals from Lincoln will share their experience volunteering inmedical mission projects abroad,including Africa, Haiti, and Mexico. Learnaboutthe challenges and rewards of providing care... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/One_Book_One_Lincoln/Final_2011_One_Book_One_Lincoln_program_announced.htm Thu, 1 Dec 2011 17:09:00 Central Standard Time Our special programming is falling into place for this year's One Book - One Lincoln themes. Here's our first confirmed event: Ethiopian Cuisine Sunday, October 30th, 2011 - 2:00 p.m. Walt Branch Library 6701 S. 14th St. Experience the taste of Ethiopia! Roy Ruei of Lincoln's African Restaurant will share the flavors and culture of his home c... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/One_Book_One_Lincoln/First_of_the_One_Book_special_programs_is_announced.htm Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:25:00 Central Daylight Time Lincoln librarians Layne, Lisa and Scott joined Diane Gonzales for an episode of City Focus on 5 City TV, to discuss Cutting for Stone. That episode is now airing on various days/times on the local Time Warner Cable, but it is also available as a YouTube clip, viewable here on the One Book One Lincoln blog: ... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/One_Book_One_Lincoln/Cutting_for_Stone_discussed_on_City_Focus_episode.htm Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:23:00 Central Daylight Time Your first opportunity for a public discussion of this year's One Book - One Lincoln selection -- Cutting for Stone -- is tomorrow morning. From 10:30 to noon on Friday, on 9/9/11,the weekly Bethany Books Talk group will be focusing their attention on Abraham Verghese's compelling novel. Come join the discussion! Then return in subsequent we... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/One_Book_One_Lincoln/First_chance_to_discuss_Cutting_for_Stone.htm Thu, 8 Sep 2011 9:23:00 Central Daylight Time Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese. Thank you to all of the readers, book groups and other interested parties for your continuing support of One Book - One Lincoln! We are pleased to let you know which of the three finalists you, the readers of Lincoln, voted to be the selected title for this, our tenth year of this community reading project... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/One_Book_One_Lincoln/And_the_official_2011_selection_is.htm Tue, 6 Sep 2011 10:19:00 Central Daylight Time Today is July 21st, which means you've only got ten more days to cast your vote for the 2011 One Book - One Lincoln selection! You can find all the information about the three 2011 finalists, as well as the voting form, on this year's Finalists Page. Please share your opinions about this year's books and help us to select the book around which sp... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/One_Book_One_Lincoln/Only_ten_days_left_to_vote_on_the_2011_One_Book_One_Lincoln_selection.htm Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:17:00 Central Daylight Time One Book - One Lincoln fans -- You've still got today and tomorrow (Thursday and Friday) to submit your nominations for titles to be considered for the 2011 One Book - One Lincoln citywide reading program. Visit the online 2011 nomination form, or stop at your local library to fill out a paper nomination form. The list of nominated titles wil... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/One_Book_One_Lincoln/Final_two_days_to_nominate_for_2011_One_Book_One_Lincoln.htm Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:26:00 Central Standard Time Good afternoon to all the subscribers to the One Book - One Lincoln Blog! The nomination form for the 2011 One Book - One Lincoln went live on the Lincoln City Libraries site this morning. Visit the front page of the LCL web site and click on the link in the nomination blurb, or click this link to be taken directly to the nomination form. N... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/One_Book_One_Lincoln/Nominations_now_open_for_2011_One_Book_One_Lincoln.htm Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:14:00 Central Standard Time Just a reminder to those who are interested in participating in One Book One Lincoln programming -- the final public event of the 2010 One Book season is tonight: Native American Law After Standing Bear Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 7:00 p.m. Gere Branch Library 2400 S. 56th St. John Snowden, Professor Emeritus at the UNL Law College, will di... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/One_Book_One_Lincoln/Final_2010_One_Book_One_Lincoln_program_is_tonight.htm Tue, 30 Nov 2010 9:34:00 Central Standard Time Just a reminder to those who are interested in participating in One Book One Lincoln programming -- the final public event of the 2010 One Book season (barring late-scheduled programs) is this coming Tuesday evening: Native American Law After Standing Bear Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 7:00 p.m. Gere Branch Library 2400 S. 56th St. John Snowden... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/One_Book_One_Lincoln/Reminder_Final_One_Book_One_Lincoln_2010_Program.htm Tue, 23 Nov 2010 10:09:00 Central Standard Time One Book - One Lincoln fans -- Two newOne Book - One Lincoln events have been added to the One Book calendar. For those who are interested and available to attend, here's the information about the Native American Law Since Standing Bear: Tuesday, November 30th, 2010 - 7:00 p.m. Gere Branch Library 2400 S. 56th St.. John Snowden, P... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/One_Book_One_Lincoln/New_One_Book_Program_Native_American_Law_After_Standing_Bear.htm Thu, 4 Nov 2010 15:47:00 Central Daylight Time One Book fans -- Tonight is the last of the scheduled public book discussions for 2010for the One Book - One Lincoln selection, I Am a Man. If you are available and are interested in participating in a discussion of Joe Starita's book, you are encouraged to join fellow readers at: Barnes Noble Booksellers -- 5150 O St. --... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/One_Book_One_Lincoln/I_Am_a_Man_Book_Discussion_opportunity_tonight.htm Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:32:00 Central Daylight Time One Book - One Lincoln fans -- A new One Book - One Lincoln event has been added to the One Book calendar with very short notice. For those who are interested and available to attend, here's the information about the 2010 Native American Read-In: Tuesday, October 26th, 2010 - Noon to 1:00 p.m. Ponca Tribe of Nebraska - Lincoln Office 1701... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/One_Book_One_Lincoln/New_One_Book_program_Native_American_ReadIn_2010.htm Fri, 22 Oct 2010 9:57:00 Central Daylight Time A short information pamphlet is now available for One Book - One Lincoln participants -- stop in at any Lincoln City Libraries location to pick up one of these 6-page guides. Part of that pamphlet is also available to be printed from the One Book - One Lincoln web site -- our official discussion questions! So, if you're leading a discussion of Jo... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/One_Book_One_Lincoln/Discussion_Questions_now_available.htm Mon, 18 Oct 2010 9:50:00 Central Daylight Time Here are the opportunities you have to interact with One Book - One Lincoln in the next few days: On Saturday, October 9th, after visiting the Farmer's Market in the downtown Haymarket district, stop in at Indigo Bridge Books in the Creamery Building at701 P St. for a book discussion of I Am a Man, led by one of our library staff... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/One_Book_One_Lincoln/One_Book_One_Lincoln_activities_Oct_814.htm Fri, 8 Oct 2010 15:11:00 Central Daylight Time Here are a couple of more opportunities you have to interact with One Book - One Lincoln in the next few days: On Saturday, September 18th, stop by the Lincoln City Libraries booth at the Farmer's Market in the downtown Haymarket district, from the start of the market until 12:30. Library staff will be available to answer questions about I Am a Ma... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/One_Book_One_Lincoln/More_One_Book_activities_in_the_next_week.htm Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:45:00 Central Daylight Time Fresh on the heels of the announcement of I Am a Man as this year's One Book - One Lincoln title, here are your first opportunities to engage in public activities associated with Joe Starita's book. Ironically, they're opposite each other on the same day and time! The first Discussion Group opportunity will be the Gere BooksTalk session on Monday,... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/One_Book_One_Lincoln/One_Book_One_Lincoln_activities_Sep_1320.htm Mon, 13 Sep 2010 17:19:00 Central Daylight Time The winning title for the 2010 One Book - One Lincoln, as voted on by you, the readers, is... Joe Starita's I Am a Man, a historical narrative about Chief Standing Bear of the Ponca Indian tribe, and his historic journey to achieve justice for his people in the late 1800s. You can check out the 2010 One Book - One Lincoln site, with backgroun... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/One_Book_One_Lincoln/And_the_winner_is.htm Mon, 13 Sep 2010 0:14:00 Central Daylight Time It's less than two weeks until the announcement of which of the five finalists has been selected as the One Book One Lincoln title for 2010. Watch for the winning title to be revealed on September 13th, on the libraries' web site, the One Book One Lincoln e-mail list and blog, Facebook and through the local media. Which will it be...?... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/One_Book_One_Lincoln/One_Book_One_Lincoln_2010_announcement_coming_soon.htm Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:45:00 Central Daylight Time Voting for the 2010 One Book One Lincoln title has officially ended. However, for readers looking for even more good titles to track down, our One Book One Lincoln finalists page has now been updated to include the Top Twelve nominees for 2010. Check 'em out!... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/One_Book_One_Lincoln/Top_twelve_One_Book_Nominees_for_2010.htm Sun, 1 Aug 2010 11:40:00 Central Daylight Time The deadline for voting for your favorite for the 2010 One Book - One Lincoln is nearly up...you've got four more days to cast your vote for the titles you'd like to see us base special programming events and discussion groups around. Turn in your vote online or at your local library by the end of the day on July 31st. In the meantime, if you're l... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/One_Book_One_Lincoln/The_Days_Dwindle_Down.htm Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:05:00 Central Daylight Time We're at eleven days and counting until the announcement of the Five Finalists for the 2010 One Book - One Lincoln! Even though the libraries will be closed for the Memorial Day holiday on Monday, May 31st, you can still join in the One Book celebration by attending the public announcement at The Mill in the Haymarket (8th P), at... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/One_Book_One_Lincoln/Countdown_to_the_Announcement.htm Thu, 20 May 2010 17:29:00 Central Daylight Time We're only about two months away from the announcement of the five 2010 One Book One Lincoln finalists! The committee has narrowed the list to 40 titles, and the five finalists should be announced in June. While we're waiting, here's a question for all of you: Of the 40 past OBOL finalists (availableas a list on BookGuide), which has been yo... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/One_Book_One_Lincoln/What_has_been_your_favorite_One_Book_finalist_in_the_past.htm Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:45:00 Central Daylight Time One Book - One Lincoln fans... Don't forget to nominate your favorite titles for consideration forthe 2010 One Book - One Lincoln. Nominations are being taken on paper forms at all Lincoln City Libraries locations, or via our One Book - One Lincoln nomination form, below. Deadline for nominations is February 2nd, 2010! We've received quite... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/One_Book_One_Lincoln/Deadline_looming_for_2010_One_Book_One_Lincoln_nominations.htm Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:34:00 Central Standard Time