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ICON Is a Nebraska nonprofit corporation (501c3) and consortium of Nebraska librarians whose objectives are to:

Promote shared use of resources.
Provide educational and networking opportunities for those interested in health science information and resources.
Promote library use.
Provide a forum for open communication among members

Recent Announcements

Research Works Act: Take Action Now!
SPARC has forwarded a url for a petition to oppose H.R. 3699, The Research Works Act. AAHSL members interested in signing the petition or forwarding the url can go to:

http://tinyurl.com/7e5sleb
Posted Jan 17, 2012 9:34 AM by Icon Library

Special thanks to our presenters at last week's ICON meeting for the" Best in Show." It was fun hearing about what our cohorts are doing at their libraries, both challenges and successes! There was a question - after we talked about our budget balance - and the fact that ICON offers help for members to attend Continuing Education events.
Here is the clarification. Anyone may apply for this funding if they are an Individual Member, or the named representative of an Institutional Member.

Next meeting will be at McGoogan Library at the University of Nebraska Medical Center - Dec. 9, 2011 at 2:00 - Holiday event!

Posted Sep 13, 2011 11:32 AM by Icon Library

New website for Creighton HSL
The Creighton University Health Sciences Library has a new website! Although still a work in progress, it is live and functional. Check us out at:

http://www.creighton.edu/health/library/
Posted Aug 23, 2011 7:05 AM by Icon Library
Farewell for Siobhan Champ-Blackwell
Please come and help us say Good Bye to Siobhan as she takes on a new and exciting adventure on the East Coast.

When: August 29 @ 3pm
Where: CUHSL Thune Seminar Room

There will be refreshments too!
Posted Aug 23, 2011 7:05 AM by Icon Library

Upcoming Free Webinars for Fall 2011

For Webinar descriptions and links to registration, see Free Webinars, at: http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/CE/webinars.aspx.

WebJunction and the A.L.A. Learning Roundtable are offering a 2-day Online Conference on the 10th and 11th. There'll be eight Webinars during those 2 days:

-Born to Forget: How to Survive and Thrive in the Age of Information Overload

-Happiness Through Personal Learning

-Lights! Camera! Action! Using Video for Patron and Staff Instruction

-Getting Admin Buy-In for Training

-Instructional Literacy and the Library Educator: Reflective Habits

for Effective Practice

-Tech Training Skills for 21st Century Library Staff

-Beyond 23 Things: Enhanced Self-Paced Training

-Cultivating the Library as a Site of Participatory Culture and Learning

The Trustee Academy courses have been held over by popular demand. Your neighboring library's board has discovered these learning opportunities. Has your library board checked them out?

-Trustee Basics, Part I

-Trustee Basics, Part II

-Working Effectively with the Library Director

-The Library's Budget

-Advocating for Your Library

Want to brush up your communications skills?

-Ten Tips for Writing Well with Dixie Darr

-Worse Than Death? Practical Tips on Public Speaking for Library Personnel

-Twitter 101

-Introduction to Web Accessibility: Section 508 Compliance

Interested in developments in cataloging?

-Aiming for a Robust Metadata Infrastructure for the Future

-What's Happening with Genre Headings?

How about those management skills?

-Turning Stress into Power

-The Focused Leader

-Using Technology for Time Management

-Harnessing the Power of Total Confidence

-Grantseeking Basics

-Microsoft Donation Program: How Does It Work?

The announcements of Fall books are starting:

-Math, Science & More

-SLJ Fall Nonfiction Announcements

-Mixing In Math: Enhancing story times, crafts, displays, and family

-YA Announcements: Fall 2011

And here's some programs on programs:

-Cuddle Up & Read: Storytimes for Pregnant and Parenting Teens

-DIY Digital Assets: Creation, Implementation, Access

programs with math

Reference help:

-Birds Do It, Bees Do It: Sexual Health Resources

-Anatomy Resources

-Google+

And always a few programs that defy categorization:

-Trends in Library Training and Learning: Developing Staff Skills for

the 21st Century

-Tech Talk with Michael Sauers

Posted Aug 2, 2011 10:03 AM by Icon Library

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