Engagement Type:
Knowledge and Resource Sharing
Activity Type:
Workshop
Start Semester: Fall
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2016-17
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Fall
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2016-17
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
83
Topics:
Literacy, History
Description :
Author of Part of Our Lives: A People's History of the American Public Library, Wayne Wiegand, visited Omaha on September 23, 2015, and presented the findings from his book at the University of Nebraska Omaha Community Engagement Center. Dr. Johannigsmeier (UNO English professor) and OPL co-sponsored an author event to present Dr. Wayne Wiegand during his "A Part of Our Lives: A People's History of the American Public Library" book tour. Dr. Weigand is known as the "Dean of American Public Libraries".