Jottings News

March 9, 2023

Jottings – January 2023

Remodeling Improvements. Sandy Sonderup is pictured with new track lighting and an exhibit case behind her. The workstation now has a computer and an ergonomic office chair. There is also a standing table available for laying out projects, and the top of the front cabinet is open for displaying items.
February 8, 2021

Jottings – January 2021

Master Of Arts Practicum + DAAL’s Primary Materials + The Internet = Online Exhibit. Researchers and scholars are always on the hunt for primary materials—original documents that contain first-hand information about a topic. This is exactly the type of information available at the DAAL…
September 22, 2020

Jottings – September 2020

On Friday, July 9, 2010, the staff and volunteers at the DAAL received the stunning news that we had exactly two and a half days to pack up all materials, books, equipment and furniture and get everything out of the Dana College library or risk having it locked in when the campus permanently closed. We had no choice but to roll up our sleeves and get to work.
January 6, 2020

Jottings – January 2020

On October 1 and 2, 2019, board members from three major Danish American institutions toured each others’ facilities, and afterwards met to discuss how they could work together in the future to benefit all three institutions. The event was facilitated by the Danish American Heritage Society (DAHS).
September 8, 2019

Jottings – September 2019

The DAAL’s popular Danish Children Growing Up American traveling exhibit returns to the Dr. C.C. and Mabel Criss Library at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) September 23 to November 1, 2019. “We are thrilled to again be working with the staff of Criss Library where it all began,” says DAAL Executive Director Jill Hennick.