Friday Notes 2.
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CE- What is coming up in NEILSA CE:
Notice: Confluence will replace the during the year NEILSA ce offerings.
Except, one & two hour workshops at Fall & Spring county meetings , when requested, and 2 roundtables/year.
OTHER CE: You must register with the listed provider.
Check: http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for_ia_libraries/continuing_ed/index.html
August 21 NCIRLS Snap, Crackle, Pop, in Charles City
Public Library Management I & II http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/Certification/cecat.htm#September
Self-Directed Learning Opportunities: http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/Certification/alternate.htm
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
We regularly have large boxes of very nice paperbacks to give away. We do give them away through our paperback exchange but would give them to other libraries too if someone wanted to stop by and take them. If no library has a need, we will begin to advertise a paperback giveaway each week.
Patricia Coffie
Waverly Public Library
1500 West Bremer Ave.
Waverly, Iowa 50677
ph. 319-352-1223
fax 319-352-0872
pcoffie@waverly.lib.ia.us
GENERATIONS ONLINE
Generations on Line is a nonprofit program that introduces the Internet to Seniors where they live and congregate. Using familiar images and large type instructions, the program guides elders who have no computer experience through basic email, a multilingual search, links to others sites and more. Generations on Line provides simplified Internet software, support materials, and service to retirement communities, long-term care and assisted living facilities, private and subsidized housing, senior centers, and public libraries nationwide. For more information visit www.generationsonline.com or send inquiries to lisavan@generationsonline.com
In the EYE-OPENER from NWILSA:
Good morning. This time in EYE-OPENER:
1) E-Rate Opportunities for Year 6 [How it is done in NW – Ken]
2) August is National Inventors' Month
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1) E-Rate Opportunities for Year 6: Chris just posted this message to all Northwest libraries concerning E-rate filing. To be sure that boards understand the E-rate opportunities available through Northwest LSA, here's the content of Chris' message. For those boards that have not yet participated in E-rate, read on to learn about a great chance to receive discounts on your library's phone and Internet service: "...It hardly seems possible, but we can now start applying for E-Rate phone and Internet discounts for Year 6 (July 2003-June 2004) We've usually begun the process on behalf of Northwest libraries in the early fall. But starting now will allow more time for filing.
For those libraries that have been through this routine before, simply pull out your Year 5 Form 470 and check it over. Have you added, subtracted or changed phone lines or Internet connections? Please let us know. Would you like to make changes in service between July 2003 and June 2004? Please let us know. (Reminder: if you make changes before July 2003, it will probably adversely affect your current discounts.)..."
Once you've checked over your 470 from last year, whether there are any changes or not, we're asking that you email Chris with a note, telling us we have your permission to go ahead with filing on your behalf for year 6. We want your official "OKEE DOKEE" before we proceed. Email Chris Rutherford at cruther@nwrl.lib.ia.us
Would you like to be a "newbie" to the program and participate in year 6? Again, let Chris know and she'll send you a sign up packet.
2) August is National Inventors' Month: Even though we've just turned the page to July, this tip about a promotional event in August might be fun to look into. August is National Inventors' Month and if you're looking for display ideas, you can receive FREE display materials from Inventors' Digest. The United Inventors Association, the Academy of Applied Science, and Inventors' Digest magazine have teamed up for the 5th consecutive year to offer free promotional materials to public and school libraries across the country. Last year, 3,000 libraries set up great displays, many of which were targeted to inventions developed in their own cities and states. To learn more--and to order a free display for your library--log onto http://www.inventorsdigest.com, click on National Inventors' Month August, and simply fill in the blanks.
NewsLine - SWILSA newsletter
The July/August issue of the NewsLine is now available on the website:
http://www.swilsa.lib.ia.us/NEWSLINE/newsline702.html
July / August 2002 - Contents
Vision: Give Them Wings
Trustees: Telling the Library's Story
E-mail changes at SWILSA
Trustees: Vision
Web Collect
EBSCO--new databases!
Calendar, including workshops
YOU WROTE: snippets from your e-mails:
FEEDBACK:
COMMENT: One of the important things you can do is to write our Senators & Representatives and tell them how you feel about issues that affect libraries. LSTA is one such issue, letters do not have to be anything more than a note. Friendly please.
Please NOTE: According to Jack Reed's staff the Senate Appropriations subcommittee will markup the bill (LSTA) on July 17, according to the Committee on Educational Funding (usually very authoritative) the mark up is July 16....either way, we need quick action
Library Services and Technology Act re-authorization bill. It would be very helpful if you could contact Senator Harkin's office (tom_harkin@harkin.senate.gov) (please note that there is an underscore between tom and harkin in the e-mail address) about re-authorization of the Library Services and Technology Act. Please copy Adrienne Hallet, his aide, on your e-mails. Her address is ADRIENNE_HALLETT@appro.senate.gov - and again, please note the underscore between Adrienne and Hallett.
Senator Harkin is the chair of the Senate Labor HHS Appropriations Subcommittee which will consider the LSTA bill. He is very supportive of the library community. It is important, nonetheless, that he hear from us that we need LSTA re-authorized at least at the $350 million level.
The Library Services and Technology Act provides the federal money that the State Library receives - which this year makes up more than half of our operating budget. We use this money in many ways. We use it to provide partnership grants and building consultant grants to the Iowa library community. We use it for the salaries of staff who provide consulting services to Iowa libraries (in youth services, continuing education, e-rate, networking, and more) and who manage our statewide programs, including statistics, accreditation and certification. We use it to print and mail many of our publications for Iowa libraries. We use it in the management of the SILO interlibrary loan and electronic resources program. And last but not least, we are using it to help provide the Ebscohost databases for Iowans.
In short, the State Library of Iowa could not provide statewide library services without LSTA money. The $350 million appropriation level would provide additional dollars for Iowa, which could be used in many ways: among them to provide additional databases for Iowans, to further promote early childhood literacy, to further develop our new Center for the Book, to more thoroughly address digital preservation issues, to help reach our goal of high-speed Internet access for all Iowa libraries - and more! The LSTA funds clearly benefit Iowans by enhancing statewide access to information for all Iowans.
The core message is the request to re-authorize LSTA at the $350 million level. Senator Harkin needs to be contacted this week - his committee is expected to act next week. I'm sure that Senator Harkin would find it very helpful to hear from Iowans regarding this issue. I appreciate your support.
If you would like additional information regarding our use of LSTA dollars in Iowa, please let me know. Our evaluation of our use of LSTA funds from 98-02 is available on our web site at
http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for_ia_libraries/LSTA/5-yearEval.pdf
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CHANGES: Updates – Addresses & such -
List of Contract cities available, if you need it call Ken and I’ll fax it - 6 pages
END PLATE:
CIPA study -- place to vent where it might do some good.
Deadline August 27, 2002
The Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) directed the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) conduct a study of the effectiveness of Internet filtering and Acceptable Use Policies in educational institutions. That portion of the law was not challenged in the lawsuit, and the NTIA launched the study at the end of May. Anyone may submit comments for this study. Comments should be submitted to: cipa-study@ntia.doc.gov.
The URL for more information is: sschagrin@ntia.doc.gov.
The official NTIA CIPA-Study URL is: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/frnotices/2002/cipa_52202.htm
Although the NTIA has asked a series of specific questions, they are equally interested in your experiences with filtering, Acceptable Use Policies, and media literacy/Internet safety education. Submit Comments to NTIA on:
Your library's experiences with filtering, including: effectiveness, ability to disable/evade filters, scope of filtering, overblocking and underblocking, management of blocking errors,
User expectations around Internet filtering,
Description and analysis of educational programs,
Description and analysis of Acceptable Use Policies,
Effective or innovate Internet access management, or
Useful anecdotes which illustrate your experiences.
PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE NTIA, with a copy to ALA at
ntia-study@alawash.org
TALKING POINTS:
SUPPORT THE LIBRARY SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY ACT (LSTA)
PART OF THE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES ACT OF 2002
The LSTA is the only federal program exclusively for libraries, administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The law's definition of library includes institutions of all types and sizes, such as public, academic, research, school, and state libraries – even a digital library like one in Illinois. Libraries are found in cities, suburbs and rural areas large and small; they serve people from all walks of life, from "infancy to old age." The law includes grants for Native American and Native Hawaiian library services, as well as National Leadership grants aimed at education and training; research and demonstration projects; preservation of library materials; and model projects between libraries and museums.
Reasons Why The Library Community Is Asking for an Increase in Authorization Level:
· The year before the law was passed, 1995, there were 15,273 public libraries. In 1996, the new LSTA law changed the definition of library to include not just public but school and academic libraries. So now, 129,561 libraries of all kinds hope to use this funding. While funding for library programs has remained relatively static for the last decade, a case can certainly be made that the numbers of libraries and populations to be served have increased greatly.
· The reauthorization of LSTA in the Museum and Library Services Act of 2002, H.R. 3784, would increase the authorization level to $300 million. The Senate bill. S. 2611 has been introduced and currently has 17 bi-partisan sponsors. The Senate bill would increase the authorization level to $350 million.
· The reason for the request for increased funds is to begin to meet the needs of a larger number of libraries and library users. The funding formula was established in 1970, and the House bill would increase the base of $340 thousand to a higher level of $500 thousand, if the total amount of funding reaches $300 million. So a higher overall amount would also have the affect of increasing the base amount for smaller states. The Senate bill would adjust the base amount in the same way but at a level of $680,000 to correspond to an overall amount of $350 million.
What are Some Accomplishments from the Federal LSTA Program:
· Thanks to the LSTA and other important programs, libraries play a central service role in providing crucial services to the communities they serve. As a result, today’s 21st century library is not just a provider of books; instead, the typical American library coordinates a complete and comprehensive approach to community development and services. In many states, the state library network provides enriched content databases for information access to all in the state. For example, here are just a few of the community services libraries provide:
· Reading and Family Literacy. From Texas’s McKinney Can Read Program to Rhode Island’s Help With Homework program, libraries are at the forefront of reading, and family literacy programs throughout the nation. Many States coordinate "Born to Read" programs that provide books to parents of infants.
· Helping the Disabled. Libraries are a crucial link to the world for people with disabilities, providing them with specialized materials and resources that are unobtainable in nearly any other single location. In Maine, libraries have developed a talking book project for the sight impaired; many libraries provide special training and computers for people with disabilities.
· Serving America’s seniors. For older library users, libraries provide a place to interact with others, surf the net, and receive services. In states like Nebraska, libraries have developed a specialized Internet access program for Veterans.
· Underserved populations. For those persons of limited financial resources or who live in remote areas, libraries provide access to books and reference materials, computers and the internet, and community-based social services that are often available no where else. In Alaska, libraries provide online health journals to residents of the Alaskan bush; in New Mexico, libraries are instituting a special rural services program to reach those in hard to serve, out of the way locations throughout the state; California is instituting a new "Information to the People" program to extend the reach of libraries to people from all walks of life.
· Encouraging Business Development and Job Training. Libraries serve as important links to the business community, assisting with job creation and training programs, as well as assisting with business development initiatives, such as Brooklyn’s Partnership helping adults start a family day care business. For many small businesses the library provides research resources and staff they could not otherwise afford.
BACKGROUND
· The Federal government has provided direct aid for public libraries from the initial adoption of the original Library Services Act and then the Library Services and Construction Act, the forerunner to the LSTA, since 1956. The LSTA is the only Federal program solely devoted to aiding libraries and provides assistance for public and research libraries, public school, college/university, and (at state discretion) private and special libraries meeting certain conditions.
· The Federal role through the LSTA provides incentive funding for activities that libraries have difficulty initiating independently, which involve coordinated interstate efforts, or which benefit from a national policy initiative.
· The LSTA is very flexible, and built around the idea of local control and support for library services. Federal aid for libraries is concentrated on two key national goals: outreach to those for whom library service requires extra effort or special materials, (such as individuals with disabilities); and, mechanisms to identify, preserve, and share library and information resources across institutional or governmental boundaries through technology.
· One of the few sources of funding for innovation available to libraries is federal funding through the LSTA. The legislation includes a requirement for a state match, which helps federal dollars stimulate approximately $3 to $4 for every Federal dollar of investment.
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