CE: Be sure to call us at 800-772-2023 or email conted@neilsa.org to sign up soon.
There will not be a separate flyer.
TOWN MEETING Sept 11 - Waterloo Art Center
Check http://www.neilsa.org/classes/current.html for online registration.
OTHER CE: You must register with the listed provider.
"Library 101" slated again for September 26th.
You must register with the listed provider.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
AEA 1 (Keystone) van service will start up 8/16.
PLEASE do not send anything to the LSA prior to 8/12/2 First delivery 8/16/2
Link to some Model Policies - e.g. selection -
http://neilsa.org/consulting/XYZ/xyzlist.html
Telling our Story:
Library Stuff - http://www.librarystuff.net
This is a very fine weblog.
- "It's difficult to poke holes in the logic presented
by the Friends of the Pace
Library that the growing community needs a library. It would give the
community a gathering place other than the Chamber of Commerce,
churches or the high school."
"Here are just a few of the selling points:"
"Constructing a library can only improve the county's
first-rate school system. Students would use the
building and its resources on weekends and during vacations.
If they aren't doing school work, they likely would explore
the worlds of Tom Sawyer, help Ernest Hemingway reel in
a big one or taste green eggs and ham. History demands that
this generation help children become better scholars and citizens."
"A recent late-morning visit to the Milton Branch of the
West Florida Regional Library showed further proof that
Pace needs a library. Teens, baby boomers and seniors
were reading periodicals, surfing the World Wide Web
and checking out videos. It bridged the gap in age
difference among people with the same goal: the thirst
for knowledge or entertainment."
(from
News Journal at
/news/072602/Local/ST008.shtml)
LS Thoughts - If your town doesn't have a library,
and there is a need for one, take a look at this article
for a way to convince the rest of your community.
(7/26/2002 11:04:00 AM)
- "Get ready, kids. The World Almanac For Kids
-- the best-selling almanac designed just for kids --
is out with an all-new edition that is bigger and better
than ever. The World Almanac For Kids 2003, which
hits the bookstore shelves on July 19, 2002 ($11.95),
is completely revamped with up-to-the minute updates
and additions on every page, fun new sections and
fascinating new features, an even livelier page design
that is bursting with color, and more cool stuff that kids
and parents alike will want to know. The World Almanac
For Kids 2003 helps young readers understand the world
with language, ideas, illustrations, facts,
and stats written just for them."
"Hailed by reviewers, teachers, librarians, and students
alike as the world's best information source for kids,
The World Almanac For Kids 2003 is designed especially
for children ages 8-14. It is packed with detailed information
and kid-friendly illustrations on hundreds of subjects."
(from Hoovers) (7/30/2002 1:40:00 PM)
http://hoovnews.hoovers.com
/fp.asp?layout=displaynews&doc_id=NR200207291680.2_31320035a8525eb8
YOU WROTE: snippets from your e-mails:
Q: (Forward from IowaLib) We are considered whether
we need to draft a policy dealing with staff personal
use of computers for email and Internet. If anyone already
has such policies, I would appreciate seeing them.
If anyone has comments on this issue, I would also be very
interested in your thoughts and opinions.
A: It is something I (Ken) deal with in the Personnel
Handbook discussions but only in the sense that:
Like being able to speak English all staff, except slugs,
should be actively involved in the use of the Internet/e-mail
and the best way is by using it. Staff who can not fit their
personal use into their schedule without negatively
effecting their work should find other employment.
Comment (as apposed to the Answer??): OPINION
- If you are in a public library and you do not use the
Internet and e-mail with the same ease you use a
card catalog, dictionary, or encyclopedia you are
failing both yourself and your employers - the taxpayers.
Second comment: Not everything can be dealt with by
policy, some things such as Materials Selection often
require detailed policy & procedures because of their
potential for abuse, some like Internet require specific
wording because of legal requirements, but some things
such as weeding, shelving, dress codes, coffee
breaks/scheduling need a lot of built in flexibility and
director/administrator common sense.
FEEDBACK:
Survey: NOTE - There will be a question in
every Friday Notes. You may respond to the question or not.
If you respond please send replies to Ken at
This weeks Feedback Request: Does you library
board have individual "notebooks" that meet the
requirements of the Code of Ethics
- "Board Self Evaluation" p16 # 6 Trustees Handbook?
If you respond please send replies to Ken at or use the
"comments" link at the bottom of the blog
Last week’s Feedback.: No question.
CHANGES:
Robey Memorial Library in Waukon,
Iowa has changed a new e-mail address.
Please update your Iowa Library Directory.
Old e-mail: Robeylib@salamander.com
New e-mail: Robeylib@sbtek.net
Please contact Callie Irons if you have any questions.
Consortia e-rate:
Good sample CIPA enabled Internet policy –
http://www.nypl.org/admin/pro/pubuse.htmlFrom Emily in SEILSA
END PLATE:
CONGRESSIONAL RECESS-WHAT'S THE MESSAGE?
>
>The House of Representatives adjourned on July 26 - the Senate plans to
>follow on August 5. As we do every year, we would like to stress to you
>the importance of communicating with your Representatives and Senators
>while they are in their districts. This is an election year, so there
>will be many more opportunities for you to visit with them on issues of
>great importance to libraries and their users. A face-to-face meeting,
>even though only lasting a short time, has a great impact. Follow up
>those meetings by faxing letters to the local district office.
>
>LSTA REAUTHORIZATION-The Museum and Library Services Act, H.R. 3784, which
>includes reauthorization of library programs, has been introduced in the
>House, passed by subcommittee and full committee, and is now waiting for
>the entire House to vote on the bill. Since the end of the fiscal year is
>October 1, there is strong reason why the bill needs to be voted on
>quickly in the House.
>
>MESSAGE: Please ask your Representative to request that House leadership
>schedule a vote on the bill as soon as possible. There are 94 sponsors on
>this bill.
>
>The Museum and Library Services Act in the Senate, S. 2611, is waiting for
>full Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
>action. Senator Edward Kennedy is Chair of that committee.>
>MESSAGE: Please ask your Senator to ask Senator Kennedy to schedule a
>committee vote on the bill as soon as possible.
>
>The "TEACH" Act (S. 487 Technology Education and Copyright Harmonization
>Act)-The bill updates the Copyright Act to provide for distance education
>in the information age. This bill was passed by the Senate and has now
>been voted on by the House full Committee and reported out. It too needs
>to be put on the schedule for a full House vote. MESSAGE: Please ask
>your Representative to request that House leadership schedule a vote on
>the bill as soon as possible. (See details on the bill at
>www.ala.org/washoff/disted.html)
>
>APPROPRIATIONS-An ALAWON dated July 25 alerted you that the Senate Labor
>HHS Education Appropriations Committee had voted on its appropriations
>bill (see www.ala.org/washoff/alawon/alwn1160.html) and many
>appropriations bills are being voted on in the full Senate this week and
>perhaps next week. When the House returns in September, the House Labor
>HHS Education Appropriations Subcommittee may schedule its mark up as
>early as September 5.
>MESSAGE: Please stress the importance of funding for library programs and
>the new Literacy Through School Libraries program. The Senate bill would
>fund library and museum programs in IMLS at $214 million, while the
>Literacy Through School Libraries program would be funded at $25
>million. The National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
>would receive $1 million in the Senate bill. (Note: Both of the
>authorizing bills listed above would authorize library programs at higher
>levels than the Senate numbers).
>
>******
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>Library Association Washington Office. All materials subject to copyright
>by the American Library Association may be reprinted or redistributed for
>noncommercial purposes with appropriate credits.
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