Friday Notes 2.
An on-line resource for NEILSA Libraries
CE:
Confluence:
One & two hour workshops at Fall & Spring county meetings,
item specific workshops, and 2 roundtables/year.
YOUTH SERVICES WORKSHOPS:
Opportunity to discuss new & old ideas in youth services.
Agenda items include Summer Library Program 2002,
Programming for special events, Computer Usage, Young
Adult Collections, Working with homeschoolers.
Aug 26, Strawberry Point
Aug 27, New Hampton
Aug 28, Aplington
Registration at 8:30 Workshops start at 9:00
3 ce’s no fee
TOWN MEETING Sept 11 - Waterloo Art Center
Description: Annual town meetings provide opportunities to
learn about major issues affecting libraries, gain ideas for
improving programs and services and get to know State Library
and Library Service Area staff better. The flyer and
registration form provide details about the program. This year's
program includes:
2002: The State of Iowa Libraries
Telling Our Story: Now More than Ever
Certification, Continuing Education and You
Making the Most of Measure 13
Telling the Library Story: the Written Word
FOR: Library directors and staff
Date: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
4 hrs CE
Place: Waterloo Art Center, Waterloo
Fee: $20.00 Registration: Register online or print out the flyer
and registration form and mail it to NEILSA.
Contact: Eunice Riesberg, riesberg@neilsa.org
Ken Davenport,
OTHER CE: You must register with the listed provider.
Check:
http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for_ia_libraries/continuing_ed/index.html
Winnabago Users Group Workshop:
The date of the workshop is Tuesday, October 1 from
9:30-3:00 p.m. at Fayette. The cost is $50.00 per
person. Lunch will be on your own. You can bring a sack
lunch or Linda said they have a new restaurant in town
also. For registration form contact Decorah PL. Make the
check out to Decorah Public Library.
The registration Form will also have enough room for
questions for submission so trainer has an idea of what
you want to know. The main objectives will be web
connect and questions you provide. I have faith it will be
very valuable. I've gone to Doris workshops and have
always found them helpful and informative. Thanks you!
Lorraine Borowski, Director
Decorah Public Library
Public Library Management I & II
Self-Directed Learning Opportunities:
"Library 101" is an orientation for brand new public library
directors. It's sponsored by the Iowa Library Service Areas four
times each year, typically in March, June, September, and
December.
This is a 3-hour program, touching on topics such as library
board governance, budgeting, policy development, collection
development, etc. "Library 101" is meant to serve as an
introduction to Iowa public library issues until such time as
new directors can enroll in the Public Library Management
courses. While it's intended for public library directors,
support staff and personnel from other types of libraries are
always welcome.
Who Should Attend: Directors new to their positions;
interested staff, and trustees who want to know more about
what is involved in running the library.
Date: Thursday, September 26, 2002 9:00 AM –
12:00 Noon Contact Hours: 3
Place: ICN sites Waverly, if you would like a site to be opened please contact Ken immediately.
Instructors: Bonnie McKewon and Christine
Rutherford, NWILS
Fee: No charge Registration: Please register with
NEILSA. Once you've registered, you'll receive a packet of
handouts and the workshop checklist.
Sponsor: Iowa Library Service Areas
Contact: Please contact your LSA six
weeks in advance if you are interested in registering for this
broadcast.
Advance notice will affect the selection of ICN sites.
Iowa Library Association Annual Conference
Details to be available at
http://www.iowalibraryassociation.org/
FOR: Library trustees, directors and staff
Date: Wednesday, October 9 through Friday, October
11, 2002- Des Moines Contact:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
GATES FOUNDATION GRANTS: If you ever are going to
"do automation" the time to do it is when you can get the
"content server" from Gates. PLEASE note there are ways to
write this request so PLEASE call me about.
MEDIACOM: Is offering free Internet Connection to libraries,
if they are in your community check it out.
xx - below in "You Wrote"
All reports and agreements for Enrich Iowa and Library
Infrastructure are due August 23. (received no later than
9/3/02)
The complete current status list is online at
http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for_ia_libraries/enrich_ia/index.html
(see Status of reports and agreements for FY 2003 (public
libraries))
All reports and agreements are at
http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for_ia_libraries/index.html
Please contact the State Library or your LSA if you have
questions.
Link:** Browser Security Issues A Go-Go
Internet Explorer has a bad security hole; learn more about
it at http://news.com.com/2100-1001-949551.html . There
doesn't seem to be a patch available for it yet. In the
meantime, Opera has released version 6.05 of its browser,
which fixes an OpenSSL security issue. Read about this new
version and download it from
http://www.opera.com/windows/changelog/log605.html .
You have reached the end of the web... RIIIIIIIGHT!!!
** Google Bigger
According to Google's front page, the Google index now
searches 2,469,940,685 pages. In June 2000, I freaked out over
the fact that Google was indexing a billion URLs
(
html#googlegoes)
and I find it awfully hard to wrap my mind around almost 2.5
billion pages. Especially thinking about the fact that even Google, with this many pages, is only searching a fraction of
the Web.
Kens Comment: AND people are worried about a few
thousand "dirty" pages...
Via: ResearchBuzz #195 -- August 15, 2002
http://www.researchbuzz.com/ .
LS [
POEM
- "Glasgow's Poet Laureate Edwin Morgan has written a poem
to mark the opening of the International Federation of Library
Associations and Institutions (IFLA) conference in Glasgow on
Monday 19th August."
"Edwin Morgan will be giving the first public reading of the
poem, The Welcome, at the conference's opening ceremony on
the evening of August 18th. The verse is a tribute to the
knowledge contained in libraries and to their continuing
relevance in the age of digital information and cyberspace."
"The event is the 68th IFLA conference, and over 4000
librarians from across the world are expected to attend. This year is also the 75th anniversary of IFLA since its foundation
in Edinburgh in 1927."
"Discussing the poem Edwin Morgan said, "Libraries are still a
vital source of knowledge and information, even in the age of
the Internet. With this poem I wanted to reflect on the changes
taking place in the way we get and access information as we
move into a digital age, whilst still asserting the relevance,
power and endurance of books and the printed word. I hope it
is at one and the same time an entertaining, popular and erudite
work." (from The British Library via Web 4 Lib)
LS Thoughts - The poem is beautiful. I printed it out and
posted it on my board for all to see when they walk in my
office. (8/21/2002 10:28:00 AM)
To read it go to Library Stuff (LS) [http://www.librarystuff.net]
and click the link.
In the EYE-OPENER from NWILSA:
Good Grief! This time in Eye-Opener: Nothing - Bonnie is on
vacation.
CONSORTIA:
1) As the end of the first Quarter approaches, SLD still has not
approved the Consortia app - so you will continue to get full
bills for the time.
2) Please note for the Gates people and for the SLD
applications for next funding year you need to complete the
"special" Friday Notes" questionnaire that went out last week.
If I know what you are thinking about doing I can better
communicate that to both the Gates Foundation & to SLD.
E.g. If you have poor access Gates will go to work on that
problem sooner & I will be better able to guess if you may
need to have e-rate for additional lines and installation. What
we don’t know about we can not begin to help you with.
YOU WROTE: snippets from your e-mails:
> Ken you said that MediaCom could be had free in last weeks
Friday Notes. We were told otherwise by MediaCom.
THE LAST WORD ON MediaCom:
Cable's High Speed Education Connection is an industry-wide
initiative to provide consenting public libraries and K-12
schools, passed by cable, with free broadband access where
high-speed cable modem service is available.
Utilizing cable's high-capacity networks and digital technology, educators and students can explore the rich
electronic resources and services that are changing the way we
teach and learn.
For more information or to find out if high speed cable modem
service from Mediacom is available in your area, contact Debora Blume at Mediacom.
Her email is: dblume@mediacomcc.com.
Kens Comment: My understanding is that libraries in a MediaCom served area may get/hook up - up to four
computers to a MediaCom cable modem at NO charge, If
you wish to hook up additional computers there is a charge
for every thing over the first four.
Please note that Mediacom does not do the networking of the
computers. MediaCom will hook to one computer, however,
their technicians are not trained to do networking. You will
need to do that yourselves, hire someone to network the
additional computers to the modem or get the Gates people to
help you out with it.
MediaCom is an e-rate eligible vendor check for S.P.I.N. on
the SLD web site under "MediaCom%".
Ken (:-{}}}
FEEDBACK:
Survey Question: Do you like the format?
Last week seemed to be better so
OK, How is this week?
CHANGES: Updates – Addresses & such -
Parkersburg [Kothe Memorial Library] new hours starting
after Labor Day are as follows
Monday 10-8
Tuesday 10-530
Wednesday 10-8
Thursday 10-530
Friday 10-530
Saturday 10-1
(Missing) Link: "We [ are here to
help you identify 'that' track you just can't get out of your head.
If you only know the chorus or one lyric from a particular track
search using get lyrical for a list of possible song titles and artist matches."
(via Black Stump)
LS [ Thoughts - It also makes a great bookmark for ready-reference. There are no pop-up ads here and it is easy to use.
Search by lyric, song title, or artist.
KD Comment: Sorry I forgot the link on this one or I used
angle brackets [<>] anyway it was missing.
END PLATE: Long Announcements, Supporting
Documents, & other "stuff"
TELLING OUR STORY:
From The Personals (From a Detroit newspaper) Truly!!
The following personal ad was submitted to the Town Gazette
newspaper in my town:
"SINGLE WHITE FEMALE... Seeks male companionship,
ethnicity unimportant. I'm a svelte good looking girl who
LOVES to play. I love long walks in the woods, riding in your
pickup truck, hunting, camping, fishing trips, and cozy winter
nights lying by the fire. Candlelight dinners will have me
eating out of your hand. Rub me the right way and watch me
respond. I'll be at the front door when you get home from
work, wearing only what nature gave me. Kiss me and I'm
yours. Call xxx-xxxx and ask for Daisy."
Callers who responded to this advertisement found themselves
talking to the local Humane Society about an eight-week-old
white mixed-breed puppy.
The rules for the Internet Detox Center are as followed.
-All words written must be in full form. (No shorthand)
-Group Therapy is not to be mistaken as a chat room.
-The words LOL, Bling, A/S/L, and Pic, Are forbidden.
-When a person stalls, its not to be considered as "Lagging."
-The shakes that come in forms of an "Air Keyboard" are to be treated
ASAP.
-Going to sleep is not to be mistaken as signing off.
-One on One therapy is not to be mistaken as an "Instant Message,"
"Personnel Massage," "Paging," Or "Lofting."
-All records must be file on paper using black ink. (No computers allowed - period.)
-No "nicknames" allowed because of the "screen name" factor.
-When your treatment is over and you leave you are NOT considered to
have been "Booted."
Copyright "Joke A Day" <jokeaday-list@lyris.jokeaday.com>;
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Basically my opinions are my own, shared by no one else (sometimes),
and are not the opinions of my agency, my board, my co-workers, my
parents, siblings, relatives, my dogs or most any other know life form.
Except, of course, those very bright concerned, sensitive, perceptive &,
in general, well educated, widely read and cultured individuals who wish
to share this peculiar road to ruin, as well as a couple of down & out
drugged out beatniks from the good old days. OK?
Edited by:
Ken Davenport - NEILSA Consultant
davenport@neilsa.org
COPYLEFT NOTICE 2002:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS PUBLICATION IS FREE.
It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down
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© COPYRIGHT
Please note material found on the web should be assumed to be under
copyright and is presented here for purposes of education and research only.
If credited [via ???] or [from so & so] it is their material and
not covered by my "Copyleft" notice. Ken
5:36:48 PM 
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