Friday Notes 2.
An on-line resource for NEILSA Libraries
CE:
Confluence: October 24 & 25 Co-sponsored by Oelwein
Public Library & NEILSA
Held in the Oelwein Community Center
Thursday - October 24 8:00 Registration
8:30 Session
Noon Lunch
1:30 Session
5:00 Session ends
Friday - Oct 24 8:00 Registration
8:30 Session
11:30 Lunch
1:00 - 2:40 Session
3:00 Session
4:40 Session ends
One & two hour workshops at Fall & Spring county meetings,
item specific workshops, and 2 roundtables/year.
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,
Do NOT tell!!
Jim Sixta
Retirement Reception
A last chance to say
"Till we meet again".
IMMEDIATELY after
the TOWN MEETING
in Town Hall at the
Art Center where we
meet for the morning
session of Town Meeting .
Sept. 11, 2002
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
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:
Please find attached {xEnd Plate} the registration form for the SWUG Workshop
on Tuesday, Oct. 1. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to call. I'm looking
forward to the event and seeing all you smiling faces.
Lorraine Borowski, Director
Decorah Public Library
202 Winnebago St.
Decorah, IA 52101
563-382-3717
lborowsk@decorah.lib.ia.us
Public Library Management I & II
Self-Directed Learning Opportunities:
For those of you within driving distance of the Des Moines
area, the Public Library of Des Moines has openings in their EBSCOhost training sessions.
The sessions are Wednesday, September 25 from 10:00-12:00
and 1:00-3:00; and Thursday, September 26 from 10:00-12:00
and 1:00-3:00. There are 3-4 openings in each of the 4 sessions.
The sessions will be taught by Matt Andros, EBSCO trainer.
Anyone who might like to attend one of these sessions can
schedule through Sara Wisdom, at 515-283-4137. Sara can give
you instructions to the training site.
SJWisdom@desmoineslibrary.com
"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:
FREE shelving: Contact Ken for details. This shelving is high
quality tan steel shelving. There is enough shelving for two or
more small libraries BUT you must take it apart, load and haul
it. It is 8 feet high, double side, stack shelving in excellent
condition. Time is VERY tight. Libraries only PLEASE.
Link: - "Bookworms are being offered the chance to enjoy a pint as they
mull over their choice of reading."
"The Shoulder of Mutton pub at Fulford, near Stone, is opening up a
library in response to the declining range of services available to the local community."
"Enterprising landlord Ken Brayford and his wife Kathleen have stocked
specially-installed shelves at the pub with more than 400 books donated by
regulars."
"The couple are now gearing up for the library's grand opening on
Thursday. (from This is Staffordshire at: http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=67725&;command=displayContent&sourceNode=67252&contentPK=2451950)
(8/27/2002 1:18:00 PM)
Link: - "R.R. Bowker, a leading publisher of bibliographic information,
has introduced BookIndustryLocator.com, (http://www.bookindustrylocator.com/sanNumber/register/login.asp?path=/sannumber/search/msearch_publisher.asp) a new Web-based service that
provides instant access to detailed information about the 200,000
organizations within the U.S. publishing industry that have Standard
(http://www.isbn.org/standards/home/isbn/us/san/san-history.asp) Address
Number (SAN) assignments. At www.bookindustrylocator.com, visitors
can search the database in order to access contact information for any
organization with a SAN assignment, or to find the SAN for any company
with which they are seeking to do business."
"In addition, the new Web service can be used to quickly confirm shipping
address information, build prospect databases by downloading information
about prospective customers directly into a contact management application,
efficiently track down specific vendors, and even conduct
valuable market research by identifying which retail outlets serve specific markets."
"A SAN is the universal account number assigned to publishers,
wholesalers, distributors, bookstores, libraries and any other business
associated with the manufacturing and distribution of books in the U.S.
The seven-digit SAN has become the standard code for electronic
communication within the publishing industry and is the key identifier that
allows an organization to conduct e-commerce. R.R. Bowker is the official
administrative agent for the SAN Agency,
(http://www.isbn.org/standards/home/isbn/us/san/secureapp-san.asp)
which oversees the SAN assignments for a one-time fee of $125" (from
Hoovers) (8/28/2002 10:53:00 AM)
- "The James Kennedy Public Library in Dyersville, IA, has upheld a
decision to ban Sari Says: The Real Dirt on Everything from Sex to School
(HarperCollins, 2001)."
"The librarys Board of Trustees recently reaffirmed a June decision to
return the book to its vendor, defeating a motion by board member Kori
Mahoney to rescind the ban. "I believe our decision was fundamentally
flawed because it was not based on enough information," she told the
Associated Press (AP). Mahoney believes some board members had not
read the book when they voted to remove it from the library for sexually
explicit content. Mahoney had abstained from the June 26 vote because
she had not read it herself."
"In the book, Teen People columnist Sari Locker answers questions on a
range of issues from fashion and peer pressure to how to talk to parents
about sex and alternatives to intercourse." (from School Library Journal
http://slj.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?layout=article&;articleid=CA239900&display=NewsNews&industry=
News&industryid=industryid&verticalid=152&publication=slj)
LS Thoughts - This story was first brought to my attention this past July.
Now, they have officially banned the book from the library, which
surprises me. I haven't read the book (don't have a teenager in my family - yet)
so can't make any judgments, but from reading about the book, it
seems to relay to teenagers to talk to their parents about sex, drugs, etc. I
thought that was what parents wanted. Gasp!! A book that tells teens to
talk to their parents. That book should be taken off the shelf in every
library across the country. (8/30/2002 6:20:00 AM)
LS [http://www.librarystuff.net]
Comment: "The ban has attracted national media attention, and library
board chairman Wayne Hersen says he’s been flooded by e-mail messages
from around the country, with opinion coming down on both sides of the
issue." ibid SLJ
- "It is called the USA Patriot Act, and the very name implies duty -- duty,
in this case, to tell FBI agents what certain people are reading and writing
at the local library."
"Federal investigators want to strip away the cloak of anonymity that
helped Sept. 11 suspects communicate on public library computers without
detection. A provision buried within the 342-page Patriot Act, which took
effect in October, allows agents to demand records from librarians and
booksellers with unprecedented ease."
"Many in the library community fear an intrusion by Big Brother into the
sacrosanct privacy rights of library patrons. The Patriot Act trumps laws in
48 states, including Florida and Iowa, that specifically protect library
records as confidential." (from The Miami Herald at:
In the EYE-OPENER from NWILSA:
LABOR DAY CLOSING: Northwest’s office was closed for
"Labor Day" on September 2nd. So there was no "Eye-Opener".
CONSORTIA: {xx footnote # 1.}
THE SIMPLE WHAT YOU NEED TO PROVIDE:
"It is preferable that this be a list compiled by the service
provider , who will be more familiar with the details of the
services and products to be provided."
1. ... provide a description of all the services that the service
provider is providing on which discounts are being sought.
• a specific itemization of products and/or services to be
provided and the associated costs
2. To facilitate review of your application, your Item (21)
attachment should:
• list the equipment to be maintained and the associated costs
if you are requesting discounts on maintenance services;
• provide itemized details of one-time costs associated with
Internet access or data line services;
• include a quote from the service provider or the criteria used
to estimate costs for new services to be provided under tariff
or month-to-month agreements;
• If you are estimating that your costs will exceed the amounts shown
on the bill, you should include as part of the Item (21) attachment an
explanation for an increase in costs.
• If ineligible services are also being provided under this
contract or service agreement, and if they are featured on this
list, the applicant should clearly identify them as ineligible and
the price of those ineligible services
3. Identify the specific Vendor supplying services & Applicant
name
• the service provider’s and contracting party's legal names;
COMMENT: IF you do not understand the request call us, as several of
you have -Thank You. We are here to help you and we want to do that,
that is why we have 800 numbers. But, more and more, this means you
have to ask for the help, with 1.5 FTE’s filling the shoes of 5.5 FTE’s we
can not guess at your needs as we did in the past.
Do not space requests out or ignore them, if you do we can not help you
and will most likely just drop you from the program or application. We
are sorry but you are now paying for the LSA budget cuts, we do not have
the personnel or time to second guess or beg or wheedle the information
out of the libraries. We will try but if you don’t have the data in on time
the odds are that you will not be contacted.
Immediately below is an example:
YOU WROTE: snippets from your e-mails:
Gerry Rowland wrote: "...please don't forget to sign up for
Ebscohost. Two points to consider:
1. You can use Library Infrastructure funding to pay the cost of
your Ebscohost subscription.
2. Subscribing to Ebscohost through the State Library
qualifies your library for Measure 36 of In Service to Iowa,
Periodical Subscriptions.
Ken’s comment con’t. The Ebscohost program is an outstanding resource
which thanks to the State Library is available at a rock bottom charge. In
the past if you had not signed up we would have called and I would have
"been on your case" about it - no more if you mis a deal its missed.
Ken (:-{}}}
E-RATE:
Q: Am I correct in thinking that for the 486 the funding year is the year
of the program, i.e. year 5 as opposed to the funding period, 2003-2004?
A: You may use any of the forms:
5 or
2002-2003 or
07/01/2002 - 06/30/2003
HELP this student:
I am considering writing a research paper for Professor Vavrek's rural
libraries class at Clarion (The ONLY library school that specializes in
Rural & Small town serving Libraries) on Library Services for Amish
Communities.
This would involve distributing a survey to librarians whose libraries
serve a number of Amish patrons - if you have experiences in this area
you would be willing to share, please respond off-list.
Thanks,
Margaret
s_myperkins@clarion.edu
FROM: the Rural Library Services mail list
RURLIB-L@LISTSERV.CLARION.EDU
FEEDBACK:
Survey Question: Do you like the format?
I will continue to "futz" with it, please keep giving me feedback on it.
CHANGES: Updates – Addresses & such -
NOTICE: Next week I will be publishing the list of "van" service (AEA
vans) stops & libraries using the van system IF you are considering any
changes let me know right away.
END PLATE: Long Announcements, Supporting Documents, & other
"stuff"
Attention Iowa public librarians and school media specialists! First Lady
Christie Vilsack announces the fall sign up for Year 3 of her Iowa Stories
2000 literacy project.Fifty Iowa libraries so far have become Literacy
Communities involved in projects that have been of great benefit to their
citizens. This cooperative
effort between public librarians and school media specialists involves
people from the community in determining a project that will benefit an
under-served segment of a town's population and bring new patrons into
the library. No community is too small or too large to participate. From
the tiny town of Bayard in Guthrie County to the Public Library of Des
Moines, librarians all across the state are learning how this initiative can
improve services for their customers. To become an Iowa Stories 2000
Literacy Community, contact one of the State Library's AmeriCorps
Promise Fellows (Anne, Joe, or Steve) who facilitate the programs for
each participating library. They may be reached at 515-242-3811 or by
e-mail at Promise@mail.lib.state.ia.us. Sign up deadline is September 30. If
you would like further information regarding Iowa Stories 2000, check out
Mrs. Vilsack's web site, www.christievilsack.org. An information packet is
also available. We would be happy to supply one to interested
communities.
SAGEBRUSH WINNEBAGO USERS GROUP WORKSHOP
(SWUG WORKSHOP)
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2002
9:30-3:00 P.M.
FAYETTE PUBLIC LIBRARY
REGISTRATION FORM
The workshop will be on Spectrum Circ/Cat and Web Catalog . Fee is
$50.00 per person. Make checks payable to Decorah Public Library.
Doris Klankowski will be the Sagebrush presenter. She has asked that
you submit ANY/ALL questions you may have with the registration
form so she may compile information for the workshop. Lunch will be on
your own. Linda Adams has graciously offered to make reservations at
an area restaurant, the price being approximately $5-$7.00. Please
note on the registration form if you wish to make lunch reservations.
You may obtain 4 CEU hours by completing the individual request
forms to the State Library. Forms will be available the day of the
workshop.
This will be an informative and fun gathering! Come and have fun
while you learn.
Please have registration in by Wednesday, September 25.
NAME ______________________________________________
LIBRARY ____________________________________________
PHONE ________________________
E-MAIL ____________________________________
$50.00 ENCLOSED _______________
LUNCH RESERVATION Yes _________ No ________
Questions: ____________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
(Please feel free to use the back of this form if need be.)
Subject: Sept. agenda
NORTHEAST IOWA LIBRARY SERVICE AREA
BOARD MEETING
Jesup Public Library
721 6th Street
Jesup, Iowa
September 9, 2002 2-3 p.m.
Agenda
1. Approval of the Agenda
2. Approval of August Board Minutes
3. Review and Approval of August Bills
4. General Business
a. Plan of Service Committee
b. Staffing
c. October meeting
d. Other
5. AEA Report
6. Community College Report
7. Administrator's Report
a. NEILSA
i. Transportation
ii. Erate
iii. Continuing Education
b. ILRC
i. Exhibits
c. Other
8. Consultant's Report
9. Next Meeting Date, Time and Location Oct. 14, 2002 2:00 p.m.?
10. Adjourn
The fine print stuff:
blogs - Friday Notes 2 AT - http://radio.weblogs.com/0108327/
ALSO AT:
1. WARNING: I will be able to give you about a 5 working day warning
on deadlines (by e-mail, less otherwise) I have 10 days to reply, if I
miss the deadline, well I won’t miss, if you miss ... I’ll send it in late
but ...
NOTICE – DISCLAIMER - pick one, any one will do.
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
in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at
http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt
© 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
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