Friday, December 13, 2002

Friday Notes 2.  An on-line resource for NEILSA Librarians DEADLINES & DATES: New feature, I'll try to list all the upcoming dates of importance here, you will have to mine for the details.  Direct State Aid Status or Final December 15, 2002. February TBA - BYCA  (Before Your Computer Arrives), someone from your library MUST attend the BYCA workshop. Late spring/early summer workshops. March 24,25, and 26 Upcoming Grant Application Deadlines: Nominate an Outstanding Museum or Library for National Service Award These awards are the nation's highest honor for the extraordinary public service provided by museums and libraries. The deadline is February 15, 2003. See: http://www.imls.gov/whatsnew/current/112102.htm Learning Opportunities Grants applications: January 15, 2003. For more information about this grant program please see: http://www.imls.gov/grants/museum/mus_gen.asp National Leadership Grants for Libraries: February 1, 2003. http://www.imls.gov/grants/library/lib_nlgl.asp National Award for Library Service: February 15, 2003. http://www.imls.gov/grants/library/lib_nals.htm National Award for Museum Service: February 15, 2003. http://www.imls.gov/grants/museum/mus_nams.asp. National Leadership Grants for Museums: March 1, 2003. http://www.imls.gov/grants/museum/mus_nlgm.asp National Leadership Grants for Library/Museum Collaborations: April 1, 2003. http://www.imls.gov/grants/l-m/l-m_lead.asp All IMLS grant and award program deadlines can be viewed at: http://www.imls.gov/grants/dedln/index.htm     County Meetings Scheduled: If your county meeting is not on the schedule please contact NEILSA Allamakee County Meeting Black Hawk County Meeting Bremer County Meeting - April 8, 2002 @ 7:30 in Readlyn Buchanan County Meeting Butler County Meeting Chickasaw County Meeting Clayton County Meeting Delaware County Meeting - May 13, 2002 @ 7:00  Edgewood P L Dubuque Fayette County Meeting Grundy County Meeting Howard County Meeting Winneshiek County Meeting Holiday Delivery AEA-1 & AEA-7: Last Delivery 12/20/2002 Delivery resumes 1/2/2003. CE: Late spring/early summer workshops. It looks like they may be more early spring this year. The dates are March 24,25, and 26. - Mary Cameron Special Workshops: None scheduled One & two hour workshops at Fall & Spring county meetings, item specific workshops,  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         Self-Directed Learning Opportunities: http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/Certification/alternate.htm ANNOUNCEMENTS: From Slashdot from the virtual-sandboxes dept. "The Washington Post announces that President Bush has signed legislation to create a .kids.us domain. The legislation mandates that those with a .kids.us site not be allowed to link to any site outside the .kids.us domain." O-well at the very least, it makes filtering easy. - "Every study of Internet filters software that keeps kids away from porn and other inappropriate Web sites has shown that they are flawed, but a new study commissioned by the Kaiser Family Foundation and published by the Journal of the American Medical Association points out that their effectiveness depends how they are configured." "Setting the filters at their least restrictive level can block most porn sites and still provide access to the vast majority of health sites. But if the filters are set on more restrictive levels, they can block up to 25 percent of health related sites." "The study, "See No Evil: How Internet Filters Affect the Search for Online Health Information," [http://www.kff.org/content/2002/20021210a/] appears in the Dec. 11 edition of The Journal of the American Medical Association and is summarized at www.kff.org." (from CBS News> LS Thoughts - I thought that this was going to be a one-sided article, but after reading through it, I understood this not to be true. The author basically states that filters can work...sometimes, depending on how tight the restrictions are, based on the person doing the restricting. I haven't read the study, so I can't comment on that, but it would seem to me that any restriction is a bad thing. If there is a remote possibility that valid information is not getting to the user, than this doesn't make me feel comfortable. Also, the article seems to relay that librarians and teachers should be the ones to decide how much the student should be able to access. Ouch, I get itchy just thinking about that. It looks like The New York Times also picked up on the story. (12/10/2002 7:19:00 PM) - "The Internet, which some feared would mean the end of libraries, has turned out to be more friend than foe, said the executive director of the American Library Association." "People search the Internet then head to the library saying, "I have 5,000 hits, now what do I do?" Keith Fiels said in an address Friday at the annual conference of the association." "The Internet has whetted the public's desire for information," Fiels said. Library patrons have become more sophisticated in their research needs but also have more sophisticated expectations." "It was a popular notion about 10 years ago that people would just sit at home and download books, he said. "That hasn't occurred. . . . People want to come in and meet with a person. There's also a myth that everything is free on the Internet. It's not. The library proves a pretty good value if you can get it from them." (from The Arizona Republic) (12/8/2002 7:21:00 PM)     New LINKS of interest: - "A 10-agency alliance last week announced the launch of science.gov, a Web portal that provides free access to science-related reports, databases and other information from the federal government." "Billing itself as "FirstGov for Science," the site links to information from more than 14 federal science and technology organizations. It is intended primarily for the education and library communities, but can also be helpful for businesses, scientists and the general public." "Users can search for any federally sponsored research and development project by subject, and the search will be performed across all 14 organizations. Users also can search in specific subject areas, such as applied science and technologies, computers and communication, health and medicine, and science education. (from Federal Computer Weekly) http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/clips/index.html - Check out the Dec. 2002 - Web Searching issue. YOU WROTE: snippets from e-mails: With THANKS to our friends in SWILSA Some of our libraries have been asking about translations into Spanish for signs, flyers, etc. Sue, as a result of a quest I sent her on, has found a great site: SOL (Spanish in Our Libraries) and PLUS (Public Libraries Using Spanish) website:  http://www.sol-plus.net/index.htm She'll be putting it in our next NewsLine, but I thought you all might be interested, if you haven't seen it yet. Karen Burns, Administrator   --  Southwest Iowa Library Service Area FEEDBACK:     Survey Question: Several people have requested a Consortia e-rate update meeting. IF we were to have a Consortia meeting Wednesday 1/15/03 at 7:00 pm at the Waterloo PL will your library send a representative? When you respond please send replies to Ken at davenport@neilsa.org or use the "comments" link at the bottom of the blog     REPLIES - CHANGES: Updates – Addresses & such - The Fairbank Library's e mail address is now f.library@mchsi.com. Holiday Delivery AEA-1 & AEA-7: Last Delivery 12/20/2002 Delivery resumes 1/2/2003. NOTE: Would someone tell me where year 2002 got shelved, I seem to have lost it?   CONSORTIA NEWS & E-Rate: Working Gates Foundation Grants News: Holding     END PLATE: Long Announcements, Supporting Documents, & other "stuff" Bet you really wanted to know this: Spam I Am: Volume Of Junk E-Mail Keeps Growing Message-filtering service warns that the volume of spam could surpass that of legitimate E-mail by July. http://informationweek.com/story/IWK20021211S0013 Literacy skills - Map division I read a story yesterday about the horrendous geography skills of people. Not just Americans, though something like 60% of people can't find Iraq on a map. ("Mr. President, the troops are waiting outside of Indiana and waiting for your signal to attack, sir.") Turns out 60% of people in Iran can't find Iraq on a map, either. Anyway, the dumbest of the dumb: 11% of Americans can NOT even find the United States on a map. The fine print stuff: blogs - Friday Notes 2 AT -  http://radio.weblogs.com/0108327/     SOME MISCELIANEA may be AT: http://fridaynotes2.pitas.com NOTICE – DISCLAIMER - pick one, any one will do. MY disclaimer: 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?  The "Prime Directive" applies. 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. NOTE: If credited [via ???] or [from so & so] it is their material and not covered by my "Copyleft" notice.  Ken SOURCE: {Consultant} D:CorelwpdocsFridayNotes1213. BOILER PLATE FOOTNOTES: 1. e-rate 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 ... 11:58:24 AM    comment []

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