Friday Notes 2. An on-line resource for
NEILSA Librarians
DEADLINES & DATES:
I'll try to list all the upcoming dates of importance here, you will have
to mine for the details.
NEILSA CLOSED:
1/20/03 King Day
5/26/03 Memorial
Day
7/4/03 Independence
Day
9/1/03 Labor Day
11/11/03 Veteran's
Day
11/27 & 28/03
Thanksgiving
12/25 & 26/03
Christmas
1/1/04 New Years
Day
January TBA - NEILSA e-rate Consortia
Workshop xx (see also) Below in Consortia Info area.
February TBA - BYCA (Before Your
Computer Arrives), someone from your library MUST
attend the BYCA workshop. xx (see also.) Below in Gates Grants info
area.
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
> Elgin Public Library - a national traveling exhibit,
"The Great Experiment: George Washington and the American Republic" January
23
> 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 - When called - seldom
• 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 County does not have a County Association
• Fayette County Meeting - April 10th at 1000 @
Fayette Library
• Grundy County Meeting - All meetings start at 9:00 am
- 2003 schedule
1/27 @ Conrad, 4/28 @ Dike, 6/28 @
Grundy Center, 10/27 @ Reinbeck
• Howard County Meeting
• Winneshiek County Meeting
CE:
Consortia workshop - late January TBD, Fayette - 3ce's
Special Workshops:
One & two hour workshops at Fall & Spring county meetings, item
specific workshops.
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:
County Meetings Scheduled:
If your county meeting is not on the schedule please contact
NEILSA
Allamakee County Meeting
Black Hawk County Meeting - When called - seldom
Bremer County Meeting - April 8, 2002 @ 7:30 in Readlyn
Buchanan County Meeting
Butler County Meeting - April 1, 2002 7:00 Shell Rock PL
Chickasaw County Meeting
Clayton County Meeting
Delaware County Meeting - May 13, 2002 @ 7:00 in Edgewood P L
Dubuque County does not have a County Association
Fayette County Meeting - April 10th at 1000 @ Fayette Library
Grundy County Meeting
Howard County Meeting - April 7, 2003 @ 7:00 Elma PL
Winneshiek County Meeting
In the EYE-OPENER from NWILSA:
1) "Before Your Computer Arrives" Workshops Announced: NWILS received
word last week regarding the schedule for the "Before Your Computer Arrives"
workshops, to be conducted by the Gates Foundation in February. At this
writing, the dates are set for February 24th in Rock Rapids and February
25th
in Storm Lake. At this point, Gates consultants have chosen the towns
but not the actual venues, pending more work with local arrangements.
[clip]
We'll keep you informed once these venues, or other buildings, are
confirmed. At any rate, please protect these dates on your calendars:
February 24th and February 25th, 2003. Every library receiving a Gates
Foundation computer is required to attend the "Before Your Computer Arrives"
workshop. There, you'll learn more about how this program will unfold, the
next steps, and most importantly: how to order your computer(s) from Gateway
2000. We'll be sure to keep you informed as we learn more.
2) Summer Reading Workshop Flyers: By now, every library should have
received flyers advertising the 2003 Summer Library Program workshops, also
coming up in February. The SLP theme for 2003 is "Laugh It Up @ Your
Library."
The flyers just mailed from North Central LSA enable you to register from
among 10 workshop locations. Northwest dates and locations are: [clip]
Registration begins at 8:30AM and the program runs from 9:00AM--1:00PM
(worth 4 c.e. credits) You are asked to bring a brown bag lunch, as Mary
Cameron plans to facilitate a panel discussion during a working lunch hour.
Even though there is plenty of time to register, we already have a
surprising number of early-birds: [clip]
These workshops are always a big draw, so don't delay too long. If you need
extra copies of the workshop flyers, or if you have any questions, please
give us a call.
3) Planning Young Adult Summer Programs: This spring presents an
opportunity to hear about planning summer library programs for the teenage
crowd. On March 13, 2003, Marcia Levetzow from Bettendorf Public Library
will present a workshop on planning summer programs expressly for teens.
Presented over the ICN, this workshop promises teen programming ideas for
the smallest to the largest libraries, with time given to publicity and
promotion, as well as using volunteers to pull it all together. The time
is
9:00AM--11:00AM; worth 2 c.e. credits. [clip] Register online before
March 7th by going to:
http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for_ia_libraries/continuing_ed/cecat.htm
New LINKS of interest:
SWILSA's January/February NewsLine is available:
http://www.swilsa.lib.ia.us/NEWSLINE/newsline1_03.htm
Karen
informedlibrarian@infosourcespub.com
Subject: Current INFORMED LIBRARIAN ONLINE issue
THE INFORMED LIBRARIAN ONLINE
Volume 1, Number 5 --- December 2002
THE INFORMED LIBRARIAN ONLINE, published by Infosources Publishing,
[http://informedlibrarian@infosourcespub.com] aims to help library and information
professionals keep up with their professional reading in particular,
and their
profession in general. At the end of each month you will receive your free
monthly
email issue which will include the following sections:
· JOURNALS - a comprehensive list of all the library
and information-related
journals, e-journals, magazines, e-zines, newsletters and e-newsletters that
have
hit their electronic newsstands during the month. Simply click on the journal
title
and you will be taken directly to the table of contents or the full-text
of the issue.
220 titles are covered.
· EDITOR'S PICKS - selected important articles
from within these
journal issues that we think you should be aware of
· NEW BOOKS - selected new books of interest to
library and information
professionals will be featured, with tables of contents where available.
- "Make no mistakes about it, Lake Superior State University issued its
28th annual
extreme List of Words Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-Use, Over-Use
and General Uselessness [http://www.lssu.edu/banished/current/default.html],
which the world needs now, more than ever."
"LSSU has been compiling the list since 1976, choosing from nominations
sent
from around the world. This year, words and phrases were pulled from a
record 3,000 nominations. Most were sent through the schools website.
"Word-watchers pull nominations throughout the year from everyday speech,
as well as from the news, fields of education, technology, advertising, politics,
and more. A committee gathers the entries and chooses the best in December.
The list is released on New Years Day. (via Daypop top 40)
LS Thoughts - Hee hee. They banned the word 'Bushisms (1/1/2003 7:26:00
PM)
YOU WROTE: snippets from your e-mails:
SCAM:
No doubt you are aware of the scam [I was after Jane called me about it]
concerning the 7 pound OSHA Fluids manual that has been delivered to
some libraries, including ours, and then receiving a bill for $138.50.
Do you think this could be a national scam? If so, is there any way
to
alert libraries in other states?
I have sent my information plus the information from 8 other libraries
here, to Atty General Tom Miller's office as of Dec. 26th. Since
sending I have received info from 2 more libraries.
If libraries are being sent this I am guessing some businesses probably
are too, not knowing that OSHA materials are usually free.
Jane McGrane
Ionia Community Library
ionialibrary@iowatelecom.net
A virtual reference project is beginning in Iowa--where librarians in real
time can
post a question and follow the path to the answer along with the reference
librarian on duty for virtual reference at the time. All of us have computers
in
our libraries so have already at some time been answering questions through
email and listservs.
Learn more about this change in library services.
Waverly is hosting the Feb. 7 and April 11 Reference Services: Virtual,
Digital
and In-Library--New Ideas for Effective Delivery presentations from College
of
DuPage. Join us for a look at new reference delivery methods. This will be
11-1
so bring lunch. No charge. Register through SLI CE catalog.
Patricia Coffie
Waverly Public Library
FEEDBACK:
Survey Question:
IF you are interested in attending a e-rate workshop [Consortia] PLEASE
let me know which of these MORNINGS will work for you in FAYETTE:
Morning open: [Mark the times you CAN attend]
8 - 10
9 - 11 10 - 12 11 -
1
Jan. 14
Jan 20
Jan 21
Agenda: [additions welcome]
• e-rate program in a nut shell
• why is this program so complicated
• what is the consortia & how does it work
• where are we going
• Q & A
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 - None reported
CONSORTIA NEWS & E-Rate:
Annual Meeting & Workshop
Late January in Fayette in the morning - see above
Agenda: [additions welcome]
• e-rate program in a nut shell
• why is this program so complicated
• what is the consortia & how does it work
• where are we going
• Q & A
Gates Foundation Grants News:
"Before Your Computer Arrives" Workshops Announced: The schedule
for the "Before Your Computer Arrives" workshops, to be conducted
by the Gates Foundation in February. At this writing, the dates are set for:
Date City
Location (TBD)
2/13/03 Council Bluffs
2/14/03 Des Moines
2/18/03 Fairlfield
2/19/03 Cedar Rapids
2/20/03 Postville
2/21/03 Mason City
2/24/03 Rock Rapids
2/25/03 Storm Lake
At this point, Gates consultants have chosen the towns but not the actual
venues, pending more work with local arrangements.
We'll keep you informed once these venues and locations are confirmed.
At any rate, please protect those dates on your calendars:
Every library receiving a Gates Foundation computer is required to
attend the "Before Your Computer Arrives" workshop. There, you'll
learn more about how this program will unfold, the next steps, and most
importantly: how to order your computer(s) from Gateway 2000.
We'll be sure to keep you informed as we learn more.
END PLATE: Long Announcements, Supporting Documents,
& other "stuff"
2003 DARWIN AWARDS [http://www.darwinawards.com/]
Hard to believe, but another year has passed. For those who don't know it,
and
we have once again found the Darwin Award Winning Nominees TheDarwin's
are awarded every year to the persons who died (or almost died) in the stupidest
way. Named Darwin Awards because it is hoped that "Survival of the
Fittest"
means something. Hopefully these idiots haven't passed along their stupidity.
This year's nominees are:
Nominee No. 1: [San Jose Mercury News]: An unidentified man, using a shotgun
like a club to break a former girlfriend's windshield, accidentally
shot to death
when the gun discharged, blowing a hole in his gut.
Nominee No. 2: [Kalamazoo Gazette]: James Burns, 34, (a mechanic) of Alamo,
Mich., was killed in March as he was trying to repair what police describe
as a
"farm type truck." Burns got a friend to drive the truck on a highway while
Burns
hung underneath so that he could ascertain the source of a troubling
noise. Burns'
clothes caught on something, however, and the other man found Burns
"wrapped in the drive shaft."
Nominee No. 3: [Hickory Daily Record]: Ken Charles Barger, 47, accidentally
shot himself to death in December in Newton, NC, awakening to the sound of
a ringing telephone beside his bed, he reached for the phone but grabbed instead
a Smith & Wesson 38 Special, which discharged when he drew it to his
ear
Nominee No. 4: [UPI, Toronto]: Police said a lawyer demonstrating the safety
of windows in a downtown Toronto skyscraper crashed through a pane with his
shoulder and plunged 24 floors to his death. A police spokesman said Garry
Hoy, 39, fell into the courtyard of the Toronto Dominion Bank Tower early
Friday evening as he was explaining the strength of the building's windows
to visiting law students. Hoy previously has conducted demonstrations of window
strength according to police reports. Peter Lawson, managing partner of the
firm Holden Day Wilson, told the Toronto Sun newspaper that Hoy was "one
of the best and brightest" members of the 200-man association.
Nominee No. 5: [Bloomberg News Service]: A terrible diet and room with no
ventilation are being blamed for the death of a man who was killed by his
own gas. There was no mark on his body and an autopsy showed large amounts
of methane gas in his system. His diet had consisted primarily of beans and
cabbage (and a couple of other things). It was just the right combination
of foods. It appears that the man died in his sleep from breathing the poisonous
cloud that was hanging over his bed. Had he been outside or had his windows
been opened, it wouldn't have been fatal. But the man was shut up in his near
airtight bedroom. According to the article, "He was a big man with a huge
capacity for creating this deadly gas." Three of the rescuers got sick and
one was hospitalized.
Nominee No. 6: [The News of the Weird]: Michael Anderson Godwin made News
of the Weird posthumously. He had spent several years awaiting South Carolina's
electric chair on a murder conviction before having his sentence reduced to
life in prison. While sitting on a metal toilet in his cell attempting to
fix his small TV set, he bit into a wire and was electrocuted.
Nominee No. 7: [The Indianapolis Star]: A cigarette lighter may have triggered
a fatal explosion in Dunkirk, Indiana. A Jay County man using a cigarette
lighter to check the barrel of a muzzle loader was killed Monday night when
the weapon discharged in his face, sheriff's investigators said. Gregory David
Pryor, 19, died in his parents' rural Dunkirk home about 11:30 PM. Investigators
said Pryor as cleaning a 54-caliber muzzle loader that had not been firing
properly. He was using the lighter to look into the barrel when the gun powder
ignited.
Nominee No. 8: [Reuters, Mississauga, Ontario]: A man cleaning a bird feeder
on the balcony of his condominium apartment in this Toronto suburb slipped
and fell 23 stories to his death. Stefan Macko, 55, was standing on a wheeled
chair when the accident occurred, said Inspector D'Arcy Honer of the Peel
Regional Police. "It appears the chair moved and he went over the balcony,"
Honer said.
Finally, Nominee No. 9, The Winner!!!: [Arkansas Democrat Gazette]: Two
local men were injured when their pickup truck left the road and struck a
tree near Cotton Patch on State Highway 38 early Monday. Woodruff County
deputy Dovey Snyder reported the accident shortly after midnight Monday.
Thurston Poole, 33, of Des Arc and Billy Ray Wallis, 38, of Little Rock were
returning to Des Arc after a frog traping trip. On an overcast Sunday night,
Poole's pickup truck headlights malfunctioned. The two men concluded that
the headlight fuse on the older model truck had burned out. As a replacement
fuse was not available, Wallis noticed that the .22 caliber bullet from his
pistol fit perfectly into the fuse box next to the steering wheel column.
Upon inserting the bullet the headlights again began to operate properly
and the two men proceeded on eastbound toward the White River Bridge. After
traveling approximately twenty miles and just before crossing the river,
the bullet apparently overheated, discharged and struck Poole in the right
testicle. The vehicle swerved sharply right, exiting the pavement and striking
a tree. Poole suffered only minor cuts and abrasions from the accident, but
will require surgery to repair the testicle. Wallis sustained a broken clavicle
and was treated and released. "Thank God we weren't on that bridge when Thurston
shot his balls off or we might both be dead" stated Wallis. "I've been a
trooper for ten years in this part of the world, but this is a first for
me. I can't believe that those two would admit how this accident happened,"
said Snyder. Upon being notified of the wreck, Lavinia (Poole's wife) asked
how many frogs the
boys had caught and did anyone get them from the truck.
The fine print stuff
blogs - Friday Notes 2 AT - http://radio.weblogs.com/0108327/
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:CorelwpdocsFridayNotes0103.wpd
August 2, 2002
BOILER PLATE FOOTNOTES:
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 ...
NORTHEAST IOWA LIBRARY SERVICE AREA
BOARD MEETING
NEILSA Office
415 Commercial St., Waterloo, IA
Jan. 13, 2002 2-4:00 p.m.
Agenda
1. Approval of the Agenda
2. Approval of December Board Minutes
3. Review and Approval of December Bills
4. General Business
1. Trustee terms
2. Plan of Service
3. Other
5. AEA Report
6. Community College Report
7. Administrator's Report
1. Since HF 637 document
2. IRS update
8. Consultant's Report
1. E-rate
9. Next Meeting Date, Time and Location Feb. 10, 2003 2:00 p.m., NEILSA
Office
10. Adjourn
Personnel Policy work session
Eunice Riesberg
Northeast Iowa Library Service Area
415 Commercial St.
Waterloo, IA 50701
319-233-1200, 800-772-2023
319-233-1964 (fax)
riesberg@neilsa.org
http://www.neilsa.org
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