Friday, March 21, 2003

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 may have to mine for the details.  Late spring/early summer workshops. March 24, 25, and 26 Registration @ 8:30 AM / Roundtable from 9:00–12:00 PM AGENDA           1) Summer Library Program 2003   2) Young Adult Services  3) Puppetry  4) JF/YA Collections 5) Networking with Other Groups DESCRIPTION: The late spring/early summer roundtables will be held in Spillville, Elkader, and Clarksville. This presents an opportunity to discuss new and old ideas in youth services.  These roundtables are great opportunities to network with many of your colleagues, so join us in one of these locations. REGISTRATION:  Register with the Library Service Area Upcoming Grant Application Deadlines 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, 2003 @ 7:30 in Readlyn •    Buchanan County Meeting - April 22, 2003 @ 7:00 in Fairbank PL •    Butler County Meeting  - April 1, 2003 7:00 Shell Rock PL •    Chickasaw County Meeting •    Clayton County Meeting - April 22 @ 7:30 McGregor PL •    Delaware County Meeting - May 13, 2003 @ 7:00  Edgewood P L •    Dubuque County •    Fayette County Meeting -  April 10th at 10:00 @  Fayette Library •    Grundy County Meeting - All meetings start at 9:00 am - 2003 schedule         4/28 @ Dike, 6/28 @ Grundy Center, 10/27 @ Reinbeck •    Howard County Meeting   - April 7, 2003 @ 7:00 Elma PL •    Winneshiek County Meeting - November 6, 2003 @ 7:00 Decorah CE: As you are thinking about CE you might want to visit http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/continuing-ed/competencies.pdf Then let me know what classes you would like to meet the expectations. Special Workshops: One & two hour workshops at Fall & Spring county meetings, item specific workshops. NONE scheduled, if you would like a session at your county association meeting PLEASE let us know.     OTHER CE: You must register with the listed provider.  Usually you will need to submit a "Learning Activity Written Summery" which may be found at: http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/continuing-ed/learningactivitywrittensummary.pdf Check also: http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for_ia_libraries/continuing_ed/index.html Readers Advisory Workshop April 1 You still have time to register for the April 1 workshop for either the morning or afternoon session. For session information, online registration form and handouts go to: http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/continuing-ed/cecat.htm#April NOTE: A few more locations have been added to the registration form. The North Central Library Service Area has several new workshop opportunities. April 8 - Library Building Basics - Clarion Public Library Whether you are considering remodeling, adding on to or replacing your existing library facility, this seminar is for you. Bruce Hamous, Bradd Brown, and Terry Gebard will present a step-by-step approach to a library-building project from identifying and quantifying your needs for building improvements to occupying your new library space. Along the way, they will discuss such topics as "should we add on to our existing library or build a new one?" "how much does a new library cost?", and "how do we determine how big of a site we need?" Additional topics will include working with a building consultant, site selection, code compliance, restoration of historic library structures, developing a project budget, fundraising and new trends in library facility design. The OPN Architects will share with you nearly 40 years of combined experience in designing libraries. They believe that designing libraries are among the most satisfying projects that they work on as architects. Participants in this seminar will leave with a booklet full of useful library design information as well as a better understanding of the steps that will lead to a successful building project. April 22, Safety at the Workplace & the USA Patriot ACT - Nora Springs Public Library A patron becomes angry when you tell him his library privileges are suspended because he hasn't paid his fines. What do you do if he threatens you or gets violent? A child comes into the library with multiple bruises and doesn't want to go home. What options do you have? Join Robbie Michehl of the Fort Dodge Domestic Sexual Abuse Outreach Center as she talks about what we can do to protect ourselves when working with the public, especially those staff working alone in libraries. She will also talk about what to look for if you suspect a patron is at risk for child abuse. The afternoon session will focus on the USA PATRIOT Act recently passed by Congress. While most of us don't expect the FBI to walk in our libraries, this workshop will talk about patron confidentiality and how to handle questions by law enforcement officials. Sample confidentiality policies will be presented and procedures for frontline staff will be discussed. May 21 (Algona Public Library) & May 22 (Iowa Falls Public Library) - "Making Facts Come Alive: Evaluating and Using Quality Non-Fiction Books." Non-fiction books and their characteristics will be emphasized in this workshop. Participants will have the opportunity to evaluate and critique both preschool non-fiction and school age non-fiction books. In addition we will be applying the reading strategies from the Early Childhood Literacy workshop to using non-fiction in story times and will be discussing how to turn more school age children to non-fiction. FOR REGISTRATION INFORMATION AND DETAILS ABOUT THESE WORKSHOP GO TO: http://www.nclsa.lib.ia.us/wrkshp.htm Reader's Advisory ICN Workshop Featuring NoveList, ICN sessions April 1, either 9:30-11:30 OR 1:30-3:30 on the CE catalog web page. The Iowa Conservation and Preservation Consortium has developed a statewide preservation training program, entitled Preservation 101, to assist Iowans in preserving their cultural heritage. The program consists of six lectures offered via the Iowa Communications Network (ICN) and three hands-on practicum workshops. The first two sessions will be April 2 and May 22, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m., at 18 ICN sites. The April 2 session will focus on preservation considerations and cautions about paper, ink, adhesives, and leather. The May 22 session will cover photographic, reprographic and printing processes. The training program is projected to conclude in June 2004. Preservation 101 is designed for archivists, conservators, county clerks, curators, genealogists, librarians, museum workers, registrars, volunteers, and anyone who cares about conserving and preserving our material heritage. The ICN sites are located in Boone, Cedar Rapids, Charles City, Cherokee, Clinton, Cresco, Davenport, Denison, Dubuque, Ft. Dodge, Griswold, Iowa City, Marshalltown, Mt. Pleasant, Pella, Sioux City, Spencer, Urbandale. Each ICN session registration fee is $20. Discounts are available for groups, multiple sessions, and ICPC members. Request a registration form by contacting Nancy E Kraft, ICPC, University Libraries, 100 Main Library, Iowa City, IA 52242-1420 or 319-335-5286 or at ICPC website http://web.grinnell.edu/individuals/stuhrr/icpc/preservation101described.html Join us on Thursday, April 10, in the University of Iowa's IMU Second Floor Ballroom to learn about organizing and preserving your family history materials: mementos, photographs, books, collectibles, digital and analog (film and magnetic). The event, Keepsakes: Preserving Your Personal and Family Treasures, starts at 6:00 pm with a reception and demonstrations by Gary Frost, University Conservator, Kristin Baum, Assistant Conservator, David McCartney, University Archivist and Susan Hansen, Book Repair Supervisor. An illustrated lecture will be presented at 7 PM by Nancy E. Kraft, Head, Preservation Department. Demonstrations will continue after the lecture, along with a coffee and cookies reception. BRING YOUR IDEAS AND QUESTIONS! This event, sponsored by the Friends of the University of Iowa Libraries, is FREE and open to the public, but reservations are appreciated. For more information, visit http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/friends/2003event.html To make reservations, call 335-6093 or e-mail lib-friends@uiowa.edu.         Self-Directed Learning Opportunities: http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/Certification/alternate.htm ANNOUNCEMENTS:         In the EYE-OPENER from NWILSA: (with edits by Ken) 1) Public Library Trustees' Mail List Is Back: The State Library has re-activated an electronic mailing list for public library trustees. Through this mail list, board members have easy access to libraryland news and updates, learning about trustee-related workshops, along with legislative, funding, and advocacy issues. The State Library has taken steps to ensure that you'll not receive junk email through this list. If you are a public library trustee--and if the State Library had access to your email address--then you've been automatically subscribed to this trustees' mail list. You may unsubscribe at any time, but please understand how that needs to be done. The correct way to unsubscribe is to go to the website below and simply follow the on-screen instructions: http://mail.silo.lib.ia.us/cgi-bin/trustees The same is true if you, as library directors and staff, wish to subscribe. I must emphasize that you cannot subscribe--or unsubscribe--by sending an email to the State Library or to NWILS [ or NEILSA]  office. (That falls under my list of email etiquette "don'ts":-) [it may get you flamed from LOTS of people] Subscribing or unsubscribing must be done online by going to the URL above. And on that website, you'll also find a nice explanation of how mail lists work. Just a plug for this electronic mail list, and the many others supported by the State Library. Mail lists are an easy, timely way to be connected and to stay informed about issues directly affecting your library and your job as board members, directors, and support staff. For instance, YS_TALK is a discussion list for children's and young adult librarians as a means of sharing programming ideas. EBSCOIOWA is a discussion list offering EBSCO users updates about new databases, services, and searching techniques. A similar discussion list is set up for FIRSTSEARCH users. Now TRUSTEES is a new and improved communication tool for library board members.                 Special Announcement BWI is just announcing that, as of July 15, 2003, FMD (Follett Media Distribution) will be moved to Lexington, Kentucky and merged with BWI, the nation's premier children's and young adult book vendor serving the public library. FMD will continue to receive orders as usual until June30, 2003. BWI will begin accepting orders and offering full audiovisual services (including customized processing and cataloging) to customers beginning July 1, 2003. Customers will be able to easily select and order materials by any number of methods, including TitleTales, BWI's free online selection and acquisition tool. We look forward to being able to bring to both our existing and future customers audiovisual materials and related value added services needed by the public library -- as BWI continues to focus on being the champion of service to the public library. For more information, please contact BWI Customer Service at 1-800-888-4478, ext. 2, or contact your local representative. Ingram Library Services, a full-service distributor of library materials and services, combines 750,000+ titles with collection development programs, cataloging, and processing for books, audiobooks, and videos for all ages plus music, periodicals, and over 70,000 authentic Spanish language titles. Easy interfacing with most automation systems, ipage(sm), and Signature Library Service for opening day collections and beyond make us a truly full-service distributor. Learn more at http://ipage.ingrambook.com or http://ingramlibrary.com. SUPPORT THIS ONE PLEASE – HOUSE VOTES TO PROTECT IOWA SOFTWARE BUYERS The House passed legislation designed to ensure that Iowa software buyers are protected under Iowa consumer laws. The bill repeals two provisions contained in the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA), which established uniform standards for electronic transactions. Iowa passed UETA in 2000. Under the 2000 law, a commitment was made to consider passing the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA) in the future. It also temporarily voided "choice of law" contracts under UCITA. UCITA UCITA is a controversial proposed law dealing with copyright, royalties, etc., for intangible products and products delivered electronically, such as software. Under UCITA, a software contract can become binding as soon as a user clicks on a website to download the software. Many software users, including government bodies [such as libraries, universities, ALA et. al.], insurance companies and other businesses, believe UCITA alters the law too much in favor of software publishers with few consumer protections. Iowa's Attorney General also opposes UCITA because it lacks sufficient consumer safeguards that would otherwise pertain under existing Iowa law. Only Maryland and Virginia have passed UCITA thus far. Choice of Law Clauses A very controversial UCITA provision would allow software contracts to have "choice of law" clauses, allowing the contract to be interpreted under the laws of another state that has enacted UCITA. Many feared that software contracts would require that disputes be settled in accordance with the law in whatever state was most favorable to their interests. Summary of House Bill The bill repeals the commitment to consider UCITA in the future and makes the temporary law voiding "choice-of law" contract clauses permanent. Therefore, in future disputes between software manufacturers and Iowa consumers, Iowa consumer law will continue to apply. *************************************************************** FROM: Representative Roger Thomas serves on Economic Growth (Ranking Member), Appropriations, Transportation and Government Oversight Committees. He is serving his third term in the Iowa House. New LINKS of interest: http://www.uiowa.edu/~obermann/endofbooks/end_of_books01.html The End of Books [Scribner's magazine] Is this the library of the future? [BBC News] http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2859845.stm Koans of the Zen Librarian [The Laughing Librarian] http://homepage.interaccess.com/~smitters/lafnlibn/koans.htm Find your legislators at: http://staffweb.legis.state.ia.us/find-leg/ website for managing public access computers is http://www.adamslibrary.org/ARSL/managingpublicaccesscomputers.htm YOU WROTE: snippets from your e-mails: The State Librarian wrote: I'm happy to report that the bill to re-authorize the Library Services and Technology Act - the State Library's source of federal money (and local library source of LSTA money) - passed the  U.S. House of Representatives today. Representative Leonard Boswell was one of the bill's co-sponsors. The two "no" votes were registered by Rep. Jeff Flake of Arizona and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas. This bill will now go to the Senate. Please note that the bill authorizes the continuance of the Institute of  Museum and Library Services and of the LSTA program, but it does not  appropriate funds. The appropriations process is handled by a different committee and will come later. For additional information, go to http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2003/ROLL_000.asp The bill was HR 13.   CONSORTIA NEWS & E-Rate: The house bill (1252) cited as the "E-Rate Termination Act" [Tauzin (R-La.)]  has been posted to Thomas From AL Online: Congress Pursues E-Rate Fraud The House Committee on Energy and Finance requested detailed information March 13 from the Federal Communications Commission on its oversight of the e-rate program. Rep Billy Tauzin (R-La.) said in a letter to FCC Chairman Michael Powell that the committee is "investigating the potential for and troubling reports of waste, fraud, and abuse" totaling more than $200 million in the program, which subsidizes telecommunications costs for schools and libraries. The FCC said it was preparing a response to the letter, a copy of which was also sent to the Universal Service Administrative Company that manages the program, and which called for relevant documents to be delivered to Congress by April 4. Requested records include those relating to "how USAC verifies that schools and libraries have installed and put to use the services and products subject to discounts," the online CNet news reported March 13. Tauzin said there are at least 30 federal and state investigations on the use of e-rate funds, including charges brought against a New York City Internet provider for conspiring to steal millions in connection with the subsidy. The D.C.-based Center for Public Integrity also issued a report  in January warning against fraud in the program. NOTE from Ken: No Iowa libraries were involved in this problem, the applications that the NEILSA Consortia puts in for you average $2200.00, whereas the applications with problems average in the $millions What YOU can do: - Tell your local story. - Libraries strongly support efforts to insure that E-Rate dollars are expended properly. - The library community has provided suggestions to the FCC to help insure that all E-Rate dollars support needed services through the ALA e-rate Task Force, where you are represented. - The library community looks forward to working the FCC and Congress to make any needed improvements to preserve confidence in the program. This is an ongoing process for the Task Force. - The E-Rate has made a huge difference in our (state, city, county,) - it makes it public Internet access possible. - Provide local anecdotes. Tell your legislators about your Consortia and your local experence. Gates Foundation Grants News: Nothing new from GF     END PLATE: Long Announcements, Supporting Documents, & other "stuff" Joke Shortly after returning home from a trip to Sea World in Florida, a friend went shopping for swimsuits with her children.  When she emerged from the dressing room in a contrasting black-and-white suit, her four-year-old son, exclaimed his approval: "Oh, Mommy, I love it! You look just like Shamu!"                 Subject: NASA Pens - unfortanately NOT a joke: When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ball-point pens would not work in 0 gravity.  To combat this problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 million developing a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to over 300o C. The Russians used a pencil. 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:CorelwpdocsFridayNotes0321.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 ... 1:23:19 PM    comment []

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