Friday, April 04, 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 will have to mine for the details.  April15 Library Commitment Forms for the discounted online products are due April15. 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  - •    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 10, 2003 @ 10:00 Fayette PL •    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 -- 1 ce session •    Winneshiek County Meeting - November 6, 2003 @ 7:00 Decorah This weeks County meetings CE: Special Workshops: One & two hour workshops at Fall & Spring county meetings, item specific workshops.     OTHER CE: You must register with the listed provider.  Usually you will need to submit a "Learning Activity Written Summery" is now available as on online form that you can submit electronically. It may be found at: http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/continuing-ed/online-learningactivitywrittensummary.htm This is the form to complete if you want continuing education credit for attending a teleconference and/or watching a videotape of a national teleconference or a library related continuing education program. Complete details about recertfication are available at http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/continuing-ed/recertification.html             Self-Directed Learning Opportunities: http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/Certification/alternate.htm ANNOUNCEMENTS: Just a reminder that the Library Commitment Forms for the discounted online products are due April 15. The products are: ABC-CLIO, CQ Press (only new orders discounted), NoveList (public libraries), Newsbank, WorldBook and SIRS. These discounts resulted from work through the Iowa Educator's Consortia and the State Library and the rfp process. Please fax your orders to Judy Jones at 515-281-6191. Information about the products, trials and order forms can be located at: http://www.iec-ia.org/MediaTech/onlinetrials/onlinetrials.html The State Library web site also lists additional discounts. Specifically the PBS DVD discount now available through April 30. The new SPRING AV Coop catalog is also now available. Find details at: http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/Discounts/contracts.html     In the EYE-OPENER from NWILSA:         Harry Potter Promotional Idea at Cherokee P.L.: Here's another great idea, thanks to Cherokee Public Library. Cherokee P.L. is currently running a promotion entitled "ATTENTION HARRY POTTER FANS." The 5th book in the series (HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX) debuts on June 21st. Anyone willing to donate $10.00 towards the purchase price of a book will be guaranteed to be first on the list to borrow a library copy. The library will purchase as many copies as they have $10.00 donations; a plaque will be placed in each copy saying that "...$10.00 of the purchase price for this book was donated by_____." In her newspaper column, Director Mary Jo Ruppert explained the rationale behind this promotion: "We have 3 Harry Potterish problems. The first is the length of the book. At 768 pages, adults and kids alike will have trouble finishing the book in 3 weeks, so we are expecting renewals and renewals. The second problem is the timing of the publication: since school won't be in session, the public library will be the main source for avid Potter fans. And the third problem is the purchase price itself, reportedly averaging around $30.00. While we will receive a discounted price from our book suppliers, in trying to provide multiple copies to meet the demand, the cost will add up quickly..." Businesses are also welcome to contribute. If the business doesn't care to actually borrow the book, they can ask that their contribution be designated as a gift for a child, grandchild, or simply to the library in general. The library's goal is to receive enough donations to purchase 10--20 copies. Extra copies have been started with pledges from 2 library staff members. As of last Friday, the library has already received donations enough to purchase 12 copies! So thanks to Cherokee P.L. for sharing this idea.     New LINKS of interest: Is this the library of the future. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/03/28/13gripe_1.html FROM: Un-public domain [InfoWorld] Top 100 Hoaxes of All Time http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/top100.html https://cs.ala.org/@yourlibrary/nlw.cfm National Library Week [American Library Association] Mount Mercy College's Busse Library offers an electronic book that researches/provides over 500 works of fiction set in Iowa. Titles feature extensive publishing histories, notes on special awards, and setting notes. You can search for titles based on audience, form (novels, short stories, etc.), and setting. Iowa: A Literary Landscape (http://www.mtmercy.edu/iafiction/iowafic.htm) We are currently working on our second electronic book, a project about Grant Wood's Stone City Art Colony, tentatively set for "release" in late summer. Best wishes, Kristy Raine Reference Librarian (PT) and Archivist Mount Mercy College Busse Library 1330 Elmhurst Drive NE Cedar Rapids, IA 52402 YOU WROTE: snippets from your e-mails: WORLD'S LARGEST WIND FARM The Iowa House and Senate have approved legislation to help MidAmerican Energy build the worlds largest land-based wind farm. The legislation is now headed to Governor Vilsack, who is expected to sign it into law. MidAmerican Proposal MidAmerican will invest $323 million for 200 wind generators in Northern Iowa, with a combined 310 megawatt capacity, enough to power 85,000 homes. The first units will come on line in 2004, with project completion by the end of 2006. Each tower pad will cover ¼ acre and provide farmers with annual payments of about $4,000. FROM: Iowa House of Representatives State Representative Roger Thomas STATEHOUSE NEWS -- April 3, 2003 CHANGES: Updates – Addresses & such - Yet another LSA Blog - Yea-Yea!!! Come visit us at the SWILSA House blog (weblog)! Clip .... visit us at the blog: http://www.swilsa.blogspot.com Karen Burns, Administrator Southwest Iowa Library Service Area     END PLATE: Long Announcements, Supporting Documents, & other "stuff" NEW GOOGLE FEATURE: There is a new feature that makes it possible to type a telephone number into Google's search bar, click the search button, and have a MapQuest or Yahoo page returned as a result. Any person wishing to discover the physical location of a phone number, be it a home or business address, could use this feature to locate a physical street address, and receive explicit directions on how to get there from anywhere in the country. One positive use of this feature could be to determine the location of, say, an party for whom you may only have a telephone number. On a negative note, this feature could also be used by an angry party to find out where you live. Google has made available an option that will allow anyone to remove their telephone number from the database that is linked to the mapping feature. You will first need to check if your number is listed in this manner by attempting a search - entering your full telephone number separated by dashes (e.g., 202-555-1212). If the number appears in the mapping database, an icon resembling a telephone will appear next to the first or second entry on the results page. Clicking on this icon will take you to a page containing a description of the service, and a link to request your number be removed from the database. It isn't necessary to input your email address for the removal request to be accepted, although it may still be able to be determined from your email response. Many people are unaware of this danger. I personally, don't want anyone having a direct map to my house just by having my phone number. Go to http://www.google.com then type in your phone number. See how accurate the map is.... linked to your phone number. 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:CorelwpdocsFridayNotes0404b.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 Apr. 7, 2003 – 2-3:00 p.m. Agenda 1.    Approval of the Agenda 2.    Approval of March Board Minutes 3.    Review and Approval of March Bills 4.    General Business     a.    Trustee Council Meeting – report     b.    Legislative Day – wrap up           i.    HSB 299     c.    Personnel Committee – report     d.    Other 5.    AEA Report 6.    Community College Report 7.    Administrator's Report     a.    Plan of Service – NE draft     b.    Budget to date     c.    Other 8.    Consultant's Report     a.    Updates 9.    Next Meeting Date, Time and Location – May 12, 2003 2:00 p.m., NEILSA Office? 10.    Adjourn TO: NE Librarians and other Friday Notes recipients FROM: Ken Davenport NEILSA Consultant Subj: Friday Notes Problems & e-mail methods Clearly we are having a few problems with the Friday Notes list.  This seems to have started a couple of weeks ago when it became necessary to set up a new mail server [If you want the technical details you will need to talk to Eunice.] 1. So it appears that lots of people did not get the Friday Notes 2. You can get the Friday Notes 2 by going directly to the blog site at: http://radio.weblogs.com/0108327/ IF you bookmark the site you will have it and can just check the blog at your convenience.  The last 10 issues are kept active on the blog. The e-mail notice that is sent out: Friday Notes 2 is on the blog:   AT  http://radio.weblogs.com/0108327/ is intended to let you know I have just posted the most current issue.  This usually happens mid-day on Friday, all other things being equal.  Material for inclusion in the Friday Notes 2 is selected through Thursday afternoon. 2. E-mail procedures: A reminder – the e-mail notice above is sent via an e-mail list.  Since a number of you responded to the "test" message {THANK YOU} I thought a review of a mailing list procedure  is in order. When you reply to an e-mail PLEASE check the "TO:" line on your e-mail and make certain you are not sending to the entire list when all you want to do is reply to an individual, and vice versa.   For a very good discussion of mailing lists go to: http://www.lesbian.org/amy/essays/using-email-lists.html For a library based e-rate [opps] e-mail tutorial go to: http://www2.sls.lib.il.us/RDS/tutorial.html Another good, but more general, site is: http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/internet/guides.html   11:53:21 AM    comment []

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