Friday, April 18, 2003

Friday Notes 2.  An on-line resource for NEILSA Librarians Other LSA blogs: SWILSA House blog at: http://www.swilsa.blogspot.com DEADLINES & DATES: I'll try to list all the upcoming dates of importance here, you will have to mine for the details.  Upcoming Grant Application Deadlines 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 - October 21 7:30 Sumner •    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 - October 23 1:00 Hawkeye 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   - •    Winneshiek County Meeting - November 6, 2003 @ 7:00 Decorah Meetings this week CE: The Kids First Conference - "Proud Traditions, Bright Futures" will be April 24 and 25, 2003 at the Four Point Sheraton on Merle Hay Road in Des Moines.  There is still time to register and the conference schedule is available at:  http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/youth-services/kids-first-conf.html PUBLIC BROWSER WORKSHOP    Waterloo Public Library Computer Lab  May 1, 2003 10:00-3:00 CE'S: 4 Cost : $30.00 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     The Kids First Conference is fast approaching and there is still time to send in your registrations. "Proud Traditions, Bright Futures" will be April 24 and 25, 2003 at the Four Point Sheraton on Merle Hay Road in Des Moines. The conference schedule and a registration form is available at: http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/youth-services/kids-first-conf.html Mary Registration is now available for Virtual Reference: A Leadership View, a teleconference produced by the College of DuPage. For details and to register, go to http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/continuing-ed/cecat.htm#May There is no charge for the teleconference because it is being underwritten by the State Library and Bibliographical Center for Research. Copies of the videotape, Laugh It Up @ the Library: YA Program are available to borrow from the State Library. To schedule a time to borrow it, contact Rinda Kramme, 515-281-6920, 800-248-4483, rinda.kramme@lib.state.ia.us Ask for VH 11220. This was the program presented March 13 via the ICN by Maria Levetzow, Young Adult Librarian at the Bettendorf Public Library.         Self-Directed Learning Opportunities: http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/Certification/alternate.htm Copies of the video, Reader's Advisory Featuring Novelist, are now available for borrowing from the State Library. This was the April 1 ICN program on how to help fiction readers and use the NoveList database. To schedule a time to borrow it, contact Rinda Kramme, 515-281-6920, 800-248-4483 or Rinda.Kramme@lib.state.ia.us Ask for VH 11222. To request CE credit for watching the tape, complete the online Learning Activity Written Summary available at http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/continuing-ed/online-learningactivitywrittensummary.htm Sandy Dixon ANNOUNCEMENTS: Just in time for your report to the council/supervisors: An improved version of Web Connect is now available. Connect allows a library to make historical comparisons or peer comparisons with other Iowa public libraries. Data from 1999-2002 are available. The latest enhancements: The following changes have been made to Connect with the release of version 2.2 (3/31/03) -Graphs have many options and can be sorted -Export to Excel Icon on the  Results  Screen when viewing a table. Data will automatically transfer into Excel. -Sort options on the  Results  Screen when viewing a table. Sort the graph based on variables selected (in ascending or descending order) -The ability to benchmark (average, median, or sum) just the libraries selected (for example: your peer group) -The ability to view libraries that make up a particular benchmark. (For example if you have a benchmark for 76-100% of Total Operating Income, by clicking on the  i  next to the benchmark will allow you to see the libraries that make up the top 25% in Total Operating Income.) - Me  Library will appear in red if included in a results table. -Mouse over help. Users have the option to turn on  Tool Tips  at the setup screen. This option provides mouse over help on many of the icons within the system. A great option for first time users! Iowa libraries also now have the ability to peer select by LSA and Size Code. See http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/statistics/lib-stats.html for more information. Gerry The Great Library Card Collection at http://www.webpan.com/msauers/libdir/cards/ Luckily I don't get bored very often because when I do I think up stuff like this... What I am trying to do is to collect as many valid library cards as I can. As I get them I will post them here. If you wish to have your library's lending card added to this collection please issue a library card to me and send it to the following address: Michael Sauers BCR 14394 E Evans Ave Aurora CO 80014 When the card has been received I will scan it, remove any information beyond my name that might allow someone else to use it and post it here. As the collection grows I'll start breaking the scans down by state/country. The Friends of the Aplington Library would like to invite you to our Library/Community Center for a presentation by author Don Harstad (retired deputy sheriff from NE Iowa) this coming Monday evening at 7:30 p.m. Please especially encourage your mystery-lover patrons to attend. If you have a copy of one of Don Harstad's books that you would like to bring along I'm sure he would be willing to sign it. Nancy Huisman, Aplington Public Library The Iowa Library Association/Association of College and Research Libraries is planning our Spring Conference on May 2nd at the University of Dubuque (IA). It will be a very interesting conference including a keynote speaker well versed in First Amendment issues and breakout sessions on a variety of topics, particularly ones dealing with information literacy. Further information is available at the following URL: http://www.iren.net/acrl/.     In the EYE-OPENER from NWILSA: 3) "Lawyers for Libraries" ­ Some of your cities and towns have lawyers serving on the Library Board, and/or lawyers who are library advocates. So, we thought you would want to know about this ALA-based organization and its upcoming training institute. According to the ALA brochure,"Lawyers for Libraries is an ongoing project designed to build a nationwide network of attorneys committed to the defense of the First Amendment freedom to read and the application of constitutional law to library policies, principles, and problems." On May 12th and 13th, the organization's Midwest Region training institute will be held in Chicago. Sessions will include: "The Library as a Public Forum" (includes book removals, Internet filtering, meeting room issues and patron behavior) "Unprotected Speech" (includes statutory and case law defining obscenity, child pornography, and speech "harmful to minors") " Minimizing Liability" (includes liability for providing patrons with unfiltered Internet and creating a hostile work environment for employees) "Privacy and Confidentiality" (includes subpoenas and search warrants demanding patron circulation or library use records) "Panel Discussion" (includes drafting and enforcing library use policies) Training is specifically for lawyers and library trustees. Librarians may attend but would need to be accompanied by an attorney. Cost is $500. Phone and online registration are options: (800) 5452433 ext. 4226 and http://www.ala.org/lawyers 4) E-Rate News ­ Just a quick "heads-up" on spring E-Rate happenings. Beginning each year in May, the SLD begins its 3-month process of sending out colorful, multi-page "Funding Commitment Decision Letters." These go to libraries that applied, last fall, for discounts beginning in July. When you receive your bright yellow letter, please photocopy the first page and the last page(s) that show your funding charts. Please mail, rather than fax, the copies to Chris at NWILS. She will need these to complete another step in the process. 5.) Gates Training ­ Bonnie is one of eight delegates from Iowa attending a two-and-a-half-day training opportunity at the Gates Foundation in Seattle this week. The training helps pave the way for the arrival of the new Gates computers. Our LSA is Iowa's largest service area and it also happens to be receiving the largest number of computers ­ 89. There will also be one new computer for our administrative office. Bonnie's training is an all-expense-paid trip, courtesy of the Gates Foundation, bearing no cost to our office. One of the training components is ways the LSAs and the State Library can support "future sustainability" - ongoing training in the software after the Gates consultants have gone home. Bonnie's training will take place Monday ­ Wednesday, with her back in the office Thursday.         YOU WROTE: snippets from e-mails: Hi librarians, I'm delighted that you are promoting Bev Larsen's presentations at your various libraries. We have four new speakers on our roster, just waiting for you to call and book them into your library. Go to our web site and follow the link from the front page to read their program description. The application for Speakers Bureau program is also on the web site - follow the links from the Speakers Bureau link on the side bar of the front page. Or call if you have any questions. Also, we are in process of revising our Speakers Bureau booklet and should have copies for you by September. If you have any suggestions, please send them along. Thanks. Lynn Spaight, Program Director Humanities Iowa 100 Oakdale Campus Northlawn Iowa City, IA 52242-5000 (319) 335-4152 lynn-spaight@uiowa.edu Gates Foundation Grants News: Eunice is back from the West Coast where she also attended the Gates Training.  NEILSA has received its Gates Foundation Gateway computer & it is cool.  More when we get it out of the boxes.     END PLATE: Long Announcements, Supporting Documents, & other "stuff" 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. 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