Friday, June 27, 2003

Friday Notes 2.  An on-line resource for NEILSA Librarians Other LSA blogs: SWILSA House blog at: http://www.swilsa.blogspot.com NEILSA Board On June 17 the Commission of Libraries appointed / certified the LSA board appointments as submitted. All appointments are 4 years through June 30, 2007. The list is below. * Commission appoints board member + Appointment made by other groups; Commission certifies the appointment Northeast + CC - Bob Chittenden - Reappointment + AEA - Rhonda Sheeley  - Reappointment * At Large - Anita Cox - Welcome aboard, we knew you couldn't stay away, Ken (:-{}}} DEADLINES & DATES: I'll try to list all the upcoming dates of importance here, you will have to mine for the details.  The Access Plus Annual Report is due July 31, 2003. This report is for Access Plus interlibrary loan transactions made between July 1, 2002 and June 30, 2003 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 - October 21 at 7:30 Sumner      Buchanan County Meeting -      Butler County Meeting  - October 7, 2003, in Allison. CE      Chickasaw County Meeting      Clayton County Meeting -Oct. 14, 2003 7:30  in Strawberry Point      Delaware County Meeting - Hopkinton Library on Nov. l8 at 7:00      Dubuque County - DALINC - 8:30 am July 10 at the (new) Dubuque County Library in Farley.      Fayette County Meeting - Oct. 23, 2003 @ 1:00 Haweye PL      Grundy County Meeting - All meetings start at 9:00 am - 2003 schedule         7/28 @ Grundy Center, 10/27 @ Reinbeck      Howard County Meeting   -  Lime Springs on Tuesday, October 7, at 7:00 p.m.      Winneshiek County Meeting - November 6, 2003 @ 7:00 Decorah CE: Confluence registration http://www.neilsa.org/classes/current.html July 8 - Waverly "Telling the Library Story through Annual Reports" – Restricted Class Max size 12 "Funding Workshop"  "CIPA Revisited" - Afternoon Special Workshops: One & two hour workshops at Fall & Spring county meetings, item specific workshops. Description:  Annual town meetings (8 locations) provide opportunities to learn about major issues affecting libraries, gain ideas for improving programs and services and get to know State Library and Library Service Area staff better.  Program to be announced. Who Should Attend: Library directors and staff Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 Time: 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Contact Hours: 4 Place: Waterloo Art and Recreation Center, 225 Commercial St., Waterloo                            Instructor(s): To be announced Fee: To be announced Sponsor: State Library and Northeast Iowa Library Service Area Contact: Sandy Dixon, sandy.dixon@lib.state.ia.us     OTHER CE: You must register with the listed provider.  The North Iowa Library Cooperative will be sponsoring a two-day conference entitled: Building Blocks to Life-Long Learning: The Big 6 and Information Literacy on August 6 & 7, 2003. The Big 6 is a six-step model that is used to solve an information problem, whether the problem is academic, such as how to research and present a History Day project, or a life-skill question like making choices for Friday night activities. Join Bob Berkowitz, of Syracuse, New York, co-developer, of The Big 6 to learn a systematic approach to find, use, apply, and evaluate information for specific needs and tasks. On day two, Mary Wegner, State Librarian, Mary Cameron, State Library Youth Services Consultant, and Mary Jo Langhorne, Adjunct Professor, Library and Information Sciences, University of Iowa, will talk about Information Literacy: what it is, why it is so important, and how school, public, and academic libraries can work together to promote it. For more details regarding this conference and registration information, click on: http://www.nclsa.lib.ia.us/nilcconference.htm If you have further questions, please contact our office at the numbers listed below. Karen M. Day, Administrative Assistant North Central Library Service Area 22 North Georgia, Suite 208 Mason City IA 50401-3435 641-423-6917 - voice 641-423-6261 - fax kday@nclsa.lib.ia.us The State Library of Iowa has re-scheduled the Iowa Arts Council Grant Writing Training Workshop for Tuesday September 23, 2003 from 9:00 - 12:00 Reservation # 404214. These workshops are conducted throughout Iowa for artists, educators, communities and organizations who are seeking funding support for arts-related activities that benefit Iowans. 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:     In the EYE-OPENER from NWILSA: Good Morning! This time in EYE-OPENER: 1) "Library 101" Orientation June 27th 2) EBSCO Renewal Reminder 3) Gates Computer Training Dates 4) Milford P.L. Honors Outgoing Board Members 5) NWILS' June Board Meeting 1) "Library 101" Orientation June 27th: A reminder that the next "Library 101" orientation for new directors happens this Friday June 27th over the ICN. People new to support staff positions are also welcome, as well as new trustees. The program runs from 9:00AM--12:00PM and is worth 3 c.e. credits. The Northwest ICN locations are these high schools: Sioux City East, Galva-Holstein, Newell-Fonda, Remsen-Union, and Spirit Lake. If you haven't yet registered, please contact us quickly, so that we have time to send you a handout packet. One more suggestion: since this workshop takes place in high school ICN rooms, we advise you to call ahead to make sure the school building and its ICN room will be open. ICN scheduling in schools often presents problems in the summer months and we would hate to hear that you were locked out. Below is a link to the ICN classroom locations statewide. Simply click onto the AEA region for the high school where you're going and you'll see phone numbers and contact people. Thanks for doing this ahead of time--you'll be glad you did! http://www3.iptv.org/iowa_database/aeamap.cfm 2) EBSCO Renewal Reminder: Here's a reminder to renew your EBSCO subscription for FY'04. Weeks ago, there was still the option of being billed yet this fiscal year. But now, libraries renewing at this point will be billed after July 1st. Send your renewal form to the State Library and they will send back an invoice. The subscription fee for public libraries is minimal: $25.00 base price, plus $.02cents per capita--affordable for even the smallest of libraries. The renewal form is found on the State Library's website; NWILS also has a copy we can send. And remember: we now have a 3-hour EBSCO training module ready to roll. We prefer to offer this training on a county-wide basis, so if this appeals to your county library association, let us know and we'll work on scheduling. Here's the link to the EBSCO info: http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/databases/ebsco/index.html             New LINKS of interest: The June issue of the State Library's newsletter Footnotes is now available at http://www.silo.lib.ia.us. (Look under News Releases at the top of the page.) Internet Filters and Free Speech - June 25, 2003 http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/25/opinion/25WED2.html?ex=1057648512&;ei=1&en=cfb3c325285a2edb Telemarketer Block - register your phone number(s) to block telemarketers. http://www.donotcall.com http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/jan-june03/library_6-18.html Libraries and Liberties [PBS NewsHour] http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0617/p02s02-ussc.html Librarians' last stand: They fight back to preserve stacks [The Christian Science Monitor] YOU WROTE: snippets from  e-mails: Just in case you missed it – IowaLib From: "Mary Wegner" <Mary.Wegner@lib.state.ia.us>; Subject: [iowalib] Re: iowalib description change We are reminded almost daily about the importance of the Iowalib electronic mail list in keeping us up-to-date about library issues in our state. The State Library is pleased to be able to provide this service through our SILO program. We recently updated our description of iowalib and would like to share it with you: Iowalib is a mail list for members of the Iowa library community. It is used to post library news, to exchange library information (such as policies and procedures), to buy, sell or trade library materials and equipment, and to discuss topics and issues affecting libraries. Iowalib is not intended to be used for sales / commercial messages involving personal profit. Questions on library management, budget, cataloging, etc., and reference questions such as requests for song lyrics should be referred to your Library Service Area. Interlibrary loan requests should be posted to the SILO Interlibrary Loan mail list. The description of iowalib and of the other mail lists hosted by SILO are available on the State Library's web site at http://mail.silo.lib.ia.us/cgi-bin/mailman If you have questions or suggestions, please let me know. Mary Wegner State Librarian State Library of Iowa 515.281.4105 fax: 515.281.6191 www.silo.lib.ia.us mary.wegner@lib.state.ia.us FUN LOVE THIS! THIS IS WHAT A COMPUTER IS SUPPOSED TO DO! CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW & THEN TYPE IN YOUR FIRST NAME... http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~geoffo/humour/flattery.html "How long should we keep our records?" It depends on the record, for example, computer sign up sheets should be destroyed* each day, circulation records should be destroyed* as soon as they have served their purpose, e-rate documents must be saved for 5 years and so forth.  You can check with the city clerk about how long, and which, finical records you should retain.  Also check out The Iowa League of Cities' Record Retention Handbook. http://www.iowaleague.org/services/officials/recordretention.pdf *"destroyed" means:    1.  To ruin completely; spoil,    2. To tear down or break up; demolish,  ruin    3. To do away with; put an end to    4. To render useless or ineffective. For example if the record is burned the ashes should be stirred to be really destroyed. CHANGES: Updates – Addresses & such - The new mailing address for Denver Public Library is: Denver Public Library, P.O. Box 692, 100 Washington St., Denver, IA 50622-0692. The new e mail address is: denverlibrary@mchsi.com   CONSORTIA NEWS & E-Rate: In case you care: The Schools Report and Order (68 FR 36931, June 20, 2003) and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (68 FR 36961, June 20, 2003) were published in the Federal Register today. The comment cycle is as follows: Comments are due 7/21/2003 and Reply Comments are due 8/19/2003. Filtering Software - Do NOT rush out and buy but starting your research wouldn't hurt. http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/RefCenter/lwmrcpublic.html#filter links to lots of filtering info..... Bit old now, but links should still be good...how we selected filters for our Children's Room machines. http://www.gti.net/main/filter.html Gates Foundation Grants News: ADVICE FROM THE FIELD>>> As I'm visiting libraries in SW during their Gates installs, I'm finding that some libraries with LANs do not have some critical pieces of information to help the installers, particularly with configuring the Gates-granted printer and the content server. If the library has a LAN, the printer will likely be networked, i.e., it will stand alone as its own device on the network (i.e., not connected through a computer workstation) and will need its own IP address--a static one, at that. So, especially for those libraries who have a new LAN, and/or a LAN that was set up by a third party they may want to ask for this information ahead of the Gates install: 1) gateway address 2) subnet mask 3) a static IP address for the printer. If they are using DHCP/dynamic addressing, it would be best for the  network folks to set up or reserve a static IP for the printer, and give that address to the librarian. 4) If they are getting a Gates content server, a static IP for the server. This is a little simplistic, but that's the only way I understand this stuff: with DHCP, computers on the network don't have a specific IP address that stays with the machine all the time: each time the computer boots up it is given an IP address from a pool of addresses, so it has a different address each time it is booted up. While this is perfectly OK for workstations and for printers that are physically connected to a workstation on the network, it makes it difficult to set up a workstation's printer configuration for a printer that is directly connected to the LAN because the configuration tells the computer where to go to find the printer, and if the printer has a different address every day (or each time it's turned on) then the computers can't find it because they have no way of knowing what the printer's address is that day. The LAN can be set up to reserve certain IP addresses for specific devices on the network, so the printer, for example, would also "get" or have that IP address when it is turned on.) For what it's worth. Karen Burns, Administrator     END PLATE: Long Announcements, Supporting Documents, & other "stuff" United States v. American Library Association, No. 02-361 (June 23, 2003). The Supreme Court issued its opinion in the CIPA case today. The Court reversed the lower court's ruling and upheld the federal law in a very narrow plurality opinion. Five justices plainly agreed with the lower court that filtering software blocks access to a significant amount of constitutionally protected speech. Justices Stevens, Souter and Ginsburg dissented from the judgment on the ground that the blocking software blocks access to an enormous amount of constitutionally protected speech. Justices Breyer and Kennedy, each of whom filed concurring opinions, joined only in the judgment of the plurality and not the opinion. They agreed with Justices Stevens, Souter and O'Connor that the filters block access to constitutionally protected speech. Nonetheless, Justices Breyer and Kennedy joined in the judgment that the law should be upheld on the ground that the disabling provision of the statute can be applied without significant delay to adult library patrons and without the need for the patron to provide a reason for the request to disable. For example, Justice Breyer made clear in his concurring opinion that he only joined the plurality's judgment because "[a]s the plurality points out, the Act allows libraries to permit any adult patron access to an 'overblocked' Web site; the adult patron need only ask a librarian to unblock the specific Web site or, alternatively, ask the librarian, "Please disable the entire filter." Concurring Opinion of Justice Breyer, at 5. Additionally, Justice Kennedy cautioned that "[i]f some libraries do not have the capacity to unblock specific Web sites or to disable the filter or if it is shown that an adult user's election to view constitutionally protected Internet material is burdened in some other substantial way, that would be the subject for an as-applied challenge." Concurring Opinion of Justice Kennedy at 1. There is no doubt, therefore, that libraries that refuse to disable filters at the request of an adult patron or that impose substantial burdens on a patron's ability to have the filter disabled risk an individual litigation in which the library will be a defendant. 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:CorelwpdocsFridayNotes0627.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 ... 11:54:18 AM    comment []

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