Friday, January 09, 2004

Friday Notes 2.  An on-line resource for NEILSA Librarians NEILSA Board agenda near end of todays blog, a funny ? test is at the very end DEADLINES & DATES: xx: http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/news/calendars/2004calendar.pdf January 21 - All Iowa Reads 2004 ICN session for people planning events February - Applications for Public Library Management I and II spring sessions are due in February February - Summer Library Workshops dates are listed: 2/6 Fayette March 11 - Young Adult Summer Library Workshop April - Applications for Public Library Management I and II for summer sessions are due in April July 1 - Renew EBSCOhost with State Library July 31 - Direct State Aid, Library Infrastructure, Open Access and Access Plus final reports are due December 15 - Direct State Aid Report due at the State Library xx: http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/continuing-ed/cecat.htm  for class listings & details  (The ce catalog)     County Meetings Scheduled: If your county meeting date is not on the schedule please contact Ken at NEILSA      Allamakee County Meeting -      Black Hawk County Meeting - When called - seldom      Bremer County Meeting - April 20, 2004 at 7:30 in Tripoli (?)      Buchanan County Meeting -      Butler County Meeting  - April 6, 2004 at 7:00 in Aplington      Chickasaw County Meeting -      Clayton County Meeting -      Delaware County Meeting - May 11, 2004 at 7:00 in Manchester      Dubuque County - DALINC - 1/15 Business meeting at the Kennedy Public Library in Dyersville.      Fayette County Meeting - Maynard PL 4/15/4 & Oelwein PL Oct 15, 2004      Grundy County Meeting - 1/26/2004 at 09:00 in Wellsburg      Howard County Meeting   - Riceville 7:00 April 6th 2004 (I think)     Winneshiek County Meeting - November 4, 2004 @ 7:00 in Fort A NEXT weeks meetings ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Iowa Caucus Web Sites has links to some high quality information.  http://www.silo.lib.ia.us  [near the top of the State Library's home page] MONDAY MORNING EYE OPENER [from NWILS] Good Morning! This is the first 2004 issue of Eye Opener. So we have lots of timely news to share: 1) State Library's Annual Report 2) 2004 Calendar of Dates to Remember 3) Guide to Iowa Caucus Web Sites 4) E-rate Reminders 5) Summer Reading Workshop Site in Everly -- Local data edit out 6) Mystery of the Missing Video 1) The State Library's FY03 Annual Report is already up on their web site: http://www.silo.lib.ia.us You can find it under the News Releases, Newsletters and Upcoming Events section at the top of the page. 2) Also up already, in that same section, is the "2004 Calendar of Dates to Remember." In addition to suggesting you print out a copy, we'd like to direct your attention to the following key dates and events: January 21 - All Iowa Reads 2004 ICN session for people planning events February - Applications for Public Library Management I and II spring sessions are due in February February - Summer Library Workshops dates are listed March 11 - Young Adult Summer Library Workshop April - Applications for Public Library Management I and II for summer sessions are due in April July 1 - Renew EBSCOhost with State Library July 31 - Direct State Aid, Library Infrastructure, Open Access and Access Plus final reports are due December 15 - Direct State Aid Report due at the State Library 3) As anyone in Iowa with a phone that keeps ringing and a mailbox that overflows knows, the Iowa caucus is virtually upon us. Beth Henning of the State Library's State Data Center has amassed a trove of web sites to help your library keep abreast of the questions that are rolling in: http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/specialized-services/_private/guide%20to%20iowa%20caucus%20sites.html There, you'll find links to: ·    Candidates' Iowa offices, party headquarters, Iowa caucus experts, caucus FAQs ·    Caucus guides for students, PowerPoint presentations, links to political parties ·    Analysis of the caucus process, key 2004 election dates, 2000 caucus results ·    Issue grids comparing candidate's positions, biographical information, status reports on candidates, ·    Financial contributions to candidates, candidates' schedules, key caucus dates, lists of past caucus winners and losers, caucus news stories and polls ·    Candidates' biographies, schedule of candidates' visits, candidate and party web sites, campaign news stories, caucus notes, candidates' news releases ·    Candidates' headquarters and web sites, community resources for caucus visitors, caucus-related events, and caucus-related locations ·    Links to election results, how to find your polling place, Iowa legislative and Congressional districts, important dates for the 2004 election, books about candidates, Iowa caucuses and politics ·    History of Iowa caucuses, caucus procedure, and the convention schedule 4) E-rate Reminders Right now, we are in a filing flurry, working to get your Form 471 completed online. Copies will be mailed to you for signing. I expect to have those done, God willing, by the last week in January. Form 470s were completed in November. So many of you have been receiving colorful letters from the USAC/Schools and Libraries Division. One letter notifies you that your Form 470 has been successfully received. If you've signed and mailed in your certification "Return Receipt Requested" and are keeping the white receipt and the green return card, don't worry if the letter says your certification has not yet been received. It takes time for things to catch up with one another. Another colorful letter may give you info and tips to be aware of if you're filing on your own, instead of through us. If you're a self-filer, this is valuable info to pore over. If Northwest is filing on your behalf, you have the luxury of just glancing at the letter, then filing it in your folder. Whether you are a self-filer or we are filing on your behalf, it is important that the sample bill(s) or estimate asked for must be for the vendor you'll be using come July 2004, and be a bill or estimate that shows an undiscounted amount for the service, somewhere on it. If you inadvertently use a discounted bill, you'll only get half the money you deserve! Year 6 Internet Form 486s were delayed going out last summer because the form had to be redesigned due to the CIPA ruling. That's why discounts have been slow to show up on your Internet bills. Our own office will just be beginning to see credits and discounts on our January bill. So, if you've been patiently (or impatiently) waiting, you're not alone. If you'd like to check on the status of your 486 (it triggers the flow of money to your vendor and thence on to you), you have the option of calling the SLD taller: 888-203-8100. Be sure to have a copy of your 486 in front of you. They'll ask for your Entity, Form 471 Application, and FRN numbers. For those of you who opted for Internet discounts for the year we're currently in and/or for the coming year, next week's Eye-Opener will bring you news of ALA's efforts to help you choose between filtering and blocking software vendors. 5) & 6) – local data edited out Until next week, best regards and better weather. -- Christine Rutherford Reference & Internet Services Northwest Iowa Library Services     New LINKS of interest: ALA-APA Newsletter v1 n1. http://www.ala-apa.org/newsletter/ala_apa_vol1_no1.html     CHANGES: None Reported Please Note: If we do not receive notification of: New e-mail addresses New web sites Retiring/quitting Directors New Staff/Directors et. al. We can not list them. We do not (don't have the time) to monitor the changes in the SLI directory or IowaLib mailing list, so if you wish to be listed in the Friday Notes 2 you must e-mail the changes to Ken.     YOU WROTE: "Why all of a sudden do you (Ken) want everything e-mailed?" {Answer & editorial} I (Ken) do not think it is all of a sudden, or everything e-mailed, but the answer is that I request replys in a way that allows me (us) to most effecently process the data you send in to us. For example: For things that will/may end up in the Friday Notes, such as changes, having it come in via e-mail means that I can distribute it to the rest of the staff with ease and can paste and copy it right into the Friday Notes, cuts time & the possibility of errors.  For e-rate we often make up a form and ask you to fax it back, the reason for this is that it allows the data to come in in the same place on a peice of paper.  The peice of paper is saved in case of an audit and having the data come in in a standard format allows a student or volenteer to process the data without an intimate knowledge of the local libraries or the e-rate program.  We could not do the e-rate the way we do if it were not for the non-staff help we receive from these people.  The down side is that an error that Ken would spot in a second may go undiscovered because Ken does not have the time to review everything e-rate and do his "regular" job, e-rate is a hobby or something.  Anyway that is why you often get requests to reply using a specific method, we know that it is not as friendly and it is not as much fun as it was when we had the staff to do things on a personal basis.  One of the reasons I (Ken) came to work in NE Iowa was the chance to visit libraries, directors, staff and boards in the library.  The things that you do on a day to day basis to provide service to the people, on next to nothing budgets and for poverty wages, is nothing short of amazing.  The part of this job that has gone with the budget is the part of the job that had us traveling around the region, visiting, stealing ideas from one place and planting them in another, discussing problems in the library and even, on occasion, solving a few, OK enough whining. CONSORTIA (1): Form 471 for Telecommunications & Internet have been filed. You will (maybe) be getting an e-mail from SLD that starts: "Important Notice for Funding Year 2004" "The FCC and the SLD have issued notices of changes and clarifications that are applicable to Funding Year 2004.  This e-mail serves to highlight these for you to help you take full advantage of E-rate support in the upcoming funding year and avoid denial of funding requests on Forms 471 for Funding Year 2004." AND so forth for about 5 pages  – the Consortia staff (O really) has previewed it {I needed a nap} and found it to be up to SLD standards, you are welcome to read it and give me a call and tell me what it means if you understand it.  (;-{}}}} AND NOW FOR SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT!  IF you use a cell phone in the provision of library services e.g. to keep in contact with volunteer staff, bookmobile, and so forth. I will be putting in a cell phone application, USCellular (ONLY), next week, if you want on let me  know. CE: IF by the end of next week you have not received CE certificates owed to you please let Ken know via e-mail with the details: Program: Date(s): Location: Instructor: Total Hours: ce's requested: Provider, of not NEILSA or a Gates Foundation Program: SUGGESTION: Block & Copy to your e-mail program the material above, then fill in the data and send the e-mail.  PLEASE - please send it in via e-mail, fax and phone notes take a lot longer to be processed.     SPECIAL WORKSHOPS:                         CLASSES in NEILSA: New Children's & Young Adult Literature Presented over the ICN 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 Noon Wednesday, February 18, 2004 Join us for this year's edition of a perennial favorite! The presenters will share some of the best -- and a few of the worst -- preschool through young adult books published in 2003. 9:00 – Books for Grades Pre-K-3 - Paula Brandt, Curriculum Laboratory, University of Iowa 10:00 – Books for Grades 4-6 – Barbara Stein & Victoria Walton, Media Specialists, Iowa City Community School District 11:00 – Books for Grades 7-12 - Joel Shoemaker, Media Specialist, South East Junior High, Iowa City Public Library attendees must register with NEILSA to receive handouts and CE credit. http://neilsa.org/classes/current.html http://neilsa.org/classes/kidsyabooktalk04.pdf for details     OTHER CE: You must register with the listed provider. "Learning Activity Written Summery" may be found at: http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/continuing-ed/online-learningactivitywrittensummary.htm Complete details about re-certification 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 END PLATE: Previously run & Long Announcements, Supporting Documents, & other "stuff" Other blogs:     SWILSA House blog at: http://www.swilsa.blogspot.com     Blogs for Libraries [WebJunction]     http://www.webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=1432 On line Newsletters:     Regional Rag. http://www.sls.lib.ia.us/rag.htm The fine print stuff blog - Friday Notes 2 AT -  http://radio.weblogs.com/0108327/ EDITORS NOTES: "x" & "xx" are catalogers shorthand for:  x = See &  xx = See also 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:Data File MiscFriday Notes 20109.wpd 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 Waverly Public Library January 12, 2004 – 2:00 p.m. Agenda 1.    Approval of the Agenda 2.    Approval of December Board Minutes 3.    Approval of December Bills 4.    Open Forum 5.    General Business a.    Report from the Auditor b.    Other 6.    AEA Report 7.    Community College Report 8.    Administrator's Report a.    All Iowa Reads b.    New fax machine c.    Budget to date d.    Other 9.    Consultant's Report a.    Update 10.    Meeting Dates, Time and Location a.    February 9, 2004 2:00 p.m., in 11.    Adjourn HUMOR (I think) A test to see if you are a real librarian 1)Mr. Dewey a) 5 points if you know the difference between John and Melville b) 10 points if you caught the misspelling of Melvil in a) c) 15 points if you know basic biographical information about Melvil d) 20 points if you have a pet named Melvil or Dewey e) 50 points if you have a child named Melvil or Dewey f) 100 points if you have his name or likeness tattooed anywhere on your body g) 100 points for any computer named Melvil or Dewey 2)Collection Management a) 1 point for each book you have on (and under and in) your night stand b) 5 points for every 1000 books you have in your home c) 10 points if your personal books are arranged by genre d) 15 points if they are arranged by Dewey category e) 50 points if you have spine labels on your books at home f) 100 points if you maintain a database or card catalog for your personal holdings g) 10 points for each book you have at home stamped "withdrawn" 3)Professional Attire a) 5 points for each book tie, scarf, shirt or vest you own b) 10 points for each time you dressed as a literary character in the last year c) 15 points if you have literature-themed furniture in your library d) 100 points if you have literature-themed furniture in your home (book shelves do not count)   e) 15 points for each pair of "sensible" shoes in your closet f) 15 points if you wear your hear in a "bun" g) 25 points if you actually use the bun as a pencil(s) storage place 4) Copyright a) 5 points if you understand and can explain the difference between copyright date and publication date b) 10 points if you have ever refused to copy a CD or video for you spouse c) 15 points if you know what DMCA stands for d) 25 points if you have ever answered a copyright question on LM_NET or iowalib (an additional 50 points if you were right) e) 100 points for each copyright infringement court case you can name   f) 50 points if you know what "metadata" is g) 100 points if a search on your computer turns up the phrase "Dublin Core" 5)Professional Communication a) 5 points for each library, technology, and literature e-mail list you are subscribed to b) 10 points for every 1/2 hour you spend per day on e-mail c) 15 points for each target/hit posting you have done on LM_NET or iowalib in the last year d) 25 points (and the gratitude of thousands of list members) if you know the difference between Reply and Reply to All e) 50 points if you check the archives before posting a query f) 100 points if get the DTs when the district (or SILO/"your") mail server is down g) 500 points if you are subscribed from two different addresses just in case one of the mail servers goes down 6)Cataloging and Classification a) one point if you know what DDC stands for, additional point if you know the current edition and 5 points if you know the publisher b) 5 points if when you hear someone say "Sears" you don't think of the retailer c) 10 points if you have every gotten into a debate over the virtues Sears versus LC headings versus Hennepin County (pick any two) d) 25 points if you have a copy of DDC or Sears at home (50 points if they are on your night stand) e) 50 points if you know what subject is covered by Dewey number 027.822 or 027.4 (25 points if you didn't know but just went to look it up) f) 50 points if you how many book(s) make up the "Big Red Book" g) 100 points if you have a copy of any of the LC Classification books 7)Patron Services a) 5 points for each time you have loaned a patron a book from your personal collection b) 10 points if you regularly work beyond the contract day (library closing hours)so kids (patrons) can use the library c) 25 points if you work through lunch so patrons can use the library d) 50 points if volunteer at a virtual or physical reference desk e) 100 points if hang out by the information desk at Barnes and Nobel and try to answer customer questions f) 100 points if you opened the library on a closed day for a patron g) 100 points if you circulated a book that had not yet been processed, just because the patron wanted to read it 8)Facilities management a) 5 points if you have the uncontrollable urge to push in chairs wherever you go b) 10 points if you shush loud kids in public places c) 25 points if you have ever complained to a bookstore manager about their organization and layout d) 100 points if you have ever surreptitiously reorganized the books in someone else's home e) 10 points if you check the book drop in the middle of the day "just in case" f) 25 points if you insist that staff put wet/dirty boots on a piece of cardboard g) 100 points if you wash the globe/reflector every time you change a bulb 9)Professional Organizations and Professional Development a) 5 points for each organization, committee and round table you are a member of, extra 5 for being an officer b) 10 points for each conference workshop you have presented c) 15 points for each professional journal you read each month (yes, you have to actually read it) d) 25 points if you have been elected to office in a state organization e) 50 points if you have been elected to office in a national organization f) 100 points if you have ever impersonated a library organization officer g) 100 points if you are on a library organization committee that meets more than 10 times a year BONUS POINTS: 5 points for each librarian character you can name from stage, screen, or literature 10 points for explaining the difference between "x" & "xx" 50 Points if you can recite Rachel Weiss's "I may not be an adventurer..." speech from "The Mummy" 50 points if you have ever preformed an entire circulation cycle at the grocery, post office or in the street 100 point if:       School Media Specialist/Special Librarian - volunteered to help the local public librarian with a library project       Public/Academic librarian - volunteered to help the School Media Specialist "set up" for the school year     SCORING: 0-50 points: you are not a librarian, step away from the circ desk and     leave quietly 51-100 points: come back when you finish your MLS or equivant experience 100-200 points: you are becoming a real librarian 200-300 points: you are a real librarian but you may need a vacation 301 or more points: you must be stopped 500+ - Suggest you strongly consider "Get a life" 1000+ - It is called an intervention, it IS because we love you 2000+ - They may have shots for that, hospitalization in a quiet place suggested 3000+ - Their coming to get you ha ha, ho ho, he he FROM: LM_Net listserv plus edits – Thanks to: Suzanne Duneman Media Specialist [& sometimes public librarian at NHPL] New Hampton High School "When I am dead, I hope it may be said, "His sins were scarlet, but his books were read."      Hillaire Belloc (1870-1953) 12:16:14 PM    comment []

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