Friday Notes 2. An on-line resource for NEILSA
Librarians
The terms for two positions on the LSA boards will expire June 30
- public library trustee and at-large. To fill the public library
trustee position, there will be an election held in May. The at-large
position is a Commission appointment. According to the Code of Iowa,
the boards as a whole must be gender and political party balanced.
If you or someone you know is interested in serving on a Library Service
Area board, please complete a Nomination Form and return it to the State
Library by April 23.
Information about Library Service Area boards and the Nomination Form are
available at
http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/Library-Service-Area-Boards/index.htm
Thank you for your help and let me know if you have any questions.
Sandy Dixon
Consultant
State Library of Iowa
County Meetings Scheduled:
If your county meeting date is not on the schedule please contact
Ken at NEILSA
Allamakee County Meeting - KD
Black Hawk County Meeting - When called
- seldom
Bremer County
Meeting - April 20, 2004 at 7:30 in Tripoli (?) KD
Buchanan County
Meeting - April 19, 7:00 Jesup PL KD
Butler County Meeting - Oct. 5, 2004
7:00 Clarksville
Chickasaw County Meeting -
Clayton County
Meeting - Tuesday, April 20, 2004 at 7:00 PM. will be held at St. Paul
Church
Fellowship Hall, 700 Washington St. in Volga ER
Delaware County Meeting - May 11, 2004
at 7:00 in Manchester KD
Dubuque County
- DALINC - April 22, 8:30 breakfast meeting, May 13 8:30 regular
meeting
Fayette County Meeting - April 29
Maynard KD
Grundy County Meeting - April
26 9:00 Beaman 1ce credit workshop KD
Howard County
Meeting - April 5, 2005 7:00 Cresco
Winneshiek County Meeting - November 4, 2004
@ 7:00 in Fort A KD
NEXT weeks
meetings
Your Sponsor reminds County Associations THAT: One & Two
hour CE Workshop is available upon prior request from the NEILSA staff
person in attendance, just call.
NOTE: Tentative staff assignment KD = Ken
(Consultant), ER = Eunice (Administrator)
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
During National Library Week (April 18-24), Thomson Gale will be
providing libraries, as well as the public, with free access to more
than two dozen of its subscription databases as part of its "Free for
All" celebration. For more information, go to www.gale.com/nlw. You may
also contact Kim Ward Gabbert, Manager of Corporate Communications.
Phone: 248-699-8193. Email: kimberly.gabbert@thomson.com.
EYE-OPENER:
Good Morning--Hope you all enjoyed a wonderful Easter weekend:-)
Today in EYE-OPENER:
1) Kim Olsen From Auburn Library Is Published Author
2) National Library Week April 18-24
3) Remember the Roundtables April 19
4) Meetings / Events This Week
1) Kim Olsen From Auburn Library Is Published Author: Congratulations
to Kim Olsen, Auburn Public Library Director, for becoming a published author!
Kim has written a children's book entitled Construction Countdown (ISBN #0805069208)
which will be released by Henry Holt Publishing in May. It's a counting
book about construction equipment, counting down from 10 dump trucks to 2
skid loaders, with the promise of a surprise ending on the last page.
Kim explains how this all came about: "...the text actually began as a poem
in a collection of poetry about construction equipment. My second son
is a heavy-equipment nut, so our house is full of information on the subject,
and they say you should write what you know. Anyway, when I submitted the
collection to Henry Holt Publishers. They called and asked if they
could pull out one poem for publication as a book; of course, I agreed.
Then there was a seven-month wait while they searched for an illustrator,
but I was finally offered an actual contract. Three years later...I'm
seeing the first bound copies, which just arrived in the mail..."
Libraries can find Kim's book on Amazon.Com and also on Baker&Taylor
Link Online. She is already scheduled for a book-signing at Lake City
Public Library in May and will be available throughout the summer to other
libraries upon request. Please consider this new book for your collections.
And congratulations, Kim, on a great accomplishment!
2) National Library Week April 18-24: Yes, it's right around the corner:
National Library Week 2004 will be celebrated across the country April 18-24.
Le Mars Library is using the slogan "The Cookie Crumbles @ Your Library"
to entice people to stop by next week and take part in their NLW fun.
Created by ALA, the "@ Your Library" campaign is available to any public
library in the country as a way to help promote local events of all kinds.
Check out this ALA webpage for NLW ideas:
http://www.ala.org/ala/pio/campaign/campaignamericas.htm
For your National Library Week press releases, radio spots, flyers, etc.
here's a way to point to some very surprising facts about library use nationwide.
OCLC released a report entitled "Libraries: How They Stack Up." The
report provides a snapshot of the economic impact of libraries, comparing
library activities to other business sectors, professions, and destinations
in the worldwide economy. Here's just a sampling of the facts you can
use during National Library Week--or anytime--to highlight the importance
of libraries:
a) 1 out of every 6 people in the world is a registered library user.
b) U.S. public library cardholders outnumber Amazon.Com customers 5-1.
Amazon.Com has 30 million customers; U.S public libraries have 140 million
cardholders.
c) U.S. libraries circulate more items each day than FedEx ships each day.
FedEx ships 5.3 million items/day; libraries circulate 5.4 million items/day.
For lots more facts and stats and to see the full report, "Libraries: How
They Stack Up," visit this page on the OCLC website: http://www.oclc.org/index/compare/default.htm
3) Remember the Roundtables April 19: A reminder that 2 roundtables
hold their spring meetings next Monday April 19th. "Corner Programmers"
(children's services) and "Brass Tacks" (library directors) will meet April
19th at Cherokee Public Library. "Corner Programmers" have the morning
from 9:30--12:00; "Brass Tacks" have the afternoon from 1:00--3:00.
Lunch is on your own. Anyone planning to attend is asked to contact
Mary Jo Ruppert at Cherokee Library (cherdir@ncn.net) Please let Janie
in our office know too, so she can prep enough handouts: jbeauli@nwils.lib.ia.us
4) Meetings / Events This Week: "Building Blocks for Early Literacy,"
a State Library-sponsored workshop, takes place this week in Johnston, IA.
April 14-15. On Wednesday evening, April 14th, I'll join Denison Library
Board for a discussion of PLANNING FOR RESULTS. And another DuPage
Teleconference is scheduled for this Friday April 16th: "Preparing for the
Future of Digital Reference." Time for the teleconference is 11:00AM--1:00PM
central time. For a full description, see: http://www.cod.edu/teleconf/ ;
For a look at the ICN sites booked for this teleconference, see: http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/continuing-ed/cecat.htm
More news next week...thanks for reading:-)
Bonnie McKewon
Director, N.W. Iowa Library Services
New LINKS of interest:
PLA
e-News, April 12, 2004
Volume 7, Number 4
This newsletter is available in online format at http://www.pla.org, click on
"News" to get complete e-news archive.
*Spotlight on PLA Gold Partner H.W. Wilson
*Policies for Results Workshop offered via PLA e-Learning
*PLA Public Library Advocacy Campaign
*Celebrate National Library Week April 18-24
*LAMA/PRMS Swap & Shop Committee Solicits Best of Show Entries
*National Library Workers Day
You Wrote:
This is a reference question:
We received a message saying that Norton had detected a virus in an email
we supposedly sent to someone we never heard of. I checked sent messages
and we did not send any messages to this person. What's up?
This is a wonderful reference question answer.
Quote source, is it a good one (You can bet on it) Could you go
back if you needed to? Yes
I am copying the message our systems manager sent to all our staff this week.
It is a good (easy!) explanation of why and how this happens:
Restate question in differing terms and context if possible.
"Several people have recently reported that they have received messages saying
that they have sent someone a virus from this address. To date, there is
no "silver bullet" to indicate that we are sending viruses to folk.
Set up patron/customer for answer. Big flag that answer
is coming. You could just say "Pay attention now" but that is not very nice.
What happens is:
Answer, clear consise and specific to question.
An unprotected workstation, somewhere on the Internet gets infected
with a virus. The virus scans the workstation for email addresses and
then sends itself to the discovered addresses, putting the name of one
of the discovered addresses in the FROM: field. If the address the virus
is sent to is running virus protection software, the software strips the
virus and then automatically sends a notice to the forged address in the
FROM: field (ie. you) that the message contained a virus.
Note: Librarian does not talk down and assumes that custome has
basic knowledge, at the dest you could check this with patron, in this case
librarian had to make judgement about the knowledge level from the available
data.
Solution example with reason - professional librarian trick, give
just a bit more than was asked. A value added answer.
We have turned off the feature of our virus protection software which
automatically bounces emails with viruses attached back to the sender.
There is a general feeling in the antispam/virus world that sending such
messages serves no beneficial purpose and in most cases is just
contributes to the growing problem of spam."
Nice way of saying "Did this answer your question?" AND leaving
questioner to ask more.
Hope this helps, and I think it's good advice to all to NOT bounce
those message back since the person in the "address" is as much a victim
as the person who received the message. If you can adjust yourr
software accordingly hope you do.
PLEASE Note: This was not a custom answer to the question , Susan
answered the question from a preexisting document, helps to know your "collection".
Susan Craig
Library Director
Iowa City Public Library
Tip-o-the-hat to the entire Iowa City Library Crew
CONSORTIA (1):
MUST READ Article:
There will be a test, it will be a real world test - first you get the test
then you get the education UNLESS you read this article first.
This is the most authoritative and helpful writing that I have seen aboutCIPA
and the Supreme Court's stance on disabling. It complements and builds
nicely on the work done by Bob Boucher and others.
http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_4/
"As the 1 July 2004 E–rate deadline approaches, many public libraries
are scrambling to understand CIPA’s requirements. Creditable disabling policies
and practices are of paramount importance to compliance, but the Court and
the FCC give little guidance on this issue, leaving it to the libraries to
establish norms and weather future lawsuits".
Mary Minow has written this excellent article on the legal issues associated
with CIPA and Internet filtering. "Lawfully surfing the Net: Disabling
public library Internet filters to avoid more lawsuits in the United States"
has been published in First Monday and is available on the web.
IF you didn't understand or have forgotten
what (Ken) I said on the subject Mary Minow says again, with examples.
Funding list for
July 2003 to June 2004
Below is "the list" for the last time:
We strongly recomend you check the entire
list for your library and make certain that you are listed for both telecommunications
(phone/POTS) and for Internet, if you get/got it. This list is for THIS
year July 2003 - June 2004. PLEASE also look at the
NOTES: if something is not clear
to you be certain to call, something not clear could lead to a lost
of funding you deserve or worse funding you do not deserve, called fraud
in SLD talk.
This list is complied from 3 differing sources by 3 different people which
means that there are at least 27 different ways errors could have crept
in and as many as 81 possibilities SO I stronly recomend that you check
the list for a third time. If we goofed yet again we are sorry but
call and tell us yet again.
Glen, Melissa & Ken
As of April 16, 2004 (10:44)
t = telecommunications (usually phone) & i = Internet, tt = two telecommunications
accounts and so forth
486 Submitted 03/31/2004
The following libraries are on that 486 filing: NOTE: This is a list of the libraries and the services
(t/i) for which we have applied for discounts.
Allison t
Alta Vista t
Aurora t/i
Beaman t/i
Clarksville t/i
Colesburg i
Clermont t
Conrad t/i
Cresco t
Decorah t/i
Delhi t/t
Denver t/t
Dike t/t
Dubuque County t/t/i
Dubuque C/S t/i
Dumont t
Dyersville t
Earlville t
Elgin t/i
Elma t
Fairbank t
Fayette t/i
Fredricksburg t
Greene t/t
Grundy Center t/i
Hudson t/i
Lamont t
Ionia t
Janesville t/t
Jesup t
Lawler t
Manchester t/i
Monona t/i
New Hamption t
Oelwein t
Ossian t/i
Parkersburg t/i
Plainfield t
Readlyn t/i
Sumner t/t/i/i
Tripoli t/i
Volga t
Waukon t/t/i
Wellsburg t/i
Westgate t/i
West Union t/t
NEILSA t/i
NOTE: If you have a service listed twice
(see Sumner) it means we have a diffrent vendor for each service, so tt/i
could mean that the library had a local phone company, a long distance phone
company and an Internet company.
The following libraries will be on that 486 filing that will go in on April
21, 2004 : NOTE: This is a list of the libraries
and the services (t/i) for which we will be appling for discounts
next Wedensday.
Aplington t/i/i
Colesburg t
Dunkerton t/i
Edgewood t/i
Garnavillo t/t
The following libraries will be getting credits for July 1, to Aug 14 2003
on Internet only. (486T)
because the Board has made a formal decision NOT to comply with CIPA/NCIPA
NOTE: These are libraries whose Boards have
recorded a formal statement not to comply with CIPA/NCIPA and will be getting
a refund for the July 1 - Aug. 14 2003 "waver" period before the Supream Courts
judgment was recorded at the FCC, the remainder of the funding committment
will be canceled.
Clermont
Colesburg
Dyersville
Earlville
Janesville
Jesup
Lime Springs
Plainfield
Rein back
West Union
The following libraries will be getting after the year end checks, and will
have to gather together copies of the bills to send to me in one package after
July 15, 2004. (B.E.A.R.) NOTE: These libraries have
chosed to get a check after the end of the year instead of discounts.
Calmar t/t/i
Lawler i
Lime Springs t
Postville t
Spillville t/t
Waverly t
Withrop t
The following libraries have NOT sent us Discount/Refund or CIPA/NCIPA Compliance
instructions and are just sitting in a pile until we receive instructions.
For a copy of the Form see the Consortia section of the 3/19/4 Friday Notes
2 blog at: http://radio.weblogs.com/0108327/
NOTE: These are libraries for whom
we have not received the little form that tells us what to do. Without
this form NOTHING will happen until the funding
committment dies at the end of the year. i.e. you will not get discounts or
check.
Cascade
Edgewood
Elkader
Farmersburg
Fort Atkinson
Harpers Ferry
Independence
Lansing
McGregor
New Hartford
Strawberry Point
Wadena
Waucoma
NOTE: These are libraries for whom
the little form that tells us what to do did not tell us about Internet.
Without this form NOTHING will happen
until the funding committment dies at the end of the year. i.e. you will
not get discounts or check.
Delhi i
Lamont i
Readlyn i
The following libraries have been denied funding by SLD/PIA, I am appealing
the decisions, you will be hearing from me as the process progresses.
(Appeals)
NOTE: These are applications which have been
denied by SLD/PIA and for which I have filed an appeal.
Arlington
Dubuque County - Branch
Maynard
NEILSA
Reinbeck
CE:
Target dates for LIBRARY 101 in 2004 they are:
June 29th
September 30th
December 10th
SPECIAL WORKSHOPS:
None scheduled
CLASSES in NEILSA:
April: 23, Basic Cataloging
9:00 - 3:30 Deb Tobias, West Union PL
Deb Tobias (Consultant in East Central LSA) brings back her popular
basics of cataloging course. Deb will teach
you how to get the book on the shelf without hurting the book or
you so that the people can use and find that book. She will make
very short sidebar comments on MARC and the other mysteries. Kathy
(Director at West Union) will do a short demo of uploading from the Follette
circ system.
Note: This class is run about every 3 years, if you need it best sigh
up now.
go to http://www.neilsa.org/classes/current.html
to register online.
OTHER CE: You must register
with the listed provider.
ICPC Preservation 101 workshops coming soon!
Wednesday, April 21, 2004, 2-5PM
over the ICN
Disaster Preparedness: Learn the fundamentals of emergency planning, writing
a disaster plan and other preparations for protection of your collections.
Thursday, May 20, 2004, 2-5PM over the ICN
Preservation Planning: Learn how to identify needs, set priorities and
identify potential funding resources.
ICN sites: Amana, Boone, Burlington, Calmar, Cedar Rapids, Charles City,
Davenport, Dubuque, Fort Dodge, Grinnell, Iowa City, LeMars, Marshalltown,
Mount Pleasant, Spencer, Vinton, Urbandale.
SOS! Friday, June 18, 2004, 8:30 am. – 4:00 pm. Fisher Community Center,
Marshalltown.
Featuring , Henry Wilhelm, internationally renowned expert on image permanence
in color photography and digital print media http://www.wilhelm-research.com/
followed by hands-on sessions including book and paper repair, disaster
response, preservation photocopying, flattening paper and photographs and
more!
Fee schedule:
All three sessions, package price: ICPC member $55.00; Non member
$75.00
Each ICN session: ICPC member $15.00; Non member $20.00 Or Both
ICN sessions
ICPC member $20.00; Non member $25.00
June 18 SOS
ICPC member $40.00; Non member $50.00
Mail registration to: Nancy E Kraft, ICPC, University Libraries, 100 Main
Library, Iowa City, IA 52242-1420
Include ICN site you plan to attend (if relevant), your name, address,
telephone, email address and check or money order made out to ICPC.
Small City Workshops 2004: Keeping the Books
in Order
The tough financial times affect all cites in Iowa. However, small
cities have fewer options for increasing revenues or cutting service costs.
The first half of our workshop will focus on budget options that are available
to small cities. The session will include ideas, strategies and materials
to assist small cities in expanding their financial base and service options.
The community center for the many small cities is the public library.
State budget cuts have severely affected library budgets. Following dinner, Sandy Dixon, consultant at the State Library, will
provide an overview of library operations, the options available to small
cities and identify opportunities for nurturing and strengthening your
city's commitment to this important learning resource for the whole community.
Since all cities are required to provide financial support to libraries,
even cities without libraries will want to attend in order to maximize
their financial commitment.
Workshops are held from 5 to 8 p.m., include dinner and are scheduled
throughout the summer.
Lime
Springs
Thursday, May 6
Lime Springs Community Center
201 Center Street
Author Diane Kovacs (Genealogical Research on the Web and Building
Electronic Library Collections: The Essential Guide to Selection
Criteria and Core Subject Collections) is offering several web based
workshops at no charge so you can see how they work.
If interested, go to http://www.kovacs.com/freeworkshops.html ;
Other workshops (for a fee) are listed at http://www.kovacs.com/training.html
Information and application are available on the ILA web site:
http://www.iowalibraryassociation.org
"Learning Activity Written Summary" may be found at:
http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/continuing-ed/online-learningactivitywrittensummary.htm
Complete details about rectification 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
Building Consulting Grants
The State Library allocates Library Services
and Technology Act (LSTA) funds to provide Iowa libraries with building consultation.
These grants allow librarians to get professional advice from impartial
consultants who provide guidance and recommendations to library staff, city
officials and the community on the extent and complexity of a building
project. The building consulting grants have been funded by the
State Library since fiscal year 1994. Grants of up to $2,500 will
be awarded as funds are available. A library
that has received the entire $2,500 grant is not eligible for another
one.
http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/LSTA/building-consulting-grants.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
GRANTS:
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 20213a.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 ....
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