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Notes 2. An
on-line
resource for NEILSA Librarians
Key
to colors:
New stuff will be in
plain old black, as will section headings usually bold or Italic.
Old stuff will be in
purple.
Stuff I'm harping on will be
in Red.
Other colors will be for making some kind of a point.
Maroon
& Bold are for my editorial comments/ jokes & "stuff".
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County Meetings Scheduled:
If your county meeting
date is not on the schedule please contact Ken
at NEILSA
Allamakee County
Meeting - TBA
Black Hawk
County Meeting - When called - seldom
Bremer County Meeting - Oct 19, 7:30 Waverly
PL ER
Buchanan County Meeting - Oct 11, 2004 7:00
Lamont KD
Butler County
Meeting - Oct. 5, 2004 7:00 Clarksville ER
Chickasaw County Meeting - ??????
Clayton
County Meeting - Tuesday,
October 19 at 7 PM. at Edgewood Public Library KD
Delaware County
Meeting
- Nov. 9 at 7:00 Colesburg KD
Dubuque County
DALINC regular meeting September 16 8:30, NICC Peosta
Fayette County Meeting
- October 28 at 9:30 in
Oelwein KD
Grundy
County
Meeting - Oct. 25 9:00 am at the Dike PL KD CE
Howard County
Meeting - Oct. 5 at 7 p.m.
Cresco KD, April 5, 2005
7:00
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
Workshops are available upon prior request, from the NEILSA
staff
person
in attendance, just call.
NOTE: Tentative staff assignment: KD = Ken
(Consultant), ER = Eunice (Administrator)
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Iowa
Small Library Association Fall Meeting
September
30, 2004
Waukee
Public Library
Collection Development in an Electronic Age Print, CD or
online? Audio, video, print or all three? DVD and/or
videotape? Spoken word audio tape or CD, abridged or
unabridged? What about e-books? Making collection decisions has never
been more complex, with constantly changing formats and reader
interests and a proliferation of competing demands. This workshop
provides tools to help selectors balance print and electronic resources.
You do not need to be a member of the Iowa Small Library
Association to attend. For additional information and link to
registration page, go to:
PATHFINDERS:
NOTE - Your editor does not
intend to reprint things from Iowalib very often but this is a real
tool that you should have in your "little kit of tricks".
Several people mentioned pathfinders and I wanted to let
everyone know about a collaborative project funded by LSTA,
administered through the State Library: THE Pathfinder
Project. This project focuses on pathfinders as a tool for
information literacy that could be used by any type of library.
The team developed what we'd like to think of as the ultimate
pathfinder template. :-) It starts with an intro
statement, a "scope" note about the subject and audience, then an
introductory source, key resources ("if you can't go any further, here
are 2-3 resources that you should look at"), background/reference
material, books, journals and magazine articles, websites, and
organizations/associations. In addition, it includes "Search
aids," to help the user in looking further for information: keywords to
use when searching online, subject headings if looking in printed
catalogs and indexes, Dewey and LC numbers, Indexes and abstracts, and
library catalogs. All this in an attractive format, on one
double-sided sheet.
On the project's website you will find the template, a help
sheet for using the template, and a toolkit to help you in creating
your own pathfinder. In addition you will find completed
pathfinders--the "top ten" topics from a poll of libraries and, just
beginning, some pathfinders created by librarians who attended
workshops in 3 Library Service Areas last month. The pathfinders
are "generic" in nature so you can print out the pdf versions and use
"as is" (it will say things like, "your local library's catalog") or
you can download the pathfinders in Word doc format to customize it to
your library--add resources you own, put your library's name on it,
etc. We invite you to submit pathfinders you have created
with the template to the project, so it can be put on the web and
shared with other libraries. (Mary Cameron tells me she is going
to be working on some specifically for youth, and the list of
pathfinders available indicates the intended audience.)
The project's website is at:
You will see copies of our Lewis and Clark pathfinder at the
State Library/LSA booth at ILA--pick one up for your library!
Karen Burnes, on behalf of the Project team
EYE-OPENER: (unedited)
Northwest Iowa Library Service Area’s office
will be [was] closed on Monday, September 6th. So if you
don’t see a “Monday Morning Eye-Opener” that day [I didn't], don’t be surprised.
Blame it on a labor shortage!
CHANGES: Lansing Public Library -(Construction Break)
closed Tuesday, September 4 2004 until
December, depends on construction schedule - we know how THAT
goes. Good luck Mable & Lansing PL.
New LINKS of interest:
Book lending falls 30% as libraries turn to technology
http://www.sundayherald.com/44385
"Government spending remains static as budgets are focused on staff wages and internet investment … not buying books."
EXPLORE THE BEST DIGITAL CAMERA TIPS AND TRICKS
>> Free CNET class Thursday, September 16th <<
Learn the science of great photography -- CNET's "Beyond
Point & Shoot: Digital Photography Techniques" teaches you
shooting modes, composition, image editing, and more.
MASTER THE BASICS OF WEB DESIGN IN CNET ONLINE COURSE
>> Free CNET class Monday, September 13th <<
Learn how to build a fabulous Web site for any purpose. This
online course covers the entire Web site process including
site planning, design guidelines, promotion, and much more.
CONSORTIA
If you have
specific
questions about your e-rate "account" call Glen,
9:00 - noon at NEILSA office.
Glen
tells me that ALL
486's are now in.
EVERYONE who is not
currently getting discounts from last years credits
should contact us via e-mail
at: assist@neilsa.org ; we will check
and see if you are part of the 486 problem or on the B.E.A.R. list and
get back to you.
Funding Year 2003 (July
2003
- June 2004) aka Last year
By now you:
a. should be receiving
discounts OR
b. Your service provider
should have received the letter from SLD
authorizing payment
Please check with each
and let me know if "something" is not happening.
NOTE -- it may be because
of [see SLD notice below]
Funding Year 2004 (July
2004
- June 2005)
Paperwork is in and
we have been notified that it was
received and is "in process"
SLD has all Funding
Commitment Letters on hold:
Funding Year 2005 (July
2005
- June 2006)
In the next few week
you will receive an e-mail about setting
up for next year.
Sept. 24 - 30, 2004 Consortia will be closed while Ken attends e-rate Training session in Washington DC.
Currently getting ready
to file the Form 470.
The following
libraries are NOT filed as part of the
Consortia and are therefor not on the:
Technology Plan
Form
470 and all subsequent filings
Cedar Falls, Evansdale,
Elkader, Hawkeye, LaPorte
City, Waterloo, Waverly IF
you feel you should not be on this list let us know
(in writing please), if you wish to start doing your own e-rate let us
know in writing also.
Gates Foundation Follow-up
Training: http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/continuing-ed/cecat.htm#Gates
Gates Training for Fall
2004 has been scheduled. The
classes will be 9:00-12 noon and 1:00-4:00. Day one is Teaching
Computers to the Public is
offered twice. Day two is Troubleshooting
Computers in the morning
and Computer Security in the
afternoon. Each of the classes will be limited to 25 people.
The State Library will take care of registrations. Online
registration is available.
CE Catalog is at: http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/continuing-ed/cecat.htm#September
NEILSA Sessions are
Thursday, Oct. 21 and Friday, Oct. 22.
Fayette Community Library
Sandy Dixon
Consultant - State
Library of Iowa
CE: {That
would be classes with credits toward recertification.}
Target dates for LIBRARY 101 in Fall 2004 is December 10th
ICN
sites for Library 101.
Session
Date:
Thursday,
September 30, 2004
09:00
To
12:00
Session
#:
1240131
- HUDSON-PUB LIB
- FAYETTE-PUB LIB
ICN site has been
added: Marshalltown - Ia VetsHM3.
SPECIAL
WORKSHOPS:
2004 TOWN MEETINGS
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.
The program includes a
quiz show on a variety of current
library topics; Special Library Levy; 4th edition of In Service to
Iowa: Public Library Measures of Quality; Library Legal Issues;
Personal Safety in the Library.
Who Should
Attend:
Library directors and staff
Level of Program:
Introductory
Date and Place:
- Tuesday, September 14 - North Iowa Area
Community College, Mason City
- Wednesday, September 15 -
Waterloo Arts and Recreation
Center
- Thursday, September 16- Iowa City Public Library
- Friday, September 17 - United Methodist Church, Mt. Pleasant
- Tuesday, September 21 - Clarinda Public Library
- Wednesday, September 22 - Buena Vista University, Storm Lake
- Thursday, September 23 - Urbandale Public Library
- Friday, September 24 - Urbandale Public Library
Time:
9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Registration (doors open) will start at 09:00
Contact Hours: 4
Registration & Information: http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/continuing-ed/cecat.htm#September
Sponsor: State
Library of Iowa and Iowa
Library Service Areas
Contact:
Sandy Dixon,
sandy.dixon@lib.state.ia.us
Consortia Annual
Meeting will be immediately after the Town Meeting.
CLASSES in
NEILSA:
Early November -- Standard 75
(security) Workshop - watch for more news.
OTHER CE: You must register with the
listed provider.
"Learning Activity
Written Summary" may be found at:
http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/continuing-ed/online-learningactivitywrittensummary.htm
GRANTS:
The American Library
Association (ALA) and the National
Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) are accepting applications for the
We The People Bookshelf on "freedom" grants. Part of the NEH's We the
People initiative, the annual grant project will award sets of 15
classic books for young readers to 1,000 libraries across the country.
Libraries interested in receiving the collection are required to
develop and host a program to introduce the collection and its theme of
freedom to students and/or patrons.
Guidelines and
applications for Round One are
available online at www.ala.org/wethepeople
until October 20, 2004.
Applications for Round Two will be
accepted from December 16, 2004 to February 16, 2005.
By Sept. 15:
Ezra Jack
Keats Foundation 16th Annual Minigrant Program
will award minigrants of $350 (a total of $40,000) to public libraries
and public school libraries for innovative and imaginative programs
that
combat illiteracy. Contact: Deborah Pope, dpope@Ezra-Jack-Keats.org; http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/programs/minigrants.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: 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 OR
Go to http://www.sls.lib.ia.us - click
on
"Regional Rag" and then the issue you wish to read.
The fine print stuff
blog - Friday Notes 2 AT
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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
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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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