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Banned Books Week
Book Burning in the 21th Century
"Dort, wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man am Ende auch
Menschen.”—Heinrich Heine, from his play Almansor (1821)
“Where
they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings.”
County Meetings Scheduled:
If your county meeting
date is not on the schedule please contact Ken
at NEILSA
Allamakee County
Meeting - Oct 30 9:30 Waukon KD CE
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
??????
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:
The 2005 state contracts for Baker Taylor, Ingram and
Macklin are currently published, now available on the State Library web site.
EYE-OPENER: (unedited)
Good
Morning! In today's EYE-OPENER:
1) Coming
to "DINNER AND A MOVIE?"
2) Lake
City Hosts Lewis & Clark Events
3)
Onawa Holds Fundraiser
4)
Alton Dedicates New Library
5) Last
Call to Conference
1)
Coming to "DINNER & A MOVIE?": Those of you registered to attend
tomorrow night's "DINNER AND A MOVIE" at LAKESIDE LEARNING will enjoy an
assortment of pizza, veggie trays, and beverages. The cost is $6.00 and you'll be able to pay-at-the-door,
although correct change or checks will be much appreciated. Registration opens
at 5:00PM; the program runs from 5:30--7:30. While dining on pizza, we'll watch
a video titled "SOLVING DIFFICULT SITUATIONS" and follow that with a roundtable
discussion. LAKESIDE LEARNING takes place at BVU in Storm Lake September
21--22. Please note that NWILS office will be closed Tuesday/Wednesday this
week, as our staff will be there too. Looking forward to a great LAKESIDE
LEARNING 2004--see you there!
2) Lake
City Hosts Lewis & Clark Events: Lake City Public Library is
hosting a series of Lewis & Clark programs on Tuesday evenings at 7:30PM.
The series began on September 14th, but there's more to come. Here's a look
at the programs coming up:
9/21/04: Songs
Lewis & Clark Might Have Sung, presented by Mary Vickery from
Vermillion, SD.
9/28/04: Uniforms & Equipment for
the Men of the Expedition, presented by Robert Dorian from Leavenworth,
KS.
10/5/04: The Expedition from the Sac
and Fox Perspective, presented by Sandra Massey of the Sac and Fox Nation
of Oklahoma.
This series is sponsored by the Missouri Humanities
Council in partnership with Humanities Iowa. The programs are open to the
public. Contact Norma at Lake City Public Library for more information (lclib@iowatelecom.net)
3) Onawa Holds Fundraiser: Onawa Public Library is
hosting a "Salad & Dessert Luncheon Style Show" this Saturday September 25th
at the Onawa Community Center. Lunch will be served at 11:30AM, with the style
show to follow. Tickets are $15.00 for adults and $5.00 for children aged 10
and younger, with all proceeds going to support the library building fund. While
you can purchase tickets at-the-door, you're still asked to pre-register so that
planners have an accurate headcount for lunch. Contact Lori Beck at Onawa
Public Library for more information (onawalib@longlines.com)
4)
Alton Dedicates New Library: Northwest Iowa libraries are invited to
the Dedication and Grand Opening of the new Alton Public Library, scheduled for
Thursday September 30, 2004. The open house runs from 1:00--8:00PM, with a
program planned for 2:00PM. The new library's address is 605 10th Street,
directly across the street from the Catholic Church and grade school. Contact
Cheryl Hoekstra at Alton Public Library for more information (alibrary@midlands.net)
5) Last Call to Conference: This
summer, MONDAY MORNING EYE-OPENER presented a series of 5 "ILA Conference
Commercials" to spark interest in this year's conference here in Sioux City. So
with the conference fast approaching (October 13--15) consider this the last
call;-)
The fun begins Tuesday October 12th, when we'll be
"Puttin' on the Glitz" at the downtown Orpheum
Theater. Wednesday marks the grand
opening of the exhibits, followed that evening with a dance
band at the Martin Ballroom. Thursday night's banquet
features Iowa mystery author Donald
Harstad. There are 5
preconferences on Wednesday, with 30
breakout sessions to choose from on Thursday/Friday. Author Elizabeth McCracken (NIAGARA FALLS ALL OVER
AGAIN) closes the conference at the Friday luncheon. Lots of
educational--and entertaining--events on tap. We hope you're making plans to
attend.
Please note that September 30th is the deadline for
early-bird registration. If you're planning to attend, but not yet registered,
getting that done before September 30th saves $25.00. For example, the fee for
the full conference (Thursday/Friday) for a personal member is $75.00 now
VS $100.00 after September 30th. And
another reminder: if you're not yet an ILA member, memberships are 1/2 price if
joining now. For all conference
details, membership applications, and online registration, visit the ILA website
at http://www.iowalibraryassociation.org
More next week...thanks for
reading!
Bonnie
McKewon
Director,
Northwest Iowa Library Services
CHANGES: None reported
Q&A:
Sarah from Waverly wrote (in part) and asked:
We've got a couple of staff members getting ready to
renew their certifications with the State Library, and we're counting up CE
hours. Did Pat approach you about awarding CE credit for our in-house Gates
self-study? Last fall each of our staff members went through the book that came
with the Gates computers, The Computer Companion: 30 practical lessons.
The lessons take an hour or so per lesson. What do you think?
They will need to put in a learning
Activity Learning Summery and may gain 1 hour for each
session.
"Learning Activity Written Summary" may be found
at:
http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/continuing-ed/online-learningactivitywrittensummary.htm
Advocatvs Diaboli: This term
has come to mean anyone who argues a position that he does not believe
in, simply for the sake of
arguing and/or promoting discussion; or to present a counter argument
for a position he does believe in to another debater, for the purpose
of testing the
quality of the counter argument and identifying weaknesses in his own
argument.
New
LINKS of interest:
ALA launches on-line Continuing Education Clearinghouse
CHICAGO
- The American Library Association (ALA) has launched a new online
Continuing Education (CE) Clearinghouse at www.ala.org/ce. It is
designed to meet the professional development needs and career
interests of library staff and boards.
http://www.ala.org/ala/pr2004/september2004/OnlineCEClearinghouse.htm
How Americans Use Instant Messaging [Pew Internet & American Life
Project]
"The [0]Wikimedia Foundation announced today the creation of
the one millionth article in [1]Wikipedia. Started in January 2001,
Wikipedia is currently both the world's largest encyclopedia and
fastest-growing, with articles under active development in over 100
languages. Nearly 2,500 new articles are added to Wikipedia each day,
along with ten times that number of updates to existing
articles. Wikipedia now ranks as one of the ten most popular reference
sites on the Internet, according to [2]Alexa.com. It is increasingly
used as a resource by students, journalists, and anyone who needs a
starting point for research. Wikipedia's rate of growth has continued
to increase in recent months, and at its current pace Wikipedia will
double in size again by next spring."
Links:
FROM: slashdot at: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/21/0027241
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.
B.E.A.R. Forms
Many service providers are offering the option to receive a
discount on monthly services instead of requiring the submission of the
B.E.A.R. form. Consortia policy is to take discounts only*. This was communicated to all service
providers in the Consortia package sent to service providers last fall, a copy
of which was sent to you.
As the proper forms have been submitted, (see below) please
double check your bills from service providers to verify you are receiving the
discount. Please let us know if you have
or have not received a discount. Thank you for your assistance.
Form Form submission date Purpose
470 05/06/2004
Open request for
bid from providers,
[RFP]
471 03/16/2004
Acceptance of specific
provider bid
[Purchase
order]
486 05/12/2004+
Confirmation of
services received.
[OK
for SLD to pay.]
- Prior to 2004 the choice of
discount or B.E.A.R. was with Service Provider; with 2004 the choice is
with applicant. Starting FY2005
[July 2005 – June 2006] Consortia will no longer do B.E.A.R. forms except
at the specific written request of the library, and for cause.
FCC
Registration Numbers
It
appears that we are going to need to get FCC Registration Numbers. In order to get this number we are going to need
some information form you. This may be a
little difficult so you may wish to start gathering the following data now.
- TIN [Taxpayer Identification
Number] usually an EIN [Employer Identification Number]. NOTE: Your
library may (probably) uses the city EIN so you may need to get it from
the clerk.
- Check and see if the city
already has a FCC Registration Number, if the city has ANY interaction
with the FCC it should have a number; that could mean city
telecommunications utility (maybe), city operated radio station – police,
file et. al.
- IF city does not have a FCC
Registration Number the Consortia will be applying for it using the EIN
you supply, PLEASE make certain that the city clerk knows this if we are
using the city EIN. If the library
has its own EIN then you should note this transaction in the Board minutes
of the next Board meeting.
Consortia will supply a boiler plate paragraph later.
- Failure to obtain/have a FCC
Registration Number will mean NO e-rate funding.
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.
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
FCC
Registration Number*
Cedar Falls, Evansdale,
Elkader, Guttenberg,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.
Something new MAY be coming, please be sure to
check the Friday Notes 2 for October 1, 2004 for more
information. YOU NEED DO
NOTHING NOW.
Effective October 1, 2004, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
will implement its new rules further implementing the Debt Collection
Improvement Act of 1996 (DCIA). The new rules will have an impact on
anyone doing business with the FCC - including applicants for numbering
resources, schools, libraries, and other universal service
beneficiaries - who is delinquent in debt owed to the agency.
All participants in the Schools and Libraries Program that
currently hold an Entity Number or Billed Entity Number must obtain an
FCC Registration Number.
It is planned that the
Consortia will get this number for it's members, if it turns out to be
true.
CE: {That
would be classes with credits toward recertification.}
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
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 - PL
Fayette - PL
Marshalltown - Ia VetsHM3.
SPECIAL
WORKSHOPS:
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:
Support Staff
Grant. will make it possible for an eligible individual
(or
individuals) to attend ALA Annual in Chicago
in June 2005.
Eligibility
Requirements: Currently employed in
a
full time support staff position; Minimum of three years of experience
in an
area of technical services (acquisitions, cataloging, collection
development/management, preservation of library materials, serials); No
previous attendance at an ALA annual meeting Successful
candidates will be required to
submit a brief report describing their
experiences at the annual conference. This report will be
published
in the post-conference issue of the
ALCTS Newsletter Online and will also
be shared with
the sponsor. The ALCTS Membership
Committee will provide mentoring support for each candidate.
To apply: Send a
cover letter, resume and a brief essay (ca. 250 words) summarizing the
reasons
why attending the 2005 Annual Meeting of the American Library
Association
would be beneficial. A letter of reference from the
applicant's
supervisor, indicating the employer's support for the
application is also
required.
Applications should be sent by December
1, 2004 to: Dale Swensen email: Dale_Swensen@byu.edu
Successful applicants will be notified in January. All
necessary travel arrangements will be handled by ALCTS.
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.
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
- 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
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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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