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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 - Oct 30 9:30 Waukon KD CE
Black Hawk
County Meeting - When called - seldom
Bremer County
Meeting - ?????????????
Buchanan
County
Meeting - ?????????????
Butler County
Meeting - April 5, 2005 7:00 Dumont
Chickasaw County Meeting - ??????
Clayton
County Meeting - April 19, 2005 7:00 Elkader
Delaware County
Meeting
- Nov. 9 at 7:00 Colesburg KD
Dubuque
County - Thursday, Nov. 18,
University of Wisconsin, Platteville
Fayette County Meeting
-
Grundy
County
Meeting - Jan. 24, 2005 9:00 am at the Grundy Center PL KD
Howard
County
Meeting - April 5, 2005
7:00 in Elma KD CE
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:
Hi all,
I've recently been asked to let you know when I put new stuff on
the website. I just added more pictures from Clayton County Summer Reading
events. (I've had the pictures forever, sorry I didn't get them up
sooner!) Check them out at http://www.neilsa.org/events/events.html.
There's
also some new CE info at http://www.neilsa.org/classes/current.html. The Library
101 link will become "live" as soon as we get sites booked.
Have a good
weekend.
Eunice
Eunice Riesberg
Northeast Iowa Library Service
Area
The October/November 2004 issue of Southeastern Library
Services' newsletter, Regional Rag, is now available
at http://www.sls.lib.ia.us.
EYE-OPENER: (unedited)
Good Morning!
Today in EYE-OPENER:
1) 2005
ALL IOWA READS Title Announced
2) Gates
Computer Classes in November
3) ICN
Program on the .27 Cent Levy
4) Events /
Meetings This Week
1) 2005 ALL IOWA READS
Title Announced: The new ALL IOWA READS book for 2005 was
announced at the ILA Conference. If you missed hearing it, next year's choice
is The Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdrich. With nearly 20
books to her credit, most of Erdrich's novels are set in the Midwest, many of
them in North Dakota. Some of her other titles include Love Medicine,
The Beet Queen, The Bingo Palace, The Antelope Wife.
BOOKLIST offers this review of
The Master Butchers Singing Club: "...Although death looms large
in Erdrich's emotionally powerful, richly detailed novel, it does so in a "world
where butchers sing like angels." The indomitable Fidelis Waldvogel walks home
from World War I and marries Eva, the pregnant widow of his best friend, who was
killed in combat. Carrying a suitcase full of butcher knives, he immigrates to
America and settles in Argus, North Dakota (a fictional town familiar from
Erdrich's previous novels) Endlessly resourceful Delphine Watzka has attempted
to put Argus and her childhood behind her by joining the circus as a human table
for a balancing act. Although she deeply loves her balancing partner, Cyprian,
she senses a barrier between them that prevents them from truly connecting.
Returning to Argus, she takes a job at Fidelis' butcher shop, where she makes a
friend for life in the hardworking Eva, eventually nursing her through a death
by cancer and finally finding the love of her life in Fidelis. Erdrich gives us
one of her finest characters in the radiant Delphine, who is possessed of an
immense generosity of spirit, while also creating a host of truly remarkable
secondary characters. In mesmerizing prose, Erdrich meticulously re-creates the
brutal work of the slaughterhouse and the lithe grace of the circus troupe and
then counterpoints this physical world with transcendent moments of human
connection. It's clear that Erdrich, one of our finest writers, is working at
the very peak of her considerable powers..." Joanne
Wilkinson
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights
reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover
edition.
Thanks to the Iowa Center
for the Book, Northwest LSA office will soon receive multiple copies of The
Master Butchers' Singing Club. NWILS will receive 18 trade paperbacks, 2
large print copies, 1 unabridged audio cassette, and 1 unabridged compact disc
set. These will be available for you to borrow for your local book
discussions. We'll let you know when they come in--stay
tuned.
In the meantime, remember to visit the
Iowa Center for the Book for great resources on organizing book discussion
groups, finding facilitators, discussion questions, publicity materials, and
more. Go to: http://www.iowacenterforthebook.org/air/index.html
2) Gates Computer Classes in November: Don't forget
about another round of computer classes coming to N.W. Iowa next month, thanks
to additional grants from the Gates Foundation. Each State Library received
grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help further computer
training. The goal is "...to promote
long-term sustainability of public access computing in public libraries and to
assist the State Library in meeting the ongoing needs of public libraries for
training in the use of information technology
resources.
Our State Library is offering a series of classes this fall in 8 locations
around the state, with another series planned for spring 2005. Northwest
libraries can get in on the action next month. Here's a look at what's being
offered:
Teaching
Computers to the Public: November 8th @ Denison P.L.; November 11th @ Spencer
P.L.
9:00AM--12:00noon
OR 1:00--4:00PM (offered twice in each location)
Register by
November 1st
Tech Support on the Fly: November 9th @ Denison
P.L.; November 12th @ Spencer P.L.
9:00AM--12:00noon both days NOTE: The Spencer class is full, still room @
Denison
Register by November 1st
Security in the Real World: November 9th @
Denison P.L.; November 12th @ Spencer P.L.
1:00--4:00PM both days
Register by November 1st
For the complete description of each class--and to
register online--go to this page on the State Library's
website:
3) ICN Program on the .27 Cent Levy: Those of you who
attended the TOWN MEETING last month in Storm Lake heard about the special
library levy and the opportunity it presents for additional funding. Also
called "The .27cent Levy," 48 cities and towns in Iowa have successfully passed
this levy to date. But with 900 cities and towns in Iowa, there's plenty of
awareness-raising yet to be done among library boards and city councils.
The State Library is following the TOWN MEETING discussion with an ICN
program on November 18th from 6:00--7:30PM. It's called FUNDING FOR YOUR
LIBRARY: THE SPECIAL LIBRARY LEVY. Here's a description: "...this special library levy is a
potential source of additional funding for public libraries allowed by the
Code of Iowa. Learn more about the levy, the steps needed to submit it to
the voters, and what the library can and cannot do to help pass it. Library
representatives from cities that have passed the levy will describe their
experiences. This program, offered as part of 2004 Town Meetings, is being
repeated in the evening so trustees and other interested community members may
attend..."
If you're
planning to attend, how about inviting city council people to join you--it's
important information for them as well. For all ICN locations and online registration, see http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/continuing-ed/cecat.htm
The Denison Library Board begins its PLANNING FOR RESULTS project with a
community planning team this Wednesday October 27th, starting at 7:00PM. Thanks
to Joyce Amdor and the Denison Board for asking me to help facilitate this
process.
That's it for this week...thanks for reading!
Bonnie
McKewon
Director,
Northwest Iowa Library Services
CHANGES: None reported
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.
Q&A:
New
LINKS of interest:
Get out the vote posters
http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/getoutthevote
OR
http://npr.org
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4127313
A Technical RFID Primer from the learn-more-about-it dept.
"Roy Want, principal engineer at [1]Intel Research, has a
pretty meaty [2]technical overview of RFID up at Queue. If you ever
wondered how these little things actually work it's worth a read. For
instance, I was intrigued to find out how the tags (which are generally
battery-free) can absorb enough energy from RFID readers to then power
up and transmit their own signal back to the reader."
Slashdot - Stories for 2004-10-27
Norman Books: A couple of sites to use to evaluate the books that you (may) have received recently.
Religious Movements Homepage: Unarius Academy of Science
Name: Unarius Academy of Science. Founders: Ernest L. Norman (1904-1971), aka Archangel
Raphiel and Ruth E. Norman (1900-1993), aka Archangel Uriel. ...
religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/unarius.html - 40k - Cached - Similar pages |
RMH is a good site for strait forward information, lots of links, bib et. al.
William Sims Bainbridge ... Another example is Unarius founded by Ernest L. Norman in 1954 with his third wife
Ruth, which employs past life therapy to cure spiritual problems left over ...
www.sdsc.edu/CC/positions/William_Bainbridge.html - 49k - Cached - Similar pages |
Bainbridge is a long article that includes some information of interest buried deep within.
CONSORTIA
The following E-rate training sessions are available to
libraries new to the E-rate process. They will be done by
Pam Pfitzenmaier, Dept. of Education. It's time to start thinking about applying for E-rate
funding for the 2005-06 school year (E-rate funding year 2005).
For those folks who are new to the E-rate program, we will
hold two ICN info sessions on Wednesday, October 27, and Thursday,
October 28, from 3:30-4:30 p.m. (Only need to attend one session;
each is a repeat).
DEADLINE Nov. 1 - - MONDAY
FCC Registration Numbers
-- You must have an FCC Registration Number before 11/1/2004 or we
will not be able to apply for e-rate for you. IF you have sent an EIN
in and are on the list below contact us IMMEDIATELY. If you have not
sent in your EIN by noon on Monday 11/1/2004 then you may be denied
e-rate funding.
PLEASE DO NOT PUT OFF GETTING THE EIN TO US RIGHT AWAY.
When we get your number we will fax you a copy of the form, if you have not received a fax you have no number.
Q&A:
Q: What is an
EIN?
Employer Identification Number - you
will most likely need to get from the city clerk.
A: Employer ID Numbers (EINs):
An Employer Identification
Number (EIN) is also known as a federal tax identification number (TIN), and is
used to identify a business entity. Generally, businesses need an EIN. You may
apply for an EIN in various ways. FROM: http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=98350,00.html
FCC Registration Numbers
This is a list of libraries for whom we do not have a FCC Registration Number
Arlington Public Library
Calmar Public Library
Cascade Public Library
Cedar Falls Public Library
Clarksville Public Library
Decorah Public Library
Dubuque County, Farley, Holy Cross et.al.
Dubuque Carnegie-Stout
Edgewood Public Library
Elkader Public Library
Epworth
Evansdale Public Library
Fayette Public Library
Fort Atkinson Public Library
Fredericksburg,
Upham Memorial,
Guttenberg Public Library
Harpers Ferry Public Library
Hawkeye Public Library
Hopkinton Public Library
Hudson Public Library
Independence Public Library
Lansing Public Library
LaPorte City, Hawkins Memorial,
Maynard Public Library
McGregor Public Library
Nashua Public Library
New
Hartford, Martin Memorial,
New
Albin Public Library
Oelwein Public Library
Ossian Public Library
Plainfield Public Library
Shell Rock, Benny Gambaiani,
Strawberry Point Public Library
Tripoli Public Library
Volga Public Library
Wadena Public Library
Waterloo Public Library
Waterville Public Library
Waverly Public Library
West
Union, Heiserman Memorial,
Westgate Public Library
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.
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.
CE: {That
would be classes with credits toward recertification.}
EBSCO Stumpers. Send an answer to the current Stumpers question from
iowalib to riesberg@neilsa.org before the answer is posted on Friday and
receive CE credit. Individuals can receive up to 5 contact hours continuing
education credit for participating in EBSCO stumpers (4 answered questions for
each hour of credit).
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
SPECIAL
WORKSHOPS:
ICN session
scheduled by the State Library. Sandy Dixon is presenting the program
"Funding for your Library: The Special Tax Levy. The Date/time for
this session is Thursday, November 18 18:00 to 19:30
New DuPage Teleconferences Announced: A brand new series of
teleconferences sponsored by the College of DuPage Illinois is
ready for the 2004--2005 season. Again this year, the State
Library and BCR are partnering in bringing these satellite
teleconferences to Iowa, beamed into ICN rooms across the
state. Here's a preview of the DuPage programming, beginning
in November:
November 19, 2004: "The
Role of Teaching in Modern Libraries"
January 21, 2005:
"Dealing with Difficult People"
February 18, 2005:
"Library Marketing"
March 11, 2005:
"Reference Tools for the Information Age"
March 18, 2005:
"Library Transformation: Library as Place"
April 29, 2005:
"Library Hot Topics for Today and Tomorrow"
June 3, 2005:
"Information Literacy"
WebJunction Iowa's Learning Center courses. These courses are
available to all Iowa library staff at no charge.
To take a course:
1) You must be registered on the site;
2) You must sign in when you are ready to take a course. If you go to
WebJunction Iowa's Learning Center without signing in, the system will not let
you enroll in a course.
When you're in the Learning Center, click on "Course
Details" for a description of the course and the time estimated to
complete it. After finishing a course, print out an attendance
certificate - you'll need to fill in your name and the date you
completed it. The State Library will accept these certificates toward
public librarian re-certification.
If you have any questions, let me know.
Sandy Dixon Consultant State Library of Iowa
CLASSES in
NEILSA:
PLEASE NOTE: NEILSA
classes that are taught by non-NEILSA staff are subject to CANCELLATION
3 to 7 days ahead of presentation if registration will not support the
class session. If you are interested in a class, such as Get Organized
or Pathfinder, you need to sign up in plenty of time to insure the
class takes place.
Library 101 – next
Dec. 10 (edit 10/29/2004 15:41)
Get Organized, Dec 8, 8:30 – 4:00, Oelwein -- Limited enrollment
Get Organized
This was so popular at ILA Annual meeting last year that the room
was FULL and people were turned away. We also had a full house this year at ILA.
Description: Get Organized examines areas of your
work life to identify ways you can be more efficient, ordered, and
organized. You'll learn how to:
* Organize your work space.
* Eliminate the clutter in drawers, closets, and on shelves and
bookcases.
* Throw away stuff you aren't using.
* Buy office products that will help you stay organized.
* Buy software that will help you organize your calendar, to-do
lists, and address book.
* Reduce the amount of paper that you accumulate.
* Stay ahead of filing.
Getting organized and staying organized is a great way to reduce
the stress in your life and feel more confident about yourself and
the work you are doing.
Workshop Outline:
* Welcome and Introductions
* Why Should You Get Organized?
* Clean Up Your Work Space
* File That Paper or Throw It Out
* Manage Your "Incoming"
o Mail
o Phone Calls
o Tasks
* Set Your Schedule
* Get Your Work Done
o Interruptions
o Priorities
o Projects You Hate
* In Conclusion
o More questions and answers Evaluation
Workshop Objectives:
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to meet
the following objectives.
* Understand how getting organized can reduce stress and allow
you to function more effectively.
* Identify areas of your work space that could be better organized.
* Identify useful office products that will help you stay organized.
* Create a filing system and identify those items worth saving vs.
those that should be discarded.
* Create a work schedule to increase productivity.
* Manage mail (including faxes and e-mail), phone calls and assignments.
* Identify techniques for dealing with interruptions.
* Recognize how to set priorities and reduce procrastination.
For more information and to register go to: http://neilsa.org/classes/getorganized.cfm
PATHFINDER WORKSHOP - Nov. 5, NICC Peosta
This workshop introduces pathfinders
as a component of teaching information literacy. A pathfinder is a new-and-improved
version of the age-old bibliography. It is an informational brochure on
a given topic, like Lewis & Clark for example. A pathfinder should
include the library's books on the subject, plus videos, audiotapes, DVDs,
magazine articles--and web sites. This workshop is set in computer labs
to allow for hands-on practice. Participants will create their own pathfinders
in class, searching EBSCO and the Internet for supporting web sites. So
be sure to bring topic ideas of interest to you and to your patrons.
Intended for public or school library staff …
For more information and to register go to: http://neilsa.org/classes/pathfinder.cfm
OTHER CE: You must register with the
listed provider.
LEARN HOW TO SET UP A SECURE HOME NETWORK: ENROLL IN HELP.COM'S
"ADVANCED HOME NETWORKING" ONLINE COURSE
Learn how to protect your network from Internet
intruders--including your neighbors--in CNET's FREE
online class starting Monday, November 1
Advanced Home Networking guides you step-by-step in
planning, selecting, and implementing the various components of a home
computer network.
This four-session class covers the pros and cons of wired
versus wireless technologies and how to obtain optimum results from
both. You'll also learn how to secure your network from Internet
intruders with firewall software and specific router configurations.
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"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
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10 days to reply, if I miss the deadline, well I won't miss, if you
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