New Friday
Notes: notes for next week
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Reminder About EBSCO Stumpers: 4 left
Master Buchers Singing Club multipal copies are now available from Dennise at NEILSA
CE:
Note the following grant writing opportunities. The workshops are open to
library and city staff. I attended the last offered sessions and felt they were
quite worthwhile. Consider a trip to Des Moines if you do grant writing for
your library and pass the word to your city staff. There were several police
and fire personel at the last sessions. The sessions fill up fast, so act
soon.
Searching for Grants April 22, 2005 8:30 -
4:30
Writing Grants May 6, 2005 8:30
- 4:30
Grant Management May 13, 2005
8:30 - 4:30
Location: All classes will be held in the Grimes State Office Building,
400 East 14th St.
Cost: $40 per course the Grants Enterprise Management Office is
subsidizing a portion of the cost.
To Register: Iowa State Government employees contract your training
liaison.
Outside state government contact Melissa Karas at 515-281-5702.
You will be required to submit a completed registration form. The form can
be found on the GEMS grant site:
The PDS Catalog Number is GI 091.
Register for the entire series or choose just the courses that will be most
beneficial for you.
Instructor: Lance Noe, Drake University, will be the primary instructor
and determine the course content. Lance is an instructor for the College of
Business and Public Administration and the Educational Coordinator for the
Center for Professional Studies at Drake University.
Course Content: A few of the subject areas that will be covered ar
information about the location of funding sources and the use of electronic
media to find them;
a description of the general grant process with a special focus on how
grants are reviewed;
instruction on how to review an application to determine if it is
appropriate for your agency;
training on the use of 3 planning tools for the creation of effective grant
proposals; information on the budgeting process and how to maximize grant
funding for your project
instruction on how to create an appropriate evaluation plan for your
project;
training on the most effective methods for producing your grant
proposal;
Post award grant management
Hosted by: Department of Management - Grants Enterprise Management
Office
Department of Administrative Services Human Resources Enterprise
Judy Jones, Consultant
State Library of Iowa
Due Date:
NEILSA closed dates: 1/17,5/30, 7/4, 9/5, 11/11&
24&25, 12/23 & 26, 1/2/6
Jan. 24, 2005 9:00 am at the Grundy
Center PL - Grundy
County
Meeting - KD
January 31 - Accredation applications and reports
February 16 - ILA Lobby from Home Day
March 2 - ILA Legislative Day
April 5, 2005 7:00
Dumont - Butler County
Meeting -
April 5, 2005
7:00 in Elma - Howard
County
Meeting - KD ce
April 18 at 7 PM at Winthrop -
Buchanan
County
Meeting -
April
19, 2005 7:00 Elkader - Clayton
County Meeting -
May
10, 2005 7:00 Delhi - Delaware
County
Meeting
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June 23 - 24 ALA Annual Chicago
June 30 Direct State Aid Funds expended
July 1 Renew EBSCOhost
July 31 Direct State Aid, Open Access, and Access Plus final reports
August 31 Enrich Iowa Letter of Agreement
September 21 - Towm Meeting
October 15 - Annual Survey Due
October 19-21 ILA Annual, Dubuque
November 3 at 7:00 p.m. at the Ossian Public
Library - Winneshiek
County Meeting
December 15 -
Links:
LSA web site: http://www.ilsa.lib.ia.us/siteindex.htm
NEILSA web site: http://neilsa.org
NEILSA Friday Notes
archives at: http://www.neilsa.org/fridays/friday.html
State Calendar - http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/news/calendars/2005calendar.pdf
State Library CE web site at: http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/continuing-ed/index.html
USAC (e-rate): http://www.sl.universalservice.org/
The fine print stuff
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EDITORS NOTES:
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xx = See also
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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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