New
Friday
Notes: notes for next week
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Two LSAs are chartering a bus to Chicago for one day (Sat. June 25) for the exhibits. They
will have to charge the libraries for the bus cost...$37 for a 29 passenger bus, $28
for a 47 seat (if they can fill it). IF you are
interested contact Ken right away? You would have to pay for your exhibit pass, bus fare, and meals.
Newbery & Caldecott Winners Announced: The 2005 Newbery and Caldecott Medal Award winners were
announced at the ALA Midwinter Conference this month. This year's Newberry Medal goes to Kira-Kira written by Cynthia
Kadohata (Atheneum Books for Young Readers/Simon & Schuster) The Newbery
Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It has
been awarded annually since 1922 by the Association for Library Service to
Children, a division ALA, to the author of the most distinguished contribution
to American literature for children.
The 2005 Caldecott Medal goes to Kitten's First Full
Moon written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books /
Harper Collins Publishers) The Caldecott
Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph
Caldecott. It, too, is awarded annually
by the ALSC, presented to
the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. This prestigious medal has been given since 1938. For a complete listing of all the Newbery and
Caldecott winners through the years, visit ALA’s website: http://www.ala.org
FROM: Monday Morning Eye Opener
ABOUT THE
LSA:
NEILSA web site will be down starting at noon today.
NEW: NEILSA Consortia e-rate blog at: http://www.neilsa.org/cblog/index.cfm
Lansing Public Library will be reopening it's
doors on Tuesday, February 1. Open hours remain the same with one exception. Thursday hours
change FROM 1 to 4:30 pm and 7 to 9 pm TO 1 to 7 pm.
CE:
For those of you who missed last Friday's program on Dealing with Difficult People, below is information from BCR on how to access the program through a webcast:
Here is a URL to BCR's Web site where you will find Media Player
files that will take you to the "Soaring to Excellence: Dealing with
Difficult People" webcast:
YOU MUST RIGHT-CLICK ON THE FILE YOU WANT AND SAVE IT TO YOUR
DESKTOP!
Just clicking on the link on the page will not work.
These files were provided by the College of DuPage for
viewing last Friday's webcast. The .isdn file is the slower 100K
stream; the .lan version is the 300K stream.
BCR has a T1 line, and despite what I told people earlier,
the 100K stream is working better for me. I was told by DuPage that the
tech folks there think the problems people had with the slow,
stop-and-go viewing of Friday's webcast may have been firewall related.
BCR has a firewall, and the 100K stream is working. The 300K is stop
and go. Some firewalls limit the size of your bandwidth.
| Summer Library workshops just around the corner |
Just another
reminder that the Summer Library Workshops begin in two weeks! If you have not signed
up, do so today! These workshops are designed to help you have a
wonderful summer program for your patrons.
Three different workshops are offered this year.
1)
The traditional face-to-face programming workshop at 10 different
locations around Iowa. These free workshops for the 2005 Dragons, Dreams and Daring Deeds
Summer Library Program workshops begin with
registration and morning
refreshments at 8:30
a.m. and programming from 9:00
a.m.
– 12:00 noon. (Two sessions will be held on February 10 at
the Johnston Public Library.
Registration for the afternoon session will begin at 12:30 and the session will run
from 1:00 –
4:00.)
This year, in an
effort to even out the driving
distance for participants, we have
attempted to make the drive 50 miles or less. Dates and locations are as
follows:
February 9 Grundy Center Community Center, 705 "F"
Avenue
February 10 Johnston Public Library (Morning and Afternoon session offered), 6700 Merle Hay
Rd.
February 14 Southern Prairie AEA,
Ottumwa, 2814 N. Court, Highway
63 (workshop in the
Auditorium)
February 15 Anamosa Public Library, 600 E. 1st Street
February 16 Northeast Iowa Comm. College, Calmar, Highway 150
South - workshop at the "Dairy Center"
which is located just south of the main campus
February 17 North Iowa Area Comm. College, Mason City, 500 College
Drive - workshop at the Muse Norris Conference
Center
February 18 Algona Public Library, 210 North Phillips
March 1 Cherokee Community Center, 530 West Bluff (across from the High School) -
workshop on the upper level -
March 2 Churdan Community Center, next to the library on Sand Street - in back of the
fire department
March 3 Elliott Community
Center, next to the library on Main
Street
This year’s presenters will be Marilyn Tilley from the Churdan
Public Library and Linda Fox from the Oskaloosa Public Library. They will show how to use the 2005 manual to
create an outstanding summer library program in your community. Three (3) hours of continuing education will be
available
Register
on-line now at: http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/continuing-ed/cecat.htm#February
2) A
Young Adult workshop to accompany the YA manual will be presented on Thursday, March 10 from
9:30 – 11:30 a.m. This workshop will be held over the Iowa
Communications Network at multiple ICN sites across the state. Maria Levetzow, author of the YA manual, will
present this marvelous workshop. Two (2)
hours of continuing education will be available. To see
ICN locations and register on-line go
to:
http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/continuing-ed/cecat.htm#February
3) This year we will be offering a new ICN
session on the Planning and Programming
portion of the manual. This session will
be held on Thursday, March 17 from 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. This
session will also be held over the Iowa Communications Network at various sites
around the state. Sally Van Dorin, from
the Indianola Public Library will present this interesting promotional
session. Two (2) hours of continuing
education will be available. To see ICN locations and register
on-line go to: http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/continuing-ed/cecat.htm#February
WEATHER:
We always
hope for good weather during the Summer Library workshops, however,
we have the following procedure in place
for inclement weather.
Mary Cameron will 'call' the workshop, due to weather, by 7:00 a.m. the morning of the workshop. If there is a raging blizzard, it could be
earlier. A message will be placed on the
answering machine of at the North Central Library Service Area. Participants are asked to call the toll free number: 1-800-392-8804 to
check the status of the workshop.
A
‘make-up’ ICN session will be held in several locations in the canceled
area, at the expense of the Summer
Library grant. If other libraries outside the area want to
participate in the ICN session, the individual participant would incur the cost
of the additional ICN site.
----
Karen M.
Day, Administrative Assistant
North Central Library Service Area
Due Date:
NEILSA closed dates: 5/30, 7/4, 9/5, 11/11&
24&25, 12/23 & 26, 1/2/6
January 31 - Accreditation applications and reports due
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
-
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 due
August 31 Enrich Iowa Letter of Agreement due
September 21 - Town 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 23 & 26 -
Christmas
Links:
LSA web site: http://www.ilsa.lib.ia.us/siteindex.htm
NEILSA e-rate Consortia Blog http://www.neilsa.org/cblog/index.cfm
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
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
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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