New
Friday
Notes: notes for next week
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The November/December issue of the State Library's online newsletter
is available at:
Something to think about:
Back in the 1970s, there was some controversy when the Forsyth County
Library in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, decided to establish a branch in the
Reynolda Shopping Center. There was a bookstore
there that protested because of anticipated losses in sales. Well, the library
was established in the shopping center anyway, and the bookstore's revenue
actually increased. The reason had to do with the nature of the public
library.
With its limited budget as a publicly-funded entity, the public library as
an institution never has enough money to satisfy the desires of the general
populace. So, the library becomes a draw for customers who will then go to
bookstores and other similar venues when their needs at the library are not
met. That's the same reason that a group of fast-food businesses will situate
their establishments in the same area: like firms feed off of one another for
the mutual benefit of all.
Online
archive of materials and resources
The California State Library's Rural Initiative has expanded its online
archive of materials and resources to help California's rural public libraries
serve their users more efficiently. The clearinghouse can be found at:
http://resourceroundup.net
A new section has been added on Library Administration, including the topic
areas of Trustees, Building Programs, Local Issues, and Funding &
Budgeting. In addition, the Model Projects & Best Practices section has
been expanded with materials on Accessibility, Reference and Interlibrary
Loan.
By providing examples of commonly needed documents, materials and programs in
all aspects of library operations, the Clearinghouse benefits rural libraries by
eliminating the need to "reinvent the wheel" for every new policy, practice,
procedure or project needed locally.
Although intended primarily to benefit rural public libraries in California,
the Clearinghouse is open to all libraries, anywhere in the country. There is
no charge to access or use Clearinghouse resources.
Visit the Clearinghouse at: http://resourceroundup.net
The Clearinghouse also includes sections on Training and on Policies,
Procedures & Manuals; new sections and section topics will continue to be
added based on user feedback.
The Rural Initiative and the Rural Library
Resources Clearinghouse are supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum of Library
Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act,
administered in California by the State Librarian. Collection of materials and
resources for some sections of the Clearinghouse is provided pro bono by
California public librarians.
For more information about the Rural Initiative Clearinghouse or other
projects of the Rural Initiative, please contact:
Carla Lehn
California State Library
ABOUT THE
LSA:
A great resource for us. In Peosta, Iowa there is a National
Education Center for Agricultural Safety that has a
great library and presenters available. They actually have a "lab" where they
simulate grain elevator mishaps, tractor rollovers, etc. The number is 563 557
0354. http://www.nsc.org/necas/contact.htm It is a partnership
of many entities including NorthEast Iowa Community College and the Department
of Agriculture. Hope this info is useful to many of you.
Becky Heil, Library Director
Dubuque
County Library
Outreach you can do and which will help patrons.
The Dubuque County Library began
receiving requests for information about the new Medicare prescription plan in
early November. Since none of us knew
anything about it and weren't even sure where to go to get the information, we
thought a program for our patrons would be a good idea. I called the local Agency on Aging (who was
sponsoring programs in our area) and got the contact information about
qualified presenters. SHIIP (State
Health Insurance Information Program) has been providing presenters and counselors
for insurance information for about 10 years.
There are about 200 volunteers in the state and they have all been
trained on the new Medicare prescription plan.
There is a SHIPP website where you can get volunteer’s names and other
information. I also contacted our local
Social Security Administration Office and they are also trained and willing to
attend programs and answer questions. We
had four programs in four different cities with a total attendance of about 50
people. We have already been asked to
repeat them next spring. We felt we did
not want to provide information about specific plans (there are 41 in the State
of Iowa) but wanted people to go away feeling a little more
comfortable with making a decision. This
is an easy program to present as all you have to do is show up and provide
electricity for their power point presentation!
http://www.shiip.state.ia.us/
Thanks to:
Becky Heil
Dubuque County Library
Holiday Deliveries for AEA-1 & AEA-267 (Repeat)
AEA-1
If you are sending items to libraries within AEA-1 or to libraries in
AEA-267, material needs to be delivered to Keystone AEA no later than Tuesday,
December 13 to make delivery, otherwise items will not be delivered until
delivery resumes.
AEA-1 will resume delivery on January 3, 2006.
AEA-267
If you are sending items to libraries within AEA-267, they must be in the
bags no later than Friday, December 16 to make delivery, otherwise they will not
be delivered until delivery resumes.
If you are sending items to libraries within AEA-1, they must be in the
bags no later than Tuesday, December 13 to make delivery, otherwise they will
not be delivered until delivery resumes.
AEA-267 will resume deliver on January 3, 2006.
Vendor Notice:
Faronics Quarterly Newsletter. Newsletter is available online at:
It lists all the latest news regarding
Deep Freeze, Deep Freeze Mac, Anti-Executable, and more. In addition, there are
several time-limited, special offers available, including a coupon code valid
for 50% off a personal license of Anti-Executable Standard!
CE:
At the ILA Annual Conference the All Iowa Reads Committee from the Iowa
Center for the Book announced that the title for 2006 would be Gilead by
Marilynne Robinson. Please join Dale Ross, from Iowa State University, and
First Lady of Iowa, Christie Vilsack, as they discuss the book during an ICN
session beginning at 6:30 on Thursday, January 26, 2006. This session provides
an overview of the program, information about where to get support materials and
help with your discussion -- plus, you earn CE credit.
What you need to do now:
1. Mark your calendar for 6:30, Thursday, January 26, 2006.
3. Consider when you'd like to reserve multiple copies from your LSA for
community reading. When you do post your event on the website and become
eligible for free copies of the 2007 title!
From Denise:
All Iowa Reads - Gilead/Robinson, Marilynne To those who want to reserve this for their reading groups, please call in
and let us know when. As of this writing we do not know the number of copies we
will be receiving or in what format. When we find that information out, we will
let you know.
The spring Public Library Management classes
The PLM 1 class
will begin on March 28 and the PLM 2 class will begin on April 4. You must be a
registered
user to sign up for the class. If you haven't registered yet,
click on the "Not a registered user?" and follow the instructions to
sign up. CE Registration and Catalog. To see the listings,
please to to http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/cgi-bin/cecat/.
On line CE � Learn about something new,
Help new librarians,
Earn a ce credit.
Take part in the Rural Librarian Wiki, contact
Ken for password/registration.
All Iowa Reads ICN session will be Thursday, January 26 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m
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New Children's & Young Adult Literature, 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 Noon,
Wednesday, February 22, 2006 -- ICN sites Summer Library Program Workshop, Feb. 13 - Upper Iowa Univ.-Fayette
Summer Library Program Workshop, Feb. 15 - Grundy Center Community
Center
Due Date:
NEILSA
closed dates: 12/23 & 26, 1/2/06, 1/16, 5/29, 7/4, 9/4, 11/10, 11/23 & 24, 12/25 & 26, 1/1/2007
January 10 at
7:00 pm in Dyersville, Earlville County Library Association
meeting - KD
December 23 & 26 - Christmas
Jan. 23, 2006
9 am - Conrad, Grundy County
Meeting - ER
January
31, The Application
and Report Form for Accreditation
FY 06 will be due.
April 4 -- New Hartford 7:00 - Butler
County Meeting - ER
April 4, Howard County at
Riceville at 7 pm - KD
April 17, at Fairbank 7:00 Buchanan
County
Meeting - KD
April
18 at Plainfield
7:30 Bremer County Meeting - ER
April 18 - Garnavillo 7:00 Clayton
County Meeting - KD
July 20 Lansing 9:30 Alamakee County Association - KD
September 27 - Waterloo Town
Meeting (Waterloo Art and Rec
Center)
October 27 -- Arlington 09:30 Fayette
County Meeting
Nov. 2 at 7:00 p.m. at the
Spillville Public
Library - Winneshiek
County Meeting - KD
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
Edited by:
Ken Davenport - NEILSA Consultant
davenport@neilsa.org
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It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set
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COPYRIGHT
Please note: material found on the web should be assumed to be under
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NOTE: If credited [via ???] or [from so & so] it is their material
and not covered by my "Copyleft" notice. Ken
LIBRARY
SERVICE AREA
Board
Meeting January
9, 20052:00
p.m.,
ICN � Hudson Public
Library & Elgin Public Library.
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