Friday, January 13, 2006

New Friday Notes: notes for next week ANNOUNCEMENTS: The NEILSA Office will be closed Mon., Jan. 16 in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday. Visit the King Center for more information. Consortia Members: Please be sure you're up-to-date in the e-rate database. ABOUT THE LSA: Spectrum users:  remember the Users Group mail list at swug@neilsa.org if you have questions or answers for your peers.  This could be especially handy with the cataloging supplement. CE: All Iowa Reads title for 2006 would be Gilead by Marilynne Robinson. Consider when you'd like to reserve multiple copies from NEILSA 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. 18 copies of the paperback of Gilead - 9 each Set A & Set B. 2 copies of the large print 1 copy of the unabridged audio cassette 1 copy of the unabridged compact disc The paperbacks and audio tapes are backordered until January 10, we will process them as soon as we receive them -- really end of the month.. 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. New Children's & Young Adult Literature, 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 Noon, Wednesday, February 22, 2006 -- ICN sites Watch for a flyer soon. Summer Library Program Workshop, Feb. 13 - Upper Iowa Univ.-Fayette Summer Library Program Workshop, Feb. 15 - Grundy Center Community Center Updated Spring 2006 Stories and More PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE CAREFULLY AND CONTACT LISA ALBERS AT lisa@iptv.org <mailto:lisa@iptv.org> , (800) 532-1290, or (515) 242-6279 IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. Greetings Librarians, During the spring semester, Iowa Public Television (IPTV) and the State Library of Iowa are sponsoring a FREE series of five (5) ICN events called Stories & More featuring stories and activities that center on a monthly theme to institutions and programs that workdirectly with Iowa's preschool through Kindergarten children. Stories & More sessions are offered twice (9:30-10:15 a.m. and 10:30-11:15 a.m.) on the second or third Wednesday of each month. Registrants are encouraged to register for all five of the monthly events in the spring semester Stories & More series. It is not necessary for the same children to attend every session. Spring 2006 themes include: Wednesday, January 18 - Stories & More: ABC's Wednesday, February 15 - Stories & More: Physical Activity Wednesday, March 15 - Stories & More: Food Wednesday, April 12 - Stories & More: Environment Wednesday, May 17 - Stories & More: Diversity What are libraries responsible to do? Register for each of the ICN events that you would like your library to participate in. We encourage you to sign up for the entire series! See the "Registration Directions" listed further down in this email. Get a group of PK-first grade children (ages 4-7) to participate for an ICN site in your community. Some libraries have contacted preschools in their communities to participate in the sessions. Be in the ICN classroom for each event as a monitor/helper to the children from the community. If you don't have an ICN room in your library, you can still participate in this opportunity, but you will need to make sure the ICN room you are using is expecting your group of children and you are responsible for supervision. Provide minimal materials, like paper, pencil, crayons, markers, or scissors for the session participants at your local site. Each session has a little bit different list of materials that will be used at your local site during the ICN session for the planned activities. How do I register my library to participate? YOU MAY WANT TO PRINT THESE DIRECTIONS Go to Iowa Distance Learning Database Web site: http://www.iptv.org/iowa_database/ Click on the K-12 Calendar link in the upper left-hand corner. Clicking on the little red arrows will move you from month to month. Click on the title of the session to find out more information about the session. Read the event details - description, time and audience for the session. If interested in participating in the session, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the Register here link. Follow the directions. Be sure to notice the registration deadline date. The Register here link will NOT appear after the deadline. Enter your Zip Code. Select one of the following: Child Care Provider/Parent, Homeschooler, Library, or Other (everyone else) OR if you are a school, select your school from the list (where you are located, not ICN location). Fill out ALL the information requested (check twice to make sure all information is accurate) and click the Register Now button. Your registration has been sent. Print the following sheet. Click on the K-12 Calendar link to schedule another session. Repeat the process. As always, IPTV is thrilled to be working with libraries again this spring. Please contact me directly if you have questions. LISA Lisa Albers Iowa Public Television 6450 Corporate Drive Johnston, IA 50131 (800) 532-1290 - toll free (515) 242-6279 - direct line (515) 242-5415 - fax lisa@iptv.org Links: Learning Activity Written Summary: http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/continuing-ed/online-learningactivitywrittensummary.htm LSA web site: http://www.ilsa.lib.ia.us/siteindex.htm NEILSA continuing education http://www.neilsa.org/classes/current.html NEILSA e-rate Consortia Bloghttp://www.neilsa.org/cblog/index.cfm NEILSA monthly calendar - http://www.neilsa.org/ncalendar/ncalendarmonth.cfm NEILSA web site: http://neilsa.org NEILSA yearly calendar - http://www.neilsa.org/ncalendar/ncalendar_results.cfm NEILSA Friday Notes archives at: http://www.neilsa.org/fridays/friday.html NWILSA Blog: http://nwilsblog.blogspot.com 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/ Due Date: NEILSA closed dates: 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 January 16 - MLK Day Jan. 23, 2006 9 am - Conrad - Grundy County Meeting - ER January 31, The Application and Report Form for Accreditation FY 06 will be due. February 22 - ILA Lobby from home day February 24 - App for PLM I & II due March 1,2,3 Summer Library Program Workshops March 8 ILA Legislative Day March 14, 15, 16 Teen Summer Library Workshops March 31 Library 101 April 2-6 National Library Week 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 June 22 Library 101 June 24 - 27 - ALA Annual meeting in New Orleans - KD July 1 - renew EBSCOhost July 20 Lansing 9:30 Alamakee County Association - KD July 31 - Reports due: Direct State Aid & Open Access August - Applications for PLM I & II due August 31 - Enrich Iowa Letter due at SLI September - Library Card sign up month September 13 Library 101 September 23 - 30 - Banned Book Week September 27 - Waterloo Town Meeting (Waterloo Art and Rec Center) September 30 - Cataloging Supplement report due at SLI October 11 - 13 - ILA Annual Conference in Council Bluffs October 15 - 21 Teen Read Week October 27 -- Arlington 09:30 Fayette County Meeting October 30 - Annual Survey due at SLI Nov. 2 at 7:00 p.m. at the Spillville Public Library - Winneshiek County Meeting - KD Nov. 3 - ILA Planning Meeting November 13 - 19 - Children's Book Week The State Library's 2006 calendar http://www.silo.lib.ia.us 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 COPYLEFT NOTICE 2002: THE INFORMATION IN THIS PUBLICATION IS FREE. 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