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New Friday Notes:
notes for next week
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Summer
Library Program Workshop,
Feb. 13 - Upper Iowa Univ.-Fayette
Summer Library Program Workshop,
Feb. 16 - Grundy Center Community Center
For more registration information se under CE
In case you missed it: (From Monday Morning Eyeopener)
Newbery and Caldecott Award Winners Announced: From classic literature of yesterday to
what may be classic literature of tomorrow, ALA has announced the 2006 Newbery and Caldecott Awards.
The John Newbery Medal is given each year for distinguished writing for
children; the ’06 winner is Criss
Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins. The Randolph Caldecott Award is
given each year for distinguished illustration in children’s picture books; the
’06 winner is The Hello, Goodbye
Window illustrated by Chris Raschka and written by Norton Juster.
For a complete listing of the Newbery and Caldecott award winners through the
years, as well as other notable achievements in children’s literature, including
the first-time Dr. Seuss Beginning Reader Award, visit ALA’s website:
http://www.ala.org/ala/pio/presscentera/piopresskits/alamidwintermeeting2006/alaawards06.htm
The following is a forward from Bud Carruthers, AV Coop. These
changes have been in the works for years, but by this message, it looks like
the deadlines have been set. These changes in TVs will probably affect
all our lives, so thought it might be interesting for you to know what is going on.
The FCC has notified US television broadcasters that the
standard for transmitting TV over-the-air shall change from analog to
digital. The three main types of digital TV are Standard Definition
("good", offering the same resolution as the traditional analog
system), Enhanced Definition ("better"), and High Definition ("best").
As of early 2006, it appears that analog over-the-air
broadcasts will be shut down February 17, 2009, causing every analog TV
hooked up to an ordinary antenna to be unable to receive TV stations.
The TV could be made functional again by hooking up a digital tuner box
between the existing antenna and the TV's antenna-input terminals. Or
the viewer could buy a new digital TV. Most viewers will not be
affected, as this change will probably not immediately affect cable
television and satellite television customers, since those are not
over-the-air (RF or Radio-Frequency) transmissions. It is estimated
that about 60 million TV's in the US are hooked up solely to antennas.
Congress is arranging to offer cash vouchers ( at least this report
says so ), for the purchase of digital tuners, available to people
unable to buy new digital TV's.
This is the first time in over 50 years that the entire
standard for TV transmission has changed. The last major TV
transmission standard change was when color was added. That time, the
change was backwards-compatible, meaning that black-and-white TV's
still worked. This time the change is not backwards-compatible.
Why am I sending this to you??? Because eventually it will
affect us all and some of us sooner .... like today. Last week one of
my large screen TV vendors called to let me know that as of February
28th, 2006, manufacturers of TV's 25" and larger could only produce
TV's with a "Digital Tuner", or no tuner at all. The FCC mandate also
requires manufacturers to get rid of all their stock of "Analog" tuner
TVs larger than 25" and the FCC will or may impose a fine for
manufacturers found with those machines in stock after March 1, 2006.
So, manufacturers have sold their current stock of analog
TV's to large dealers who are selling to places like Best Buy, Circuit
City, etc... who do not want to get caught with a large stock of these
products either.
The Good news may be that consumers should be able to find a bargain
on TV's incorporating analog tuners that are over 25" in size. And, if
you are not using these TV's to get over-the-air broadcasts then
purchasing these analog tuner units won't bother you a bit. In the future you
will be able to purchase a digital tuner converter box, if you would need
it.
The Bad news, for the IEC AV/Computer Co-op, is that our
vendors are running out or have run out of stock for these units. I
have been in contact with all of our vendors and they have very few, if
any, of these machines available. I have a bid out right now for the
Spring 2006 IEC AV/Computer co-op. I will probably have to re-bid the
large TV's later in the spring. By doing so these products may not show
up in the AV catalog right away so keep checking the online catalog or
give us a call for an update.
It looks like the new digital tuner models for 25" or
larger TV's won't be available to ship until late March or early April.
Basic information on these may not even be available until the middle
of March. Manufacturers of TV's smaller than 25" can continue to
produce and stock these products until spring of 2007. At that time we
may experience this same problem again.
I am including a link that gives you more information on this topic that, I think, is interesting reading....
Call or email me if you have questions or need a large screen TV
before Spring 2006.
Bud Carruthers, IEC Coordinator x1157
3601 West Avenue Road, Box 1065
Burlington, Ia 52601
319-753-6561
319-752-7525 Fax
Judy Jones, State Library of Iowa
Consultant
Kens COMMENT: Let us all pray they don't screw it up like e-rate.
ABOUT THE STATE - ILA
Our lobbyists notified the ILA Governmental
Affairs Committee that three Iowa
Department of Education bills came
out last night and are available now online. They are the DE's "teacher
quality" bills - and they include the reinstatement of
the teacher librarian requirement and an expansion of the
definition of "teacher" to include teacher librarians (which allows teacher
librarians to receive benefits under the student achievement and teacher quality
program). The bills also allow school districts to get supplemental aid to cover
the cost of adding new teacher librarian positions. The bill numbers are SSB
3106, 3107, 3108 (to see bills go to this site and enter bill number
http://www.legis.state.ia.us/aspx/Cool-ICE/DisplayBills.htm). All are
almost identical (the differences don't affect our sections). We need to tell our legislators that
ILA and Iowa
librarians support these bills, in fact they are one of the planks in the ILA
Legislative Agenda. To
contact your legislators please see
the Legislative website http://www.legis.state.ia.us/aspx/Legislators/LegislatorInfo.aspx.
Senate Study Bill 3085, a bill
changing provisions of Iowa’s property tax law, has been introduced.
This bill is very similar to last year's original House File 847,
the property tax bill that passed the House last year with seventy-some YES
votes. That bill contained two major parts - a section that would tie the
commercial & industrial property classes into the residential &
agriculture land rollback, and a section that would declare essential services
and force a local government to preserve those services first when making cuts.
In SSB3085, like last year’s bill, public
libraries are not defined as essential services. The bill reads:
For purposes
of this section, "essential services"
4 18 means law enforcement, fire protection service,
emergency
4 19 medical services, street lights, water, sewage and
sewage
4 20 disposal, garbage pickup and garbage disposal,
landfills,
4 21 roads and road maintenance, streets and street
maintenance,
4 22 bridges and bridge maintenance, sidewalks and
sidewalk
4 23 maintenance, snow removal, and local emergency management
to
4 24 the extent such essential services are mandated by statute
or
4 25 have been
provided
ILA’s lobbyists and the Government Affairs
Committee are tracking this bill and will keep you informed, especially if we
need to contact legislators in relation to this
bill.
Duncan Stewart, ILA Governmental Affairs
Committee chair
ABOUT THE
LSA:
- February 22 - ILA Lobby from home day
- March 8 ILA Legislative Day - Yes we expect to take two vans to DM, check at the NEILSA CE registration for a ride.
Thanks to the Gates Foundation Staying Connected grant, the
State Library is pleased to offer public libraries a new optional
service - hosting your library's Web site and e-mail.
This service will make it possible for a public library to easily
create its own Web site, using page templates developed by the State
Library. The Web sites will be preloaded with local information
specific to each library, including hours, location, links to local
catalogs, and trustees. Library customers will be able to access
statewide resources such as EbscoHost through their local library's Web
site.
Through the e-mail hosting service, regardless of the Internet
Service Provider (ISP), each public library will be able to have consistent
and stable e-mail addresses making it easier to communicate with
customers. In other words, when a library changes ISPs, the library's e-mail address will remain the same.
A letter about this project will be mailed to all public
library directors and board presidents later in February. We know that
you and your board will need time and more information before deciding
whether to take advantage of this new service. Therefore, on Friday,
March 17, 9:00 to 11:00 a.m., there will be an information session over
the ICN. At this session, library directors and board members will have
an opportunity to preview the Web site templates and get your questions
answered.
Information about ICN locations and registration for the
information session will be available at a later date. Be watching for
the letter formally announcing this new service. In the meantime, if
you have any questions, please let me know.
Sandy Dixon
Program Director Library Development
Dunkerton now has a Friends of the Library. We have
revised our Bylaws to fit our organization and gone over our Articles of
Incorporation and have the papers to begin filing for our 501 (c) 3. Our biggest
hurdle was getting a full slate of officers for our Board of Directors and this
was accomplished at our meeting Tuesday evening. Raising the money for all the
filing fees, etc. was done at our annual Community Christmas Concert. Our
attorney put together our Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation, pro bono. This
really helped us out in how much money we had to raise. Now we have just about
everything in place so that I can start writing grants for our new library. I'm
really excited about our progress with our Friends.
Jan Peterson, Library Director
Dunkerton Public Library
Don't know what to do with all those books you can't sell, think circulation desk.
The Book Bar [Vestal Design]
CE:
| Subject: [irls] Dates set for Rural Sustainability Institute!
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These are the dates/locations of the 5 Staying Connected/Rural Sustainability training that we will be doing. I
will be getting training on the Rural Sustainability grant at the end of
this month, so you will be getting more information on the program in
March. If you have the opportunity to mention these up-coming Institutes to
your libraries, I would really appreciate it.
July 10-11, Buena Vista University, Storm Lake
July 13-14, Holiday Inn, Council Bluffs
July 17-18, Wartburg College, Waverly
July 24-25, St. Ambrose University, Davenport (this is tentative
until
we can get confirmation of lodging)
July 27-28, Central College, Pella
Let me know if you have any questions! Michele
Michele A. Leininger
Continuing Education Consultant
| Subject: [Iowalib] Teen Summer Library Workshops |
New this year are three regional summer library workshops
especially for teens. Maria Levetzow, from the Bettendorf Public
Library will be presenting three teen workshops in person across Iowa.
If you have been doing a teen summer program or are interested in providing
one for the first time, this workshop is for you.
The 2006 teen summer theme
"Creature Feature" will be highlighted during these three hour
workshops. Your teen summer library manual is located at the back
of the Paws, Claws, Scales and Tales Manual you received last October.
We have a great program and wonderful door prizes ready for the
workshop.
Workshops will be from 9:00 to 12:00 with registration
beginning at 8:30. Morning refreshments will be
served.
The dates and locations are:
March 14 Grant Wood AEA, 4401 6th St. SW.,
Cedar Rapids
March 15 Heartland AEA Annex, 6445
Corporate Drive, Johnston
March 16 Storm Lake AEA, 832 Flindt Dr.
(Highway 7)
If you have not yet registered on the new State Library CE
website, you will find easy instructions, including the Summer Library
Program flyer by going to:
and clicking on Summer Reading 2006 Workshops.
If you need assistance or have questions, please contact
Mary Cameron at the State Library or your LSA!
Register for the upcoming Summer
Library Program workshops in 2006!
The workshop dates and locations are as follows:
Workshop Dates Location
Address
February 13 Fayette
- Upper Iowa University Garbee Hall Complex,
February 14 North Liberty Community
Center 520 West Cherry Street
February 15 Ottumwa – Southern Prairie
AEA 2814 North Court, Highway 63
February 16 Grundy
Center Community Center 705 “F” Avenue
February 17 - AM Johnston
Public Library 6700 Merle
Hay Road
February 17 – PM Johnston
Public Library 6700 Merle Hay Road
February 27 Elliott Public Library/Community
Center 410 Main Street
February 28 Churdan Community
Center 507 Sand Street
March 1 Paullina American
Legion 5624 460th Street –
Hwy 10
March 2 Algona Public Library 210 North Phillips
Street
March 3 Charles City Public Library 106
Milwaukee Mall
You may register by going to the State Library Website http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/ and
clicking on "Continuing Education".
Summer
Library Program Workshop,
Feb. 13 - Upper Iowa Univ.-Fayette
Summer Library Program Workshop,
Feb. 15 - Grundy Center Community Center
New Children's & Young Adult
Literature, 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 Noon, Wednesday, February 22, 2006
-- ICN
March 8 - Legislative
Day, three classes (with the opportunity to take two of them) on
Legal and Medical libraries, State Data Center (inc brief intro to Iowa
Publications Online) and Telling the Library Story.
April 12 - Readers' Advisory for
Children and Teens, 9:30-11:30 with a repeat session 3-5
April 17 - Medical Reference and
HealthInfo Iowa, 9-11
May 3 - Beginning EBSCOhost,
9-11
May 9-12 - Tech Support on the Fly,
9:00-12:00, in Orange City, Clarinda, Knoxville and Anamosa
May 18 - Advanced EBSCOhost,
9-11
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 Blog http://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: 5/29, 7/4, 9/4, 11/10, 11/23 &
24, 12/25 & 26, 1/1/2007
- 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
- April 24 - 9:00 a.m., Dike Grundy County
Meeting - ER
- June 22 Library 101
- June 24 - 27 - ALA Annual meeting in New Orleans - ER &
KD
- July 1 - renew EBSCOhost
- July 20 Lansing 9:30 Allamakee 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 - State Library/LSA 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
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LIBRARY SERVICE AREA BOARD
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Meeting March 13, 2005 2:00 p.m., Denver Public Library
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