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The life so short,
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Stolen from: EYE-OPENER.
Very lightly edited.
1) Paperwork Deadlines Looming:
Final reports for
the Open
Access, Access Plus, and
Direct State
Aid programs are due at the State Library by July 31st.
For Open Access, report the number
of in-person checkouts by Open Access customers during FY’06. For Access Plus, report the number of items
your library LOANED through interlibrary loan during FY’06. Remember, SILO
tracks this statistic for you: from the SILO ILL System menu, choose SYSTEM
ACTIVITY SUMMARY REPORT. Here you’ll find a summary of your library’s ILL
activity for the year(s) past. And for the Direct State Aid program, report how your
library spent its DSA money received last fall.
You’ll
find all 3 of these reports on the Library Development pages on the
State
Library’s
website:
Click on each of the 3 programs to bring up a blank form. Complete the forms
and return them to the State Library—
again, the deadline is July
31st.
2) Remember to Renew FirstSearch:
By now, libraries
statewide have received word about FirstSearch
renewals. Please make sure your library renews access to FirstSearch
by returning the FS Letter of Agreement to Central LSA office in Ankeny. FirstSearch is an
incredible package of online resources and if you only use one of the 30+, let
it be WORLDCAT.
Don’t
let the public’s use of FirstSearch be an
issue. You can adjust the administration module to show only those databases
wherein you and the public have unlimited searching at no cost. Just using
those 10+ databases is worth the ticket price—which is free anyway! Among the
databases with unlimited searching are ERIC
(education journals) World
Almanac, Medline,
EBooks and WorldCat. In all the other others, you’ll
receive 100 searches per month.
Don’t
let publicity be an issue. Click here for a “FirstSearch Promotional Toolkit,” a
variety of printable materials to help you advertise this valuable service to
your community.
Don’t
let training be an issue. NWILS (make that) NEILSA can bring staff training right to your
door—just ask. (Actually, best done on a countywide basis, so ask for that
instead J ) And did you know that you can take a self-guided tour
from the comfort of your own office? Click here for a closer look at FS
features: http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/about/tour/default.htm
This is something I use when doing FS training: we step
through this tutorial, then move into hands-on practice with sample searches.
So if
you’ve not yet renewed access to FirstSearch for
another year, please mail—not fax—the FS
Letter of Agreement to:
Central
Iowa Library Service
Area
1210 NW Prairie Ridge
Drive
Ankeny,
IA.
50023-1564
Barbara
Bush Foundation literacy grants
The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy has announced its 2007 national
grant competition. The Foundation’s grant-making program seeks to develop or
expand projects that are designed to support the development of literacy skills
for adult primary-care givers and their children. A total of approximately
$650,000 will be awarded; no grant request should exceed $65,000....
Barbara Bush
Foundation for Family Literacy, June 26
Steve at the Blog
About Libraries has posted "20
points on excellent library customer service." Go read this right
now.
***It's okay, I'll wait.***
Now go read Stephen
Abram's post about Nordstrom's simple employee handbook customer service
statement. Gather what resonates with you from both of these (there is
some definite overlap) and talk about it at your next staff meeting. Discuss it
when building your library's mission or service statement. Think about these
principles when developing your next strategic plan. Who are we, why are we
here, and how can we best make ourselves available and accessible to our
users? FROM: librarian in black
Welcome to the 28E website at Iowa State UniversityInterlocal
agreements in Iowa are governed by chapter 28E of the Iowa
statutes. This website is provided as part of a project to build a
web-accessible eGovernment information management system that will strengthen
existing and future collaboration between local government. Citizens, local
elected officials and local public managers can use the 28E webpage at the Office of the
Secretary of State to search for 28E agreements by type of service and type
of participating government (e.g., county, municipality, school district). In
addition, partners of 28E agreements will now be able to file 28E agreements
online, reducing paperwork and enhancing the 28E database. On this website,
managed by Iowa State University, you can view and download
This project was made possible with funding from the IowAccess Board ,
Iowa Department of Administrative Services, Dr. Kurt Thurmaier and Dr. Yu-Che
Chen, Principal Investigators, Iowa State University. The information in this
report does not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the Department of
Administrative Services. Other cooperating partners include the Office of the
Secretary of State, the Iowa League of Cities, the Iowa State Association of
Counties, the Iowa City/County Managers Association, and the School
Administrators of Iowa.
| SWILSA News & Views podcast |
This week's podcast is now up on the blog; today you'll hear about wikis,
upcoming workshops, ideas for a Lemony Snicket party, and All Iowa
Reads. You can find the podcast at on the SWILSA News & Views blog:
THE
LSA: Traffic Counter available on loan from
the NEILSA
Experts agree that accurately counting patron traffic with a
people counter is the way you can make sound strategic decisions.
With help from a Sensource counter, your library can easily evaluate staffing needs,
hours and more. With hard data you can be confident that your decisions are
based on facts not guesswork.
Sensing around
SenSource's PC-BE5S Series People Counter features wireless, state-of-the-art
infrared photoelectric sensors for automatically counting people. There's a battery
backup, so counts are saved if power is lost. The counter comes with a 12V DC
adaptor, including a 10' cable SenSource, www.sensourceinc.com
FROM: www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6257504.html (edited)
All-In-One Non-Directional People Counter with 8
Digit LCD Display
Description:
The SenSource PC-BE5S Series People
Counter is a complete system in one easy to install sealed package. The sensor
and the reflector generate an invisible beam of light that travels across a maximum
distance of 16ft When a person crosses the beam the integral LCD display and
optional count recorder or data transmitter increments by +1. This unit counts up
regardless of the direction of traffic (entering or exiting). Turning off the
power does not reset the counter. It will maintain its count until the magnetic
reset tool is used to reset the display or when the count recorder is connected
to a PC. This system operates with a safe low voltage 12V DC supply (included).
Features:
• Retroreflective IR sensor & 8
digit LCD display
• NEMA 4X sealed enclosure for indoor
or outdoor use
• MS-2 (1.6” X 2.4”) reflector
included for 16ft sensing distance
• Battery Backup (counts are not lost
if power is lost)
• Safe low 12V DC Power Supply
• Standard magnetic reset
• Easy to adjust mounting bracket
included
FROM: http://www.sensourceinc.com
If you are interested in using the counter, contact Ken at NEILSA to
reserve a time slot. If you would like
to learn more about how you can use the readings from the counter to better
manage the library and to explain to Boards/City Councils your staffing/use
decisions we can arrange that at the same time.
CE:
The State Library is now taking registrations for Public Library Management 1 and 2 classes in
the CE Catalog
(http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org/cgi-bin/cecat/).
PLM 1 will begin on Tuesday, September 12 and PLM 2 will begin on Wednesday,
September 6. The registration deadline for both classes is Monday, August
14.
OPAL: Online Programming for All Libraries--And All Library Users
OPAL is an international collaborative effort by libraries of
all types to provide web-based programs and training for library users and
library staff members.
These live events are held in online rooms where
participants can interact via voice-over-IP, text chatting, and synchronized
browsing.
Everyone is welcome to participate in OPAL programs. Usually there
is no need to register. Nearly all OPAL programs are offered free of charge to
participants.
Examples of OPAL public online programs include book
discussion programs, interviews, special events, library training, memoir
writing workshops, and virtual tours of special digital library collections.
FROM: http://www.opal-online.org/
We are planning a DEMCO Book Repair Workshop for sometime
this fall, Ken will still do a workshop at county association
meetings if requested and scheduled anead of time.
| Iowa Grants Symposium: “Iowans’
Partnering for Progress” |
Many public library staff and local city government staff
attended this symposium last year and rated it highly. This year
the symposium is being extended to include non-profits, academics and
others. It promises to be bigger and better that last year so
make sure you plan to attend. REGISTER EARLY.
Attendance will be capped. To make sure your are included,
register today online to hold your spot. The hote is offering
state rates for this symposium, so be sure you give the symposium name
when you register. Details and registration:
Iowa’s Office of Grants Enterprise Management presents the
2nd Annual Iowa Grant Symposium, “Iowans’ Partnering for Progress”
Wednesday, August 16, 2006 at the Sheraton West Des Moines Hotel
Be sure to join your grant seeking peers from throughout the
state at this premier training event on August 16 at the Sheraton West
Des Moines Hotel in West Des Moines, Iowa.
The agenda is filled with information relative to all grant seekers.
Some highlights
of the agenda include:
Opening session on “Nonprofit Oversight and the Iowa
Principles and Practices for Charitable Nonprofit Excellence” presented
by Sandy Boyd and Richard Koontz, Iowa NonProfit Resource Center,
University of Iowa
Workshops on proposal writing and grant seeking presented by
The Foundation Center
Grants government workshop presented by the US Department of
Education
Concurrent workshops will cover the following:
Ø Grants.gov: Find, Apply, Succeed
Ø Do’s and Don’ts of
Administering Federal Grants
Ø Funding for Home and Community
Ø Enriching Your Public
Programs
Ø Proposal Writing Basics
Ø Grant Seeking Basics
Ø Iowa Community Foundations
Capturing the Transfer of Wealth, Providing Community Support
Ø How to Begin! A
Proactive Approach to Seeking Grants
Ø Creating a Successful Budget
Ø Using Hard Data to
Build Strong Proposals
Ø Corporate, Private and Community
Foundation Panel Discussion
$65 registration fee which includes a deluxe continental breakfast,
lunch and afternoon break
Register at www.iagems.gov
Questions? Contact Kathy Mabie at www.kathy.mabie@iowa.gov
or 515-281-8834
Kathy Mabie
Iowa Grants Management Director
Iowa Department of Management
515-281-8834
FAX 515-242-5897
FROM:
Judy Jones, State Library of Iowa
Consultant
Stuff:
You
are invited to provide links you found too.
The
basics of tagging
Tagging refers to the process by which users assign terms meaningful to them to
a resource in the online environment. The rise of social bookmarking websites
have skyrocketed tagging systems into the mainstream. Jenn Riley explains what
it is, what can be done with it, and who should be using it....
TechEssence, July 8
 Videos
promoting teen services
The Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, has produced several videos that
promote its library programs and services to teens. “Fairy Tales Gone Bad” and
others are available for viewing on YouTube....
Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County
Can
history be Open Source? Wikipedia and the future of the past
A historical work without owners and with multiple, anonymous authors is almost
unimaginable in our professional culture. Yet, quite remarkably, that describes
the online encyclopedia known as Wikipedia, which contains 3 million articles
(1 million of them in English). Roy Rosenzweig describes the pluses and minuses
of its use as a historical encyclopedia....
Journal of
American History
93, no.1 (June)
 UK
libraries in metamorphosis
Three British public libraries were in desperate need of redecoration,
upgrading, and transformation. The Love Libraries campaign website shows how
the Coldharbour (right), Newquay, and Richmond libraries blossomed into
21st-century facilities within 12 weeks....
Love Libraries
New
Aussie biblioblog
Libraries Interact is a new collaborative blog for Australian libraryland. You
do not have to be Australian, a librarian, or a blogger to contribute. It
welcomes library-related reflections, job postings, notifications of events,
pointers to interesting sites, discussion of the biblioblogosphere, and
blathering....
Libraries Interact
July
13 is Summer Learning Day
Summer Learning Day is a time for communities to celebrate the importance of
high-quality summer learning opportunities in the lives of young people and
their families. Host
an event in your community on July 13 that showcases your program....
Center for Summer
Learning
Botanical,
horticultural, and plant libraries
Peruse this useful list of the websites and the online catalogs of CBHL member
libraries....
Council on Botanical
and Horticultural Libraries
We're all always on the hunt for new and easy
ways to create quality graphics for our websites, as most of us don't have
graphic or web designers on staff with enough of an eye for the visual to make
swanky looking things.
Buttonator to the rescue! Add this quick
free resource, which creates a bevy of quality different looking buttons--all
color and font customizable.
FROM: LibrarianInBlack
Featured
review:
Books for youth
Cushman,
Karen. The Loud Silence of Francine Green. Aug. 2006. 228p. Clarion,
hardcover (0-618-50455-9). Grades 6–9. Set in Los Angeles in 1949, Cushman’s
latest historical novel captures the terrors and confusions of the McCarthy era.
Eighth-grader Francine admires her outspoken, precocious friend Sophie, who was
kicked out of public school for painting “There is no free speech here” on the
gymnasium floor....
ALSC offers song download to
promote public awareness campaign
To help promote the Association
for Library Services to Children’s Kids! @ your library® public awareness
campaign, singer, storyteller Bill Harley has written a special song that is now
available for download from the American Library Association
website.
Four versions of his song are available online for download and
use in your community, and the website also includes a lyrics page and sheet
music. You can find it all at www.ala.org/ala/alsc/projectspartners/KidsSong.htm.
This lively, catchy tune captures the essence of just how much there is to see
and do at the library!
The ALSC campaign initiative builds on The
Campaign for America's Libraries, the multi-year public awareness and advocacy
campaign sponsored by ALA. Kids! @ your library® provides promotion tips, sample
press materials, downloadable art and other tools to help local libraries reach
out to kids, their parents and caregivers.
For more information on ALSC's
Kids! @ your library® Campaign in general, visit www.ala.org/kids.
FROM: ALSC
Homeless
residents sue Worcester library over borrowing
restrictions
The Legal Assistance
Corporation and the American Civil Liberties Union have filed a class action
lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, charging that the Worcester
Public Library is unfairly restricting the borrowing privileges of residents who
live in homeless shelters....
RFID
in libraries: Privacy and confidentiality guidelines
The Intellectual Freedom Committee adopted these guidelines
on the use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology in libraries at
ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans June 27....
New
Orleans PL rebuilding campaign
NOPL
has been overwhelmed by the generosity of people across the country who have
donated an estimated 1 million books of all kinds, conditions, and subjects.
(Can anyone use hundreds of Russian grammar books?) They are grateful for the
assistance and will put all the books to the most appropriate uses possible.
However, due to extreme storage and staff limitations, they are now asking
people to help out in other ways....
New
Orleans Public Library
MySpace
may face legislative crackdown
Politicians July 11 accused MySpace.com and other social-networking sites
of failing to protect minors from sexual predators and other malign influences
and said a legislative crackdown may be necessary. During a hearing before a
House of Representatives subcommittee, lawmakers argued over the merits of
compelling schools and libraries to cordon off access to such
sites....
CNet News, July 11
Standardcatalogs.com, a
free "Clearinghouse" for Collection Development, is now
available.
Over the
course of a century, librarians have made the Wilson Standard Catalogs a
standard resource for help with collection development and maintenance. H.W.
Wilson has announced a free service for librarians that will "give back" to the
profession--<http://www.standardcatalogs.com>.
Standardcatalogs.com is a free clearinghouse for tools for
collection development: "Best" lists, Editors' picks, hot topics, periodicals
lists, best professional books, librarian home pages and blogs, profiles of
editors (and others) who shape the Wilson Standard Catalogs, and more.
The site
taps into the expertise of librarians nationwide--those on the Wilson staff, special
consultants, and librarians offering their input from the field. "Best" Lists
include Libraries' Best Lists, Readers' Best Lists, Committees' Best Lists,
Newspapers' Best Lists, as well as, contributions from individuals. An "Editors'
Picks" feature focus’ on notable titles from Wilson's Children's Catalog, Public Library Catalog, Fiction
Catalog, Senior High School Library Catalog, and Middle & Junior High School Library
Catalog. Recommended books on hot topics are also highlighted,
focusing on issues in the headlines, including topics suggested
by Standardcatalogs.com users.
Help with
professional development is provided in lists of Best Professional Books for
Librarians and links to librarians' home pages that feature useful resources.
Standardcatalogs.com is a continuously evolving tool, welcoming
the input of librarians and other information professionals. The site is edited
by Raymond Barber, Special Consultant to the Wilson Standard Catalogs and Editor
of Senior High School Library Catalog, along with Joseph Miller, H.W. Wilson
Director of Cataloging Services. Dr. Barber has worked in school libraries and
taught library science at several universities, and has served on the Caldecott,
Newbery, and Printz award committees, the Best Books for Young Adults Committee
and the Notable Books Council.
Please
visit http://www.standardcatalogs.com
For more information about H.W. Wilson
Company products and services, also visit <http://www.hwwilson.com/>.
FROM: HWWILSON-ENEWS
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: 9/4, 11/10, 11/23 & 24,
12/25 &
26, 1/1/2007
- July 17-18, Rural Sustainability
Institute ER & KD
Wartburg College - Saemann Student Center, 2nd Floor
100 Wartburg Blvd.
Waverly, IA 50677 - July 20 Lansing 9:30 Allamakee County Association - KD
- July 24, 06 - 9 am - Reinbeck - Grundy Co. meeting - ER
- July 31 - Reports due: Direct State Aid & Open Access
- August 1 - Deadline for letter of Intent to the State
Library for Staying Connected
- 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 21 5:30 Fayette County Meeting Waucoma KD
- September 23 - 30 - Banned Book Week
- September 27 - State Library/LSA Town Meeting (Waterloo Art
and Rec Center) ER & KD
- September 30 - Cataloging Supplement report due at SLI
- October 3 - Butler County Library Association at
Parkersburg - 7:00 KD
- October 11 - 13 - ILA Annual Conference in Council
Bluffs ER & KD
- October 15 - 21 Teen Read Week
- October 17 - Readlyn, Bremer Co. meeting - 7:30
- October 17 - Clayton County Meeting 7:00 Gutenberg KD
- October 17 - Buchanan County Meeting Independence 7:00
- October 27 -- Arlington 09:30 Fayette County Meeting KD
- 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 KD
- November 13 - 19 - Children's Book Week
- November 23 & 24 NEILSA Closed for Thanksgiving
- December 25 & 26 NEILSA Closed for Christmas
AEA-267
Summer delivery will
continue through August
15 & 17
Libraries will receive their
deliveries either on Tuesday or Thursday as in the past, the schedule
remains the same. Fall delivery will begin on August 21 with regular
delivery.
AEA-1
Fall delivery will begin on August
17 & 18
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.
It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set
down in the Design Science License published by Michael A 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
LIBRARY SERVICE AREA
BOARD Meeting
The public is encourged and welcome to attend. NEXT NEILSA
Board meeting: Sept.
11, 2006 2:00 p.m.,
Oelwein Public Library
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