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The life so short,
the craft so long to learn.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
THE
LSA:
CE:
TOWN MEETING
Returning for 2006 is "Library Talk," the smash hit talk show
featuring hot library issues. We will discuss how the public sees
libraries and the implications for the future. Some of the public's
perceptions about libraries will delight you; others will make you
squirm. For a preview, see http://www.lff.org/long_overdue061306.html and http://www.oclc.org/reports/2005perceptions.htm
In the afternoon, there are three concurrent sessions, offered twice:
"EBSCOhost
- Latest upgrades and products"
The session will cover searching in the newest interfaces Kids Search
and Student Resource Center. Recent upgrades from EBSCO have included
the Visual Search button, Clustering of results and Subject Grouping.
Expect to learn about these newest features and how to implement for
your users. (Judy Jones)
"Keep, Toss, Organize:
How we're cleaning up the SILO Locator"
Just like a house the Locator database has become cluttered,
disorganized and dirty. At this session you'll learn what the State
Library and libraries can do to declutter, toss and clean up the SILO
Locator. Uploading files, working on exceptions lists and matching
& merging of MARC records will be discussed. (Marie Harms)
"Library Board Orientation"
To be effective, every library
board needs a basic understanding of their responsibilities and power.
This session will provide library directors with ideas and resources so
you can provide a basic orientation for your library board. The primary
topics will be library governance and funding. Please bring a copy of
your library ordinance to the session. (Sandy Dixon and Mary Wegner)
REGISTER
Web Junction class [Home of TechAtlas]
co-sponsored
by SLI & NEILSA,
Thursday October 19, 9 - 12
Overflow session 1 - 4
In West Union.
WebJunction Iowa is an on-line
community where library staff meet to share ideas, solve problems, take on-line
courses, and meet colleagues from around the state and country. This
hands-on class will give you the opportunity to learn more about WebJunction Iowa.
We will explore some of the information that can be found on the site, register
and sign up for an on-line class, and learn to post to the web boards.
Cost $15.00
CE 3 to 5 ce's
Instructor Michele Leininger
Class size limited for this class.
Preference given to Consortia members
Grow
Your Own @ your library grants
PLA
is now accepting applications for its popular “Grow Your Own @ your
library” institutional scholarship. This year, PLA will award nine
public libraries with grants of $8,000 each to be distributed to staff
members who are working to obtain a master’s degree in library and
information science. One library from each of the nine Public Library
Data Service (PLDS) population categories will be selected....
Great CE delivered right to
your
desktop! Registration for YALSA's
fall session of e-courses opened Aug. 21st. The session
will run from Oct. 2-30. The courses are meant to be the
equivalent of a full day workshop. The cost is $135 for YALSA
members, $175 for ALA members, and $195 for non members. To
register go to www.ala.org/yalsa.
Three courses will be offered, full discriptions in New Friday Notes
08/25/2006:
 PLA announces new start dates for
e-learning courses
“E-Learning @ PLA,” the online education program of the Public Library
Association, will offer five new start dates for two of its popular
courses. “New Planning for Results” and “Creating Policies for Results”
will each be offered five times between September 2006 and April
2007....
OPAL: Online Programming for All Libraries--And All Library
Users
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.
Stuff:
 Homeless
patrons win in Worcester
The Worcester (Mass.) Public Library
board of directors decided September 12 to permit homeless patrons who receive
mail at a shelter or elsewhere to check out as many books as any other patrons.
The decision followed a class action lawsuit filed in July by the Legal
Assistance Corporation of Central Massachusetts and the American Civil Liberties
Union, charging that the library’s borrowing policies were unfairly restricting
access for residents who live in homeless shelters....
 We
the People Bookshelf theme is the “Pursuit of Happiness”
Part
of the National Endowment for the Humanities We the People initiative,
the Bookshelf
is a grant program created to encourage young people to read and understand
great literature while exploring themes in American history. This year’s theme
is the “Pursuit of Happiness.” In spring 2007, NEH and ALA will select 2,000
libraries to receive the Bookshelf....
Small-town
WWII letters collection goes to LC
As the town’s unofficial
historian, Virginia Hoare always knew the contributions Seneca, Missouri, gave
to the World War II war effort. Now, because of her, a rich compilation of
Seneca soldiers’ and sailors’ letters and pictures, as well as a treasure of
other 1940s tidbits with a local flair, have recently landed a place in
scrapbook form at the Library of Congress....
Neosho (Mo.)
Daily News, Sept. 18
Rural
Kansas public libraries survive, but just barely
Because of
declining population and a tiny property tax base, one-third of the 54 libraries
that are part of the Central Kansas Library System can’t raise enough tax
revenue to pay a librarian to work just 10 hours a week. The key to survival for
small libraries, said James Swan, administrator of the Great Bend-based system,
is “the will of the people.”...
Salina (Kans.)
Journal, Sept. 3
In March, 73 senators voted for the Arlen Specter/Tom Harkin amendment
that provided an additional $7 billion for education and related programs in the
FY2007 budget resolution. However, the Senate Appropriations Committee reported
out a bill that is $2 billion short of the FY2005 level, ignoring the amendment.
Visit ALA’s Legislative
Action Center for more details.
Teen Read Week is only one month away. Be sure to register
in order to get a free poster. Review ideas for displays, contests, reading
lists, and programs from the TRW website.
Q. Help!
With Banned
Books Week approaching, a 6th-grade teacher in my school assigned her class
a project of investigating why particular books have been banned. What resources
are there to help me?
A. As you
might guess, this is a “Frequently Answered Question” at this time of the year .
. . see the website
for our answer.
Links:
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: 11/10, 11/23 & 24,
12/25 &
26, 1/1/2007
- 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 - Allamakee County Library Association - 7:30 KD
- October 3 - Butler County Library Association at
Parkersburg - 7:00 ER
- October 3 - Howard County Library Association at
Cresco - 7:00 DL
- 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 DL
- October 17 - Clayton County Meeting 7:00 Gutenberg KD
- October 17 - Buchanan County Meeting Independence 7:00 ER
- October 23 - Grundy Co. meeting, 9 a.m. in Grundy
Center
- 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 16 2007 9:30 Fayette County Meeting West Union KD
- November 13 - 19 - Children's Book Week
- November 23 & 24 NEILSA Closed for Thanksgiving
- December 25 & 26 NEILSA Closed for Christmas
The State Library's 2006 calendar http://www.silo.lib.ia.us
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.
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.
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 Meeting
The public is encourged and welcome to attend.
NEXT NEILSA
Board meeting: Nov. 13, 2006 2:00 p.m., Clermont
Public Library
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