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January 7, 2005

New Friday Notes: notes for next week

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Reminder About EBSCO Stumpers: 4 left

Master Buchers Singing Club multiple copies are now available from at NEILSA

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Note the following grant writing opportunities.  The workshops are open to library and city staff.  I attended the last offered sessions and felt they were quite worthwhile.  Consider a trip to Des Moines if you do grant writing for your library and pass the word to your city staff.  There were several police and fire personel at the last sessions.  The sessions fill up fast, so act soon.  Searching for Grants April 22, 20058:30 - 4:30 Writing Grants May 6, 2005 8:30 - 4:30 Grant Management  May 13, 2005 8:30 - 4:30

Location:  All classes will be held in the Grimes State Office Building, 400 East 14th St.

Cost:  $40 per course ­ the Grants Enterprise Management Office is subsidizing a portion of the cost. 

To Register:  Iowa State Government employees ­ contract your training liaison.

Outside state government ­ contact Melissa Karas at 515-281-5702. You will be required to submit a completed registration form.  The form can be found on the GEMS grant site: http://www.iagrants.com/index.php?get=training The PDS Catalog Number is GI 091. Register for the entire series or choose just the courses that will be most beneficial for you.

Instructor:  Lance Noe, Drake University, will be the primary instructor and determine the course content.  Lance is an instructor for the College of Business and Public Administration and the Educational Coordinator for the Center for Professional Studies at Drake University.

Course Content:  A few of the subject areas that will be covered are information about the location of funding sources and the use of electronic media to find them; a description of the general grant process with a special focus on how grants are reviewed; instruction on how to review an application to determine if it is appropriate for your agency; training on the use of 3 planning tools for the creation of effective grant proposals; information on the budgeting process and how to maximize grant funding for your project instruction on how to create an appropriate evaluation plan for your project; training on the most effective methods for producing your grant proposal; Post award grant management

Hosted by:  Department of Management - Grants Enterprise Management Office Department of Administrative Services ­ Human Resources Enterprise
Judy Jones, Consultant State Library of Iowa

Due Date:
NEILSA closed dates: 1/17,5/30, 7/4, 9/5, 11/11& 24&25,  12/23 & 26, 1/2/6

• Jan. 24, 2005  9:00 am at the Grundy Center PL  -  Grundy County Meeting -  KD
• January 31 - Accredation applications and reports
• February 16 - ILA Lobby from Home Day
• March 2 - ILA Legislative Day
• April 5, 2005 7:00 Dumont  - Butler County Meeting  -
• April 5, 2005 7:00 in Elma - Howard County Meeting -  KD ce
• April 18 at 7 PM at Winthrop -  Buchanan County Meeting -
• April 19, 2005 7:00 Elkader -   Clayton County Meeting -
• May 10, 2005 7:00 Delhi - Delaware County Meeting -
• June 23 - 24 ALA Annual Chicago
• June 30 Direct State Aid Funds expended
• July 1 Renew EBSCOhost
• July 31 Direct State Aid, Open Access, and Access Plus final reports
• August 31 Enrich Iowa Letter of Agreement
• September  21 - Towm Meeting
• October 15 - Annual Survey Due
• October 19-21 ILA Annual, Dubuque
• November 3 at 7:00 p.m. at the Ossian Public Library  - Winneshiek County Meeting
• December 15 - 

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NORTHEAST IOWA LIBRARY SERVICE AREA

Board Meeting

Dubuque County Library – Epworth Branch

January 10, 2005 – 2:00 p.m.

Agenda

1. Approval of the Agenda

2. Approval of December Board Minutes

3. Approval of December Bills

4. Open Forum

5. General Business
1. NEILSA Audit Report
2. Other

6. AEA Report

7. Community College Report

8. Administrator's Report
1. Activities
2. Other

9. Consultant's Report
1. Update

10. Consulting

11. Meeting Dates, Time and Location
1. February 14, 2005 2:00 p.m., Greene Public Library

12. Adjourn