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December 9, 2005

New Friday Notes: notes for next week

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The tables for the 2005 Public Library Statistics are on the web at: http://www.silo.lib.ia.us, Library Development, then Statistics or http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/statistics/index.html  or http://tinyurl.com/7dgto
The November/December issue of the State Library's online newsletter is available at: www.silo.lib.ia.us.

Something to think about:
Back in the 1970s, there was some controversy when the Forsyth County Library in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, decided to establish a branch in the Reynolda Shopping Center.  There was a bookstore there that protested because of anticipated losses in sales.  Well, the library was established in the shopping center anyway, and the bookstore's revenue actually increased.  The reason had to do with the nature of the public library.
With its limited budget as a publicly-funded entity, the public library as an institution never has enough money to satisfy the desires of the general populace.  So, the library becomes a draw for customers who will then go to bookstores and other similar venues when their needs at the library are not met.  That's the same reason that a group of fast-food businesses will situate their establishments in the same area:  like firms feed off of one another for the mutual benefit of all.

Online archive of materials and resources

The California State Library's Rural Initiative has expanded its online archive of materials and resources to help California's rural public libraries serve their users more efficiently.   The clearinghouse can be found at:  http://resourceroundup.net

A new section has been added on Library Administration, including the topic areas of Trustees, Building Programs, Local Issues, and Funding & Budgeting.   In addition, the Model Projects & Best Practices section has been expanded with  materials on Accessibility, Reference and Interlibrary Loan.

By providing examples of commonly needed documents, materials and programs in all aspects of library operations, the Clearinghouse benefits rural libraries by eliminating the need to "reinvent the wheel" for every new policy, practice, procedure or project needed locally. 

Although intended primarily to benefit rural public libraries in California, the Clearinghouse is open to all libraries, anywhere in the country.   There is no charge to access or use Clearinghouse resources.

Visit the Clearinghouse at:  http://resourceroundup.net

The Clearinghouse also includes sections on Training and on Policies, Procedures & Manuals; new sections and section topics will continue to be added based on user feedback.

For more information about the Rural Initiative Clearinghouse or other projects of the Rural Initiative, please contact:

Carla Lehn
California State Library

ABOUT THE LSA:

Becky Heil, Library Director
Dubuque County Library

Outreach you can do and which will help patrons.

The Dubuque County Library began receiving requests for information about the new Medicare prescription plan in early November.  Since none of us knew anything about it and weren't even sure where to go to get the information, we thought a program for our patrons would be a good idea.  I called the local Agency on Aging (who was sponsoring programs in our area) and got the contact information about qualified presenters.  SHIIP (State Health Insurance Information Program) has been providing presenters and counselors for insurance information for about 10 years.  There are about 200 volunteers in the state and they have all been trained on the new Medicare prescription plan.  There is a SHIPP website where you can get volunteer’s names and other information.  I also contacted our local Social Security Administration Office and they are also trained and willing to attend programs and answer questions.  We had four programs in four different cities with a total attendance of about 50 people.  We have already been asked to repeat them next spring.  We felt we did not want to provide information about specific plans (there are 41 in the State of Iowa) but wanted people to go away feeling a little more comfortable with making a decision.  This is an easy program to present as all you have to do is show up and provide electricity for their power point presentation! http://www.shiip.state.ia.us/

 Thanks to:

Becky Heil

Dubuque County Library

If you are sending items to libraries within AEA-1 or to libraries in AEA-267, material needs to be delivered to Keystone AEA no later than Tuesday, December 13 to make delivery, otherwise items will not be delivered until delivery resumes. AEA-1 will resume delivery on January 3, 2006.

 
Vendor Notice:

CE:

What you need to do now:

1. Mark your calendar for 6:30, Thursday, January 26, 2006.
2. Let Katherine VonWald know if would like to schedule a particular ICN site  She can be reached at: Coordinator@iowacenterforthebook.org
3. Consider when you'd like to reserve multiple copies from your LSA 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

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 N
New Children's & Young Adult Literature, 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 Noon, Wednesday, February 22, 2006 -- ICN sites
Summer Library Program Workshop, Feb. 13 - Upper Iowa Univ.-Fayette
Summer Library Program Workshop, Feb. 16 - Grundy Center Community Center

• January 10 at 7:00 pm in Dyersville, Earlville County Library Association meeting - KD
• December 23 & 26 - Christmas
• Jan. 23, 2006 9 am - Conrad, Grundy County Meeting - ER
• January 31, The Application and Report Form for Accreditation FY 06 will be due.
• 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
• July 20 Lansing 9:30 Alamakee County Association - KD
• September 27 - Waterloo Town Meeting (Waterloo Art and Rec Center)
• October 27 -- Arlington 09:30 Fayette County Meeting
• Nov. 2 at 7:00 p.m. at the Spillville Public Library - Winneshiek County Meeting - KD
  

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 January 9, 20052:00 p.m., ICN � Hudson Public Library & Elgin Public Library.