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December 22, 2005

New Friday Notes: notes for next week

 Have a wondrous Christ Mass & Holy Day

AND for all the good libraries:
The checks to libraries reimbursing them for Open Access and Access Plus are in the mail.
More good news...the checks for the Cataloging Supplement have arrived and will be mailed in a few days.
Sandy Dixon Program Director Library Development.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Things you just really needed to know.
RFID for Cheese

A Quebec cheese company has lost 1 ton of Cheddar it sank in a fjord as an experiment, and not even divers have been able to find it. Last year La Fromagerie Boivin lowered the cheese 150 feet into a fjord, north of Quebec City to experiment with pressure, cold and moisture. The company may try it again with a tracking device.
FROM: http://www.dairyfoods.com/CDA

ABOUT THE LSA:

Deliveries for AEA-1 & AEA-267 will resume 1/3/2006

CE:

All Iowa Reads  title for 2006 would be Gilead by Marilynne Robinson.

Consider when you'd like to reserve multiple copies from NEILSA 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

To those who want to reserve this for their reading groups, please call in and let us know when. As of this writing we do not know the number of copies we will be receiving or in what format. When we find that information out, we will let you know.

The spring Public Library Management classes The PLM 1 class will begin on March 28 and the PLM 2 class will begin on April 4. You must be a registered user to sign up for the class. If you haven't registered yet, click on the "Not a registered user?" and follow the instructions to sign up. CE Registration and Catalog. To see the listings, please to to http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/cgi-bin/cecat/.

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


From: "Mary Cameron" <mary.cameron@lib.state.ia.us>; To: "iowalib@lists.silo.lib.ia.us ...snip... ys_talk@lists.silo.lib.ia.us>; Cc: Subject: [Iowalib] Updated Spring 2006 Stories and More

Lisa Albers has an updated message below with a date correction. The January session on ABCs will be on January 18 and NOT January 11.
Mary Cameron

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE CAREFULLY AND CONTACT LISA ALBERS AT

lisa@iptv.org <mailto:lisa@iptv.org> , (800) 532-1290, or (515) 242-6279 IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.

Greetings Librarians,

During the spring semester, Iowa Public Television (IPTV) and the State Library of Iowa are sponsoring a FREE series of five (5) ICN events called Stories & More featuring stories and activities that center on a monthly theme to institutions and programs that work directly with Iowa's preschool through Kindergarten children.

Stories & More sessions are offered twice (9:30-10:15 a.m. and 10:30-11:15 a.m.) on the second or third Wednesday of each month. Registrants are encouraged to register for all five of the monthly events in the spring semester Stories & More series. It is not necessary for the same children to attend every session.

Spring 2006 themes include:
Wednesday, January 18 - Stories & More: ABC's
Wednesday, February 15 - Stories & More: Physical Activity
Wednesday, March 15 - Stories & More: Food
Wednesday, April 12 - Stories & More: Environment
Wednesday, May 17 - Stories & More: Diversity

What are libraries responsible to do?

  1. Register for each of the ICN events that you would like your library to participate in. We encourage you to sign up for the entire series! See the "Registration Directions" listed further down in this email.
  2. Get a group of PK-first grade children (ages 4-7) to participate for an ICN site in your community. Some libraries have contacted preschools in their communities to participate in the sessions.
  3. Be in the ICN classroom for each event as a monitor/helper to the children from the community. If you don't have an ICN room in your library, you can still participate in this opportunity, but you will
    need to make sure the ICN room you are using is expecting your group of children and you are responsible for supervision.
  4. Provide minimal materials, like paper, pencil, crayons, markers, or scissors for the session participants at your local site. Each session has a little bit different list of materials that will be used at your local site during the ICN session for the planned activities.

How do I register my library to participate?

YOU MAY WANT TO PRINT THESE DIRECTIONS

  1. Go to Iowa Distance Learning Database Web site: http://www.iptv.org/iowa_database/
  2. Click on the K-12 Calendar link in the upper left-hand corner.
  3. Clicking on the little red arrows will move you from month to month.
  4. Click on the title of the session to find out more information about the session.
  5. Read the event details - description, time and audience for the session. If interested in participating in the session, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the Register here link. Follow the directions.  Be sure to notice the registration deadline date. The Register here link will NOT appear after the deadline.
  6. Enter your Zip Code.
  7. Select one of the following: Child Care Provider/Parent, Homeschooler, Library, or Other (everyone else) OR if you are a school, select your school from the list (where you are located, not ICN location).
  8. Fill out ALL the information requested (check twice to make sure all information is accurate) and click the Register Now button.
  9. Your registration has been sent. Print the following sheet.
  10. Click on the K-12 Calendar link to schedule another session. Repeat the process.

As always, IPTV is thrilled to be working with libraries again this spring. Please contact me directly if you have questions. LISA
Lisa Albers Iowa Public Television 6450 Corporate Drive Johnston, IA 50131 (800) 532-1290 - toll free (515) 242-6279 - direct line (515) 242-5415 - fax lisa@iptv.org

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: 12/23 & 26, 1/2/06, 1/16, 5/29, 7/4, 9/4, 11/10, 11/23 & 24, 12/25 & 26, 1/1/2007

LIBRARY101 in 2006.
March 31 (revised date…)
June 22
September 13
December 12

  • December 23 & 26 - Christmas
  • January 10 at 7:00 pm in Dyersville, Earlville County Library Association meeting - KD
  • January 16 - MLK Day
  • Jan. 23, 2006 9 am - Conrad, Grundy County Meeting - ER
  • January 31, The Application and Report Form for Accreditation FY 06 will be due.
  • 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
  • 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
  • June 24 - 27 - ALA Annual meeting in New Orleans - KD
  • July 1 - renew EBSCOhost
  • July 20 Lansing 9:30 Alamakee 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 23 - 30 - Banned Book Week
  • September 27 - Waterloo 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
  • November/December - librarians too busy to do anything

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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