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ANNOUNCEMENTS:

ABOUT THE LSA:
NEILSA web site will be down this afternoon

Iowa First Lady Christie Vilsack will present a Glass Apple Award to 12 outstanding Iowa teacher-librarians during visits to school library media-resource centers in January and February. Among those being honored is Rick Valley of Decorah High School.

Vilsack will present Valley with his award during a ceremony on Tuesday, Feb. 8, at 8:30 a.m. at the Decorah High School library.

The Glass Apple, an initiative of Mrs. Vilsack's Iowa Stories 2000 Foundation, was created to recognize and honor the hard work and dedication of the individual recipient as well as call attention to the hundreds of caring, committed teacher-librarians around the state that play a vital role in educating Iowa's children.

"Teacher-librarians are the keystone of every school's curriculum because they help students and teachers learn how to use books and technology in an effective way," Mrs. Vilsack said. "These remarkable people devote their energy, time and talents to helping students find, evaluate and use the information they gather from the many resources offered in a school library media center. Teacher-librarians can also help reduce the learning gap between students at urban and rural schools as well as the gap among immigrants and minorities."

The American Library Association (ALA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) are accepting applications for the We The People Bookshelf on Freedom grants. Part of the NEH's We the People initiative, the annual grant project will award sets of 15 classic books for young readers to 1,000 libraries across the country. Libraries interested in receiving the collection are required to develop and host a program to introduce the collection and its theme of freedom to students and/or patrons.   Guidelines and applications are available at www.ala.org/wethepeople. Applications will be accepted online until February 16, 2005.

CE:
Summer Library Workshops  2005 Dragons, Dreams and Daring Deeds Summer Library Program workshops begin with registration and morning refreshments at 8:30 a.m. and programming from 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon.  February 9         Grundy Center Community Center, 705 "F" Avenue

Reminder: Spring '05 PLM Courses:  Turning the calendar page to February brings this reminder to register for the spring round of Public Library Management courses. <clip>, completing both PLM1 and PLM2 is required of newly hired directors.  Both PLM1 and PLM2 are 8-week courses.  The first session is always held in-person in the Des Moines metro area; thereafter, the remaining 7 sessions are held over the ICN.  Registration deadline is coming up, February 25th.  Go to this page on the State Library's website to register online and to see all the details of dates and ICN locations: http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/continuing-ed/cecat.htm#April
FROM: Monday Morning Eye-opener

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

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 due
August 31 Enrich Iowa Letter of Agreement due
September  21 - Town 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 23 & 26 - Christmas

Links:
LSA web site: http://www.ilsa.lib.ia.us/siteindex.htm
NEILSA e-rate Consortia  Blog http://www.neilsa.org/cblog/index.cfm
NEILSA web site: http://neilsa.org
NEILSA Friday Notes archives at: http://www.neilsa.org/fridays/friday.html
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/

The fine print stuff
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Next NEILSA Board meeting  February 14, 2005 at 2:00 ICN sites Elkader AEA, Fayette & Hudson PL's.

NEILSA Board positions: Library Employee (elected) & At Large (appointed)  Nomination Form at http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/Library-Service-Area-Boards/index.htm#Nominations