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March 11, 2005

New Friday Notes: notes for next week

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Boxed 2003 Code of Iowa available for the asking until we run out, order for deliver via Van or pickup at NEILSA office.

ABOUT THE LSA: 
On March 1st Shari Cummings became the new director at the Ruth Suckow Memorial Library in Earlville.  Welcome Shari!

CE:

GATES Program Training Grant session - this coming week
PowerPoint 2002 3/17 09:00 at West Union Gates Lab

Sign-up at: http://www.neilsa.org/classes/current.html

Library 101 -  March 22 - Manchester High School &Waverly Public Library

More information and registration for NEILSA continuing education is available at http://www.neilsa.org/classes/current.html.

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

• April 5, 2005 7:00 Dumont  - Butler County Meeting  - ER
• April 5, 2005 7:00 in Elma - Howard County Meeting   -  KD ce
• April 18 at 7 PM at Winthrop -  Buchanan County Meeting -  KD
• April 19, 2005 7:00 Elkader -  Clayton County Meeting - KD
• April 21 9:30 - Fayette County Meeting - KD
• 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
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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It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt

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Please note: material found on the web should be assumed to be under copyright and is presented here for purposes of education and research only.
NOTE: If credited [via ???] or [from so & so] it is their material and not covered by my "Copyleft" notice.  Ken

Next Meeting Date, Time and Location March 14, 2005 2:00 p.m., Hawkins Memorial Library – La Porte City

Two positions on each LSA board expire June 30, 2005 - public library employee and at-large.  The person filling the public library employee position is elected by public library directors; the at-large position is a Commission appointment. 
Anyone interested in running for election or being considered for appointment will need to complete a Nomination Form.  If they already have a form on file here at the State Library, please ask them to complete a new form so that our information is current.  The form is on the webpage below. http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/Library-Service-Area-Boards/index.htm

March 31, 2005 - Nomination Forms must be received at State Library prepare ballots
April 15, 2005 - Mail ballots to public library directors in each LSA
May 2, 2005 - Completed ballots must be received at State Library
May, 2005 - Count ballots; prepare recommendations for Commission appointments (must consider gender and political party balance)
June 6, 2005 - Commission certifies elections and appoints at-large board members

Sandy Dixon Program Director Library Development