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April 22, 2005

New Friday Notes: notes for next week

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
NEW! EVERY CHILD READY TO READY @ YOUR LIBRARY BROCHURES CUSTOMIZED FOR YOUR LIBRARY If your library has participated in the PLA/ALSC Every Child Ready to Read program and you would like to distribute parent/caregiver brochures that are customized with your library name and logo, read about our new order service for large print orders of the brochure at http://www.pla.org/ala/pla/plaissues/earlylit/PLAorderform1.pdf . For general information about the Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library project visit http://www.pla.org/ala/pla/plaissues/earlylit/earlyliteracy.htm or call the PLA office at 800-545-2433, ext. 5752.

ABOUT THE LSA:

Found Money?
Accreditation applications: A few weeks ago I sat with a library director and Board President of a library that has not filed an accreditation applications for several years.  With three minor physical plant modifications we were able to take the library from non participation to fully accredited  - net result circa $1500 more in the budget. 

With the NEW accreditation application have you carefully reviewed your status?  IF you wish help NEILSA staff will be happy to sit with you and review the accreditation application in detail.

CE:
FROM: Monday Morning Eyeopener:

3)  KIDS FIRST Conference 2005:  A reminder that there’s still time to sign up for the KIDS FIRST Conference, coming up April 28-29 at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel on Merle Hay Road in Des Moines.  Registration begins at 8:30AM on Thursday and at 8:00AM on Friday.  The cost for each individual day is $25.00. 

Sponsored by the State Library and the Children’s & Young People Forum, this year’s theme is “CHILLIN’ @ THE LIBRARY.”  Here’s a preview, as written by Mary Cameron from the State Library: “…Thursday's keynote speaker is Gene Del Vecchio. He is a nationally recognized expert on youth marketing and the founder of CoolWorks, a marketing consulting company that helps clients create and research really cool stuff that kids will love and parents will appreciate. He has worked in the youth arena for over 20 years with such companies as Walt Disney, Mattel, and MGA Entertainment. He is the author of four books:  The Pearl of Anton, Creating Ever-Cool, The Blockbuster Toy, and A Knight's Code of Business.  He will discuss, "Making the Library Cool for Kids," that will help participants understand both the timeless emotional needs in children and the more timely trends in their world.  Gene Del Vecchio will be doing a book signing after his session.

On Friday, keynote speakers will be Jean Gullickson, Children's Services Manager and Debi Stephenson, Children's Programmer, from the Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque).  They will be presenting "Extreme Makeover @ Your Library: Wild and Eyecatching Promotionals."  Want to spice up your surroundings?  Make your library more inviting? Then join this duo to get hands-on ideas for creating exciting displays, exhibits, signage and other promotional ideas.

Plus, each day will feature a vast array of break-out sessions. Tentative sessions for Thursday include:  Fingerplays, Teen Programming, Teen Volunteers, Children and Youth Book Talks, Mysteries in the Library, Scrap Booking with Kids and many more. Friday's tentative sessions include:  Outreach to Preschool Children, Plays and Dramas, Teen Summer Library Program Ideas, Teen Read Week Activities, Costuming, Using Music With Toddlers and much more. Door prizes will be given each day…”

 The registration deadline is this week, April 22^nd.  Go to the State Library’s website for the online registration form:http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/continuing-ed/cecat.htm#April

GATES Program Training Grant session - this coming week
Gates Follow-up Training -- Internet Searching on 4/28/2005. Sign-up at: http://www.neilsa.org/classes/current.html

Administrators Roundtable -  Oelwein Public Library  Sign up online 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 25 at 9:00 - Grundy County Meeting Reinbeck - ER
• May 10 at 7:00 Delhi - Delaware County Meeting - KD
• June 16 at 9:30 - Clermont - Fayette County Meeting - KD
• June 23 - 24 ALA Annual Chicago - KD
• 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 17, at Aurora 7:00  Buchanan County Meeting -  KD
• October 18 - Farmersburg 7:00 Clayton County Meeting - KD
• October 18 - Tripoli  7:30 Bremer County Meeting
• 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 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
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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May 9, 2005 3:00 p.m., Wellsburg Public Library