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July 15, 2005

New Friday Notes: notes for next week

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

OPEN ACCESS, ACCESS PLUS, and DSA Reports Due 7/31/05: Please take note of this important summertime deadline. Final reports for the OPEN ACCESS, ACCESS PLUS, and DIRECT STATE AID programs are due at the State Library by July 31^st. Taking each in turn:

For OPEN ACCESS, report the number of items checked out to OPEN ACCESS customers throughout FY’05. Remember you can also claim postage reimbursement (if a customer drops off a book belonging to another participating OA library, you can claim actual postage costs to mail it back; do not include postage associated with interlibrary loan) Note too that on the last page of the report, the State Library is asking success stories involving OPEN ACCESS, how this statewide borrowing privilege made a difference to your customers. Look for this report and further explanations here:http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/enrich-ia/open-access/index.htm

For ACCESS PLUS, report the number of interlibrary loan “lending” transactions throughout FY’05. Here, most small libraries catch a breakJ If all of your lending was done through SILO or OCLC, you won’t need to supply the details - just the numbers because the State Library already has the detail. However, if you loaned materials to other libraries that DID NOT go through SILO channels, then you do need to report those loans. For instance, if your library loaned a set of multiple titles to a neighboring library for their book discussion group, report that on the ACCESS PLUS form. Or if your library loaned a number of dragon books to a neighboring library for their summer program, report that on the ACCESS PLUS form. Look for this report and further explanations here: http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/enrich-ia/access-plus/index.htm

For DIRECT STATE AID, report how your library spent its share of the DIRECT STATE AID money in FY’05. This is the payment that libraries receive for meeting the service standards outlined in IN SERVICE TO IOWA: PUBLIC LIBRARY MEASURES OF QUALITY. If your library met enough standards to be rewarded with funding in TIERS 1-2-3, then you’ll need to relay to the State Library what you spent that money on. Look for this report and further explanation here:http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/enrich-ia/index.html

This reporting is necessary because libraries are reimbursed for OPEN ACCESS and ACCESS PLUS transactions, as well as for meeting standards in TIERS 1-2-3. And because it’s also just plain good library management to track activity in these areas.

As always, call NEILSA with any questions or contact the State Library directly. Thanks for your attention to these fiscal year-ending final reports!

From: Monday Moringing Eyeopener - edited

Leaving us at NEILSA:

Audrey Adamson – Who did 99% of the collecting, scanning, editing, organizing, compiling, concatenating and making it happen for the County Contract Book. We will miss her help in the office.

ABOUT THE LSA:
New hours for the Wadena Public Library
Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday 2-6
Tuesday 11-3
Saturday 9-1

CE:
Sluggest Computer? Learn some tricks from CNET:

Dana's winning answer
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Mark's winning answer
http://ct.cnet-ssa.com.com/clicks?c=292740-8927303&brand=cnet-ssa&ds=5&fs=0

Honorable mentions:
http://ct.cnet-ssa.com.com/clicks?c=292741-8927303&brand=cnet-ssa&ds=5&fs=0

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

• July 18, 2005 9:00 AM Beaman Grundy County Meeting (NOTE Temporary rotation change)
• July 31 Direct State Aid, Open Access, and Access Plus final reports due
• August 4 PLM I
• August 9 & 10 AEA 267 Summer delivery ends
• August 15 Van service starts AEA 267 & Keystone
• August 25 PLM II
• August 31 Enrich Iowa Letter of Agreement due
• September 21 - Town Meeting
• October 4 - 7:00 Greene - Butler County Meeting
• 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
• October 24 9:00 Wellsburg Grundy County Meeting
• October 31 - Annual Survey Due
• November 3 at 7:00 p.m. at the Ossian Public Library - Winneshiek County Meeting
• December 23 & 26 - Christmas

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/

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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NEILSA Board Meeting
August 8, 2005 3:00 p.m., Greene Public Library