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| Subject: [irls] Dates set for Rural Sustainability Institute! |
These are the dates/locations of the 5 Staying Connected/Rural Sustainability training that we will be doing. I will be getting training on the Rural Sustainability grant at the end of this month, so you will be getting more information on the program in March. If you have the opportunity to mention these up-coming Institutes toyour libraries, I would really appreciate it.
July 10-11, Buena Vista University, Storm Lake
July 13-14, Holiday Inn, Council Bluffs
July 17-18, Wartburg College, Waverly
July 24-25, St. Ambrose University, Davenport (this is tentative until we can get confirmation of lodging)
July 27-28, Central College, Pella
Let me know if you have any questions!
Michele A. Leininger Continuing Education Consultant
NEW Column:
Several people have requested that I bring back the links to interesting stuff I have found on the net. If you have comments about this PLEASE use the comments link to tell me what you think.
You are invited to provide links you found too.
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Literary Novels Going Straight to Paperback [The New York Times]
Even critically acclaimed literary novels often have a short shelf life in hardcover, with one-half to three-quarters of the books shipped to stores often being returned to the publisher, unsold.
That has a growing number of publishing companies, from smaller houses like Grove/Atlantic to giants like Random House, adopting a different business model, offering books by lesser-known authors only as "paperback originals," forgoing the higher profits afforded by publishing a book in hardcover for a chance at attracting more buyers and a more sustained shelf life.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/22/books/22pape.html
Antique
recordings caress modern ears
The University of California
at Santa Barbara library has created an online audio time machine
by archiving some of the oldest sounds ever recorded. A few mouse
clicks give way to the jubilant sounds of Billy Murray singing “Alexander’s
Ragtime Band” or Ada Jones warbling “Whistle and I’ll Wait for You.”
Some pieces, like “Negro Recollections,” serve as reminders of America’s
deeply racist past....
FROM: Wired, Mar. 20
New
look for the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
The Catalog
of U.S. Government Publications is the finding tool for electronic
and print publications from the legislative, executive, and judicial
branches of the U.S. government. The online counterpart of the Monthly
Catalog of United States Government Publications, the CGP contains
more than 500,000 records created or updated since July 1976. This
version is the OPAC module of the GPO’s new integrated library system....
FROM: Government Printing Office
For reading or just décor, books can smarten up a room
Jessie Milligan
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Mar. 11, 2006 12:00 AM
Books are so popular in home décor that even people who don't
read acquire them. They buy volumes by the yard at Half Price Books.
They send orders off to a California book-décor specialist,
who ships Danish-language books by the foot.
FROM: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/home/articles/0311books0311.html
Questia Media, wants to bring a university-class library to a
high school near you.
The Houston-based company
is gathering academic and textbook publishers like John Wiley and
Sons and putting their works on the Web. For $20 a month, or $100
for a full-year subscription, individuals can get full access to
peer-review articles, textbooks and other academic publications
online. High schools can access the database too, for about 85 percent
of the cost, said CEO Troy Williams.
FROM: http://news.com.com/2102-1025_3-6048801.html
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/
NEILSA closed dates: 5/29, 7/4, 9/4, 11/10, 11/23 & 24, 12/25 & 26, 1/1/2007
- March 31 Library 101
- 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 7 - "Serving Immigrant Populations: A Library Prototype for Diversity."
- April 12 - Readers' Advisory for Children and Teens, 9:30-11:30 with a repeat session 3-5
- April 17, at Fairbank 7:00 - Buchanan County Meeting - KD
- April 17 - Medical Reference and HealthInfo Iowa, 9-11
- April 18 at Plainfield 7:30 - Bremer County Meeting - ER
- April 18 - Garnavillo 7:00 Clayton County Meeting - KD
- April 20 - Fayette County at Westgate with a meal at 5:30p.m. with meeting to begin at 6 - KD
- April 21 - Administrators' roundtable - Denver PL 9:00
- April 24 - 9:00 a.m., Dike Grundy County Meeting - ER
- April 28 - Letter of Intent to the State Library for Staying Connected
- April 28 - Google Book Search: Its Impact on Scholarship and Libraries...
- May 3 - Beginning EBSCOhost, 9-11
- May 9-12 - Tech Support on the Fly, 9:00-12:00, in Orange City, Clarinda, Knoxville and Anamosa
- May 18 - Advanced EBSCOhost, 9-11
- June 23 Library 101
- June 24 - 27 - ALA Annual meeting in New Orleans - ER & KD
- July 1 - renew EBSCOhost
- July 20 Lansing 9:30 Allamakee County Association - KD
- July 31 - Reports due: Direct State Aid & Open Access
- August 1 - Deadline for letter of Intent to the State Library for Staying Connected
- August - Applications for PLM I & II due
- August 31 - Enrich Iowa Letter due at SLI
- September - Library Card sign up month
- September 13 Library 101
- September 23 - 30 - Banned Book Week
- September 27 - State Library/LSA 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
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
COPYLEFT NOTICE 2002:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS PUBLICATION IS FREE.
It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions
set down in the Design Science License published by Michael A at
http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt
COPYRIGHT
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
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