NEILSA - Friday Notes Archive

LIBRARY - POLICE PARTNERSHIPS - NOTE you must sign up TODAY

East Central and Southeastern Library Services are co-sponsoring a workshop designed to help you cope and deal with problem behaviors. The library can be a safer and more secure environment for staff and customers by developing effective policies and by establishing a working relationship with your local law enforcement officials.

Vicki Hibbert, Director of the Clive Public Library, will talk about the policies they've developed to deal with some of the familiar and not so familiar problem behaviors that can occur in the library.

Robert Cox, Chief of Police, City of Clive, will share some tips and insights on working with the police department.

DATE: April 5, 2006
TIME: 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. (working lunch)
PLACE: Community Room, Coral Ridge Mall
1451 Coral Ridge Avenue, Coralville
CONTACT HOURS: 5
FEE: $15.00, includes lunch
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: March 31, 2006
Register at the on-line catalog: http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/cgi-bin/cecat/
Contact: Linda Lumsden East Central Library Services
Phone: 319-365-0521
Fax: 319-365-0194
llumsde@ecls.lib.ia.us

IOWA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE LEGISLATIVE ALERT

The Legislature is still aiming to finish work by April 18^th, but things are getting interesting now. Wednesday night the House Appropriations Committee passed out a budget bill that eliminated $900,000 in Enrich Iowa funding. ILA leaders, the Governmental Affairs Committee and our lobbyists will be working very hard to see that the $900,000 is restored, but we will need your help! Please do these three things:

I wanted to contact you to thank you for your past support of Iowa libraries and remind you that your actions in the Legislature in the next few days will directly affect the quality of library services at home.

Please restore the $900,000 cut from the budget for Enrich Iowa that was made by the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday. Enrich Iowa is the backbone of shared library services in Iowa. Without Enrich Iowa funds our local library users may not be able to borrow the books they need from other libraries.

Just as vital as that $900,000 appropriation are the Governor’s recommended increases of $200,000 for the State Library of Iowa and $315,000 for Enrich Iowa. Without adequate funding for the State Library our patrons may lose access to the popular Ebsco Host online databases subsidized by the State Library.

Our Library Service Areas (LSAs) which provide management, technology, and training support to Iowa’s 523 public libraries are also in desperate need of $50,000. Please make this small, but extremely important, investment to help Iowa’s small and rural libraries. In NE you can also talk about van service & e-rate funding.

Please ask your leadership and caucus to restore the requirement that a teacher librarian be employed in each Iowa school district as part of any educational reform package. Students in districts with teacher librarians read at higher levels and score better on national tests. Both the Iowa State Education Association and the School Administrators of Iowa support restoration of a teacher librarian to each district.

Finally, please oppose the Real Property-Related Services legislation and linkage of industrial/commercial property taxes to the agricultural and residential rollback. This provision does not include public libraries as essential services and any rollback of commercial/industrial property taxes would further undermine local government finances. Can you imagine our town having to choose between providing fire service or the educational and economic benefits that only a public library can supply?

2. Get a firm commitment from three people you know to contact their Representative and Senator using the letter as a guide.

3. Set aside time this weekend (Friday-Monday) to call your Representative and Senator at home to follow up on your email.

Numerous online resources are available to all students in Iowa schools, including EBSCO magazines, AP MultiMedia Archives, World Book Encyclopedia, ClipArt, AccuWeather, Unitedstreaming, Atomic Learning, and SIRS Researcher. This training is intended to provide public librarians an introduction to using these resources with students. Laptop computers will be provided but participants are welcome to bring their own wireless laptops if available.

Two sessions on Monday, April 17, will be held at Keystone Area Education Agency in Elkader, rooms D2 and 3. The morning session will be from 9 a.m.- noon; the repeat afternoon session will be from 1 p.m.*4 p.m. The presenter is Norma Thiese, media/technology consultant at the AEA.

For additional information, please don't hesitate to contact Norma at nthiese@aea1.k12.ia.us or by phone 800-632-5918, ext. 231, or locally at 245-1480.
Deadline to register: Tuesday, April 11.

Where Keystone AEA in Elkader rooms D2 & 3
When April 17 Session I 9:00 – 9:00 – noon, Session II (repeat) 1:00 – 4:00
Registration DEADLINE April 1, registration limited to 20 people per session
Registration at State Library of Iowa ce catalog at:
http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/cgi-bin/cecat/ OR
http://www.neilsa.org/classes/current.html.
CE’s 3 to 5 [3 for the class 2 extra for the homework]
Fee $15.00 Coffee & break materials will be supplied (chocolate)

Homework (for 2 ce’s) You will select a real question asked by a student, you will then go to each of the resources to see what kind of information you can find. To document your quest you will print off one (1) page and send the entire packet to NEILSA for a certificate for the homework credits.

The Clermont Public Library is celebrating it's 75th Anniversary during National Library Week. There will be two special programs. On April 7, author Donald Harstad will speak at 7 pm about his books and his career as a writer. On Saturday April 8 an open house will be held from 9 to 12, with historian Pat Matt speaking at 10 am about the history of the Ringling Brothers Circus. Refreshments will be served.

e-rate - check the Consortia blog for new information.

Something to think about

The Simple Principles of Leadership

Though we tend to think of some people as "born leaders," it is usually more correct to say that they have simply learned the correct methods of leading. Anyone can become a much more effective leader by following these simple principles. # Lead by example--don't ask the staff to do what you are not willing to do yourself. # Forget the old saying "Cover your ass." The staff will not respect and follow someone who is looking out only for thereself. # Show respect for the staff. This can be done in many ways, such as listening considerately to their ideas, making sure they are as comfortable as possible, and avoiding unnecessary risks. # Praise immediately and in public when you see something done well. # Criticize only in private, and criticize the work, not the worker. # Insure that training is realistic and interesting. # Devote much energy to motivation. Explain why the tasks are important. # Keep a sense of humor.

CE:

IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ICPC SEMINAR via the ICN on Wednesday, 2:00-5:00pm, April 5, 2006.
One mistake on the blue flyer: the second ICN is April 5 NOT April 15!
Waverly Public Library has been added as an ICN site.
Please note special group rates:
- $60 for 3 or more people from ONE organization (3,4,5 or more can register for the price of 3) for one ICN presentation
April 5 session will cover care, handling, and storage of textiles, care of photographs and an opportunity to ask the experts questions pertinent to your individual preservation needs.

ICN sites are in Bettendorf, Boone, Calmar, Cedar Rapids, Charles City, Dubuque, Fort Dodge, Grinnell, Iowa City, Mount Pleasant, Orange City, Red Oak, Sioux City, Storm Lake, Urbandale, and Waverly.

Hands-on sessions will be repeated at four different locations: June 1 - Indianola; June 2 - Storm Lake; June 8 - Mt. Pleasant; June 9 - Waverly. Topics include book repair, matting a photograph, wooden objects repair, digitizing photographs basics, and cataloging and accessioning of museum and archival collections.

Each ICN session is $20 non-member; $15 ICPC member; June hands-on session is $50 non-member; $40 ICPC member. Both ICN sessions plus June hands-on package price: non-member $75; ICPC member $55.
Detailed information and registration form at
http://web.grinnell.edu/individuals/stuhrr/icpc/preservation101-102.html
Lucy David
ICPC Administrative Assistant
lucy-david@uiowa.edu

Is this the future of libraries?
We say it is a "Buck a Book" or $1US per book as spelled out below. This means a library can give out books. The regular library circulation admin costs are higher than that to get a book back from borrowers and get it back on a shelf. People *loved* making and then getting a book. The book is a letter sized sheet or a legal sized sheet cut in half.
The one-time costs are here (without mobility):

We believe you can set this up in an existing library or school for about $3k:

B/W duplex laser $700 retail binder: $1200 retail cutter: $800 retail

The color laser is $2500, nice but non-essential. Duplexing is almost essential, most people probably don't have this on hand. The computer is just a normal pc, so we assume people have this. It takes an inkjet to print the covers. We got a cheapo inkjet and suffered: we would get a $150-200 one next time, but again, we assume people have these.
FROM: http://www.archive.org/texts/bookmobile-in_it.php#printing

Page no longer there?
The Wayback Machine is a user interface on top of the web collection that allows people to surf the web as it was. Browse through 55 billion web pages archived from 1996 to a few months ago. To start surfing the Wayback, type in the web address of a site or page where you would like to start, and press enter. Then select from the archived dates available. The resulting pages point to other archived pages at as close a date as possible. Keyword searching is not currently supported. http://www.archive.org/web/web.php
Remember if you should ever find a link (linking from this site or any other) that is no longer available at the past url. You may want to try these 2 options, to try and access the former content of the pages.

Use the Wayback Machine at www.archive.org. Copy and paste or type in the exact URL (no spelling errors or incorrect entries) of the URL as you last saw it, or have bookmarked or as it appeared on the webpage you linked from and put in the address box of the Wayback Machine. If the page was archived, you will be presented with dated versions of the individual page. Choose, from the versions till you find the content you were looking for. The Wayback Machine

Another option if you are trying to access a page from the results of a Google Search and receive an error or are told the page is no longer available Go back to search results and click on the "cached" version of the page This will take you to the page as it appeared the last time that Google spidered the site.

Library Thing
"Book clubs and English classes notwithstanding, reading tends to be a predominantly solitary pastime, and truth be told, not many of us have ever considered listing the contents of our 'personal libraries' for either our own or anybody else's entertainment. But the Internet keeps finding new ways of changing our habits, and LibraryThing appears poised to turn the cataloging of books into a form of communal recreation. Come in, one and all, and gather 'round the bookshelves." Check it out at:
http://www.librarything.com/

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

Book Sale promo?: For reading or just décor, books can smarten up a room
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

The fine print stuff
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Edited by:
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