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May 19, 2006

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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The hands-on SOS (Save Our Stuff) all day preservation workshops that will begin in less than a month.  The workshops will be repeated in the 4 locations.  June 1 in Indianola, June 2 in Storm Lake, June 8 in Mt. Pleasant, and June 9 in Waverly.  Participants will have an opportunity to perform a full book repair, mount and mat a photograph, learn basics of digitizing photographs, repair a wooden object and discover the basics of cataloging and accessioning of museum and archival collections.

The sessions are for beginners and experienced practioners.

You can register by sending in the application form, printable on-line, or by emailing me at the address below, or by calling.  I encourage you to pre-register, if you are planning to come to one of the sessions.  We will need to make arrangements for lunch, etc. and would like to know ahead of time numbers for ordering supplies.
REGISTRATION FORMS AND MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT: http://web.grinnell.edu/individuals/stuhrr/icpc/preservation101-102.html Or request a registration form by contacting Nancy E Kraft at 319-335-5286 or nancy-e-kraft@uiowa.edu or Lucy David at 319-338-0514 or lucy-david@uiowa.edu
We look forward to seeing you at one of the workshops!
Sincerely, Lucy David ICPC Administrative Assistant

Please have the libraries contact Rosemary Bossard by 5/22/06 if they would like to participate in the program and have equipment that they would liked picked up.
Keystone AEA is organizing an equipment recycling drive. From May 22 through June 7 Keystone AEA will pick up outdated technology equipment from your school during the regular van routes (as space allows).  We will make a separate pickup when needed.  Equipment will be transported to Midwest Electronic Recovery (MER) in Waldorf, Iowa, for appropriate recycling / disposal.

Keystone AEA will invoice your school /library based on the following pricing for disposal of equipment.
Each monitor/computer with built-in monitor is $5.00 PLUS
1-25 pieces of equipment:  $25.00
26-50 pieces of equipment: $50.00
51-75 pieces of equipment: $75.00
76-100 pieces of equipment:$100.00

100+ pieces of equipment: If you have more than 100 pieces of equipment to dispose of please contact Midwest Electronic Recovery directly, phone: 319-845-2000.

TO PARTICIPATE, please follow these instructions:
To arrange for pickup, send an email by May 22 to rbossard@aea1.k12.ia.us, or call 563.245.1480 Rosemary Bossard, Keystone AEA Delivery Manager.  Include the following details in your email:
Approx number of pieces to pickup:
Number of monitors and computers with built-in monitors (ie. PowerMac 5500):
Location of equipment, which building:
Person in the school to contact to make pick-up arrangements:
Person the Keystone AEA van driver can contact for assistance loading the equipment:
Billing address.
If you have questions, please contact Rosemary Bossard

 Thank you.

 THE LSA:

1. Shared Computer Toolkit for Windows XP
   1. What is it?
   2. Why should I use it?
   3. How do I use it?
   4. How can I get it?
2. PowerToys for Windows XP 
   1. What are they?
   2. Differences between - advantages/disadvantages
   3. Which ones should I use?
   4. How do I use them?
   5. How can I get them?
      

House bill would force libraries to block social websites
Legislation introduced May 9 by Reps. Michael G. Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) seeks to prohibit minors from accessing chat rooms and such popular social-networking websites as MySpace and Facebook on school or library computers. The Deleting Online Predators Act ( PDF file), H.R. 5319, would require schools and libraries to block access to a broad selection of web content....

Bill calls for MySpace age limit
Responding to concerns about online child safety, a U.S. congressman has proposed a bill restricting the use of social networking web sites such as MySpace.com to persons 18 or older.
May 16 http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showstoryts.cfm?Articleid=6307

ALA opposes DOPA act
ALA President Michael Gorman issued a statement May 15 on the Deleting Online Predators Act: “As libraries are already required to block content that is ‘harmful to minors’ under the Children’s Internet Protection Act, DOPA is redundant and unnecessary legislation. Further, the proposed law would block access to some of the internet’s most powerful emerging technologies and learning applications, essentially stifling library users’ ability to participate fully in the educational opportunities the internet offers.”...

Libraries in social networking software
Meredith Farkas surveys the place of libraries within social networks: “Before MySpace and Facebook, there was no one site that was so huge and pervasive and captured the attention of so many teens. It’s hard to point a finger at the Web and say it’s bad for kids and they shouldn’t use it; it’s easy to point a finger at a specific site or a few sites and blame them for everything that’s wrong with young people today.” She includes a list of useful resources on social networking software.... Information Wants to Be Free, May 10

Social networking safety tips for tweens and teens
The Federal Trade Commission is urging kids to add one more lesson to the list of safety and privacy lessons they should learn: Don’t post information about yourself online that you don’t want the whole world to know....
Federal Trade Commission, May

Internet Research: Students' Panacea? [The Hartford Courant]
"In an academic world where research is becoming synonymous with search engines and the Internet, teachers and specialists at school libraries and media centers across the country are working to reconcile students' Internet-driven research habits with more conventional research methods and skills like critical reading and reading comprehension."
http://www.courant.com/hc-whdresearch0515.artmay15,0,2363811.story
"Every new technology brings with it both excitement and anxiety. No sooner was the Internet upon us in the 1990s than anxiety arose over the ease of accessing pornography and other controversial content. In response, entrepreneurs soon developed filtering products. By the end of the decade, a new industry had emerged to create and market Internet filters." http://www.fepproject.org/policyreports/filters2.pdf

Yahoo launches website makeover
Yahoo’s website unveiled a new look May 16 as the internet powerhouse strives to remain the world’s most popular online destination. The redesigned page includes more interactive features that reduce the need to click through to other pages to review the weather, check e-mail, listen to music, or monitor local traffic conditions....
Associated Press, May 16

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/

Due Date:

NEILSA closed dates: 5/29, 7/4, 9/4, 11/10, 11/23 & 24, 12/25 & 26, 1/1/2007

• May 31 at Waterloo PL 9:00 Computer Class -Power Tools
• June 23 Library 101
• June 24 - 27 - ALA Annual meeting in New Orleans - ER & KD
• July 1 - renew EBSCOhost 
• July 17-18, Rural Sustainability Institute Wartburg College, Waverly
• July 20 Lansing 9:30 Allamakee County Association - KD
• July 24, 06 - 9 am - Reinbeck - Grundy Co. meeting - ER
• 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 21 5:30 Fayette County Meeting Waucoma
• 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 17 -  Readlyn, Bremer Co. meeting - 7:30
• October 17 - Clayton County Meeting 7:00 Gutenberg
• October 17 - Buchanan County Meeting Independence 7:00
• 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

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Next Board Meeting:  July 10, 2006 2:00 p.m., Manchester Public Library