NEILSA - Friday Notes Archive

Are you ready for ISBN-13?
Effective January 1, 2007, the length of the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) will officially change from 10 to 13 digits. In 2007, the publishing industry will begin using 13-digit ISBNs, phasing out the use of 10-digit ISBNs. This change will affect everyone who uses ISBNs throughout the world....
Book Industry Study Group

Libraries just aren?t what they used to be. They?re more?and better. In this first annual report on the State of America?s Libraries, ALA found that 89% of Americans surveyed early this year reported being satisfied with their public libraries.

The Library 2.0 Idea Generator
British biblioblogger Dave Pattern, who is also library systems manager at the University of Huddersfield, has created an idea generator for Library 2.0 concepts. The generator simply picks random entries from a list of actions and a list of things, people, and objects, etc., and then (most of the time, but not always) appends a random entry from a list of miscellaneous comments. You keep clicking on the generator until it comes up with one you like, then you can save it to a whiteboard....
Dave Pattern?s weblog, July 28

The Denver Public Library needs a temporary, part-time library clerk, 20 hours per week. High School Diploma requires. Must be able to work some evenings and Saturdays. Knowledge of computer and Internet a plus. Will train as required for assigned duties. Pick up application at the Library , 100 Washington Street, Denver, IA, during regular library hours. Pre-employmnet drug and background screening required.

NOTE: A lot of libraries using InfoCenter 2.2 had to revert back to 2.1. InfoCentre would not even operate on the 2.2 upgrade.

FROM: Monday Morning Eye-Opener the NW LSA newsletter (Lightly edited)
1) E-Rate Information Session September 12: The July 31^st EYE-OPENER announced our second annual E-Rate Information Session via the ICN, scheduled for September 12. This will be important information for all Northwest libraries who intend to join the E-Rate Consortium for the coming year. We now have ICN locations confirmed: Fort Dodge High School, Hawarden Public Library, Orange City P.L., Sac City P.L., Western Iowa Tech (CC1) in Sioux City, and Waterloo Public Library where Ken Davenport will join us. The program runs from 10:00AM?12:00PM.

This will be critical information?all interested Consortium participants are encouraged to attend. By virtue of a 28E agreement, Northwest LSA pays Northeast LSA in Waterloo an annual fee for taking our libraries into the Consortium. Ken will beam in from Waterloo to explain how the Consortium works and the paperwork expectations. They will file all E-Rate forms on behalf of participating libraries. Because NWILS is contracting and paying for this service, there is no cost to local libraries to join the Consortium. Your investment is the time required to complete some very necessary paperwork and to provide Northeast office with your phone, fax, and Internet bills. Ken take it from there, making this process as painless as it can be?given that this is E-Rate we?re talking about!

To date, 41 Northwest libraries have answered ?YES? to joining the Consortium this year, a good showing so far. I?ll be in touch again soon, asking for your ?final answer.? We hope to swell the ranks even further, so do let me know if your library is interested and perhaps missed completing the earlier June interest survey. This program hasn?t made its way to the c.e. catalog yet, but it will show up soon. In the meantime, please note the date and watch for an announcement regarding online registration.

2) Next Library 101 September 13: You?ll read below that I?m joining Hospers Library Board later today with an orientation for their newest board members. So speaking of orientations, the next best thing to an in-person presentation is to catch LIBRARY 101 over the ICN. Coming up again on September 13^th, LIBRARY 101 helps new directors, staff, and trustees become better acquainted with support agencies like the LSA?s and the State Library, plus gain a better understanding of public library standards and statewide programs. So consider attending LIBRARY 101 on September 13, 9:00AM?12:00PM, at these Northwest ICN locations: Rock Rapids Elementary-Middle School, Sioux City AEA building, and Storm Lake BVU-2. If new people at your library would like to attend?and if you?d like a closer ICN room?please let me know ASAP. This hasn?t made its way to the c.e. catalog yet, but it will show up soon! In the meantime, note the date and stay tuned for online registration?

NOTE: NEILSA librarians, trustees & staff who are interested should contact the LSA office and let us know.

LIBRARY 101, coming up September 13^th? The time is 9:00AM?12:00PM If you are interested let NEILSA know so we can schedule a site near you.

PLA announces new start dates for e-learning courses
?E-Learning @ PLA,? the online education program of the Public Library Association, will offer five new start dates for two of its popular courses. ?New Planning for Results? and ?Creating Policies for Results? will each be offered five times between September 2006 and April 2007....

The State Library is now taking registrations for Public Library Management 1 and 2 classes in the CE Catalog

(http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org/cgi-bin/cecat/). PLM 1 will begin on Tuesday, September 12 and PLM 2 will begin on Wednesday, September 6. The registration deadline for both classes is Monday, August 14.

OPAL: Online Programming for All Libraries--And All Library Users

NEW: Streaming Audio Preview

NEW: Streaming Video Introduction

OPAL is an international collaborative effort by libraries of all types to provide web-based programs and training for library users and library staff members.
These live events are held in online rooms where participants can interact via voice-over-IP, text chatting, and synchronized browsing.
Everyone is welcome to participate in OPAL programs. Usually there is no need to register. Nearly all OPAL programs are offered free of charge to participants.
Examples of OPAL public online programs include book discussion programs, interviews, special events, library training, memoir writing workshops, and virtual tours of special digital library collections.
FROM: http://www.opal-online.org/

We are planning a DEMCO Book Repair Workshop for sometime this fall, Ken will still do a workshop at county association meetings if requested and scheduled anead of time.

Dead fish give new life to creative impulses
Laurena Schultz said the same thing to all the latecomers: ?Come in. Grab a dead fish.? Schultz, the teen services librarian at the Mt. Lebanon Public Library in Pittsburgh, was leading a session of gyotaku, a Japanese method of printing using real fish, as part of the monthly teen activities series at the library....
Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post-Gazette, Aug. 10

Google wants to digitize every book; but read the fine print first
If it is really true that Google is going to digitize the roughly 9 million books in the libraries of Stanford University, then you can be sure that the folks who brought you the world?s most ambitious search engine will come, in due time, for call number E169.D3. But when you ask Google executives directly whether they plan to offer some kind of print-on-demand service, they can get a bit coy....
Washington Post, Aug. 13

Listeners growl for more
The story that 6-year-old Sidharth Muralidhar is reading aloud is about a dog who wants to be wild but discovers it?s much better to be home. Sidharth?s voice is soft, but he has an attentive audience at the Princeton (N.J.) Public Library?his 4-year-old brother, Sachin, and a 95-pound English Labrador named Emma....
New York Times, Aug. 13

A delicate balance
The body-odor calls are the ones Security Officer William Morris dreads most. That?s when he has to tell someone to leave the Los Angeles Central Library because they smell. He doesn?t mind the rule, but the library-security veteran also knows how easy it is to humiliate the indigent, and he won?t stand for that either....
Los Angeles Times, Aug. 13

If you are interested in using the counter, contact Ken at NEILSA to reserve a time slot. If you would like to learn more about how you can use the readings from the counter to better manage the library and to explain to Boards/City Councils your staffing/use decisions we can arrange that at the same time.

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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