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Notes for Friday the 13th

Hi all,

I can't believe it's the middle of August already. The kids will be back to school before we know it. Some of you may have mixed feelings about that, but one good thing about it is that the AEA van deliveries are now up and running. Yay!   If you have any changes in delivery locations, please let us know so we can keep the website up-to-date (http://neilsa.org/vanschedule.html).

While I’m on the subject of interlibrary loan, remember that you can use the form at http://neilsa.org/oclcupdate.cfm to report OCLC materials received and returned.


Upcoming CE

A few things that didn’t make it onto the last CE Roundup. Registration is available in the statewide CE catalog (http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org/cgi-bin/cecat/)

Library Thing

Check out recent additions to NEILSA’s professional collection (and soon everything else) at http://www.librarything.com/catalog/neilsa/yourlibrary. You can also search from most NEILSA website pages.

Love My Librarian

http://www.ilovelibraries.org/lovemylibrarian/home.cfm

Nominations are now open for the 2010 Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award.

The award invites library users nationwide to recognize the accomplishments of librarians in public, school, college, community college and university libraries for their efforts to improve the lives of people in their community. Nominations run through Sept. 20 and are being accepted online at http://www.ilovelibraries.org/lovemylibrarian/home.cfm


Around the Area

Wal*Mart Grant: The Guttenberg Public Library will present "Healthy Lifestyles @ Your Library" from June - October 2010 with help from the Wal*Mart Foundation Community Grant program. The library will offer three free programs to the public that encourage healthy and active lifestyles and will offer accompanying library materials - books, DVDs, and audio books - that will promote fitness and teach people about better health.

Adult summer reading program water themed movie presentation.
Monday, August 16: Water Your Mind Movies @ Your Library presents “Cast Away” @ 7:00 pm. Tom Hanks stars as Chuck Noland, a FedEx systems engineer whose ruled-by-the-clock existence abruptly ends when a harrowing plane crash leaves him isolated on a remote island. James Kennedy Public Library, Dyersville.

Wii Play Day
Decorah Public Library will host three free drop-in gaming sessions for youths ages 7-14 in August. Sessions will take place on Tuesday afternoons from 3-4:45 p.m. on August 17, 24, and 31. All gaming activities will take place in the library’s lower level public meeting room. Attendees can take turns playing Super Mario Brothers, Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Guitar Hero, and sports games on the library’s Nintendo Wii. Kids are welcome to bring multi-player games from home, too. Light snacks will be provided.

High School Night Apples to Apples Game
We will be having a High School Apples to Apples night at the library. This is open to all High School students in 9-12 grade as of this coming school year. This will be a great time to catch up with friends before school starts and to meet some of the new incoming high school students. I will supply caramel corn/popcorn and you are welcome to bring a 20 oz. bottle of soda. It has to be in a plastic bottle with the screw type top. Please call or stop in the library to sign up for this evening. This will give us the opportunity to see if we need more than one game for the night. Aug. 15, 6:00-8:00 PM. Hawkins Memorial Library, LaPorte City.


Have a great weekend,
Eunice

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July 2010

Hi all,

First of all, here’s the CE Roundup for August. Lots of opportunities. We’re putting together some face to face sessions here in Northeast, I’ll get the word out as soon as we’ve got dates worked out with the presenters.

 Ebooks list

At the end of the eBooks, eReaders, ePub, eTc. class we thought we might like to continue discussion of ebooks (etc) in libraries, and NE has created an e-mail list as one way to help facilitate that. We'd be happy to have others join in that discussion on the list, if you'd like. The list is an opportunity to ask questions, and to share ideas, experiences, and resources.

To subscribe:
Address a message to: ebooks@neilsa.org
Leave the body of the message blank but put in the subject line: subscribe


National Gaming Day
We're happy to announce that libraries can now register for National Gaming Day 2010, which will take place on Saturday, November 13! This year, North Star Games is donating a free copy of its game Wits & Wagers Family to the first 1,000 U.S. libraries that register, so hurry and fill out the form now! This new version removes the betting chips and includes questions that can be used in any library or school.

Registering will also get your location on the national map we'll be promoting to both the public and the press. Does your library plan to participate in the national Rock Band and/or Super Smash Bros. Brawl tournaments? Be sure to register so we can work with you ahead of time to get everything in place and tested.

National Gaming Day @ your library is an initiative of the American Library Association to connect communities around the educational, recreational, and social value of all types of games. Join this year's event and help us double our numbers again!


The Boardroom

If you’ve misplaced the email with any edition of The Boardroom, they’re all available on the website at http://neilsa.org/trustees/boardroom.html.

Survey Results On Essential Support

One important element of the Reorganization Committee’s work has been a survey asking what library staff consider to be essential support services, those things that are critical to retaining in a new delivery system. 919 survey answers came back from all sizes and types of libraries.

From a list of services currently provided by the LSAs and State Library came this ranking of services deemed essential—top 6 answers:
• Interlibrary loan in-state – 81.1%
• Education and training – 78.4%
• Reciprocal borrowing/reimbursement (Open Access) – 74.7%
• Direct state aid for public libraries – 74.4%
• Interlibrary loan reimbursement – 71.5%
• Public library standards and accreditation – 67.5%%

74% of the answers came from public libraries; of those 49% were libraries serving populations under 2,500, 28% were libraries in towns between 2,500—10,000. 16% of the survey was answered by school libraries, 7% answered by academic libraries. Thanks again to everyone who completed the survey…more updates coming!


From ILA

Dear ILA members,

We may not know that you have retired from your job. Please contact the ILA Office if you have recently retired (this year) and if you have been a member of the organization for twenty-five years or more (as of September 1st). We are also asking your help if you know of people within your library who are retiring who may not be current members of ILA. The individual may still qualify to receive the award and we may not be able to identify them without your help. Lifetime Members will be recognized at the Thursday banquet on October 14 at the ILA Annual Conference.
ILA Office Contact information:
Toll Free Phone: 800-452-5507
Phone: 515-273-5322
Email for Laurie Hews, Executive Director: lhews@mcleodusa.net
For more information about the Lifetime Membership Award see the ILA Organization Manual posted on the Association's website under the "About ILA" section at http://iowalibraryassociation.org/associations/2221/files/websitemanual.pdf

Best wishes,
Ellen Neuhaus
Chair, ILA Awards Committee


OverDrive's Training Month. September 2010.

Free online courses for library staff, beginner to advanced. Register now! http://www.overdrive.com/products/dlr/training


Technology Training Wheels

Libraries, especially public libraries, are finding that they still need to teach the basic classes of computer literacy to their patrons. Examples of classes include how to use a mouse, computer basics, Internet basics, and email basics. But where do you find the resources to teach these classes? Through Technology Training Wheels, of course!

http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/CEtechnologyTrainingWheels.cfm


Have a great weekend,
Eunice

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NEILSA Board Agenda for July 12, 2010

Wellsburg Public Library
  1. Approval of the Agenda
  2. Approval of May Board Minutes
  3. Approval of June & July Bills
  4. Open Forum
  5. Sandy Dixon, State Library
  6. General Business
    1. Election of Officers, CommitteeAppointments
    2. Other
  7. AEA Report
  8. Community College Report
  9. Administrator's Report
    1. Activities
    2. Other
  10. Meeting Dates, Time and Location
    1. August 13, 2010 2:00 p.m., Ft. AtkinsonPublic Library.
  11. Adjourn

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Notes for June 23rd

GOOOOOOOAL!!!!!!

Sorry, but I'm loving this World Cup stuff.  :-)  If you need any information, I've been having good luck with http://fifa.com and http://soccernet.espn.go.com/.  

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NEIBORS

If you're interested in joined NEIBORS this round, be sure to get me your signed agreement by Friday (June 25, 2010).  I need to turn everything over to the techs at OverDrive soon.

And for all members, OverDrive is planning Training Month again in September.  Watch for announcements for free refresher classes as well as contests and prizes!

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Iowa Small Libraries Association

I'd also like to pass along this reminder from Linda Adams:

We will be electing new ISLA officers this fall.  We need someone for each of these offices: Vice President/President elect, Secretary and Treasurer.  I would really like at least two people to run for each office.  If you are willing please email me at fayettelib@netins.net.  Or one of the other committee members: Kathy Carlson wellmanLib@gmail.com  or Susan Blythe at conradpl@netins.net. 

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NEILSA Professional Collection

We’ve begun adding the materials available for loan from our professional collection to LibraryThing.  You’ll see book covers and search boxes on neilsa.org.  If there’s something there you’d like to check out, just call or email Denise (luppen@neilsa.org)

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Enrich Iowa

Libraries intending to participate in Enrich Iowa need to return the program’s Letter of Agreement by this Friday June 25.  Enrich Iowa includes 3 distinct programs: Open Access, ILL Reimbursement, and Direct State Aid.  We strongly encourage every public library to participate in all 3 programs.  And doing so is super simple:

¨ Find the Enrich Iowa agreement on the State Library’s website here http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org/ld/enrich-ia

¨ Check off all 3 programs and return the signed agreement to the State Library by mail or fax (515-281-6191) or by email to Toni Blair at toni.blair@lib.state.ia.us

   This year, the State Library is not mailing copies of the agreement.  You’ll find the paperwork, instructions—and eventually a list of all participating libraries—on the webpage above. Call with questions and sign up for Enrich Iowa FY2011 today!

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BCR

We’ve heard from several of you with questions about the State Library’s message a few days ago regarding the phase out of BCR, and what effect that will have on you.  Let me try to explain what is happening.  If you did not receive a message about BCR, you can delete this message.

The Bibliographic Center for Research (BCR) is a regional agency that, up until now, has brokered pricing for databases, including OCLC World Cat and First Search.  It is located in Aurora, Colorado, and Iowa was one of its member states.  There are several regional agencies located across the United States that also broker database pricing, such as WILS – Wisconsin Library Services, Minitex, located in Minnesota, and Lyrasis, which is a combination of three former BCR-like agencies—PALINET, SOLINET, and NELINET—which were all located along the eastern U.S. coast.  BCR is phasing out operations and has initiated a partnership with the Lyrasis network.

Each of your libraries has had a deposit account with BCR that was set up many years ago, to cover any cost you would incur to search the databases that were not covered in the agreement BCR had with the State Library.  You would get a statement each year from BCR telling you the amount of the deposit you had on account.  I’m not sure what will happen to those accounts, or how that money might be refunded to you.  We’ll have to clarify that with the State Library.

The First Search databases like Article First, or Contents First, have been available to you to do unlimited searches for many years.  The most familiar database is WorldCat, and some of you have searched it to find cataloging information for your automation systems.

If you are interested in continuing your subscription to any of the First Search databases you should send back the First Search Agreement to the State Library before July 15, 2010.  I believe the State Library will pay for access through Lyrasis through June 30, 2011, but for FY2012, your library will be billed by the State Library for a portion of the cost for that subscription, similar to the EBSCO subscription arrangement.

Please contact Jay Peterson at the State Library if you have questions about this process.  The toll-free number for the State Library is 800-248-4483.

BCR – addendum

Deposit Account Release Process Announced

As BCR begins to wind down its operations, any remaining deposit accounts will be released. BCR will start releasing deposits beginning August 1 and expects to complete this process for all accounts by August 31. Please complete the online form by July 16.

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Survey for Library Services Reorganization Committee

You’ve probably received this message multiple times already, but we want to make sure everyone participates.  This is your chance to make sure the Committee knows what your priorities are.

The Library Services Reorganization Committee working on the legislative mandate to reorganize the delivery of library services wishes to survey the ILA membership and the Iowa Library Community to gather information for the second meeting on July 7.  The information from the survey will assist committee members as they begin crafting a new service delivery model to libraries.  

Although you may receive this message several times, we are asking each person to respond to the survey only once.   Different people from the same library are welcome to participate.  You will be able to respond to the survey from now through Thursday, July 1, 11:59 p.m.  On Friday at 12:00 a.m. the survey will close and committee members will begin analyzing the results on July 2. 

The survey will take 10 to 15 minutes to complete.  The link to the survey is: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/H7TDY3Q  

Thank you from the members of the Library Services Reorganization Committee:  Dale Vande Haar, Nathan Clark, Sandy Long, Nancy Trask, Lorraine Borowski, Susan Kling, LaWanda Roudebush, Bonnie McKewon, Ann Coulter, Mary Wegner, and Monica Gohlinghorst.

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On a sadder note…

I just found out about this last week.  I'm sure many of you remember Betty.

WELLSBURG — Elizabeth Lorraine "Betty" Lindaman, 85, of Wellsburg, died Feb. 23 in Stilwell, Okla., following a long illness.

She was born Dec. 23, 1924, in rural Boone county, daughter of Verl and Llyra Friedrich. She married Alvin Lindaman on June 4, 1953. He preceded her in death.

She graduated from high school in Rockwell City 1942 and graduated from George Peabody College in Nashville in 1946 with a degree in education. The couple farmed north of Wellsburg until 1968. She taught at Wellsburg Public Schools for nearly 20 years. She worked at the lumber yard, was head librarian for the Wellsburg Public Library and had a column in local newspapers. She was a member of East Friesland Presbyterian Church.

Survived by: a daughter, Gail Peterson (Chuck) of Baron, Okla.; two sons, Gary Lindaman (Mary) of Tulsa, Okla., and Bill Lindaman (Kathy) of Sand Springs, Okla.; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; five stepgrandchildren; and five stepgreat-grandchildren.

Celebration of life: 5 p.m. Friday at East Friesland Presbyterian Church, rural Ackley.

Memorials: may be directed to Wellsburg Public Library, East Friesland Presbyterian Church of Ackley, the Wellsburg Historical Foundation or the charity of the donor's choice.

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Stay cool,

Eunice

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Notes for May 28th

Hi All,

Hope you’ve got something planned for the upcoming holiday weekend.  It looks like it will be a beautiful start to summer.  We’ll be closed on Monday.  I’m hoping for some perfect golfing weather myself.  And something good on the grill.  :-)

I’m attaching the CE Roundup for the summer.  There will be an update later on when more dates are settled.  In the mean time, there are many things available online so you can learn and still be available for summer reading.

Eunice
Time to spring into action and join NEIBORS in this open enrollment window.  Three years old and growing, NEIBORS is a consortium providing affordable access to downloadable audiobooks and ebooks.  The consortium is managed by East Central, North Central and Northeast LSAs; the vendor is OverDrive.  In three years, NEIBORS has grown to over 100 participating libraries and the collection has grown to over 2,000 titles.  The over 53,000 checkouts show that it’s been very popular.

If you’re interested, there is a $500 (one time) start up fee and an annual subscription that we will work out.  Signed agreements need to be at the NEILSA office by June 25th for this period.  Training will be held in July and those libraries will be able to start using the service in August.  Contact us if you have any questions.


The schedule for van delivery throughout the summer is as follows:

AEA-1 - Last delivery is May 27 & 28.  All material to be sent from libraries in AEA-7 to libraries in AEA-1 must be received at our location in Waterloo for sorting no later than May 24 & 25 to ensure that packages arrive at their destination and don't end up sitting all summer.  Libraries in AEA-1 sending items to libraries in AEA-7 area, please make sure your items are picked up no later than May 27 & 28 to ensure that they arrive at their destination.  Delivery will resume on Aug. 12 & 13.

AEA-267 - Last regular delivery is June 7.  Summer delivery will resume on June 8 & 10 (Tuesday & Thursday). throughout the Summer.  Regular delivery will begin on Aug. 12 & 13.

During times of no delivery by van, please use USPS or some other form of delivery.


Dear Librarians,

Hope you are having a good week and getting ready for the beginning of summer; Memorial Day Weekend!

With May coming to a close so is the opportunity to participate in the group purchase through the state. As a gentle reminder you have the following databases are included:

We had great success last year and want to make sure that any library that wishes to be included this year gets the chance to do so. In order to participate you must contact Jay Peterson at the state library by June 1st. The more libraries that choose to be included in the group the better the pricing!

Please let me know if you have any questions and many thanks for the consideration!

Amanda

Amanda Winseck
Field Sales Representative
EBSCO Publishing
1-800-653-2726 x2121
awinseck@ebscohost.com


Libri Foundation Accepting Applications for Books for Children Program

The Libri Foundation is a nationwide nonprofit organization that donates new, quality hardcover children's books to small, rural public libraries in the United States through its Books for Children program.

Deadline: August 15, 2010


Senior Spaces Wiki

The "senior spaces" wiki contains content since 2007 on "senior spaces" beginning with the first "space" which opened at the Old Bridge (NJ) Public Library.  If your library is thinking of developing a "space" this wiki is a great resource to use as part of your planning, design and implimentation process.  If you have completed a "space" in your library geared for the generations of older adults let us know.  We welcome additional content to the wiki.  Contact me at:  kleiman@aol.com for more information and details.

http://seniorspaces.pbworks.com


Sign Up for Enrich Iowa

June 25 is the deadline for libraries to sign up for all three parts of Enrich Iowa.

Open Access reimburses libraries for checking out materials to people outside their own city or county.  ILL Reimbursement subsidizes the cost of lending books through SILO.  And Direct State Aid rewards libraries for meeting service standards.  All 3 program comprising Enrich Iowa are administered by the State Library.

This year, the State Library is not mailing paper copies of the sign-up form or the terms of agreement.  You can find it all on this webpage http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org/ld/enrich-ia.  The sign-up is a simple 1-page form asking for library contact information, a check mark in any or all of the boxes indicating which programs your library will participate in, and a signature (library director’s signature is fine here).  Return the completed signed ENRICH IOWA Letter of Agreement by mail to the State Library by June 25. You may also fax the Agreement to 515-281-6191 or email it to Toni Blair at toni.blair@lib.state.ia.us 



And on a sadder note….

Kathleen A. Young

Kathleen Ann, daughter of John C. and Esther Kydd Oakes, was born March 6, 1924, at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She graduated from Mt. Lebanon High School in Pennsylvania in 1942 and from Iowa State University in Ames in 1948.

From 1948 to 1951, she worked as a dietician and participated in preparing meals on a Pittsburgh television program called Kay’s Kitchen.

On November 3, 1951, she was united in marriage with Dr. Frank W. Young at Ingomar, Pennsylvania. In addition to her duties as a homemaker, Kathy worked with her husband for many years in his veterinary practice.  They lived and worked in Waukee for a brief time before moving to Sumner in 1958. In 1963, they moved to Waucoma and remained there until moving back to Sumner in 1999.

Following several months of illness, Kathy’s death occurred on Monday, May 10, 2010, at Community Memorial Hospital in Sumner. She was 86 years old and a member of the United Methodist Church in Sumner. She was also a member of P.E.O., the Order of Eastern Star, the Sumner Culture Club, and enjoyed playing bridge. She took great pride in being instrumental in helping to create the Waucoma Public Library.

She is survived by four sons, John (Kathleen) Young of Versailles, Kentucky, Bruce (Barbara) Young of Westminster, California, Wilson (Anita) Young of Channahon, Illinois, and Martin (Angela) Young of Hutchinson, Minnesota; eight grandchildren, Christopher, Ian, Katherine, Benjamin, Ariel, Luke, Barb, and Emily Young; and one sister, Marilyn (William) Campbell of Salisbury, Maryland.

She was preceded in death by her husband on April 7th of this year; her parents; and a brother, John Oakes II.

Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 15, 2010, at the United Methodist Church in Sumner with Hugh Mackintosh L.C.M. officiating. Friends may call from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., Friday, May 14, 2010, at  Becker-Milnes Funeral Home in Sumner where there will be a 5:00 p.m. P.E.O service and for one hour preceding services at the church on Saturday. Interment will be at Union Mound Cemetery in Sumner. Memorials may be made in her name to the United Methodist Church in Sumner.

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Van delivery schedule

The schedule for van delivery throughout the summer is as follows:

AEA-1 - Last delivery is May 27 & 28. All material to be sent from libraries in AEA-7 to libraries in AEA-1 must be received at our location in Waterloo for sorting no later than May 24 & 25 to ensure that packages arrive at their destination and don't end up sitting all summer. Libraries in AEA-1 sending items to libraries in AEA-7 area, please make sure your items are picked up no later than May 27 & 28 to ensure that they arrive at their destination. Delivery will resume on Aug. 12 & 13.

AEA-267 - Last regular delivery is June 7. Summer delivery will resume on June 8 & 10 (Tuesday & Thursday). throughout the Summer. Regular delivery will begin on Aug. 12 & 13.

During times of no delivery by van, please use USPS or some other form of delivery.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

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Iowa library advocate wins White House Conference on Library and Information Services Taskforce Award

For Immediate Release
May 6, 2010

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Library Association (ALA) today announces that Greer Fry of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is the winner of the 2010 White House Conference on Library and Information Services Taskforce (WHCLIST) Award.

The award, given to a non-librarian advocate participating in a federal library advocacy event for the first time, is a $300 stipend granted to a recipient toward the expense of attending Library Advocacy Day. This year the ALA will host a Library Advocacy Day rally June 29 on the U.S. Capitol grounds in Washington, D.C., during the ALA Annual Conference. The day replaces the spring National Library Legislative Day.

Library Advocacy Day is a chance for library supporters to join together to demonstrate support for libraries and for first-time advocates to get involved. After the rally, which is free and open to the public, ALA members will meet with their members of Congress and their staffs to talk about the needs and concerns of libraries in their communities.
As a lifelong library user and library advocate for more than 30 years, Greer has served as a member of the Iowa Library Association (ILA) and as president of the Iowa Library Friends Association, an ILA subdivision. In her application letter, Greer explained how the flood of 2008 in Cedar Rapids and the loss of the city’s main library greatly enhanced her passion for advocacy.
Emily Sheketoff, Executive Director of the ALA Washington Office, said advocates like Greer, with strong stories to tell about the role of libraries, are their community’s most effective tool for supporting their libraries.

“As someone who has been actively involved in rebuilding the library system in her own community, Greer knows the importance of libraries to the public during times of crisis – be it a natural disaster or the current U.S. financial crisis,” Sheketoff said.

“Getting through to members of Congress at a time when there are so many needs and issues competing for their attention is immensely challenging. The ALA is pleased that Greer will joining the hundreds of other library supporters on a day dedicated to advocating for the needs of libraries and the public they serve.”

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Barnes & Noble Nook arriving at Best Buy, will go on sale April 18

This might just increase demand for ebooks from the library.

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