Friday Notes

September 22, 2006

New Friday Notes: notes for next week

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

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

THE LSA:

CE:
TOWN MEETING

Returning for 2006 is "Library Talk," the smash hit talk show featuring hot library issues. We will discuss how the public sees libraries and the implications for the future. Some of the public's perceptions about libraries will delight you; others will make you squirm. For a preview, see http://www.lff.org/long_overdue061306.html and http://www.oclc.org/reports/2005perceptions.htm

In the afternoon, there are three concurrent sessions, offered twice:

"EBSCOhost
- Latest upgrades and products" The session will cover searching in the newest interfaces Kids Search and Student Resource Center. Recent upgrades from EBSCO have included the Visual Search button, Clustering of results and Subject Grouping. Expect to learn about these newest features and how to implement for your users. (Judy Jones)

"Keep, Toss, Organize:

How we're cleaning up the SILO Locator" Just like a house the Locator database has become cluttered, disorganized and dirty. At this session you'll learn what the State Library and libraries can do to declutter, toss and clean up the SILO Locator. Uploading files, working on exceptions lists and matching & merging of MARC records will be discussed. (Marie Harms)

"Library Board Orientation"
To be effective, every library board needs a basic understanding of their responsibilities and power. This session will provide library directors with ideas and resources so you can provide a basic orientation for your library board. The primary topics will be library governance and funding. Please bring a copy of your library ordinance to the session. (Sandy Dixon and Mary Wegner)
REGISTER

Web Junction class [Home of TechAtlas]
co-sponsored by SLI & NEILSA,
Thursday October 19, 9 - 12
Overflow session 1 - 4
In West Union.

WebJunction Iowa is an on-line community where library staff meet to share ideas, solve problems, take on-line courses, and meet colleagues from around the state and country. This hands-on class will give you the opportunity to learn more about WebJunction Iowa. We will explore some of the information that can be found on the site, register and sign up for an on-line class, and learn to post to the web boards.
Cost $15.00
CE 3 to 5 ce's
Instructor Michele Leininger

Class size limited for this class.
Preference given to Consortia members

http://link.ixs1.net/s/lt?id=9192014&si=o98444123&pc=o2018&ei=e93170
PLA is now accepting applications for its popular ?Grow Your Own @ your library? institutional scholarship. This year, PLA will award nine public libraries with grants of $8,000 each to be distributed to staff members who are working to obtain a master?s degree in library and information science. One library from each of the nine Public Library Data Service (PLDS) population categories will be selected....


Great CE delivered right to your desktop! Registration for YALSA's fall session of e-courses opened Aug. 21st. The session will run from Oct. 2-30. The courses are meant to be the equivalent of a full day workshop. The cost is $135 for YALSA members, $175 for ALA members, and $195 for non members. To register go to www.ala.org/yalsa. Three courses will be offered, full discriptions in New Friday Notes 08/25/2006:

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....

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

NEW: Streaming Audio Preview of OPAL online events coming in July (playback time: 6 minutes) NEW: Streaming Video Introduction to OPAL (Windows Media Video file; playback time 2 minutes, 39 seconds)

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.

Stuff:

Homeless patrons win in Worcester

The Worcester (Mass.) Public Library board of directors decided September 12 to permit homeless patrons who receive mail at a shelter or elsewhere to check out as many books as any other patrons. The decision followed a class action lawsuit filed in July by the Legal Assistance Corporation of Central Massachusetts and the American Civil Liberties Union, charging that the library?s borrowing policies were unfairly restricting access for residents who live in homeless shelters....

We the People Bookshelf theme is the ?Pursuit of Happiness?

Part of the National Endowment for the Humanities We the People initiative, the Bookshelf is a grant program created to encourage young people to read and understand great literature while exploring themes in American history. This year?s theme is the ?Pursuit of Happiness.? In spring 2007, NEH and ALA will select 2,000 libraries to receive the Bookshelf....

Small-town WWII letters collection goes to LC
As the town?s unofficial historian, Virginia Hoare always knew the contributions Seneca, Missouri, gave to the World War II war effort. Now, because of her, a rich compilation of Seneca soldiers? and sailors? letters and pictures, as well as a treasure of other 1940s tidbits with a local flair, have recently landed a place in scrapbook form at the Library of Congress....
Neosho (Mo.) Daily News, Sept. 18

Rural Kansas public libraries survive, but just barely
Because of declining population and a tiny property tax base, one-third of the 54 libraries that are part of the Central Kansas Library System can?t raise enough tax revenue to pay a librarian to work just 10 hours a week. The key to survival for small libraries, said James Swan, administrator of the Great Bend-based system, is ?the will of the people.?...
Salina (Kans.) Journal, Sept. 3

In March, 73 senators voted for the Arlen Specter/Tom Harkin amendment that provided an additional $7 billion for education and related programs in the FY2007 budget resolution. However, the Senate Appropriations Committee reported out a bill that is $2 billion short of the FY2005 level, ignoring the amendment. Visit ALA?s Legislative Action Center for more details.

Teen Read Week is only one month away. Be sure to register in order to get a free poster. Review ideas for displays, contests, reading lists, and programs from the TRW website.

Q. Help! With Banned Books Week approaching, a 6th-grade teacher in my school assigned her class a project of investigating why particular books have been banned. What resources are there to help me?

A. As you might guess, this is a ?Frequently Answered Question? at this time of the year . . . see the website for our answer.

Due Date:

NEILSA closed dates: 11/10, 11/23 & 24, 12/25 & 26, 1/1/2007

• September 23 - 30 - Banned Book Week
• September 27 - State Library/LSA Town Meeting (Waterloo Art and Rec Center) ER & KD
• September 30 - Cataloging Supplement report due at SLI
• October 3 - Allamakee County Library Association - 7:30 KD
• October 3 - Butler County Library Association at Parkersburg - 7:00 ER
• October 3 - Howard County Library Association at Cresco - 7:00 DL
• October 11 - 13 - ILA Annual Conference in Council Bluffs ER & KD
• October 15 - 21 Teen Read Week
• October 17 - Readlyn, Bremer Co. meeting - 7:30 DL
• October 17 - Clayton County Meeting 7:00 Gutenberg KD
• October 17 - Buchanan County Meeting Independence 7:00 ER
• October 23 - Grundy Co. meeting, 9 a.m. in Grundy Center
• October 27 -- Arlington 09:30 Fayette County Meeting KD
• 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 KD
• November 16 2007 9:30 Fayette County Meeting West Union KD
• November 13 - 19 - Children's Book Week
• November 23 & 24 NEILSA Closed for Thanksgiving
• December 25 & 26 NEILSA Closed for Christmas

The State Library's 2006 calendar http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/

Traffic Counter available on loan from the NEILSA
Experts agree that accurately counting patron traffic with a people counter is the way you can make sound strategic decisions. With help from a Sensource counter, your library can easily evaluate staffing needs, hours and more. With hard data you can be confident that your decisions are based on facts not guesswork.

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.

LIBRARY SERVICE AREA BOARD Meeting
The public is encourged and welcome to attend.

NEXT NEILSA Board meeting: Nov. 13, 2006 2:00 p.m., Clermont Public Library

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