Happy (?) Banned Books Week
Surveys Beginning…
Watch for several very quick surveys coming to your email box soon. We’re eager for our new fiscal year to start and we’ll need to get your input on a variety of topics and get commitment for participation in our projects.
Courier this survey must be completed for each library expecting a subsidy from NETLS. Libraries not completing the survey will NOT be subsidized by NETLS. Complete by September 3.
Remember the NETLS NEWS list is open to all library supporters. Register here for our lists (or just ask to be added)… also most NETLS News emails are archived on the NETLS Director blog.
From the TWDL Project
JobNow access continues through August 31!
contact us for login information
MARC records for training disks provided through TWDL project are available upon request.
Cataloging provided by LLIBS. Thank you!
¶TWDL Successes?
If your library and library users are using TWDL.org for Job Hunting and Computer resources *and* you or your patrons are willing to be interviewed for public service announcements, talk to Connie. Other promotional materials for TWDL are near the bottom of this page.
netls Tweets
Get your plans in -- Loan Star Libraries FY2011 Awards - Texas State Library
NETLS Courier participation survey ends September 3. Participation required for NETLS stipend.
Google Voice Telephone Booths Coming to an Airport or College Near You http://t.co/APjR7np via @mashabletech @mashable
If your library Tweets, let us know and we’ll add you to our list!
Your RDA Lesson… Contributed by Dennis Quinn, Cataloger, Duncanville Public Library
Lesson #2 RDA THE WEMI MODEL
Imagine you're holding something that can be checked out at your library. A printed book, a music CD, an audiobook, a DVD movie, a magazine, anything. Whatever it is that you're imagining, it is more complex than you might think. A lot of people helped create it, and it is most likely connected in some way to many other things or ideas. When we catalog this thing, RDA encourages us to describe as much as we can about what it is, where it came from, and what other things it's related to.
It also asks us to think of our many "things" (or “information objects”) in a different way than we may be used to thinking of them, using something called the WEMI model. WEMI stands for Work, Expression, Manifestation, Item - the four levels at which information objects exist and can be described. The Work is the most abstract level, where description is the most general, and Item is the most concrete level, where description is the most specific. The other two (Expression and Manifestation) fall in between. This may be a little confusing at first, but in the next few issues of NETLS NEWS, we’ll take a closer look at the WEMI model, starting at the bottom with the Item level and making our way up to the Work level.
FEEDBACK?
If your library users, library, Friends or Foundation has something to brag about, do it here! We always want to know about successes and struggles.
Let us know when there is something we’ve offered (consulting, continuing education, projects, or just information) that resulted in success or a story of personal accomplishment.
We love to have your stories when we talk to funders about budgets and your stories help us plan when we know what did or didn’t work.
Summer Reading Club .. Have YOUR Say..
By September 15
2010 Texas Reading Club Evaluation Form
2010 Texas Teens Read! Evaluation Form
Place your 2011 supply orders now. Your 2010 order may be reviewed here.
Buddy Up
FREE READER’S GUIDES – Grapes of Wrath
The Tyler Public Library has materials remaining from their recent One Book event. If your book club or library can use a box (250 guides) of the 16 page guides contact Chris Albertson in Tyler, library@tylertexas.com
Capital Grants from The Kresge Foundation The Kresge Foundation is a $3.1 billion private, national foundation that seeks to influence the quality of life for future generations through its support of nonprofit organizations in six fields of interest: health, the environment, community development, arts and culture, education and human services. Review their website for more information, note the request that questions are sent to the Grants Inquiry Coordinator.
3rd annual 5K Fun Run, Walk, or Crawl on September 18th is sponsored by Friends of the Pittsburg Camp County Public Library. Information and registration forms are on this Facebook page.
Cute Idea -- Faux Poe Contest
An activity that is part of the Orange County (NY) Big Read project
Write some original poetry in the style of Edgar Allan Poe! Submit your entries (up to 5 poems per person) by October 11 for a chance to win valuable prizes. Winning poems will capture Poe's tone, form, themes and other poetic elements. Each entry must be signed and state the entrant's name and date of birth (age brackets will be used to determine winners). Only Chester residents are eligible to enter. Winners will be announced by October 31st.
Event Location: Chester Public Library, Chester, NY, 10918
2010 Ezra Jack Keats Foundation Library Mini-grants
The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation Mini-grant Program awards funds to programs that encourage literacy and creativity in children. Applications are due September 15.
..On the cheap..
Suzanne Moore in Mineola reports success with BookMooch. Items not needed in the library collection are offered to readers/libraries via the website. Points are earned when items are sent to others. The points can then be used toward “purchase” of materials offered by other participants.
From a recent post to the ARSL and PubLib lists:
I have been able to obtain free yearly subscriptions for my public library to magazines like Smart Money, Glamour, Seventeen, Parents, Conde Nast Traveler, Country Living, Siempre Mujer, Martha Stewart Living, Oprah, Allure, Ready Made (and many others).
I set up a personal account at www.mycokerewards.com and enter codes from Coke products. My storytime moms bring me bottlecaps (3 points) and the little cardboard pieces that detach from refrigerator packs (10 points or 25 points, depending on the size of the pack).
When I have enough points for a yearly subscription (between 100 and 300 points for most magazines; not difficult to attain), I enter my library's address information as the destination for delivery....it works as a gift subscription. There are no shipping costs or associated fees.
Google Voice -- Free calls from your computer to telephones
Google Voice offers the ability of a computer user to call toll free throughout the US and Canada. Users install a small program, and use a computer headset with microphone to place the call to any number. The program also offers international calling and can convert voice messages to text, and permits forwarding of your existing phone numbers to the service. See the Google Voice summary here. (Google also offers free Gmail [I highly recommend Gmail] and chat, either text or voice.)
Opportunity to Serve. .. ILL/Courier Working Group Call for Nominations
TexShare working groups are the heart of TexShare. Only individuals from TexShare member libraries are eligible to serve on TexShare Working Groups. Working group appointments are usually for three years.
Librarians from TexShare member institutions may nominate themselves or others. Library directors may nominate staff. All nominations must have the support of the nominee's library director. Information about TexShare governance and its roles and responsibilities is on the TexShare pages.
For more information contact sbennett@tsl.state.tx.us (512) 463-5406
Modifications to Annual Reports for 2010
If you haven’t seen it yet, watch for changes to data collection for upcoming reporting. Mailed to directors recently, if you didn’t get your letter contact Stacey Malek verify your contact information.
Communications Discounts (Budget impact for many libraries)
If you are a library director, please take the time to have your technology staffer fill out the TLA survey on the state’s telecommunications discounts. You may recall that the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) oversees the telecommunications discount program for libraries, schools, institutions of higher education, and hospitals that was created in 1995. This discount program specifies that telecommunications companies must provide certain broadband services at discounted rates. The statutory provisions governing some of these discounts are set to expire on January 1, 2012.
In order to better assess the use of the discounts for the upcoming legislative session, we invite all school, public, and academic libraries to complete a survey designed to gather data about the use and savings associated with the discount program.
Texas Telecom Discount Survey (PDF version): contains instructions and the questions that need to be answered.
TAKE THE SURVEY NOW! Please complete the survey by August 31.
HB 2128
TEX.UTIL.CODE ANN Section 57.022 et.seq. (West 1998).
This is the Public Utility Regulatory Act of 1995 relating to the regulation of telecommunications utilities, to the provision of telecommunications and related services, and to the continuation of the public Utility Commission. The legislation provides for a reduced rate for telecommunications service the commission finds is directly related to a distance learning activity that is or could be conducted by an educational institution in this state, or an information sharing program that is or could be conducted by a library in this state.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 231, Section 49, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Section 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997
Promote Your Services
Mike Baldwin, Director of the Benbrook Public Library (a taxing district) has prepared materials to illustrate the value of libraries. The materials are available from staff or in the emailed newsletter (they are in Publisher format) for you to adapt to your own use. – thank Mike when you see him!
Did you know? We’ve been able to help some of our smallest libraries migrate to LibraryWorld. It is a great hosted solution for small libraries at $395 a year. If you are looking for a low-cost solution, contact us! Visit the Hooks Public Library’s catalog.
Coming soon on a computer near you:
Free One Hour Webinars on Teen Services More information/Registration
Graphic Novels: A Gateway for Reluctant Readers
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 10-11:00 AM Central Time
Gear Up to Game!
Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 10-11AM Central Time
Programs that Will Get Teens Involved!
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 10-11:00 AM Central Time
Creating Community through Dynamic Teen Book Discussion Groups
Monday, November 8, 2010 2:30-3:30 PM Central Standard Time
Get on the bus! The Texas State Library and Archives Commission version of the Get on the Bus: Rev Up Your Reference Training is now available. This free online training opportunity is an 8 unit course, covering a vast array of reference service topics. To register and participate in the course, go HERE. The complete program provides 9 CEU/SBEC.
August Webinars listed on TSLAC Library Developments Blog
Also available: Librarian Live Podcasts
Management and Training topics
Ebsco’s free online training schedule
Mango Languages 1-2 pm. Aug 31
August 27 - September 3 Banned Books Week
August 31 Complete the Telecomm Survey
September 3 Survey responses due for NETLS courier subsidies.
September 10 Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy up to $65,000 for literacy programs for adult primary caregivers and their children.
September 14 The rural library trustee: Roles, responsibilities and relationships free webinar Information and registration Recommended for governing boards
By September 15 Respond to Summer Reading surveys
September 15 Ezra Jack Keats minigrant applications due
September 15 Texas Cultures Online digitization grant applications due
September 15 Grant applications due to Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation, Inc.
September 16 Ready, Set Go! 30 Ways to Reach Reluctant Readers in 60 Minutes, YALSA Webinar, Interested? contact Steve
September 20 Deadline for I love my librarian nominations
September 25 – October 2 Banned Book Week (resources)
September 29 E-books at the tipping point virtual e-book summit NOT FREE
September 30 Grant applications due to Dollar General to reduce waiting list times for adult literacy students
October 19 All about Grants Workshop Jacksonville 4CEUs information here
October 20 All about Grants Workshop Midlothian 4CEUs information here
November 5 Application deadline for Best Small Library in America Award
November 12 Applications due for the 2011 Better World Books/NCFL Libraries and Families
Ongoing Build A Bear literacy and education grants
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