NW LSA Last Board Meeting 6/28/11

NORTHWEST IOWA LIBRARY SERVICES
Board Meeting

June 28, 2011

Location:      Sioux City Public Library      Time:  9:30AM NOTE CHANGE OF START TIME

                   First Floor Gleeson Room                       

529 Pierce Street (712-255-2939 NWILS office number)  

                        Sioux City, IA.    

                       

Agenda:

I.            Call to Order

II.          Agenda Approval

III.     Minutes Approval of 5-24-2011

IV.       Bill Approval

A.    Checks Dispersed 5-31-2011 / 6-15-2011 / 6-30-2011              

V.       Public Comment       

VI.      Correspondence

VII.     Unfinished Business

A.    Support Service Reorganization / Legislation

1.     Report From Mary Wegner

2.     Transition Activity-to-Date Northwest LSA

B.    Unresolved Transition Issues

1.     Office Space—Sioux City PL and Other Locations

2.     Health Insurance

3.     Employment & Service to Libraries After July 1^st

VIII.   New Business

A.    Naming Banking Institution

B.    Naming Auditing Firm

C.    NWILS Budget Development FY2011-—2012

                                    1.  Review Current Budget Line Items

                                    2.  Review Year-End Projections

                                    3.  Service Contract with SCPL

                                    4.  Salary Discussion

                                    5.  Administrator Employment Contract

                                    6.  Provisional Bridge Contracts

                                    7.  Adopt New Operating Budget for FY2011—2012  

D.   Upcoming in Des Moines

E.   Calendar Highlights: New Director Orientations / Visits (Cleghorn)  Local Board Presentations (Early—hiring process for new director) NWILS Staff & SPC Projects (Laurens and Cherokee—WILBOR presentations for the public) Additional Meetings / Presentations (Transition Team meeting Sioux City; TICL Conference Storm Lake; NWILS Board meeting Sioux City)    

IX.       Reports:   TICL Conference @ Storm Lake  

X.        Upcoming Meetings:  Board typically does not meet in July;

                     summer/fall meeting dates pending    

XI.       Adjourn

March LYRASIS Webinars - Mark Your Calendars!

          The following are the live, online classes which will be brought to you in early March by LYRASIS. For class times, fees and other information (including links to registration), please visit http://www.lyrasis.org/Classes-and-Events/Search.aspx to search for any of the below or for another class of interest to you. Please keep an eye out for our weekly discount codes as part of our educational stimulus program and save when you register for certain classes.

LYRASIS Preservation classes are funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access.

Blogs for Libraries     

3/01/11

When Do I Need a New Record for a Book?      

3/01/11 - 3/02/11

Preservation of Photographic Materials     

3/01/11 - 3/02/11

Management 101: Human Resources     

3/01/11

Developing a Diaster Plan     

3/02/11 - 3/16/11

Introduction to Preservation   

3/02/11 - 3/16/11

Host an Awesome Gaming Event     

3/03/11

20 Questions: Science Resources    

3/03/11

Emergency 911: Decision Making for Managers    

3/03/11

Advocacy: Public Officials     

3/03/11

Establishing Emergency Response Networks for Cultural Collections    

3/08/11

Introducing RDA: 2, Resource Description      

3/08/11 - 3/09/11

Management 101: Budgeting and Policy Making     

3/08/11

Understanding FRBR for RDA and Beyond      

3/09/11 - 3/10/11

Cataloging for Non-Catalogers   

3/09/11

Mass Digitization Collaborative Information Session    

3/10/11

Archive Preservation    

3/10/11 - 3/24/11

Advocacy: The Media     

3/10/11

Online Cataloging Resources and Tools   

3/11/11

Library Mashups: Exploring New Ways to Deliver Library Data  

3/15/11 - 3/16/11

Caring for Originals during Scanning Projects    

3/15/11

Status Discarded: The Who, What, and How of Weeding     

3/16/11

OCLC Connexion Client Copy Cataloging Skills    

3/17/11 - 3/18/11

FRBR, FRAD and FRSAD: A New Model for Cataloging     

3/17/11

Preservation and Salvage of Audiovisual Materials      

3/17/11

LibraryThing for Libraries and You   

3/18/11

Spring 2011 Public Library Management 1 Classes

The Spring 2011 Public Library Management 1 class is now in the CE catalog and ready for registration. Click here for info and to register:  http://tinyurl.com/4bjfjg4

Sarah Willeford, Director of the Kirkendall Public library in Ankeny, will teach. Class will run April 7 through May 26; the first class will be held in-person at the Pleasant Hill Public Library, and the seven remaining meetings will be online.

Because the majority of classes will be online, headphones and a microphone are required.

PLM 1 will be offered again in Summer 2011, and PLM 2 will be offered in Fall 2011.

Teen Tech Week Coming Up In March

          Time to starting planning how your library might become part of Teen Tech Week, March 6-12.  Teen Tech Week is a national initiative aimed at teenagers, librarians, educators, and parents highlighting electronic resources provided by libraries for those same audiences.

             This year’s theme is “Mix and Mash @ Your Library.”  The idea behind the theme is to encourage teens to express their creativity by combining music, movies, writing, and storytelling to create their own online content.  Then share what they create with others using collaborative web tools.

             Don’t be daunted by the theme: the smartest way to approach Teen Tech Week programming is to bring teens into the planning.  And planning is made easier by using the materials available at the YALSA website (Young Adult Library Services Association)  All sorts of graphics, programming ideas, and promo materials are waiting for you there www.ala.org/yalsa to mix and mash!

Teen Tech Week Coming In March

         Time to starting planning how your library might become part of Teen Tech Week, March 6-12.  Teen Tech Week is a national initiative aimed at teenagers, librarians, educators, and parents highlighting electronic resources provided by libraries for those same audiences.

             This year’s theme is “Mix and Mash @ Your Library.”  The idea behind the theme is to encourage teens to express their creativity by combining music, movies, writing, and storytelling to create their own online content.  Then share what they create with others using collaborative web tools.

             Don’t be daunted by the theme: the smartest way to approach Teen Tech Week programming is to bring teens into the planning.  And planning is made easier by using the materials available at the YALSA website (Young Adult Library Services Association)  All sorts of graphics, programming ideas, and promo materials are waiting for you there www.ala.org/yalsa to mix and mash!

A Post-Conference Story

          This piece comes from Jennifer Byers at Sibley Public Library.  Jennifer attended the Iowa Library Association Conference this past October, having won a travel stipend from Northwest LSA.  Jennifer relates one of her favorite sessions was about Google Tools.  “…I didn’t realize how many different programs and features are associated with Google.  Besides the search engine that everyone knows about, there’s also Google Calendar,  Docs, Sites,  Talk, and so much more…”  

 

           And as a direct result of attending this ILA program, Jennifer added a Google Calendar to Sibley Library’s website.  “…it’s color coded for each staff member and also includes a reservation schedule for our meeting room—very cool.”  The power of conferences past, present, and future—it’s lifelong learning!  Thanks to Jennifer for contributing this piece to EYE-OPENER!