NETLS Information & Updates 2/2/2011

It is COLD outside … note that Geographic Meetings and Summer Reading programs are ON!

Geographic Meetings –

We are offering meetings across the region to determine how NETLS can best to serve your library and patrons. The cold weather has disrupted our schedule – contact Robin to schedule a meeting in your area if you cannot attend any of these sessions:

 Maud; Thursday, February 3, 10 a.m. to noon
Maud Public Library, 134 Main Street; (903)585-5255

 Paris; Friday, February 4, 10 a.m. to noon
Paris Public Library, 326 S Main St; (903)785-8531

 Jacksonville; Tuesday, February 8, 1 to 3 p.m.
Jacksonville Public Library, 502 S Jackson St; (903)586-7664

 Richardson; Wednesday, February 9, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Richardson Public Library Downstairs Training Room, 900 Civic Center Dr; (972)744-4350

 Greenville; Friday, February 11, 2 to 4 p.m. (after the PLANT mtg)
W Walworth Harrison Public Library, 1 Lou Finney Blvd; (903)457-2992

 Winnsboro; Tuesday, February 15, 10 a.m. to noon
Winnsboro Depot Center Board Room, 100 Broadway; (903)342-6866 (library phone)

It is wintery here so -- Plan that Summer Program Now

¶Kim Lehman is back! Sign up now to join Kim for tricks, tips and support for planning and executing your summer reading programs. Sign up now!

Kim has extensive experience with the Texas Summer Reading Club and will share her techniques with you:

February 3 in Tyler (Yes, the library is open!)

February 4 in Plano

All workshops are 9 to 3

In addition to these in-person programs, Kim presented these one hour webinars available through the archive:

Go Global and Stay Connected with Texas Teens Read! 2011

· View the Archived Webinar

· View the PowerPoint Slides (PPT)

· View the PowerPoint Slides (PDF)

Dig Up a Good Book for Your 2011 Summer Reading Program

• View the Archived Webinar
• View the PowerPoint Slides
• View the PowerPoint Slides (PDF)

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Tweet, Tweet – a little birdie told me… NETLS tweets

• Use libraries and learn stuff: "Men of Britain..." http://t.co/uJg9hsv ~~ Attractive advocacy posters ~~
• Librarians are awesome http://bit.ly/hndFuA ~~ A nice boost! Thank YOU, Wil Wheaton -- blogger, author, and Wesley Crusher (Star Trek)~~
• Evanced Solutions offers Summer Reader templates with Texas Reading Club 2011 theme. http://t.co/OmF3rSO ~~ Should simplify lives ~~
• A Storybook Proposal http://t.co/GhXBgHu ~~ I hope they live happily ever after ~~~
• Curious child -> Library -> Astronaut/Physicist Via @nprnews: Astronaut's Brother Recalls A Man Who Dreamed Big | http://t.co/9ZO7Wde
• ~~Go Rains County! Emory group recognized second for second year.~~ Friends of Libraries Week Awards | American Lib Mag http://t.co/MaLappx
• Two Friends groups win ALTAFF's National Friends of Libraries Week Awards | American Lib Mag http://t.co/wY4LNuZ. ~~ Congrats ENNIS ! ~~
• TXLA Latest numbers - 1500 senders, 6200+ msgs, and only 4 House districts w/o a msg - let's cover the state b4 the wkend- http://bit.ly/fNuck9
• Digital Book World: E-Books and Libraries? No Problem, Panel Says http://t.co/Ug0vFV7 ~~Do you agree?
• Library offering free computer classes this week http://shar.es/3m2xN ~~Nice article, computer trainer scheduled by NETLS & paid by TWDL.org
• The Internet Is Running Out of Space...Kind of http://t.co/HcUC4YR @mashable ~~ Just like adding new area codes ~~
• Kindles and Android and Nooks (oh my!) « Best of Publib – http://t.co/e9kEKDj ~~ Summarizes recent discussions about mobile access
• friscolibrary Hey #friscotx people, did you know about this? http://bit.ly/bt7BTx Jan 23rd via TweetDeck Retweeted by netls
• Spread the Word: There's New Evidence of Libraries' ROI | American Libraries Magazine http://bit.ly/eSIqaq
• RuralLibAssoc The ARSL Conference will be held September 8-11, 2011 in Frisco, TX. More information and early registration coming soon! arsl.info

If your library Tweets, let us know and we'll add you to our list!

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We asked for bits and brags…

See how Frisco and Plano provided information to their City Councils about their services to their communities.

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Upcoming RDA Conference
Amigos Library Services presents an online RDA @ Your Library conference

February 4, 2011. The conference approaches RDA from a variety of perspectives including vendors, early adopters, OCLC, etc.

Interested in attending? Contact Connie.

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Buddy Up

.. & On the cheap..

AudioGO (Formerly BBC Audiobooks America) is offering a 45% discount on the attached Romance & Romance Suspense Titles for all active standing order plan customers! Non standing order plan customers receive a 40% discount!

Contact: Rob Gonsalves (401) 295-3874 | (877) 492-0873 fax

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Grant Help

Check out these ideas from Movie Licensing USA about finding grant funding for public performance rights. They added tips to strengthen your application here.

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Itsy Bitsy Babies

Dr. Jim Thomas is seeking libraries in (relatively) close proximity to work with him on grant applications to offer a series of weekday morning classes introducing infants and their caregivers to very early learning activities. Dr. Thomas will conduct 4 sessions in the fall of 2011 or spring 2012 to help your library kick off the series. If you are interested in discussing this possibility please complete this brief form. We will relay your interest to Dr. Thomas on January 31, so act now.

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Save with Group Purchase

If your library plans to subscribe to the RDA Toolkit, order through LLIBS to get in on a group purchase discount.  Contact Lisa Winter for more information. 

Did you know…  Among Mobile Phone Users, Hispanics, Asians are Most-Likely Smartphone Owners in the U.S. http://t.co/v1qIkOl 

~~ Implications here for reaching people in these demographic groups.

Rural Libraries: Beefing up the Funds watch the video from ALA's District Dispatch. The session explains how USDA and IMLS funds may assist rural libraries.

Spend Grant Money

Explore the Library Development Division's blog for Grant Opportunity postings. Start with this recent post from Jennifer Peters then explore links to previous featured opportunities listed below the current post. Visit the grants lists on the Houston Area Library System website. Register for TSLAC's grants listserv.

In addition to advertised grant opportunities libraries are reporting success obtaining funds from: their local banks; railroads; electric utility; retailers; and service clubs. In some cases the local entity has funds to distribute; frequently their parent organization also provides funding from a foundation.

Grant Reviews

NETLS consultants review grant applications and make recommendations to enhance requests. Please allow staff the to provide a thorough, thoughtful review. Due to vacations scheduled with holiday time off.

American Academy of Dermatology Invites Applications for Shade Structure Grant Program Grants of up to $8,000 will be awarded to nonprofits working to provide permanent shade structures designed to provide ultraviolet ray protection for outdoor public spaces frequented by children under age 18....
Deadline: April 22, 2011

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Opportunities…share your favorites

· Schedule science exhibits through University of Texas at Dallas Contact Science Program.

· Humanities Texas mini-grants throughout the year support visiting scholars for library programming.

· The Apron Chronicles: A Patchwork of American Recollections exhibit is one of the traveling exhibits from The Women's Museum.

· Astronomy on Wheels through the Fort Worth Museum of Science and Industry provides a mobile planetarium.

· Turn your students on to SlimeKids – don't miss the book trailers.

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Coming soon on a computer near you:

Upcoming Webinars listed on TSLAC Library Developments Blog

See the listing of archived presentations. Guest access is available.

Upcoming Infopeople Webinars

Also available: Librarian Live Podcasts

Management and Training topics

Ebsco's free online training schedule

Webinar tip…

Find webinars here, too. Note some are *not* free.

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¶NETLS In-person training

The Four R's of Volunteer Management – Presenter, Mary Beth Harrington, Texas Association of Nonprofit Organizations

All workshops 9 to noon. Register here.

February 10, Texarkana

February 15, Van Alstyne

March 8, Lindale

March 10, Longview

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¶First Lady's Family Literacy Initiative for Texas Announces 2011 Grant Program
Grants of up to $50,000 will be given to Texas organizations working to implement a family literacy program; this year, grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded to organizations in the planning stages of such a program....
Deadline: March 4, 2011

AudioGO (Formerly BBC Audiobooks America) is offering a 45% discount on selected Romance & Romance Suspense Titles for all active standing order plan customers! Non standing order plan customers receive a 40% discount on these titles!

Contact: Rob Gonsalves (401) 295-3874 | (877) 492-0873 fax

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Check our CE Calendar, too….

By February 7 Deadline for most American Association of School Librarians award and grant applications

February 7 – Ballots for By-Laws elections emailed to Lay Representatives

February 16 TLA's Legislative Day (Membership not required)

February 23 – 24 Handheld Librarian Online Conference

By February 24 Dollar General grant applications due

By March 3 Applications due to Tocker Foundation 2011 TLA Travel Stipend

By April 22 Apply for sunshade grant

Below the line …

An alternative to overdue notices?

And this one is for library science student.

TexShare Update - Email addresses removed to limit spam

Dear TexShare Member Libraries:

We’ve heard from a number of libraries regarding H.B. 1 and TexShare funding. All of the TexShare and Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) staff are working hard to address your concerns and reflect our commitment to providing the library community with access to the databases they value most.

· We have funding in place this year to renew the core set of TexShare databases (www.tsl.state.tx.us/texshare/licenseagreementsfy2011.html) through June 30, 2012. The Electronic Information Working Group (EIWG) will meet soon to determine whether we should streamline this core in order to “shore up” our resources for deployment in the next biennium. Please feel free to contact TSLAC (russlene.waukechon@tsl.state.tx.us) or any member of the working group (http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/texshare/databaseworking.html) to discuss your priorities for the database program.

· Our calculations indicate that we will be able to provide a solid core of databases through the next biennium – with subscriptions running through June 30, 2014.

· Member fees will be increased only to a level that is affordable to member libraries and reflects a significant cost savings to them. The Database Cost Sharing Working Group will meet in early February. Please contact TSLAC , Ann Mason, or any member of the working group (http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/texshare/costsharingworking.html) to discuss your concerns regarding cost share.

· TSLAC has submitted a request to the Legislative Budget Board to add state (general revenue) funding of $3.3 million over the biennium to the TexShare database program. This is ranked as the commission’s highest priority. A state funding base for TexShare is vital to the long-term sustainability of the database program. If you are interested in supporting this request or in communicating with the Legislature, the Texas Library Association has resources that can assist you. (www.txla.org)

· We have also received questions regarding the courier service. We are working on funding scenarios for that service. As the situation unfolds, we’ll keep you informed.

· We look forward to continuing our support for the TexShare card program, to which we are fully committed.

Please contact me at any time with your questions and concerns.

Beverley Shirley, Division Director
Library Resource Sharing
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
(512) 463-5433 FAX (512) 936-2306

TLA - "Proposed Texas Budget Demolishes Statewide Library Programs"

We have extracted the pages of the proposed state budget addressing TSLAC, source documents are always useful. The url to the full document (>11MB pdf) is on the copy and has an error (the year 13 should be 2013) it should be
http://www.lbb.state.tx.us/LBE/2012-2013/LBE_HOUSE_2012-2013.pdf (underscores between words)


FYI– the item below is from TLA. Many of you may have already seen it. Note the statement regarding IMLS funds is a * future * consequence of the proposed budget’s lack of funds to make a match for the funds and/or MOE (maintenance of effort).

It is early in the process and things may change but “heads up”.

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Proposed Texas Budget Demolishes Statewide Library Programs

The first draft of the State's budget proposal for 2012-13 affects every statewide library program.

The proposal:

* Eliminates Loan Star Libraries (direct aid grants to public libraries)
* Eliminates all state funding for TexShare databases (replaces state funding for databases with increased fees to member libraries)
* Eliminates the K-12 Database program
* Eliminates the Library System Negotiated Grants Program (the new competitive grant program started last session for systems)
* Eliminates state funding for consulting services to libraries (program/staff based at the agency)
* Eliminates state funding for state depository program and TRAIL program
* Eliminates state funding for records management (replaces state funding with increased fees)
* Assumes an overall loss of over $8 million in IMLS funds (Note: federal funding is the source of funding for the regional library systems, the TANG program, and interlibrary loan.)
* Eliminates the Technology Allotment at TEA.


This budget shows a 99% decrease in state funding for statewide local library aid programs and a 93% state cut to library resource sharing programs at the State Library. Overall, the agency cuts amount to about a 70% cut in state funds and an all funds reduction about a third of the agency's budget.

From the perspective of investing in communities, helping kids learn, spurring job placement, and maintaining a dynamic infrastructure for research and digital literacy through our libraries, this budget completely fails the people of Texas. The proposed recommendations amount to an abdication of responsibility, vision, and leadership.

For libraries, these recommendations not only potentially destroy almost every facet of critical statewide library services; they speak to a philosophy dismissive of supporting individuals and communities.

While this budget is just the starting point for deliberations, it is a frightening portent of the potential implosion of our state's infrastructure for learning and economic development.

We must not let this stand. It is not just our funding over the next two years that is in danger -- it is the vital understanding of libraries and their role in offering education, providing meaningful and proven support to our economy and institutions of learning, and speaking to a state of vitality.

We need everyone to speak out for libraries. We need every library supporter to inundate their state representative and senator, the Governor, and the Lt. Governor with letters expressing the incredible damage these cuts would cause.We have a long and hard fight ahead of us, but it is one we must undertake.

Here is what you can do...

1) Call your state representative and senator and tell them not to cut library funding. Be prepared to make the case for your library and the impact it has on your community and students.For more information on library programs, see Issues and Taking Action.

2) Develop an awareness campaign within you community. See the "What My Library Means to Me Campaign." Start marshaling your resources and get your army of supporters mobilized for action.

3) Inform people around you -- administrators, community powerbrokers, student groups, PTAs. Show them how they can save state funding for libraries. Ask them to speak and write to elected officials.

4) Participate in Legislative Day. (There is still time to get a hotel room through tomorrow!)

5) Write letters to the editor; contact your local media about library funding.

6) Above all: show up for duty! This is a cause for each and every one of us, regardless of political affiliation. We all want the same thing - a strong Texas with strong libraries. If there was ever a time we needed library supporters to be proactive and aggressive in their support for libraries, THE TIME IS NOW.

Fight for our libraries.

Let's not undo a generation of progress!

Texas Library Association | 3355 Bee Cave Road | Suite 401 | Austin TX

Texline 265: Proposed Budget Demolishes Statewide Library Programs

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