Although it’s hard to believe, it’s time to begin posting your Form 470′s for Funding Year 2008! You are encouraged to file your 470′s before Thanksgiving recess which will give you all of January to evaluate your bids, sign your contracts and file your 471.

In December a list of districts that haven’t yet posted their 470′s will be sent out. If you don’t want to be on the list make sure you file soon!

To file visit: Apply for Form 470 and click on ‘Create Form 470.’

The SLD’s 470 guidance can be found at: Form 470 Guidance.

Visit the following link for additional information: Form 470 Helpful Tips

NOTE: The SLD has not yet set the FY 2008 Form 471 Filing Window Dates, but we expect the window to open in mid-November and close either the last week in January or the first week in February.

If you have any questions, please contact Julie Tritt Schell: jtschell@comcast.net

Email – Ask these questions before pressing “Send”

• Does this e-mail message make sense? Are the actions clear and do they have owners?
• Does the e-mail message meet the MPS P.A.S.S test?
  1. What is the Purpose of this communication?
  2. What Action is involved and does it have a due date?
  3. What Supporting information does the recipient need?
  4. Has the communication been effectively summarized in the Subject line?
• Is the message well-written? Is it concise while providing enough data for action to be taken or decisions made?
• Do the links in the message work? Are the attachments included?
• Is the e-mail message being sent to the correct recipients (not too many and not too few)?
• Does everyone on the To line have an action to take?
• Has the message been checked for grammar, spelling, and use of jargon?

 Think about how you would respond if any of these situations happened in your library.

Do you have a good relationship with local authorities?

What signs should you look for to call for help before a situation escalates?

 How would your staff handle a patron asking to use the library as a refugee from others who want to attack him/her?

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Saturday, October 27 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Sunday, October 28 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
at Books by the Gross
400 Cheryl Avenue, Mechanicsburg

Visit the following link for additional information:
SIM Book Sale

Visit the following link to view their page: Matthews Public Library

For any of you who may already have a YouTube account, either your own or one for your library, please consider becoming one of their subscribers. They hope to post a new video each week on subjects such as book reviews, “how-tos” and DIY crafts and home improvements, nature videos, interviews with folks around the community, puppet shows and some of their favorite storytellers.

Please join us in the the Whitaker Center’s Sunoco Performance Center from 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm on October 22, 2007.

You may register for this program by email: tewitmer@state.pa.us, phone: 717-783-1639, or fax: 717-787-9067. Please be sure to include your name, title, telephone number, email address, and the name of the organization you represent.

View the following document for additonal information and the agenda:
Whitaker Center Invite

This workshop will be held Monday, October 22 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the East Shore Area Library in their Gates Computer Lab.

This workshop, presented by Kief Schladweiler, Coordinator of Cooperating Collections, the Foundation Center, will offer tips and suggestions on how best to identify funding sources, highlighting the electronic and print electronic resources available for your use (free of charge) at the East Shore Area Library.

Please view the following document for additional information:
Basic Grant Seeking Workshop

You will also have an opportunity to meet John Miller, Reference Librarian, who now oversees the Cooperating Collection for the Dauphin County Library System.

View the following excel document for the reference and circulating Grants Collection materials housed at the East Shore Area Library:
Grants Collection

View the following document for additional information:
2008 Thomas Gale Award

The conference will be held at the newly expanded Free Library of Northampton Township in Richboro, Bucks County. The library is located at 25 Upper Holland Road in Richboro, PA 18954-1514. The branch can be reached by phone at 215-357-3050.

The topic will be: “Managing Change“

The speakers will include: Kelly Krieg-Sigman, Executive Director, LaCrosse Public Library, LaCrosse, Wisconsin; Jennifer Nace, Reference and Instruction Librarian, Penn State’s Worthington Scranton campus; and Alexia Hudson, Reference Librarian, Penn State Great Valley.

The following PDF file has the agenda, directions and registration information:
SEPLA Brochure

Mary M. Maguire
District Consultant Librarian
610.278.5100 x124

Please view the following document for the Announcement information and Registration form:
Keystone Pre-Application Information

A hard copy should be mailed to each municipality and state-aided public library within the State in early October.

Note: There all 3 available workshops, the event date is for the workshop taking place in Harrisburg.

View the following document for further information:
PANO-Nonprofit Congress