Find out what RFID is, if you need it and how it works. Explore the basics, risks, security and benefits of this technology in your library.

Visit the following website for more information: www.lyponline.com

Classes, available both in-person and online, are free of charge. Visit the following link for more information: Classes Offered by NN/LM MAR Staff

The grant information can be found at nnlm.gov.  Currently the MicroAwards and Exhibit Awards are open and available. The deadline is April 30, 2008.

Applicants must be members of the network but membership is free and signing up is simple and straightforward.

If you have any questions, please contact:

Kathel Dunn
Associate Director
National Network of Libraries of Medicine
Middle Atlantic Region
New York University Medical Center
423 East 23rd Street, Floor 15 South
New York, NY 10010
Phone: 212.263.4197
Fax: 212.263.4258
Email: dunn@library.med.nyu.edu

The deadline for applications is Monday, December 3.  All applications must be submitted online prior to the deadline in order to be considered.  Visit www.pla.org for applications and additional information.

The applicant must plan and present an outline for a theme-based summer reading program in a public library. The Committee encourages proposals with innovative ways to encourage involvement of children with physical or mental disabilities.

ALSC/BWI Reading Program Grant Opportunity

Take a look at the news story above.  The National Endowment for the Arts just released a study, To Read or Not to Read, that displays some startling statistics about American reading habits.  Check out this article and the complete study for the impact of reading on teens, employers, and our society as a whole.

Visit the following site for additional information: www.oclc.org

Read the article about the Kindle, a new ebook with e-ink and integrated wireless for downloads right to your book. 

How might this impact library service in the future? 

The program will be at the Stern Center on the Dickinson College Campus on Thursday, November 29 at 7:00 pm.  Refreshments will be provided during a book signing from 7:00 – 7:30 pm.  The program will begin at 7:30 pm.

Lars Anderson is a Sports Illustrated staff writer and a graduate of Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism.  His beats are NASCAR and college football.  Several hundred articles are indexed in Power Library/Ebsco.  He is also the author of The All Americans.  He lives with his wife in Birmingham, Alabama.

Lars Anderson Flyer
Additional Information
Stern Center Directions

Please contact Linda Rice if you have any questions.

Linda K. Rice, Director
Bosler Memorial Library
158 W. High Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
717-243-4642 (voice)
717-243-8281 (fax)
lrice@ccpa.net

The December 12, 2007 workshop will be held at the Easton Area Public Library.
Directions can be found on their website: Easton Area Public Library Directions

Additional information can be found on this flyer:
WebJunction Spanish Outreach Workshop

NOTE: Deadline for the Easton Area Public Library workshop is November 30, 2007.

Visit the following site to register: Spanish Outreach Workshops

The December 3, 2007 workshop will be held at the Grove Family Library in Chambersburg. Directions can be found on their website: Grove Family Directions

Additional information can be found on this flyer:
WebJunction Spanish Outreach Workshop

NOTE: Deadline for the Grove Family Library workshop is November 26, 2007.

Visit the following site to register: Spanish Outreach Workshops

The November 28, 2007 workshop will be held at the Berks County Library System.

Additional information can be found on this flyer:
WebJunction Spanish Outreach Workshop

NOTE: Deadline for the Berks County workshop is November 19, 2007.

Visit the following site to register: Spanish Outreach Workshops

Individuals nominated may be chosen from any facet of library services to children. The designee may be a practicing librarian in a public or school library, a library or information science educator, a member of the library press, or an editor or other employee of a publishing house. The individual may be active or retired or retired and active!

Visit the following link for additional information and nomination form:
Distinguished Service Award

The deadline for receipt of the nominations is December 3rd.

Feel free to contact Steven Herb, Distinguished Service Award Committee Chair, with any questions.  He can be reached by phone: 814.863.2141 or email: slh18@psu.edu, sherb@dom.edu.

What is a Federated Search Engine and How Does it Work?For the past several months, Access PA and POWER Library have alerted you to the statewide WebFeat Enterprise federated search system currently being implemented by HSLC/Access PA and the POWER Library, with the guidance and support of Commonwealth Libraries. What is a federated search engine and how can it work best for you? To help answer these questions, you might want to take a few minutes to perform a literature search for federated search engine using the POWER Library resources available to you. Under General Reference in the POWER Library interface, we selected EBSCOhost. In the EBSCOhost interface, we searched for federated search engine in the following databases: Professional Development Collection, ERIC, Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts, and the Teacher Reference Center, which resulted in 16 articles, some of which are available in full-text. NOTE: Academic and Special Collection Libraries may access these resources under the Search Other Resources link on the Access PA website.

You might find the following full-text articles of particular interest in helping to understand federated search engines:

F*****ED Searchers? The Debate about Federated Search Engines. By: Fahey, Sue. Feliciter, 2007, Vol. 53 Issue 2, p62-63.

What We’ve Learned FROM DOING Usability Testing ON OPENURL RESOLVERS AND FEDERATED SEARCH ENGINES. By: Cervone, Frank. Computers in Libraries, Oct2005, Vol. 25 Issue 9, p10-14.

Libraries Online: Competing with Search Engines. By: Yahe, Paula. Media &Methods, Jan/Feb2005, Vol. 41 Issue 4, p4-5.

Thoughts About Federated Searching. By: Jacss, Piter. Information Today, Oct2004, Vol. 21 Issue 9, p17-20.

Nancy Pearl, NPR Commentator and Award-Winning Librarian
2:00 – 4:00 pm
Friday, November 16
Mt. Lebanon Public Library
16 Castle Shannon Blvd.
Pittsburgh, PA 15228-2252
Meeting Room A

This multi-district continuing education Readers’ Advisory workshop with Nancy Pearl will provide 2 hours of CE credit.

Cost per person is $12.

Additional sponsors to date include Friends of Mt. Lebanon Public Library; Pittsburgh District Library Center; Monessen District Library; Citizens Library, Washington, PA; Washington District Library Center; Allegheny County Library Association; Ligonier Valley Library; and EBSCOhost.

Please print the attached flier, sending your check and registration payable to Mt. Lebanon Public Library (find address above).

Workshop Flier

Registration deadline is Tuesday, November 13.

Questions?
Contact Cynthia K. Richey or Julie Mareino by phone: 412-531-1912 or email: events@mtlebanonlibrary.org

The online forms are accessible at the Bibliostat Collect Website. The plans and achievement forms, which are required in order for a library/system to receive state aid, provide invaluable information for making the case for future support for libraries.

The Due Date to the District Library Consultant is November 19, 2007, and the deadline to Commonwealth Libraries is December 3, 2007. They must receive the signature pages and any other enclosures by that date in order to insure timely payment of state aid.

A printout with final local financial effort figures and the amount of the January state aid payment will be mailed to each state-aided local library and system headquarters in December. In the meantime, the projected state aid amount for each independent local library and each library system can be found at the Office of Commonwealth Libraries’ website.

Local libraries that are members of a library system should wait for instructions from their system headquarters before filling out the forms online. District Library Centers should not include their district aid in the plan. The total state aid payment projection is based on the 2007-2008 state aid to public libraries subsidy of $75,750,000.

A copy of the system member signature page can be found below. It is to be printed on white paper. Directions for completing the forms are also available.

System Member Signature Page
Instructions for 2007-08 Plans