The CTLS Bulletin Calendar of Events and News You Can Use from the Central Texas Library System October 2001, Number 20
The CTLS Bulletin is distributed every other month, alternating with The CTLS Newsletter. The CTLS Bulletin is mailed to all subscribers of The CTLS Newsletter and sent by e-mail to CTLS-L. The CTLS Bulletin is also available online at www.ctls.net. CALENDAR OF EVENTS October 8 - EBSCO database training - Rockdale 9 - EBSCO database training - Austin 11 - EBSCO database training - Gatesville 11 - E-Rate Teleconference - Austin, Austin Community College and College Station, Texas A&M University 13 - TLA District III Fall Meeting, Taylor 15 - Application Deadline: Grolier National Library Week Grant - $4,000 for best library promotion/public awareness campaign supporting National Library Week 15 - Application deadline: Steinbeck Centennial Library Project grants - $500 to libraries interested in hosting Steinbeck programs for a public audience 18-19 - Small Library Management Training Program - Bryan 20 - SCBWI Seminar: Falling into Children's Books - Austin 23 - Mail large print stats to CTLS 26 - EBSCO database training - Killeen 28 - E-Rate Form 486 with Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) certification due November 1 - CTLS Regional Meeting - Lampasas 2 - CTLS Regional Meeting - Dripping Springs 7 - CTLS Regional Meeting - Pflugerville 8 - CTLS Regional Meeting - LaGrange 9 - CTLS Regional Meeting - Fairfield 12 - Veterans Day - CTLS and ILL closed 15 - Application deadline: Live!@the Library - up to $2,000 for libraries to present appearances by literary, visual, and performing artists 16 - Application deadline: FOLUSA/HarperCollins Publishers Award - $10,000 to a small public library Friends group for community & volunteer involvement 22-23 - Thanksgiving Holiday - CTLS and ILL closed December 1 - Application deadline: Summerlee Foundation - up to $25,000 to research, promote, and document all facets of Texas history 1 - Application deadline: The EBSCO (ALA) Conference Sponsorship - $1,000 to attend the American Library Association Annual Conference 1 - Large Print Circuit rotates - send books to your partner library 6 - Application deadline: Laubach Literacy's National Book Scholarship Fund: $500-$7,000 of books and materials for local literacy programs 24-25 - Christmas Holiday - CTLS and ILL closed NEWS YOU CAN USE CTLS Regional Meetings Plan to attend a regional meeting with your library's lay representative where we will discuss the components of the 2004-2005 biennial budget. There are five regional meetings in the System: * November 1 in Lampasas * November 2 in Dripping Springs * November 7 in Pflugerville * November 8 in LaGrange * November 9 in Fairfield All the meetings will be held in the libraries; registration begins at 8:30 a.m. The meetings begin at 9:00 a.m. and will end promptly at noon. Online Registration for Meetings and Workshops A new feature of the CTLS Web site is online registration for CTLS meetings and workshops. When you receive a flyer for one of our meetings or workshops, you can go to the CTLS home page and click on workshops or type in the URL www.ctls.net/document/wssignup.htm to sign up for CTLS meetings and workshops. It's the fastest, easiest way to sign up - try it and see! TLA District III Meeting If you are a member of the Texas Library Association, you won't want to miss the TLA District III Fall Meeting on Saturday, October 13 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Taylor City Hall Auditorium at 400 Porter St. In the morning, Christine McNew will present Internet Resources for Homework for Grades K-12, Olga Weiss will reflect on Being a Solo Librarian, and Beverly Shirley will discuss Online Databases for Public, School and Academic Librarians. Texas State Library and Archives Director Peggy Rudd will speak at the luncheon, and Sheila Phillips will do some Afternoon Storytelling. This is a wonderful way to network and get continuing education credit toward your county librarian certification as well as counting as workshops for collection development grants from the System. You should have received a registration flyer in September. If you didn't get one, or if you'd like to join TLA, you can call their office in Austin at 800-580-2852 or 512-328-1518. Grant Applications Available for the John Steinbeck Centennial Applications are available for The Steinbeck Centennial Project, which offers $500 grants to libraries to present public programs on the life and work of John Steinbeck (1902-1968). To obtain a grant application or apply online, please visit www.Steinbeck100.org. The postmark deadline for applications is October 15, 2001. Free E-Rate Teleconference The Virginia Department of Education is offering a FREE two-hour satellite teleconference for state, regional, and local E-Rate coordinators on October 11, 2001, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., Central Standard Time. More information about the content of the teleconference can be found at www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/workshops/videoconferences/2001/oct11.html. The conference will be available at two sites in the CTLS area - in Austin at Austin Community College Highland Business Center and in College Station at Texas A&M University. Anyone who is involved with the E-rate application for your library should attend. E-Rate Form 486 Due Libraries receiving a Year 4 E-Rate funding commitment letter by October 28 must file a Form 486 with a Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) certification by October 28, 2001. If you have questions contact Texas State Library and Archives Commission Technology Consultant Marilyn Johnson by phone at 512-463-6624 or by e-mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Grolier National Library Week Grant Apply for the Grolier National Library Week Grant. Your library could win $4,000. The 2002 theme is: "@your library," which is also the theme for the American Library Association's five-year, national public education campaign to speak loudly and clearly about the value of libraries and librarians in the 21st century. Applications are due October 15, 2001. The application and guidelines are on the ALA Web site at www.ala.org/pio/nlw/grolierapp.html. Teen Read Week Teen Read Week is October 14-20, 2001. This year's theme is "Make Reading a Hobbit" and celebrates the popularity of fantasy literature with teens. Posters, bookmarks, buttons, and more are available through ALA Graphics. Tips for planning, promoting, and presenting Teen Read Week activities are on ALA's Web site at www.ala.org/teenread. New Books in the Professional Collection * Educator's Guide to FREE Films, Filmstrips, and Slides - Educators Progress Service, Inc. * Statistical Report - Public Library Data Service * Story Programs - A Source Book of Materials, 2nd edition - Peterson, Carolyn Sue and Anne D. Fenton, revised and edited by Stephani Koorey * StoryCraft - 50 Theme-Based Programs Combining Storytelling, Activities and Crafts for Children in Grades 1-3 - Simpson, Martha Seif and Lynne Perrigo. * Super Simple Storytelling - A Can-Do Guide for Every Classroom, Every Day - Haven, Kendall Subscribing to CTLS-L The best way to keep informed of important events and opportunities in the Central Texas Library System is to subscribe to CTLS-L. CTLS-L can help us share skills, ideas, information, and questions, so that we can work together more effectively to meet the library needs of the people of central Texas. The consultants here in the System office post critical information on CTLS-L as well as including the information in CTLS mailings, so CTLS-L subscribers often know about important events sooner than those who depend on conventional mail. Information from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission is forwarded to CTLS-L by the System consultants, and the discussions initiated by members are informative and lively. There are even occasional offers of free gently used books or other small items that are only offered on the list. In order to subscribe to CTLS-L, send to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message type: subscribe ctls-l, <your e-mail address>, <your full name>. Do not include the brackets, but DO include the comma and space. In order to un-subscribe to CTLS-L, send to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message type: unsubscribe ctls-l. No name is necessary. Large Print Deposit Collection Exchange If your library keeps a Deposit Collection of large print books, this is a good time to exchange them. Your patrons will have new deposit books for the holiday reading season. There are some Christmas stories, and we have several mystery, romance and western series available as well as classic general fiction and nonfiction. If you would like to exchange your deposit packet, or if you would like to get a deposit collection for your library, please call the System office at 800-262-4431 or 512-974-7488. New Telephone Exchange for CTLS Some of you may already be aware that the exchange in the telephone numbers in the System office changed on August 11. The new exchange is 974 instead of 499. The area code and the rest of the numbers have not changed. The 499-exchange will work until January 1, 2002. Printing funded with a grant from the Texas State Library through the Texas Library Systems Act and the Library Services and Technology Act. --------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Include in body: unsubscribe ctls-l For information on CTLS-L please visit: http://www.ctls.net/document/ctls-l.htm
