Laurie, I got your message about postponing the weeding session. Why don't you just give us a couple of dates convenient for you and we'll check our calendar. Right now, Mar 1 is the only date I know that would not be good. Thanks. Mary J ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurie Mahaffey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 8:04 AM Subject: Texas Public Library Annual Report
> (From Wendy Clark at the Texas State Library) > > Public Libraries will be receiving a packet with printed instructions and > the username/password necessary to complete the Texas Public Library Annual > Report in the mail from the Texas State Library. The mailing will take place > late this week so libraries should begin receiving the packets early next > week. The instructions (below) are only a very partial list of things > librarians need to remember when completing the annual report. Several of > the regional systems are conducting training in the next weeks. Please plan > to attend these training opportunities. > When reviewing the instructions in the packet, librarians will see that we > are directing them to the Texas State Library website rather than the CD-ROM > or libraryplace.com website they may have used in the past. > > A brief overview of the Texas Public Library Annual Report Survey Process: > 1. The Annual report form is found > at:http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/pubs/pls/index.html > <http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/pubs/pls/index.html> > > 2. Then click on Submit your 2001 Texas Public Library Annual Report Form > here! </ld/pubs/arsma/index.html> > 3. Then, click on http://collect.informata.com/ > <http://collect.informata.com/> > 4. Log-in using your assigned username and password from the Texas State > Library packet > 5. Print out the instructions and review them > 6. Print out the survey form with the library's answers from last year. > > File this report with the library's 'important papers'. Please note: It is > possible that the librarian will find modifications in the report from what > they originally submitted. The Texas State Library may have modified the > report in order to meet our reporting requirements. If you library did not > report to the Texas State Library last year, you may only find a basic > number of the answers pre-filled. > > 7. Review the answers from last year. If the answers remain the same, you do > not need to type anything in the 'cell' or box next to the question. Every > data entry box must be complete before the survey is submitted to the state > library. If the question does not apply, the Librarian should enter not > applicable-- "N/A"-- in the box. Librarians can use the 'tab' key on their > computer keyboard to move within each section. > > 8. If the answer is different, please type in the new answer and > explain why the answer is different in the note pad (it looks like a piece > of paper off to the side of the answer box or 'cell'). The librarian will > use the notepad whenever their answer is significantly different than what > they reported to the Texas State Library the previous year or if the answer > they provide generates an "Edit Check" . > To use the notepad: Click on the notepad icon next to the question. Your > notes will be included with your responses on the annual report survey. > > 9. If the librarian is unsure what is meant by a question, they should > click the question number for an explanation. Questions which appear in dark > red are totaled from your input. In order to get the new totals you must > click Update. You cannot change these totals, except by changing the initial > answer. > > 10. Whether any of the librarian's answers changes or not, the librarian > must click 'update' at the bottom of each page as well as the final page of > the report so that the report is received by us. Please remember to print > out the survey before submitting and 'locking' it. > 11. If the library is a member of one of the ten regional library > systems or is seeking initial membership into one of the systems: please > remember to complete your system membership application and send that in, too. > > Please contact your System Coordinator or myself (Wendy Clark, TSL) should > you have any questions. > > > > --------------------------------------------- > 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 > --------------------------------------------- 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
