AccessOhio to Further TOMCAT Mission

NOLA, NORWELD, OVAL, SWORL and the State Library are working cooperatively to extend the ILL process. Building on the best of each system's current process, the new program will operate in an online fashion using Internet protocols. Ease of use, timely updates and significantly lower costs are some of the benefits envisioned. The group is being chaired by Eric Anderson, Executive Director of OVAL. Eric has worked hard to build a consensus and create a group that can foster initial cooperation with possible statewide ramifications. Read an excellent summary of the project prepared by Allan Gray; Executive Director of NORWELD, for his membership.

Schools and Libraries Corp. Director Chosen

Kathleen G. Ouye, the city librarian of San Mateo has been chosen as the head of the organization charged with helping administer Universal Service in the school and library world.

1998 Online Directory of Law Reviews and Scholarly Legal Periodicals

Great new resource compiled by a law professor at the University of Mississippi.

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Kenneth S. Bell - Email
NOLA Regional Library System

Upcoming Workshops

October 2/3
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Registration starts at 8:30 a.m.) "Novell Adminstration" $295 NOLA member/$395 nonmember. Learn the basics of administering and managing a NetWare 4x network. This course teaches you how to use NetWare administrative tools to set up, manage amd use basic network services, including file systems, network printing, security and E-mail. As of 9/25, there's space for 3 more registrants. Course to be offered at NOLA Training Center, presenter: Ken Bell REGISTER

October 8 (Holiday Inn, Austinburg) or October 9 (Leo's Ristorante, Warren)
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. (Registration starts at 5:30 p.m.) "How can one board member make a difference? -- Trustee Workshop" $25 NOLA member/ $45 nonmember Mr. David Miller, presently on the State Library of Ohio, Board of Trustees, and 1995 OLC more actively. Topics covered include: dynamics of board members working together as a team, conflicts of interest, and programmatic and intellectual freedom concerns. Buffet dinner is included. REGISTER

October 10
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.) "EXCEL Workshop" $50 NOLA member/$100 nonmember During this half day workshop, participants will learn how to create and format spreadsheets, create charts, and print using EXCEL software. NOLA Training Center, presenter: Melissa Lattanzi REGISTER

KidsTech II

On Thursday, September 11, I went to KidsTech II workshop in Columbus. Among the information I learned, probably one of the most valuable sites I heard about was BCK2SKOL, Net Lessons for Librarians. BCK2SKOL, hyperlink to http://web.csd.sc.edu/bck2skol/bck2skol.html, presents a beginner's course on the Internet for librarians and other information professionals. This up-to-date website provides more than 30 lessons, which can be consulted when forming your "Internet Training Classes" for patrons. The information provided is very easy to understand. Check it out.

Reference Service Interest Group Attacks Cleveland

The reference services interest group field trip on Monday, September 22 was a success! After fighting a bit of Cleveland traffic, we arrived at Cleveland Public Library, Louis B. Stokes Wing. A decor like nothing we've ever before, this library is technologically set for the 21st century. The Main Library, currently under renovation, is due for completion in 1998 (another field trip?).
We walked to the Foundation Center, which is an independent nonprofit information clearinghouse. The Foundation Center operates libraries in five locations, including the regional collection in Cleveland (a cooperating collection within the NOLA region is housed at the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County, 330-744-8636). To provide assistance to grantseekers in your community, The Foundation Center website, hyperlink to www.fdncenter.org, should have a place on your library homepage.

Finally, we visited the Government Printing Office Bookstore and had the opportunity to purchase publications. Overall, the group had a super day (weather-wise, too!) learning tips and information to use at their libraries.

Items submitted by:
Holly Ryan- Email
NOLA Regional Library System