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| Issue 156 | Thursday, April 08, 1999 |
04:19:26 PM |
For a
bi-monthly wrap up of NOLA news and information, be sure to check out NOLA Notes! |
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| The Director's Desk - Millie Fry |
NOLA Hires New Administrative Assistant
We are pleased to announce that Bonnie J. Tyler has accepted the Administrative Assistant
position with NOLA. She previously worked as Administration Manager with APS/Big A Auto
Parts and as Office Manager with Worldwide Auto Parts. Please welcome her the next time
you contact our office.
1999 Spring Planning Retreat - Help NOLA Hit a Grand Slam
Once again, NOLA is inviting all staff of our member libraries to come and participate in
this annual event. Your input is extremely valuable as we plan for our preferred future.
The retreat will be held at McMenamy's on Rt. 422 in Niles, OH. on Thursday, May 6th. We
are proud to announce that Mary Merrill will once again facilitate our retreat. Regional
Library Systems have been through many changes and NOLA is at a crossroads. We need YOU.
The NOLA Board and staff can't do this work alone. Join us on May 6th as we plan our
future TOGETHER. You can read more and register by clicking here.
Items submitted by:
Millie Fry - Email
NOLA Regional Library System
| From the Field - Brad Stephens |
Last week the Melissa virus began infecting large numbers of computers connected to the Internet. While Melissa is the most high profile macro virus to date, it is certainly not the most damaging or wide-spread - in fact it's not even close. Here are a few things that you should know about Macro viruses be to keep your computer healthy.
A macro is a small piece of programming code that is designed to perform a particular function, these pieces of code are commonly inserted into documents (such as those created by Excel, Word and Word Perfect) to offer enhanced functionality. As of result of being inserted into documents these macros travel with the document from computer to computer. Becasue macro viruses are just a harmful form of marcos they travel in the same manner. These viruses can be passed from computer to computer though the sharing of certain data files. Once your computer is infected with a Macro virus any subsequent documents you create will be infected and will be able to spread the virus to other computers.
Macro viruses can have a variety impacts; while the "payload" of the macro virus is small and usually rather harmless, this is not always the case. Macro viruses have been know to produce the following destructive actions: encryption and password protection your documents (without telling you the password), deleting files, randomly erasing documents when they are opened, and adding random (and sometimes profane) text do documents when they are printed or emailed.
How do you protect yourself:
- Anti-virus software is a good start, there are a number of good commercial packages available that can stop most macro viruses.
- Use WordPad (included with all Windows 95/98 and NT installations) or the Microsoft Word or Excel viewers (available from for free Microsoft) to view documents sent to you via email.
- Enable Macro Virus protection in Microsoft Word and Excel. This will give you a prompt any time that you try to open a document containing macros, at that point just indicate that you want to DISABLE MACROS.
Good Luck and safe computing
Items submitted by:
Brad Stephens - Email
NOLA Regional Library System
| Kids Connect - Sue McCleaf Nespeca, Youth Services Consultant |
If storytelling is your love, then you definitely should not miss the O.O.P.S!
Storytelling Conference held in Chesterville, Ohio (20 miles south of Mansfield) April 30,
May 1 and 2. The featured teller is Donald Davis, who is known nationally and often tells
at the National Storytelling Festival. Also appearing is the storyteller and actor Jay
Brand. Three of our most famous storytellers from Ohio will also be presenting workshops.
Jocelyn Dabney will be doing a seminar on "Nuts 'N' Bolts: An Introduction to
Storytelling"; Rick Carson with be presenting "Creating Characters in
Storytelling;" and Candace Miller will be sharing "Attention Keeping
Techniques."
Cost is $50 for the entire conference (for nonmembers) and lodging is available separately
at the New Best Western Executive Inn (419-768-2378) or the Derrick Motel (419-946-6010).
A single workshop session my be attended for $10. Books, tapes and other storytelling
artifacts will be available for sale at the conference.
For more information contact Donna Fetzer and/or Denna Yockey, Conference Co-Chairs at
330-345-7177.
The National Storytelling Festival will be held in Jonesborough, Tennessee October 1 - 3,
1999 this year. Call 1-800-952-8392 for registration information.
Items submitted by:
Sue McCleaf Nespeca - Email
NOLA Regional Library System
Gertrude Stein Revisited: When a Rose is NOT a Rose: Toward a Typology of Support by Susan L. Golden |
If you’ve been seeking grants for any period of time, you know that most grant-makers prefer to fund projects. But you’re also aware that organizations need many kinds of support, of which project support is only one. A tricky problem arises when, in your eagerness to secure financial support, you are tempted to describe something as a project which really isn’t.
You hope to slip one past the funder, in other words. But such an approach rarely works, and, in fact, it can backfire, impugning your credibility, and damaging any chance you have at establishing a good relationship. (Click here for entire article)
| CyberStuff from Reflinks |
Ahhhhh.....spring, and all the glorious colors that appear........the gentle
blue of the sky, the brilliant purples and golds of the crocuses, and the vibrant orange
of the highway barrel. Oh no! not orange barrel season again.....Reflinks to the rescue.
Ohio Department of Transportation: The Ohio Transportation Information System website
gives current information on major road events, including construction information. Rand
McNally Guide to Construction saves headaches when traveling out of state. Both of these
websites are at Reflinks 912.
Oh, and you might want to check out the INTERNATIONAL BULB SOCIETY or the American
Daffodil Society at Reflinks 635 for
more conventional spring blooms. Of course, other information on bulbs might be found at Reflinks 926 under Thomas Edison. More
bad puns, anyone?
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| From the Workshop Bench of Melissa Lattanzi |
ITS NEVER TO EARLY TO SIGN UP FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS
In May and June NOLA is offering the following programs:
NUTS AND BOLTS OF Z39.50, Friday, April 30, 1999 -- This program will provide a basic understanding of the Z39.50 protocol and the capabilities that it provides. Participants will gain familiarity with the terminology used in the standard, which will increase the ability to evaluate Z39.50 products and configuration options.
Fun with Plug-ins, Wednesday May 19, 1999--This FREE class will provide attendees of understanding different Plug-ins and installation of the Plug-ins
Microsoft Word Intermediate, Wednesday, June 2, 1999
Activity Based Programming, Thursday, June 3, 1999-This program is to identify a variety of Activity based programming for both adult, children and young adult.
Book Look, Friday, June 4, 1999 and Monday, June 7, 1999
Readers Advisory Interest
Group, Wednesday, June 9, 1999 at Kinsman Free Library
from 10:00 AM -12:00 PM
Reference Interest Group, Wednesday, June 9, 1999 at Kinsman Free Library from 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM.
AND MANY MORE!
Items submitted by:
Melissa Lattanzi - Email
NOLA Regional Library System