Desktop News - Issue 163

DESKTOP NEWS
Issue 163	Friday, June 04, 1999	08:58:13 AM
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New Board Members

Congratulations to the following new NOLA Board members who were each elected to a three-year term (July 1, 1999 - June 30, 2002):

Representative from Ashtabula County: Donna Wall, Ashtabula County District Library
Representative from Geauga County: Ellen Leavitt, Geauga County Public Library
Representative from Lake County: Mary Frances Burns, Morley Library in Painesville
Representatives-At-Large:
Nancy Currie, MacKenzie Memorial Public Library in Madison
Diane Fritz, Girard Free Library

Regional Library Systems Awarded a $4900 Grant

We learned on Monday that the Regional Library Systems have been awarded a $4900 grant from the State Library of Ohio to develop a plan for eight distance education centers in Ohio. NOLA will serve as the fiscal agent and we will work together to raise $500,000 in corporate funding for the project. Check the NOLA News (May/June 1999 issue) for an article by Brad Stephens on The Future of Video Conferencing. More news as we move forward.

Anonymous Feedback System Developed

NOLA has developed a web-based system that allows members to provide feedback to the Executive Director and receive a response to their comments while remaining completely anonymous. Users of the system complete a form on the NOLA web page that collects their comments and email address. The email address then removed from the message, encrypted and is placed in a secure database, which is also encrypted. The encrypted version of the email address replaces the original address supplied by the user before the message is forwarded to the executive director. The Executive Director can then respond to the comment and at no point will know the identity of the sender. When the Director's response is submitted it is then sent through a reverse encryption process that removes the encrypted email address, replaces it with the sender's originally supplied address and then forwards the message to the original sender.

Try it out! http://www.nolanet.org/workspace/members/anon_comment.htm

Cyveillance

I came across an rather interesting company during the past week. The company, Cyveillance, provides a service to monitor the web for information related to a company or organization. This information could include the use of copyrighted terms, phrases, images, negative comments, misinformation, rumors, trade secrets, threats and more. The system collectets information on a variety of media formats, not just text, Cyveillance is capable of reporting the contents of images, video, audio and other forms of media. The information collected is summarized into a report which is presented to the organization employing the services of Cyveillance. These organizations can then "address" the issues uncovered by Cyveillance. Sound like something from George Orwell?

Where will this company (and the many like it that are sure to follow) be in five years? It's hard to tell - but they will have an impact on the net as we know it.

Want to know more? http://www.techsightings.com/cgi-bin/ts_review.pl?318

"Here come's the bride, all dressed in red. Or was it black? No I think it was blush. Yeah. And did you hear about the best man? It was a German Shepherd named Joe. Well I never! What about those invitations? Printed on organically grown rice paper with non-toxic dyes! I tell you...weddings are not the same as they used to be!" Planning for the big day? Haven't got a clue about what's old, new or blue? Check Reflinks 395 for the ultimate guide to staying sane while planning your wedding. The Bridal Planner offers sage advice on every aspect of the big event with worksheets, superstitions, and more. The Wedding Channel can help plan the perfect honeymoon, simple or fancy. Having trouble finding a dress? Visit The Knot to help you search the web for the perfect bridal creation. For the creative couple, browse The Ultimate Internet Wedding Guide, a potpourri of songs, poems and readings that will add that special touch to your vows. Now you should be set for that walk down the isle. Anybody seen the groom?

HARD WORK

I am trying to teach my son, Alex, the concept of winning and losing in the game of baseball. This is his first year of playing and is just now starting to "get it" if you know what I mean! I ran across this article that was so applicable to him, I though I'd share it with all of you! The difference between winning and losing, and being the best and being near-best, is practice. Practice and Hard Work. Practice doesn't make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect...and that means work...hard work. Nothing worthwhile comes easily. There is a nobility to hard work. Even the weariness of it leaves us exhilarated. Hard work is not work at all to the enthusiast. It is intoxicating. The hardships; the long days and long nights...All are worth the price, and the price is worth it - results and succcess.

Life is an unending succcession of opportunities, "I can't do it", never accomplished anything. "I shall try..I shall work at it...I shall make it happen" - these perform miracles! "I'm a great believer in luck...and the harder I work, the more luck I have."
Thomas Jefferson

Remember, that nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else. We thrive on creative challenge and the passion of achievement and work. You get in life what you want. Success depends on how much you want it. And how much you are willing to dream, plan, and work. Those words above from Thomas Jefferson say it all...we all deserve a little luck once in awhile...but sometimes we have to work for it!

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