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You Are Always Welcome at a Board Meeting
The NOLA Board will meet on November 17th at 10:00 a.m. at Krystina's Katering and
Banquet Facility (Champion Plaza, 4451 Mahoning Ave. NW, Warren). For additional
information, including Board members, the calendar, minutes of meetings and committees,
click on http://www.nolanet.org/information/board/.
Experts On Call Needs Your Assistance
In response to a suggestion from Carmen Celigoj, the Director of the Kent Free
Library, NOLA is developing a new service that we are calling Experts on Call. We are currently identifying
experts or consultants (e.g. people with proven expertise in fields such photography,
computers and technology, storytelling, painting, sign making, marketing or public
relations, architecture, human resources/head hunting, political campaign management,
etc.) who provide services needed by libraries. We need your assistance. If you know of
anyone with expertise in any service needed by our member libraries, such as those
mentioned above, please send me an e-mail message
with their name, address, phone number and specialization. NOLA will contact them about
being listed in Experts on Call. As this listing grows, it will be more benefical to all
members.
Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet
After baking your Thanksgiving pumpkin pies, check out PBS 45 & 49 on November 25th from 8:00 - 11:00 p.m.
for Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the
Internet. Find out how the Internet evolved from a small government project into
an industry that is altering the nature of commerce, communications and world culture.
Don't miss it.
Librarians Pick To Kill a Mockingbird
According to the November 12, 1998 issue of USA Today, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee's first
and only novel, tops the literary lists of librarians and booksellers who in separate
surveys named their favorite novels of the 20th century. Both surveys were prompted by the
Modern Library's controversial rankings in July, which declared that James Joyce's Ulysses
the century's greatest novel in English. It was ranked #18 by the booksellers and #44 by
librarians. Librarians, asked to name novels that most influenced them, chose "more
of the books that people actually read, rather than those they feel they should have
read," said Francine Fialkoff, editor of Library Journal, which surveyed its readers.
The top ten novels selected by librarians are: To Kill a Mockingbird, The Catcher in the
Rye, Lord of the Rings, Gone With the Wind, Beloved, The Color Purple, Nineteen
Eighty-four, Animal Farm, Lord of the Flies, and Catch-22. Check out the November 15, 1999
Library Journal for
a complete list. How many of your favorites were on this list?
Items submitted by:
Millie Fry - Email
NOLA Regional Library System
| Education Station - Lori Putt/CE
Consultant |
1999 CE Plan is Underway
Thanks to everyone who participated in our surveys and interviews to assist in
planning for the 1999 Continuing Education offerings. You can expect to see your CE
Catalog in early-mid January, with our classes beginning in late February.
We hear you...we know you don't want to fight those nasty winter mornings to come to a
continuing education training! So, we'll get a "jump start" on Spring, with our
first classes in late February... OK, I know, we still get snow into March...but we
have to start sometime!
Items submitted by:
Lori Putt - Email
NOLA Regional Library System
RefLinks has harvested
some nice resources for those of you who need information about the Pilgrims and
Thanksgiving. Under 974 you will find
the following:
"Mayflower Web Page" written by Caleb Johnson is a good place to start. Here you
will find information about the voyage to the New World, the history of the Mayflower and
its crew, etc. It also includes the passenger list, writings and documents of the
Pilgrims, and other historical information.
"Plymouth Hall Museum" has exhibits of documents, artifacts, and possessions of
the Pilgrims. It also has paintings by various artists depicting the arrival of the
Pilgrims to the New World and other events. It also has information about the Wampanoa
Indians.
The"Plymouth Massachusetts -America's Homepage"
provides a "gateway to the past, present and future of this community" You can
also take a virtual tour of Plimouth Plantation, where the Pilgrims settled.
"Plimouth - on - Web: Plimouth Plantation's Web Page" is a living history museum
where you can read about the myths and facts of the First Thanksgiving. It also provides a
modern day bill of fare based on the food the Pilgrims prepared for that first feast.
Other topics covered are The Pilgrim's Story, the Wampanoag Indians, and Plimouth Colony.
RefLinks hopes you enjoy this bounty of Thanksgiving information!
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Reflinks Members [email protected]
| From the Field - Brad Stephens |
NYSE to debut Speech Recognition Software
Enter the world of Science Fiction books and film where talking computers are
commonplace. You no longer interact with your computer using a keyboard or a mouse - now
you simply control your computer by the power of voice. Sound like Science Fiction? Well
then Science Fiction may be replacing your stockbroker or conducting trades this summer on
the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The both the NYSE and Fidelity investments have
announced that they will be implementing speech recognition software within the next six
to eight months for use in financial trading. Want to learn more about this technology and
its possible applications for libraries? Attend the NOLA Quarterly Member
Meeting on Tuesday November 17 for a look into the future of speech recognition
software.
Want to know more?
Computer virus infects web page - what you need to know now!
A computer virus monitoring organization has recently announced the discovery of a
group of computer viruses that can infect computers through simply viewing a web page (an
HTML document). Is it true? The answer is both yes and no - It makes good headlines but
the virus discussion focuses on the use of VBScript, a Microsoft developed web scripting
language, and not HTML. For the infection to occur a user must be using Internet Explorer
4.0 to view an infected web page and a number of default security settings and warnings
must be ignored. So do you have to worry? Probably not, but watch for more
developments in this area during the coming months.
Want to know more?
Items submitted by:
Brad Stephens - Email
NOLA Regional Library System
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