• JAN AGUIRRE, Specialist & Training Coordinator 

1.   Frustrated when conducting a search for a patron using the Find Tool and when you double click to open an item, the Find Tool closes and you have to do your search all over again? To prevent the Find Tool from closing during a search, open up the “Options” menu in the Find Tool. Remove the check mark next to the option “Close on Open”.  This leaves the Find Tool open with your search results displayed so you can go back to the results and view another record. This option stays until you log out. 

2.   I am still waiting for the Purge Inactive Patron form from several libraries. Polaris has fixed the last activity date and we are now able to complete an accurate Patron Purge. If you would like inactive patrons purged from the database, please send me the form back by 2/10/06. If I have NOT received this form by 2/13 I will assume you do not want a purge done at this time.

  

• LINDA BEINS, ILL/Reference Coordinator

  is More than an Encyclopedia! 

Let’s say you want to search for info about Norman Rockwell (b. Feb. 3, 1894) on Grolier On-line. Your search results list encyclopedia articles from Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia and The New Book of Knowledge. However, if you then select one of the other three options:

                    

you can access a great deal more information about this American artist. Among the Websites is a link to Norman Rockwell at the Art Renewal Center which has a critique of his work and 103 images of his paintings. If you choose Media, you can link to a portrait of Norman Rockwell, circa 1970. Articles about Rockwell, his paintings and exhibitions are available through the Magazines option. 

Check Grolier On-Line for these other famous people with birthdays in February (besides the obvious): Thomas Alva Edison (2/11), Michael Jordan (2/17), John McEnroe (2/16), Galileo (2/15), and Fats Domino (2/26)

 

Recycled Reference Books

If you are interested in receiving any of these previously owned reference books for your library, contact Linda Beins, ext.32 or lbeins@flls.org 

• 2005 Annual Register of Grant Support

• 2005 The Complete Directory for people with Disabilities

• Education Sourcebook (1997, vol. 1)

• Financial Institutions Directory: July – December 2004

• Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics (2003)

• Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics (2004)

• 2005 New York Manufacturers Register

• Oxford Dictionary of Art (1997)

• Patterson’s Elementary Education (2004)

While most of the above offerings are withdrawals from the Central Library collection, housed at TCPL, over the last two months most have come from the Seymour Library in Auburn; we thank them for their contributions.

 

• ANNETTE BIRDSALL, Youth Services Coordinator

Youth Services Dates to remember

Feb. 16 Performer Showcase

Feb. 17 Janway orders due – t-shirts from grant, choose size and quantity; do not fill in price on order form.

Feb. 20-24 Annette on vacation – no youth news that week.

Mar. 23 Summer Reading System Meeting – more information available soon

And that’s just the two month agenda, this fall FLLS will sponsor a graphic novel speaker, Francisca Goldsmith, and an early Literacy Workshop, Growing a Reader. All of these dates are on the youth services page of our website under Librarian Resources:  http://www.flls.org/youth/calendar.htm

 

• MARISA IACOBUCCI, Adult Services Coordinator

Correction in Public Official’s Guide
Please make the following correction in your Public Official’s Guide: 

On the “U.S. House of Representative Districts Alphabetical by Community” page, please change Apalachin’s district to ‘22’.
 

Grant Opportunity
Preserve New York Grant Program

Preservation League of New York State and the New York State Council on the Arts  

The Preservation League of New York State and the New York State Council on the Arts announce the 2006 Preserve New York Grant Program. The program provides funding to municipalities and not-for-profit organizations, and supports three types of projects only: historic structure reports, historic landscape reports and cultural resource surveys. Through the program, the Preservation League, a statewide, not-for-profit organization, and the Council, the state's arts funding agency, seek to support efforts to plan for the preservation, restoration and rehabilitation of historic buildings and landscapes throughout the state. The Preservation League especially encourages projects that link preservation to smart growth land use planning; neighborhood and "Main Street" revitalization; preservation initiatives along rural roads and other historic transportation corridors; and projects that involve the continued use of historic municipal buildings and historic bridges.

ELIGIBILITY:  Municipalities and not-for-profit organizations with 501(c)(3) status are eligible to apply unless they are applying for funding directly from the New York State Council on the Arts' Architecture, Planning and Design Program (APD) for another project in 2006. Groups are limited to one project with APD support per year. State agencies and religious institutions are ineligible for support. Groups that previously received funding through this grant program must have successfully completed their projects to be eligible for the 2006 grant round. The grant panel members will evaluate:

architectural and historic significance of the building, landscape or area; the need for the project and for financial support at this time; the applicant group's ability to carry out the project within a stated schedule; the applicant group's ability to raise sufficient funds to complete the project; the appropriateness of the project budget and consultant(s); extent of local support for the project; and the likelihood that significant restoration or planning work will result.

FUNDING:   A total of $82,200 is available and will be split among all three project types. Grants are likely to range between $3,000 and $10,000 each.

No formal financial match is required; however, the Preservation League and the New York State Council on the Arts expect to see a project budget that reflects the applicant's meaningful commitment to the project. Please note that it is unlikely that this program will be able to provide full support for any project. It is also expected that the consultant fee structure reflects the applicant's understanding of the value of these professional services.

DEADLINE:   Applications must be postmarked no later than Monday, May 1, 2006. Please follow the directions included in the application for assembling the packets.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:   If your organization and project meet these guidelines, contact the League to discuss your potential application and to receive an application form. Forms are not available online.

You may contact Tania G. Werbizky, Director, Technical and Grant Programs, at (607) 272-6510 or Lorraine E. Weiss, Program Manager, at (518) 462-5658, ext. 12, or at lweiss@preservenys

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• Directors’ Advisory Council (DAC) members: 

If you have any questions or concerns regarding FLLS library service, you are welcome to contact a DAC member from the list below. 

Beverly Dann, Waverly Free Library
Janet Steiner, TCPL, Ithaca
Judy Barkee, Ulysses Philomathic Library, Trumansburg
Kay Zaharis, Cortland Free Library
Lois Maki, Newfield Public Library
Mary Frank, Peck Memorial Library, Marathon
Sally Otis, Hazard Library, Poplar Ridge
Stephen Erskine, Seymour Library, Auburn
Susan Robey, Groton Public Library