Idaho Commission for Libraries

The 2009 Overview of services offered by the Idaho Commission for Libraries.

Position: Digital Repository Librarian
Organization: Idaho Commission for Libraries
Closing date: August 16, 2009

Management Team

State Librarian, Ann Joslin
Associate State Librarian, Richard Wilson
Associate State Librarian, Marj Hooper

Be sure to check out the changes in the Idaho Open Meeting Laws -- these impact the boards of both city and district libraries. You can read more on the Idaho Commission for Libraries' Website under Library Laws.

The National Library Service (NLS) is in the process of converting the books and magazines it circulates from analog to digital format. The digital format has many advantages including:

• Improved sound quality;
• A lighter, easier to use player;
• The ability to download books and magazines from a website if desired

Includes:

• License Costs for LiLI-D
• Cost per Idahoan
• Cost per Logon
• Cost per Full Text Article
• Cost per Search
• Use of LiLI in 2008
• 3-Year Chart of Activity

Trustees: Learn who your supporters are before you launch your next bond levy by reading The Envoy, the new version of the Trustee News.

In This Issue:

• Portneuf District board member named Trustee of the Year
• ICFL to halt newsletters
• More 2008 Idaho Library Association winners
• End-of-life manual proves to be useful guide

The online Annual Report Form for FY08 is now ready and available. This year we have a new form. You will find it here: http://collect.btol.com Usernames and passwords are the same as last year, but if you do not know, or have forgotten them, please call us and we will get that information to you. If we are not in the office you can leave a message on our answering machine and we will return your call.

Some of the improvements with this new version of Collect are that you can now access your previous reports back to FY2000, the program does not take over your computer screen, you can easily move back and forth between pages and the totals on each page show up as you enter them. No more having to click the UPDATE button. Also, you now can use Internet Explorer or Firefox to access your form.