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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Feb 10 11:05:58 1998
From: MShubee@aol.com
Subject: Re: Black History websites?
Here are a few Black History websites that I have come across.
African Heritage Month http://www.dal.ca/acswww/dalbh.html
Black/African Related Resources http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African-
Studies/Home-
Page/mcgee.html
Martin Luther King Jr. http://www.seattletimes.com/mlk/index.html
Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement
http://www.wmich.edu/politics/mlk/tm.html
Hope these help you
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Feb 10 11:06:01 1998
From: Jana Fine <janafine01@sprynet.com>
Subject: Re: electric library vs. world news cd-rom
I have used both in my jobs ( a public youth librarian and a reference
librarian at a junior college. I have a personal subscription to
electric library and use it for work with all ages. It is getting
better with more updated materials. It has television transcripts
(which I like)but it is not up-to-the-minute like Facts on FIle World
news. That is very nice when it comes to contemporary issues and very
good sidebars and links which I find very useful, especially in the JC
setting.
I think teens prorbably will like the facts on file better. Electric
library has more scholarly journals in it, so it depends on your
clientlele.
Jana Fine
Clearwater Library
Clearwater, Florida
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Feb 10 11:05:59 1998
From: sandy smith <smithsa@oplin.lib.oh.us>
Subject: Fingerplays
I am searching for fingerplays about royalty (kings, queens, princes,
etc.). I have several nursery rhymes, but am looking for fingerplays
with actions. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
sandy smith <smithsa@oplin.lib.oh.us>
Sandy Smith
Children's Assistant Librarian
Muskingum County Library System
Zanesville, Ohio 43701
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Feb 10 11:06:02 1998
From: Henlar@aol.com
Subject: Re: full- vs. parttime management
I agree with Jill that you should figure out why a part-time Department Head
was hard to work for. Was it because she wasn't there to answer your
questions? Handle emergencies? Was it because you had to do a lot of her
work for her?
I am interested and sensitive to this subject because I am a part-time
reference and Y.A. librarian (although not a department head). Please don't
say part-time people aren't as committed! I do a lot of work at home
(including this type of pubyac stuff), as well as write and practice
booktalks, compile bibliographies,book selection and other tasks. I also feel
that when I am at work, I work efficiently because my time there is limited
and so I have to make the most of it! I think we've all had bosses who have
been there full-time, but are always at meetings, reading their listservs in
their offices, or not on the desk and so don't know of the public's needs.
Well, does that sound like I'm trying to convince someone (myself!) that
working part-time is OK? I still feel guilty about it, I guess. For years,
when I got a survey from ALA "We'd like to know what our David Clift
scholarship winners are doing..", I threw it out because I was so
embarrassed
to "only" be working part-time, convinced that other Clift winners
were heads
of international corporation libraries, or personal librarians to the Nobel
Peace award winners...
Also, I think that it is a feminist, or parenting, issue. We have to help
each other in the raising of all of our children. If someone needs to work
part-time (or wants to work part time) to stay home with their children, let's
give them that flexiblitiy! Then they can (hopefully!) help us when we need
to be home with our kids or aging parents or whatever. It takes a village and
all that..
Well, I answered because someone said they were interested in others'
ideas, but I probably just got a lot off my chest! Thanks for the therapy.
Just send the bill to:
Mary Hennessey
East Lansing Public Library
950 Abbott Rd.
East Lansing, MI 48823
Henlar@aol.com
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Feb 10 11:05:58 1998
From: "Aarene X. Storms" <astorms@cob.org>
ubject: re:shoe tying stumper answered
Thank you so much for all the "shoe tying" suggestions.
It turns out that there are a number of "original" rhymes to describe
the
process, as well as a book accompanied by real laces and instructions for
tying, entitled "Tie Your Shoes!" by Sue Hendra (New York: Crown
Publishers, 1996).
My patron will be delighted.
--Aarene Storms
Bellingham Public Library
Bellingham WA
astorms@cob.org
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Feb 10 13:56:24 1998
From: MShubee@aol.com
Subject: "Edward the Emu"
Thank you one and all!!
Yes, that was it...."Edward the Emu"
I knew the brain trust of PUBYAC would come through for me.
Jane
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Feb 10 13:56:26 1998
From: Claire Isaac <cisaac@rpl.regina.sk.ca>
Subject: Stumper--Mother goes to war
I have a stumper to test your memories. It was published a few years ago.
It is a novel about a teenager whose mother has to go and fight in the
Gulf War. I remember seeing it but cannot track it down.
This is partly to answer a patron's question about a list of novels,
junior fiction or YA shwoing women in non-typical roles. I can find lots
of picture books and non-fiction but she doens't want these.
If you have any suggestions please send them to me at
cisaac@rpl.regina.sk.ca
I will post the answers.
Thanks
Claire Isaac
Regina Public Library
Regina, Saskatchewan
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Feb 10 13:56:26 1998
From: Vicki M Partridge <vmp@acsu.buffalo.edu>
Subject: stumper: time travel book
Hello
I am a studnet at the university of Buffalo School of Library Science. A
friend came to me for youe help for her friend. She believes there are 2
books about a young woman who inherits her Aunt's Victorian mansion along
with her cousin. The girl decides to take some time off and stay at the
mansion. There is a broach os her aunt's that makes her travel back in
time, when she steps through a door. One time someone in the past is sick,
and she comes to get penicillan. There is a fire. There is a doctor. The
patron believes the woman eventually decides to stay back in time. She
believes they are adult fiction. I know this is not your usual area, but
we didn't know who else to turn to.
Please send any answers to Karen Doktor
kadoktor@acsu.buffalo.edu
Thank you in advance
Vicki M. Partridge
Student of Library and Information Studies
University of Buffalo
"Don't Dream It, Be It.
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Tue Feb 10 13:56:28 1998
From: Mary Driscoll <driscoll@scls.lib.wi.us>
ubject: Fishy stumper answer
The book about the child who overfeeds the fish is "A fish out of
water" by
Palmer. Sorry I missed it the first few times it appeared as a stumper.
Many thanks to all who took the time to reply to me- you guys are the best!
Mary
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