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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Sun Apr 5 23:56:31 1998
From: Sarah Hudson <shudson@plcmc.lib.nc.us>
Subject: Anyone work for Des Plaines, Ill. Library
I was searching Firstsearch and ran across a listing
for a Beanie Baby Day program that this library conducted
and presented on local cable television.
I was wondering if anyone on the list worked for that
system and could tell me about this program.
I would like to present some programs on collecting this
summer for YAs, and I need Beanie Baby activities.
Thanks in Advance,
Sarah
Sarah Hudson
Information Specialist
Independence Regional Library
Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County
shudson@plcmc.lib.nc.us
Opinions are strictly my own and do not reflect those of the Library.
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Sun Apr 5 23:56:30 1998
From: "Kate McCaffrey, Dan Carno" <598161@ican.net>
ubject: "Beyond R.L.Stine"
We have a permanent display area called "Beyond R.L.Stine" The signs
have
a large skull and crossbones on them.
We display scary folktales, short story collections, and poetry on ghostly
topics. Since many of these books are by good writers, it's a sneaky way
to get our patrons to read better literature. The turnover is remarkable.
Kate McCaffrey
Onondaga County Public Library
4514 Makyes Road
Syracuse, NY 13215
(315) 492-2987
598161@ican.net
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Sun Apr 5 23:56:31 1998
From: Estella Prendez <EstellaP@LHQSMTP.COLAPL.ORG>
Subject: Job Bulletin
This message has been posted to multiple listings. Please excuse the
duplication.
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Sun Apr 5 23:56:31 1998
From: "mary arnold" <mjarnold@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: YA Librarians
>If you have a specified YA librarian, and there is not a reference desk
in
>the area specified YA, does he/she operate out of the adult or
childrens
>services, or, does this person straddle the two areas. <snip>
>
In our system, the YA librarian (of which there is such a title at
only the two largest branches) works from the adult reference desk;
the actual YA "area" in both buildings is very nearby both main
reference desks.
Mary Arnold MLS
Medina County District Library
mjarnold@hotmail.com
Candidate for Vice President-President Elect YALSA
the end of reading is not more books but more life
"my opinions are mine, all mine!"
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Sun Apr 5 23:56:30 1998
From: tim carrier <tcarrier@avenue.org>
ubject: Re: YA Librarians
At 09:07 PM 4/2/98 -0500, you wrote:
>If you have a specified YA librarian, and there is not a reference desk in
>the area specified YA, does he/she operate out of the adult or childrens
>services, or, does this person straddle the two areas. That is, does
>he/she work only at adult desks or only childrens or sometimes both. I
>need a little clarification about what the rest of you have found useful.
Hi,
The system where I work is very much like the scenario you described. I am
specifically a YA librarian, but there isn't a YA service desk. I am
technically connected to the Children's or Youth Services Dept, but I do
public service work out of both Children's and Reference. During the school
year, my time leans more toward the Reference area, since that's where most
of my clientele is. In the summer, it's more in the Children's area,
because both the Children's and YA summer reading programs are run from the
Children's Room.
--
Tim
R. Timothy Carrier, Young Adult Services Coordinator
Jefferson-Madison Regional Library
201 E. Market St., Charlottesville, VA 22902-5287
(804) 979-7151 ext. 201 (voice) (804) 979-9728 (fax)
tcarrier@avenue.org OR tcarrier@leo.vsla.edu
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Sun Apr 5 23:56:29 1998
From: rivershore@earthlink.net
Subject: Re: non-toxic inkpads
Inkadinkado makes water-based ink pads for rubber stamps. Check with
your local stores that carry this brand.
Teresa at Rivershore Reading Store
> Karen Wendt wrote:
> >
> > We use to use handstamps after storytime also, until someone wondered
if we
> > were using non-toxic stamp pads made especially for children and their
> > delicate skin. I wonder if anyone else has had this concern and what
they
> > do about it.<snip>
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Sun Apr 5 23:56:30 1998
From: schachtc@lcm.macomb.lib.mi.us
Subject: Re: Titanic Program
. The Titanic has been a
PU>subject of interest long before the movie was made and will continue to be
PU>of interest long after it is forgotten.
At this point in time, however, the movie and the subject are so
intertwined in the public mind that it stretches credulity to believe
that you can encourage interest in the latter without at least tacitly
endorsing the former as entertainment appropriate for your patrons.
Also, since when are librarians
PU>parenting the children we serve? Parents will decide what is appropriate
PU>for their children; our job is to provide the information that is of
PU>interest
So maybe a good part of the information of potential interest to
parents might be that concerning the MOVIE'S language, messages, subject
matter etc. Once parents know about the icebergs laying ahead, then
they of course can decide whether to proceed/risk damage or return to
port and sail another year.
"Oh it was sad, so sad, it was sad when that great ship went down to the
bottom..." Anybody else remember that song from camp?
Chuck Schacht
Romeo District Library
Romeo, MI.
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Sun Apr 5 23:56:30 1998
From: Jill Patterson <jpatterson@ci.glendora.ca.us>
ubject: Re: bookfairs public lib.
We have had a Dorling Kindersley salesperson come in and conduct a DK
bookfair; also a local--but outside our city-- children's bookstore has
held a bookfair. Our patrons thought is was great and the local bookstores
didn't say anything.
At 05:58 PM 4/2/98 -0600, you wrote:
>I want to have a bookfair this summer to get the free books for one of my
>programs. Scholastic has agreed to do it for me but my City Manager
>wants to know if there are any public libraries who have had book fairs
>and what was the community response. (Did the book stores in town make a
>fuss?) Thanks. Trudy Terry in Port Arthur Texas.
>
>
>
*** NOTE NEW EMAIL ADDRESS ***
Jill Patterson jpatterson@ci.glendora.ca.us
Glendora Public Library 140 S. Glendora Ave. Glendora, CA 91741
Tel: 626/852-4896 FAX: 626/852-4899
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Sun Apr 5 23:56:31 1998
From: Filtering Facts <David_Burt@filteringfacts.org>
ubject: Schneider Declartion in Loudoun County Lawsuit
Karen Schneider has filed in declaration for the People for the American Way
and the ACLU who are suing the Loudoun County Public Library to try to force
them not to filter the Internet.
I learned of this when I noticed a reference to a statement by Schneider in
one of the Plaintiff's motions available on-line. Karen usually announces
her latest writings on her website on to the listservs, so I was surprised
that she hadn't mentioned it. I was able to obtain a copy, and I have
posted the full declaration on my website at www.fitleringfacts.org/sch-dec.htm
Some interesting things from the brief:
"With filters fully configured, 35% of the time, filters blocked
information
librarian needed to answer a question."
Karen repeats this misleading figure that refers to asking questions
designed to trip keyword blocking such as "cock fighting" and "Superbowl
XXX" again, despite the fact that it has been pointed out to her that
Loudoun doesn't use word blocking, which the figure refers to. Obviously,
Karen's goal is to make filters look as bad as possible.
"Problems with blocking are not eliminated when keyword blocking is
disabled. Many of the resources not available when filters are installed
are blocked because filter company employees have intentionally selected
these sites to be blocked. Disabling keyword blocking improves filtering
performance, but does not prevent a substantial amount of non-prurient,
noncontroversial information from being blocked."
Recently, I was on a panel with Karen in Annapolis, Maryland. I asked her
to present any evidence that filters did significant damage to
non-pornographic speech. She became testy and said that "What does
significant mean? That's an individual thing. It means something different
to everybody." I then produced the brief she filed in the Loudoun County
case where she said that "Disabling keyword blocking improves filter
performance, but does not prevent a substantial amount of non-prurient,
non-controversial information from being blocked". I asked her what she
meant by "substantial". She snapped "I don't know! I can't define
it!" I
seems hard to fathom someone making a statement like that in a legal
document, then been completely unable to explain what they meant.
I then asked her why she filed the brief. She said "Because Bob
Corn-Revere [the lead attorney for the plaintiffs] asked me to". I asked
her if she wanted filtering declared illegal. She said "no"! I then
said I
found that hard to believe. Then the moderator stepped in and put a stop to it.
Karen has said she does not like to be called "anti-filter". But how
can
filing a brief like this in a case like this represent anything but an
aggressive stand against filters? Further, Karen is a party to the economic
coercion and legal intimidation being applied to libraries.
How can Karen Schneider now say she is anything but anti-filter?
*****************************************************************************
David Burt, Filtering Facts, HTTP://WWW.FILTERINGFACTS.ORG
David_Burt@filteringfacts.org
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Sun Apr 5 23:56:30 1998
From: Guarria <cguarria@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
Subject: Re: Disturbing incident
Thank you all for your responses with regard to child abuse in the
library. You'll be happy to know that I've discovered the child does not
live with his father. There was a divorce and the mother has custody.
(One of the other librarians fortunately was able to get this
information from the mother who curiously came with her son and his
father this past week.)
Thanks again for taking the time to respond.
Carrie
cguarria@suffolk.lib.ny.us |