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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Sun May 10 13:02:12 1998
From: "Ken & Cathy Baker" <WillowKCB@centuryinter.net>
Subject: Sara Coleridge -- "The Calendar"
Hello --
A person in Portugal sent an email message to me after reading a posting
about "Weather Sayings" I had sent to the newsgroup uk.sci.weather
about
weather sayings and how to find books in British libraries on the subject
by searching "Weather Lore".
The person's grandmother in England is trying to recall the lines to the
rhyme by Sara Coleridge. This is what she recalls:
January brings the snow
Makes our feet and fingers glow
February brings the rain
Thaws the frozen ponds again
March brings breezes loud and shrill
Stirs the dancing daffodil
April....
May...
etc.
Cold December brings the sleet
Blazing fire and Christmas treat
If anyone knows the missing lines for the other months, I would greatly
appreciate your sending an email message (my address is below) to me so I
can pass them on to our friend in Portugal.
Please respond directly to me. Thank you very much,
Cathy Baker
WillowKCB@centuryinter.net
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Sun May 10 13:01:26 1998
From: Walter Minkel <walterm@nethost.multnomah.lib.or.us>
Subject: Re: Titanic Internet Scavenger Hunt
The Encyclopedia Titanica is one of the sites we use for the scavenger
hunt (the hunt supplies you with a big list of Titanic sites). The
EncycTitanica's URL is <http://www.rmplc.co.uk/eduweb/sites/phind/>. --W
On Fri, 8 May 1998, David Serchay wrote:
> Speaking of Titanic Sites, I highly recomend the Encyclopedia Titanica
> (Don't have the URL, check via yahoo). It has information on the ship and
> on a large numbers of the passengers and cre including the "real"
J. Dawson.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> David Serchay
> a013213t@bc.seflin.org
>
>
Walter Minkel, School Corps Technology Trainer
Multnomah County Library, 205 NE Russell St., Portland, OR 97212
Voice (503)736-6002; fax (503)248-5441; walterm@nethost.multnomah.lib.or.us
==============
("Rats...") "Oh, Web pupil, _refer_! Lip up! Be who? Star!"
--Palindrome
of the Month
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Sun May 10 13:01:31 1998
From: Wendy Krug <wkrug@park-ridge.lib.il.us>
Subject: stumper re: dragon and egg
Thanks to the many suggestions of "The Enormous Egg" by Oliver
Butterworth. I also had suggested this book to the patron - now, after all your
suggestions, she is going to try reading it. Other possible books included:
"Weird Henry Berg" by Sarah Sargent and "Falcon's Egg" by
Luli Gray. The patron is interested in reading all three. Thanks again for all
your help!
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Sun May 10 13:01:26 1998
From: Kate Carter <katec@linknet.kitsap.lib.wa.us>
Subject: job opening--Wash. state
POSITION: Young People's Librarian, Central Branch
ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: 0498-17
HOURS: 40 hours per week; including week-ends and evenings. Work is
primarily performed in a library setting, but this position requires visiting a
minimum of fifteen sites in Kitsap County.
SALARY: Librarian 1, $13.77 to 16.76 per hour depending on experience.
BENEFITS: Full medical and dental, 192 hours of vacation time per
year, 12 days of sick leave per year, and 12 paid holidays per year.
OPEN TO PUBLIC: Open to the public May 8 - June 5, 1998.
CLOSES: Applications are due no later than 4:00 p.m. on June 5th at the
Central Branch.
POSITION STARTS: As soon as possible after hiring.
TO REQUEST AN APPLICATION: 360-415-6720
APPLY TO: Carol Gill Schuyler
Head of Regional Services
Kitsap Regional Library
1301 Sylvan Way
Bremerton, WA 98310
360-405-9127
Applications are available at each branch of the Kitsap Regional Library.
Please include a resume with your application.
Applicants will be contacted by telephone to arrange for an interview and
testing which will be conducted at the Central Branch Library, 1301 Sylvan
Way, in Bremerton.
Kitsap Regional Library will give consideration to all qualified
applicants for appointment without regard to race, religion, color,
national origin, gender, age, marital status, disability, political
affiliations, or any other non-merit factor. Special accommodations
and/or assistance will be gladly provided for any applicant with sensory
or non-sensory impairments, upon request.
DEFINITION: Assists in the operation of the Young People's Department
with public service and collection management for nine branches;
responsible for service support of the Central Service Area of the county
system. Kitsap Regional Library is a county-wide system with a 1998
budget of $6,770,000; nearly 2 million items were circulated in 1997.
Included in the programs provided by young people's librarians are
school-age, pre-school, and toddler story times, traditional storytelling,
puppet shows, craft programs, parent support programs, Internet searching,
library tours, and visits to eligible daycares.
IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR: Head of Regional Services
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE JOB:
Provides readers' advisory and reference assistance to children and adults
using the young people's collection and provides public service at the
Reference Desk at the Central Branch.
Participates in juvenile materials' selection and collection maintenance
for the System.
Orders new and replacement titles for the picture book collection for the
System.
Provides young people's programming, including puppet shows, craft-making,
and story times for the Silverdale Branch and supports programming at the
Central Branch.
Provides programming for the eligible daycares at their sites in the
Central Service Area.
Maintains the juvenile rotation collection serving the small branches.
Maintains contact with the schools in the Central Service Area.
Develops and coordinates the Summer Reading Program for the System.
OTHER DUTIES:
Develops bibliographies.
May supervise clerical and volunteer staff.
May perform other duties in the Young People's Department and participate
in committees or other responsibilities serving the library as a whole as
directed by the Head of Regional Services.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
Ability to speak and read without assistance
Knowledge of children's literature and library procedures
Knowledge of reference materials and Internet seaching techniques
Story-telling and puppeteering skills
Ability to work with children of all ages
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with
other employees, supervisors, volunteers, and the public
Ability to plan and organize work procedures
Ability to use automated library equipment, including automated
circulation systems, on-line catalogs, and word processing
Ability to train children and adults on on-line information retrieval
Ability to carry out duties in the absence of a supervisor
Ability to work as part of a team
Commitment to continuing professional development
OTHER QUALIFICATIONS:
M.L.S. from an A.L.A. accredited university
Washington State Certification for Librarians
Valid Washington State Driver's License and vehicle are desirable. This
position is responsible for transportation between service sites. The
library reimburses for mileage.
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Sun May 10 13:01:31 1998
From: ANNE@GARY.LIB.IN.US
Subject: Jungle Books
Now I am trying to find an edition of the Jungle Book(s) with the original
illustrations. I own at home an omnibus Kipling with the illus, but want to
order J bks for the Lib. TIA
Anne
From: ANNE@GARY.LIB.IN.US
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Sun May 10 13:01:28 1998
From: aparadise@juno.com
Subject: Stumper and thanks
Thanks to the many who sent responses about my sister's Renaissance lit
question. She meets with the teacher tomorrow and will tell me which
titles filled the bill. She also has a stumper- a middle line from a
poem about Cat's Cradle. "...But when it gets so long and thin/ I
daren't put my finger in" Does anyone recognize this fragmnent? TIA
Andy or Anne Paradise aparadise@juno.com
Gary Public Library andrew@gary.lib.in.us
Gary IN
anne@gary.lib.in.us
_____________________________________________________________________
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Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com
Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Sun May 10 13:01:26 1998
From: ANNE@GARY.LIB.IN.US
Subject: N.C. Wyeth illustrations
I am trying to order the re-done classics with Wyeth illus. We have Robinson
Crusoe and Last of the Mohicans. I want to be sure I am getting the right
Treasure Island and Kidnapped. Are they still Scribner? TIA
Please reply directly to me.
From: ANNE@GARY.LIB.IN.US
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Sun May 10 17:58:44 1998
From: rdukelow@colosys.net (Rosemary Dukelow)
ubject: Book discussion groups
Does anyone know of book discussion groups with with teens or children
and/or with their parents as a tool for juvenile corrections or therapy for
children at risk?
Thanks so much for your help. Please respond to me, Rosemary
rdukelow@colosys.net
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Sun May 10 17:58:45 1998
From: Mary Driscoll <driscoll@scls.lib.wi.us>
ubject: computers for children's room
Help! Help! We will be moving into a new library next year and need to
address the issue of computers for the children's room. Our new library
will be fairly large and will lack the staff to have someone always at the
children's desk. We need to supply computers for children, but I don't
want to spend my entire time undoing paper jams and changing CDROMs. How
problem free are towers? Are your computers first come/first served? or
do you sign everyone up? Any helpful hints would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Mary Driscoll
driscoll@scls.lib.wi.us
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Sun May 10 17:59:07 1998
From: Andrea Merrick <amerrick@mcl.org>
Subject: Large Print Children's Magazines
Hi to everyone! My library is in the process of getting a donation from a
local organization which is to be used to buy large print kid's magazines
or newspapers. I have checked around but am not able to find a list of
magazines that would fit this criteria. Can someone out there help me?
Thanks!
Andrea Merrick
Hopewell Township Library
amerrick@mcl.org
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Sun May 10 17:58:49 1998
From: Melissa Orth <morth@lithgow.lib.me.us>
Subject: vanity plate
Hello everyone,
This is undoubtedly a bizarre request and most certainly a personal one
though it relates to our profession:
I would like to get a vanity plate in this fair state of Maine and am
stumped for what to get. I've seen "AACR2" and "OVERDUE" but
I want
something that tells the world I am a children's librarian OR to promote
reading. I am looking for creative slogans, up to seven letters.
Children's book characters would not be ok.
Please please please do not waste any precious brain cells or valuable
work time pondering my query. This is truly a whim of mine.
For those of you out there from outside the U.S., a vanity plate is an
automobile liscense plate whose registration numbers/letters are hand
picked by the owner and usually (but not always) spell out a saying.
If any of you would like to share your own vanity plates with me, that
would be great.
Please reply directly to me.
Thank you,
Melissa
Melissa Orth
Quirky Children's Librarian
Lithgow Public Library
Augusta, ME (#2 state of most vanity plates after West Virginia)
morth@lithgow.lib.me.us
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Sun May 10 17:58:52 1998
From: BAYSYS Publishing <booksale@baysys.com>
ubject: Book sales web site
Book Sale organizers,
Today we updated the Book Sales web site, to include all sales that will be
held through mid-June. If you haven't browsed there recently, go take a
look. We now have a map with regions of the country. With this, folks can
just click on their region and find out where sales will be held this month.
Just a reminder to whoever may not know yet about our web site. We have
been online for over a year now, and many of you have told us about your
sales. We welcome them all. There is absolutely no charge to be listed.
http://www.Book-Sales-in-America.com/
Check out the site, and if you have a sale we don't know about, fill out
the online form. Tell us as soon as you plan the sale, no matter when it is
to be held. We will keep the information in our database, and will place it
on the web site close to the date.
We are getting many hits, and I have been told this is being reflected in
the attendance at your sales.
Thanks and best wishes,
Helen & Tom Oram
BAYSYS Publishing, publishers of: BOOK SALES in America, Your Guide to Used
Book Bargains
PO Box 452, Hudson,MA 01749 Tel: 508-562-3400 Fax: 508-562-1233
e-mail: publisher@Book-Sales-in-America.com
Web page: http://www.Book-Sales-in-America.com/
Featured at: Librarians' Site du Jour April 17, 1997
<http://sashimi.wwa.com/~jayhawk/sitejour.html>
"Library Media & PR" <http://www.ssdesign.com/librarypr/>
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Sun May 10 18:00:09 1998
From: Karen Wendt <bewendt@facstaff.wisc.edu>
ubject: Re: bags
We don't give out plastic bags to children for awards, promotions, etc. The
plastic bags we give out are to the adults who are checking out and need a way
to carry many items and safely hold on to the hands of their young ones, to
adults who have no children with them and to adults who need a way to protect
their items from adverse weather. Once a bag is in the hands of that adult, we
should be able to assume that they will be responsible for their young children.
We also have paper grocery sacks available, and the canvas bags that sell as a
fundraiser. I was assuming that most of the libraries discussing bags were
talking about using them with adult patrons, I would hope they know the safety
issue of plastic and children. We also need to be careful about the SLP reading
incentives we give as the inexpensive prizes we can get from the catalogs often
say "not recommended for children under age five (or three)." Have a
safe summer! On with the books!!
Karen M. Wendt <<kmwendt@scls.lib.wi.us>
Youth Services Coordinator
Monona Public Library
1000 Nichols Road, Monona, WI 53716 USA
<smaller>http://www.scls.lib.wi.us/monona/youth.html
</smaller>
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Sun May 10 18:00:49 1998
From: "Deborah H. Williams" <bookloft@spectra.net>
ubject: OUT-OF-PRINT BOOKS
It's easy to search for and order out-of-print books of all kinds,
including children's books. The following three sites each have more than
1500 professional members in the used and/or rare book business, with
millions of titles listed. They are: www.interloc.com, www.abebooks.com,
and www.bibliofind.com. Just read the information at each site, and follow
the directions in the "search" sections. Happy hunting!
Deborah Williams, Binghamton, New York
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Sun May 10 18:00:24 1998
From: Simpson <jsimpson03@snet.net>
Subject: Re: An interesting paragraph
About teachers breaking up school fights:
A few years back, I was working as a substitute librarian in an
elementary school. One day, outside the principal's office, two boys
got into a fight. A bunch of teachers, including the female principal,
called to the kids but did nothing else to stop them. After one boy
accidently hit the principal while swinging at the other boy, I stepped
up behind him, grabbed his arms behind his back, and pulled him away.
The other boy stopped when he saw his target was gone, and seemed to
calm down. It was pure instinct on my part, I have no self-defense
training whatsoever, but I felt that something had to be done. Everyone
looked at me like I was this super-hero or something. To me, it was
just common sense; I couldn't understand why no one had tried to break
it before before I stepped in. I shudder to think what would have
happened if I hadn't grabbed the kid - how long would this fight have
gone on? Shouldn't schools have a policy for this or something?
I had long-time sub jobs in several school libraries before finally
landing a job in a public library, and in every school, the thing I
hated the most was dealing with the discipline problem. Many kids just
don't respect (or are not afraid of) adult authority anymore, and that's
scary!
Martha Simpson, Stratford Library, Stratford, CT
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Sun May 10 18:00:49 1998
From: "Colleen Doyle" <cdoyle@freespace.net>
Subject: multimedia borrowing policies
Hi, I am a library assistant in the children's department of a Canadian =
public library serving a community of about 100,000. We have recently =
formed a Technology Task Group and are looking into offering various new =
services including internet access, in-house multimedia access, and =
possibly adding CD-ROM's to our circulation collection. I've been =
searching the web, hoping to find info on other public libraries that =
lend CD-ROM's and their policies, but have had no luck. I would =
appreciate hearing (at my e-mail address) any advice or ideas you may =
have, as well as your experiences (good and bad) with any of the above =
issues.
Thanks in advance.
Colleen Doyle
Library Assistant
Guelph Public Library
cdoyle@freespace.net
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Sun May 10 17:59:25 1998
From: Mel Burton <mburton@plcmc.lib.nc.us>
Subject: RE: Speakers for C & YA programs
I know it is tooting my own horn, but I am currently a presenter in our =
system for workshops on the reference interview. I do the section on =
reference interview strategies for children and I just finished a rough =
draft on this topic for an article that I will be submitting to our =
state library journal for publication later this year. I previously =
published an article in North Carolina Libraries (Summer 1993) entitled =
Whose Mom Is a Librarian or Does Gender Make a Difference in Children's =
Librarianship? I am familiar with the plains area since my first =
library job was as a children's librarian at Natrona County Library in =
Casper, Wyoming from 1976 to 1979. I have been a storyteller at an ALA =
program and am currently listed in Who's Who in the South and Southwest. =
Sorry to push myself, but since the event is not in the Carolinas where =
I am more well known at this time, there would be no one in your area =
that would still remember me to suggest.
Thank you for your consideration.
Mel Burton, Children's Information Specialist
North County Regional Library
Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County
16500 Holly Crest Lane
Huntersville, NC 28078
mburton@plcmc.lib.nc.us
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From: Bridgett Johnson[SMTP:bridgett@lewis-carnegie-library.org]
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 1998 7:23 PM
To: pubyac@nysernet.org
Subject: Speakers for C & YA programs
Have you heard any TERRIFIC children's and/or young adult programming=20
speakers? The Montana Library Association and the Mountain Plains=20
Library Association is doing a joint conference in June of 1999 here=20
in Montana (Big Sky near Bozeman).
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