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Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 11:24:02 -0400 (EDT)
To: pubyac-digest@nysernet.org
Subject: pubyac V1 #384
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Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 15:40:46 EDT
From: Susan259@aol.com
Subject: Re: CD-Rom Collection
I was wondering if anyone has developed a selection policy for electronic
resources such as CD-ROMs. This is something we are attempting to develop in
our library sysyem, and I would appreciate any ideas or suggestions to build
upon.
Thank you,
Susan Byerly
Haggard Library
Plano Public Library System
Plano, TX
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Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 16:42:15 -0500
From: Adelaide Rowe <arowe@egvpl.org>
Subject: Re: Amazon.com for out of print books
I was wondering if any library used Amazon.com for out of print books. I
think it is a remarkable site in so many ways. If your library uses it
with any regularity for anything else, I would be interested in knowing
too? TIA
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Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 15:43:55 +0000
From: "Mindy Schafer" <mschafer@tln.lib.mi.us>
Subject: Dharma Trading/Tie Dye
Since I've received so many requests for contact info. for Dharma
Trading, I've decided to post their address & phone number to the
list. They are a fiber arts supply company--dealing mainly in dyeing
and dyeing supplies. Here is the info:
Dharma Trading Co
Box 150916
San Rafael, CA 94915
1-800-542-5227
P.S. I used the "Small Group Kit" which is $40.95 and provides almost
everything you need to dye about 60-70 shirts. The ad says 40-50 but
we did about 70 and still had some dye left.
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* Mindy Schafer *
*Youth Services Librarian*
* Novi Public Library *
* Novi, Michigan *
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Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 15:55:31 -0500 (CDT)
From: Trudy Terry <tterry@hpl.lib.tx.us>
Subject: Re: pubyac V1 #382
Thank you for all the answers about ink for hand stamps. I found a
beautiful gold metalic that shows up on all skin tones. For those of you
looking for stamps and non toxic colors I found that Hobby Lobby a craft
store in my area had colors. I had to read carefully though because some
were for fabric and would not wash off little hands. The neon colors did
not do as well as the metalic colors. Trudy Terry
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Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 11:56:35 -0700
From: "Carrie Eldridge" <celdridge@sanjuan.lib.wa.us>
Subject: Ulrich's International Periodicals directory
Are their any libraries out there considering dumping Ulrich's for some
on-line source?
Carrie
Carrie Eldridge
San Juan Island Library District
Friday Harbor, WA 98250
celdridge@sanjuan.lib.wa.us
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Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 17:39:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: Sala <msala@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
Subject: crafts, kids, public libraries - a question
Dear Bina Williams
I was intrigued with your response to the crafts query. I was impressed
with your outline of your ambitious storyhour format. I work as a trainee
in both a children's room and in adult refeence. I do run some childrens
programs and would like to try different approaches. My questions are; How
many children are enrolled and/or attend your story hours? Do parents
attend with the child or do you have some other assistance while running
the program? Do the 2 & 3 year olds last for the entire hour? Our
storytimes register 25 children (15-20 attend)for a series of 6 sessions.
Parents attend with the
2-3's, 4-k's go in alone. Our storytimes are 1/2 hour and included
songs, finger
plays, flannel boards, puppets. We do separate story crafts - one session
at a time with craft based on a book as well as straight craft programs
for preschoolers through 6 grade. I find even a half hour is occassionally
too much for some of our youngest attendees.
I would appreciate any suggestions and tips - Thanks Meg Sala
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Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 13:11:21 -0700
From: Jill Patterson <jpatterson@ci.glendora.ca.us>
Subject: summer reading program stats
Well, I obviously made a BIG goof, which two people have caught me on. Our
summer reading program has 1,400 kids registered NOT 14,000 as I must have
erroneously typed. Mea culpa, the comma was in the wrong place and you can
tell I am not a numbers person!!!
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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Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 17:21:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: Sala <msala@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
Subject: unattended children policy
To Linda Peterson -
I am a library science student currently working as a trainee in 2
public libraries. In one (medium sized) the policy is strict. No child
(under 14) is to be left unattended. Even when children are attending
programs an adult is expected to stay in the building. Granted this policy
isn't always enforced especially with the 12-14 year old group unless they
are left in charge of younger siblings. When a child is unattended we take
down the childs name and try to speak with the adult picking up the child.
Further instances are recorded and if the problem persists the director is
notified. A call from the director is the furthest we have ever had to go
to resolve such a problem. In the other library, which is quite large, the
policy is much more flexible as far as school age children are concerned.
The policy states that it is the parents not the library responsible for
the behavior of the children. If a child is causing a problem
(disturbance) and the parents cannot be located than proper authorities
will be called. Of course it is expected that preschool children will be
supervised by an adult at all times. Occasionally a school age child will
be waiting for a ride when the library is closing and a librarian will
have to wait to make sure they are picked up to my knowledge the police
have never had to be called. Hope this helps - Meg Sala
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Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 17:30:45 -0500
From: Webmaster <webmast@bartlesville.lib.ok.us>
Subject: Re: Summer Programming
I agree with this. We serve about 140 kids between the ages of 5 and 9 each
Monday, and we have not found a way to include all the attendees in hands-on
or round-robin reading. We hire some educational performers, and teach them
"large group" things: last week when we "visited" Hawaii, we
learned a hula.
Prior to the program we spend a few minutes talking about good books audience
members read this week. We also spend time after each performer doing related
booktalks, and I can tell you every kid leaves the room with a book. As long
as you create a reader-friendly program which promotes books and the library,
I'm not sure there is a wrong way to do it.
As the boss, if you've listened respectfully to your assistant, and considered
her point of view, you are perfectly within your right to make the final
decisions as to how the program will work.
Bromann wrote:
> I vote for hiring performers whenever possible. The library is not just
> for reading, but learning, and when other professionals can come and
> share what they know (For us this summer it was Reptiles, the Shedd
> Aquarium, Fashions of the Titanic), the kids are learning something new
> that I can't teach them, which makes coming to the library more fun. We
> do do crafts, story times, bingo, a carnival, and a couple other programs
> (water games and trivia) ourselves. But it is just 1 1/2 people (+
> 80 slighltly unreliable teens) working for 645 kids. Hiring performers
> makes it a little easier. And parents comment on how much they and their
> children have enjoyed these educational entertainers. In the fall we do
> more book based programming in disguise. But then, every library and it's
> community is different.
>
> Jennifer Bromann
> Head of Youth Services
> Prairie Trails Public Library
> Burbank, IL
> bromannj@sls.lib.il.us
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Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 19:54:52 +0200
From: Christian et Nancy Meloche <meloche@worldnet.net>
Subject: Purple party needs help !
Hi to all Pubyacers,
It is really amazing to read of the daily wonders the collective mind comes up
with to solve stumpers and give ideas.
I will call on you again for any ideas you may have for our Purple Party. We
will be having the party at our weekly 3-to 5-year-old story hour. I already
have
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse and Harold and the Purple Crayon. Hoping you may
have further suggestions of books, poems or activities.
Thanks, in advance for responding directly to me.
Nancy Meloche
Head of Children's and YA Services
American Library in Paris
alp@compuserve.com or meloche@worldnet.fr
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Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 12:39:27 -0400
From: "Lorie J. O'Donnell" <odonnell@borg.com>
Subject: Re: Kids site ???
We provide access to Amazon.com to the patrons, which now has a music
store as well. Why not this one. Two points about this:
1) If the kid has the parents' credit card or number, that is NOT my
problem. We can only go so far in the protection game! I refuse to
frisk kids for the parennt's card before I let them use the 'net. And I
won't get rid of a great resource because it may be abused.
2) Many of the "store" type sites have the best indexes of the stuff
they sell. I use Amazon endlessly as a database, and this one looks
good for locating music info as well. So we should get rid of a great
resource....(see above)? We have catalog shopping guides and pay
phones. What's the difference?
Lorie
BALLY@aol.com wrote:
> Why would a library assume the responsibility or pointing a kid to a music
> store ? Do we hide credit card slips for Best Buy and Peaches in books and
on
> bookshelves for kids to buy CD's in our physical library ?
- --
***************
Lorie J. O'Donnell
odonnell@borg.com
"All that is comes from the mind; it is based on the mind,
it is fashioned by the mind. " from The Pali Canon
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Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 18:37:06 -0400
From: "Williams, Lisa Dail" <LDW0710@MAIL.ECU.EDU>
Subject: Reading Renaissance
Is anyone here familiar with the "Reading Renaissance" program used in
public schools (usually elementary and middle)? Any comments if you
are? Our school system is getting ready to start this program.
Lisa Williams
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Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 17:50:52 -0500
From: Karen Wendt <bewendt@facstaff.wisc.edu>
Subject: Re: Multiculturalism
<excerpt>Jeri: I love your reply. It is just about exactly what I have
been thinking about as I am working to increase/ change the picture books
that I have in my storytelling kits. I want to make the kits include
books which, as you say, have " diversity in life experiences (and ethnic
backgrounds, and language, and geographical settings, and...)." The kits
are used for outreach to daycare centers, Head Start, and for in-house
storytimes, as well as circulating to daycare teachers to use with the
kids. I also have a program in the summer for middle school children
called <italic>Kids As Storytellers. </italic>They present stories
in one
format or another to elementary and preschool children. Next school year
I will be working with the Learning Disabilities teacher at the local
middle school. She has kids in what she calls "pull-out groups," but,
she
will also be working with them in the regular class setting. We will be
using the <italic>Kids As Storytellers </italic>program with them
and we
hope they will continue to be a part of the group through next summer.
</excerpt><<<<<<<<
Karen Wendt
>>>>
<excerpt>
At 10:23 AM 7/18/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Multiculturalism? I think this is such a broad term. What do I think
>about including as many diverse life experiences in my collection as
>possible? I am all for it. What do I think about offering books in
which children of minority groups (Latino, African-American, children of
>divorce, children of 2-parent family, children of blended marriages,
>children of non-marriage partnerships, children facing abusive
situations,
>children with happy, middle-class families, etc.)? I am all for it.
I think it is important for children to be exposed to all kinds of people
in the books they read. I think it is also important for children to be
able to see themselves in the books they read. As a teen I "saw
myself" as
Jo in Little Women. I also "saw myself" as the educated sailor in
Richard Henry Dana's Two Years Before The Mast. You can't expect that every
>10-year-old African-American child of a single parent with 2 siblings
will only see himself in a story about an African-American family with 3
>children (one of whom is the same age and gender as the reader). You
>never know which characters any given reader will "see himself"
in.
So you buy widely with as much diversity in life experiences (and ethnic
>backgrounds, and language, and geographical settings, and...) as you
can and hope you have at least something for each and every individual
child that walks into your door.
> And, you just might expand a child's definition of himself or
>herself by offering ideas and experiences they have not yet had
>opportunities to explore.
> So, what do I think about multiculturalism in children's
>literature? Well, now you know...if my understanding of your question
is>the same as your intended meaning. Have a nice day. - jeri
>Jeri Kladder, Children's Librarian & Storyteller
>jkladder@freenet.columbus.oh.us
>Columbus Metropolitan Library
>Columbus, Ohio
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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