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Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 01:40:16 -0400 (EDT)
To: pubyac-digest@nysernet.org
Subject: pubyac V1 #389
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Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 17:28:22 -0500
From: "Mary J. Soucie" <mjsoucie@htls.lib.il.us>
Subject: Billy Joel Activity- Very Long
Hi,all. I don't remember which listserv I
originally responded to the post on, but I have
received several requests for a copy of the Billy
Joel "We Didn't Start the Fire" Activity. Again,
I don't remember the names of the people that
originally came up with the activity. They were
in my undergrad program at Illinois State
University, Fall of '90. (If you recognize this
activity as yours, please feel free to take
credit, and also contact me.) So, here it is....
Listed below are the lyrics to Billy Joel's single
recording of We Didn't Start the Fire. The lyrics
include names, places, music and facts relating to
geography, history, and music. All relate from
the late 1940's through... the late 1980's (sic).
Your assignment is a scavenger hunt. This hunt
will lead you to reference materials found in the
library, globes, atlases, knowledgeable adults,
teachers, and other students. You may already be
familiar with some of the material.
Each student must supply one fact for each lyric.
[Note: When I did this activity, I allowed groups
to supply one fact per year. More than one was
counted as extra credit. I also played the song as
we were doing research.]
Year '49:
1. Harry Truman
2. Doris Day
3. Red China
4. Johnny Ray
5. South Pacific
6. Walter Winchell
7. Joe DiMaggio
’50
8. Joe McCarthy
9. Richard Nixon
10. Studebaker
11. Television
12. North Korea
13. South Korea
14. Marilyn Monroe
’51
15. Rosenbergs
16. H Bombs
17. Sugar Ray
18. Panunjom
19. Randall
20. The King & I
’52
21. The Catcher in the Rye
22. Eisenhower
23. Vaccine
24. England’s Got a New Queen
25. Marciano
26. Liberace
27. Santa Alyana
’53
28. Joseph Stalin
29. Malenkov
30. Nasser Prokofiev
31. Rockefeller
32. Campinella
33. Communist Bloc
’54
34. Roy Cohn
35. Juan Peron
36. Toscanini
37. Dacron
38. Dien Nien Phu Falls
39. Rock Aroun the Clock
’55
40. Einstein
41. James Dean
42. Brooklyn’s Winning Team
43. Davy Crockett
44. Peter Pan
45. Elvis Presley
’56
46. Disneyland
47. Bardot
48. Budapest
49. Alabama
50. Khrushchev
51. Princess Grace
52. Payton Place
53. Trouble in the Suez
’57
54. Little Rock
55. Pasternak
56. Mickey Mantle
57. Keronac
58. Sputnik
59. Chou En-Lai
60. Bridge on the River Kwai
’58
61. Lebanon
62. Charles De Gaulle
63. California Baseball
64. Starkweather Homicide
65. Children of Thalidomide
’59
66. Buddy Holly
67. Ben Hur
68. Space Monkey
69. Mafia
70. Hula Hoops
71. Castro
72. Edsel is a No Go
’60
73. U 2
74. Syngman Rhee
75. Payola and Kennedy
76. Kennedy
77. Chubby Checker
78. Psycho
79. Belgians in the Congo
’61
80. Hemingway
81. Eichmann
82. Stranger in a Strange Land
83. Dylan
84. Berlin
85. Bay of Pigs Invasion
’62
86. Lawrence of Arabia
87. British Beatlemania
88. Old Miss
89. John Glenn
90. Liston Beats Patterson
’63
91. Pope Paul
92. Malcolm X
93. British Politician Sex
94. JFK Blown Away
‘64-’89
95. Birth Control
96. Ho Chi Minh
97. Richard Nixon Back Again
98. Moonshot
99. Woodstock
100. Watergate
101. Punk Rock
102. Begin
103. Reagan
104. Palenstine
105. Terror on the Airline
106. Ayatollah’s in Iran
107. Russians in Afghanistan
108. Wheel of Fortune
It has been quite some time since I’ve done this
activity with students. You might want to check
spelling, availability of resources, etc. When I
did do this with 6th-8thgrade students, they
really enjoyed it.
Hope this helps. Hope you’ll be able to use this
activity- it’s a lot of fun for both students and
teacher/librarian. The students learn a lot and
it fits into many different subject areas. If you
have any additional questions, please feel free to
contact me. mjsoucie@htls.lib.il.us
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Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 14:11:56 -0500
From: Jodi Rocco <jodir@alc.org>
Subject: Winnie the Pooh program
Hello everyone,
I was requested by several people to post the ideas I received for the
Winnie the pooh program so here goes. Much thanks to everyone for their
ideas.
Pooh bear, Pooh bear turn around
Pooh bear, pooh bear touch the ground
Tigger, tigger jump up high
Tigger, tigger touch the sky
Eyore, eyore pick some thistles
eeyore, eeyore can you wistle
An action verse that a coworker just used for a program
last week. the kids loved it!
Thank you, Pooh! makes a good flannel board. (actually the coworker did
a
full blown life size flannel board. She made the 100 acre wood and put
it on 4 room dividers) (very cute) This story is about pooh getting new
honey pots and he gives the old ones away. A smackerl of honey for
snack
(honey graham crackers w/icing)
We read Winnie the Pooh's Nightmare. It was a pop-up book version.
Then we
played Winnie the Pooh Bingo. A friend of mine has a set of W-T-P
stamps and I
made Bingo cards with them. The winner of the game got to call out the
squares
the next time. Then we did a pin the tail on Eeyore game. I got the
basis for
Eeyore from a set of Pooh party ideas that were sitting around the
library. I
assume that one of the previous children's librarians wrote to the
publisher to
get them. Also in that packet were trivia games, mazes, recipes, etc.
There
is a book called "The Pooh Party Book" which also has crafts, recipes,
and
things.
I like to make headbands of the characters of the "Tut Tut, looks like
rain" chapter of the original Winnie the Pooh (Pooh, piglet, rabbit,
balloons, honey, Christopher Robin, lots and lots of bees, etc.) and
have
the kids play act the chapter. This takes quite a bit of time, casting
the
parts, admiring the headbands, acting out the play. I believe that
Virginia Ellison's _Winnie the Pooh Party book_ has patterns that were
designed for photocopying. (Not 100 % on that title, but it is one of
the
pooh party books - the patterns are in the back).
Afterward, the kids go racing through the book stacks for "Pooh
Sticks"
that I have hidden. I take colored straws and tie sparkly ribbons
around them.
They can be hidden in any kind of setting. I make up a clue list to
go along with the hiding spots and hide about 12-15. For class visits
in
the library, the clues I use include Magic School Bus, Henry and Mudge,
Ranger Rick, Dinosaurs, etc. I tell the kids that they need to find at
least 10 to get the hunny pot prize. The prize (for everyone) are the
individually wrapped candies "Bit 'o Honey". They are inexpensive and
go
with the theme. This has worked great! I hope that you have a great
time.
Hi: We do an Winnie-the-Pooh birthday party every January (A.A. Milne's
birthday) and it's been very popular. We do "Pin the Tail on Eeyore"
with a
cardboard poster of Eeyore (I just drew it from a picture) and lots of
black construction paper tails for the kids to tape on. A local bakery
provides lots of bread and honey for everyone. We sing the Pooh song,
and
have usually read a favorite story. Last year we had 230 kids (!!) so we
did a little skit based on "In Which a House is Built at Pooh Corner for
Eeyore." Other ideas: 100 Acre Woods Mural for kids to color, making
ears
(donkey, rabbit, pig & bear). Good luck!
1. Nametags: decorate your own pot of honey cut from construction paper
2. Activities: Bee-n Bag Toss (girls draw bees with Sharpies on muslin
bags prestitched on 3 sides, then hand stitch the last side; each girl
has 3 chances to toss their bean bags into a hunny pot, real or drawn)
Honey Bee Notes (girls use watercolor paints and pens to
make fingerprint bees on paper; think of clever sayings like "Thanks for
bee-ing my friend")
3. Snacks: Honey on Bisquits, Honey on Toast, Honey-dipped Fruit rolled
in grannola or coconut or chopped nuts
Brownie Bear Day (Everyone bring a Pooh or Teddy Bear)
1. Nametags: Make your own Pooh Bear name tag, and one for Pooh or
Teddy
2. Activities: Bear Ring Toss (assemble Poohs and Teddys on floor or
table and try to ring with large embroidery hoops)
Bear Paws (use artgum erasers to cut circles for bear
paws
and have the girls print notepads or notepaper with brown rubberstamp
ink)
Bear Parade (march around the library to Pooh music)
3. Snacks: Pooh Bear Picnic with iced tea, and assorted sandwiches
and
sandwich cookies
Junior Kanga Pocket Day
1.Nametags: Make large Kanga nametags with a real pocket (an envelope)
and
have girls write their names on slips of paper that fit into the pocket,
and exchange slips so they have 1 from each participant, including you.
2. Activities: Pocket or Bag tags which girls can attach to their belt
loops or backpacks (need business card size paper, lamination pouches,
hole punch, ribbon, and laminator; girls can design their own tags w/
rubberstamps or stickers...)
Pocket Wallet (stitch 2 pieces of denim fabric into a jeans
pocket-shaped mini wallet that closes with velcro or loop & button or
snaps; girls can embroider or fabric paint or stencil on the pocket, or
stitch on a patch)
3. Snacks: Pita Pocket Sandwiches w/ jam or jelly filling or whatever
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I did buy Winnie the Pooh stickers and made a lotto game similar to the
bingo game
with stamps. We are also going to make Bear faces out of canned bisqits
.1 bisquit for the head and little balls for the nose and ears with
raisen eyes. Brush with honey after they are done baking. ( This
program is at the girls scout center not at the library so we have
access to a kitchen.) I plan on using many of your ideas this time and
saving the rest
for future reference.
Thanks again for all your great ideas. This list has saved my sanity
many times.
Oh I should also mention that this program is two days before our
Hawaiin Luau
family storytime, which I am also compiling your ideas to post to the
list.
Jodi Rocco
Children's Library Asst.
Abilene Public Library
Abilene Texas
Jodi.rocco@alcon.alc.org
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Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 17:54:59 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kirsten Edwards <kirstedw@kcls.org>
Subject: Re: Filtering facts.
Hi all!
I've been using the kid's computer at one of my branches when I stay late
to browse the 'net or answer personal mail. Two reasons: It's
conveniently located and as my husband would tell me, it's important to
"eat your own dogfood".
So far I've been blocked from two sites: A hip review of state-of-the-art
of YA literature (or at least that writer's opinion thereof) and the
archives for the Lois McMaster Bujold mailing list. Neither article is
hot porn or racism/bigotry or anarchist violence or promoting illegality.
The later, as listserves go, is remarkably cordial, thoughful and erudite.
Foul language simply doesn't happen. And Bujold has teen fans - she's a
popular author (Her CETAGANDA is on the Evergreen Award Nominees List)
So while neither site has anything on it that your average (or even your
unusual) 6-year-old would want, both could reasonably be interesting to
your average 15-year-old. The average parent would say, sure, go ahead,
read the Bujold list (there are teenagers on it. Polite, well-read,
clean-spoken teenagers). But Mr. Filter says,
NO.
So whatever the case for and against filters for "children", I'm
begining
to feel pretty certain that they don't belong on *library* computers for
teens.
Just my opinion,
Kirsten Edwards
kirstedw@kcls.org
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Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 10:16:00 -0400
From: Lyric <rgwd@sprynet.com>
Subject: Amy Long's Request for Stime Website
In my website, "Preactical Resources for Youth Librarians" I
have a section of storytime links, such as fingerplays, crafts, themes,
etc.
http://members.tripod.com/~RGWDavis/index.html
Robin Davis
Youth Services Supervisor
Farmer's Branch Manske Library
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Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 12:01:01 -0700
From: DriftWood Public Library <driftwoodlib@wcn.net>
Subject: RE: storytime schedules
Hi Belinda--I'm a half-time "youth services coordinator" in a small =
coastal library. I do two pre-school and one toddler storytime every =
week , year 'round--one week off after summer reading (whew) and between =
Xmas and New Years. It works fine for me, but I also have a separate =
storytime book collection that does not circulate. I keep everything =
together--books, songs, fingerplays,etc.--and just pull out the =
appropriate box for that storytime. It's slick.
Jill Heffner
Driftwood Public Library
Lincoln City, OR
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Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 15:17:30 -0500 (CDT)
From: Donna Harris <dharris@metro.lib.ci.carrollton.tx.us>
Subject: Re: Spanish Language Storytime
Hello!
This message is in response to questions about a bilingual storytime. My
name is Heather Darden and I work at the Frankford library in Carrollton.
We get an audience of mono-lingual English speakers, mono-lingual Spanish
speakers, and those that speak/understand both. I have a partner working
with me on the storytimes. We do that for many reasons (small selection
list, lots of visuals to make, etc.) but the major reason we do it is so
that the children have two different voices to hear - I do the Spanish,
and Cindy Brundige is our English voice. It helps all the kids to
differentiate the languages. We also have vocabulary (2 or 3 words) we go
over for the kids...they focus on those words, trying to find them in the
stories...we do the Spanish in one color/font and the English in a
different color/font...we also have pictures of the words to make it
easier for the children to identify.
It also helps to have really easy songs for the kids to sing and
dance to...a good resource are the tapes made by Jose Luis Orozco for
children. These songs teach a few numbers or colors and are very
repetitive. We also recently incorporated the use of a puppet to get a
dialogue going that the kids can follow...we use Juan el cocodrilo to
introduce songs and books...he and Miss Cindy usually have a conversation
- - he speaks in Spanish and she in English...no translation is necessary if
the conversations are simple and easy to follow - it isn't necessary for
the kids to understand every word as long as they get the gist of it all.
We also use sheets which we pass out that have song lyrics and vocabulary
words printed on it so that parents, older children, and educators can use
it later. That's all I have on that...I hope it helps!
Buena Suerte!
Heather Darden
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Donna Harris dharris@metro.lib.ci.carrollton.tx.us
Librarian Voice 972.466.4810
Frankford Village Branch Library VMM 972.466.4825
3030 N. Josey Lane, #130 Fax 972.394.2877
Carrollton, TX 75007-5341
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(All opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views
of my employer.)
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Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 11:15:10 -0400
From: Sarah Hudson <shudson@plcmc.lib.nc.us>
Subject: RE: Christian Fiction
Hi
VOYA reviews Christian Fiction occassionally in their
regular fiction review section, but it is not separate.
Sarah
Sarah Hudson
Information Specialist
Independence Regional Library
Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County
shudson@plcmc.lib.nc.us
opinions are my own and do not reflect those of the
library
Does anyone know of a reviewing source for children's and YA Christian
fiction?
St. Charles, IL 60174
mgoc@linc.lib.il.us
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Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 16:22:35 -0500 (CDT)
From: Donna Harris <dharris@metro.lib.ci.carrollton.tx.us>
Subject: Re: CD-Rom Collection
Raffi. Ya gotta have Raffi.
And the Classical Kids collection -- Beethoven lives upstairs etc
Raffi. (Did I mention him already?)
Some Ella Jenkins.
And, of course..... some RAFFI!!!!!!!!!
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Donna Harris dharris@metro.lib.ci.carrollton.tx.us
Librarian Voice 972.466.4810
Frankford Village Branch Library VMM 972.466.4825
3030 N. Josey Lane, #130 Fax 972.394.2877
Carrollton, TX 75007-5341
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(All opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views
of my employer.)
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Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 11:34:15 -0700
From: markh@sfpl.lib.ca.us
Subject: Spanish storytime outreach
To Ruth Shafer @ Vancouver Community Library:
At San Francisco's Mission Branch Library we've been running a Spanish story
time for about 6 years. We started when we had a grant giving us extra
staff and other resources to help us increase outreach to immigrants.
Our neighborhood is at least 50% Latino, so we had a pretty big potential
pool of storytime "customers". However, the storytime languished at
first
because we only did it once a month. Once we began doing it weekly, and
found the time that best worked, it took off. We hold it every Saturday
at 12 noon. Half hour stories,songs, rhymes, etc., followed by a simple
craft. The craft definitely helps to pull people in. Our audience has
included some of the English-speaking learners of Spanish like you're
getting, but it's overwhelmingly Spanish speaking immigrants. We usually
get about 30-50 people, kids and parents included.
Our outreach consists of monthly flyers to all the schools, daycares,
social service and health agencies, recreation centers, etc. in the
neighborhood; flyers to local Spanish language media (Newspapers, TV, radio);
flyers posted around the neighborhood; attendance at community events and
street fairs; and most of all, word of mouth. We also visited a lot of
parent groups at schools and preschools when we had more staff available.
The best "jump start" we've found for promoting an event to a lot of
Spanish speakers fast, has been to get a public service announcement on the
local Spanish language TV station.
Our Spanish language storytime audience has been wonderful, and has helped
to build families of really strong library users and supporters.
Good luck!
Mark Hall
Mission Branch, San Francisco Public Library
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Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 10:20:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Mary Johnson (amk)" <mjohnson@wlsmail.wls.lib.ny.us>
Subject: Re: Filtering in libraries
Thanks, Mary, for your encouraging words! I really appreciate them. NOw
I'm wondering - has everyone heard about the new bill in congress denying
federal monies to libraries and schools which *do not* use/install
filters? Isn't this going to have a dreadful impact on schools and
libraries in poorer areas? Is there anything that we, as professionals,
can do to protest such a sweeping (&,I think, poorly thought-out)
regulation? Is the ALA doing anything? As I said before, I'm not
totally opposed to filters, but I am opposed to keeping information from
people who cannot afford their own internet access.
Hope this helps.
Mary Johnson (mjohnson@wls.lib.ny.us)
On Wed, 15 Jul 1998, Mary J. Soucie wrote:
> Mary Johnson and all:
> Kudos to you, Mary, for stating it so well! There are many arguments
> for and against filters; there are alternatives, also, that are much
> less drastic than quitting your job!! I personally am not in favor of
> filters; I prefer to bookmark recommended sites. I certainly wouldn't
> give up my job, though, because then who is there to advocate for the
> youth while they are trying to replace me. It seems like there may have
> been a better solution to this problem. I think your response is great,
> MAry.
>
> Mary J. Konieczka
> Youth Services Consultant
> mjsoucie@htls.lib.il.us
>
>
>
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Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 14:53:09 -0500
From: Peggy Northcraft <mdu002@mail.connect.more.net>
Subject: Re: Creative Lighting
At a small branch library in Inidiana I saw a porthole window in a
Children's area. A child could sit in it and read. It gave a fish bowl
view of the area outside the window which facinates the kids. I didn't
talk to the librarian about it. Another good idea I saw at that library
were bench seating around the walls, which had lift-up seats with storage
space underneath. I'm not sure which library this is; I visited several
that day, but I think it is a branch of the Elkhart IN Public Library.
Anyway it is in the Elkhart area.
At 06:11 PM 7/22/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Pubyac,
>We are looking at adding some creative lighting to our children's area in
>our new branch library to make the area more inviting and exciting to
>kdis. The use of neon light is one idea we are tossing around, and we are
>wondering what other libraries using neon think about it. Any positive
>or negative comments you could share would be much appreciated. Any
>other creative lighting ideas you might have are also welcome.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Jennifer Harshberger
>Children's Librarian
>Fort Collins (CO) Public Library
>
>
>
Margaret "Peggy" Northcraft
Children's Librarian
Hannibal Public Library
Hannibal MO
mdu002@mail.connect.more.net
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Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 10:32:24 -0700
From: Esther Rickelton <esthrick@kcls.org>
Subject: RE: Spanish Language Storytime
We recently had a focus group for spanish speakers. What we learned was
that we needed to try different methods to get information to that =
community. Try flyers in Spanish posted in Spanish restaurant, Spanish =
radio stations or Community Centers where Spanish is spoken. Normal
channels don't reach this community.
Esther Rickelton
Associate Director for Public Services
King County Library System
206 296-5290 FAX 253 850 9872
- -----Original Message-----
From: Ruth Shafer [SMTP:shafer@fvrl.lib.wa.us]
We have recently started a Spanish language preschool storytime and I am
looking for information that might help to reach our target audience. =
In
the three months that the program has been running (we hold the program
once a month) we have not had any monolingual speakers show up and =
mostly
we have had homeschooled children who are studing Spanish attend so that
they could be exposed to the language. <snip>
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Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 09:47:18 -0700
From: "Marin Younker" <marin@CI.TIGARD.OR.US>
Subject: homework center
wisdom needed: i am starting a homework center at the tigard library
and need advice. the center will be open tuesdays, wednesdays, and
thursdays from 3:30-6:00. it will be located in a conference room
that seats 25 at tables. the school district has agreed to bus
middle school students out to the library after school - it will then
be the parents responsibility to pick up the kids. permission
slips will be signed. middle school students will be the primary
target, though i will advertise at the local high school and
alternative program. volunteers from ed programs, the high school,
and community will staff the center. i plan to have a "no tolerance"
discipline policy, in part, based on discussion on this list serve in
the past month. so, advice? any policies that you have to share,
discipline or otherwise? what was the impact on your reference desk
and library staff? was it chaos and do you regret not taking certain
steps? how did you train your volunteers? i cannot think of
everything, so if you have some wisdom to impart, please do! either
email me directly or send info to 13125 sw hall blvd, tigard, or
97223. tia. marin.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
J. Marin Younker
Youth Services Librarian
Tigard Public Library
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Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 14:35:04 -0400
From: edythe gilbreath <edytherg@westol.com>
Subject: Re: Christian Fiction
Voya regularly has a section which reviews Christian fiction.
Hope this helps. I think there are also some websites which do good
reviews of Christian fiction.
Edie Gilbreath edytherg@westol.com
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Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 14:33:53 PDT
From: "Heather McNeil" <lassie2tel@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Snake That Sneezed pattern
The Snake that Sneezed was in Kidstuff: A Treasury of Early Childhood
Enrichment Materials, volume 3, #11.
Heather
Lassie2tel@hotmail.com
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Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 14:11:00 -0700
From: Diane_Tuccillo@ci.mesa.az.us
Subject: AZ Nominations
All you Arizona librarians out there, listen up! I know many of you are
subscribers to PUBYAC, so I thought this would be a quick and easy way to
get this message across:
This year, ALYAS (Arizona Librarians for Young Adult Services) worked with
Northland Publishing to put together and get approved the first annual
Rising Moon Outstanding Youth Services Librarian award. The award will be
given at the annual conference in November along with all the other awards
from the Arizona Library Association. This new award was approved too late
to get the information about it in the April newsletter, when all the other
awards were promoted. We need nominees! If you know a librarian who
specializes in work with youth of any age in a public library in Arizona
and has been an outstanding role model, we want to know! Get out your April
and June AzLA newletters for the general nomination criteria. At least
three people need to write letters of support for the person you have
selected. You can send your letters to Anne Owens, Glendale Public Library,
5959 W. Brown St., Glendale, AZ 85302-1248.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me personally.
Thanks!
Diane Tuccillo
Senior Librarian/YA Coordinator
Mesa Public Library
64 East First Street
Mesa, AZ 85201
602-644-2735
Diane_Tuccillo@Ci.mesa.az.us
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Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 09:07:14 EDT
From: ILefkowitz@aol.com
Subject: Re:mother-daughter book group
Here at the Englewood Library we have an on-going mother daughter book group.
It is jointly run by the Young adult department and the children's department.
We have it open to girls in grades five through eight. We meet the third
Wednesday of the month at 7pm. The meeting generally lasts about an hour and
the library provides juice and cookies. Successful books that we have
discussed include: "The true confessions of charlotte doyle",
"Eva", "Bad
Girls", "The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963",
"Confess-O-Rama", and "Walk Two
Moons". I have prepared several bibliogrphies for the girls to choose books
from and will send them to anyone who emails me privately. Good luck with the
discussion. It is perhaps one of the most rewarding programs I do.
Ilene Lefkwitz
YA Librarian
Englewood Library
ILefkowitz@aol.com
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Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 09:06:20 -0700
From: torrie@ci.burlington.wa.us (Torrie Hodgson Children's Librarian)
Subject: Re: Summer Reading Program Incentives - a different perspective
Adelaide, your trial of using time increments during a winter
reading program may not be a fair test. We used to have a winter reading
program too (sponsored by a service club), but ours used the same rationale
as our summer reading program. The circ was never so low, participation was
dismal, and we had to conclude that it was the time of year that was the
problem instead of the method. There were several things that stood in the
way of a winter reading club success:
It gets dark very early so few kids can come on their own after school or in
the evening.
Parents give precedence (and rightly so) to completing school projects over
a reading contest.
Nearly every family was busy and stressed to the maximum preparing for the
holidays, and then recovering from them without extra side-trips to the library.
Many kids received books of their own for Christmas, and read them at home
rather than take trips to the library.
Nov, Dec, Jan have always been the lowest circing months in our library,
program or not. (And every other library I've ever worked in.)
A couple years after we stopped the winter reading program, we
switched to a time-read format for summer reading. Our numbers of
participants doubled. We pulled in a greater age range. Parents and
teachers went gaga over how wonderful it was to have such a "fair"
program.
I'm not saying you have to switch...just that I think your trial run
of that program may have failed due to other unconsidered factors.
Hope it helps!
Torrie Hodgson 8)
Torrie Hodgson, Amazon librarian from the avocado jungle!
Burlington Public Library
900 East Fairhaven Ave
Burlington, WA 98233
Phone (360) 755-0760 Fax (360) 755-0717
torrie@ci.burlington.wa.us
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Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 10:41:40 -0700
From: "Thornton, Anita" <AnitaT@ci.mount-vernon.wa.us>
Subject: RE: Spanish Language Storytime
Ruth,
We have Spanish Storytime during our summer reading program. This helps
us consolidate information that's being sent home through the schools.
We have translated copies of our schedules to give children who need
them when we do our summer reading promos at the schools. Our local
college radio station has certain times that they play Spanish music.
They allow us to give press releases in Spanish every week announcing
the program. Yet, we still don't get a very good turnout. I think the
most difficult thing to figure out is when to schedule the program that
is convenient for those we are trying to reach. Last year's Friday at
4:00pm worked better than this year's Saturday at 10:00am. We recently
went to all the Mexican Restaurants, Migrant Council, and Mexican
Specialty stores and asked to put flyers in their windows. It did help
some! Hope these ideas help you!
Anita Thornton
Youth Services Librarian
Mount Vernon City Library
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