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Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 16:02:35 -0400 (EDT)
To: pubyac-digest@nysernet.org
Subject: pubyac V1 #392
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Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 16:55:46 -0500
From: Jan VanDeCar <jvandcar@park-ridge.lib.il.us>
Subject: Creative Lighting
Just a note on bench seats in a Children's Department. If they are
going to lift up for storage, make sure they can be opened from the
inside in case a child climbs into one and pulls down the lid and that
the lid is not too heavy. Locks are a good idea if they are going to be
used for storage.
At a library in our area a child hid in one and had everyone upset and
looking for him before he was found.
Janet Van De Carr
Park Ridge Public Library
Park Ridge, IL
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Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 10:56:16 EDT
From: Burnettcd@aol.com
Subject: Re: Emerging Reader Books
Send them to bindery. That's what we do!
Chris Burnett
Coralville Public Library
Coralville, Iowa 52241
burnettcd@aol.com
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Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 17:35:34 -0700
From: druthgo@sonic.net (Dr. Ruth I. Gordon)
Subject: Librarian shortage--N.C.
How come salaries weren't listed for the many school positions? A decent
salary and decent benefits might attract some talented folk who need to eat
and support themselves and their pets.
Just a thought.
Big Grandma
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"You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass
the guilty." Jessica Mitford (1917-1996)
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Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 17:56:45 -0500
From: "Children's Dept." <childrens.library@utmb.edu>
Subject: Billy Joel Factoid
A fact of interest regarding the "We Didn't Start the Fire"
discussion--
When that album first came out (1989), I remember reading somewhere (an
undocumented source, I know) that Mr. Joel is a real history buff and
was at a library looking at microfilm of The New York Times and the
headlines started striking him as potential lyrics.
FYI,
DJ. Lilly
Children's Librarian
Rosenberg Library
Galveston, Texas
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Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 23:45:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: Elizabeth Thomsen <et@noblenet.org>
Subject: Rec.arts.books.children
I mentioned the r.a.b.c. newsgroup in a recent message, and received a
couple of personal e-mails looking for more information. This group, and
any of those other groups whose names you see floating around in the form
something.something.somethingm are not e-mail groups or web pages, but
part of the system (if you can call it that) of USENET, also known as
newsgroups or netnews. Libraries and librarians for various historical
reasons have a real e-mail group culture and have mostly not been involved
in USENET, which is a problem, since it makes us different from most
college and commercial ISP users, almost all of whom have USENET access.
Traditionally, here's how USENET works-- your system or ISP gets the
USENET newsfeed, thousands of messages a day in hundreds of different
groups. These messages sit on your ISP's system, and delete themselves
after 2-4 weeks. Users access the USENET newsgroups through a newsreader
client program program. The newsreader keeps track of which newsgroups
the user "subscribes" to and which messages he/she has already seen.
In
USENET terms, subscribes means "has decided to view" and subscribing
or
unsubscribing is like flipping a switch on that client program, not like
subscribing or unsubscribing to an e-mail group.
The good and bad thing about USENET newsgroups is that they are a lot less
intense and demanding than e-mail groups. It's much easier to drop in and
out of USENET groups. The thing I like about r.a.b.c. is that although
there is a small group of regulars, including some very knowledgeable
booksellers, authors, collectors, and others, there are also a lot of
adults who just like talking about children's books. There are also a lot
of people who apparently see the name of the group when they are browsing
around USENET and drop in to ask about some long-lost book from
childhood (sound familiar???) And at least once a month, the following
topics will come up: Little House on the Prairie, the Great Brain books,
Beverly Cleary, old series books, new series books, really funny books,
books from the transition between picture books and chapter books, and
books for precocious older, but not quite teenage, readers.
The good news is that now librarians (and patrons at public workstations
and everyone else without traditional USENET access) can read and post to
any of the groups and search through all postings through DejaNews,
http://www.dejanews.com.
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Elizabeth B. Thomsen | NOBLE : North of Boston Library Exchange
Member Services Manager | 26 Cherry Hill Drive
et@noblenet.org | Danvers, Mass. 01923
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Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 06:13:58 -0600 (CST)
From: lochwouters@axp.winnefox.org
Subject: Re: Emerging Reader Books
We started buying the little paperback emergent reader series from Rigby
and Wright about 7-8 years ago and have never regretted it! They last
way longer than we ever imagined (we still have almost a complete set of
the originals). We do minimal prep and processing (slap a spine label on
'em...well, actually a front cover label cuz they're spineless, so to speak)
Kids LOVE them and so do the parents. We probably own over 400 in the
collection...at $3 a pop, they are fun, cost effective and give the new
readers a sensational sense of accomplishment.
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Marge Loch-Wouters | Email: lochwouters@winnefox.org
Menasha's Public Library lochwout@athenet.net
Elisha D. Smith Public Library | Phone: (920)751-5165
Menasha, WI 54952-3191 | Fax: (920)751-5159
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Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 11:13:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: Sandee Wagle <sdewagle@freenet.columbus.oh.us>
Subject: E-mail reference
Hello,
My library is exploring providing reference service by e-mail.
I'm looking for any information or any library who is currently providing
this service. Questions we have include: Do you require persons using the
service to have a library card? Approximately what is the volume of
e-mail reference you receive? Any problems you have experienced? Comments
and/or suggestions? Any limitations on the questions? (Examples: Quick
reference, 2 questions per patron, no homework questions, etc.) I would
appreciate any and all information you could provide. Please
respond to me directly and I'll be happy to summarize for the list. Thanks
in advance for your assistance and your insight.
Sincerely,
Sandee
Sandee L. Wagle
sdewagle@freenet.columbus.oh.us
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Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 20:51:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: rjessup@whitby.library.on.ca (Rhonda Jessup)
Subject: Pack-o-Fun
One of our branches has requested a subscription to "Pack-o-Fun"
magazine
which the Gale Directory describes as a "Magazine devoted to family and
group crafts and activities." Gale gives a URL for the magazine which
appears to be outdated. Does anyone have this magazine in their library?
Opinions?
TIA,
Rhonda Jessup,
Coordinator
Children's and Adult Services
Whitby Public Library
Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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