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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 11:14:57 -0400 (EDT)
To: pubyac-digest@nysernet.org
Subject: pubyac V1 #430
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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 07:21:28 -0400
From: Melody Allen <melodyan@lori.state.ri.us>
Subject: Costume Specialists
Can someone provide the phone number for Costume Specialists? I seem to have
misplaced it and they are not at 800 information. For those who don't know, they
provide book character costumes. Thanks,
Melody Allen
Melodyan@lori.state.ri.us
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Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 21:17:04 -0400
From: Lorrie Wheeler <wheelelo@oplin.lib.oh.us>
Subject: Request for story program assistance
Hello everyone!
One of the programmers in our department has requested me to ask you for
assistance. She is looking for fingerplays and songs that would relate to
her theme "closets." She has found the books she plans to use.
If anyone has any suggestions, please respond directly to me. Thanks for
your help!
Lorrie
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Lorrie Wheeler, MLS
Tuscarawas County Public Library
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wheelelo@oplin.lib.oh.us
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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 15:06:04 +1200
From: "Pam Gravenor" <pdgravenor@nelsonlib.org.nz>
Subject: Popular fiction series for boys under 10
I've realised we have a shortage of popular fiction series for 7-10 year
old boys. Apart from Goosebumps, which seem to be waning in popularity,
there doesn't seem to be anything for boys. Girls have the Babysitters
little sisters, and Sweet Valley Kids, and I'd like to get something
equally popular for boys.
If you know of something suitable, I'd be interested to hear. Respond to
me directly, and I'll compile.
Thanks a lot
Pam Gravenor
Children's and Young Adult's Librarian
Nelson Public Library
New Zealand
03 546 0404 fax 03 546 0402
pdgravenor@nelsonlib.org.nz
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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 9:14:37 -0600
From: TECHSERVCLER@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org
Subject: RE: Age appropriate bibliographies
Hello again,
Does anyone out there have any good sights or have any recommended lists for
age appropriate reading to children?
Please e-mail me personally at the following address.
techservcler@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org
I am currently filling in as temporary youth services libraian until our
libray does get a libraian hired. This part of the job is all new to
me, as I have had many parents looking for such an item.
Thankyou in advance for your help!
Lisa Wilkes
Youth Service Assistant
Great Falls Public Library
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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 11:22:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mary Hook <mhook@ce1.af.public.lib.ga.us>
Subject: Re: pubyac V1 #424
Hello, colleagues! I just got a new assignment that I really like--head
of the children's department in what will be a Huge suburban library. And
I am supposed to make a shelving map. I last did that 12 years ago. Does
anyone know the formula for how many books of various Dewey areas fit on a
shelf? I would be oh so grateful for any information. I know it's
50,000 volumes and I don't yet know the linear feet of shelving.
Mary Hook
Ga Hill Branch Manager
AFPL
Opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily represent those of
Atlanta-Fulton Public Library.
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Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 08:52:21 -0700
From: torrie@ci.burlington.wa.us (Torrie Hodgson Children's Librarian)
Subject: Re: poster for beginning readers
I think the idea behind the "five finger" method (*giggle* --- note
it's "method" not "discount") is to rule out books that are
so far above a
reader's ability as to be unintelligible. If a young reader finds five
words on a single page that they do not know and/or cannot decipher, imagine
how long it would take them to complete even a picturebook satisfactorily.
If I remember right, it's a sliding scale. 0-1 finger, very
easy--maybe at or below level. 2-3 fingers, nicely challenging. 4-5
fingers, probably too difficult to be read comfortably.
Of course, extreme desire to read a particular book will override
any of the "finger factors." *grin*
Torrie 8)
>I wonder how many children were discouraged from reading something they
>might have loved -- something that would have enlarged their vocabularies
>as well as their minds -- by a poster that told them, in effect, to read
>only words they "already knew"? Children learn new words by
context --
>it's natural for all of us, children or not, to learn new words and new
>terms this way.
Torrie Hodgson, space librarian from the dark side of the moon!
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: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 11:53:35 -0400
From: Toni Buzzeo <buzzeocyll@mix-net.net>
Subject: Public Librarians supporting School Author Visits
Hello all,
I have returned from a few weeks off of the list to vacation and open my
school library media center for the year. I'm glad to be back.
Children's author, Jane Kurtz, and I are co-authoring a book for
Libraries Unlimited entitled TERRIFIC CONNECTIONS: REAL SPACE AND
VIRTUAL LINKS WITH AUTHORS, ILLUSTRATORS, AND STORYTELLERS, to be
published in the fall of 1999 and we need some help. We are looking for
a few public librarians who have had experience in providing support to
schools hosting visits from book people, either in cases where the
school does not have a library media specialist, or in conjunction with
the library media specialist.
Please reply to me at: buzzeocyll@mix-net.net if you are willing to
share some of your experiences.
Thanks,
Toni
Toni Buzzeo, MA, MLIS
Library Media Specialist
Longfellow School
Portland, ME 04103
buzzeocyll@mix-net.net
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Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 09:28:57 PDT
From: "Kimberly Bears" <kimbat@hotmail.com>
Subject: Romper Room Rhyme
Hi all,
Sooooo sorry! I didn't realize there would be so many of you who would
want to know the Bend and Stretch rhyme. Anyway, the concensus was that
this is the actual rhyme...you may use a different word here and
there...
Bend and stretch, reach for the stars.
There goes Jupiter, here comes Mars.
Bend and stretch, up to the sky.
Stand on tippy-toes oh so high!
Hope this brings back some happy memories for all my friends out there!
This is "Miss Kim" signing off to go for a walk on my
"Romper-Clompers."
Have a great day!
Kim Bears
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Kim Bears Phone: (603) 432-1127
Head of Children's Services Fax: (603) 437-6610
Leach Library E-mail: kimbat@hotmail.com
276 Mammoth Road
Londonderry, NH 03053
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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 16:24:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: Meloni <cmeloni@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
Subject: COMIC BOOKS
Dear PUBYAKKERS,
I am a Children's Librarian in a small/medium library. My
Director is intrested in the library purchasing a comic book collection.
I am intrested in any information available from librarians that have/had
comic books. Specifically:
Are the comic books housed in th echildren's or Young Adult section?
What comic books do you own?
What sources do you use to purchase them?
How are they shelved?
How do you preserve the covers?
What is the selection process?
THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
Christine Meloni
Deer Park Public Library
44 Lake Avenue
Deer Park, New York 11729
Fax(515)586-3006
cmeloni@suffolk.lib.ny.us
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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 14:38:50 -0700
From: Angela Reynolds <angelar@wccls.lib.or.us>
Subject: Library query
I work for a county system that is a cooperative: there are 12
libraries, we share some resources, mainly our computer system. We are
not branches; some are city libraries, some are private, and one is
county operated. Our YouthServices committee would like to hire a
librarian (we are in the Dream Big stage right now) that is a resource
person and outreach also. I would appreciate hearing from others who
work in a system similar to this, especially if you have a position such
as this one.
TIA-
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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 17:12:26 -0500 (EST)
From: kharned@iupui.edu
Subject: Re: pubyac V1 #429
Bridgett Johnson requests a good grantwriting source; I work in the
Indiana University Philanthropic Studies Library in Indianapolis, and we
have a few that might come in handy.
_The Grants Development Kit_ by Jacqueline Ferguson is our most often
consulted manual for demonstrations of some grants that have succeeded, as
well as outlines for making one's own. _Writing Winning Proposals_, _Grant
Proposals that Worked!_ are a couple of others we have in the library, but
because many of them are reference materials and do not circulate, we
might not notice them as often.
If you would like to talk to a real pro (which I am not), our head
bibliographer, Dr. Janet Huettner, keeps office hours every Monday-Friday
from 8-5. She can certainly provide you with lots of info -- her doctorate
was in Philanthropy.
Hope this helps,
Kris Harned
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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 15:50:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: Bromann <bromannj@sls.lib.il.us>
Subject: Stumper Solved : Limerick
The Limerick Trick by Scott Corbett was the answer to the stumper about a
boy who has to say limericks. Thanks.
Jennifer Bromann
Prairie Trails Public Library
Burbank, IL
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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 16:43:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: Sala <msala@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
Subject: stumper
Dear Pubyac - a Colleague of mine just asked if I could post this stumper
of hers on the list....
a patron called and is trying to find a story for her children about a
dog/puppy named Gabriel(?) which was a Keeshond. The dog was found and
there was some mystery to the story....possibly someone trying to get the
dog? Ring any bells? - Thanks Meg
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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 13:15:47 -0500
From: KAY@anokas.anoka.lib.mn.us
Subject: STUMPER
We have a customer looking for a "poem" that was recommended to her
by a Fire Chief. She wants to use it as part of an article on fire safety
she is writting for a local paper. This is what she knows about it:
possible title is BIG YELLOW MONSTER.
it is a kid's view of a firefighter during a fire.
it encourages kids to go to a firefighter during a fire even if they see
"a monster".
She is looking for something that is "comforting/reassuring for the child.
If you know of a poem that is similar but with a different title, that would
probably work. It is possible it appeared on a poster.
Please send answers directly to me.
Thank you.
Kay Marszalek
Anoka County Library
Blaine, Minnesota
Kay@anoka.lib.mn.us
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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 18:12:44 EDT
From: Jeanfargo@aol.com
Subject: Stumper--Christina and Refrigerator Box
Pubyaccers,
A patron is searching for a book she thinks she read in the late 60s/early
70s. She says it was published by the Scholastic Press Association book club
and was probably a preschool level story. It was about a girl named Christina
or Christine who had a refrigerator box that she made into a house. When the
box began to break down, she turned it into a spaceship. After the box got
soaked with rain and was flattened, the girl turned it into a ballroom.
Does this ring any bells for anyone? Thanks for any help you can give me!
Please reply to me at jeanfargo@aol.com.
Jean Fargo
Youth Services Librarian
Selby Public Library
Sarasota, Florida
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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 08:27:39 -0700
From: "Lane, Kristin" <klane@lib.co.san-bernardino.ca.us>
Subject: pioneer boys series stumper solved
Thanks to Karla Walters and Carol Edwards who are the lucky winners of
the "Name that Pioneer Days series with characters named Henry Ware,
Silent Tom, and Long Jim" contest! They correctly (to be confirmed with
the patron shortly ) answered that this must be the Young Trailers
series by Joseph Altsheler. To the rest of you, thanks for playing!
Kristin Lane / Youth Services
San Bernardino County Library
104 W. 4th St., San Bernardino, CA 92415
voice (909) 387-5737 fax (909) 387-5724
e-mail klane@lib.co.san-bernardino.ca.us
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Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 10:19:48 -0600
From: Jo-Anne Cooper <wpl1@incentre.net>
Subject: Re: Parenting Shelf
I have just completed a huge weed in the parenting section. I am also
looking for suggestions for books for the parenting section. Any
suggestions would be appreciated.
(wpl1@ccinet.ab.ca)
Kimberly Bears wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've been given $500.00 from the local Welcome Wagon Club to purchase
> some updated materials for our Parenting Shelf. My question to you is
> is there anything on your parenting shelf that you would highly
> recommend I purchase? I have a short list already that I've been saving
> for just such a windfall, but I'm just curious as to what you all would
> suggest. Thanks for all your help and have a great day!
>
> Kim Bears
> ************************************************************
> Kim Bears Phone: (603) 432-1127
> Head of Children's Services Fax: (603) 437-6610
> Leach Library E-mail: kimbat@hotmail.com
> 276 Mammoth Road
> Londonderry, NH 03053
>
> ______________________________________________________
> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
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Jo-Anne C. Cooper
Manager of Library Services
Wetaskiwin Public Library
5002 - 51 Avenue
Wetaskiwin, Alberta.
T9A 0V1
Phone 1-403-352-4055
FAX 1-403-352-3266
e-mail wpl1@ccinet.ab.ca
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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 09:17:10 -0700
From: Diane_Tuccillo@ci.mesa.az.us
Subject: Position Opening
LIBRARY ASSSOCIATE, PART-TIME, $12.99 per hour
Mesa Public Library, Mesa, AZ--Position is at the Main Library Branch, 64
East First Street.
Opens Tuesday, September 8th--Closes Friday, September 25th
25 hours per week, requires minimum 2-year Library Tech degree, BA
preferred.
Position is in the Youth Services Department, working as a member of the
elementary school team.
Will also work with all ages of youth, birth through teens, at the service
desk.
Must have the ability to keep kids interested and involved during school
visits for Summer Reading promotions, booktalks and Battle of the Books
competitions.
For more information about this position, contact:
City of Mesa
Personnel Division
20 East Main Street
Suite 250
Mesa, AZ 85201
or by e-mail:
john_smoyer@ci.mesa.az.us
or by phone:
602-644-2759 (Phoenix Metro area Mesa job line)
800-662-5053 (Outside Phoenix Metro area Mesa job line)
602-644-2365 (Personnel, direct line)
Check out the City of Mesa web page for complete job application
information, including application forms:
http://gate1.ci.mesa.az.us/jobs/index.html
>From there, you can also get to the Mesa Public Library Home Page to see
what we're all about!
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: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 14:41:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: Donnette Hall <dhall@clsn1269.cumberland.lib.nc.us>
Subject: Library Vacancies
CUMBERLAND COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY & INFORMATION CENTER
LIBRARIAN II (Information Services Manager) Position # 1246: Need
customer-oriented, capable, tactful and courteous librarian manager
candidates. This position is responsible for the overall supervision of
Information Services (electronic and print) to library customers. Must
have ALA accredited MLS degree and 18-24 months experience in a
professional library capacity. Negative drug test required. The salary
is $30,565/yr.
LIBRARIAN I (Children's Services) 2 Positions #1465 and #1209: Seeking
energetic children's librarians who will provide programming, reference
services, reader's advisory service and collection development. Must have
ALA accredited MLS degree. (Trainee applicants must have completed at
least 75% of required course work towards a MLS at an ALA accredited
university; and submit a letter from the dean of the library school that
states the number of credit hours already obtained and that the candidate
can complete all masters degree requirements within 12 months). Salary is
$27,865/yr.
TO APPLY FOR THE ABOVE POSITIONS: Please submit a resume with three
references to: Mr. James Lawson, County Personnel Director, P. O. Drawer
1829, Fayetteville, NC 28302, with a copy to Ms. Donnette Hall, Personnel
Administrative Assistant, Cumberland County Public Library & Information
Center, 300 Maiden Lane, Fayetteville, NC 28301-5000.
For more information about CCPL&IC, visit our web page at
(http://www.cumberland.lib.nc.us)
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