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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 19:08:13 -0400 (EDT)
To: pubyac-digest@nysernet.org
Subject: pubyac V1 #471
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Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 21:44:44 -0400
From: Jana Fine <janafine01@sprynet.com>
Subject: last TRW update
This is the last posting before Teen read Week starts. Hope everyone
has a wonderful and exciting week. PLease remember to keep records and
pictures and mementoes from your programs.
1. At Clearwater, yesterday there was a nice article in the paper on
TRW; today the city commission did the proclamation for teen read week!
And to finish up our week, my YAC is going to present a tour through
Area 51, instead of a haunted house, complete with MPs, a general an
alienautopsy area and live aliens in cages. We will have some MIB to
finish (or should I say "erase")the experience.
Jana Fine
CLearwater FLorida
2. We are starting small for Teen Read Week. We have very low
attendance in the library by YAs, and I think it's because our YA
collection is lacking -- many of the materials are for much younger
teens and preteens. In addition, we've had very little programming for
YAs in the past. For this reason, I'm working on getting the word out
first. We will have an article in the newspaper, a drawing which teens
can enter merely by coming to the library, and I'm visiting several
junior high and high school classes to do some booktalking and general
promotion of the library. I'll give out some flyers and tell them about
what we're trying to do. I'm also using TRW to promote the startup of
our YA advisory group, which won't be meeting during TRW, but a couple
of weeks later. However, I'll be promoting it when kids enter our
drawing during TRW, and when I visit the classes.
At the moment, I'm afraid to do anything more involved. I think if I
were to hold a coffehouse, or a poetry slam, or something like that
right now, we'd get zero kids. I'm hoping all this will start to
generate some teen interest, and then I can start planning more
ambitious programs once I have a few of them in the door.
Andrea Johnson andreaj@alpha1.rpls.lib.il.us
Forsyth Public Library
P.O. Box 20
Forsyth, IL 62535
3. Here's what we are doing at Harford County Public Library in Maryland
for Teen Read Week:
All branches will have posters, bookmarks and giveaways. All branches
will do special displays of YA books.
Our Bel Air branch which is new and will be presenting their new Young
Adult area will have a number of programs:
*Outrageous Origami - Learn the art of Asian paper folding from a teen
expert - Monday October 19 7:00 pm
*Meet the Author - Annnette Curtis Klaus speaks about : How I became a
Wolf Girl - Thursday October 22 - 7:00 pm . We'll serve food and give
tours of the YA area also.
*Fallston High School Jazz ensemble will perform - Thursday Oct. 22 -
5:00 pm.
*Design Your Own Web Page - Learn to design your personal web page using
tools available through the Internet - Fri. October 23 9:30 am.
Fallston Branch:
*The Pizza that ate Fallston - A cooking and eating session, plus
stories etc. -geared to middle school age teens - Wednesday, October 21
- - 6:30pm
Aberdeen Branch:
*Aberdeen book review contest - write a shor review of a book you would
recommend to other teens throughout October - two savings bonds will be
awarded.
Audra Caplan
CAPLAN@harf.lib.md.us
4. My Youth Friends group is hosting author Susan Fletcher with her
dragon research lecture. We are also participating in the ad
campaign contest sponsored by ALA.
Diane Adams DIANE@monmouth.chemek.cc.or.us
5. At Kansas City Public Library we have a number of programs and
activities planned during Teen Read Week.
L.H. Bluford Branch- Monday- Poetry Slam! Share yoyr favorite poems or
poets with your peers, or read your own! Poetry is Cool!
Thursday- Jazzy Stories--Fun and popular stories of folk wisdom for
teens.
Saturday- Teens rap about their favorite subjects and books
North-East Branch- Thursday- Teen advisory council initial meeting.
Saturday- Paperback and comic book swap. Bring in your old comic books
and paperbacks and swap with other teens.
Plaza Branch- Thursday- Scary Stories for Teens! Dare to Listen! Can
librarians really scare you to death? Kansas City Public Library Story-
tellers think they can and not with their looks......
South Branch- Wednesday- Hanging out at the library. Halloween crafts
and games for ages 11-14. There will also be a paperback book swap.
Friday- Library Lock-in. Variety of activities for ages 11-14 after
library hours. Games, scary stories face painting. Snacks provided.
Southeast Branch- Tuesday- Teen Open House Party with food drink and
music!
Trails West Branch-
Tuesday- Young Adults ages 12-18 are invited to come to the library to
celebrate Teen Read Week along with National Pizzaz Month. Activities
will
include art, selecting books and eating pizza from a locla pizza
restaurant.
West Branch- Wednesday- Come and read your favorite song lyrics on the
internet(and figure out what they are really saying).
Claudine Jackson, Young Adult Specialist for the system, will be doing
booktalks at two alternative schools and a middle school.
CLAUDINE@KCPL.LIB.MO.US
6. We are celebrating Teen Read Week with a sort of mini-summer reading
program in that our teens are being encouraged to read one book of their
choice during the week and turn in a slip with their title, their name,
and their phone number for a prize drawing. We're giving the bookmarks
to every participant, and the drawing winners will receive a gift book
(there will be several they can choose from) or the Teen Read Week
poster.
Several staff members are also working together to present "Chill
Night"
at one of our branches on Friday evening--we'll be showing the 1931
Frankenstein film and having activities such as the "Create Your Own
Gross Grub" table, a trivia game, a jar guessing game, and a "Guess
What
Gross Thing Is Inside the Box" activity. More gift books and other
things will be given out as door prizes, and we're inviting attendees to
wear something creepy. Not specific to Halloween, but obviously it
can't be entirely avoided, being in October.
The ideas that libraries have been sharing about Teen Read Week have
been terrific. The response has been great for the first year. At
J-MRL, we're fortunate to have a programming budget from our Friends
group. I plan to request a separate budget specifically for Teen Read
Week next year, so we can do even more.
- --
Tim
R. Timothy Carrier, Young Adult Services Coordinator
Jefferson-Madison Regional Library
201 E. Market St., Charlottesville, VA 22902-5287
(804) 979-7151 ext. 201 (voice) (804) 979-9728 (fax)
tcarrier@avenue.org OR tcarrier@leo.vsla.edu
7. I wanted to add another event that yas are participating in during
teen read week. On Saturday October 24, there is a community wide
Boothe Park Pumpkin Festival. Teens will read scary stories to younger
children and will, of course, be dressed in costume. This is being
organized by the Children's Department Head with our regular teen
volunteers.
Barbara Blosveren <bblosver@mail1.nai.net>
8. Teen Read Week was planned by our youth advisory board, known as
"Read My Lips." The activities they voted for are:
1. Appearance by a deejay from an area radio station, 92-Q. Deejay
Bubby Love is doing a "van hit" in our parking lot to talk to the
kids,
give out promotional items, and publicize Teen Read Week.
2. Reading Marathon each day of the week in our library. Any young
adult who reads a book for at least 2 hours in the library will receive
a prize (food, pencils, stickers, temporary tattoos) and a notice of
recognition that will go the person's reading teacher and media
specialist at a nearby middle school.
3. Read to a Rug Rat: Kids ages 10 and older will sign up to read to
younger children in the library. We are planning this for Thursday when
school is not in session. We have LOTS of younger kids in the library
on out-of-school days, and the older ones assured me that they'd be
willing to show up and read picture books to them. For this also, they
will receive a small prize and a notice of recogniton going to their
reading teachers and media specialist.
Should be fun!
Mimi Dasovich
Youth Services Librarian
East Columbia Branch Library
6600 Cradlerock Way
Columbia, MD 21045
(410)313-7715
dasovicm@nitnoi.howa.lib.md.us
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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 08:26:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: Karen Evans <a047745t@bc.seflin.org>
Subject: Re: pubyac V1 #469
When I was at the Worthington (Ohio) Public Library five years ago a
patron called Thrasher to my attention, feeling that it was inappropriate
for the children's department. I thought, "Oh, no! Another
ultra-conservative parent." After reading the magazine, which I dubbed
"Trasher," I moved that it be relocated in the young adult section of
the
library. If I had been the person making the decision, we would have
dropped the subscription. The letters to the editor were particularly
trashy--kind of a junior Penthouse Forum, as I recall. The ads were
offensive. I didn't see anything of substance in the articles--it's
supposed to be geared to skateboarders?
That's my opinion.
Good luck!
Karen Evans
a047745t@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us
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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 7:49:43 -0500
From: KATHYB@anokas.anoka.lib.mn.us
Subject: cdroms to install in library
We are purchasing another computer for the children's department. A
couple of years ago, pubyacers were enormously helpful in steering us
toward programs that work well, are popular, and do not hang up the
computer (!). Does anyone have any thoughts on newer programs? These
would most likely be games rather than reference materials. These would
not be for circulation, but for in house use.
Please reply to me personally.
Kathleen Baxter Anoka County Library
Kathyb@Anoka.lib.mn.us
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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 08:55:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: Norm Bagley <bagleyn@crisny.org>
Subject: Re: Use of degree letters
Hi --
I think the use of degree letters is good for public awareness, helping to
point out that not just anybody can do this job. We go to the time,
effort and expense of earning a master's degree, and I think we should be
proud of that fact. I have included "M.L.S." after my name on business
cards, letterhead, etc. for my entire (so far, 3 1/2 years!) career, and
am always happy to explain to anyone who asks just what it means.
- -- Norm Bagley, M.L.S.
Children's Librarian
Waterford (NY) Public Library
bagleyn@crisny.org
On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, Bina Williams wrote:
>
> When I was in library school, I read a couple of articles about how
> librarians do not use their degree letters after their names the way
> doctors or lawyers do. I am still curious about this--I think academic
> librarians might be more inclined...
> For youth services librarians who get short shrift not only in their own
> libraries but in the greater community, perhaps adding M.L.S. after our
> names would remind people that we are trained specialists who should be
> treated as professionals...
> What do you all think?
> Why do we leave those letters off?
> Bina Williams, M.L.S.
> Bridgeport Public Library
>
>
>
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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 10:23:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: bf455@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Bonita Kale)
Subject: cybersitter
Just read a bit of the controversy between Cybersitter (Solid Oak Co) and
Peacefire et al--fascinating. Anyone interested in freedom of information
might be interested in this.
Bonita
- --
Bonita Kale
bf455@cleveland.freenet.edu
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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 13:27:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: Tracey Firestone <tfiresto@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
Subject: Is your library a dead link?
As I update the Virtual YA page
(http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/youth/virtual.html) there are still
seventeen libraries with "dead links." If you know the correct address
(even if you are not the official web person) please share it with me.
TIA!
Libraries with "dead" links as of 10/15/98
Albany County (WY)
Beaver Dam (PA)
Bridgeport (CT)
Cedar Falls (IA)
Corvallis-Benton County (OR)
Danbury (CT)
Farmington (MI)
Kent District (MI)
Peabody Institute (MA)
Ramapo Catskill (NY)
Rocky River (OH)
Rowan (NC)
San Jose (CA)
Seattle (WA)
Shrewsbury (MA)
Tempe (AZ)
Warren (MI)
And thanks to everyone who has sent in address changes!
Tracey
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Tracey A. Firestone, MLS tfiresto@suffolk.lib.ny.us
Young Adult Specialist 516-286-1600 ext. 352
Suffolk Cooperative Library System FAX: 516-286-1647
627 N. Sunrise Service Road
Bellport, NY 11713
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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 11:52:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: Elaine Williams <williael@oplin.lib.oh.us>
Subject: Re: Thrasher and WWF
We have not had any complaints about WWF yet. We keep our few YA
magazines at the very end of the adult magazines. Our issue with Sable on
the cover WAS rather eye-popping, but there were no comments. We are in
the process of building up the YA magazine collection, and WWF has been a
great choice for increasing circulation. We always have holds on the
newest issue. We don't subscribe to Thrasher (not for any particular
reason; we are a very small branch with few subscriptions).
Elaine Williams, Youth Librarian
Lynchburg Branch Library
williael@oplin.lib.oh.us
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