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Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 19:15:53 -0500 (EST)
To: pubyac-digest@nysernet.org
Subject: pubyac V1 #565
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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 19:26:15 -0800
From: Mary Ann Gilpatrick <magilpat@walnet.walla-walla.wa.us>
Subject: Re: public library help for college assignments
also Gamma Sigma Sigma (GSS) = Girl Scout Sorority (GSS)
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Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 12:14:48 -0500
From: Phalbe Henriksen <phenriksen@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: Ellison Machine ramblings
Do keep in mind that dies do wear out. The blades get so dull they won't
cut. You want to be cautious about the local elementary school dumping
their old, worn out dies on you and you want to be cautious about doing the
same to them. None of us needs to invent new PR problems with the local
schools.
Another potential problem is that the dies the school give you may be good
but never used and for the same reasons may not be used in your library
either. What will you do with them then? Are they going to be on long-term
loan or will you own them and have the right to discard them? Dies are
space-consuming and, unless your library is a lot larger than ours, you
*will* run out of space to store and display them. The problem of weeding
them has to be addressed. If you just store the unused ones away, they'll
never be used, but they are a large investment. What to do?
If you are going to *lend* dies, which we have done, make sure your
property "stamp" is on them. Rubber stamps and inkpads *don't* work.
The
ink smears off, even after a day or two of drying.
Also, there are certain sizes of letters that are useful for things like
posters and bulletin boards, and then there are ones that don't fit those
on those two things well. Don't buy alphabet sets that are different from
the school's just because they're different. Make sure they're sizes you're
going to use. Think carefully about upper case/lower case alphabets. Our
teachers want both, because they are supposed to use good writing
principles on the bulletin boards. They don't want all upper case letters.
Buying both upper and lower case letters doubles the storage/display space.
I would also encourage you to keep track of dies that are being used. We
have a simple two-column list on a clipboard on which people list the dies
they're using and the ones they'd like us to buy. Dies take up a *lot* of
room and purchasing dies that won't be used is inevitable, but becomes a
space-consuming problem. And if a die isn't used for two or three years,
you probably need to take some action on it.
For those of you who haven't bought machines yet, work to make sure your
authorities don't consider a display box full of dies to be one piece of
capital equipment. We had that problem and it took me three years to get
them off the inventory list as a unit. As long as they were inventoried
together, I could not weed one, nor could I work out how to declare one
missing, if that had happened. Also, the property tag will go on the box,
which, in itself, doesn't meet our criteria for capital equipment. Putting
30 property tags, all the same number, on 30 dies would have been difficult
and silly.
Phalbe Henriksen
At 10:30 AM 1/14/99 -0500, you wrote:
>We are in the process of purchaseing a machine and have arranged with the
>local elememntary school to trade dies. We got a list of ones they already
>own and will make a point of ordering different ones.
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Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 08:36:20 -0500
From: "steven_cinami" <steven_cinami@email.msn.com>
Subject: Encyclopedia and Reference Collection
Hello:
We will be revising our reference collection in the Children's Department.
What do you consider to be the top five encyclopedia sets (in book form and
CD) that are used in your Children's Departments? We like World Book, but
I'm interested in other useful resources as well.
Thanks for your time!
Diane Cinami
Head of Children's Services
Waterford Public Library
Waterford, CT
steven_cinami@msn.com
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Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 15:16:14 -0500 (EST)
From: Amy Jones <asjones@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
Subject: picture books without words
I wanted to send a quick THANK YOU to all of you who replied to my recent
request for picture books without words. I want to apologize for my
ignorance in not trying to search our library's OPAC for possible subject
headings. I am fresh out of library school and have never been asked this
question before. Now I am overly prepared if it ever surfaces again. I
look forward to looking at all of your suggestions. And we do own A to
Zoo, so I will definitely take a look.
Because of the wide response I received, I am thinking of developing a
bibliography on the topic. Once completed, I will be happy to post it.
Thanks again.
Amy Jones
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Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 09:43:51 -0600
From: TChumbley@bettendorf.lib.ia.us
Subject: RE: pictures books
If you have A to Zoo there is a section called wordless books that has a
great list.
Tami Chumbley
Youth Services Manager
Bettendorf (IA) Public Library
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Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 15:43:27 -0500
From: "K. Borchers" <kborch@netra.clc.lib.oh.us>
Subject: Using YAs Names
For any of you libraries out there that have newsletters, etc.
produced by your YAB, what do you do about names?
In newspapers they use the kids' full names (with their permission),
yet I also feel there is more safety in printing only the kids' first names
and last initial. Any suggestions?
Kate Borchers
Grandview Heights Public Library
Youth Services
Columbus, OH
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Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 10:50:33 -0800
From: "Beth Dinwiddie" <dinwidie@erols.com>
Subject: space themes
Hi,
I'm a new children's librarian (just finished first day), and our =
Summer Reading Program theme is "Read Into the Future".I have to turn
in =
my program by the end of January. I was wondering if anyone else has =
done a program for ages 6-12 with a space theme? Any info would be =
greatly appreciated. I will be taking this program to about 5 different =
branches throughout the summer. Since it is my first year, I need all =
the ideas I can get! Please mail responses directly to me, and I will =
post a summary to the list.=20
Sincerely,
Beth Dinwiddie
dinwidie@erols.com
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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 19:35:17 -0800 (PST)
From: Irene Gavasso <ireneg@linknet.kitsap.lib.wa.us>
Subject: Re: Branding Books
Our patrons use the same method except they use the very last page of the
book. The branding (usually initials or first names) is usually done on
books in the genre collections. Our Outreach patrons are encouraged to
put their mark in the books they've read. It helps the staff in the
Outreach Department pull books for them in the future.
On a personal note, both of my parents (in their 80's) put their initials
in the books they read. Westerns for Dad and Romance for Mom. It sure
makes it easier for me when I have to gather up some books for them.
Irene
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Irene Gavasso ireneg@linknet.kitsap.lib.wa.us
Kitsap Regional Library Young Peoples Department
1301 Sylvan Way Bremerton, Wa. 98310
(360)415-6720
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