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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 11:16:46 -0500 (EST)
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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 14:27:20 -0800
From: "Carrie Eldridge" <celdridge@sanjuan.lib.wa.us>
Subject: contests/regcognition for teens
I am looking for websites where teens can submit stories, poetry or art for
recognition- perhaps they have their story/art work posted on the site or
win a prize. Has anyone seen anything like that? I ran across one once -
but can't find it now.
Also a professional puppetteer is coming to our library in March. I would
like make puppets with the participants after the show. Any ideas. I will
post any answers I get.
Thanks in advance...
Carrie
Carrie Eldridge
San Juan Island Library District
Friday Harbor, WA 98250
360-378-2798
360-378-2702
celdridge@sanjuan.lib.wa.us
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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 12:45:35 -0500
From: "Children's" <scdlccdc@oplin.lib.oh.us>
Subject: Re: Undeliverable Mail
Becky,
Fines at my library are 2 cents a day for children's and
10 cents a day for YA and Adult materials. This has worked well for us and
although we have discussed the "no fines" philosophy, so far it has
not flown,
but we have stayed committed to the lower fines!
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Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 20:15:11 -0500 (EST)
From: Port Washington Public Library <pwlchild@lilrc.org>
Subject: Stumper-Woman Inventor Solved
Thanks to everyone who answered. The book turned out to be The Family
Minus by Fernando Krahn.
Rachel Fox
Port Washington Public Library
Port Washington, NY
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Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 11:14:06 -0500
From: Kim Hurson <KHurson@imcpl.lib.in.us>
Subject: [none]
The winner of the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library's 1999 Mock
Newbery is Louis Sachar for Holes. The honor book is Shadow Spinner by
Susan Fletcher.
Kim Hurson
Nora Library
khurson@imcpl.lib.in.us
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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 22:49:18 +0000
From: rdhall@mail.cinetwork.com
Subject: Bi-racial books
Dear pubyaccers:
Tonight I was asked for any books that show bi-racial children interacting
with their parents and/or other children. This person is looking for easy
books for her 4 year old daughter. She has been unable to find any and I
could not think of any either. Does anyone have any titles to recommend?
Thank you. Anne
Anne & Roger Hall
Berea, Kentucky
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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 09:43:00 -0800
From: BOGART Debra S <dbogart@ci.springfield.or.us>
Subject: Redwall suggestions For Summer Readying Program request
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In keeping with the theme "Readquest" we are looking for ideas for
Redwall
types of celebrations. Other ideas that would be related, ie, Camelot/Arthur
theme, or The Hobbit, would be appreciated to. Please send to me, or to
list, I will compile if others are interested. ( I do have Beverly Little's
list from last October).
Thank you very much in advance-
Debra Bogart
Debra Bogart@ci.springfield.or.us
Springfield Public Library
Springfield, OR
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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 11:51:05 -0500 (EST)
From: Barb Scott <scottba@oplin.lib.oh.us>
Subject: Stumper Thanks.....
Thanks to all of you (22 so far....and counting!) to my query about the
WWII period story where children smuggled gold.
The overwhelming (100%) response from everyone was the book Snow Treasure
by Marie McSwigan. Peter Lundstrom is the main character and the book is
supposed to be based on a true story.
It is a fond read of many of you....one that I will have to read myself
sometime!
My director and I will take this author and title and run with it!
Thank you SOOOOOOOOOOO much!
Barbara Scott
Children's Librarian
Bucyrus Public Library
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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 09:15:04 -0600
From: Paula Lopatic <paulal@alpha1.rpls.lib.il.us>
Subject: stumper thanks
Thank to everyone who responded to my request for picture books on
diversity. The leading suggestion is "Two Eyes, a Nose, and a Mouth"
by
Intrater. Other suggestions have been "Friends in the Park" by Bunnett;
"All the Colors of the Earth" by Hanamaka; "Free to Be...You and
Me" by
Thomas; and Potluck" by Shelby. I'm sure my patron will be able to use at
least one of these.
Paula Lopatic
Vespasian Warner Public Library
310 N. Quincy St.
Clinton, IL 61727
217/935-5174
fax 217/935-4425
paulal@rpls.lib.il.us
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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 09:19:31 -0500
From: "Brenda S. Evans" <chroom@seidata.com>
Subject: Re: Hooked on phonics?
Dear Elizabeth,
We have also had numerous requests for Hooked on Phonics but we were
also turned off by the prospect of trying to keep up with all of the pieces,
so I ordered numerous book-cassette packages of phonics tapes. For the
amount of money one Hooked on Phonics package would cost, I am able to
serve at least eight patrons. We have had no complaints about this.
Sincerely,
Brenda Evans
Madison-Jefferson County Public Library
420 West Main Street
Madison, Indiana 47250
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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 10:26:16 -0500
From: Carol Kubala <carol.kubala@snet.net>
Subject: Stumper
Here's a doozy of a stumper...
The patron remembers this book from when she was a little girl; she is
in her 50's now. The story is about a bear in a salmon cannery. She
loved this book but can't remember much else about it. Iive tried many
keyword searches in the convential sources. Does anyone have a clue as
to what this story might be. I know there's not much to go on. Please
reply to me personally and I'll share a correct answer with the list.
Thanks for your help.
Carol Kubala
Columbia/S.B. Little Free, CT
Carol Kubala <carol.kubala@snet.net>
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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 09:57:40 -0600
From: Jennifer McQuilkin <hzz006@mail.connect.more.net>
Subject: stumper mountains
Hello-
A patron came in looking for a story about a mountain who was lonely. A
bird would fly in and
visit the mountain sometimes but the mountain was still lonely.
Eventually, because of the birds
visits trees began to grow on the mountain. Patron does not know if this
was a picture book,
folktale etc. or when the book came out. She just heard someone describe
the plot and wants
to see it. I have checked A to Zoo and Books in Print with no luck.
Thanks for any information
you can provide.
Please respond to Jennifer McQuilkin hzz006@mail.connect.more.net
Jennifer McQuilkin Children's Librarian, Joplin Public Library
300 S. Main St. Email hzz006@mail.connect.more.net
Joplin, MO 64801-2384 (417)623-7953 phone, (417)624-5217 fax
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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 14:08:05 -0800
From: "Kelley, Judy" <JKelley@city.newport-beach.ca.us>
Subject: Kids and the Internet.
I would like to hear from libraries who have unfiltered Internet access
for kids. What kinds of problems, if any, have you had? Is it true one
needs a credit card to get into the hard core pornography sites? I have
found it easy enough to get into "objectionable sites," but have not
tested the premise that a credit card is necessary for hard core sights.
Thanks.
l
service clubs, individuals, and businesses. We develop a program that can be
delivered for the base amount of $1.42 per child. We go on from there to extend
the program to include optional embellishments for those branches that have
access to additional funds.
Hope this is helpful,
Patricia Wallace
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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 14:08:05 -0800
From: "Kelley, Judy" <JKelley@city.newport-beach.ca.us>
Subject: Kids and the Internet.
I would like to hear from libraries who have unfiltered Internet access
for kids. What kinds of problems, if any, have you had? Is it true one
needs a credit card to get into the hard core pornography sites? I have
found it easy enough to get into "objectionable sites," but have not
tested the premise that a credit card is necessary for hard core sights.
Thanks.
l
service clubs, individuals, and businesses. We develop a program that can be
delivered for the base amount of $1.42 per child. We go on from there to extend
the program to include optional embellishments for those branches that have
access to additional funds.
Hope this is helpful,
Patricia Wallace
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Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 13:13:36 -0500
From: Rebecca Connor <rconnor@spokpl.lib.wa.us>
Subject: Stumper: A boy, a girl and an island
I have a patron who remembers a very old book she read back in the '70's.
> She says that the book was old even then, and that it was not written by a
> known or popular author.
> The story involves a brother and sister who run away for the summer. They
> take a boat to an island and live there for awhile. They eventually go
> back to the mainland where they work for an old woman who becomes an
> trusted and knowing friend. They finally come to grips with what it was
> that made them run away.
> Please respond directly to me at: rconnor@spokpl.lib.wa.us
> Thanks,
> Rebecca
Rebecca Connor - Children's Librarian
Spokane Public Library - Downtown Branch
906 West Main Avenue
Spokane, WA 99201-0976
e-mail: rconnor@spokpl.lib.wa.us
Phone: 509.444.5345
Visit our Kids' Home Page at: http://www/kids/kids-home.html
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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 16:55:27 -0500
From: Rebecca OConnell <oconnellr@clpgh.org>
Subject: lending periods - videos
Hello Pubyakkers,
I'm looking for some feedback regarding video lending periods.
Our department, the Children's Department of the Carnegie Library of
Pittsburgh, has about 1900 videos, which circulate like crazy most of the year.
We do have three slow periods during the year, though, when videos don't move
much, and the shelves get very crowded. (Spring to early summer, late summer
to the start of the school year, and Thanksgiving through New Year's Day)
Normally our videos circulate for one week. During this last slow period, we
switched to a "bonus" circulation time of three weeks (same as for
books.) It
kept the shelves from overflowing, and the patrons seemed to like it, although
it did not significantly increase video circulation.
I wonder...
Does anybody have a two-tiered circulation period for videos?
If so, depending on what? fic/nonfic? Length of tape?
How does loan period relate to size of collection?
Please email me with answers or any feedback you have to offer. My email is
oconnellr@clpgh.org
Thank you for your help.
- --Rebecca O'Connell
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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 10:36:17 -0600
From: DLHIETT <dlh@greennet.net>
Subject: RE: best sellers - thank you
Thank you to all who responded to the best sellers inquiry. I have =
chosen "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier. If anyone is interested in the
=
responses I received I will post the list. I found a lot of info on the =
internet. www.caderbooks.com Thanks again. Deb
- -----Original Message-----
From: Evighet@aol.com [SMTP:Evighet@aol.com]
Sent: Saturday, January 23, 1999 11:22 AM
To: pubyac@nysernet.org
Subject: Seuss crafts/activities
We're having a bit of a problem with the Dr. Seuss program we are
planning for early March for 3-6 year olds. We have picked out books
to read, but are stuck on crafts,activities, and =
fingerplays/flannelboard
stories. Does anyone have any Seussian ideas they would be willing
to share? We would be ever so grateful.
Thank You!
Chris Jahnke
evighet@aol.com
Great River Regional Library
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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 14:16:57 -0700
From: Amy Shelley <AShelley@larm.lib.wy.us>
Subject: Re: Seuss crafts/activities
We are planning a "Foot Fest" for our Dr. Seuss program. We will
invite kids to wear fancy and crazy shoes or socks to the program. We are
videotaping their feet as they enter the room. Later we will play back the video
and play "Find your Feet", and award prizes for the funniest, etc.
We will read Fox in Socks, I Wish That I Had Duck Feet and the Foot Book and
finish up with Oh, the Places You'll Go. We are having the kids create their own
Places You'll Go murals with cut-outs from National Geographics and foot prints
made on our Ellison. We will also have them contribute to a big mural for the
children's area. The Cat in the Hat will be there, too. We are hoping to find a
foot cookie cutter so we can have a "sole-ful" snack, too.
Last year we made a refrigerator box into a sneetch machine and put stars on the
bellies of the kids as they came through (or took them off). The kids really
loved that!
Amelia
Amelia Shelley
ashelley@larm.lib.wy.us
Manager, Children's/Young Adult Services
Laramie County Library Sytem
Cheyenne, WY
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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 14:16:57 -0700
From: Amy Shelley <AShelley@larm.lib.wy.us>
Subject: Re: Seuss crafts/activities
We are planning a "Foot Fest" for our Dr. Seuss program. We will
invite kids to wear fancy and crazy shoes or socks to the program. We are
videotaping their feet as they enter the room. Later we will play back the video
and play "Find your Feet", and award prizes for the funniest, etc.
We will read Fox in Socks, I Wish That I Had Duck Feet and the Foot Book and
finish up with Oh, the Places You'll Go. We are having the kids create their own
Places You'll Go murals with cut-outs from National Geographics and foot prints
made on our Ellison. We will also have them contribute to a big mural for the
children's area. The Cat in the Hat will be there, too. We are hoping to find a
foot cookie cutter so we can have a "sole-ful" snack, too.
Last year we made a refrigerator box into a sneetch machine and put stars on the
bellies of the kids as they came through (or took them off). The kids really
loved that!
Amelia
Amelia Shelley
ashelley@larm.lib.wy.us
Manager, Children's/Young Adult Services
Laramie County Library Sytem
Cheyenne, WY
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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 12:49:52 -0800 (PST)
From: Walter Minkel <walterm@nethost.multnomah.lib.or.us>
Subject: Re: Interactive/Online SRC sites
Maire-- Multnomah County Library did an experimental SRP sign-up this past
summer. You can take a look at our currently inactive site at
www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/summer/ to see what we did. We're planning to
make it a more intrinsic part of our program this summer. Output from the
registration form went to one of our branch youth librarians, who
volunteered to process them for the system. It worked fine, although the
vast majority of registrations came in the usual (pen on paper) way; send
me any specific questions you have. --W
On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Maire Thompson wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone has or knows of an interactive SRC web site
> where children can register online, complete (and maybe e-mail) activity
> and contest sheets, etc. Essentially, a child can join the SRC without
> really having to go to the library proper.
Walter Minkel, School Corps Technology Trainer
Multnomah County Library, 205 NE Russell St., Portland, OR 97212
Voice (503)736-6002; fax (503)248-5441; walterm@nethost.multnomah.lib.or.us
==============
MCL KidsPage: http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/kids/
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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 11:02:00 -0500
From: "Deborah Brightwell" <dbright@ci.coppell.tx.us>
Subject: Re: Help: Stump the Librarian contest
I have given out "Stump The Librarian" sheets with our Summer Reading
Club for two years. This is the way we do it: The sheet has instruction at the
top that say, "Read a book. Write down 3 clues about that book. Bring the
clues to the library and give to any Librarian. If they can't guess your book,
you win a prize!" At our library, all staff members are
"Librarians" for this game and they all know that no matter the clues
and if they know the book, they always guess wrong. The point being the child
reads a book, has fun with the staff members and wins a prize. They are always
so delighted and it really doesn't matter the prize. It can be something as
simple as a bookmark. The kids actually do "stump" us because their
clues are so vague, but occassionally you wil know the book and have to make up
a silly answer to give. Hope this helps!
Debbie Brightwell
Coppell Public Library
Coppell, Texas
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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 14:01:05 -0600 (CST)
From: Margaret Harrelson <ttd000@mail.connect.more.net>
Subject: Library anniversary/birthday celebrations (long)
Here is the information about library anniversary/birthday celebrations I
received.
Thanks to everyone that responded to my request. One more thing - the
Friends Of The Library are planning our main program and have chosen the
theme - "Traveling Through Time At The Library
1944-1955". Any suggestions on how I can incorporate an outer space theme
for our summer reading program with this year long theme? TIA
from: Dallas DiLeo, Carnegie Library Of Pittsburgh
A booklist of books adults/children were reading when the library first opened.
from: Marijo Kist - Phoenix
Theme was "From Fontier To The Future". Calendars, programs, displays
and
quilt with theme logo. Reading lists, contests, and birthday party at each
branch spaced out 3 weeks apart. One reading list was called "100 Years of
Great Reading". Each years from 1888 to 1988 was represented by a single
title is1936-Gone With The Wind. Also printed top 100 movies available from
the system, and had a top 100 list contest asking kids to tell in 25 words
what their favorite book was. Photo display of pictues, checkout cards,
library cards, etc. from past 100 years. The quilt was their motto- each
agency designed a square that represented their area and theme of frontier
to the future and was quilted by volunteers in a local quilting club.
from Elizabeth Overmyer - Berkeley CA
Saturday afternoon gala - with face painting, storyteller/musician,and a
gospel/blues singer and band
from Raylene Triezenberg
Birthday party at every location- dressed as Winnie the Pooh and took
polaroids of kids with her. Had a local guy who makes rings out of pennies
came and set up a table. Month long raffle- each patron received a raffle
ticket each time they checked out materials ( and gave out bookmarks with
the party dayt e and time on it). Raffle ticket were good for prizes at
the party and people had to be present to win. They gave away books,
videos, pens and pencils, toys left from summer reading programs. Other
events through the year- Do-Run-Run Family Fun Run/Walk, Holiday Stroll
through the main library, a Gala ($250 per plate) dinner with local
celebrities.
from Lisa Kochik - Poughkeepsie, NY
for kids, a monthly special program (performance or craft) and a
grant-funded mural featuring traditional children's story characters.
Featured top 100 favorite books on the bulletin board - the kids voted and
they tallied and posted them on colorful book-shaped cutouts.
Hosted a Rededication Ceremony which included an unveiling of the mural,
&speakers from the town and city.
Here is what we have planned to date-
A historical display from 1944 using Library artifacts and paraphanalia(?)
from that time period to be unveiled by the Friends Of The Library at an
afternoon tea (tea, sandwiches, fingerfoods) during National Library Week in
April. Ordering commemorative mugs with library and logo on themto sell to
the public throughout the year. Main celebration on June 2 with the
Missouri State Library Director, Sara Parker attending, we have one of the
original members of the Library Board still living and will say a few words.
We are raising money to replace our circulation desk (presently, 3
mismatched desks) and computer workstations with special made furniture
which will be unveiled at this party. Children who attend will receive
balloon animals and we will have face painting as well. A reception with
cake, punch and coffee will be served. Articles will appear monthly in ou
rlocal newspaper with historical tidbits about the library and upcoming
birthday celebration information. A banner is being made with our theme and
will be hanging in the library throughout the year. Special bookmarks will
be designed and given out through the year. I just need to coordinate the
summer reading program - Whew!!!
Margaret Harrelson
Wellsville Public Library
108 W. Hudson Wellsville, MO 63384
573-684-6151
ttd000@mail.connect.more.net
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Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 11:29:51 -0500
From: "Kid Ref" <kidref@euclid.lib.oh.us>
Subject: changing tables, videos, fines
We have changing tables attached to the wall in both the children's room
bathrooms. No problems that I know of. You have to empty the can every
day, of course.
Fines: Our fines are five cents a day for books, $1.00 a day for videos
and cd-roms. We are outside of Cleveland, but Cleveland doesn't charge
fines on children's materials--hasn't for at least twenty years. I
don't know how well it works for them, but they haven't changed back!
Videos: Children can take out videos in our library unless, when they
are getting a card, the parent checks that they should only be allowed
to take out juvenile videos. At 12, they don't need a parent's
signature anymore. But up to 18, the parent can check either to allow
access to all videos or to restrict to juv. I never heard of charging
for videos at a library, but it might be a good idea, and allow more
room in the budget for nonfiction videos. We have a huge call for
regular films that you can also get at Blockbusters.
Bonita
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