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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 13:20:07 -0500 (EST)
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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 16:57:09 -0800
From: jan turner <jeanette_turner@bc.sympatico.ca>
Subject: Re: Collection Management Policies
I am from the University of British Columbia's library school. We need to
view some collection management policies to prepare a draft of our own for
an assignment. Would anyone be willing to share?
Cheers,
Jan Turner
Tel.: 1-604-222-8464
Fax: 1-604-222-8456
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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 19:45:27 -0600
From: DLHIETT <dlh@greennet.net>
Subject: RE: Flannelboard songs, games & stories
Ann,
I make all my own flannelboard songs, games and stories, however, I do =
not have the time to make them out of felt. I merely photocopy the =
patterns I need, color them with bright markers, cover them with contact =
paper, then apply a piece of felt to the back so that they will cling to =
the flannelboard. It saves a lot of time.
Deb
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Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 10:16:08 -0500
From: schachtc@lcm.macomb.lib.mi.us
Subject: <none>
PU>How do librarians feel about filters on the internet in the children's
PU>room?
Just when the sounds of battle have faded almost away and the wounds
have begun to heal we are invited to pick up our weapons of choice and
start the carnage again; isn't there a way around this? Maybe somebody
had the foresight to record the last great engagement and can send a
synopsis to any interested parties who were not priviledged to witness
those memorable scenes of mayhem first hand.
Chuck Schacht
Romeo District Library
Romeo, MI.
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Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 10:12:32 -0400
From: "Lorie J. O'Donnell" <odonnell@borg.com>
Subject: Re: filters in Children's Room
Oooh, talk about opening a can of worms. It has been a while since we
hashed this one around! So......
Personally, I am against filters anywhere in a library. Luckily, my
director and board feel the same (so far, anyways!). I would much
rather create a site that points kids to suggested places and let them
explore on their own. ( http://www.borg.com/~odonnell/InfoZone.html )
For the most part that has worked very well. We have had a few teens
visit the WWF and WCW sites, where there are very scantily clad women,
and we just point out that these are not appropriate for the Children's
Room, and they must be very careful about what thew view. (Only one
repeat offender, and he is a repeat offender about everything. Really
likes to test the limits and gather attention). Other than that, no
problems to speak of.
Actually it's the older teen and adults on the adult side that we have
to watch more closely!
Lorie
julia chan wrote:
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> How do librarians feel about filters on the internet in the children's
> room?
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> _________________________________________________________
> DO YOU YAHOO!?
> Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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Lorie J. O'Donnell
odonnell@borg.com
"All that is comes from the mind; it is based on the mind,
it is fashioned by the mind. " from The Pali Canon
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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 21:07:58 -0500
From: "phyllis l. danko" <phyllis.danko@rscs.net>
Subject: Re: Collection evaluation
Vicki,
Recently one of our pubyacers from New Hampshire suggested a site to visit.
http://www.lib.az.us/cdt/collman.htm
It is quite the collection development "gem"
Phyllis
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Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 16:56:01 -0500
From: gordona@bpl.on.ca (Andrea Gordon)
Subject: Customer Service surveys
Our library is embarking on a series of surveys and focus groups to elicit
feedback from our customers. One of the areas that the Children's
Department is working on is our storytimes. Does anyone have a survey that
they have successfully used with storytime participants to get relevant
feedback on their programmes? We offer storytimes for a variety of ages,
but are hoping to develop a survey tool that will work for all of them.
Please send your response to me at gordona@bpl.on.ca
Thanks, Andrea Gordon
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Andrea Gordon,
Head, Children's Department
Burlington Public Library
Burlington, Ontario
gordona@bpl.on.ca
(905)639-3611, ext. 135
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Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 09:50:20 -0900
From: "Sandra Strandtmann" <sandras@juneau.lib.ak.us>
Subject: RE: Kids and the Internet.
We have unfiltered access at all three of our libraries. Our only problem is
with "dirty old men" who like to leave "objectionable sites"
hiding behind
our default screen so that unsuspecting users will sometimes find themselves
viewing something they didn't ask for. Because we have a signup sheet, we
have so far always caught the offender and subsequently banned him from
internet access.
Only once have I accidently happened on possibly objectionable sites. I was
looking for the American Girls Home page and I got many hits which I could
tell were NOT what I had in mind. So my theory is that people must generally
seek these sites and kids don't.
Sandra Strandtmann Juneau Public Libraries
sandras@juneau.lib.ak.us
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Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 14:56:20 -0600 (CST)
From: Stephanie Smith <smsmith@ccs.nsls.lib.il.us>
Subject: Medal winners
Thank you so much for taking the time to do an outstanding job of keeping
us informed. I remember the days when I would have to wait for the
Tribune to come out with the news the day after the announcement, if I
remembered that this was the actual time of ALA Midwinter (I have been
able to go to some of the summer conferences, but never Midwinter. I do,
on the whole, like the electronic age!
Steffi Smith
Zion-Benton Public Library
Zion, IL 60099
serving 37000
smsmith@ccs.nsls.lib.il.us
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Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 13:46:18 -0700
From: Janice_Gennevois@ci.mesa.az.us
Subject: Security systems in libraries
I am a new user from the Mesa Public Library in Arizona. I am on the
"security team" here and we are trying to gather information from
other
large, metropolitan libraries to get info on security systems, security
gaurds, security cameras. Ww want to know what other libraries are using
or not using, the costs of doing so, the benefits and the reverse as well.
Any information you can share would be helpful, like if you have
electronic cards to enter and exit the building etc.
One more specific question would be, if you have security guards, do they
work 24 hours a day 7, days a week? Or they only work when the library is
open or only when it is closed? Thank you!
From: Janice_Gennevois@ci.mesa.az.us
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Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 10:34:14 -0500 (EST)
From: Mary Vanstone <mvanstone@tln.lib.mi.us>
Subject: Re: Hooked on Phonics
We have hooked on phonics at our library also. It is available for
checkout and there is always a long waiting list for it. We require a $20
deposit from the patron when they check it out. It is an item which must
be returned to the staff at the circulation desk, and can not be returned
in the drop box or by a third party. The staff member who checks it back
in refers to a laminated check list that is affixed to the canvas carrying
bag we keep all the parts in. The item is not removed from the patrons
record and their twenty dollars is not returned until all pieces are
accounted for. In this way we have managed to keep our sets intact.
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Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 07:34:56 -0500
From: bwilliams@brdgprtpl.lib.ct.us (Bina Williams)
Subject: RE: Redwall suggestions For Summer Readying Program request
We did a medieval day last year during spring vacation and it was a big
hit. The crafts we did were to make a shield of paper-- We cut out colored
paper into a shield shape and kids decorated them with strips of paper,
pens, crayons and glitter glue. We also made "stained glass" windows.
Same
shaped paper in black with holes cut out in patterns. Kids glued color
cellophane pieces onto the back. We ahd some old cellophane and bought some
new at the craft store. The new stuff was flimsier with wimpier colors, but
they were all really pretty when done.
We combined this with some storytelling and reading and staff wore
pseudo-medieval garb. We also displayed related books all over the room.
Bina Williams
Bridgeport (CT) Public Library
bwilliams@brdgprtpl.lib.ct.us
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Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 09:13:36 -0600
From: Marilyn Zaruba <fmpl@startext.net>
Subject: Re: Help: Stump the Librarian contest
Our "Stump the Librarian" contest is always a great hit with the kids.
We
usually do it in conjunction with the summer reading club. The forms are
passed out with their reading logs when they sign up.
They love this contest & are so amused when we can't guess the title of
their
book. I did have a mother look at me like I was a complete idiot one time with
the clues being: Green eggs, ham and cat. Last year we gave away pencils that
advertised the summer reading club.
One library picked this up from us, but they are doing it all year since they
have so much fun with it.
Marilyn
Mansfield Public Library
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Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 13:27:51 -0500
From: Lesley Gaudreau <lesley@sealib.org>
Subject: Re: Phonics books & tapes
Hi Brenda & Pubyacers,
Can you list an example or a publisher of where you ordered your phonics
books & tapes from?
Thanks!
lesley
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If we don't change direction soon, we'll end up where we're going.
- -- Professor Irwin Corey
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Lesley Gaudreau
Reference/Teen Librarian
Seabrook Library
lesley@sealib.org
lesley@seabrook.lib.nh.us
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Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 13:42:31 -0500
From: Kim Hurson <KHurson@imcpl.lib.in.us>
Subject: sequels/prequels
Does anyone know where a list might be of series books arranged in order?
I have Fiction Sequels by Anderson but it has a 1990 copyright.
Thanks, Kim
khurson@imcpl.lib.in.us
Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library
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Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 10:39:24 -0500
From: schachtc@lcm.macomb.lib.mi.us
Subject: Wild Thing Party
PU>My library is borrowing a costume of one of the wild things...
"Where the wild things are is very far away, in a place where grownups
cannot go; how do I know that this is true? Well, Max is their king, and
he told me so... They like to pretend that they're fierce and mean,
but they don't hurt children and they're lots of fun; they swing through
the trees with ferocious cries, (have audience explore their ferocious
cries capabilities) and they play strange games 'till the day is done.
They love to show their terrible claws, and roll their eyes and howl at
the moon; If Max will let you borrow his boat, maybe you can go there
someday soon..." Make up a tune (or call me up and I'll sing you mine)
and you're on your way...
Chuck Schacht
Romeo District Library
Romeo,MI.
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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 10:56:41 PST
From: "children johnson city public library" <jcplkids@hotmail.com>
Subject: re: bill peet birthday party
Our Bill Peet birthday party for elementary school children will be this
Friday afternoon. Thanks for your ideas. We're going to read Eli. Then
we will read a skit (thanks, Steven) of the Ant and the Elephant and use
the children with props to act out the story. We will break into 3
groups and rotate activities: a Bingo game using characters from his
books; birthday cards to send to the author; and train cars to put on a
mural to go along with The Caboose Who Got Loose. Then we will have
cake and ice cream.
Here are suggestions you sent us. Thanks!
"Before I took this position, I was a Children's Librarian at an
elementary school. While I was there, I did an "Author's Birthday
Club." Each month, we would put out a list of authors celebrating their
birthday that month. We would also display all the books we had by
those authors. Children who read either two chapter books or three
picture books by the end of the month were invited to an author's
birthday party at the library. I would make cupcakes and bring punch,
and they would come celebrate and talk about the books they had read.
It was a great success, and the children loved the special attention
they got by being able to come to the library during "off"
times."
"I have done several "birthday party" author celebrations in the
past
(when I was in Idaho). Activities depended on who the author was. I
tried to include their books in the programming and some type of
activities that could easily be identified with the books. When we
celebrated L. Wilder we made butter and jam (the old-fashioned way,
played games from that time period, sang songs (again from that time
period), and of course, had a craft that could have been made at that
time. My worst event was when I celebrated B. Cleary's birthday. Some
people had the idea she would be at the library. So my one suggestion
would be to make it very clear if the author is to be present or not."
"Coincidentally, I just happened to do a Bill Peet program today. Not a
birthday celebration, just part of our montly author programs. I told
three Peet stories: "Encore for Eleanor" I just told orally, with an
elephant puppet doing the "drawings" that Eleanor does. "The Ant
and
the Elephant" I told with volunteers from the audience, who held puppets
or wore animal noses and read their simple lines from 3x5 cards. "Big
Bad Bruce" I did as a puppet show. I didn't do any crafts, but
sprinkled in a lot of author facts, mostly from his autobiography. The
Disney studios stuff was especially ineresting to the kids. Plus I had
a "Bill Peet Quiz" handout (just for fun...no prizes). We had a ton of
Peet books available for checkout (and most of them did) afterwards.
And that was the program. Our crowd was mostly 6-9 year olds and we had
about 60 kids."
Jane Conlon
Johnson City Public Library
Johnson City, TN
jcplkids@hotmail.com
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Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 11:45:58 -0700
From: "Leslie Schow" <lschow@slco.lib.ut.us>
Subject: Hooked on Phonics
Elizabeth,
Hooked on Phonics is a very popular item here, too. We always had massive hold
lists for it. In order to serve the public better and fill the holds faster, we
finally broke the set down into individual color-coded sets (book, tape, flip
cards) and cataloged them individually. Each set is in a plastic bag and the
book is labeled with a list of the pieces that should be there. Since there are
only 3-4 pieces per bag, it is easy to see if something is missing. This has
worked very well. We found that most people didn't get through the entire thing
during the 3 week check-out period and are just as happy to take them one color
at a time.
I hope this helps.
Leslie Schow
Youth Services Librariay
Riverton Branch
Salt Lake County Library System
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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 11:12:26 -0500 (EST)
From: "Mary K. Chelton" <mchelton@pop.erols.com>
Subject: Help needed
Hi Everybody!
I've been asked to speak to the page-trainee class at the local public
library about being a librarian and wondered how others have approached
similar requests. The audience will be older teenagers and college age
mostly. Whenever I start to think about it, it gets so complicated that I
lose myself--the problem with becoming an academic, I guess. Also, while
there are those who think I can talk about anything, I've never done this
despite a sort of have-mouth,will-travel life, and am drawing a blank.
Thanks in advance,
Mary K.
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Associate Professor
Graduate School of Library & Information Studies
Queens College
254 Rosenthal Library
65-30 Kissena Blvd.
Flushing, NY 11367-1597
USA
Voice: (718) 997-3667
Fax: (718) 997-3797
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Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 08:56:21 -0500 (EST)
From: "Peggy (Mary) M. Morgan" <pmorgan@tln.lib.mi.us>
Subject: flannelboard sources
We've used the following vendors. I'm sure they'd be happy to send you a
catalog.
Beulah's Creations
Beulah Martinkus
2112 Churchill Rd.
Ft. Smith, AR 72901
501-783-5741
Storyboard
Route 2
Box 345
Swall Meadows
Bishop, CA 93514
619-387-2747
In general, the Storyboard sets were of higher quality than Beulah's.
But hers were fine, too. Prices comparable. The Storyboard sells both cut
and uncut versions of its kits. The uncut are, of course, cheaper. Both
vendors have a wide selection.
Good luck and have fun!
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Peggy Morgan
Youth and Young Adult Materials Specialist
The Library Network
13331 Reeck Rd.
Southgate, MI 48195
734-281-3830, ext. 131
pmorgan@tln.lib.mi.us
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Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 23:32:19 -0500
From: "Katy Grant" <imzadi@thepoint.net>
Subject: RE: Seuss crafts/activities
Chris,
One year I dressed as "Kit in a Cap" cousin to "The Cat in a
Hat." I was
dressed all in black with white gloves a large red scarf tied in a big bow
at my neck. I also wore a silver lame wig and a top hat with a rose on it. I
shared my story about my cousin with the children and told read/told Horton
Hatches an Egg. For a craft I drew a picture of Horton sitting on the nest,
the next picture was the top half of the speckled egg, the third picture was
the bottom half of the speckled egg in the nest with top half of the young
hatching sticking up. The first page was just meant to be a fun colouring
sheet the second sheet had to be completely cut out and with the use of a
brad attached to the third sheet (i.e. top egg attached to bottom of the
egg). Each sheet needed to be coloured. The children could then use these
pictures to tell the story or just as a carry over. If you are interested, I
will look at work to see if I can find a copy of my project and send it to
you. With AOL you should be able to download and print the pictures out. We
also used Dr. Seuss' Song Book and sang Happy Birthday Sally Spitsnagel
(sp?) and included Dr. Seuss' name at the end, since the song wishes a happy
birthday to a variety of fellow characters.
Katy Grant
West Region Children's Librarian
Shawnee Branch
Louisville, KY
katy@lfpl.org
http://lfpl.org
http://lfpl.org/western/htms/welcome.htm
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Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 10:26:20 -0500
From: Ian McKinney <ianmck@tcpl.lib.in.us>
Subject: fines on children's materials
Hi Becky,
I've been at several libraries, and here's how fines worked at each one:
Monroe County PL (Bloomington, Indiana): No fines on children's materials.
Salem PL (Salem, IN): Charged fines on all materials when I got there; I
changed the policy to no fines on children's materials after consulting
with my director and John Anderson at MCPL.
Hammond PL (Hammond, IN): Charged fines on all materials. I heard at one
time that they took in about $30,000 a year from fines, but I don't know if
that's accurate. HPL was reluctant to change this policy.
Tippecanoe County PL (Lafayette, IN): Does not charge overdue fines on any
materials. (See http://www.tcpl.lib.in.us/circ/overdue.htm for further
explanation of this policy.)
So, to address your questions specifically:
1. The only way to do it is to waive the fines on children's materials.
Otherwise you get situations where adults will try to use children's cards,
which could lead to bad feelings on both sides.
2. In Salem, where I changed the policy, we served a population of between
5,000 and 7,000. So no, it didn't affect the amount of fines we took in.
3. I've never seen this, unless you count charging for adult materials and
not for children's materials. (Which worked fine in the two instances I've
seen.)
4. Other things to consider:
- children don't have as developed a sense of time as adults
- children don't have as developed a sense of money as adults
- children don't have experience connecting these two concepts
Some people in libraries (usually either adults who don't like kids or
adults who want all kids to learn the way they did) think that kids should
be forced to learn these concepts and that the library is providing a
"service". I contend that teaching those concepts is the job of
parents,
not libraries.
- many children don't have the money to pay their fines
- some of those have their fines paid by incensed parents
- some of those have their library privileges revoked by parents
- some of those don't tell their parents and stop coming to the library
My feeling on this is that a library that lets this happen is working
against its own best interests--NOT just because they might experience a
drop in circulation, but because penalizing children in the arbitrary (at
least to the children) manner of the examples above detracts from their
communities. Libraries are meant to provide opportunities to everyone, not
just those who have money. (And those kids are going to grow up to be
taxpayers and members of policy-making boards, library and otherwise.)
To me, the reasons I have listed are more than enough to consider dropping
fines on children's materials, even if (or especially if) every penny of
the money you collect in fines comes from children's materials. I would
never want to be in the position of arguing for fines because the library
needs the money, though I recognize that some libraries are that strapped
for money.
I also understand that the character of the community a library serves must
be taken into account, but I believe that the character of a library can
affect the community if the vision and commitment are strong enough. I
hope you can sort through all the issues and do the right thing for your
library!
- --Ian McKinney
Ian McKinney Tippecanoe County Public Library
Youth Services Librarian 627 South Street
(765) 429-0121 Lafayette, Indiana 47901-1470
ianmck@tcpl.lib.in.us
http://www.tcpl.lib.in.us/youth/
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