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Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 22:08:23 -0500 (EST)
To: pubyac-digest@nysernet.org
Subject: pubyac V1 #592
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Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 15:19:45 -0500
From: Kate McLean <mcleank@mail.dekalb.public.lib.ga.us>
Subject: Re:Page/Trainee talk
Mary:
I always start such a talk with a brainstorm of what the librarian does.
If they're going to be pages this might be very important. Usually I give
this talk at middle school "Career Day" where the answers almost never
include ordering the books, budgets, management, handling complaints.
Answering questions, checking out books and doing storytimes and shushing
people (I do not!) often does come up. For the pages I might talk about
what a page does, shelve, shelf read, clean up the tables, give basic
directions and refer folks to the librarians. Our pages also shut down
computers at night and do a patrol to make sure everyone is out, if they
are there at closing. You'll probably want to give them a bit of a pep
talk about how the library simply cannot function without them and how much
the other staff members look forward to the pages' scheduled time at the
library. I began as a page, if you did too, tell them that.
I hope this helps you. Its been nice to send you some pointers, as I have
always enjoyed your posts.
Kate
Kate McLean
Tucker-Reid H. Cofer Library
mcleank@mail.dekalb.public.lib.ga.us
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Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 07:38:13 -0600
From: Jeanette Larson <jlarson@tsl.state.tx.us>
Subject: Kids Love a Mystery Week
Kids Love a Mystery Week will be celebrated across the nation February
20-27, 1999. This
event was started by Texas author Joan Lowery Nixon. A new website at
http://www.KidsLoveAMystery.com/ gives full details and information
about suggested activities. Many bookstores will host authors. Joan
Lowery Nixon, for example will speak in Houston on February 24 and
February 25. Start planning your events now!
Jeanette Larson
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
jlarson@tenet.edu
jlarson@tsl.state.tx.us
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Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 12:57:34 -0800
From: Alfred Dickey Public Library <bkohn@mail.fm-net.com>
Subject: prize books
We would like to include some books as prizes in our summer reading
program. However, I need the address or phone number of an economical
source for the prize books. Any help would be appreciated, thank you!
Brenda Kohn
bkohn@fm-net.com
Children's Librarian
Jamestown, North Dakota
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Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 12:11:22 -0800
From: torrie@ci.burlington.wa.us (Torrie Hodgson Children's Librarian)
Subject: Re: internet filters for children
Does anybody currently use a filter that they feel works well in
their library?
We currently offer unfiltered access. (Don't jump to conclusions
either way--we have a single Internet terminal for childrens' and adults'
use.) Admittedly I haven't tried out a commercial filter in about 1.5
years. When I previously tested a few commercially available products a
couple years ago, I found that they did not block all the objectionable
sites. Some of them blocked surprising things, that I could never figure
out their rationale for blocking.
If we were to apply a filter for use by any patron who wished
filtered access to the Internet, is there one we could apply to a specific
login (we run NT Workstation) but not to another?
I worry about the filters causing parents to have a false sense of
security. Right now, the parents who are concerned about their child's
access will sit down with their child. If they hear a filter is in place,
will they assume that their child absolutely cannot access any questionable
pages?
I reserve my judgement on the filtering versus not filtering issue
until I am presented with a product that does what it claims to. Until
then, I steer kids and parents who want filtering to "Ask Jeeves,"
"Yahooligans," and other search engines that have filtered access
built into
them.
Torrie 8)
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: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 08:58:54 -0500 (EST)
From: "Peggy (Mary) M. Morgan" <pmorgan@tln.lib.mi.us>
Subject: author addresses
You could try the Michigan Electronic Library's Children's Resources page
(click on Reading and Literature). The URL is:
http://www.mel.lib.mi.us/main-index.html
Hope this helps.
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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: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 15:25:25 -0500
From: "Jerry Kuntz" <jkuntz@ansernet.rcls.org>
Subject: KidsClick! needs volunteers
First, the good news:
KidsClick!, the web guide/search engine for kids built and maintained by
librarians, has been linked to by hundreds of public and school libraries
across the country and around the world. Located at:
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/ , it now ranks as one of the most
popular resources at the Berkeley Digital SunSITE (which itself has been
listed as one of the top few sites on the Internet.)
But alas...
The small number of sites being cataloged by our small number of volunteer
librarians/database maintainers is not enough to offer any significant
enhancement of KidsClick!'s subject coverage, or even to keep up with
current awareness/new sites.
If you have benefited from access to this tool, or believe that it is
worthwhile for the library community to be able to claim that it is being
pro-active about presenting a selection of good web sites for kids, please
consider volunteering. All the maintenance routines are web-based, and so
all it takes to participate in this project are an email message to me and
web access. Since you would be an unpaid volunteer, we have no expectations
or demands on the amount of work you do.
Maintenance instructions are offered via an illustrated MS Word file or a
non-illustrated ASCII file that can be send to you as an email attachment.
Interested? Reply to:
Jerry Kuntz
Ramapo Catskill Library System
jkuntz@rcls.org
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Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 16:31:07 -0500
From: Susanna Holstein <pkb00700@alpha.wvup.wvnet.edu>
Subject: flannel board books
Yet another book for flannel board stories and other activities that I
don't think has been mentioned:
Straw Into Gold : Books and Activities about Folktales, by Jan Irving.
ISBN 1-56308-074-5
It's excellent--not only has flannel board stories, but also shadow
puppet patterns, a story wheel,easy sock puppet, draw-and-tell, and
much, much more. Excellent resource for storytimes for libraries with
limited time and resources (and isn't that all of us?).
Susanna Holstein
Elk Valley Branch Library
Charlesont WV
It's
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Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 13:28:10 -0500
From: schachtc@lcm.macomb.lib.mi.us
Subject: Re: filters in Children's Room
PU>>Let's live in the real world, Jim - We have to keep the library a
place
PU>>where people can come - without fear of being exposed to repugnant
PU>>stuff ie pornography or other patrons in pursuit of erotic
gratification
PU>>via computer. It's a nasty job, but it needs to be done if we are to
PU>>keep faith with our public. And keep their support and respect.
PU>I say it is none of the library's business what information patrons
access,
PU>or their reasons for accessing it.
PU>--Jim Maroon
Jim - I guess I would rather not spend taxpayer's money on privacy
screens that may or may not work effectively in order to help patrons
pursue their private interests in a public place at public expense;
patrons who are interested in viewing sites which would dismay passers
by perhaps ought to view them at home where they can breathe heavily
to their hearts content.
Chuck Schacht
Romeo District Library
Romeo, MI,
Whose opinions are strictly his own.
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Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 10:13:11 PST
From: "Anne Paradise" <anneparadise@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Alice and Jerry books??
I, too learned on the "Alice and Jerry" books- in 1954 in Winston
- -Salem, North Carolina. We had giant pictures of the two with just
their names propped against the black-board. My mother had a Junior set
of Ency. Brit which came with a set of classic children's books. I can
remember the moment when I looked at the spine and read "Alice"- I've
always been pleased that was the first word i read!
Anne
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Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 16:49:09 -0500 (EST)
From: "Christine E. Swanson" <cswanson@tln.lib.mi.us>
Subject: Headphones
Has anyone else found reasonably priced computer headphones that fit
little heads (and work for more than a week or two?) Another problem we
constantly face: Excited kidlets forget they're wearing headphones and
walk away from the computers. The result: Wires get pulled from
earpieces.
Who would have thunk it? Computer headphones have been one of my biggest
challenges as a children's librarian ... Any solutions (so I can move on
to other challenges?) ... Thanks!
Christine Swanson
Youth Services Head Librarian
Brighton District Library
cwanson@tln.lib.mi.us
810/229-6571, ext. 209
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Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 19:40:36 -0500
From: Virginia Hoover <ginnie@lfpl.org>
Subject: papermaking
I vaguely remember a papermaking craft from when I was a counselor at camp
many years ago. It involved shredding scrap paper in a blender with some
water, making it a pulp-like mixture, then making sheets out of it. Has
anyone done this before? I am so vague on the steps to it but would like to
have this as an activity to involve teens and writing. Can anyone help?
Ginnie Hoover
Children's Outreach Department
Louisville Free Public Library
301 York Street
Louisville, KY 40203
ginnie@lfpl.org
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Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 19:04:19 -0800 (PST)
From: Kirsten Edwards <kirstedw@kcls.org>
Subject: Re: internet filters for children
On Fri, 5 Feb 1999, Walter Minkel wrote:
> MetaCrawler. Yet because Yahoo is so heavily advertised, that's the tool
> kids almost always go to first. Arrgh! 8-{(> --W
I find that people (kids included :->) like YAHOO because they perceive
that it's very easy to use.
Kirsten
kirstedw@kcls.org
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Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 19:12:45 -0800 (PST)
From: Kirsten Edwards <kirstedw@kcls.org>
Subject: Re: internet filters for children
On Fri, 5 Feb 1999, Jim Maroon wrote:
> My point is that placing filters on some computers DOES allow them to surf
> on their own. Personally, I think that's a good thing. I'm sure we have all
> benefited from the serendipity of a good search. Sure, filters blocks a lot
> of great sites, but if young children need that information, THEN they can
> surf with their parents on an unfiltered machine. Unless, of course, the
> parent wants them to surf on their own on the unfiltered machine, which is
> their business.
I've had to retype this several times to avoid sounding snarky, so please
assume when reading this that I'm speaking with a pleasant, even
expression!
An unexpected side effect of having a filtered computer in the children's
room is that there's pretty much always a computer free for the little
ones to use. The teens and adults don't want to use it - they can't e-mail or
chat - and it only takes a session or two for the little Bess dog to block
an innocuous site for them to give up on it entirely - even if it means
waiting an hour or so for an "adult" machine to be free.
Kirsten Edwards
kirstedw@kcls.org
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Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 11:38:41 -0600
From: Peggy Northcraft <mdu002@mail.connect.more.net>
Subject: Re: Madeline book
Kathy,
I vaguely recall noticing this many years ago and decided that there were
actually thriteen children including Madeline. The twelve little girls in
two straight lines did not include Madeline. Our copy is not on the shelf
right now, but I seem to recall that the illustration as they go for their
walk shows two equal lines and then Madeline.
Question: when you read the story do you say Madelin (short i) or Madeline
(long i)? My mother's name is Madeline and does not have a long "i"
sound.
In French the name would be pronounced Madeleen. Wow. Maybe we are
getting too technically involved in a cute story.
Peggy
At 12:14 PM 2/6/99 -0500, you wrote:
>
>Hi! I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on a discrepancy I
recently
>found in the original Madeline book. I was reading it with my daughter the
>other night and noticed that in the scene where the little girls are eating
>together after having visited Madeline in the hospital, there are actually
12
>girls shown, when there should only be 11. There are only 11 shown brushing
>their teeth in the next scene, and of course, only 11 in bed, as
Madeline's bed
>is empty. I cannot believe that this "mistake" has gone on for
years, except
>that it's too late to change now! Just wondered if anyone knew how it
began, if
>others noticed when first published but did nothing, how it got around the
>Caldecott committee...anything that may shed light on it for me. I'm sure
>I'm not the first to notice! Any info. appreciated. Please email me
directly.
>If there is interest, I will post findings to the list. TIA!
>
>Kathy Koltas
>Children's Librarian
>Sewickley Public Library
>Sewickley, PA
>koltask@clpgh.org
>
>
>
>
>
Margaret "Peggy" Northcraft
Children's Librarian
Hannibal Public Library
Hannibal MO (pop. 18.004)
mdu002@mail.connect.more.net
"Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to
govern, but impossible to enslave." Henry Peter Brougham
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