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Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 22:51:07 -0500 (EST)
To: pubyac-digest@nysernet.org
Subject: pubyac V1 #611
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Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 12:55:36 -0600
From: Catherine Mau <cmau@bal.alibrary.com>
Subject: Great Job-- Chicago Area
LIBRARIAN - MIDDLE SCHOOL SERVICES / BARRINGTON AREA LIBRARY
Full-time position, 37.5 hours per week, including one evening a week and
one weekend a month. Exciting opportunity to help develop a program of
service for middle school-aged children. Duties include collection
development, reference and reader's advisory service, programming, school
visits, and assisting patrons with online catalog, Internet, and local area
network. Half of the position will be devoted to middle school services;
half will be devoted to services for infants through fifth graders.
Requires MLS from an ALA-accredited program, knowledge of children's and
young adult literature, reference procedures, and library programming, and
the ability to work pleasantly and effectively with children and adults.
Salary $29,652/year + benefits. Send resume to Catherine Mau, Head of
Young People's Services, Barrington Area Library, 505 N. Northwest Highway,
Barrington, IL 60010. The Barrington Area Library serves a large community
of active library users in a northwest suburb of Chicago. Spring grads are
welcome to apply. Applications accepted until position is filled.
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Catherine Mau
Head of Young People's Services
Barrington Area Library
505 N. Northwest Highway
Barrington, IL 60010
Email: cmau@bal.alibrary.com
Phone: 847.382.1300 ext. 250
FAX: 847.382.1261
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Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 21:23:39 -0500
From: "Dana Campbell" <danac@siuslaw.lib.or.us>
Subject: Need some suggestions
I have a grandmother who has just had her 14 year old granddaughter
move in with her. The grandmother is looking for books to share with
the 14 year old that might help her adjust or that are about teenagers
that are living with their grandparents. The grandmother said she
would be interested in both non-fiction and fiction titles. Any
ideas?
Many thanks.
Dana C.
Dana Campbell, Youth Services Librarian
Siuslaw Public Library
PO Box A
Florence, OR 97439
(541) 997-3132
danac@siuslaw.lib.or.us
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Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 15:08:17 -0600
From: Amy Cline <ACline@ci.sat.tx.us>
Subject: Juvenile Fiction Stumper
I have a patron who is looking for a series of children's mysteries where
the main character is named Jupiter Jones. They are written at the fifth or
sixth grade level and she remembers reading them in elementary school
(approx. 25 years ago). Please respond to me personally if you know of the
author or specific titles in this series. Thanks in advance.
acline@ci.sat.tx.us
Amy J. Cline
Children's Librarian
San Antonio Public Library
(210) 207-2621
(210)207-2555 fax
acline@ci.sat.tx.us
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Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 15:08:10 -0500
From: Dallas DiLeo <dileod@clpgh.org>
Subject: stumper from the 70s
All,
We have the following stumper
<snip>
I am looking for a book (title, author, etc.) about a little boy named =
Lewis/Louis. The story was about the day he spent with his mother. His =
jacket kept becoming unzipped, his shoes kept becoming untied, and so =
on. My sisters enjoyed the book in the late 70s<snip>
If this is familiar to anyone, please contact me at dileod@clpgh.org.
Thanks.
Dallas DiLeo
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Dallas DiLeo
Head, Children's Department
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
4400 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15213
(412) 622-3189
dileod@clpgh.org
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Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 12:06:21 -0800
From: "Kelley, Judy" <JKelley@city.newport-beach.ca.us>
Subject: Children's and Young Adult Postions at Newport Beach Public Libra ry,
CA
The City of Newport Beach, California, Public Library, recently named in
American Libraries as among the best libraries in America, seeks two
creative, energetic individuals to fill Librarian I positions, regular
full-time. Hiring range is $2,829 to $3,981 per month.
Librarian I - Young Adult: Newport Beach Public Library has been
recognized by YALSA for its excellence in library services to young
adults, and is reemphasizing this with the creation of a Young Adult
area in the Central Library. This position will work with staff and the
members of the teen Young Adult Advisory Committee (YAAC) to design
services geared toward teens.
Librarian I - Children's Services: This new full time children's
services position in the Central Library will work with staff to enhance
already excellent children's services.
Both positions are multidimensional jobs which also require involvement
with adult and children's reference services, customer service, and
library materials. Qualifications: some library experience is highly
desirable and possession of an MLS from an ALA accredited college or
university is required.
Required City of Newport Beach application and a supplemental written
response must be received by the Human Resources Office by March 19,
1999. Postmarks and facsimiles not accepted. For application and
complete job announcement send a self-addressed stamped envelope to:
Human Resources, P.O. Box 1768, Newport Beach, CA 92658-8915 (include
name of position for which you are applying); or download an application
from the City's website at http://www.city.newport-beach.ca.us. A brief
resume may also be submitted. Both sides of the application must be
completed in full. EOE.
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Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 15:00:10 -0600 (CST)
From: "Catherine E. Ingram" <ceingram@starbase1.htls.lib.il.us>
Subject: BIB: Irish
IRISH
Avi. Beyond the western sea J AVI
Driven from their impoverished Irish village, fifteen-year-old Maura and
her younger brother meet their landlord's runaway son in Liverpool while
all three wait for a ship to America; their fates continue to intertwine
on board ship and in the New World.
Bunting, Eve. Spying on Miss Muller J BUN
At Alveara boarding school in Belfast, Ireland at the start of World War
II, thirteen-year-old Jessie must deal with her suspicions about a teacher
whose father was German and with her worries about her own father's
drinking problem.
Casey, Maude. Over the water J CAS
Fourteen-year-old Mary feels like a misfit, both in England where her
family lives and in Ireland where they're from, until she and her family
visit her grandmother and other relatives in Ireland and Mary gains a
better understanding of her background, her mother, and herself.
Duane, Diane. A wizard abroad J DUA
Nita's parents send her to Ireland to get her away from her partner in
wizardry, Kit, but Nita soon finds herself and a host of Irish wizards
battling evil in a place where the legends and monsters of the country's
mythology have become a reality.
Heneghan, James. Torn away J HEN
Forcibly deported to Canada because of his terrorist activities in
Northern Ireland, thirteen-year-old Declan must choose between his
revolutionary past and a new life with his Canadian relatives.
Holland, Isabelle. Behind the lines J HOL
During the New York Draft Riot of 1863, a young Irish Catholic girl helps
an African American make a daring escape from an angry mob.
McCourt, Frank. Angela's ashes : a memoir 929.2 MCC
Older teens might enjoy this book. Born in depression-era Brooklyn to
recent Irish immigrants, Frank McCourt experienced a childhood fraught
with poverty and occasional cruelty. An astonishing, glorious debut,
Angela's Ashes recounts McCourt's miserable existence with remarkable
exuberance and remarkable forgiveness.
Ripley, Alexandra. Scarlett : the sequel to Margaret Mitchell's Gone
with the wind FICTION Ripley
Older teens might enjoy this book. The sequel to Margaret Mitchell's Gone
With the Wind continues the adventures of its heroine, who journeys to
Ireland with her children and meets up with the dashing Rhett Butler.
Scott, Michael. October moon J SCO
After moving to a horsebreeding farm in Ireland, fifteen-year-old Rachel
and her parents are beset with a series of stable fires and mysterious
accidents that always seem to have Rachel as their target.
Thanks to: Maureen T. Lerch, Karen Laird, Jean Canosa, Sarah Sugden,
Kathy Schultz, Cynthia A. Webb, Maria Wegscheid, Mary Johnson, and PUBYAC.
(Definition)
Agr: Literally "My love." A term of endearment commonly used when
speaking either Irish or English.
Stuff my library does not have ~OR~ That seems too long/adult for my list.
OVER THE WATER by Maude Casey
"Torn Away" by James Henaghan,
"The King of Ireland's Son" by Padraic Colum
"The Wanderers" by Elizabeth Coatsworth (this last is really
children's,
but YAs who read this sort of book would like it - it's the story of
an Irish saint and the two young boys who travel with him).
"Beorn the Proud" by Madeleine Polland.
anything at all by Eilis Dillon,
anything at all by Walter Macken,
anything at all by Morgan Llewylln.
Questionable:
Lynch, Chris. Mick J LYC
His friendship with two Hispanic students offers fifteen-year-old Mick an
alternative to the drunken savagery of his brother and the narrow thinking
of his Irish-American neighborhood in Boston.
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| *opinions are my own* |
| Catherine E. Ingram, M.L.S. Joliet Public Library |
| Young Adult Librarian 150 N. Ottawa St. |
| ceingram@htls.lib.il.us Joliet, IL 60432 |
| phone: 815-740-2660 http://www.joliet.lib.il.us |
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Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 12:43:21 -0500
From: Rita Hunt <rhunt@redrose.net>
Subject: Backpack Stumper answered!
Many, many thanks to those who responded to my stumper regarding books
about book bags and backpack for a young patron. Here is the list, for
those who are interested:
My Brown Bear Barney ---Butler
Let's Go, Froggy--London
Sophie's Knapsack--Catherine Stock
Now We Can Go--Ann Jonas
Lin's Backoack--Helen Lester
I Need a Lunchbox--Jeanette Caines
And the overall favorite:
Eve Bunting's My Backpack
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Rita Hunt
Hershey Public Library
rhunt@redrose.net
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To read a book for the first time is to make
an acquaintance with a new friend;
to read it for a second time is to meet an old one.
---Anonymous Chinese
saying
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Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 13:09:39 -0500
From: Jennifer Meyer <jmeyer@spokpl.lib.wa.us>
Subject: caring for books
Hello,
I am wondering if anyone has a song or poem that talks about caring for
books for preschool or kindergarten. Or do you have a successful way of
discussing book care with this age group?
Thanks in advance,
Jennifer
Jennifer Meyer
Children's Librarian
East Side Library
Spokane Public Library
524 S. Stone
Spokane, WA 99202
509-444-5377
jmeyer@spokpl.lib.wa.us
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