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Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 23:24:12 -0500 (EST)
To: pubyac-digest@nysernet.org
Subject: pubyac V1 #612
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Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 05:33:28 -0500
From: Cathy Wiggins <chapinli@sccoast.net>
Subject: Stumper: Book on family abandoned by father
A customer is requesting a book for a young child--5 years old--about a family
which has been abandoned by the father. Any suggestions? We have shown her books
on divorce, but that is not the situation.
Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
Cathy Wiggins
Chapin Memorial Library
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
chapinli@sccoast.net
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Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 16:10:40 PST
From: "lois gottstein" <loisgottstein@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: BIB: YA Multiculturalism in America
After some
deliberation and consulting with our library collection--here is my
final
booklist. Hope it is of use to other folks too.
Dear Theresa, Laura Kennett and all who responded.
Thanks for this wonderful list.
Lois Gottstein
loisgottstein@hotmail.com
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Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 13:49:24 -0500
From: "Children's" <scdlccdc@oplin.lib.oh.us>
Subject: Re: key chain library cards
Hi! Theresa,
My daughter just came home this week-end with a key-chain
library card from the Wood County Library in Bowling Green, Ohio. Their
web-site is:
http://www.wcnet.org/WCDPL E-Mail: WCDPL@wcnet.org
You may wish to contact them for input. Good luck!
Theresa Gormley wrote:
> Hi all,
> I had such luck with my last request, I thought I'd try again.
> We're thinking about offering key chain size library cards to our patrons.
> We thought they would be especially popular with kids--who seem to have
> all kinds of key chains these days. We do have some concerns about this
> size card,however, so I thought I'd ask for some feedback from those of
> you who already offer the small cards. How do you like them? Have you
> had any problems with them? Do they work with kids? Do you have a place
> where patrons can sign them (or is it just a barcode)? Do they hold up as
> long as other cards? Are they difficult to wand? Do you find that these
> cards are lost or stolen more often? Who did you order the cards from?
> Any general complaints or endorsements?
>
> Thanks so much,
>
> Theresa Gormley
> Youth Services Librarian
> Whatcom County (WA) Library System
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Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 11:24:20 -0800
From: Laura Whaley <WHALEYL@santacruzpl.org>
Subject: Chess clubs
I was wondering if anyone runs a chess club at their library? If so, what
ages are involved? do you have a volunteer to mentor the program? how often
does it meet? and how to you "rank" participants to determine who
plays who?
Thanks, Laura Whaley Boulder Creek Library
Rem tene; verba sequentur.
Cato the Elder
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Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 13:28:19 -0700
From: "Lisa Wilkes" <lisa@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org>
Subject: I need collective minds
I have had a patron ask me of where there might be good sites for
finding friends for a class reunion.
The problem he said they were having is alot of the parents have
moved on, or they were stationed at the military base.
I could only think of classmates.com.
Anyother suggestions or other resources ?
Please e-mail me directly!
Thankyou,
Lisa
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Lisa Wilkes
Great Falls Public Library
301 2nd Avenue North
Great Falls MT 59401
Phone:(406)453-0349
Fax: (406)453-0181
"Children don't interrupt my work; They are my work."
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Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 18:33:51 -0600
From: Janette Johnston <jj@round-rock.tx.us>
Subject: RE: Hours to turn in Summer reading logs
Hi fellow "Yackers",
I'm turning to the collective wisdom for help again. Our library, serving
about 50,000, is open in the summer for 70 hours per week. We have over
2,000 kids sign up for our reading program. I usually have 30-40 teen
volunteers staff our summer reading table, where children turn in their
reading logs and receive incentives. The teens work two - 2 ½ to 3 hour
shifts per week. In the past, I have tried to have volunteers available to
staff the table for all the hours the library is open. I often have a hard
time finding teens willing to work Saturdays, Sundays, and evenings until 9
p. m.
We are considering reducing the number of hours that the "Summer Reading
Hours" table is "open". We might only have it covered until 8 p.
m. weekdays
and/or one or two shifts on the weekends. I'm concerned that the circulation
staff will be burdened by patrons who insist on getting their prizes and
certificates even if there is a sign stating that the summer reading table
is closed. Has anyone else limited the time frame in which reading logs can
be turned, and if so, what results did you have? We have also considered
awarding extra "time" for weekend hours or alternating weekend
schedules. I
don't want to make it complicated for the volunteers to remember when they
are supposed to be on duty. Thanks in advance for any advice you may have.
Janette Johnston
Children's Services Coordinator
216 East Main Street
Round Rock, TX 78664
(512) 218-7002
FAX: (512)218-7061
e-mail: jj@round-rock.tx.us <mailto:jj@round-rock.tx.us>
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Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 17:46:08 -0500
From: Charles Schacht <schachtc@lcm.macomb.lib.mi.us>
Subject: Re: celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday on March 2nd.
"He was here a long timie, and now he's gone away, but I think we'll agree
that he had quite a stay! For a great many years he brought all of us fun;
now his tiime here is through, and those years are all done. But the books
that he wrote have been left here behind, full of friends like the Who's and
old Horton so kind, and whenever you read them and smiles crease your face,
I expect he'll smile too, from a different place..." @C. Schacht 1994
For those who are raised that way and remember an old song called
Mockingbird Hill these words fit nicely with that tune were one inclined to
make a song of them.
C. Schacht
Romeo District Library
Romeo, MI.
pubyac@nysernet.org wrote:
> I'm a new subscriber and have been lurking for a while.
>
> I was wondering how all of you will be celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday.
>
> At our school, West Oak Middle School in Mundelein, Illinois grades 6-8,
> we have signed up for *Read Across America Program* sponsored by Ala and
> others. Students will be reading and adding up their pages. The class
> that reads the most pages will have the honor of our principal become a
> student in their grade. He will ride the bus in the morning; at lunch
> he will be served *green eggs and ham* and continue with the students
> the rest of the day. The cat in the hat will make an appearance and
> serve birthday cake to the whole school.
>
> Please let me know what you plan to do on this day.
>
> Lois Gottstein
> loisgottstein@hotmail.com
> West Oak Middle School
>
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Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 17:59:57 -0500
From: Charles Schacht <schachtc@lcm.macomb.lib.mi.us>
Subject: Re: Dysfunctional families in YA books
> There are also many other kinds of books covered in VOYA, too,
> not just the so-called "bleak" books. I also don't think there is
anything
> wrong with teens reading about teens who have really tough problems.
Of course not - as long as the message doesn't get sent implicitly that if
you're not depressed/despairing you are obviously a fool and/or out of touch
with reality. As Kirsten Edwards pointed out recently kids need to get
reminded that it can be a wonderful as well as a trauma filled world if they
will go in search of said wonder and help it to flower...
Chuck Schacht
Romeo District Library
Romoeo, MI.
>
>
>
>
> Diane Tuccillo
> Mesa Public Library, AZ
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Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 13:11:08 -0800
From: "Carrie Eldridge" <celdridge@sanjuan.lib.wa.us>
Subject: early brain development
Thanks to all on the list who e-mailed me with information about new brain
development research. Thanks to Faith Brautigam,Ginny McKee,Julie Ann
Rines,Susan Dunn, and Kathy Crawford and others.
Websites:
http://www.lili.org/marshall/yd_childdevelopment.html
http://www.lili.org/isl/rlbrain.htm
http://www.iamyourchild.org/
Periodical articles
"Your Child from Birth to Three." Newsweek Special Edition.
Spring/Summer
1997.
"How a Child's Brain Develops." Time Special Report. February 3, 1997.
VOL.
149 NO. 5 .
video
"These ten things can boost your child's brain power" from McCormick
Tribune foundation *http://www.rrmtf.org/education/10video.htm
Carrie Eldridge
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: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 13:13:46 -0800 (PST)
From: tinman@jcls.org (Theresa Inman)
Subject: Stumper:Woman w/ Pumpmobile & Abercrombie
Dear PUBYACers,
Our patron remembers a chapter book (?) c. 1960 or earlier about three
children named Abercrombie, Christopher and Benjamin. They meet an old
woman who travels by "pumpmobile", some type of scooter or go kart.
We have checked "What Children Read Next" character index, Who's Who
in
Children's Books, and the Young Reader's Companion.
We appreciate any answers, hints, tips or clues you can send.
Please respond directly to tinman@jcls.org and I'll post the winner.
Thanks in advance,
Jackson County Library Services
Medford, OR
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