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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 19:24:42 -0500 (EST)
To: pubyac-digest@nysernet.org
Subject: pubyac V1 #617
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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 11:24:24 -0700 (MST)
From: PUBYAC Moderator <pyowner@pallasinc.com>
Subject: PUBYAC DIGEST #610, resent
Dear PUBYACkers,
Something happened to the Digested form of PUBYAC on Feb. 24 or 25, so I
am resending those postings for the benefit of the more-than-half
subscribers who didn't receive it. If you get your messages individually,
you will have already received these postings, so you can just delete
this message. --Shannon
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Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 09:58:22 -0500
From: Margo Ferguson <m.ferguson@mppl.lib.in.us>
Reply-To: pubyac@nysernet.org
To: pubyac@nysernet.org
Subject: Official Monopoly Tournament
To the individual who is interested in running a tournament, the person to
contact at the Hasbro, Inc. is Earl Donahue at 413-525-6411, extension
2800. His fax number is 413-525-4365. The address is Hasbrow, Inc.
Consumer Affairs Dept., 20 Narragansett Park Dr., PO Box 200, Pawtucket,
RI
02862-0200 USA. Good luck.
Margo Ferguson
Young Adult Reference Librarian
Bittersweet Branch of the Mishawaka-Penn Public Library
"My opinions are my own"
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Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 16:07:26 -0500
From: Suzanna Wanat <wanats@clpgh.org>
Reply-To: pubyac@nysernet.org
To: pubyac@nysernet.org
Subject: Summer Reading
Hi all,
I know that a few months back there was discussion on awards and
how libraries were keeping track of books. Someone talked about using a
bingo
card that the kids had stamped for every book they read, and then for each
"bingo" they received some small prize. Does this ring a bell with
anyone? If
so, please email directly with whatever information you had. Was it
successful?
How many children part. in your program? Was there more confusion than
usual or less? I really would like to try it this year.
One more question then I'm through. For those of you that have a
parent/teacher section do you have a policy on how those books are chosen?
I really would like to start one but need some guidelines!
Thanks in advance for all you help. This list is the best!
Happy Reading!!
Suzanna Wanat
Northern Tier Library
4015 Dickey Rd
Gibsonia, PA 15044
Wanats@clpgh.org
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Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 17:12:45 -0500
From: Connie Pottle <CPOTTLE@cml.lib.oh.us>
Reply-To: pubyac@nysernet.org
To: pubyac@nysernet.org
Subject: Re: Newbery anachornism follow up
this did come up in discussion, but we thought it worked anyway...
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Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 20:37:50 -0400 (AST)
From: Lisa Denise Pinet <lpinet@is2.dal.ca>
Reply-To: pubyac@nysernet.org
To: pubyac@nysernet.org
Subject: Outreach for New Immigrant Youth
Hello,
I am looking for ideas for YA outreach programs for new immigrants. We
have a large arabic speaking population that are new immigrants that we
would like to provide services for. I had a look in the PUBYAC archives
but couldn't see anything specifically to do with new immigrants. Any
ideas would be much appreciated!
*****************************************
Lisa Pinet, B.Ed.
School of Library and Information Studies
Faculty of Management
Dalhousie University
Halifax, N.S.
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Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 19:26:48 EST
From: Johanne749@aol.com
Reply-To: pubyac@nysernet.org
To: pubyac@nysernet.org
Subject: Re: celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday on March 2nd.
At Bobby's Run school on Lumberton N.J. se are kicking off our month long
reading program. Search for treasure Read for Pleasure. We will have a
cakr
for the cat but we are moving our emphasis away from seuss only. We are a
3-4-5 school. We will have and author visit, MS read-a-thon, door
decorating
project, family reading night and reading finale day where classes share
their
month long projects. If our building is encircled with treasure chests the
children will have in class parties with the theme Get beached with a good
book.
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Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 15:19:16 -0600 (CST)
From: Middendorf-Kredell Branch Children's <mkchild@mail.win.org>
Reply-To: pubyac@nysernet.org
To: PUBYAC@nysernet.org
Subject: seuss
Hi all,
Someone just posted a message for Seuss Storytime Activities. We
aren't necessarily looking for activities to go with our Seuss storytime,
but we could use some fingerplays to go along with it or that can be
associated with some of his books. Any ideas would be appreciated. For a
craft we are making headbands with a Cat in the Hat--hat on the front. We
have already checked the Random House Seuss site, but didn't find anything
that could really help us out at the library. Thanks in advance for any
ideas that you have--we really appreciate it.
Theresa
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END of PUBYAC digest, #610, resent 3/2/99
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Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 16:26:31 -0500 (EST)
From: Mary Vanstone <mvanstone@tln.lib.mi.us>
Subject: Re: pubyac V1 #615
Patricia, my library does a St. Patricks day Craft party every year here
are a few that we use. I'm soory I don't know the original sources for all
of them but at least one came from mailbox magazine.
Leprachaun hats: cut a large hat shape out of brown paper, add a green hat
band and green shamrock to front, use a strip of scrap paper to attach
headband style around childs head.
Leprachaun necklace: find cute clip art of a leprachaun, blow up to about
4 to 6 inch size. have kids color him and then glue him to a piece of
construction paper, punch a hole add yarn and green noodle. We precut
leprachauns and construction paper to make it easy for kids.
Shamrock smiles: Have a volunteer paint shamrocks on each of the
children's cheeks. Or purchase a shamrock stamp and buy washable green ink
pads and stamp them on.
Pot o' Gold: Cut large paper plates in half and cut half circle out of
center so they are rainbow shaped. Have kids watercolor into rainbows
attach pot of gold to one side with staples.
Luck Charm: Cut horseshoe shape out of half of a sheet of black
construction paper. Glue lucky charm cereal to it, or holiday stickers, or
give out colored chalk and have them draw on shapes. Glue on the letters L
U C K Y, and add a shamrock or two.
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Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 15:51:51 -0700 (MST)
From: Lu Benke <lubenke@libsys.ci.fort-collins.co.us>
Subject: Replies to Fair Labor issue (Long)
Many thanks to the folks who responded to our dilemma of
following Fair Labor Standards in a Children's Department with
enthusiastic and creative staff members who take work home or
stay late. As requested, I am listing the gist of each reply. As you
can see, their was no clear-cut consensus on how it should be handled.
I also talked to two other children's services coordinators who
admitted they were not able to follow the FLS and did not see a
way that they could.
As the head of Human Resources said when I took the problem to
him, "No one said this job would be easy."
At least with PUBYAC, we don't feel alone.
Lu Benke
Lead Librarian
Children's Services
Fort Collins Public Library
201 Peterson Street phone: 970-221-6678
Fort Collins, CO 80524 fax: 970-221-6398
lubenke@libsys.ci.fort-collins.co.us
********
Here's a question that might help: Does the library administration have
the right to dictate to library staff how they spend their off-work time?
It may turn out to be a liability problem - from the other direction.
City lawyers might be able to answer the question.
********
I also respectfully submit that for every staff member who wants to watch
PRIDE & PREJUDICE while sewing flannel board figures, there's one just
seething with annoyance because they have an active and busy life outside
of work - and don't want unpaid "homework" stealing those precious
hours
away.
So perhaps some compromise solution is possible, which penalyzes neither
those who enjoy volunteering at the library and those who find it an
unfair imposition?
********
What if you were to allow them to add up their time, and take a day off
occasionally. Similar to the comp time that most of the saleried employees
get? It would mean keeping track of the time, and trusting them to give
you a fair total of the time they have put in at home.
I have to admit that I started out in the library as a childrens assistant
and I often took work home and created extra props etc. My supervisor was
aware of this and she occasionally let me go home early if she felt that I
had put in too much time on my own for a project that she wanted done.
********
I don't know for sure how this fits with the Fair Labor law, but with my
staff I tell them not to take work home. They do it anyway (flannel
boards, puppets, ect.) use the materials in programming and then those
materials become part of their personal programming collection. Since
those materials were created on THEIR time, from material they purchased,
I figure those materials belong to them. I don't think one can seriously
forbid another to do something she wishes to do in her free time, with her
own money (for the project materials).
********
The way I get around those kinds of issues myself is that I buy all my own
materials and create these things for myself. I just "happen" to use
them
for library programs, but when the program is done, I get to keep them.
They don't belong to the library, so I don't consider it library time. The
good thing about this is that should I ever leave, I can take all of this
stuff with me to my next job and not have to re-create them! As for
reading, I try to do that at work as much as possible because I tend to
leave books at home accidentally. Our non-librarian staff, and those
librarians who are union (non-supervisors) are not SUPPOSED to work at home,
but I'll bet most all the children's staff do often, or at least
occasionally. I never require my staff to, or even ask them to, but I know
I cannot possibly stop them so I don't try unless I see that someone is
spending hours and hours and is stressed anyway.
********
Most program planning and preparation is done at home, whether there are
rules about it or not. However, your library should probably allow a set
amount of planning time during the work week--a SCHEDULED time. If the
storyteller still wants to make feltboards, etc. at home, it would be very
difficult to prevent; but there should be a clear understanding that anything
made at home is the property of the person who made it (as long as the
library doesn't purchase materials). The library could then purchase the
felt boards and puppets from the staff member after establishing fair prices
for the items, if it were determined that the items would be useful for
other staff members and future staff.
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I'm not sure I would be allowed to sell the library anything, since
I am an employee. I could, however, donate materials if I wished. Just be
sure and read your *groan* policy manuals. *grin*
********
I'm afraid there are no creative solutions. The fair labor
standards provisions of the Labor Department are pretty straightforward. If
someone is requested/required/influenced to work for a particular employer,
that employee is to be paid for those hours worked. This requirement is
just for hourly employees and not for salaried employees. As you noted in
your posting, the requirements exclude work done at home.
Hourly employees should be told that there is no expectation that
they do work at home and no expectation that they do any more work than the
hours they are being paid for.
We have done things such as purchase a sewing machine with either
public library or Friends money and allow time for sewing at the library for
making things such as puppets, curtains, etc. Arrangements such as this can
be set up for any of the projects that employees have done at home in the
past. When employees start doing everything they have done at the library,
the administration may realize how much "free time" they have been
given in
the past.
********
It IS hard
to learn a story or make a flannelboard or do many of the creative things
we "children's people" do "on the job!" The solution our
library has come
up with is to grant what we call "planning time" to staffers (and this
includes professionals) who need to spend time at home preparing a program.
We are allowed 2 hours prep-time for a program. We take this at the end
of the day or attached to a halfday or lunch, but always at the library's
convenience. I have "budgeted" the two hours somewhat, so that we get
the two hours during the story hour schedule, but that is all we take. In
other words, we do not take 2 hours for every Story Hour, tour, preschool
visit that occurs during the week. Two hours is the MAX we take, and some
programs only allow one hour. I have found that people repeat the same
program for all the story hours they do, and also frequently use the same
program for a preschool visit during the week as well. Shopping for
prizes or craft materials is usually done during the work day, on library
time. I also encourage my staff to work on flannel boards and rehearse
puppet shows etc. during the workday whenever possible. BUT, the 2 hour
prep-time is available and used!
********
We've had to follow the guidelines for FLSA for the past two or three
years. Managers and above are exempt but most of our children's
librarians are not. What it has meant is that more of the branch
librarians are giving the children's librarians time at work to do their
planning.
I'm sure that many of them are doing some work at home but most of them
have tried very hard not to. It has made it hard, especially when making
things such as flannel boards and favors. We do have some volunteers who
have helped with some of this. And as a branch manager, I have given my
children's librarian some time from work when it was a question of baking
something (such as gingerbread for gingerbread houses).
In talking with the children's librarians, we have decided that reading is
something we can do on our own (as we do it for recreation as much as for
the job) but not reading to plan booktalks or storytimes. The problem of
learning stories was not talked about, since so much of that is done by
repeating the story to oneself. I practice them when I'm driving, for
instance.
It has put a definite crimp in the planning and working styles of our
children's librarians but I think most of them are trying to follow the
guidelines.
********
This really is a legal issue, designed to prevent businesses from requiring
unpaid overtime work from their employees. It is important that our
employees have a life outside their job! We provide comp time for our staff
who do work at home and reimburse them for materials used, with the proviso
that the materials be budgeted beforehand.
********
(I usually DO have my best ideas
at home - in the shower, my dreams, while I'm driving somewhere.) One
solution could be that they jot down the idea, buy the supplies and do the
actual work at the library during work hours. Another (better) solution
would be to give the programmers comp time for time they spend doing
creative work at home. (You would probably have to approve the at-home
work ahead of time - maybe to tell the assistant that you authorize them to
create their program's craft project at home, then will give them comp time
within two weeks.) Also, for the record, I think the law would allow the
programmers to think of ideas whenever. Nobody can regulate our thoughts
and ideas - and the precise time when we think of them!
Another approach to puppet repair would be to find a willing volunteer,
although I can't say I had good luck finding a volunteer who wanted to do
that. (Not that I pursued it vigorously.)
P.S. Food for thought: the Activities Assistant at my mom's nursing home
was also told she could not do any work at home, including prep for craft
projects. She found the lack of time to do her prep so frustrating that
she quit her job. (It was a major loss - she was wonderful with the
residents, really cared about them, and had GREAT programs back when she
was allowed to prepare for them.)
********
I always consider any things I do at home, such as creating puppets, as
something I'm donig not as a library employee ,but as a Friends of the
Library volunteer.
********
I would exercise caution here.
Standards and practices in volunteer management would never allow an
employee to volunteer with her own department doing work that is a
part of her responsibilities.
I would think your HR manager would agree that this would be in
violation of labor laws, especially if the employee is hourly as
opposed to exempt.
Thanks to all for your replies.
- --Lu
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Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 20:06:27 -0600
From: DLHIETT <dlh@greennet.net>
Subject: RE: caring for books
Jennifer,=20
A wonderful book that I use for dealing with book care for the =
kindergarten school tours is "Mr. Wiggles". I don't remember the name
=
of the author off hand but the book deals with all issues of book care.
Deb
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Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 20:20:38 -0600
From: DLHIETT <dlh@greennet.net>
Subject: RE: St. Patrick's Day crafts
Patricia,
You can have the children make leprechaun hats, including a brim with a =
shiny green shamrock. The hats can be made out of construction paper =
which is inexpensive and the children always love to wear hats.=20
^-----Original Message-----
From: Patricia Hay/GBPL [SMTP:hayp@snoopy.tblc.lib.fl.us]
Sent: Saturday, February 27, 1999 1:03 PM
To: pubyac@nysernet.org
Subject: St. Patrick's Day crafts
I am having trouble finding a good St. Patrick's day craft for my
preschool storytime, besides decorating a construction paper shamrock.
Any ideas?
Patty
Patricia Hay
Reference & Children's Librarian
Gulf Beaches Public Library
Madeira Beach, FL
hayp@snoopy.tblc.lib.fl.us
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Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 09:28:04 -0500
From: "Schwartz, Ginger J." <gschwartz@pwcgov.org>
Subject: RE: St. Patrick's Day crafts
I have made GOOD LUCK GARLAND with my storytime kids. We use the Elison die
shamrock shapes (different shades of green) I punched holes in the center of
each one. The kids were given some yarn knotted at one end, about a dozen
shamrocks and 3-4 straws. They cut pieces of straw and strung the pieces in
between the shamrocks. I said if they hangs it over a doorway they will
have good luck. I got the idea from Small World Celebrations a Totline
publication (normally I do not like their stuff). The instructions, as
usual, have you prepare everything including cutting the straw in 1 inch
shapes. I like to be a little more flexible and let the kids cut the straw
into any lengths they wanted (and it's fun to cut something else besides
paper).
Hope this helps...
Ginger J. Schwartz
Children's Librarian
Potomac Community Library
2201 Opitz Blvd.
Woodbridge, VA 22192
(703) 494 - 8128
gschwartz@pwcgov.org
The views herein are mine and may not reflect those of the Prince William
Public Library System
> I am having trouble finding a good St. Patrick's day craft for my
> preschool storytime, besides decorating a construction paper shamrock.
> Any ideas?
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Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 09:58:11 -0600
From: Marilyn Zaruba <fmpl@startext.net>
Subject: Author addresses needed
Dear Friends,
I know there is a simple way to do this, but I haven't come across it & need
assistance.
The Friends of the Library is putting together a recipe book & wants to
solicit recipes from various authors. They did this a number of years ago &
it was quite successful, but no one can remember where they got the
addresses. I realize that you can reach them thru their publishers, but that
seems so impersonal. Still, we might not have any other choice.
And, yes, we do want children's authors.
Thanks for any addresses you might be able to supply.
Marilyn
Mansfield Public
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Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 09:27:39 -0800
From: Stephanie Loney <sloney@libris.chulavista.lib.ca.us>
Subject: Re: St. Patrick's Day crafts
Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland (so legend has it) - why not
construct snakes....he also made appearances in Irish towns banging a
drum - so take that some where..
My favorite is using the good old potato as a stamp with paints - you
cut it in half and then carve out patterns for the children to press on
to trays of paint.
Stephanie Loney
Chula Vista PL.
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Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 12:23:53 PST
From: "lois gottstein" <loisgottstein@hotmail.com>
Subject: Spanish magazines suitable for Middle School
We are looking for hispanic magazines suitable for the Middle School
level.
They must be in Spanish.
Any suggestions?
Lois Gottstein
loisgottstein@hotmail.com
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Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 22:51:52 EST
From: LndonTown@aol.com
Subject: Alice in Wonderland
Hi everyone! I was just curious if any of you happen to catch Sunday night's
Alice in Wonderland which aired on NBC? This is by far one of my favorite
books, and I was excited to see this new version, starring Martin Short and
Whoopi Goldberg. Unfortunately, I was very disappointed in it. It seemed a
little dark and dull, a far cry from the original work of art!! I loved the
special effects and ofcourse, Jim Henson's muppetry, but the story seemed a
bit distorted.
Back in 1985, there was a wonderful all-star mini-series, which starred Red
Buttons, Sammy Davis Jr, Carol Channing and my fav, Ringo Starr, to name just
a few!! Definetly the best version, and stayed very close to the book, almost
word for word. I know that usually movies can never quite capture the entire
spirit of books, but I really felt that if I were 10 years old and had never
read Alice, and I saw Sunday Night's movie, I probably wouldn't want to pick
up the book and read it. I was just wondering what other children's librarians
thought of this new version. Another thought, at the end of the 1985 movie,
(which was in 2 parts-Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass) Natalie
Gregory, the little girl who played Alice, spoke a little about the book and
urged viewers to check it out at their local library. This new version went
straight from the credits, to the local news, boasting about "learn how all
those special effects were created!". What is this world coming to?? :)
Sorry,
this is me venting...I just love the book soooo much!
Susie Lord
LndonTown@aol.com
Seminole County Public Library
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Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 08:59:12 -0500
From: "Children's" <scdlccdc@oplin.lib.oh.us>
Subject: Re: caring for books
Hi! Jennifer!
When I did Preschool Story Hours, I used a SAD book and
a GLAD book, with appropriate "Smiley/Unsmiling faces". The SAD book
was one
we were
discarding anyway, and was made worse by cutting pages, coloring,
dog-earing, sticky spots, milk rings(some already had these!) and broken
bindings, etc. Even the youngest child knew he/she wanted to check out the
GLAD book-a bright, clean looking one that was much more appealing! Hope
this is helpful!
Edlyn Theiss
Stark County District Library
Canton, Ohio scdlccdc@oplin.lib.oh.us
Jennifer Meyer wrote:
> 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?
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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 14:41:59 -0500 (EST)
From: Kathy Graybeal <kgraybea@Hollinet.lib.de.us>
Subject: New Children's Room
Another lurker hops right in...Nicholas Berry's question on 3/1/99 RE:the
perfect children's room comes from me as well. We are a small library in
an ocean resort community & hope to break ground to double our library in
May. What works in your library? What can you not live without? What
seemed a great idea then proved a practical bomb? Do you have Internet
access or just CD Roms? Bulletin boards, chalk boards, art display areas
on blank walls? Thanks in advance, group!
Kathy Graybeal
Lewes Public Library
Lewes (yes, pronounced Loo - iss), Delaware
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