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Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 11:10:29 -0400 (EDT)
To: pubyac-digest@nysernet.org
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Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 12:02:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: carmel <carmel@ulysses.sebridge.org>
Subject: Re: library-school relations
Yes, and to add to that, we have a large booksale in June every year,
and, as donated books come in, we pull good copies of school reading list
books and stash them in a closet to be pulled out in a pinch when all of
our 6 copies of "To Kill A Mockingbird" , etc. is out. We also only
allow two reading list books at one time per patron to be checked out.
We do allow renewals if there are no reserves on a title. Taking books
out of the booksale pile is good way of obtaining multiple copies of
these without having to spend book budget dollars. Marilyn Schlansky,
Reed Library, Carmel, NY
On Fri, 21 May 1999, Jan Chapman wrote:
> > The worst
> > is the summer reading lists, that all the schools around here provide
the
> > kids with. We try to get these ahead of time and make sure we have
> > copies of required books when the kids start coming in, but often
> > teachers include titles that are out of print and impossible to get,
even
> > on interlibrary loan!
> >
> Carmel,
>
> The public library where I used to work had an ingenious solution to the
> summer reading dilemma. The school purchased multiple copies of the books
on
> the reading lists (perhaps through a grant of some kind?) and the library
> housed the books and checked them out to the students. After summer was
> over, we stored them and re-used or changed them as needed. I believe they
> circ'ed for two weeks to allow everyone access to the books. Although it
was
> a bit of a nuisance to process all those paperbacks, it made life much
easier
> for the students who needed to find copies of these books. As you can
> imagine, the circulation activity of these books went a little nuts right
> before school was scheduled to begin!
>
> Jan Chapman
> newly minted MLS
>
> --
> **********************************************************************
> "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by
> little statesmen and philosophers and divines."
> Ralph Waldo Emerson, from Self Reliance
> **********************************************************************
>
>
>
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Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 09:53:05 +1000
From: ssteed@parracity.nsw.gov.au
Subject: Re Letter to teacher
>I just spent a few minutes hand-writing a note to send to school
>with a student that the librarians have exhausted all of our print and
>online resources and were unable to find the answer. If anyone has a
>handout ready-made for this purpose, would you mind sharing the
>information? Thanks in advance!
Maureen
We have a letter to teachers that can be given out by reference staff as
they are usually the last point of call when looking for info. It is
printed with letterhead paper to make sure it looks official. The letter
includes the following (with spaces for comments) and is signed by the
staff member giving it out. A note about the letter and topic is left in
the desk diary for further follow up.
Date
Dear Teacher
The following informaton has been requested:
Please note that:
All books are on loan.
All information is reference material and cannot be borrowed.
We have been unable to locate detailed information about this subject.
We have been unable to locate information at a suitable age level.
We have been unable to locate any information about this subject.
We require clarification of the request to locate relevant information.
Other.
Please contact the Children's Librarian on 9806 5159 for furher information
about resources or institutional membership.
Hope this is helpful
Sarah :))
Sarah Steed
Children's Librarian
Parramatta City Library
ssteed@parracity.nsw.gov.au
Visit our Web Site : http://www.ParraCity.nsw.gov.au
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Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 13:31:38 -0500 (CDT)
From: Stephanie Smith <smsmith@ccs.nsls.lib.il.us>
Subject: Re: notes to teachers
This is what we use:
ZION-BENTON PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT 2400 Gabriel Ave. Zion, IL 60099 (847)
872-4680
__________________________came to the Library today and requested
materials on __________________________________________________.
We were unable to help your student because:
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
We are very interested in helping students find materials they need. We
would be happy to put books on temporary reserve for your class. Please
notify us if you would like to take advantage of our Assignment Alert
service.
Librarian:___________________________________ Date:_______________
Parents and kids seem relieved when we offer this after exhausting
everything we can think of. It proves that A: they actually went to the
library, and B: they actually tried to find something. I usually list all
the sources we used. One time a whole class had the same assignment that
had a very short due date, and no material available to answer it. After
the second child had come in, and it was obvious that there were more
waiting, I typed the information on a slip, and copied it. I just handed
out the form when they began to ask for the info. That teacher never
tried that particular assignment again.
Usually I try to call a teacher when it appears that we just don't have
the answers that the kids need, but this was too short term for that to
work.
On Wed, 19 May 1999, maureen lerch wrote:
> Hello!
> I just spent a few minutes hand-writing a note to send to school
> with a student that the librarians have exhausted all of our print and
> online resources and were unable to find the answer. If anyone has a
> handout ready-made for this purpose, would you mind sharing the
> information? Thanks in advance!
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Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 11:57:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: carmel <carmel@ulysses.sebridge.org>
Subject: Re: library-school relations
Well, theoretically that will work. We usually find, however, that very
often they don't ask for assistance until they actually can't find
anything left on the shelves. We have a very customer service oriented
staff and we usually approach people and ask if we can help them, rather
than waiting to be asked. Of course, when we realize it's a class or
grade assignment we do pull a lot of material for temporary reference.
You are fortunate that the school librarians call ahead. Four libraries
working together here have not been able to accomplish that. Our school
lists are kept in a binder with titles we own checked off, and titles
available on ILL so noted, AND titles that are out of print and
unavailable noted too. Like our old maintenance guy used to say.."Some
days chicken, Some days feathers!" Marilyn Schlansky Reed Library, Carmel
On Sat, 22 May 1999, Mazzafero wrote:
> When a child comes into our library to do a specific report and asks for
> assistance, we try to ascertain as much information about the report as
> possible, i.e. specific asssignments for the class, etc. If possible,
> we will place library use only stickers on several books from the
> collection and this eliminates one patron coming in and commandeering the
> entire collection. At times, teachers will call ahead and advise us of
> a particulara assignment given during a holiday. Then it is obviously
> easier to pull 10-20 books, depending on the amount of books we have
> on a given topic.
> In regard to summer reading lists, we have laminated the lists and
> tie them to the end of the shelf with a piece of twine, near the juvenile
> fiction.
> Communication is the key!
>
> Bonnie Mazzaferro, Cutchogue Library
>
>
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Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 13:50:57 -0500
From: "Linda Peterson" <lpeterson@bloomfield.lib.in.us>
Subject: Suncatchers
Does anyone know of a quick and easy suncatcher for first graders? A =
HeadStart teacher said they had made one putting seguins in knox gelatin =
and letting it harden but she had lost the recipe. Has anyone heard of =
this or other easy ideas? =20
Linda Peterson
lpeterson@bloomfield.lib.in.us
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Date: Mon, 24 May 99 16:28:20 EDT
From: Gladys Rossi <gladys@acorn.net>
Subject: Re: Middle school visits?
Hi Erin,
Good luck with your school visits. I have no experience with this age
group myself, and like you, I am about to go to the middle school to talk
about our summer reading activities. I don't have a specific plan, but
I'm thinking along the lines of lighthearted, group participation story
and basic info about our offerings & a plea for teen input into library
purchases, activities and help with programs involving yunger children.
Please share with me any and all responses you receive from your posting.
Thanks!!
- --
Peace, Gladys
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Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 00:19:59 +1000
From: Kath Watson <kwatson@alianet.alia.org.au>
Subject: Video stumper - looking for ordering info
Hi all,
A patron has requested a series of videos that start with a documentary
called "7 up" - apparently someone filmed a group of kids at the age
of
seven, then went back to them when they were fourteen, and so on. I've
looked in all the places I'd usually try on the net, but I can't find
the info that I need to order them. I've found proof that they do exist,
though.
Does anyone have them in their collection, or could you suggest places
to look?
- --
Kath Watson
The three rules of the Librarians of space and time are: (1)Silence;
(2)Books must be returned no later than last date shown; and (3)the
nature of causality must not be interfered with.
http://alianet.alia.org.au/~kwatson/
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Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 10:01:42 -0500 (CDT)
From: Kathleen McDowell <mcdowell@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Announcing the Online Bulletin
Announcing the Online Bulletin of the Center for Childrens' Books!
It is our great pleasure to announce that, beginning with the
1999-2000 volume year, The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
will be available to our print subscribers as an online searchable
database.
As a sample of this new database, we have mounted the September
1998 issue of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books to give
interested professionals an advance look at this new resource. The staff
of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books cordially invites you
to browse through this sample issue. Subscribers will be able to browse
the latest issue online, look through a previous issue, or browse through
an alphabetical listing of all the reviews in a single volume year. You'll
also be able to search for reviews by title, author, and reading level.
The September 1998 sample issue can be found at:
http://www.prairienet.org/cgi-bin/ccb/bulletin.cgi
or from our monthly webpage at:
http://edfu.lis.uiuc.edu/puboff/bccb/
We would greatly appreciate any feedback you have about this resource, and
we will be looking closely at your comments during our final stages of
production. You can give us your feedback at:
http://www.prairienet.org/cgi-bin/ccb/phase2/feedback.cgi
We would be grateful for any assistance from your collective professional
expertise that you could offer as we refine this resource.
Janice M. Del Negro, Editor
Kate McDowell, Project Manager
inquiries to: mcdowell@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu
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Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
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Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 20:39:51 -0500
From: Ellen Bassett <ebassett@cooklib.org>
Subject: stumper-boy throwing starfish into ocean
Hi everyone,
I have a patron looking for a picture book about a boy walking along the
ocean shore, picking up starfish and throwing them back into the ocean. I
have checked our computer catalog, Children's Books In Print, A To Zoo, and
Best Books For Children with no luck. The patron also believes this may be
an older title. Anyone have any ideas? Please e-mail me at:
ebassett@cooklib.org
Thanks a bunch!
Ellen Bassett
Children's Librarian
Cook Memorial Library
Libertyville, Illinois
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Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 21:10:50 EDT
From: PIKLY@aol.com
Subject: AD: Bibliographies
The Association of Children's Librarians of Northern California (ACL) has two
new bibliographies available, for the cost of printing. All requests should
be accompanied by payment to ACL, Box 12471, Berkeley, CA 94712.
"Carnival Freaks In Wonderland: the use of the gross and grotesque in
children's books." 59p. This annotated bibliography includes books, videos,
and websites on horror, sci/fi-fantasy, and gross nonfiction including
science. $8.50 which includes postage.
"ACL Distinguished Books 1998." 24p. This annotated list includes
books
selected for literary merit, high quality of illustration and design, and for
their contribution to a child's understanding of the world, published in
1998. $5.00 which includes postage.
Thanks, Penny Peck
San Leandro Public Library, CA
Pikly@aol.com
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Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 11:18:21 -0600
From: Cindy Christin <christin@mtlib.org>
Subject: stumper: jewelled rabbit, plus web site question
Hello all: A patron remembers reading a book in the early 80s about a moon
who falls in love with the sun and gives the sun a gift of a jewelled
rabbit. The book involved a treasure hunt of some sort, and a reader
actually found the jewelled rabbit, which is now in a museum. It was a
beautifully illustrated picture book. Does this sound familiar to anyone? I
looked in our collection and "A to Zoo," but nothing sounded like this
book. Thanks for your help.
I have one more question to ask. I was just asked if I knew of any library
that had put storytimes on their web page, using Real Audio or any other
sound system. As you can tell I spend more time with e-mail than I do
looking at web sites, I thought you might know of anyone who has tried this.
Please respond directly to me at christin@mtlib.org. Thanks!
Cindy Christin
Children's Librarian
Bozeman Public Library
220 E. Lamme
Bozeman, MT 59715
406-582-2400
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Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 13:06:41 -0700
From: Dave Davis <d.a.davis@ibm.net>
Subject: Youth Coordinator-Fargo Public Library
Under the leadership of the Fargo Public Library's Director and in
cooperation and coordination with the Library's three other Service
Coordinators, this Library Service Coordinator (Youth Services) oversees
public services to Fargo's children and youth including program
development and presentation, supervises the activities of the
professional librarians and those other staff assigned to this service,
and participates in the Library's administrative process.
This position requires a Masters degree in library science from a
graduate program accredited by the American Library Association and
three or more years of previous professional librarian experience OR an
equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to
successfully perform the essential duties of the job.
The current salary schedule is $2652-$3616 monthly, depending on
experience.
Application deadline is July 1, 1999, with a projected starting date of
Tuesday 7 September 1999. All interested applicants are required to
complete an application at North Dakota Job Service no later than July
1, 1999. After June 1,1999, it will be possible to submit an application
online by connecting with Job Service of North Dakota at
http://www.state.nd.us/jsnd and working through the succeeding screens.
A Fargo Public Library representative will attend next month's ALA
Annual Conference and be available to answer questions. Or you may
telephone or contact the Library by using the address at the beginning
of this advertisement.
The City of Fargo does not discriminate on the basis of race or
disability, etc. and is an equal opportunity employer.
Fargo is a uniquely wonderful city in which to advance your career and
make your home. The planning population is 110,000 people in the year
2010. Four colleges and universities join the Library in supporting the
Fargo(ND)/Moorhead(MN) cultural climate. And that climate is
increasingly multicultural. Six different languages-Arabic, Bosnian,
English, Somalian, Spanish, and Vietnamese-are used on Library handouts.
Unemployment is currently <1%. Over this last decade Fargo has been
often recognized on national lists of good places for living, and it's
only becoming better. Two years ago the Utne Reader recognized Fargo as
the most enlightened community in North Dakota. The city is four hours
by car from the cultural and shopping wonders of Winnipeg, Canada, and
only three hours from Minnesota's Twin Cities and the Mall of America.
Come on up! The next 500-Year Flood won't happen for another 498 years!
Dave Davis-Director, Fargo Public Library, 102 Third Street North, Fargo
ND 58102-4808 USA, Central Time Zone, (701)241-1493,
dadavis@ci.fargo.nd.us
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