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Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 12:54:21 -0400 (EDT)
To: pubyac-digest@nysernet.org
Subject: pubyac V1 #722
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Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 14:27:28 -0700
From: KIDSTAFF <KIDSTAFF@mx.tol.lib.ca.us>
Subject: Renaissance Fair/Festival/Celebration -Reply
Dear Carol,
We have put on two such programs in the past and both were very well
received.
Staff dressed up in period costumes (including a requsite jester). We did
a readers theater, juggling demonstration, and craft (the kids all made
jester hats). It was great fun for everyone.
Sandi Manoogian
Thousand Oaks Library
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Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 17:39:59 -0400
From: "Karen Sonderman" <sonderka@oplin.lib.oh.us>
Subject: Out-of-print titles and stumpers
Like all of you, we get quite a few patrons in looking for books they =
read 30-40 years ago as children. Many times they remember titles or =
authors or parts of titles. Most of these books are long gone, and so =
are not listed in A to Z or CBIP or any other sources. When this =
happens, I will often go to the antiquarian sites on the internet- =
Bibliofind or ABE (Advanced Book Exchange) and search there. I have =
found quite a few titles this way and can pass along to the patron the =
info on purchasing the book from the dealer, or I offer the suggestion =
that they go to a local dealer and check with them. The bibliographic =
info provided on the sites often fills in some blanks and aids the =
patron in locating a long-out-of-print book elsewhere. It also gives us =
the info we sometimes need to contact other libraries in our service =
area who may still own a copy of the book(!). You can search these =
sites by subject and keyword, as well. =20
Karen Sonderman
Taylor Memorial Public Library
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
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Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 15:52:35 -0700
From: COOKJ04@STOCKTON.LIB.CA.US
Subject: ALSC BOOTH STAFFING - ALA NEW ORLEANS
WE STILL HAVE A FEW SPOTS OPEN FOR VOLUNTEERS TO WORK THE
ALSC BOOTH. SLOTS ARE OPEN SATURDAY 10-12, 1-3 AND 3-5;
SUNDAY 12-2 AND 2-5; MONDAY 9-11 AND 11-1.
PLEASE REPLY BY 6/16 - THANKS.
>
>**Please excuse any cross posting**
>
>We need your help! It is that time of year when we ask ALSC
>members who are attending the ALA Annual Conference (June in
>New Orleans) if you can spare a few hours to help staff the ALSC
>Booth near the Exhibit Area.
<snip>
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Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 09:15:26 -0400
From: mschafer@tln.lib.mi.us
Subject: Re: online booksellers
You could also try barnesandnoble.com. They have an out-of-print books section
where they can refer
you to used bookstores.
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* Mindy Schafer *
*Youth Services Librarian*
* Novi Public Library *
* Novi, Michigan *
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Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 08:47:14 -0500 (CDT)
From: Emily Kubash <kubash@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu>
Subject: pet parade experiences
Hello all,
We're planning a pet parade as one of our Summer Reading Program events
and, as my fellow youth librarian and I have had no prior experience with
such an event, we were wondering if any of you have tackled such a program
in your libraries?
Participants will get to dress their pet as a favorite book character (or
any other costume) and bring them on down to the library. As our library
is located in a strip mall/plaza area, we're going to have the kids and
their pets line up at one end and then march down the sidewalk to the
other end. Everyone will get a ribbon as a prize at the finale party
(juice and donut holes).
If anyone has any helpful hints, tips, or insights on the pet parade
process we'd be most grateful!
Please respond to me directly.
Thanks,
Emily Kubash
Youth Services Librarian
Clinton-Macomb Public Library
kubash@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu
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Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 09:47:38 -0500 (CDT)
From: Maria Wegscheid <mwegsche@libby.rbls.lib.il.us>
Subject: Re: policeman fingerplays
>
> This applies to the term "postman", as well. With the number of
women
> who work in the postal system, it is appropriate to use the term "mail
> carrier" or "letter carrier". Yet I have seen picture books
published
> in the very recent past (1997, 1998), that still use "postman".
The
> book Harvey Hare, Postman Extraordinaire by Bernadette Watts, 1997, is
> an example.
However, (I know I'm nitpicking here), isn't it technically correct to use
the term postman in Harvey the Hare's case. It's referring to a specific
letter carrier who is male.
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Maria J. Wegscheid
Bettendorf (IA) Public Library
mwegsche@libby.rbls.lib.il.us
Views expressed by the author do not necessarily represent those of the
Bettendorf Public Library.
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Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 11:05:10 -0500
From: Marilyn Zaruba <fmpl@startext.net>
Subject: Re: 1999 Rattlesnake Round Up
Yes, they really do eat rattlesnakes...tastes very much like chicken ;) or so
I've
been told.
Marilyn
Mansfield Public Library
Mansfield, TX
Catherine E. Ingram wrote:
> YIKES! http://camalott.com/~sweetwater/rattrrup.html It is all true.
> UGH! It includes events like (and I could not make this up... check the
> website!) Rattlesnake Eating Contest (I really hope they eat pie and just
> give it this name!)
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Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 09:20:54 -0700
From: Jill Patterson <jpatterson@ci.glendora.ca.us>
Subject: Re: Apologies to the list (was: Post Office Internet Tax)
Becky,
I have no problem with what you posted. I'm pretty tired of these Internet
hoaxes that are continuously perpetuated by people who don't check their
facts first. After all, we are librarians!
>I'm sorry if I hurt anyone's feelings by shooting down someone's honest
>attempt to warn people about something that concerned them.
Jill Patterson jpatterson@ci.glendora.ca.us
Glendora Public Library 140 S. Glendora Ave. Glendora, CA 91741
Tel: 626/852-4896 FAX: 626/852-4899
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Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 15:13:59 -0400
From: Charles Schacht <schachtc@libcoop.net>
Subject: Re: Wringer
>
> Alison Hendon
> ahendon@amanda.dorsai.org
>
> "Though my soul may set in darkness,
> It will rise in perfect light,
> I have loved the stars too fondly
> To be fearful of the night...."
> - Sarah Williams, "The Old Astronomer to His Pupil"
"At the ending of our journey
There's a fairer home than this,
Where our loved ones bid us welcome
To new lives of peace and bliss."
Me
Make the first verse plural ("Though our souls ..."), put 'em together
and
sing 'em to the tune of IN THE GLOAMING and you've got yourself a nice
peaceful little mantra capable of providing considerable comfort on stressful
days.
Chuck Schacht
Romoeo District Library
Romeo, MI>
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Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 21:02:13 -0800 (AKDT)
From: SHERIF SUE _ <fsss@aurora.alaska.edu>
Subject: Re: Murals in children's rooms
We just celebrated the 20th year of our 9' X 24' mural, An Alaskan Fairy
Tale created by wildlife artist Bill Berry and completed by Trina Schart
Hyman after Berry's death.
The original was an RFP or some sort of solicitation of proposals. Berry
died 18 months into the project, which was in our open children's area.
He had been pen pals with Hyman, who agreed to finished after seeing what
he left behind. She completed in 6-8 weeks in the summer of 1980.
We have only had three incidents that have created problems:
--a young "artist" penciled in nipples on a (clothed) wood
nymph (Gentle erasing corrected the problem.)
--an even younger artiste got a permanent red marker and colored
in one section of a tree trunk (We had some of the original
paints, and a person who helped with the mural repainted the
area.)
--a construction worker working on a library expansion poked
a piece of siding through a golf-ball sized area from the back
(Again the artist helper and the original paints, along with some
spackling, mended this.)
I was not here when Berry was originally commissioned, but we have
recently put out an RFP for artwork for our new story area. We had a
committee composed of three library staff, an art teacher from the school
district, the director of the local arts association, the chair of the
arts association, a member of our library foundation, and a member of our
library support group.
Among the proposals we received, we got several
proposals for other murals. We decided to go for a different look in our
new story room, so did not choose another mural. A good number of the
proposals included images from popular books under copyright despite the
fact that our RFP stipulated that all work must be original!
Our mural is on the sheetrock wall. I would recommend that you
request that your mural be created on another surface that can be attached
to the wall. (We occasionally have nailheads coming to the surface due to
the building settling.) If you expand or reconstruct, you could dismount
the mural to protect it. Our mural was done in acrylic paint and has a
coating or two of clear acrylic to protect it. We have had to clean it
several times over the years.
Because our mural is floor to ceiling, we also train children on
school tours to help protect the mural, by not touching it or sitting
against it. We also are now very careful about leaving any kind of
markers around when we are not having a craft program.
People in our community love the mural, and many bring visitors to
see it. Originally we had a story pit in front of it that featured a
screen that dropped from the ceiling in front of it. Some people would be
upet if they came to show off the mural when we were having a program in
front of it. We now have a separate story room, so people have an
unobstructed view of the mural at all times! It really is a community
focal point.
Sue Sherif
Fairbanks North Star Borough Public Library
Fairbanks, Alaska
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Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 11:26:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Mary K. Chelton" <mchelton@pop.erols.com>
Subject: Renaissance Fair/Festival/Celebration
As I remember, such a fair is described in some detail in the first
EXCELLENCE IN LIBRARY SERVICES TO YOUNG ADULTS book I edited from ALA.
Both the first and second books are goldmines of good program info for YAs.
Mary K.
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Associate Professor
Graduate School of Library & Information Studies
Queens College
254 Rosenthal Library
65-30 Kissena Blvd.
Flushing, NY 11367-1597
USA
Voice: (718) 997-3667
Fax: (718) 997-3797
home:
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(quote from "How Much is That Puppy in the Window" program, Assn. of
the
Bar of NY, May 4, 1999.) Or, I might add, an Internet-auctioned purebred
dog.
HELP STOP PUPPYMILLS, VISIT: http://www.nopuppymills.com and
http://www.envirolink.org/orgs/CAPS
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