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Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 23:06:01 -0400 (EDT)
To: pubyac-digest@nysernet.org
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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 11:32:05 +0000
From: "Vicky Smith" <vjsmith@mcarthur.lib.me.us>
Subject: Re: Christian Library Journal
After reading the postings on CLJ on this lists, I tried contacting
them. Their webpage has not been updated since early 1998, and the
email contact person is uncontactable. The phone number on the web
page is not current; a phone company message referred me to a
different phone number which is now out of service. Any notion out
there where CLJ might be?
> We have had a subscription to Christian Library Journal for a couple of
> years. Although it is suppose to come out five times a year, we have not
> received an issue since Sept. 98. They said they are having publishing
> problems.
>
> From: Colleen Costello {ccostell@nslsilus.org}
Vicky Smith
Children's Librarian
McArthur Public Library (207)284-4181
270 Main Street http://www.mcarthur.lib.me.us
Biddeford, ME 04005 vjsmith@mcarthur.lib.me.us
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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 09:28:49 -0500 (CDT)
From: Lola Teubert <lolat@evans.evcpl.lib.in.us>
Subject: Re:YA Book reviews
Dear Jeanne S,
In response to your question re YA reviews: Margaret Edwards's FAIR GARDEN AND
THE SWARM OF BEASTS has a great section in the appendex called " The Tool
Shed" with suggestions and so does Joni Bodart in all of her books. Hope
this
helps. Can you believe it is nearly school time again?
I like summer!!
Lola
Lola Teubert
Evansville-Vanderburgh County Public Library
22 SE. Fifth St.,
Evansville,IN.47708
812-428-8229
fax 812-428-8215
lolat@evans.evcpl.lib.in.us
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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 20:41:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kirsten Edwards <kirstedw@kcls.org>
Subject: Re: Survey for MLIS/MLS holders
> Hi. My name is Dori Nation. I am doing a survey for my LIBR 200 class at
> San Jose State.
> If you could answer these few questions I would REALLY appreciate it.
Hello, Dori!
As a fellow SJSU alum, I'd be delighted to help.
>
> 1) Did the MLIS/MLS prepare you for the workforce? (yes/no)
Mostly yes.
>
> 2) In which ways did it help?
>
The reference program prepared me by teaching me the variety of sources
and metasources and how to familiarize myself with their workings. It
also taught me the rudiments of the reference interview (nothing, however,
beats on-the-job experience for refining this IMNSHO). The cataloging
courses made the reference work easier by making the underlying structure
clear plus, of course, making it possible for me to *do* the MARC 2
cataloging that came my way. The theories class turned out to be more
useful in hindsight than at the time: Practical answers to practical
problems, no, but the means to create an underlying theoritical structure
such that the practical answers could be reached with consistency.
Automation was hugely helpful not the least because the Goddess who taught
it had a sense of humor and and a touch of cynicism. It does not take
much knowledge to become the indispensible automation guru at one's
library (or to wow during the job interview) and she knew it. We knew it
too by the end of the course.
> 3) In which way did it not help?
>
The management class wasn't terribly helpful, although it was
terrificallly interesting and a good overview. I should've taken a class
from the business dept. The history of the book/document/libraries class
was good clean fun - I'm glad I took it, but it didn't have much practical
value. The Children's materials/ref. course was a bit weak but since I
went into Childrens services, I used everything immediately. In general,
the more specific the information the less readily useful (communities,
libraries and bosses can be rather variable).
Generally, I wish there'd been more on dealing with the political
situations - small branches/city departments, large branches/internal
politics and so forth, but then, I've always been terribly weak in this
are.
You're going to a fine library school. Good luck with your studies.
Kirsten A. Edwards "It's 1999, of course they have a list of
Young Adults' Librarian them on the Web, everything's on the Web
Duvall & Skykomish Libraries these days, when I was in school we would
PO Box 339 have had to WALK to the LIBRARY, find a
Duvall, WA 98019 bunch of DEAD TREES glued together on a
kirstedw@kcls.org DUSTY SHELF, and it would have been OUT
(425) 788-1173 OF DATE ANYWAY!" - Christopher K. Davis
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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 08:30:19 -0700
From: "torrie" <torrie@ci.burlington.wa.us>
Subject: Re: FAQ of youth librarians
How about some non-craft things that *always* get asked and are
hard to track down?
*What is the poem that goes inside those plaster hand-print
plaques for Mother's day?
*What is the legend of the sand dollar? (I have a postcard with this
one on it, if people need it.)
*What is the poem/story for learning to tie shoelaces?
*What are the lyrics to <insert name of children's show> theme
song?
*What is Mr. Rogers'/Elmo's/Arthur's/etc... address?
*What is that publishing company that prints the winners of a kids'
writing contest? What are the rules? Where do we send a
manuscript?
*Where can I find out who has recorded this kids' song on which
album? (If you guys know the answer to this one, I *really* want
to know.)
*Which episode of Reading Rainbow featured the medieval
faire/space shuttle/dogs' choice/etc.?
*Which picturebook was about a boy who lived in an automated
house? (Lazy Tommy Pumpkinhead by DuBois)
How about it? PLEASE publish your FAQ. I need it desperately.
If you're getting stuck for craft instructions or fingerplays, let me
know and I'll dig through my back files.
Torrie 8)
Torrie Hodgson, Mutant librarian from the center of the earth!
Burlington Public Library
900 E Fairhaven Ave
Burlington WA 98233
(360)755-0760 phone
(360)755-0717 FAX
torrie@ci.burlington.wa.us
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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 10:41:08 -0500 (EST)
From: Kristine Erin Springer <kespring@indiana.edu>
Subject: Re: Harry Potter Programs?
Hi all--
At the Cambridge (MA) P.L. a group of students who belong to a group
called the Bookies wrote a play based on the 1st Harry Potter book and
performed it in front of a large group of students, family members, and
librarians. It was a big undertaking for the librarians and students who
created the program (I wasn't directly involved), but it was also a great
success! These students are totally into the world of Harry Potter.
Kris Springer
Children's Librarian, Cambridge Public Library
kspringer@ci.cambridge.ma.us
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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 19:53:33 -0500
From: bradshaw@essex1.com (Mary Bradshaw)
Subject: Re: Concept Kits
DOROTHY:
Demco has several in their catalog. If you do not have a Demco catalog perhaps
your local school system would have one.
Mary Bradshaw
Sterling Public Library
Sterling, Il
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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 11:51:29 -0500
From: Wanda Maxwell <wandam@usit.net>
Subject: Re: unattended child policy
Belinda,
Our policy at the Putnam County Library states that children age 10 or over may
use the library unattended by parents. Parents of children under 10 must
remain on the premises. We have this sign posted outside the children's
department.
Wanda
Belinda Sakowski wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> We are in the process of updating our "Unattended
> Child Policy".
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Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 11:54:19 -0700
From: DriftWood Public Library <driftwoodlib@wcn.net>
Subject: Love of Reading Week
Does someone know for sure when Love of Reading Week is in 2000? Isn't it in
February, but which week?
Any plans for it?
Thanks.
Jill Heffner
Youth Services
Driftwood Public Library
Lincoln City, OR 97367
541 996 2277
<driftwoodlib@ wcn.net>
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Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 12:08:47 -0500 (CDT)
From: Shari Hetzke <shetzke@nslsilus.org>
Subject: Re: Revamping my small YA area
Kati,
We just recently added 5 jumbo bean bags from the JC Penney catalog to our
ya area. We also bought four butterfly chairs from the same source. The
cost for all of this was under $500 and is VERY popular with our middle
school and younger high school kids. I used to have upholstered seating
in the area and found that senior citizens loved to sit there. So of
course no kids would. This new arrangement has helped with that
problem. Very few older adults will tackle a bean bag or butterfly chair!
Good luck.
Shari
Shari Hetzke tel 847-506-2629
Secondary School Services Specialist fax 847-506-2650
Arlington Heights Memorial Library shetzke@nslsilus.org
500 North Dunton
Arlington Heights, IL 60004
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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 16:35:22 -0400
From: Susan Price-Stephens (Susan Price-Stephens) <susan.price-stephens@treasure.lpl.london.on.ca>
Subject: Visit to New York
I will be traveling to New York City the third week in August. Any suggestions
as to what I should take it while I am there? Anything in general or anything of
specific interest to a Children's Librarian would be great to hear about. Thanks
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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 23:05:47 -0800 (AKDT)
From: SHERIF SUE _ <fsss@aurora.alaska.edu>
Subject: Re: Concept Kits
One of the commercial vendors packages kits like this. I have just
returned from our end of summer reading parade party, so do not have the
wits to peruse my catalogs at this point, but perhaps another PUBYAC-er
can help. We have put together some kits for storytellers and daycare
operators, so my preference is normally for homemade, but it sounds like
time is of the essence for you, so you might want to consider the
prepackaged.
Sue Sherif, Fairbanks North Star Borough Public Library
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Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 08:19:19 -0500
From: Marilyn <fmpl@startext.net>
Subject: Re: FAQ of youth librarians
I think that would be at great idea. There has got to be an easier way
than going through all these files & books I have stacked around. My
memory is such that I can't remember all the details without looking it
up again.
I'll bet each & every one of us has at least one little idea or craft
tucked away in the dusty corners of our brain that few others have ever
heard. If each one of us were to contribute one or two, we would have
the ultimate reference site & we could toss these files. Also, those
who come along after us would have everything right at their fingertips.
Marilyn
Mansfield Public Library
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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 14:00:40 -0700
From: Jan Wall <janw@norby.latah.lib.id.us>
Subject: RE: Baseball SR theme
Other easy "homegrown" (i.e. in-house that doesn't involve scheduling
guest
appearances) ideas:
Oriental Trading Company has a "pin the baseball on the diamond" game
for
1.95. (Needs to be laminated and IMO probably works best if you can set up
a team situation.)
US Toy has a game to throw velcro baseballs at a (fabric) diamond ($20 or
so - I couldn't find the catalog.)
S&S has baseball sports beads in a kit using hemp for a bracelet. (We put
out craft stems for the younger kids who weren't into tying knots.)
Let me know if you need addresses on these.
Hope this helps!
Jan Wall
Youth Services Librarian
Latah County Library District
110 South Jefferson Street
Moscow ID 83843
fax: 208-882-5098
janw@norby.latah.lib.id.us
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Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 14:05:41 -0700
From: Jan Wall <janw@norby.latah.lib.id.us>
Subject: Coffee filters
Does anyone have some great ideas for using coffee filters? (Ideally, one
would work the other way - deciding what to do and then gathering the
materials. But realistically, we have things given to us that we can't
refuse and THEN we figure out a use for them.)
We've done snowflakes (and the Japanese variant, Kirigami), rainbows,
butterflies, flowers, and have wrapped small trinkets in them for prizes.
Am I missing any brilliant ideas that will make me slap my head and say "of
course! Why didn't I think of that?"
Thanks for your ideas. If you post to me directly, I will summarize.
Jan Wall
Youth Services Librarian
Latah County Library District
110 South Jefferson Street
Moscow ID 83843
fax: 208-882-5098
janw@norby.latah.lib.id.us
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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 14:34:52 -0400
From: Cromaine Reference <jsmith@cromaine.org>
Subject: junior, jr. friends
Dear Pubyacers,
I have a request for info and I apologize if this is a repeat
question.
A parent has requested a group to be formed at the library for
children in grades 2-5.
We have a Jr. Friends group that meets once a month and they are very
active and supportive of the library. This woman wants something for
the younger set. We at the library agree. It seems that we do so much
for the babies, toddlers and preschoolers and up through 1st grade with
story times, but we neglect the in-between age. My questions are as
follows:
1. Has anyone ever started a group such as this?
2. When and how often do you meet? (I'm thinking of one Tuesday a
month at 4:00p.m.)
3. What do you do with them?
4. Any other ideas/comments welcomed!
Please respond to me and I will post the replies.
Thanks a lot
Jeanne Smith jsmith@cromaine.org
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Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 10:11:42 -0400
From: Charles Schacht <schachtc@libcoop.net>
Subject: Re: Snail Crafts
"Swallow a slug by it's tail OR it's snout; feel it slide down, then feel
it
crawl out! If you don't like the way it moves all around, then chew it up the
next time down...E. Nonny Mouse" This sings pretty well to the tune of THE
BLUETAILED FLY if you're shameless enough to do such things in public.
Chuck Schacht
Romeo District Library
Romeo, MI.
Erica Sternin wrote:
> When I did a SLUG program a few months ago, I bought a slug rubber stamp
and
> had a volunteer stamp a bunch of paper plates. I gave the kids glue sticks
> and told them to draw a slug slime trail, then to bring their plates over
to
> 3-4 adult helpers who applied GLITTER to the "slime trails".
>
> Yours in Fun,
> Erica Sternin
> Mukilteo Library
> 4675 Harbour Pointe Blvd.
> Mukilteo WA 98275
>
> _______________________________________________________________
> Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com
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Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 11:06:19 EDT
From: KRJFLAN@aol.com
Subject: J papaerback series
Hi PUBYACers
I have recently graduated Library School and I have recently been put in
charge of developing the J paperback section of my library. I have found
that it is difficult to get some paperback series in order when they do not
have an obvious series number on the book and when they do not always name
the other books in the series on their inside covers. I do this so I can
keep track of what I have and of what I may need to complete the series,
however, I am beginning to think that this is an almost impossible task in
some cases.
Are there any resources that I could utilize that list the series in order
other than looking up their publishing dates?
Does anyone have any other suggestions about how to successfully complete
series that have no obvious series numbers on them?
Is it worth the time and the effort to put these paperbacks in number order
or should I not bother?
Thanks for the help,
Jennifer Flanagan
Please respond privately to KRJFLAN@aol.com
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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 15:59:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: Bonnie Warren <bonnielw@lincc.lib.or.us>
Subject: Re: Concept Kits
We have theme-based daycare kits which can cover everything from colors,
numbers, cats, dogs, pets, weather, families. You get the idea. We
include several board books, one or two paperback picture books and either
a music cassette or CD that mostly relates to the theme. We left out
realia
because pieces get lost or damaged. We also put them in Janway Media
Pouches (ordered from Demco) that are much sturdier than the
plastic-handled bags. We thought about including information or ideas for
parents and/or daycare providers to use the material, but ran into
problems of having to laminate the handouts and constantly having to
replace it so we passed on that as well. However, with what material
we have included
the bags, we can't keep them on the rack and are getting ready to put
together 40 more for two libraries.
Bonnie Warren
Children's Services
Clackamas County Library "If there are no dogs in heaven,
16201 S.E. McLoughlin Blvd. then when I die, I want to go
Oak Grove, OR 97267 where they went."
503/650-3185 Unknown
FAX: 503/794-8006
Email: bonnielw@lincc.lib.or.us
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Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 12:07:49 -0500
From: Kati Golden <kgolden@ci.eau-claire.wi.us>
Subject: Revamping my small YA area
Sorry for the cross-postings!
I'm about to start on a proposal to revamp my very small YA area. It's
located in a dark, small corner and in addition to the book shelves it
currently has 3 tables (that seat 2), a section of tacky lounge couches, a
table for free materials, a bulletin board and a section of magazine
shelving. There are a lot of easy and cheap things that I already plan to
do to improve the area like buying more current ALA "READ" posters and
making a snappy banner to show off the area, etc. But I'm wondering what I
might do for furniture and seating. I definitely want to keep some tables
there, but I'll move them around a bit so they're not set up like a
classroom, but I'm wondering if any libraries out there have funky (and
cheap!!) chairs or other lounge furniture. Does anyone have bean bags (are
they still made?) or those popular inflatable couches or chairs? (I'm
doubtful that I'd try for the inflatable type since they'd be so easy to
pop.) The problem with the current set up is that it intimidates teens;
its location is right behind some of the reference shelves so a lot of
adults take up the space to do research. I'm hoping that some hipper
furniture and surroundings will pull the kids in.
So, if anyone out there has any suggestions for neat seating arrangements
or cheap furniture ideas please email me directly.
Thanks in advance!
Kati Golden
***********************************************************
Kati Golden
Reference Associate
L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library
400 Eau Claire Street
Eau Claire, WI 54701
(715)839-5004
(715)839-3822 (FAX)
http://www.eauclaire.lib.wi.us
***********************************************************
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Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 13:59:55 -0700
From: Jan Wall <janw@norby.latah.lib.id.us>
Subject: Activity Saturdays
Hello to all -
Last February when we were having a "Hawaii party" at the library, a
mom
asked if we couldn't do activities on Saturday mornings through the winter.
A little bit of background: winter here can be dreary and stormy, often in
the form of rain. Outdoor activities can be difficult with little children,
and there really aren't any indoor venues here except for the mall and
McDonalds.
Has anyone done anything for children's activities on Saturdays? I'm not
talking about traditional storytimes or craft programs (although there may
be an element of that in what I'm considering.) I have more in mind an
active morning, with activities such as ring toss, bean bag throw, etc.
Here are a few things I have considered:
Nerf ball knocking cans off a table
island hopping (We changed that to "Iceberg Jumping" for SR and it was
a
big hit again!)
juice can "stilts"
duck walk with swim fins
simple balance beam
small trampoline
sand box with either small toys hidden in the sand or with trucks, cars to
play with
skating with shoe boxes
simple throwing games: hit the snowman with the snowball (crumpled paper),
hit the baseball diamond with the ball (nerf) etc
pin the XX on the XX
hula hoops
fishing for stickers, tattoos, small toys, etc.
any other ideas?
So, has anyone done anything like this? My target audience would be mostly
preschoolers and lower elementary children. It would be unstructured, from
10-noon (or so) with the equipment set out in 3-4 "stations" and
supervision (hopefully minimal) from staff. (Parents would have to stay
with children under 6? Or is that necessary?)
It would be nice to give kids somewhere else to go indoors during the
winter, but I don't want to add another storytime, especially involving
crafts or intense prep time/effort. (And *PLEASE* no responses lecturing me
about prep time or organization or planning! Would it be possible to stick
to the questions I've asked? Thanks!)
Please respond to me personally and I will summarize for the list.
Jan Wall
Youth Services Librarian
Latah County Library District
110 South Jefferson Street
Moscow ID 83843
fax: 208-882-5098
janw@norby.latah.lib.id.us
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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 09:19:15 -0400
From: bwilliams@brdgprtpl.lib.ct.us (Bina Williams)
Subject: Happy St. Lawrence Day!!!
I received this info last year and saved it to pass along this year...
Question, does St. Larry hang around with St. Moe and St. Curly? I
sometimes thinks that is who we are most like working in libraries! Poor
St. Lawrence, though. His tale is not a pretty one. But we can be glad that
our lives a bit better! (Don't let Dr. Laura read this--it might give her
ideas!)
Bina Williams
Bridgeport (CT) Public Library
bwilliams@brdgprtpl.lib.ct.us
August 10, is the feast day of St. Lawrence the Librarian.
>> Like other heavenly patrons of librarians, Lawrence was patient and
>> noted for grace under pressure. Further information about St. Lawrence
>> can be found in the Encyclopedia Britannica or the Catholic
Encyclopedia
>> (http://www.knight.org/advent/cathen).
>>
>> Happy St. Lawrence's Day!
>>
>> Saint Lawrence
>> (San Lorenzo or Saint Laurence)
>> A patron saint of libraries and librarians is Saint Lawrence the
>> Librarian. He is a third century saint and martyr (died 258 AD) who had
>> responsibility for the written archives and records of the early
church.
>>
>> St Lawrence was one of seven famous deacons of the early church.
The
>> other six deacons along with Pope St. Sixtus II (Xystus II) were
captured
>> by the Emperor Valerian on August 6, 258, and martyred. They were
buried
>> together in the cemetery of Callistus. The oppression of the Christian
>> church was very severe, and many Christians fled Rome or died.
>>
>> As librarian and archivist, Lawrence was thought to have a list of
>> all the members of the early church, and the locations of all the
mythical
>> hidden hoards of gold belonging to the Vatican. Captured by the
soldiers
>> of the Emperor Valerian a few days later, on August 8, 258 AD, he was
told
>> to produce all the wealth of the church. He was given only two days to
>> bring all the treasures to the imperial palace. Particularly desired
were
>> the names of all the Christians who were also Roman nobles, since they
>> could be ransomed for gold by the emperor, or executed and their wealth
>> confiscated by the emperor for the state.
>>
>> Lawrence gathered up the all the diseased, orphaned or crippled
>> Christians on the appointed day, brought them to the palace, and told
the
>> startled emperor that "These are the treasures of the
church!"
>>
>> According to tradition, for his presumed impudence, Lawrence was
then
>> slowly roasted on a grill on the site of the Basilica di San Lorenzo in
>> Rome, in the hope that he would publicly renounce his religion and
reveal
>> the names of the wealthy Christians. He is often represented holding a
>> gridiron to memorialize this grisly manner of martyrdom. Although St.
>> Lawrence was most certainly beheaded and not roasted, the traditions
>> of his being cooked are somewhat stronger than actual fact. As a
result,
>> St Lawrence is also considered a patron saint for cooks.
>>
>> There is also the popular story that he was so willing to embrace
>> Christ in heaven, that he did not mind the pain from the fire of his
>> martyrdom, and indeed, he found the strength to tell his executioners
>> "Turn me over. I am done on this side."
>>
>> The courage and dignity of St Lawrence and many of these other
early
>> Christians in facing their death did much to gain respect for their
>> religion in Rome, and after the death of St Lawrence, there was
widespread
>> conversion to Christianity.
>>
>> His feast day is August 10th, and is usually celebrated by
librarians
>> and archivists (in honor of his traditional method of death) with cold
>> cuts.
>>
>> The annual Perseid meteor shower, one of the best known of the
>> annually occuring meteor showers, and which occurs near his feast day
in
>> August, is sometimes called "The Tears of St. Lawrence" in
Italy.
>>
>> A reliquary with the head of Saint Lawrence is held in the Vatican
>> Library.
>>
>> --------------
>> R. Lee Hadden (Standard disclaimers apply)
>> US Geological Survey Library
>> rhadden@usgs.gov
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Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 09:31:24 -0500
From: Williams <Dorothy@peabody.whitleynet.org>
Subject: Homework Center
Collective mind, please e-mail me information on Computer programs you have
installed on your homework center computers. We will not have access to the
Internet. We will have two stand alone computers with encyclopedias on each.
Which encyclopedias do you like best? What other programs are helpful? I know I
saw this just a few weeks ago, but I can't find it now. Thank you for all your
help.
Dorothy@peabody.whitleynet.org
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Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 09:26:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: Smith <lsmith@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
Subject: Pokemon websites
Click on the Kids & Family category at www.snap.com for a portal that
leads to a nicely organized and annotated list of Pokemon sites.
Lisa Smith
Lindenhurst, NY
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Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 08:14:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jodi Cohen <cohenj2@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us>
Subject: Re: Concept Kits
We have kits that were purchased from Constructive Playthings. They
are terrific.
Jodi Cohen
Principal Librarian
Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System
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Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 08:20:40 -0400
From: "Carolyn Noah" <cnoah@cwmarsmail.cwmars.org>
Subject: RE: Visit to New York
In 1995, the staff of the Children's Department of the NYPL developed a
walkng tour of children's literary landmarks. I believe it was published in
SLJ just before the 1996 annual conference. Having taken the tour and
enjoyed it, I'd recommend it highly.
Carolyn Noah
* * * * * * * *
Carolyn Noah
Assistant Administrator/Youth Services Consultant
Central MA Regional Library System
8 Flagg Road
Shrewsbury, MA USA 01545-4665
voice: 508 757-4110 x 305
fax: 508 757-4370
- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-pubyac@nysernet.org [mailto:owner-pubyac@nysernet.org]On
Behalf Of Susan Price-Stephens (Susan Price-Stephens)
Sent: Friday, July 30, 1999 4:35 PM
To: pubyac@nysernet.org
Subject: Visit to New York
I will be traveling to New York City the third week in August. Any
suggestions as to what I should take it while I am there? Anything in
general or anything of specific interest to a Children's Librarian would be
great to hear about. Thanks
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Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 07:48:11 PDT
From: Sharon Lawrence <kidzlbn@hotmail.com>
Subject: June 29, 1999
A few weeks ago I posted a question about D. Wiesner's books _Tuesday_ and
_June 29, 1999_.
I received a few email's regarding this, and one of them stated that Wiesner
specifically chose June 29th because it was a Tuesday. Cute.
Here are some things you are doing on that literarily [word?] important
date:
1. Make giant vegetables out of paper mache for lawn decorations
2. Make origami frogs
3. Vegetable printing
4. make a window garden with lima bean seeds in a plastic sandwich bag
5. display Wiesner titles, book talk them, and do some bio info on him.
6. Have a fun science program.
7. someone is going to try and locate some gummy frogs.
Aren't people creative? Thanks for sharing your ideas!
Sharon Lawrence
Downers Grove Public Library
1050 Curtiss Street
DG, IL 60515
630.960.1200
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Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 16:25:14 -0700
From: Catherine Mau <cmau@bal.alibrary.com>
Subject: Security Mirror
Does anyone know where I can get one of those security mirrors like the
ones in the corners of convenience stores? We have a hard-to-see corner in
our department and I think a mirror will greatly increase visibility and
cut down on problems. Please reply directly to me; if there is interest,
I'll post to the list. Thanks! Catherine
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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, 03 Aug 1999 09:51:42 -0600 (MDT)
From: Rebecca Dyer <rflewell@du.edu>
Subject: reader's advisory websites
Hello Pubyakkers!
I have been lurking for a good while now, and have enjoyed all the tips
and conversations. Now I'm hoping you'll have some input for me.
I am working on a paper/project for class about reader's advisory websites
for children. Specifically, I'm looking for sites where the primary
audience is kids, not adults who work with kids, as well as pages that
move beyond basic booklists. The new page BookHive (www.bookhive.org), by
NC librarians, is a great example.
There seems to be tons of pages like this for adults (BookBrowser,
BookReporter, etc) plus plenty of genre specific sites, but not many for
children. I've done quite a bit of searching, but I would love to hear
what your favorite, most useful, site is - and/or a wishlist of what you
would like to have available.
Please reply to me directly at rflewell@du.edu, and I'll post a compiled
list of sites if there is interest.
Many thanks in advance for your help!
Rebecca Dyer
rflewell@du.edu
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Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 11:20:32 -0400
From: Karen Laird <klaird@worthington.lib.oh.us>
Subject: copyright-free sources?
Greetings!
For those of you who do programming for children between 6 and 24 months
of age, do you print out the words to the rhymes you do during each
program? If so, what sources do you use for your rhymes? We do
programming for this age group, and we do hand out sheets so that the
parents can follow along, but we are trying to expand our base of
resources. We are looking for books that contain rhymes (other than
Mother Goose) that would either be copyright free or give permission for
"classroom" use. If you know of any good sources, please e-mail me
directly. (If there is enough interest, I will post to the list.)
Thanks!! You are always such a great help!
Karen Laird
Children's Librarian
Northwest Library
klaird@worthington.lib.oh.us
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Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 15:42:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: Domingos <ddomingo@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
Subject: stumper
Dear Yackers,
A patron is looking for a book his son saw on t.v. possibly Reading
Rainbow about a little boy who goes on a walk... during this walk things
happen which provoke an explanation of some scientific principles. Ring
any bells?
Thanks
Deb Domingos
Head of Children's Services
Brookhaven Free Library
ddomingo@suffolk.lib.ny.us
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