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Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 17:35:19 -0400 (EDT)
To: pubyac-digest@nysernet.org
Subject: pubyac V1 #772
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Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 10:38:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: charles curtopelle <curtopelle777@yahoo.com>
Subject: question
I am currently working in a public library in NY,as a trainee.
I would like some ideas,tips on how to get teens
interested in some of the other features the internet has to offer,
rather than just games and chat...
Thank you
Charles Curtopelle
curtopelle777@yahoo.com
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Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 11:45:28 -0700
From: Theresa Inman <tinman@mail.mind.net>
Subject: Stumper: Elephant looking at me
Dear PUBYACers,
Our patron remembers a picture book with the following description:
A boy hears a knock at the door, opens the door and says "And what did I
see? I saw an elephant looking at me," or something similar.
The boy replies "Come on in," I said, "If I've got enough for me,
I've got
enough for you." The "enough" may be food.
In the end, the house is full of different animals.
We've checked A to Zoo and various searches in our catalog, but haven't
found just the one.
Please respond directly to me at tinman@jcls
Thanks again for your help.
Theresa Inman
Jackson County Library Services
Medford, OR
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Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 14:08:45 -0500
From: "Shelley Mortensen" <smortensen@wmrlibrary.mb.ca>
Subject: Books like "The Giver"
We (the Western Manitoba Regional Library) have a 13 year old patron who
has read Lois Lowry's novel "The Giver" and loved it! He would like to
read other books that are similiar. We have consulted "What do
children/young adults read next?" and have looked at reviews on the
Amazon website, but have not had any luck in finding something that he
wants. Therefore, I am appealing to this wonderful resource for help!
If anybody has any suggestions, please respond directly to me at:
smortensen@tkm.mb.ca.=20
Thank you!
Shelley Mortensen
Assistant Librarian
Western Manitoba Regional Library
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Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 15:09:01 -0500
From: "justin cooley" <jkcooley@ll.net>
Subject: animal homes stumper
Greetings! A 15 year old boy came in today and asked for help in
finding his "favorite book from childhood"! Here's what he remembers:
He read it about 10 years ago but wasn't sure how old it was at the
time. He felt it was a "fairly recent book" 10 years ago. He can't
remember any part of title or author, etc. He said it had color
illustrations and the book was about different animal homes. Through
the illustrations, the reader could "see inside" a variety of animal
homes- he remembered a beaver and perhaps a squirrel's home in a tree.
He said inside each "home" was furniture for the animals - although it
looked very "realistic" and not "cartoon-y". As a side note,
he read
this book when he lived in Australia. He said he checked with
Australian librarian who didn't recognize description at all. He's not
sure country of origin for the book but felt it could have been USA. He
so wants to locate a copy of this book -any ideas? Many Thanks!
Kathleen, Minnesota.
jkcooley@ll.net
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Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 15:12:10 -0500
From: Roxy Ekstrom <rekstrom@stdl.org>
Subject: RE: J papaerback series
Personally, I wouldn't bother. We shelve all of the series just together by
series name. If you're missing a particular title - some patron is sure to
let you know! For a while I tried to make sure we had "everything" in
a
popular series. Now - we just explain to the kids that there wouldn't be
enough room for all the new titles if we tried to keep all of the old ones -
kind of a "which would you rather read - the nice new book or a worn out
old
one". Bright shiny new wins every time. We also have a paperback exchange
for the kids - and they can sometimes find older titles there.
- -----Original Message-----
From: KRJFLAN@aol.com [mailto:KRJFLAN@aol.com]
Sent: Saturday, July 31, 1999 9:06 AM
To: pubyac@nysernet.org
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: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 17:13:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: Katja Ermann <kermann@rvcc.raritanval.edu>
Subject: Program registrations
We are trying to find a better way to do program registrations. The last
two summers, in particular, we've had 2 registration days for people to
sign up for our crafts, performers, etc., one for July and one for August.
These days are a madhouse, and we inevitably run into trouble with people
who are angry at being on hold for so long, waiting in line, didnt get
into one program or another, or people who thought they were signed up for
something and werent for whatever reason. Right now, we have individual
sign-up sheets for each program (or series, for things like Storytime) and
have to put each patron's name on each sheet seperately, and fight over
the sheets on sign-up day.
We've thought of these alternatives: having more frequent signup days with
fewer programs at each one (downside: people have to remember to call or
come in on more days); having each person fill out labels while they are
waiting in line so we can just slap the labels on each program sheet;
having everyone fill out cards, and filling out cards for people on the
phone, and filling the programs from their selections based on first-come
first-served and then calling the people who were closed out.
None of these solutions seem ideal. Does anyone have a better way to
handle this, which takes into account both walk-in and phone registrations
equally?
TIA.
Katja
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Katja Ermann, Children's Librarian
Somerset County Library, Hillsborough Branch (NJ)
kermann@rvcc.raritanval.edu
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Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 17:13:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: maureen lerch <lerchma@oplin.lib.oh.us>
Subject: Re: Teen Advisory Groups
Hello all!
If anyone is interested in Teen Boards/Groups, especially in their
mission and bylaws, feel free to check out the TAB (Teen Advisory Board)
Bulletin Board at the Louisville (0hio) library's website:
http://www.louisville.lib.oh.us/bulletin.htm
Please forgive the fact that it is soooo outdated! I have been
coordinating the board even though I no longer work there, and I have
obviously dropped the ball when it comes to updating the website :-(
Maureen T. Lerch, MLS
Young Adult Librarian
lerchma@oplin.lib.oh.us
* Orrville Public Library *
* 230 North Main Street *
* Orrville, Ohio 44667 *
* (330)683-1065 / fax (330)683-1984 *
* http://www.orrville.lib.oh.us *
On Thu, 5 Aug 1999, Kati Golden wrote:
>
> I know there has been lots of discussion on teen advisory groups/boards,
> but I haven't noticed if anyone mentioned any outlined goals for the groups
> (or mission statements). I recently had a request out for information
> about new, funky furniture ideas for my small YA area (and thanks for all
> the great ideas, by the way!), but before going ahead with a proposal to
> get that going I think it would be a good idea to get an advisory board
> together. That way it will give me all the more push when I write a
> proposal - I can say that the teens have spoken and their wishes should be
> granted!
>
> Now, does anyone have a mission statement or actual "plan"
written up and
> on file that I could look at? How many times do you meet? How many
> members? What are the outlined goals? etc. You can email me directly.
> I'm sorry if this stuff has already been discussed recently. I'm more
> interested in actual plans and procedures already in effect so if you have
> anything written you can also fax it to me at (715) 839-3822.
>
> Thank you all again (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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