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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 18:40:29 -0400 (EDT)
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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 09:31:58 -0500
From: Jennifer McQuilkin <hzz006@mail.connect.more.net>
Subject: stumper--magic carpet
Thanks to everyone who responded about the babysitter and the magic carpet.
The patron wasn't sure if any of these were "the one." Since we don't
own
any of the titles we are ILLing them. However the patron said even if they
aren't the one I'm thinking of they sound good." Thanks for the help.
Jennifer McQuilkin
Jennifer McQuilkin Children's Librarian, Joplin Public Library
300 S. Main St. Email hzz006@mail.connect.more.net
Joplin, MO 64801-2384 (417)623-7953 phone, (417)624-5217 fax
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Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 14:16:36 -0700 (PDT)
From: Alyson Bauknight <albaukn@yahoo.com>
Subject: Fwd: Job Announcement
Dear PUBYAC,
I reveiced this announcement from a colleague
who asked that I forward it to this list.
Feel free to forward this to anyone who might be
interested.
One of the projects under the Carnegie Grant
that the DC Public Library has recently received
is in search of someone to oversee a "YA
booktalking" project.
> DC Public Library
> Vacancy Announcement
> Young Adult Outreach Manager
>
> The DC Public Library is accepting applications
> for a Young Adult
> Outreach Manager to strengthen the relationship
> between the DC Public
> Schools and the
> DC Public Library in order to enhance the
> reading skills of middle and
> junior high school students. This position is
> a full-time temporary
> WAE
> (wages as earned) appointment with a not to
> exceed date of June 30,
> 2000.
>
> Salary Range: $13.77 per hour to 21.39 per
> hour.
>
> Requirements: Applicants must have at least
> three years of experience
> working with youth grades 6 and up; strong
> organizational skills;
> excellent
> interpersonal, oral and written communication
> skills; and knowledge of
> IBM compatible personal computers. A MLS
> degree from an ALA accredited
> library
> school is desirable.
>
> To Appy: Please forward a resume and/or a D.C.
> Government Application
> Form to the Personnel Department, Room 423, 901
> G. Street, NW,
> Washington, DC
> 20001, Attn: Mary Miller, Staffing Specialist.
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Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 17:28:06 -0500
From: Williams <Dorothy@peabody.whitleynet.org>
Subject: Stumpers 1, 2 & 3
I have already checked: Children's Catalog 16, What Do Children Read Next?,
Elementary School Library Collection 15, Best Books for Children 5, A to Zoo 5.
1. Gus is a friendly dinosaur found by two children, boy and girl, and hidden in
a cave. The woman is in her middle to late 30's and read this gold colored
paperback in the fourth or fifth grade.
2. Supposedly a book about faithful elephants written by San Souci. She doesn't
think it is Faithful Friends.
3. Two children go down into an Ant Colony and help the ants. The little girl
carries the ant eggs in her apron and the little boy helps the ants build???
Have no idea how old this lady is she phoned this one in or when she might have
read it.
If you can come up with these I will be appropriately thankful, for whatever
that is worth. Thanks, even if you don't remember these books.
Dorothy@peabody.whitleynet.org
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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 09:47:50 -0500 (CDT)
From: Elaine Thomas <ethomas@ccs.nsls.lib.il.us>
Subject: BIB: Hispanic Reference Materials
Dear Folks,
Thanks to all of you who responded to my request for Hispanic reference
material. The following is a list of the titles and publishers that I was
sent:
Famous Hispanic Americans Janet Nomura Mores and Wendy Dunn
The Hispanic 100/Himilce Novas
Biographical Dictionary of Hispanic Americans Nicholas Meyer
Famous People of Hispanic Heritage/6 volumes
(Mitchell Lane Publishers, PO Box 200, Childs, MD 21916)
Enslow Publishers
Hispanic American Voices Deborah Billan Straub
The Latino Encyclopedia (6v) Richard Chabran and Rafeal Chabran
(Marshall Cavendish c1996)
Contemporary American Success Stories; Famous People of Hispanic Heritage
Melanie Cole, Barbara Mavis & Valerie Nenard
(Mitchell Lane Publishers)
Extraordinary Hispanic Americans Susan Sinnott
Hispanic Firsts: 500 Years of Achievement by Nicholas Kanellos
(Gale Research Inc., 1997)
Hispanics in Hollywood: An Encyclopedia of Film and Television
Luis Reyes & Peter Rubie (Garland, 1994)
!Latinas! Women of Achievement Diane Telgen and Jim Camp
(Visible Ink Press, 1996)
Thank you all for your valuable information. I was very pleased with the
quick and helpful response.
Elaine Thomas
Zion-Benton Public Library District
Zion, IL
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Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 15:48:37 -0400
From: Kathleen Kelly <kkelly@lcpl.lib.va.us>
Subject: re: stumper: sibling separation
Hello. This is my first "stumper" question to this lit-serv. I work at
a public library and had an interesting customer request. She is a
mother with two children of vast age difference- a new freshman in
college and a third grader. Her younger daughter is having a hard time
getting used to having her big sister/ brother (not sure the gender!)
out of the house and in another state. I have not been able to locate
a good book that discusses this specific sibling predicament on an age
level that she can read- either fiction or non-fiction. Any
suggestions? The mom is preparing herself as well for the separation!!
Thanks.
Kathleen Kelly
kkelly@lcpl.lib.va.us
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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 11:25:26 -0400
From: Library <groton.public.lib@snet.net>
Subject: Stumper
This is my first time posting and I have the highest confidence that
your collective brains will help. A patron was in on Saturday looking
for two children's books she saw in a bookstore on Prince Edward Isle.
Both are by the same author.
The first is about a cat whose young owner insists on dressing
him/her up in clothing. At first the cat hates it but eventually, (after
being on stage?), he/she loves to dress up. The second book has
something to do with a "memory rock or stone",a boy is given a rock by
a
relative and tries to figure out the significance by asking various
people. Any ideas anybody?
I have checked A to Zoo amazon.com and amazon.uk with no luck.
Thanks in advance.
Anne Campbell
YA Librarian
Groton Public Library, CT
groton.public.lib@snet.net
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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 05:59:53 -0400
From: "Capehart" <capehart@ziplink.net>
Subject: RE: Boxes
I got this idea while doing an internship in Lexington KY (HI Toy!) Toddler
Trick-or-treat for those too young to go door to door. Last year was my
first year on the job & this program was the most successful program we've
done. I got three refrigerator boxes, painted them black. Then On one I
painted a ghost, on another a spooky tree & on the third a jack-o-lantern.
We had a library spook in each box. The children knocked on each
"door" and
got a toy or candy. We told stories and had a costume parade through the
entire library. We had 96 toddlers with one or two parents along & great
press & patron comments. We very nearly ran out of treats & had a GREAT
time!
Of course, this might not fly under all directors or in all communities.
Hope you get a chance to try it!
Tim Capehart
Head Children's Services
Leominster Public Library
Leominster, MA
tcapehar@cwmars.org
http://www.ziplink.net/~capehart
"If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress,
dahling. Be an audience." - Tallulah Bankhead
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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 10:06:31 +1200
From: "Arnet,Janet" <Janet.Arnet@rdc.govt.nz>
Subject: Parenting collections
In my library I don't have a parenting collection in the children's library,
what I do is have some display shelves in the children's on which I put a
selection of parenting books, videos, and magazines, from the 300's and
600's and then point people in the direction of the rest of the collection.
Janet Arnet
Children's Services Librarian
Rotorua Public Library, NZ
Janet.Arnet@rdc.govt.nz
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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 07:34:18 -0400
From: "Capehart" <capehart@ziplink.net>
Subject: RE: NRA INSIGHTS
Tina,
I'm sure the magazine promotes gun training and gun safety and is worthy in
that respect. However (and here I show just how recently I graduated library
school) is it worth the opportunity costs? Do you have a large budget for YA
magazines? What are you not buying to buy this magazine? Would another
subscription to a magazine that falls to tatters serve your users better
than a limited use magazine? Do you have a large hunting/target shooting
teen population? Do you have other adult magazines in the YA collection?
I'm curious why you would want to have the magazine in the YA section. It is
one thing to have such a magazine in the adult section where YA's have
complete access to it and another to promote an adult hobby in your YA user
population by having it in your YA section.
Soap box alert: While I support my fellow Americans' rights to make
decisions for themselves, I do think guns in general are a bad idea. Not to
draw fire (pun intended) but when our forefathers wrote that little clause
into our constitution, it was to ensure that we could protect ourselves from
outside forces. Now it is being twisted to justify our being gutted from
within.
Tim Capehart
Head Children's Services
Leominster, MA
tcapehar@cwmars.org
http://www.ziplink.net/~capehart
"If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress,
dahling. Be an audience." - Tallulah Bankhead
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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 23:01:08 -0400
From: Toni Buzzeo <buzzeocyll@mix-net.net>
Subject: Classroom libraries
While I agree with Bonita Kale here (Hi, Bonita!):
> Classroom libraries:
>
> 1. It's good for kids to get the idea of living with books--all the
> time, not just on library day.
>
> 2. If they have free time, they can read. To be allowed to read a book
> can be a reward for finishing your work quickly.
>
> 3. Ideally, the kids would help choose books for the classroom library.
> Good practice in compromise, considering others. Good learning about
> what other kids like, and how different tastes can be.
I DO want to say, regarding #1, that kids in my school live with books
ALL THE TIME by coming down to the library whenever they need a book, in
our flexibly scheduled Library Media Center, as well as going to the
classroom collection shelves.
Toni Buzzeo, MA, MLIS
Longfellow School LMC
Portland, ME
<buzzeocyll@mix-net.net>
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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 99 16:55:16 -0800
From: "" <edwarc@mx.pon.net>
Subject: Re: Free Expression Network: An Appeal to Reason
Well, I've usually disagreed with you on the protective stance and kept my mouth
shut about it, I think this time I have to interject something. Libraries are
not in the business of protecting children, nurturing them, providing safe
places, teaching them how to grow, etc. We may hope that some of this occurs as
the result of our activities, but it is NOT our business.
We provide access to information. Period. All kinds. Damaging, harmful, wrong,
ugly information as well as beauty, truth etc. We do this because we believe
that censorship is wrong. Censorship is when someone else decides for you, me
and others what to think. So, you are entitled to your opinions. You can do
everything you want to to keep your own children, friends and loved ones safe
from violent images, but as a librarian this is not your job. Or mine.
Obligations of librarians are to make information available. Parents, teachers,
religious leaders make value judgments, guide children is their use, etc.
Somewhere I got the idea that a bad idea when exposed to the light of discourse
was revealed as a bad idea. I think this is what the constitution supports, and
what libraries encourage.
And now, off my soapbox. I personally can't stand some of the more violent
images, raised in a pacifist home (my Dad was a Mennonite preacher). But by God,
my job is not about what I believe. Is it? Can I tell others what to think or
how? Is this my job?
Now, I mean it. I'm getting down. Right now. Folding up the box and going away.
Carol Edwards
edwarc@pon.net
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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 10:53:23 -0500
From: "Sanning, Lisa" <sannil@sosmail.state.mo.us>
Subject: RE: NRA magazine/long--sorry
Tina,
I sympathize with the position in which you find yourself. I'm glad you
asked for a conversation on this subject. My bias is I don't think anyone
should own guns. I have many other passionate opinions and biases. However,
as a librarian, it is my job to provide access to a balanced collection of
information, not just information that is sugar-coated and 'inoffensive'
(there will always be someone, somewhere who will be offended by things most
rational people find perfectly innocuous).
If the NRA magazine is well-written, and not just an ad for the NRA, then I
think it should be available in your collection--if it meets other criteria
included in your library's collection development policy and it's something
you think will be popular with your YA patrons, (and please believe me when
I say I'm the last person to climb on the bandwagon for the NRA).
I'm sickened by the recent incidents of violence in our schools and on our
streets. But it disturbs me greatly to think that a library would
self-censor based on current events. The First Amendment exists to control
self-appointed 'society monitors' who insist that unpopular/offensive works
(deemed so by themselves, of course) be kept from the 'ignorant' masses who
wouldn't otherwise recognize the dangers presented by such material. The
public library is the one place all people can come and discover for
themselves--through research, study, and recreational reading--how they feel
about the issues and current events of the day.
The can't do that if they aren't allowed access to materials that express
unpopular or opposing viewpoints.
Just my opinion,
Lisa R. Sanning, MLS
Reference Librarian
Wolfner Library for the Blind
and Physically Handicapped
sannil@sosmail.state.mo.us
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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 09:28:40 -0500
From: Karen Sutherland <ksutherland@bplib.org>
Subject: Re: Free Expression Network: An Appeal to Reason
Hi!
Again I would agree with Mr. Schact. You only have to look at Columbine
High School
and the events there to prove the point. When you fill a can with garbage
it is still filled
with garbage. Children do not have the years or the judgment to make good
choices, and
it seems that some adults don't either.
Charles Schacht wrote:
> Don - I'm no big fan of censorship, but if you are going to maintain
> that exposing kids to massive and prolonged amounts of visually depicted
> violence is not going to at the very least desensitize them to the awful
> effects of real violence and very possibly make them more inclined to
> respond violently to situations in their own lives since they have come
> to consider it "natural", then I would suggest you are in need of
a
> reality check If adults choose to expose themselves to violence and
> pornography then I guess that's their choice, but I have no problem at
> all with limiting the amount of graphic sex AND violence that kids can
> be exposed to. We reap the fruit of the seeds we plant - or allow
> others to plant. Stepping down off his soapbox -
>
> Chuck Schacht
> Romeo District Library
> Romeo, MI.
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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 12:48:25 PDT
From: "Cheryl Marcotte" <fuschia27@hotmail.com>
Subject: library card stickers
Hello! I was wondering if anyone out there knows where I can obtain some "I
got my library card today" or similar stickers. I would like to give these
to children when they sign up for cards. Please email to my personal
address. Thank You!!! :)
fuschia27@hotmail.com
Cheryl Marcotte
Youth Services Librarian
Dewitt Public Library
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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 16:47:53 -0400
From: Josie Parker <parkerj@aadl.org>
Subject: Re: Rods for reading
The Arkansas library is the Central Arkansas Library District in Little Rock.
I was there in July and the program is a great success. It is a partnership
with Ebsco. Josie Parker, Ann Arbor District Library
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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 16:40:24
From: mjenson-@glenpub.lib.az.us
Subject: Poetry Slam vs. Open Mike Night
Dear Pubyacker's
Please allow me to pick the collective brain.
For Teen Read Week, my library would like to host some type of interactive
poetry event, where kids could bring their poetry and/or short short
stories, we would have an open mike, coffee, food, ect. ect.
For those of you who have done similar programs my questions are as follows:
1) What is the difference between an Open Mike and a Poetry Slam? From
talking to the kids I gather the differences are profound and severe, but
no-one can explain them to me :)
2) Has anybody else had a great success (or failure?) with an event like
this?
3) What's the best way to run this program, have "featured" poets,
just
count on those in attendance, or seed the audience?
FYI the Creative Arts group at the library fizzled out after about a year,
so there is no group to draw ideas from. We have sponsored a very
successful poetry contests for YA's about 6 months ago, so I know there is
intrest.
Thanks in advance for the help. Please respond to me personally
(mjenson-@glenpub.lib.az.us), if there's sufficent intrest I'll post the
results the list.
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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 23:41:05 -0500
From: Bob Federspiel <spiel@execpc.com>
Subject: Elementery Computer Stories
Hi I am planning an after school program for my group of 4th-6th
graders. We call it Monday Madness and we meet once a month for an hour
of food, stories and fun. I want to do a program highlighting computer
stories or at least electronic gizmos or gadgets. Other than
booktalking Danziger's Matthew Martin series what juvenile books would
work out well for this topic? I like to read a "picture book" or tell
an appropriate story during the program also. If anyone has any
suggestions on chapter books, picture books, or projects to go with this
theme I would love to hear them!!! Thanks! Tammy
Tammy Federspiel
Lakeview Community Library
Random Lake WI
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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 10:44:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: Carolyn Sherrill <csherrill_1999@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: List of recommended CD-ROM's
FYI:
Children's Software Review is on the Web at:
http://www.childrenssoftware.com
I also use Library Video's website:
http://www.libraryvideo.com (use the Quick Browse feature, select
"Children's")
Hi!
How about the periodical Children's Software Review?
Julia Aker wrote:
> Does anyone have a list of recommended CD-ROM's?
===
Carolyn E. Sherrill, Librarian II
West Bloomfield Township Public Library
West Bloomfield, MI 48323
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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 14:01:39 -0400
From: Karen Laird <klaird@worthington.lib.oh.us>
Subject: story programs for K-2
I'm sorry if this has been discussed at length before, but I have been
unable to access the archives. We are starting a story program for
grades K-2 this fall. If any of you out there have done this kind of
program before, could you please let me know what kinds of things you
did with the kids? What sort of format did you use? One long book?
Several shorter ones? Crafts or activities? Anything that really
worked well (or really didn't)? I would greatly appreciate any help or
advice you could give. Please e-mail me directly. Thanks!!
Karen Laird
Children's Librarian
Northwest Library
klaird@worthington.lib.oh.us
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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 14:48:50 -0400
From: "Pat Kaufman" <mahopac@ulysses.sebridge.org>
Subject: 24 hour on-site access to library computer databases
Hello fello PUBYACers...
The libraries in my county would like to come together to provide our
citizens with 24 hour access to library databases and catalogs. This
access point would be on library grounds and available at all times. We
were considering a booth (not unlike an ATM) with a secure terminal. Does
anyone have any experience with such a system? Any thoughts, ideas, and
information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks...
Jennifer Boyer
Mahopac Public Library
mahopac@ulysses.sebridge.org
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From: "K. Borchers" <kborch@clc.lib.oh.us>
To: "'pubyac@nysernet.org'" <pubyac@nysernet.org>
Subject: Mehndi Programs: How to
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 17:37:39 -0400
Hi there! I just had a great day planning for the Mehndi program we will
be having next month. I thought you all might like a few pointers...
The henna I found came in 100 gram boxes. 100 grams will let about 15
kids do a couple of small designs on themselves. I purchased the henna
at an Indian grocery and the price was considerably lower tha what I found
online and in kits in stores. ($1.95 compared with $8 to $10)
When you mix the henna powder, the guy at the grocery recommended I mix it
with tea water. This enhances the color and eliminates the need for sticky lemon
juice (if you were going to use it). The consistency should be like toothpaste.
Too thin and it runs. Too thick and it won't squeeze. I am using plastic
sandwich bags
for "cones". A little bit of masking tape near the point keeps it more
firm and easier
to control.
You'll also need Mehndi oil. About 10 ML will do 30 kids. Apply the oil after
the design
is the way you want it by dabbing it with a cotton ball. The longer the design
stays on
before washing, the longer it will stay (2-3 weeks).
I will be making posters with some designs on them for kids to copy. They will
also get
to practice with markers before hand. I will be purchasing some thin brown
washable
markers from an art store so there will be a less permanent option for those who
don't
want henna.
I will have Indian music playing in the background for atmosphere. I'll be
telling a story to
them (read or storytold)The kids will get to sample some food, too. I bought
some food from
the grocery, but for those of you who don't have one you might try making rice
pudding or
something with curry.
If any of you more experience folk have some advice for me before I begin this
program, feel free
to write to me. For others that need advice, feel free to contact me after
September 24, 1999.
Kate Borchers
Grandview Heights Public Library
1685 W. First Ave.
Columbus, OH 43212
(614) 481-3778
kborch@clc.lib.oh.us
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