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Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 23:40:44 -0400 (EDT)
To: pubyac-digest@nysernet.org
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Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 08:25:53 -0700
From: Catherine Mau <cmau@bal.alibrary.com>
Subject: Job Opening- Chicago Area
LIBRARIAN - MIDDLE SCHOOL SERVICES / BARRINGTON AREA LIBRARY
Full-time position, 37.5 hours per week, including one evening a week and
one weekend a month. Exciting opportunity to help develop a program of
service for middle school-aged children. Duties include collection
development, programming, reference and reader's advisory service, school
visits, and assisting patrons with online catalog, Internet, and local area
network. Half of the position will be devoted to middle school services;
half will be devoted to services for infants through fifth graders.
Requires MLS from an ALA-accredited program, knowledge of children's and
young adult literature, reference procedures, and library programming, and
the ability to work pleasantly and effectively with children and adults.
Salary $30,393/year + benefits. Send resume to Catherine Mau, Head of
Young People's Services, Barrington Area Library, 505 N. Northwest Highway,
Barrington, IL 60010. The Barrington Area Library serves a large community
of active library users in a northwest suburb of Chicago. Winter grads are
welcome to apply. Applications accepted until position is filled.
- -------------------------------------------------------
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: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 12:10:13 -0500
From: Linda.Vasquez@ci.austin.tx.us
Subject: Restrictions on children's cards
My director has asked me to find information about any public libraries that
allow parents to put restrictions on the types of material that can be
checked out on their children's borrower cards. This issue has been raised
here by the patrons of one of our branch libraries who object to their
children having access to specific titles in the adult collection (e.g. the
1995 novel Rice and The Complete Idiot's Guide to Sex on the Net). I do
know that some libraries note on children's cards whether they have parental
permission to access the Internet and that some restrict children from
checking out videos. So far I have learned from the web site of the
Metropolitan Library System in Oklahoma City that they have a "Parental
Preference Option" which allows parents to identify categories, formats
within categories and up to 50 individual book titles which their child may
not borrow.
I would like to hear directly from any of you whose libraries are doing
something similar to this or who have considered and rejected something
similar to this. I am interested in background, procedures ... in short,
anything you can tell me. I will be glad to summarize for the list.
Thanks for your help.
Linda Vasquez, Library Services Manager, Faulk Central Library
Austin Public Library
linda.vasquez@ci.austin.tx.us
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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 15:14:31 -0700
From: "Jill Olson" <jilolson@kcls.org>
Subject: RE: Stumper--help with storytime themes
King County Library System recently added the contents of our preschool
themed boxes "Books to Grow On" to our webpage. These boxes contain
picture
books, fingerplays and activities on a curriculum sheet, and sometimes a
video, audiocassette or CD, and realia (toy, puppet, puzzle, etc.) The
"Resources for Child Care Providers" page also has links to child care
websites, including theme units for preschoolers. Hopefully, many of you
will find these web pages and links useful in program planning.
____________________________________________
Jill Olson
Youth Services Outreach Librarian
King County Library System
300 Eighth Avenue North
Seattle, Washington 98109
Phone: 206-684-6623
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Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 23:23:46 +0100
From: KE Hones <khones@muse.sfusd.k12.ca.us>
Subject: Research of value of author visits
I am looking for articles/research/etc on the literacy value of author visits;
especially with high school students. Any suggestions would be very helpful.
Thanks.
KE Hones, Librarian, John O'Connell HS Library, SF, CA
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Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 08:53:24 -0700
From: "torrie" <torrie@ci.burlington.wa.us>
Subject: Re: custom t-shirts
How many t-shirts do you need? If it's only a small amount you
might do well to ask a local printing company. For a one-color
print (the design was round and about the size of a large tea
saucer), we got ours printed for about $7.00 or so per shirt for an
order of about 20 shirts.
The price was slightly higher for plus-size. We also could choose
from a wide variety of colors, so not everyone was stuck with the
same color of shirt. Nice for those of us that look sickly in pastels
or neon shades, or for those of us who avoid white t-shirts if at all
possible. *grin*
Hope it helps!
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: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 11:44:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: Nissa Perez <blathdubh@yahoo.com>
Subject: Back to School Crafts needed
Hi all!
This is a last minute storytime set-up to compensate a
busy politician's life and I wanted to see what the
collective conscious had for "Back to School" crafts.
Our library takes all age groups, so any craft ideas
would be great. We usually try to have one craft for
preschool-1st grade and another for older elementary
children. Sorry, but I need these by Sunday, if at
all possible (our special storytime is next Tuesday!).
Reply to me and I will make a long posting for
everyone.
TIA,
Nissa Perez
blathdubh@yahoo.com
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Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 13:38:05 -0400
From: Robert Sullivan <SCP_SULLI@sals.edu>
Subject: Re: CD ROM GAMES
Brenda Evans wrote:
>I am having a hard time with some of our CD ROM games. Our system is
>protected by Fortress, and I believe, because of this some of our games
>do not work on our pentium computers. I recently bought the American
>Girls' game, Carmen Sandiego Junior Detective, Carmen Sandiego Math
>Detective, and Carmen Sandiego. None of them work on our system. Does
>anyone have a suggestion of how I could get them to work, or what our
>problem could be? Also, does anyone have suggestions of good games that
>are compatible with security systems?
I'm not on this list, but a colleague forwarded your message to me. You didn't
say, but I am assuming you are using Windows 95 or 98 with Fortres. We use
Windows NT, but the issues are similar.
It is not unusual for a program to attempt to write to temporary files as it
operates, or to modify settings when it begins or ends. Depending on your
security settings, the program may function slowly or not at all if it can't do
this. To use your CD-ROMs successfully, you will need a security program which
can track file and directory access failures, and give you a very fine level of
control over what you open up.
We copy our CD-ROMs to the hard disk and run them under very tight security
(third-party security software has not been necessary under NT; 22 months and
counting without a break-in). A few programs from Educational Activities were
a nightmare to work with, but most have yielded after close scrutiny of what
they were trying to do. If your games allow saving of scores, you'll need to
allow for that.
You may run into the odd older program which has some incompatibility with your
version of Windows, your hardware or certain software such as QuickTime. I had
a situation where two older programs required an old version of QuickTime -
they would not run with the newest version installed, and the versions they
required were mutually incompatible with each other. New software seems to be
pretty good about this.
Bob Sullivan scp_sulli@sals.edu
Schenectady County Public Library (NY) http://www.scpl.org
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Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 10:38:05 -0500
From: Carol Phares <5ppr@pearlriver.lib.ms.us>
Subject: [none]
I would like to begin an afterschool program for 7th and 8th graders. I
know what I would like to do for the program, but the trick is to get them
to the first meeting. I have thought about planning a 'mystery' for them.
Tell them if they want to discover the truth to the mystery, they must be
at the library at a certain time on a certain day. That's when I'll pitch
my idea for the YA group. But, I don't want to disappoint them either -
I'll never get them back. I have to have some kind of discovery that kids
this age will appreciate and find interesting. Does anyone have any ideas
of something I could use?
Has anyone started a YA group? How did you begin? What did you do to
spark the interest of this age group that think they don't like books and
think they are too cool to participate in anything the library has to
offer? :)
Carol Phares, MLIS
Youth Services Librarian
5ppr@pearlriver.lib.ms.us
Pearl River County Library System
900 Goodyear Blvd., Picayune, MS 39466
(601) 798-5081 (601) 798-5082 FAX
http://www.pearlriver.lib.ms.us
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Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 20:25:39 -0500
From: Dana Estes <de2345@tds.net>
Subject: Re: An Appeal to Reason
I would be very interested in seeing the anime site you talked about. Just
out of curiosity. Incidentally, I am quite aware of what is on the
internet and not all of it is pretty. But my personal opinion is if you
teach your child proper safety rules to use as they are surfing the
internet they will be in no more danger than watching a kiddie show or
cartoon on TV. I don't think parents understand how much damage they are
doing to their children by constantly hovering over them and telling them
everything is bad. "Don't touch that, don't look at that, don't listen to
that." Be aware but don't smother your children. It is perfectly ok to
monitor your child in any activities but just don't raise too much of a
stink about it or you will cause censoeship to spread without even knowing
it. Filtering in the home is fine by me but I don't want my local
library's computer to have the same filters.
Dana Estes
Hancock County Public Library
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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 09:39:07 -0700
From: Laura Whaley <WHALEYL@santacruzpl.org>
Subject: RE: An Appeal to Reason
Thats rather arrogant Berry, I've been to that site and I regularly explore
the 'net based on student's assignments- just to see what pops up: and pop
up they do. Try searching "goddesses". I don't like what is out there
in the
way of violence and imagery but I'm more concerned about the plethora of
mis-information on the 'net. Our society seems to have the mindset that if
its in print, or on my computer screen, it's true. I'm much more worried
about that, than a random hit that, unfortunately, isn't all that different
from todays television shows (cable and networks).
Just my two cents,
Laura
Boulder Creek Branch Library
- -----Original Message-----
From: Berry [mailto:jamesasbury@yahoo.com]
Sent: Sunday, September 05, 1999 3:40 PM
To: pubyac@nysernet.org
Subject: An Appeal to Reason
<snip>
If you would like to investigate the site in question for yourself to make
yourself better informed about the issue you are discussing, please e-mail
me privately and I will forward you the URL.
But I doubt I'll get any takers.
- --
Berry
jamesasbury@yahoo.com
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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 15:15:54 -0500 (CDT)
From: Carol Leeson <cleeson@nslsilus.org>
Subject: Re: food for thought:violence in the media
Rebecca,
My son is 4 1/2 now. When he was around 2 he watched Beetle Borgs and
Power Rangers regularly at the home daycare he was in. My husband spent
some time as a stay-at-home dad soon after Kevin's 2nd birthday. When he
noticed that Kevin's behaviour changed after viewing these shows we
stopped letting him watch them. The kicking and hitting during play
mostly stopped. He still hit and occasionally bit when he was angry or
frustrated. He was allowed to watch Spiderman and Batman cartoons. He
seemed to copy these in different ways. At 2 1/2 he would talk into his
"watch/radio" to his imaginary playmate. He still plays Power Rangers,
although his actions are not so violent or rambunctious, even though he
has not seen the show regularly for two years. Recently we were looking
for something to watch on TV when I happened upon Power Rangers. He
immediately asked to watch it. I muted the TV and we had a discussion
about why his dad and I did not like him to watch this show. In the end
he made the choice to watch, but promised that I would not see the
behaviour that I objected to. I did not see kicking or hitting. A few
days later he again asked to see the show and assured me without being
prompted that he would not kick or hit. I do think that kids will copy
what they see on TV, what they see other kids do, and mostly what they
see adults do. I also think that it is the parent's job to help the
children make distinctions about what actions are right and good and
which actions are wrong and hurt people.
As a parent I find the job of teaching my child how to get along in this
world all most overwhelming and the most important part of my job as a
parent. As a librarian, I feel that my job is foremost to provide
information. I do nurture, protect from immediate danger (ie. the
falling chair, or the lurker in the stacks) and most importantly try to
show the kids that there are adults that value what they want, need and
think. I try to take my cue from the parents as to how much nurturing
and protecting I do. I have never denied access to material available at
the library to a child who had requested it, however I have tried to warn
or caution children that they may be getting into something unexpected.
For instance early in my career a young man, about 10 or 11, asked my for
Alice Walker's "The Color Purple." I helped him find the book and
while
I was checking it out to him I told him that I had read the book and that
I felt that he should talk it over with his parents before he read the
book. I told him that there were some things that he might find
disturbing and that he might want to talk with someone about. He left
the library with the book. I felt that I had done my duty as the
librarian to provide some guidance, but had left the parenting up to the
parent.
Well I have rambled long enough.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Carol Leeson
Head of Youth Services
Mount Prospect Public Library
10 S. Emerson
Mt. Prospect, Il 60056
(847)253-5675
cleeson@mppl.org
The opinions expressed here are my own and do not reflect those of the Library.
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Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 08:17:04 -0700
From: Betsy Bybell <bbybell@norby.latah.lib.id.us>
Subject: Still more on weeding fairy tales
Hi again,
I thought you might be interested to learn that the supplement to the
_Storyteller's Sourcebook_ is due to come out by the end of 2000. Margaret
Read MacDonald says it will NOT replace the original sourcebook, but is a
SUPPLEMENT covering 1983-1999 and will be co-authored by Margaret Read
MacDonald and Brian Sturm.
Betsy Bybell
Branch Coordinator, Latah County Library
110 S. Jefferson, Moscow ID 83843
208-882-3925, fax 208-882-5098
email: bbybell@norby.latah.lib.id.us
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Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 15:38:36 EDT
From: "laura bockwich" <laurabockwich@hotmail.com>
Subject: Scarecrow Story Time
Hi!
I would like to do a story time on scarecrows, i have ideas for books,
however I need finger plays and craft ideas. I would appriciate any
suggestions. You can e-mail me at laurabockwich@hotmail.com
Thanks so much!
Laura Bockwich
Children's Librarian
Eastman Branch Library
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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 15:57:56 -0700 (PDT)
From: Darcy Osterberg <velveeta98@yahoo.com>
Subject: Toys
Hello,
Curious as to what kind of toys other libraries keep in their
childrens section that seem to work the best as far as holding the
childs interest (without making them go wild!) yet remain durable and
are still on the educational side.
We have the large floor puzzles, some puppets and stuffed animals.
===
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Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 21:11:17 -0500 (CDT)
From: Julie Linneman <juliel@wichita.lib.ks.us>
Subject: RE: Food for thought: violence...
Reading all of this about how media affects children reminded me of the
time two neighbor-boys (brothers) had seen a movie where the animated
characters loop a noose over a tree-branch. When the unsuspecting prey
came along, they yanked the end of the rope and the noose tightened around
the prey and jerked him/it up into the air. After they got home, they
decided this would be a cool thing to try. So they readied their noose
and tried to get my older sister to step into the noose. She wouldn't do
it (being 6 years old), but I was 5 and curious. I volunteered to do it
(giggling about what the game might be) and was jolted into reality when
they actually pulled on the rope and tripped me. I fell hard and cried,
not only from actual pain but from the pain of being victimized when I
thought we were playing a game. The boys were confused because (a) they
were not strong enough to lift me, and (b) it didn't work like it did in
the movie. I think they felt bad about hurting me, but they didn't want
to admit it (because of course they hadn't meant to).
Just goes to show that kids of any age will try to act on what they see.
Julie Linneman
juliel@wichita.lib.ks.us
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Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 11:35:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: georgi sandgren <ivylane3@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Harry Potter (again)
I deleted most of the posts regarding Harry Potter -
except for the Story Web site address - and I was
wondering if anyone can forward those posts about
Harry Potter related activities and sites to me.
I am particularly interested in learning more about
the script for a Harry Potter play that has been
published. I only recall that it is at the fourth
grade level.
Thanks so much,
Georgi Sandgren
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Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 09:58:46 -0700
From: "Charlette Hines Poteat" <charlettehines@eudoramail.com>
Subject: Re: Free Expression Network: An Appeal to Reason
and may i add that all forms of mental illness do not
include violence...i'm not sure that social illness
wouldn't be a better term than mental illness
- ---
On Sun, 05 Sep 1999 00:19:34 Dana Estes wrote:
>That is great and you are certainly entitled to your opinion and I am
>entitled to mine. Just don't try to enforce it on others because it may
>make it hard for them to swallow. What you do in your own home is fine.
>As I have said before, I grew up watching horror movies and reading horror
>novels. Violent or not, I am proud to say that I have not turned into a
>violent psychotic bent on destroying innocent human beings. Some people's
>minds are simply too disturbed to allow them to live in society. I believe
>the correct term for this is Mental Illness not media violence.
> Dana Estes
> Hancock County Public Library
>
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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 12:44:34 -0500 (CDT)
From: Alice Nixon <alice@ccpl.ci.corpus-christi.tx.us>
Subject: goals for a central library's children's area
We are looking at the goals and functions for all of the public service
areas here at Central Library and I need some help in defining those for
the Children's Area. Corpus Christi has a population of about 300,000
people. The library has a downtown branch and four neighborhood branches.
Should this downtown branch serve as a resource for the branches? Should
outreach and other programming be attempted in order to make Central
Library's services known to the community? Currently we are very short
staffed and want to give the best service we can.
Do your libraries have any policies for this type of setup?
Thank you so much for your help.
Alice Nixon
Public Services Manager
Corpus Christi Public Library
805 Comanche
Corpus Christi, Texas 78401
361-880-7007
alice@ccpl.ci.corpus-christi.tx.us
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Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 21:15:19 -0400
From: Susanna Holstein <pkb00700@alpha.wvup.wvnet.edu>
Subject: source of people puppets
I am looking for a source of good people puppets--hand puppets, that is.
We can find many good animal puppets, but don't know of a source of
people puppets.
We'd like to find some over 12" tall, if possible. If you know of a
source, please let me know. My teen puppetry troupe received a donation
of $400 to build a new pipe stage and purchase puppets. The stage is 90%
complete, and we have about $250 left to buy puppets. If you know of a
source, please contact me offlist. Thanks--
Susanna Holstein
Elk Valley Branch Library
Charleston WV
pkb00700@alpha.wvup.wvnet.edu
or
holstein/kcpl_11@kanawha.lib.wv.us
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Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 20:35:57 -0600 (MDT)
From: PUBYAC <pyowner@pallasinc.com>
Subject: PUBYAC MUST MOVE!
Dear PUBYACkers,
Today I received word from Nysernet that they no longer want to host the
PUBYAC listserver. I moved PUBYAC to Nysernet in 1993 from the University
of Pittsburgh's School of Library Science, which was a positive move for
the listserver, since Nysernet offered accessible archives. However,
Nysernet has since become affliated with a for profit company, and they
are changing their focus. They need to get our traffic off of their
server.
So, to continue PUBYAC, I am looking for a new home for PUBYAC to live
free of charge. PUBYAC receives 100-150 messages each day, most of which
are error messages or bounces. 10-30 messages are sent out to
approximately 3000 members five times a week.
PUBYAC has been continuously providing professional help and advice to
librarians, library students, trustees, and publishers for over five
years. The listserver has become an integrated factor in the
professional lives of children and YA librarians all over the world. Many
librarians have attested to the invaluable help they receive from
colleagues. PUBYAC has been featured in numerous articles, and even
appeared in a murder mystery fiction book titled _Liar._
If your institution would be interested in hosting PUBYAC, in having this
feather in your cap, please contact the moderator (below). Please check
with your Technical Support team first, however, to ensure they understand
list processors and archiving. This also goes a long way in building
positive relationships with the people who will be setting up the list and
trouble-shooting (speaking from experience).
Other concerns are:
List must be moderated
List processor software must be tested and bug free
List should be archived, with archives searchable
Moderator needs permissions to access archives
Past archives searchable also would be of immeasurable help to librarians
(approx. 35 megabytes)
Technical support available in case of problems, via phone or e-mail, at
least 5 days a week
List must accept and send messages 7 days a week
Since moderator lives in North America, the server should reside
on that continent--moderator welcomes inquiries from Canada
(having special fondness for Canadians)
Deadline day is November 30, when Nysernet shuts us down. Moderator
prefers to have the list in place by mid November.
Shannon VanHemert
PUBYAC Moderator
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PUBYAC Web page: http://www.pallasinc.com/pubyac
Phone: (303) 744-6218 or (303) 932-3053 Messages can be left at both
phones.
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Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 22:41:49 EDT
From: PKG427@aol.com
Subject: Re: [online article] trouble at Amazon.com
Why don't we all just switch to our local independent bookstores which are
being killed by superstores - on-line and physical.
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Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 13:04:43 -0400
From: RoseMary Honnold <honnolro@oplin.lib.oh.us>
Subject: Re: custom t-shirts
If you can find cheap t shirts, it is fun to create your own iron ons
with Hanes T-Shirt Maker software on your pc with an inkjet printer.
design, print and iron on.
Mary Daugherty wrote:
> Does anyone know of a good affordable company to
> purchase some custon t-shirts from for my reading
> group. We are on a tight budget!
>
> Thanks!!!
>
> Mary
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Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 11:35:11 -0500
From: Cathy Ormsby <COrmsby@ci.sat.tx.us>
Subject: RE: An Appeal to Reason
> ----------
> From: Berry[SMTP:jamesasbury@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Sunday, September 05, 1999 5:39 PM
> To: pubyac@nysernet.org
> Subject: An Appeal to Reason
>
> edwarc@mx.pon.net wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > 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.
>
> You say censorship is wrong, then turn around and say it is okay to censor
> our own children.
>
YES! That's the whole point of the discussion! Parents or legal
guardians have every right to censor their minor children. No adult -
librarian or patron - has the right to censor materials from adults or from
other people's children. It is so easy to select as examples the horrible,
pornographic materials which no one in their right mind would want any child
to see, but censorship does not end with the obvious Censorship expands to
grey areas where only a parent has the ability to help their own child
select what is appropriate. I would rather assist parents in increasing
their knowledge of the Internet so that parents can then feel confident in
assisting their children. I believe that we can assist parents and provide
whatever help we can without trampling on the First Amendment. Saying that
it is appropriate for parents to censor the reading/viewing/surfing of their
own minor children is not at all inconsistent with the First Amendment.
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Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 11:34:58 -0700 (PDT)
From: Alyson Bauknight <albaukn@yahoo.com>
Subject: Storytimes for babies
Hello PUBYAC,
I've been lurking on this list for the past
few years - through my graduate work and
during my first nine months as a children's
librarian. I'm now seeking advice...
I've been asked to plan and implement a
six-week baby storytime series for a
community recreation center, which is
something I've never done. Would anyone
like to offer ideas to help me along? Anything
would be appreciate!
Thanks in advance for your support,
===
Alyson Bauknight
Children's Librarian
D.C. Public Library System
Washington, D.C.
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Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 10:26:25 -0600
From: "Suzette Dussault" <suzette@missoula.lib.mt.us>
Subject: [none]
Hello!
Quick! What are the five (ten?) most-popular, most-asked for,
most-frequently checked out books in a series (those written by
one author or several) for grades 3-8? You know, Bailey School
Kids, Boxcar Children, Animorphs, Mary-Kate and Ashley, X-Files,
Young Jedi Knights, etc.)
Renell Wilson, a school librarian, and I (a public library librarian)
are presenting a workshop on books in a series (or sequence)
entitled "What Do I Read Next?" September 25th In addition to
creating booklists and bookmarks on favorite books to be read in
sequence) would like to share THE BEST SERIES BOOKS FOR
THE MONEY - which of all the wonderful series books out there
should we be spending our hard-earned dollars on? What are your
(and your young patrons') favorites?
Please send your top five (or ten, whatever!) to Renell at
rwilson@digisys.net
and we will compile a list of the series for the workshop. Also, if
any of the material we present at the workshop would be of help to
you, just e-mail Renell at the same address and we will send it
post-haste.
TIA (and sorry for the cross-postings)
Suzette Dussault
YA/Community Services Librarian
Missoula (MT) Public Library
301 East Main Street
Missoula MT 59802
406.523.2863
suzette@missoula.lib.mt.us
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Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 10:41:23 -0500
From: Carol Phares <5ppr@pearlriver.lib.ms.us>
Subject: Stumper
Does anyone have the words to the Dewey Rap or know where I can find them?
Carol Phares, MLIS
Youth Services Librarian
5ppr@pearlriver.lib.ms.us
Pearl River County Library System
900 Goodyear Blvd., Picayune, MS 39466
(601) 798-5081 (601) 798-5082 FAX
http://www.pearlriver.lib.ms.us
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Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 16:57:42 -0400
From: "Mary Sheridan" <msherida@acc.org>
Subject: Children's Librarian - Job Interview
Next week, I am interviewing for a children's librarian position in a public
library (Baltimore City). I will complete my MLS degree in the summer of 2000.
This will be my first position in a public library, so I am a bit nervous about
the interview. Does anyone have any interview tips or advice to share. Please
email me off the list.
Thanks in advance! I greatly enjoy and benefit from the discussion on this list,
so I thought I would post my message here.
Mary Sheridan
msherida@acc.org
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Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 16:31:58 EDT
From: ILefkowitz@aol.com
Subject: Baby storytimes
I am going to be starting a Mother Goose and Me program at our library for
babies six weeks to 18 months. I have looked at a few professional books
that give outlines of how to structure the program with books, nursery
rhymes, etc but now I am looking for sort of a from the front lines
perspective. How do you structure your baby storytime? Do you use music? Do
you have a limit on how many participants you take at a t ime? Any help is
appreciated. I'm a bit nervous about the program. Thanks!
Ilene N. Lefkowitz
Youth Services Librarian
Mount Olive Public Library
ILefkowitz@aol.com
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Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 15:10:37 -0600 (MDT)
From: Kathy Barco <kbarco@albuq.rgv.lib.nm.us>
Subject: Baltimore, anyone?
I was informed last week that I will be representing the
Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Library System on a 6-person team from
Albuquerque attending the 1999 Joint CityMatCH Urban MCH Leadership &
National
League of Cities Your City's Families Conference to be held in Baltimore
September 15 - 18. I'd love to get in touch with any other librarians who
will be attending. Please reply to me directly. Thanks!
Kathy Barco <kbarco@albuq.rgv.lib.nm.us>
Children's Librarian
Los Griegos Branch Library
1000 Griegos Rd. NW
Albuquerque NM 87107-3749
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Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 17:09:33 -0600
From: Jo-Anne Cooper <wpl1@incentre.net>
Subject: value of videos for adult learning
I am applying for a Community Lottery Grant from the County of
Wetaskiwin. The project I have selected is a video collection of
"how-to and instructional videos". My argument is that these videos
will assist rural users who don't have access to cable, live far enough
away that it is difficult to come in to workshops, have erratic hours of
work, may be from an ethnic background, perhaps have little
post-secondary education and have a visual learning style. Do you know
of any data that supports the use of non-fiction videos for life long
learning? Are you aware of any statistics that might be relavent to
this proposal? I am thinking of topics such as computers, home
renovation, gardening, health and hobbies. Thanks for your assistance.
- --
Jo-Anne C. Cooper
Manager of Library Services
Wetaskiwin Public Library
5002 - 51 Avenue
Wetaskiwin, Alberta.
T9A 0V1
Phone 1-780-352-4055
FAX 1-780-352-3266
e-mail wpl1@ccinet.ab.ca
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Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 16:06:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kirsten Edwards <kirstedw@kcls.org>
Subject: Re: Free Expression Network: An Appeal to Reason
On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, Charlette Hines Poteat wrote:
> parents are the only ones who should have a say over
> what their under 18 children watch read or listen>
Aside from agreeing with you, it's clear that most Americans and
the law in most cases agrees that parental control and parental rights have
limits: Where harm or neglect occurs, for example.
If the behaviour is reading, watching, listening or playing a video game
and causing harm (which, natch, we don't define, but pass on) are they
culpably neglectful?
When it comes to reading the knee-jerk answer is "of course not". When
it
comes to listening or viewing, it's sortakindamaybe. Which implies that
reading is a thing quite different from the other behaviours and also that
we haven't thought things through yet :-)
Kirsten A. Edwards "It's 1999, of course they have a list of them
kirstedw@kcls.org on the Web, everything's on the Web these days,
when I was in school, we would have had to walk
to the LIBRARY and find a bunch of DEAD TREES
glued together on a DUSTY SHELF, and it would
have been OUT OF DATE ANYWAY!" - C.K. Davis
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Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 15:55:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kirsten Edwards <kirstedw@kcls.org>
Subject: Re: An Appeal to Reason
On Sun, 5 Sep 1999, Berry wrote:
> 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.
> You say censorship is wrong, then turn around and say it is okay to censor
our own children.
Oh, how fun! We get to "define our terms." Okay, do we want to use
censorship to mean *any* restriction of access to various documents
in various media by anyone. (I.e., parents ought to excercise a
benign censorship over their child's TV-viewing) or do we mean
only restriction of access (&etc) by government?
Now that's done, can we talk about why we allow governments to keep your,
my, & everyone's children safe from everything *but*, say violent images?
Might it not be because (1) government restriction on the means of
communication is inherently dangerous - perhaps the risk to society as a
whole is so much greater than the marginal increase in safety to some
children -? Or because (2) there is genuine disagreement that violent
images are harmful? (although plenty of disengenuous refusal to debate the
issue fairly) or even (3) some other perfectly good reason I haven't
thought of yet... ?
Here's a hypothetical question. Let's imagine that we - that is a
sizeable majority of most Americans - reached a consensus on what
documents (sorry, I just don't buy the "we dispense information" idea.
It's even worse than "we dispense knowledge". We've got documents
contained
in various media - but that's another hobby horse :-) in what media
actually caused measurable damage - either mental or emotional. What should
we - as a society - do about it?
Kirsten A. Edwards "It's 1999, of course they have a list of them
kirstedw@kcls.org on the Web, everything's on the Web these days,
when I was in school, we would have had to walk
to the LIBRARY and find a bunch of DEAD TREES
glued together on a DUSTY SHELF, and it would
have been OUT OF DATE ANYWAY!" - C.K. Davis
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Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 19:46:11 -0400
From: Bryce <Bryce@exchg1.palsplus.org>
Subject: RE: Book Bingo
Hi, Sue! I've done a Beverly Cleary Bingo for my Beverly Cleary Birthday
Party. I used plain 8 1/2 X 11 computer paper and made a board with 9
squares. I put Beverly Cleary's name in the middle as the "free space"
and
used titles and characters from her books to fill in the rest of the boxes.
I had 10 different cards and then mixed the rest up (3 from this card, 2
from that...)to get my other 10. The prizes were 10 mini birthday bears in
birthday bags (I got this at "the dollar store"). The first round took
about 15 minutes before we found a winner (full card bingo only). After the
first round we had the kids keep their chips on the card and kept playing
until we had given all the prizes out. The kids had so much fun, they kept
wanting to play! My party ended up being 1 hour instead of the 1/2 hour I
had planned.
Let me know if you need anything else. Hope this helps!
Richard Bryce
Senior Children's Librarian
West Milford Township Library
973-728-2823
bryce@exchg1.palsplus.org
"It was always said of him that he knew how to keep Christmas well...and so
as Tiny Tim observed, 'God Bless Us, Everyone'!" (Charles Dickens, A
Christmas Carol)
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Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 15:44:34 -0500
From: Karen Sutherland <ksutherland@bplib.org>
Subject: Re: Free Expression Network: An Appeal to Reason
Hi!
How sad for your. My parents made the Bible a rich part of our lives
and we were encouraged to memorize and love it.
Charlette Hines Poteat wrote:
> 2 thumbs up carol...rather than pretending to our
> children that certain things don't exist we should
> take the opportunities when they arise to listen and
> talk to them about life--good/bad--talk to them in
> terms they understand and answer only the questions
> they ask. i realize this is going to require more
> time and patience by parents, but then that is what
> parents are for...peace
> by the way...the book that terrified me as a child was
> the Bible...and the only answers i ever got about
> that was "don't question" needless to say, that
> terrified me more...especially since my father was a
> Baptist peacher.
> ---
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