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Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 20:18:37 -0400 (EDT)
To: pubyac-digest@nysernet.org
Subject: pubyac V1 #818
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Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 15:22:03 -0400 (EDT)
From: Sally Warburton <swarburt@vsla.edu>
Subject: Grant Writing
Has anyone written a grant for monies to "update" their Young
Adult area? Anyone with ANY good ideas or inspirations please
contact me.
Sally
swarburt@vsla.edu
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Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 08:55:43 -0400
From: "Frusti, Fern, Ms." <frustif@nwc.navy.mil>
Subject: RE: teen volunteers
Teen volunteers could also be used to write "reviews" - either for
your newsletter (or one that you may contribute to), or post on a
special bulletin board display.
Or, create a physical display of "favorite" books chosen by your teen
volunteers. (Mary's pick of the week, John's pick of the week).
This would create an opportunity for more teens to volunteer, and use
teens with different talents! Any more ideas?
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Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 11:21:01 -0400
From: Carol.Baughman@kdla.net
Subject: MUDs
In the same vein, some of you may want to check out:
http://admin.gnacademy.org:8001/~lost/index.html
<http://admin.gnacademy.org:8001/~lost/index.html>
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 16:23:11 -0700
From: "REBECCA HIGGERSON" <RHIGGERSON@sacramento.lib.ca.us>
Subject: Halloween puppet play responses
Dear Pubyacers,
Thanks for your patience. I've finally gotten around to passing along your
suggestions for a Halloween puppet show. Thanks to:
Heather Robinson for _Piggie Pie_ by Margie Palatini
Rebecca Cohen for "The Fifth Witch" from _Puppet plays for special
days_ by Eleanor Boylan
CW2190 for _Humbug Witch_ by Lorna Balian
Anne Lemay for suggesting some of Alvin Schwartz's scary stories
Anne & Roger Hall for suggesting rewriting either "The Coffin
Story" or "Wrapping Paper"
We've decided to do an adaptation of _Piggie Pie_ and are calling the show,
"Which meal is witch or don't wolf down your food." Thanks for the
script, Heather.
********************************
Rebecca Higgerson
Youth Services Librarian
Sacramento Public Library
828 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95630
(916)264-2845
rhiggerson@sacramento.lib.ca.us
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Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 12:22:31 -0500
From: Peggy Northcraft <mdu002@mail.connect.more.net>
Subject: DVD
To All and Sundry of the Great Minds of Pubyac:
My director has asked me to justify a request for computers equipped with
DVD drives. Any thoughts?
TIA
Peggy
Margaret "Peggy" Northcraft
"Librarians give safe harbor to the thoughts and dreams, knowledge and
aspirations of humankind." Me
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Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 08:10:47 -0700
From: "Charlette Hines Poteat" <charlettehines@eudoramail.com>
Subject: Choices
Any age can pull up nude pictures from movies, web sites or any number of
seemingly harmless links.
We have even had an absolutely embarrassing situation
here where a child typed in whitehouse.com instead of
whitehouse.gov. Though I am no prude, these are things
I, myself, was able to avoid all my 48yrs. but now
have flashed in my face whether I want to see them or
not. I am still adamant about NO censorship except
by the parents and guardians of the children using
computers. I do have another question....Is it
censorship if I ask the kids who are looking up
wrestling to turn down the sound because the language
is offensive to anyone in the library?
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On Mon, 13 Sep 1999 12:59:47 David Serchay wrote:
>Here's an interesting question: Can a 16 year old call up a naked picture
>from a pg-13 rated movies (ie. Titanic)?
>
>David
>
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>
>David Serchay
>a013213t@bc.seflin.org
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>
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 20:01:28 -0400
From: Charles Schacht <schachtc@libcoop.net>
Subject: Re: An Appeal to Reason
Kirsten Edwards wrote:
> 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?
Seems to me the same as we do with other demonstrably harmful products like
cars,
guns, alcohol, cigarettes etc. - make their use an adult prerogative. We
already make some attempt to do this by having a rating scale for movies (which
should be a lot stricter for violence IMHO) , limiting the sale of pornography
to
adults etc.. I'm not wild about the prospect, but I think it would probably make
more sense than blilthly ignoring the evidence and allowing the harm to
continue.
Chuck Schacht
Romeo District Library
Romeo, MI.
Whose opinions are his own alone and have no relation to his institution's
policies.
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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 13:25:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kathleen Schuller <kmschuller@yahoo.com>
Subject: Minnesota Librarian I job opening
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Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 07:56:46 -0400
From: "Kendra Nan Skellen" <kskellen@gwinnettpl.org>
Subject: RE: mother daughter book group challenge
Coming from a single parent home I always felt left out when they would hold
father/daughter programs. Or mother/daughter programs when I was at my
fathers house. (They lived 1500 miles apart) It is the child who is hurt
by the group specifying the gender of the parent. Why not just make it a
parent/daughter program and a parent/son program. This way the girls and
the boys do get to have their seperate programs but are not left out if
their parent happens to be of the opposite sex.
>
> I would like to thank everyone who responded to my question about the
> challenge to our mother daughter book group. To clarify the
> situation a bit,
> it seemed to me (who did not speak with the patron) that he
> wanted to attend
> our group with his daughter. Whether or not he directly asked to
> attend and
> was told no is unclear. We are starting a group for boys of the
> same ages
> and their choice of a caregiver.
>
> All in all, it has been a very educational experience and I again thank
> everyone for their advice and thoughts on the matter. At this
> point, I am
> not sure what we are going to do. We might end up changing the
> name so it
> doesn't read Mother-Daughter.
>
> Ilene Lefkowitz
> Youth Services Librarian
> Mount Olive Public Library
> ILefkowitz@aol.com
>
Kendra Nan Skellen
Librarian II - Programming & Outreach
Gwinnett County Public Library
1001 Lawrenceville Highway
Lawrenceville, GA 30045
770-277-6011
FAX 770-822-5379
kskellen@gwinnettpl.org
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 21:25:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: "<Lesley Knieriem>" <lknierie@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
Subject: Re: Free Expression Network: An Appeal to Reason
I've tried to stay out of this discussion, because I'm not sure
*what* I think -- on the one hand I think that filters are a lousy idea
until we can trust them to read minds and make value judgments, i.e.,
never; on the other hand, I myself have run across a lot of sites that
shocked and offended *me* (and that's not easy!), not by accident but
because I have been deliberately tricked into it by hidden HTML codes and
deceptive site names, and sometimes these sites just don't "go away with a
click on the X". What really bothers me is that this is not a case of
denying me information that I wanted; it's a case of tricking me into
viewing information that I definitely *didn't* want. I don't think that
preventing the latter comes under the headings of censorship.
I think Chuck has a valid point with his distinction between
words, ideas, and information on the one hand, and images on the other.
Let's put it this way: if a man in the children's room was deliberately
unzipping and showing his penis to children, I think we all pretty much
agree on how we would react. How should we react to pushers of web
pornography who trick children into viewing something much more graphic
when they do a search on (for example) "pokemon"?
As a parent, personally, my philosophy has always been that
if children are old enough to ask a question (or seek out the
information), they're probably old enough to deserve an answer. So let's
talk about the technological issue, as opposed to the moral; how can I
prevent access to *unwanted* information *by accident or deception*, while
still allowing access to the same item to the patron who, for whatever
reason, deliberately seeks it out?
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~ Lesley Knieriem ~
~ YA / Reference Librarian (516) 549-4411 ~
~ South Huntington Public Library fax (516) 549-6832 ~
~ Huntington Station, NY 11746 lknierie@suffolk.lib.ny.us ~
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~ Twill make Old Women Young and Fresh; Create New Motions of the ~
~ Flesh; and cause them long for you know what, If they but Taste ~
~ of Chocolate. -- James Wadworth (1768 -1844) ~
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Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 11:44:42 -0700
From: "Carrie Eldridge" <celdridge@sanjuan.lib.wa.us>
Subject: The magic of Harry Potter
Harry Potter is on the cover of Time magazine!!!! What a world!
Carrie Eldridge
San Juan Island Library District
Friday Harbor, WA 98250
360-378-2798
360-378-2706
celdridge@sanjuan.lib.wa.us
"I eat words wherever
I find them but am no wiser.
Keep your books under lock and key
or they'll be devoured by me!"
what am I?
-from "Riddle Road: puzzles in poems and
pictures" illustrated by Erik Blegvad
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Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 11:45:38 -0400
From: Charles Schacht <schachtc@libcoop.net>
Subject: Re: Free Expression Network: An Appeal to Reason
The first line of my response below should have read "Ideas, stories and
INFORMATION...) Doesn't really make a lot of sense the way I originally sent it
in. Embarrassed - Chuck
Charles Schacht wrote:
> > Carol Edwards wrote
> >
> > Our training is not in being good moral citizens who can make expert
judgments about what is good for kids or adults. It is in making the world of
ideas, stories and information available to the public--everyone.
>
> If we're talking ideas, stories and images, I'm with you nearly all the
way. Ah - but what about the world of IMAGES? Seems to me as though society has
traditionally deemed this to be a horse of a different color, for some
reasonably good reasons.
>
> Chuck Schacht
> Romeo District Library
> Romeo, MI.
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 20:13:45 -0500
From: James Asbury <jamesasbury@yahoo.com>
Subject: I'm not John Berry
It has come to my attention that some are confusing me with John Berry,
editor of The Library Journal. I am not. I don't know him, never met him,
don't want people to confuse me for him or him for me. I certainly do not
want him to be blamed for my positions, which apparently aren't real
popular. To help out, I have changed my identity field from my nickname to
my full name. If my signature file continues to confuse, please let me know
and I'll change that, as well.
- --
Berry
jamesasbury@yahoo.com
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