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Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 18:47:14 -0400 (EDT)
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Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 18:16:50 -0500
From: James Asbury <jamesasbury@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Free Expression Network: An Appeal to Reason
somebody wrote:
> 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?
By allowing filtering as an option. For
parents, that
means they decide what access their
children have,
which I believe to be consistent with
the First
Amendment, when they grant Internet
privileges.
For adults who want it, it means that on
specific
machines, the filter can be toggled.
The technology for all of this is
currently available.
- --
James "Berry" Asbury
jamesasbury@yahoo.com
_________________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 15:24:53 -0500
From: "Linda Waddle (Esther Murphy)" <emurphy@ala.org>
Subject: TeenHoopla Redesign!
Teen Hoopla doesn't look the same. That's right -- the Teen Hoopla web
site has been redesigned. It's all got a new look -- designed by Sara
Ryan, a member of YALSA's Teen Web Site Advisory Committee.
Visit the site and you'll find the same content:
* Say What? forums on summer reading, teen violence, and other topics
of
the day
* Book reviews written by teens about everything from Stephen King
to
Louisa May Alcott
* Links to interesting sites including the new "Hi Tech Fun"
category
See it for yourself http://www.ala.org/teenhoopla/
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
TeenHoopla is a collection of online resources for young adults ages
12 through 18. The site was developed by the Young Adult Library
Services Association, a division of the American Library Association.
For more information: Phone:800-545-2433 x4390; E-Mail:yalsa@ala.org
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Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 13:58:42 -0400 (EDT)
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Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 17:03:59 -0500
From: Karen Sutherland <ksutherland@bplib.org>
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Hi!
We use J but some libraries in the area also use JUV
Kathryn Prestidge wrote:
> My director would us to change our "+" designation in the call
number for
> children's books to either "J" or "Juv" or "
Child" or " Children's". We
> both prefer "Juv" or "J", personally, but I think it is
libraryese and not
> apparent to the average library user that this item is in the Children's
> Department. What does your library use? Is JUV still common?
>
> In our data base, the call number is followed by a descriptive phrase
> like "Children's Fiction" or "Children's Nonfiction"
which helps the user
> find them in plain language.
>
> Kathy Prestidge Wisher, Liar, Magic Bean Buyer
> New London Public Library
> 406 S. Pearl St./New London/WI 54961
> kprestid@owls.lib.wi.us
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Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 17:30:15 -0500 (CDT)
From: Julie Linneman <juliel@wichita.lib.ks.us>
Subject: RE: Don't Call Me Little Bunny
In response to how to get reviews/opinions for the 1988 book "Don't Call
Me Little Bunny" by Solotareff:
If you have access to the Internet, try going to the webpage for Barnes
and Noble (http://www.barnesandnoble.com/). On their searchable website,
I have discovered they have more full-text reviews than any other free
site that I know of. For this particular title, they have a review from
School Library Journal and one from Publisher's Weekly. For some
titles, they show reviews from SLJ, PW, Bulletin of the Center for
Children's Books, Kirkus, Horn Book, Booklist, VOYA, Children's Lit.,
Multicultural Review, Quill and Quire, etc.
In comparison, amazon.com only has customer comments for this title,
although they sometimes have a review or two as well. Another option for
review sources is the webpage for Book Wholesalers (www.bwibooks.com).
Their searchable database is free but you must sign up for a password, and
they have full text only for School Library Journal, although they do cite
other children's book review sources where the book was reviewed. (NOTE:
They only do children's/YA books...)
If anyone knows of other sources of free, full-text reviews, I would love
to get it, as the above-mentioned information, which I have only recently
(and joyously) discovered, has helped me tremendously.
Hope this helps.
Julie Linneman
juliel@wichita.lib.ks.us
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Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 15:46:11 -0700
From: "torrie" <torrie@ci.burlington.wa.us>
Subject: RE: mother daughter book group challenge
Hear! Hear! Don't forget the plight of the "home-Daddy." More and
more are bringing their kids to the library for programs.
Also, there are loving grandparents, aunts & uncles, babysitters,
family friends, etc. who all play an important adult role in a child's
or teen's life.
How about a book group for "teens and their favorite adult?" Just
tossing around some ideas. I think some caregivers would think
they were excluded from an activity because of the name, and
wouldn't bother to ask if they could join.
(This has been nagging at me since my husband recently went
looking for a playgroup--he's a wonderful home-Daddy. He found
Mothers Of PreSchoolers, Mommy-and-Me, etc. and promptly
chickened out since he was sure that the moment he walked in, an
uncomfortable silence would fall as all the "girl talk" ceased.)
It may not be practical, but it's something to keep in mind....
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, 17 Sep 1999 06:47:42 -0400
From: "Earl and Kirsten Martindale" <earlmart@bellsouth.net>
Subject: 40's activities
Dear Yaccers,=20
I'm in need of activities related to the decade 1940's for first =
graders. Poems, crafts, anything that can be presented or displayed. It =
seems, that in a presentation where each grade was assigned a decade, I =
drew the proverbial short straw! Thanks for any help you can offer!
Kirsten Martindale
Buford, GA
earlmart@bellsouth.net
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Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 08:09:44 -0400
From: Sue Albert <skalbert@dreamscape.com>
Subject: Book Bingo Summary
Hello everyone!
Here is the summary of responses I received about various ways to play Book
Bingo. Special thanks to Jen Vanston, Grace Slaughter, Judy Stewart, Lin
Look, Jill Heffner, DJ Lilly, Deb Hiett, and Richard Bryce for sharing
their experiences.
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>There is a commercial version of Book Bingo available (I don't know who
>puts it out though) Basically, it is played exactly like Bingo, but
>instead of calling out "b3" you would call out "Gary
Paulsen" If you have
>"Gary Paulsen" on your card, you place a marker on the board. Play
>continues until someone gets five in a row.
>
>You could make up your own boards by making up a sheet with squares and
>typing in authors and titles. If you wanted to make the game run longer
>(and create more interest in the books) you could draw out the answer
>more. For example, "A book in which an orphan who is despised by his
aunt,
>uncle and cousin is sent a letter welcoming him to the Hogwarts School
>for Wizards and Witches." You'll know who knows the answer by the way
they
>squirm! HOWEVER, they do NOT have to know the answer, because after you
>read the clue (or book trailer, if you prefer to call it) you could
>announce, "and the answer is HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S
STONE".
>***************************************************************************
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>This is not exactly bingo, but it is a book game that might work with your
kids.
>
>During the summer I have a game sheet that I reproduce on heavy colored
stock
>(originally, or regular colored stock, both work well with my young
adults). There
>are five different categories:
>
>A book from 500s_______________
>A Folk or Fairy Tale Book_________
>A Book from 600s_______________
>A Book from 900s_______________
>A Book about Sports_____________
>
>A Science Fiction Book____________
>A Caldecott Award Book__________
>A Book from 700s________________
>A Biography_____________________
>A Newbery Award Book___________
>
>A Book About a Country___________
>A Mystery_______________________
>A Book About an Animal(s)__________
>A Book from 800s_________________
>A Chapter Book___________________
>
>A Caldecott Award Book____________
>A Fiction Chapter Book_____________
>An Historical Fiction________________
>A Science Fiction Book______________
>A Book from the 300s_______________
>
>A Newbery Award Book_____________
>A Biography_______________________
>A Poetry Book_____________________
>A Mystery_________________________
>An Historical Fiction Book_____________
>
>Each group of categories is presented within a shape. Last year our summer
>reading theme was "Surf's Up: Read" and the shape was a surf
board. This
summer
>our theme was "Reading Road Trip" and the shape was a suitcase.
>
>On the same sheet of paper goes a line for the name, the reading theme,
and the
>instructions:
>How many suitcases can you fill?
>Fill each suitcase with the titles of the books you read in the required
>categories. You will get a prize from the treasure chest each time you
fill up a
>suitcase. If you fill them all, you will get an additional prize. Only
enter
>books that you have read for the 1st time.
>
>Our treasure chest has inexpensive trinkets from Oriental Trading or
coupons for
>free fries/burger/drink from local fast food donations.
>
>This has worked well with my young adults, and the children's librarian
(who clued
>me in to the game) uses it with the older elementary kids. Another way to
>encourage reading...
>*****************************************************************************
>Funny you should ask, I just did a Book Bingo program on Friday here. I
pulled
>it out of the file as a quickie program because the local teachers are on
>strike and I was trying to do something to entertain the kids who are
bored to
>tears.
>
>I made the game myself, don't know of any on the market. I drew a grid 4
>squares by 4 squares. I then typed a list of favorite children's books,
>probably about 40. Then I started hand writing books randomly, making
>different cards. Oh, I forgot to say I put the title "Book TItle
Bingo" at
the
>top of the blank grid, ran it through the copier using card stock. Then I
hand
>wrote in the book titles, making sure to use them all at least twice. Then I
>cut my list of titles up into strips of paper and these were the slips I
"drew"
>out of the box to call out. I have played it successfully with a mixed age
>group even non readers if they help each other "spot" the titles
or if adult
>helps them locate it. I usually have them call out "bingo" and get
a
prize for
>4 in a row but keep on going until next winner, then have a winner for whole
>card filled.
>
>The kids love it. It took awhile to make it but I have used it many times.
>***************************************************************************
***
> The cards were homemade, but I wouldn't be surprised
>if there's a commercial product out there now. Let me see if I can describe
>how it works:
>
>The cards that the kids used looked like regular Bingo cards, only there
>were book titles in place of the numbers. They were hand-produced and
>filled in by typewriter and covered with contact paper (no laminator). There
>was a free spot in the center.
>
>A Friend of the Library donated a HUGE jar of buttons, so the kids used that
>as markers. You could purchase plastic bingo markers, or just cut them out
>of card stock.
>
>As caller (proper term?), I had a box of small cards with 'B--Curious
>George' or 'I--Madeline' on them, and I would stir it up, pull out a card
>and call them out, and wait for the yelp from the audience. I had a long
>grid on which I placed the cards, so I could keep track of what I had
>already called.
>
>We did it for Summer Reading, and it was Enormously Popular. We averaged
>about 30+ kids. We gave away some freebies (book posters, extra
>paperbacks), but the draw was the game. After kids had won a prize, they
>continued to play, even though they couldn't win another prize (we did give
>them a hand stamp). In my last workplace, a co-worker, a Bingo aficionado,
>created cards and also found it to be popular. I don't think she gave any
>prizes at all.
>
>We had any age (up to 13) play. Little ones who couldn't read, had someone
>to help them. We mixed picture book titles with grade school titles. I put
>the books featured on display.
>
I can't tell you how many titles I
>used. I think it was between 30 and 40.
>***************************************************************************
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>We started playing Book Bingo at my library a few summers ago and now it's
an annual program for summer reading, grades 1-5.
>I started it by making my own cards, including a free space, and using
words that applied to that summer's theme--when the theme was Chase the
Wave, the bingo cards had words such as shark, clam, whale, etc.: when the
theme was Blast off with Books, the words were Earth, Moon, Venus, space,
galaxy, etc.
>Then I got smart and now I have generic cards I made during the winter and
now use every summer--Caldecott and Newbery winners, as well as classics,
or classic characters, such as King of the Wind, Little House, Misty,
Hitty, Arrow to the Sun, etc. After I made the cards, I ticky-tackied them
for durability. And of course, I made a master list in alphabetical
order, with the master calling tags in coded colors--all Bs are green, Is
are pink, etc.--to make it easier when we call back the bingo winners.
>
>This is a very popular program. Everyone wins something...if not a book
then a coupon from a local merchang for something. First win is book, if
child wins again, it's a coupon for ice cream cone at McDonalds.
>
>
>Drawback: little ones (and some older ones too) have limited reading
vocabulary. Little ones bring an adult reading partner and I have plenty
of teen volunteers to unobtrusively help the other struggling readers.
>
>This is so much fun that the teen volunteers wanted to do it for one of
their summer programs...so we do, every summer!
>***************************************************************************
***
>My previous boss forwarded your Book Bingo inquiry
>to me, and I thought I would respond. The game that
>we played many times for our Summer Reading Club
>kickoffs and other events with a lot of success
>involved us making cards ourselves. I have no idea if
>there is a commercial project out there or not, but I
>always thought it was a good idea to use titles that
>you actually owned at the library so, if, by chance,
>the kids wanted to go looking for them, they could.
>Basically, the cards look just like Bingo cards with
>five columns--one for each category of books (i.e.
>picture books, easy readers, non-fiction, chapter
>books, science fiction) that fits in with your
>collection divisions. You'll need 15 different titles
>for each category. Then just make the card outlines
>and run off sheets with the titles and cut up the
>titles and glue them on to the cards so that each card
>is different. Be careful not to get two of the same
>title on the same card.
>*****************************************************************************
>I run a "bingo for books" program a couple of times a yr. The kids
love it!
>We just play a regular bingo game and who ever wins the game chooses a
book as a prize. The bingo sheets are made of paper and the kids just put
an X over the number with a crayon. We play several games depending on how
many games we can play in the allotted time frame. Our program lasts 45-60
min. The winner of the first game gets a card with #1 printed on it,
winner of second game gets a card with #2 printed on it etc. After five
games the children pick out their prizes with winner of game #1 going
first, winner of game #2 choosing second etc. I run the program for grades
Readiness and up. It's a lot of fun, the kids love it and there is very
little prep time.
>***************************************************************************
****
>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.
>***************************************************************************
****
Thanks again!
Sue Albert
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Susan K. Albert, Children's Librarian
Dewitt Community Library
3649 Erie Blvd. East
Dewitt, NY 13214-1799
(315) 446-3578
skalbert@dreamscape.com
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Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 09:16:00 -0400
From: "Townshend, Peggy" <PTownshend@mailserv.gcpl.lib.oh.us>
Subject: RE: mother daughter book group challenge
I understand very well the difficulties of requiring a certain parent to
be present. I have worked with children in various capacities for 20
years and this has always been a problem for children lacking the
requisite parent. So, I am starting a parent-child book discussion
group for kids ages 11-14 with a parent. We will start with Harry
Potter, and depending on the make-up of the group choose other books
that will appeal to any readers. I welcome suggestions of titles that
you feel could be enjoyed by boys and girls and men and women.
Peggy Townshend, Yellow Springs Community Library
Yellow Springs, OH
Ptownshend@mailserv.gcpl.lib.oh.us
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Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 09:46:03 -0500 (CDT)
From: Lola Teubert <lolat@evans.evcpl.lib.in.us>
Subject: Re: Nursing home programs
Dear Linda Allen and all,
I have presented programs to nursing homes and find if I wear a costume, carry
out ethnic themes since they have varied cultural backgrounds; sing with
them-take words for activity directors and those residents who are able to
participate; I take my auto-harp-well, not right now as a large dog walking
with his "guardians" no leash went after my Bear(siberian huskie/collie-107
lbs & I weigh in at 87) hit the curb and neighbors rock garden with my left
wrist and cracked the metatarsil of my lft hand0glad not my right. I recently
taught residents at Nursing Home where my husband is now - THE HUKILAU Song
and hulu. They really enjopyed that even though some could only sing! Morning
is best though I did that at 2, but there are so many things that have to be
done by the staff in morning they usually schedule me in afternoon.
Good luck and it makes you think and BE GRATEFUL.
Happy fall!
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: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 10:48:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mary Vanstone <mvanstone@tln.lib.mi.us>
Subject: Re: pubyac V1 #818
Regarding turning down the volume on computers: how many of you out there
require headphones be used when accessing computers? We are a class 5
library and have 6 computers in our children's area. We require patrons to
wear headphones when they access anything with sound. We did not have them
our first month in operation and the noise was unbearable. I am in
agreement that the wrestling sites can produce some real noise polution
but listening to the Arthur theme song non-stop during an eight hour shift
is also torture. Having a policy of headphone usage is not censoring
individuals if you have the same policy for all and therefore eliminates
the problem. Unfortunately the expense of headphone replacement is
unbelievable. I'm spending over $200 a year. Still looking for
solutions...
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Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 11:46:09 -0500
From: Karen Sutherland <ksutherland@bplib.org>
Subject: comment
Hi!
Do any of you have patron comment cards or forms that you give patrons.
I mean something that we could give a patron when they pay us a
compliment or when they
have a complaint. I am looking for something -- to the point -- that I
could hand a
library patron right on the spot.
Will post suggestions if anyone is interested.
Thanks
Karen Sutherland
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