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Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 11:21:14 -0400 (EDT)
To: pubyac-digest@nysernet.org
Subject: pubyac V1 #844
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Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 12:05:38 -0400
From: "Denise P. Stout" <dpstout@ccls.org>
Subject: RE: Library staff training policies
We already have. I am a paraprofessional ith professional duties. I love
my job, but I am limited in growth until I get MLS. It has caused me some
problems, but I have unique skills that others do not, and that is my
advantage.
Denise M. Pulgino Stout, Youth Services Outreach Librarian
Chester County Public Library
450 Exton Square Parkway
Exton PA 19341
610.280.2672
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Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 10:34:52 -0500
From: Carol Thornton-Anderson <meltonkids@smithville.net>
Subject: Pokemon
Just thought I'd pass it along if ya'll hadn't seen it, there's a
Beckett Pokemon Collector magazine. I picked up a single copy ($3.99)
just to see what the kids would think and there's been a lot of gasping
with excitement. Will the craze last long enough for a year's
subscription? Maybe!
Cat Thornton-Anderson
Youth Services
Melton Public Library
French Lick, IN
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Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 10:50:28 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Catherine E. Ingram" <ceingram@starbase1.htls.lib.il.us>
Subject: professional -vs- para-professional
I really do understand what you are saying. Not that I went into
libraries for the money, but we are not paid as well as others with
Masters. And it is sorta painful to hear- "you have to have a degree for
this job?" I worked HARD for my degree!
I do not hold myself above anyone. I have worked circ. I have shelved.
I had 3 1/2 years of experience in different libraries before I even
started my masters.
Frankly, what I think the MLS does is give you an overview that one might
lack if they do not have the MLS. I work with a man who is GREAT at local
history. The best on the staff NO question. He knows Joliet stuff like
the back of his hand. However, if he were to walk into a different
library (different than the one he has professionaly grown in) I think his
learning curve would be longer than mine.
We should give ALL staff the respect they deserve. But, I think that my
skills and education have a place too.
Catherine
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On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Merle MacNab wrote:
> Excuse me, but I think it is about time that we STOP referring to our
> clerical and/or support staff as nonprofessional! I have been hearing
> this term for over 21 years and it makes me angry! Everyone who works
> in a library acts professionally or they don't stay ... everyone should be
> treated as a professional, and addressed as such. What is the problem
> we have with our self image that we have to segregate ourselves from our
> support staff as though we were "Better" than them?! As far as
the
> public is concerned, ANYONE who works in a library is a librarian ... they
> don't care about your MLS, Really!!!!!!
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Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 11:26:40 -0600 (CST)
From: Claire Isaac <cisaac@rpl.regina.sk.ca>
Subject: Harry Potter website
A number of people have mentioned that there is a play on the Scholastic
Harry Potter website. I have looked on the website but I can't find it.
Could someone let me know where it is?
Thanks very much.
Claire Isaac
Regina Public Library
Regina, Saskatchewan
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Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 14:15:05 EDT
From: "Rebecca Domonkos" <rebeccadomonkos@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: phonics materials (long)
>
>I'm sorry--I guess I missed something. What are the Bob books?
Bob books are a series of very easy readers written by Bobby Lynn Maslen.
They are sold in sets--not individually. The sets are simply labeled "Bob
Books" and "More Bob Books."
My posting was in response to a previous question about whether libraries
are circulating them as a set or by the individual book.
Rebecca Domonkos
Boca Raton Public Library
rebeccadomonkos@hotmail.com
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Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 14:23:01 -0400
From: Charles Schacht <schachtc@libcoop.net>
Subject: Re: super-religious anti-Potter mom
Karen - some parents are undoubtedly convinced that they have good reasons for
keeping their children locked in closets for days at a time, too; this doesn't
mean that the rest of the world is bound to respect and agree with those
reasons. Parental authority is generally to be respected by other caring and
rational adults, but we err grieviously if we make a sacred cow out of it.
There is a school of thought which holds that children also have rights which
deserve our serious care, the right to think for oneself and to decline to
become a parental clone being perhaps not the least among them. Life certainly
can get grim in a hurry when parents who don't know best are absolutely
convinced that they do, and God help the child who disagrees; I suspect that
their children are the ones who need us most of all.
Chuck Schacht
Romeo District Library
Romeo, MI.
karen correa wrote:. The
> mother has reasons for why she does not want her daughter to read Harry
> Potter and does not need to explain them.
>
> Karen Correa
> Pasco County Library System
> Karen_correa@hotmail.com
> Karenc@pasco.lib.fl.us
>
> >Catherine Quattlebaum wrote:
> >
> > > My daughter's best friend got Harry Potter #1 for her birthday
and loved
> > > it. Her mom, who is super-religious Catholic and censors
> > > EVERYTHING,banned her from reading any others. As I speak, the
girl is
> > > upstairs in my daughter's bedroom finishing Harry Potter #2. Does
this
> > > make me a bad mother ? (Or merely a subversive?)
> > >
> >
> >
>
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Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 12:29:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: georgi sandgren <ivylane3@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Author b-days over Teen Read Week
Hi Tracey,
Here are some author and illustrator birthdays:
10/17/21 Judith Caseley
10/18 Susan Jeschke
10/18/30 Nancy Winslow Parker
10/18/17 Florence Engel Randall
10/19/50 Donna Diamond
10/20/43 John R. Erickson
10/20/50 Nikki Grimes
10/20/06 Crockett Johnson
10/21/44 Janet Ahlberg
10/21/29 Ursula K. LeGuin
10/22/82 N.C. Wyeth
10/23 Lydia Dabcovich
10/23/97 Marjorie Flack
10/23/41 P.J. Petersen
Obviously these are not all YA authors, but may be
useful . I got this list from a Perma-Bound
Author-Illustrator calendar, and looked up the year of
birth in Something About the Author. A couple of the
authors did not have year of birth listed.
Georgi
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Georgi Sandgren
Children's Librarian
East Islip Public Library
Long Island, New York
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Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 14:29:23 -0500
From: Belinda Sakowski <sakowski@grayson.edu>
Subject: Re: program p.r.
Dear Paula,
We faced a similar situation in our town. The superintendent declared that
the teachers were just being swamped with flyers from every kid
organization in town. We were able to make arrangements through the
superintendent for organizations to send flyers four times a year. Reps
from each group would meet at a central location ( the library or girls
club etc.) and put together packets of flyers that were then taken to all
the schools. At the beginning of the school year, we alson attend school
assemblies to give a short talk on programs and opportunities in each
organization. While this is not a perfect solution it has helped to get
the word out. BTW we take turns each year organizing the distribution:
getting the assembly schedule made, setting dates to put the packets
together etc. Hope this helps.
Belinda
Belinda Sakowski E-Mail: sakowski@grayson.edu
Sherman Public Library Phone: (903)892-7240
421 N. Travis Fax: (903) 892-7101
Sherman, Texas 75090
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Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 16:28:47 -0400
From: "Lewenstein, Esther" <E.Lewenstein@BrooklynPublicLibrary.org>
Subject: Re: Ideas for Young Adults
There are a number of ways to attract teenagers to the YA collection.
As someone mentioned, give them what they want. SVU, Fear Street, books
about Ricky Martin, etc. (Don't forget the good books, they read that.)
But where are the books kept. I know where I work, I'd like to move the HC
collection, because none of the teens know it's there! That helps. The
best way to attract the teens is ask them what THEY want and then do it, if
you can.
Good luck.
Esther L.
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Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 16:56:37 EDT
From: Huec01@aol.com
Subject: Re: pubyac V1 #841
In a message dated 10/08/1999 12:26:24 PM Central Daylight Time,
owner-pubyac@nysernet.org writes:
<< We circulate the BOB books individually rather than as a set. They are
very
popular. We have 3 copies of each set of titles and I rarely ever see them
on the shelves--they're usually checked out.
>>
The Bob books are very popular with homeschoolers-many homeschoolers favor
the phonics approach to reading (but not all).
Jennifer
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Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 16:47:57 -0400
From: Julie Pfeiffer <JPFEIFFER@mail.mpl.lib.oh.us>
Subject: Stumper: Lost teddy bear
A school librarian friend of mine asked for my assistance in answering this and
now I'm opening it up to the field. Thanks.
The plot is: a girl drops her teddy bear out the window and the bear spends the
year in a tree watching the seasons go by. The bear is discovered in the fall
when the leaves fall off the tree.
Please send responses to jpfeiffer@mail.mpl.lib.oh.us
Julie Pfeiffer
Youth Services Librarian
Middletown Public Library
Middletown, Ohio
jpfeiffer@mail.mpl.lib.oh.us
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Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 12:55:13 -0600
From: LouAnne Krantz <krantzjl@centurytel.net>
Subject: Rock-y Story Time
I am having a very "rocky" time putting together a pre-school story
time
program entitled "Pebbles, Rocks, & Boulders". I do have some
books -
Stone Soup, Anansi & the Moss Covered Rock, Sylvester & the Magic Pebble
- - but I am still looking for finger plays, songs, etc. Any help would
be greatly appreciated!!!!
- --
LouAnne Krantz, Youth Services Librarian
Polson City Library
Polson, Montana
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Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 17:01:35 -0400
From: Regan Defranza <defranza@northnet.org>
Subject: JOB OPENING / NORTHERN NY
I am posting this job opening for the Director of the Massena Public
library:
The Massena Public Library seeks children's librarian. Responsiblities
also include assisting Director in administraton and adult reference.
MLS required. Salary: $26,000 - $28,000. Good benefits. Send letter of
application, resume, and names of three (3) references by Dec 15, 1999
to: Paul Schaffer, Director, Massena Public Library, 41 Glenn St.,
Massena, N.Y. 13662
For more information call: (315) 769-9914.
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Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 19:24:42 -0500
From: Jonya <lydiaasher@uswest.net>
Subject: re: p.r.
Does your town put out a newsletter that you could use to reach the
people in town? Maybe a gas company that would allow some sort of
announcement in their newsletter? Organizations in this area have
used both means to reach people.
Jonya Pacey
St. Charles Public Library
St. Charles MN
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