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Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 14:23:59 -0400 (EDT)
To: pubyac-digest@nysernet.org
Subject: pubyac V1 #845
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Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 14:40:18 -0500
From: "Linda Peterson" <lpeterson@bloomfield.lib.in.us>
Subject: Santas
I am doing a story hour in Dec. called "Santas" and would like to read
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stories about different Santas, so far I have Santa Cows, Santa Mouse, =
and Santa Mouse and the Ratdeer. Does anyone have any other titles to =
suggest?
Linda Peterson
lpeterson@bloomfield.lib.in.us
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Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 20:16:33 -0500 (EST)
From: kharned@iupui.edu
Subject: November storytime with "company/guests" theme
Hi pubyackers --
I would like to do a 4-5 year old's storytime in mid-November with a theme
of "having guests, company, etc. over" but I am really pretty stuck as
to
finding some good stories that fit in this theme. I thought "The Doorbell
Rang" by Hutchins would be a good inclusion, but where can I go from
there? I would like to use about three or four stories...and if anyone
happens to know some accompanying fingerplays, songs, etc. on this theme,
your knowledge would be highly appreciated! I'm a brand new librarian and
I can use all the help I can get. BTW, I'm trying to avoid Thanksgiving
stuff because we'll already have that covered in a different storytime.
Thanks for any and all suggestions!
Kris Harned
Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library
kharned@imcpl.lib.in.us
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Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 18:08:26 PDT
From: "diane greenbaum" <dgreads@hotmail.com>
Subject: Entertainment Weekly
Pubyaccers,
Be sure to check out the article on YA books in, of all things,
Entertainment Weekly, October 15 issue, p. 19. Good promotion!
Diane Greenbaum
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Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 22:41:34 -0400
From: Toni Buzzeo <buzzeocyll@mix-net.net>
Subject: Author Visits
Laurel Sharp wrote:
> We are setting up an author/illustrator visit in the spring here
> in Centrally New York located Liverpool (just north of Syracuse).
> Any words of wisdom? I've looked on the Web and in our own county
> catalog, as well as in Library Literature. The Web has some
> FAQ's and some individual authors, plus lists of authors who
> go to schools. We have a middle-sized budget. Does anyone know
> of a dynamite person vaguely in this area? Also, since we don't
> have the ready-made audience a school does, how do we ensure
> a good turnout?
As I wrote to Laurel, I have spent a great deal of time thinking about
the topic of author visits! I've interview public and school librarians
from all over the country on the topic as well.
For me, it's exciting to read posts on library listservs about
author/illustrator visits because that is my greatest passion in
librarianship--connecting kids with authors and illustrators in really
meaningful ways, both in person and virtually.
Over the years we have had many wonderful visits at Longfellow
School. My students remember them long after they happen, and even
during return visits, after they have moved on to middle school, they
reminisce fondly about the many bookpeople they met over their
Longfellow years. I know that kids feel the same way about the visits
they have had with bookpeople at the public library.
My book on that subject is due out in just a few more weeks from
Libraries Unlimited and I'd be happy to send any list members who are
interested a pre-pub discount flyer by e-mail.
The discount ends upon publication, slated for the first week of
November.
Best,
Toni
Toni Buzzeo, MA, MLIS
Maine Library Media Specialist of the Year
Longfellow School LMC
Portland, ME
Co-Author: TERRIFIC CONNECTIONS WITH AUTHORS, ILLUSTRATORS, AND
STORYTELLERS : REAL SPACE AND VIRTUAL LINKS ( Libraries Unlimited,
November 1999--Prepub Discount Flyers available from the authors)
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Date: Sat, 09 Oct 1999 09:48:52 -0500
From: Karen Sutherland <ksutherland@bplib.org>
Subject: Re: Favorite Electronic Resource
Hi
How about metacrawler.com.....best search engine.
Christine Neirink wrote:
> As a member of our library's Technology Team, I've been called upon to
> "informally survey colleagues about their favorite electronic
resource."
> If you've got a favorite, I would appreciate your passing it along in a
> quick reply, and if any other Pubyacers are interested in this
> information, let me now; I'll be happy to send a compiled list!
>
> Thanks very much!
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Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 11:05:03 -0700
From: "Kozloff, Rae" <raek@cityofanacortes.org>
Subject: Keychain library cards
Ours is a small library with the desk staff personally knowing the vast
majority of patrons, so we have always allowed patrons who did not remember
their
library cards to check out materials. (This is a greater problem with
children, of course.) As of January, we plan to require cards and are
considering offering keychain cards in addition to the standard card.
Before we do so, however, our director would like to know other libraries'
experiences with them. How do patrons like them?
Do they make it easier for children to have their library card with them?
s there a particular manufacturer/company you would recommend
or not recommend? What problems have you had with them in general?
Any advice or suggestions would be helpful. Thank you,
Rae Kozloff
Anacortes Public Library
rkoz@hotmail.com or raek@cityofanacortes.org
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Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 07:49:52 EDT
From: LunarHunk@aol.com
Subject: Re: KidsCat
reference@pldminfo.org writes:
> We went from NOTIS to DYNIX last October and now have to decide whether =
> or not we want to install KidsCat terminals in our children's areas in =
> each of our buildings. We would like to hear from some of the =
> experienced KidsCat users on this list.
We have KidsCat in the CLAN system in Rhode Island. It was really popular
when it first made its way into the public libraries. In the last few years,
the
number of libraries in the system using it has dwindled to a small number.
The
library I work at being one of them.
The problem, with limited desk space for public access computers, we are
considering getting rid of it and replacing it with a regular computer set up.
Our regular card catalog is available on-line, and if the computer is hooked
up to the net, the patrons still have acces to the catalog.
To answer the question of whether they use it, yeah. There has not really
been much in the line of alternatives, though, since we just switched over
from dead terminal access to the catalog to the Internet version.
I am not personally overly fond of it. It is slow, and suited primarily for
browsing purposes. It one knows a specific title or author, than clicking
through the menus is a waste of time. While that is not necessarily the
route the patron should be using in such a search, it does seem to be
the path they take anyway.
Aaron Coutu
Greenville Public Library
Greenville RI 02828
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Date: Sat, 09 Oct 99 11:00:32 MST
From: lchamp@denver.lib.co.us
Subject: harry potter help
Hello everyone. I have been watching the postings on Harry Potter
activities. I was very impressed with the ideas that were presented. I
mentioned this to my supervisor, and now she wants me to arrange one
for our library. Of course, I have deleted all those helpful messages.
I would be extrememly grateful if some of you would send your ideas to
me again. I am sorry for the duplication, but I can't seem to reach
the archives, and I'm desperate. Thanks in advance,
Lisa Champion
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Date: Sat, 09 Oct 1999 09:43:07 -0500
From: Karen Sutherland <ksutherland@bplib.org>
Subject: Re: KidsCat
Hi!
We do have a terminal in the children's dept. The problem is that we use
INNOPAC - recently changed our system from GEAC....and it is more difficult to
use than GEAC,
and we spend a lot of time teaching people how to use the new system.
You are probably going to have a similar problem in that it will take some
staff time for
patron education.
K Sutherland
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Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 14:46:16 -0700
From: "Keeney, Scott" <SKEENEY@ci.albany.or.us>
Subject: RE: Favorite Electronic Resource
Now, let's be honest.
Number one has to be your telephone: interactive, cheap, doesn't need
an I.S. person to understand it, isn't (throw)upgraded biannually, and
is thriving in its second century of providing innumerable warm, human,
customer-friendly information and data transactions.
Second: your electronic catalog, gateway to the collection and its
status, patron manipulable, current.
Third: your desktop ... electric pencil sharpener: no electrified
appliance, short of the library's heating and lighting system, will be
more heavily used, or yield more concrete product.
And fourth: maybe some of that Internet stuff.
Scott Keeney
Children's Librarian work 541-917-7591
Albany Public Library fax 541-917-7586
1390 Waverly Dr SE
Albany OR 97321 skeeney@ci.albany.or.us
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From: Christine Neirink [mailto:cneirink@vlc.lib.mi.us]
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 7:44 AM
To: pubyac@nysernet.org
Subject: Favorite Electronic Resource
As a member of our library's Technology Team, I've been called upon to
"informally survey colleagues about their favorite electronic
resource."
If you've got a favorite, I would appreciate your passing it along in a
quick reply, and if any other Pubyacers are interested in this
information, let me now; I'll be happy to send a compiled list!
Thanks very much!
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Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 12:44:42 -0400
From: "Earl and Kirsten Martindale" <earlmart@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Book topics
Dear Yaccers,=20
This is a self-serving post...but as long as the responses are posted to =
the group, it seems as though several of us aspiring writers might find =
some inspiration....so here's the question....
What books would you like to see written? What topics do patrons ask for =
that you can't seem to find?
Here's my (short) list:
Books about Columbia, South America
guppy stories
tying shoes
transition from crib to bed
Thanks in advance for expanding the list!
Kirsten Martindale
Buford, GA
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Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 09:56:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: kay bowes <kbowes@tipcat.dtcc.edu>
Subject: Re: KidsCat
We have one KidsCat terminal in our children's room and it is heavily
used. All ages of kids like it and use it. It is really kid friendly.
When I do library tours that is what the kids like seeing and using the
best. We have a separate tech services that handles upgrades, etc., so I
have not had to do anything with KidsCat personally. I have only been
here a year so I don't know anything about the initial set-up. I hope
this helps.
Kay Bowes
Concord Pike Library
Wilmington, DE
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Date: Sat, 09 Oct 1999 09:47:56 -0500
From: Karen Sutherland <ksutherland@bplib.org>
Subject: Re: Author visits to public libraries
Hi!
We used Debbie Dadey last April and it was near the top of our most
popular programs.
She is expensive, but fun. We bought a copy of one of her paperbacks
for the first 50
participants, and she autographed them all, and any others kids brought
with. She has her own website....which tells her forthcoming
activities.
Hope this helps.
Karen Sutherland
Bedford Park PL
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Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 20:24:46 EDT
From: CCullum621@aol.com
Subject: Re: KidsCat
We use KidsCat in Edison, NJ.
Although it did take a lot of work getting it set up originally it was all
worth the time. Children of all ages use it and you will find out that many
parents will prefer using it instead of your other catalogs.
Many parents and older patrons have found that they prefer the use of it
and the ease it gives them in placing holds also (especially since many of
them are afraid of computers themselves.)
Note that you do have to designate someone who is willing to put in time
to keep it updated occassionally but the nice way you can add your own
special reading lists to it has helped in many ways.
Go for it!
Carolyn Cullum
CNCullum@aol.com
Edison, NJ
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Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 10:18:06 -0500
From: "Julie Brady" <julie@bensenville.lib.il.us>
Subject: Re: program p.r.
Hi Paula,
We create copy for the school newsletter. We don't do flyers anymore
either. Our new superintendent at the time didn't want that much paper. It
wasn't cost effective in terms of attendance at programs. More parents read
the school newsletter than flyers it seems. Do you send announcements
through the mail? We have also called people to let them know of a program.
Julie Brady
Youth Services Manager
Bensenville Community Public Library
julie@bensenville.lib.il.us
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Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 10:36:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: Gray <agray@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
Subject: storytime video
Hi, Everyone,
The ALSC Presschool Services and Parent Education Committee is
looking for videotapes used in helping librarians to prepare and present
storytimes. These videos could be professionally produced or homegrown by
an individual library or library system. If you use or have created such
a video, please contact me offlist.
We do have a copy of the Educational Productions, Inc. 1991 video
titled: "Once Upon a Time: Skills for Reading Aloud at Group Time." If
there are any others, I'd really appreciate it if you'd let me know.
Thanks in advance!
B. Allison Gray
Head of Children's Services
Assistant Director
South Country Library
22 Station Road
Bellport, NY 11713
(516) 286-0818
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Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 15:55:30 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kirsten Edwards <kirstedw@kcls.org>
Subject: Re: How to Join FTRF Online
On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Charles Schacht wrote:
> Friends - ever think it's curious how Don never explains positions or
> actually engages in dialogue - he just issues pronouncements? Guess he
> must be an awfully busy fella.
I think if you go to the intellectual freedom listserv, you'll find he
does explain/engage in dialogue. These are probably just FYI to all the
librarians who aren't neccessarily active on that listserv.
I don't always agree with Mr. Wood, but so far he seems quite
conscientious.
'Tchau!
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: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 11:45:36 -0700
From: steven engelfried <stevene@dpls.lib.or.us>
Subject: [none]
A while ago I asked for advice on how to talk about Internet safety in a Web
class for kids. I was uncertain about how specific I should get. I got
several useful comments, summarized here:
Talk about how "sometimes items comes up you don't want to see"
Use "what you're uncomfortable with" rather than specific examples
Suggest they don't even click on a site if it sounds odd from the
description
Use a euphemism like "stuff that is out of bounds for you"
Say they should avoid "stuff that wouldn't be allowed at your house"
Explain how web pages are created, and how some people abuse html codes.
Show links to web examples with false, but not pornographic materials.
Emphasize that kids should talk with parents about what's appropriate or
not.
Several people assured me that kids don't ask for specifics in this area,
and so far that has proven true in our classes. Thanks to Karen Bortner,
Dallas DiLeo, Pam Henley for the excellent comments.
Steven Engelfried, Children's Librarian
Deschutes Public Library
601 NW Wall Street Bend, OR 97701
ph: 541-617-7072 fax: 541-617-7073
e-mail: stevene@dpls.lib.or.us
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