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Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 13:58:58 -0500 (EST)
To: pubyac-digest@nysernet.org
Subject: pubyac V1 #868
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Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 18:12:45 -0500
From: "Grace Slaughter" <gslaughter@bham.lib.al.us>
Subject: Re: popcorn program
I've had to do the chilren's storytimes for the past month because our
children's librarian moved. She graciously left the popcorn storytime outline,
as follows:
"Not now!" said the cow / Joanne Oppenheim
Popcorn / Frank Asch
The popcorn dragon / Jane Thayer
Creative movement: Pretend to be a kernel of corn and get planted, weeded,
sunshined on, rained on, harvested, shucked, and so on to popped.
Rhyme: "I'm a little popcorn"
(tune of a little teapot)
I'm a little popcorn in a pot
Heat me up and watch me pop
When I get all fat and while I'm done
Popping corn is lots of fun!
Popcorn trick:
Make popcorn necklace by taking whole kernels of popped corn and string them
with needle and thread to make a necklace. Use as much popcorn as it takes to
make a necklace to fill the bowl. Arrange the necklace in the bowl so that it
looks like a bowl of popcorn ready to eat.
On top of the necklace place a few kernels of loose popcorn.
Show the audience the bowl of popcorn. Take a few kernels from the bowl and
eat them. Throw some up in the air. S
Show an empty paper bag.
Place a string in the bag.
Pour the popcorn inthe bag. (Make sure the popcorn doesn't spill over the
sides and spoil the trick.)
Pull out the necklace.
It was nice to have that storytime, at least, already researched. :-)
grace
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Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 19:35:12 -0400
From: "Julie Orlandi, PSL-YA/IND" <JORLANDI@ESCHER.dnet.cuyahoga.lib.oh.us>
Subject: RE: Death metal teen CD's
Rebecca,
A good place to go for reviews of all genres of music is the All Music Guide.
And yes they even have death metal on there! They give a pretty good overall
view of artists and even list tracks for most CDs and list bands that are like
the one you are looking up. However, some of the bands on this site that are
said to be similar to Cannibal Corpse, like Megadeath and Danzig are very
misleading. Comparing those bands to C.C. would be like saying the Eagles are
a lot like Bon Jovi. The line that rock bands walk may seem thin to the
outsider but for those of us who love metal these bands are really different.
A great place to go to find simliar yet more "library friendly" bands
is the
record label websites. The labels are listed on the all music guide's sites
as well (www.allmusic.com). Cannibal Corpse is on Metal Blade
(www.metalblade.com) and Carcass is on Earache (www.earache.com). The are
metal labels, in general, and tend to attract the same general types of artists.
On Metal Blade's site you can even order a censored version (if that's your
concern) of Cannibal Corpse's new album.
If you want to know what bands are actually like these bands...Six Feet Under
and Deicide are like C.C. and much less graphic. Carcass and Napalm Death are
also less graphic and popular in the metal scene.
By the way, watch out for those wild graphics on the Cannibal Corpse CDs. The
censored ones don't have the really gorey covers.
Thanks for letting me talk on a topic I neber thought
(sorry never thought)
that I would get to talk about here!
Julie Orlandi
Young Adult librarian
Independence Branch, CCPL
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Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 19:28:50 -0700
From: annelmay@mailserver.franklintwp.org
Subject: Re: paperback bindings
We have the same problem with coverups on children's paperbacks. Instead,
we put a strip of clear book tape along the spine, and this helps extend
the longevity. We literally saw the difference with two copies of the same
title, purchased at the same time. We had forgotten the strip of tape on
one of them, and had to discard it after only a year.
Anne Lemay
Franklin Township Library
Somerset NJ
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 09:31:52 -0400
From: Christine Hill <chill@willingboro.org>
Subject: Re: Printz Award
I would think that two of the National Book Award nominees, Monster by
Walter Dean Myers and Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, should be top
contenders.
Christine M. Hill
Willingboro Public Library
One Salem Road
Willingboro, NJ 08046
My new book! Robert Ballard: Oceanographer Who Discoverd the Titanic,
Enslow, 1999
K. Borchers wrote:
> I haven't heard too much about this new award. People on this list
> have talked about mock Caldecott and mock Newbery... how about
> suggestions for mock Printz Awards. Does anyone have any ideas?
> I have a patron asking...
>
> Thanks!
>
> Kate Borchers
> Grandview Heights Public Library
> kborch@clc.lib.oh.us
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Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 16:26:48 -0500
From: Kathy Graham <grahamka@sls.lib.il.us>
Subject: Used cd's
Help!
Does anyone have craft ideas for using old cd's? Thought I had printed
out some web-sites that were devoted to this subject, but can't locate
any except neosoft.com/nikki. I'm particularly interested in Christmas
crafts (ages 7+). Any thoughts on this would be appreciated!
Kathy
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Kathy Graham
Youth Services
Broadview Public Library District
2226 S. 16th Ave.
Broadview, IL 60153
(708) 345-1325
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Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 14:25:25 -0600
From: Becky Smith <bsmith@inter.state.lib.ut.us>
Subject: Patrons are slobs...
I could use some ideas -
Lately (the last few weeks, much more so than ever before) we've found
that we have a real problem with patrons leaving books scattered all
over the place in their wake - all over the tables, the chairs, the
bookcases, the floor... This is especially the case right after
storyhours, although it's becoming a problem at other times as well.
Our storytellers have been trying to get the message across to the
children who attend storyhours that they should put the books they're
not going to check out on the re-shelving cart. This helps with the
kids who attend storyhour, but with no one else. It's gotten to the
point that our teenage pages are coming into my office almost daily
complaining that the patrons are slobs! They're frustrated - their job
is to shelve books from circulation, not to clean up after people.
Does anyone out there have some creative ideas as to how to get people
to, well, clean up after themselves, pick up their books and put them on
the shelving carts? Interesting, funny signs that catch the attention
and get the point across? Any other ideas?
Personally, I'm drawing a blank - What I want to say is "please put any
books you're not going to check out on the shelving carts, so that the
library doesn't look like a disaster area when you leave" - but that's a
little long to put on a sign. <grin>
I'd appreciate any help.
TIA -
- --
Becky Ann Smith
Children's Librarian
Logan (UT) Library
bsmith@inter.state.lib.ut.us
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Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 18:03:14 -0500
From: James Asbury <jamesasbury@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: FW: Nation of Islam Link Removed because of Content.
RoseMary Honnold wrote:
>
> You guys are sure confusing the heck out of me regarding censorship issues.
Has ALA never removed a link before?<
Once again, it is the reason it was removed that makes it censorship,
not the mere fact of removal. ADL complained that it was offensive. The
CTC removed the link because it was offensive, not because it wasn't the
site that best represented the views of the Nation of Islam. When you
pull a book because it is offensive, that is censorship. When you delete
a link because it is offensive, that is censorship. That's not
extremist. That's not complicated. That's logical and simple.
- --
"Berry"
jamesasbury@yahoo.com
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Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 17:52:08 -0500
From: "Grace Slaughter" <gslaughter@bham.lib.al.us>
Subject: Re: A to Zoo
I like *What do children read next?: A reader's guide to fiction for
children.* (There is also a volume for YAs.) It contains an award index, time
period index, geographic index, subject index, character name index, character
description index, age index, illustrator index, author index, and title
index.
The publisher is Gale, whom everyone should know.
grace
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Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 17:46:37 -0400
From: Sally Leahey <sleahey@mcarthur.lib.me.us>
Subject: computer-using adults with children
I'm looking for program ideas to address a specific concern in our public
library.
We make public computers available for word processing, Internet, chat,
and email. A problem arises when teens or adults who are responsible for
young children (infants through preschoolers) get lost in cyberspace and
time, and don't pay attention to their young charges. The little kids are
either alarmingly passive or all-too-lively while they're biding their
time. We provide coloring books and blocks, but the extent to which
children are ignored is distressing to staff, who worry about safety and
the children's wellbeing. Conversations with the "responsible" older
persons about the kids' needs don't seem to make much of an impression,
perhaps because they are so needy themselves.
In the short term we will try limiting computer time to 1/2 hour for
adults accompanied by children, regardless of how long the computer is
available.
I would like to know if any libraries have tried to develop programming
for the children whose adults are using computers, or for the parents and
children together. It seems that there must be a positive approach we
could take to this problem--any suggestions?
Sally Leahey, YA Services
McArthur Library
Biddeford, Maine
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Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 21:45:11 -0000
From: David Burt -- Filtering Facts <dburt@afo.net>
Subject: RE: FW: Nation of Islam Link Removed because of Content.
On Wednesday, October 27, 1999 5:17 PM, RoseMary Honnold
[SMTP:honnolro@oplin.lib.oh.us] wrote:
> You guys are sure confusing the heck out of me regarding censorship
issues. Has ALA never removed a link before? And if it isn't allowed to
suggest or desuggest links, then should it link to EVERY page on the net?
My homepage isn't linked there,
> should I feel censored? While I think I am pro intellectual freedom and
I try to give people whatever info they ask for, I am not sure that I would
"recommend" or "suggest" some of the info they want to the
general public.
Is that censorship? It
> seems like 2 extremes being represented and I am never comfortable having
to choose between extremes.
>
>
Several other people have made this point, but I'll make it one more time:
the link was removed because a pressure group complained about the content.
Draw your own conclusions, but those are the facts.
David Burt, President
Filtering Facts
http://www.filteringfacts.org
dburt@afo.net
Phone/fax 503 635-7048
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Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 20:32:58 -0400
From: "Susanne Ford-Croghan" <scroghan@nycap.rr.com>
Subject: Re: Stumper
Hi. I recently read in Good Housekeeping that Melissa Mathison Ford was the
screenwriter for the movies ET and The Black Stallion. I guess that could
sort of be considered a connection to children's literature!? Hope that
helps.
Susanne Ford-Croghan
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Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 17:03:32 -0500
From: Karen Stanley <kstanley@rosenberg-library.org>
Subject: Re: Craft Programs
Baby wipes have a variety of uses. We like them best for cleaning the
covers of books that have gotten grubby. Of course, the office jokes
about reimbursing for baby wipes and our other odd assortments.
Karen Stanley
Rosenberg Library
Galveston, TX
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Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 17:19:52 -0600
From: Pam Henley <phenley@mtlib.org>
Subject: Re: School schedule changes
One Tuesday a month all our schools get out an hour early. We haven't done
any programming but are just aware that we will get busy an hour earlier!
Pam Henley, MLIS <phenley@mtlib.org>
Children's Librarian, Bozeman Public Library
220 East Lamme
Bozeman, MT 59715
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Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 17:54:34 -0500
From: James Asbury <jamesasbury@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: FW: Nation of Islam Link Removed because of Content.
Ed Spicer/Ann Perrigo wrote:
>
> Let's try a different example:
>
> You have a list in a high traffic area saying "here are ten great math
> books" (and, no, I'm not saying the Nation of Islam is into
> numerology--a joke--just in case) and a patron says "wait a minute,
this
> book on your list is not a math book." You take the book off the list.
And if the book is a math book, and is one that covers the subject well,
you keep it on your list, even if someone finds something about it
offensive. And if the link to the Nation of Islam is listed as a
religious organization, and it is the best site about the Nation of
Islam, then you leave it on your links, even if someone finds it
offensive.
> You have **not** moved the book behind the circulation desk. It is still
> in the **exact same spot.** Maybe, because it no longer is on the big
> sign, it will not circulate as it once did (and that's a big maybe), but
> it isn't a math book like your list claimed it to be, so it should not
> have been on your list in the first place.
But then a library doesn't have lists as its central mechanism of
distribution. It has a classification system, and a catalog, and a
system of shelving. Internet web sites depend almost entirely on the
link. Even search engines have the link as the central feature. When you
remove the link, it is the same as taking a book out of your catalog and
off the shelf.
>If you still disagree, James,
> we will have to agree to disagree. For me, this is very simple and not
> remotely connected to censorship.
That's fine. For you, perhaps it's because you don't see censoring a
site based on its content as censorship. I do. It is far more the REASON
it was removed than the actual removal that makes it censorship. That's
pretty simple.
- --
"Berry"
jamesasbury@yahoo.com
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 12:08:57 +0000
From: "Lee-ann Strachan" <lbiddles@yprl.vic.gov.au>
Subject: Re: newborns
Here's a reply all the way from Australia...
We recently trialled this, however we waited until the baby's
hearing test (8months) because we felt mothers were overloaded
with things at birth. We gave 'kits' (a large envelope) with info about
their local library hours/faciltities etc as well as a voucher that
entitled them to a free book to keep when they joined the child (we
had bought 1000 spot board books)
I can't give you a success story yet, because the kits only just
went out. Hope this helps in some way...
Lee-Ann Strachan
Date sent: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 15:25:04 -0400
To: pubyac@nysernet.org
From: Nancy Bonne <bonne@noblenet.org>
Subject: newborns
Send reply to: pubyac@nysernet.org
> We have a policy of no minimum age for getting a library card. Children
> can have one at birth. For years we have talked about giving newborns
> packets in the hospital, containing a valid library card and....? Has
> anyone done this? What else did you put in the packet? I'd love to hear
> from someone who's tried this.
> nancy Bonne...bonne@noblenet.org
> Nancy Bonne
> Children's Librarian
> Beverly Public Library
> bonne@noblenet.org
>
>
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Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 17:04:25 -0500
From: "Linda Peterson" <lpeterson@bloomfield.lib.in.us>
Subject: Re: popcorn program
Once when I was doing an Indiana theme, Orville Redenbacker's a Hoosier, I
played the instrumental oldie "Hot Buttered Popcorn" and I had a white
sheet
with yellow ping pong balls that we used like a parachute game. Starting out
slowly and making the "popcorn" pop faster and faster. I have also
used the
same music and we jump on bubble wrap while it plays. Great Fun! Good Luck.
Linda Peterson
lpeterson@bloomfield.lib.in.us
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Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 18:29:12 -0500
From: James Asbury <jamesasbury@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: FW: Nation of Islam Link Removed because of Content.
Well, I was angry when I wrote that. More at ALA than David Burt.
David caught the ALA with its collective pants down. He suckered them
in, and they took the bait. He wrote the letter to the Anti-Defamation
League not so much because he is all that concerned about anti-Semitism,
but because he has been on its case to remove the link to Go Ask Alice!
on the Teen Hoopla page. We keep defending it because it is relevant,
and because we don't select or deselect materials or sites based on
perceived offensiveness to an individual or group. To remove the link to
Alice! would be censorship.
Well, David wrote to ADL, bringing it to their attention. Abraham Foxman
in turn wrote a letter to ALA bringing their attention to the fact that
ADL found the Nation of Islam site offensive. The Children and
Technology Committee reviewed the site, and removed the link because it
was offensive.
So, what we have here is ALA picking and choosing which sorts of
offensiveness warrant censoring, and which do not. It certainly appears
here that censorship from the left is okay, and censorship from the
right is not, at least in the eyes of the American Library Association.
Worse, ALA was at first less than completely honest about it. Said the
ADL letter and David Burt had nothing to do with it. That it was just a
periodic review, and that the site no longer fit its criteria. Come to
find out, the review was for this single site, that it came about
BECAUSE of the ADL complaint, that the ADL complaint came about because
David brought attention to the link to Anti-Defamation League, and that
the link was removed because it offended the ADL.
Then, to have David crowing about all of this was just too much, so I
took it out on David.
Charles Schacht wrote:
>
> James - I don't like it a bit when David crows either, but in the interest
of
> fairness I feel obligated to maintain that just because he's usually wrong
and
> does a great obnoxious imitation (I DO hope it's an imitation) doesn't mean
that
> he's NEVER right. On the rare occasions when he's correct we ought to be
big
> enough to acknowledge it. Through clenched teeth.
>
> Chuck Schacht
> Romeo District Library
> Romeo, MI.
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Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 20:42:49 -0500
From: Lori Pulliam <lpulliam@mediaone.net>
Subject: storytime closers
For my storytime closing routine, I've modified the following rhyme so I
can pull different items out of my pocket each week. The rhyme is:
There's something in my pocket. Could it be a moose? Could it be a
star? or a shiny red caboose? Could it be a snake or some sticky glue?
Right here in my pocket is a kiss from me to you. I substitute
different rhymes depending on what I have in my pocket that week. For
example, I'll revise "Could it be a snake or could it be a chair? Right
her in my pocket is a fuzzy little bear. I've used various finger
puppets, a whistle, keys (not that exciting) , green peas (actually
green pom poms), a miniature dinosaur, jack-o-lantern eraser, anything I
have handy and can think of a rhyme to go with. Kids love this. It has
that element of surprise and they like saying no when I ask "Could it
be...?
Lori Pulliam
Head of Children's Services
River Forest Public Library
River Forest, IL 60305
pulliaml@sls.lib.il.us
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 13:58:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Linda s. Slaninka" <slaninli@oplin.lib.oh.us>
Subject: Children's computer protection
Is there any device available that will shield the front of a hard drive
to prevent children from turning the computer off and on or sticking
something into the rom drive? This would need to be accessible to staff
only by means of some sort of lock. Please respond with information on
vendors if available. TIA from Swanton
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 11:09:58 -0500 (CDT)
From: Carol Leeson <cleeson@nslsilus.org>
Subject: Re: RE: Pig crafts
Just a note. When using the plastic grocery bags for aprons do not turn
them inside out. The first time I did this, I was young and foolish at
the time, I thought I would turn them inside out so that it did not look
like we were advertising for a particular grocery store. The problem was
that the ink came off on the kids clothes. OOPS!
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 13:00:55 EDT
From: "Rebecca Domonkos" <rebeccadomonkos@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE:storytelling
I've been a children's librarian for 7 years and I opt not to do
storytelling from memory. I think my read aloud storytime programs are
pretty fun--I do lots of singing and creative movement exercises in between
books--but I just don't feel comfortable telling stories without a book in
my hand. I've attended a few storytelling workshops, but I just don't seem
to have the knack for it. It makes me nervous! I think I'm a pretty good
children's librarian in spite of my lack of storytelling talent.
Rebecca Domonkos
Boca Raton Public Library
rebeccadomonkos@hotmail.com
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 10:15:29 -0400
From: MCCREIGHTB@charleston.lib.sc.us
Subject: RE: pubyac V1 #866
re: Storytelling
No, "storytelling" (sans book, flannel boards, props) is not included
in
the job description. Neither is puppetry. Neither is script writing.
But all those things I do as a Children's Librarian. Outside the library,
I am a professional storyteller with The Storytelling Troupe of Charleston,
and I am listed on the SC Arts Commission's Approved Artist Roster, which
puts me in demand across the state for schools performances and residencies,
and for various festivals and events. I always plug my library wherever I
go, whether or not I directly represent it. I have even pressed to have
official recognition from the system for the specialty (yes, it is - not
everyone does it). In this age of automated-everything, more than ever
people need to connect through story. Storytelling builds, reinforces,
defines Community. So, what's your story?
- -Brian McCreight, Children's Librarian, Charleston County Library
"Lowcountry Liar" & Yarnspinner, with no strings attached!
mccreightb@ccpl.org storytellingtroupe@ureach.com
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 10:46:21 -0500
From: Kati Golden <kgolden@ci.eau-claire.wi.us>
Subject: Re: YA groups
I have a Board of 15 kids, ranging from 7th graders to 12th graders. It's
a lot of work, especially since I've got such a wide range of ages to work
with. I wouldn't go any higher than that - plus we barely have enough room
in our Board Room to fit everyone. But overall I think this is a good
number to work with. Remember, if you're going to have votes on anything
you've got to have an odd number of people.
Good luck with your group!
***********************************************************
Kati Golden
Reference Associate & Young Adult Programming Coordinator
L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library
400 Eau Claire Street
Eau Claire, WI 54701
(715)839-5004
(715)839-3822 (FAX)
http://www.eauclaire.lib.wi.us
kgolden@ci.eau-claire.wi.us
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 12:12:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Mary Johnson (amk)" <mjohnson@wlsmail.wls.lib.ny.us>
Subject: Harry Potter programs
Hello, everyone - I just wanted to tell everyone who has had a Harry
Potter program that you've inspired me; we'll be having a Hogwarts
Holiday party at the North Castle Library in December. I'd like to
credit those of you who posted your events if I should write up ours; I
know I'll be using a couple of your ideas (for example, we'll also be
having kids guess the number of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans in a
jar, and we will, I hope, be having chocolate frogs). It should be great
fun - and, Angela, my sister, who's helping me plan it, is urging me to
try to get an owl from the local Audubon society. That was such a great
idea of yours! Anyway-
To sum up this rather incoherent post, if you previously mentioned Harry
Potter programs on this list, I seem to have deleted the posts. Could
you please send again to me privately at mekj@earthlink.net? Thanks in
advance for the inspiration, but I'd also like to credit all of you (and
I will post again and let you know how ours has gone - we'll be holding
it in mid-December) Thanks very much!
Mary Johnson, YA librarian, North Castle Library, Armonk, NY 10504
mjohnson@wls.lib.ny.us
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 13:10:14 EDT
From: "Rebecca Domonkos" <rebeccadomonkos@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Unattended Children
We still don't have an official policy--the city attorney is still working
on it. For years we've had a sign posted that states "children under age 7
must be accompanied by an adult," but it isn't an official policy.
It's a shame that the police don't take you seriously. I called the mall to
find out about their unattended child policy, and they told me that they
routinely call the sherriff's office when children under age 12 are left
alone!
There have been a couple of instances when children were left alone after
the library was closed. We weren't able to reach the parents by phone
because they were out shopping. A library staff member stayed late and
waited in the parking lot with the child and got comp time for it later. I
think that an hour would be the maximum amount of time that I would wait
before calling the police.
Rebecca Domonkos
Boca Raton Public Library
rebeccadomonkos@hotmail.com
>From: Joan Marie McColley <jmmccolley@estreet.com>
>Reply-To: pubyac@nysernet.org
>To: pubyac@nysernet.org
>Subject: Unattended Children
>Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 08:14:32 -0700
>
>Help! Out library system is having problems with unattended children.
>After the library closes, often there are young children left with no ride
>home. After calling the parents, our policy states to next call the
>police. Basically, the police just laugh and tell us they don't have time
>to pick up abandoned children.
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 10:47:50 +0100
From: "Shari Haber" <mclsysref@mclsys.org>
Subject: ?YA Novel About Military School
I actually posted this request to the Stumpers-List on Wednesday, but =
got no response. I hope it's OK to post it here. (I am a first-time =
PUBYAC poster.) Anyway, our patron remembers reading a YA book in the =
early 90s about a fatherless teenager who is sent to a military school =
to "straighten out" his life. The persons sending him may have been =
boy's uncles. Story also deals with boy's relationships with said =
uncles and a discovery of a secret about his deceased father. Sound =
familiar? Let me know. TIA.
Shari Haber
mclsref@mclsys.org
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