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From: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults & Children" <pubyac@prairienet.org> To: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults & Children" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 00:01:28 CST Subject: PUBYAC digest 23 PUBYAC Digest 23 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Digests: at MIDNIGHT or by SIZE????? Vote! by PUBYAC <pyowner@pallasinc.com> 2) Re: Blue Web"n by "Jeanne Schmitzer" <jeannes@usit.net> 3) RE: publishers on Pubyac by "Minkel, Walter (Cahners -NYC)" <WMinkel@cahners.com> 4) RE: Limiting Books & Request for web sites by Jim Zola <jim.zola@ci.high-point.nc.us> 5) Re: Page Productivity by "Vicky Smith" <vjsmith@mcarthur.lib.me.us> 6) Re: Blue Web'n by Maggi Rohde <maggi@intranet.org> 7) Harry Potter ideas compiled (looooong!) by Carol Hoke <hoke@crpl.cedar-rapids.lib.ia.us> 8) Web site to order mag. with themes by "Sarah Smith" <sesmith5@hotmail.com> 9) job postings by Shari_Brown@ci.mesa.az.us 10) Our Harry Program (warning: *very* long!) by "Mary Johnson (amk)" <mjohnson@wlsmail.wls.lib.ny.us> 11) Re: Picture Book Biographies by Sharon Wiegert <swiegert@monarch.papillion.ne.us> 12) Looking for YA books about the sea. by Library <groton.public.lib@snet.net> 13) Re: Page Productivity by Merideth Jenson-Benjamin <mjenson-@lib.az.us> 14) RE: Page Productivity by Beth Werking <bwerking@kokomo.lib.in.us> 15) Adopt-A-Shelf by "Jennifer Needham" <jneedham@haddampl.libct.org> 16) Re: publishers on Pubyac by Simpson <jsimpson03@snet.net> 17) School Libraries by Barbara Amberg <ambergb@pls.lib.ca.us> 18) Re: Job Notices by pat cirone <pcirone@nh.ultranet.com> 19) Re: publishers on Pubyac by pat cirone <pcirone@nh.ultranet.com> 20) stumper by <soublc@cloh.net> 21) Re: clocks with children's book characters? by Myrna Sigal <msigal@ansernet.rcls.org> 22) Query for Harry Potter Club Ideas by Fun Guy <joshl2000@excite.com> 23) RE: Gender Role titles by MKARNOSH@mail.bcl.lib.fl.us 24) Re: Bib. Request--Facing Nature by cwilson2@kent.edu 25) Re: animal encyclopedia by Bookabc@aol.com 26) Thanks--Bib. Request by Susan Barash <barashsu@metronet.lib.mi.us> 27) Stumper solved: Apple of the window ledge by Susan Price-Stephens (Susan Price-Stephens) <susan.price-stephens@treasure.lpl.london.on.ca> 28) Vocational Fiction Stumper by Julie Ann Rines <jrines@ocln.org> 29) 2 Positions Available-Oregon by "DAHLGREEN MaryKay" <DAHLGREEN_MaryKay@oslmac.osl.state.or.us> 30) Looking for Connie Rockman by Mary K Chelton <mchelton@pop.mail.rcn.net> 31) Re: animal encyclopedia by Eric Norton <enorton@scls.lib.wi.us> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 09:02:40 -0700 (MST) From: PUBYAC <pyowner@pallasinc.com> To: PUBYAC <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Digests: at MIDNIGHT or by SIZE????? Vote! Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95.991216202400.9266F-100000@info> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII If you prefer your PUBYAC as individual messages, just delete this post. Dear DIGEST loving PUBYACkers, With the new software, I've gained more control over the listprocessor, but I did lose one feature that I really liked: the ability to "force" digests. I used this feature to place mostly 'discussion' into one digest, and mostly 'stumper/bib/job postings/repostings' into the next digest. This was because Majordomo was not at all reliable in arranging digests in the order I sent posts out. The new improved ListProcessor is very reliable, however, so Stumpers, Bib requests, Jobs postings, and repostings (from other listserves) are now toward the end of the day's digest. Digests are produced ONCE A DAY AT MIDNIGHT. But I can change that time setting to kick out a digest according to SIZE. Some of these digests have become monsters! 80,000 bytes! Some e-mail programs don't accept very large messages. BUT if I change the setting, it will kick out a digest without regard to subject. Stumpers, etc. could be in the beginning or middle of a digest, or split between two digests. You may have to wait a weekend to get the rest of Friday's messages. But they will be much smaller and possibly more manageable. 40,000 bytes is probably a good size--approx. 15-30 messages worth. The index would still be at the top. VOTING INSTRUCTIONS--FOLLOW CAREFULLY!! I want to know the majority's preference. So e-mail me at pyowner@pallasinc.com . Put your answer IN THE SUBJECT LINE (yes, you need to change it). Type your preference, one word only, in the subject line: MIDNIGHT or SIZE . Not both! I'm going to set up a filter to automatically read incoming subject lines and put the votes into one of two folders. If you type both words, your vote will be deleted. I'll set the listprocessor according to majority rule. Double voting won't work. :) Shannon VanHemert PUBYAC Moderator pyowner@pallasinc.com PUBYAC Web page: http://www.pallasinc.com/pubyac ------------------------------ From: "Jeanne Schmitzer" <jeannes@usit.net> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Re: Blue Web"n Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 10:44:55 CST I went to this site, but every time I tried to get to a tutorial, activity, project, or *any* detail page at all I kept getting the message "no application found." I could not get any good info from the site. Jeanne ----- Original Message ----- From: Catherine E. Ingram <ceingram@starbase1.htls.lib.il.us> > > I get to talk about a great site for all of you!!!! > > Blue Web'N > http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/ ------------------------------ From: "Minkel, Walter (Cahners -NYC)" <WMinkel@cahners.com> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: RE: publishers on Pubyac MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 11:09:06 CST Folks-- SLJ is brainstorming ideas both for articles and for our soon-to-be-redesigned Web site. One possibility we've been kicking around is an opportunity for you to ask publishers questions (we can't, of course, guarantee answers, but we'll do what we can). We'll track your questions here and put them in our hopper, & if people want to send me any questions directly, that's welcome, too. Also, if anyone out there has any ideas for things that we could put up for you on a new SLJ Online Web site, please let me know. It's not worthwhile unless _you guys_ want it... Thanks, W ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Minkel * Technology Editor, School Library Journal * www.slj.com wminkel@cahners.com * (212) 463-6721 * fax (212) 463-6689 > -----Original Message----- > From: LWilli0316@aol.com [SMTP:LWilli0316@aol.com] > Sent: Thursday, December 16, 1999 9:15 PM > To: pubyac@prairienet.org > Subject: Re: publishers on Pubyac > > I agree with Shannon AND with Kerry. I think it would be a great forum for > > both Children's Librarians and Publishers to discuss WHY some things > happen > in publishing. I have had questions off and on that beg answers from > publishers. No one else could possibly be able to answer them. ------------------------------ From: Jim Zola <jim.zola@ci.high-point.nc.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: RE: Limiting Books & Request for web sites Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 11:32:16 CST There is a wonderful web site for special school projects. Got to http://www.hipopl.org/library/dept/kids.htm and lcick on favorite links. Then look at homework help or special school projects. Hope this helps. Jim Z. ------------------------------ From: "Vicky Smith" <vjsmith@mcarthur.lib.me.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Page Productivity MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 11:54:57 CST I have had some real dud pages, but I have to say that by and large, our pages are pretty terrific. I do require all applicants to sort a book truck, both fiction and non-fiction, which is very helpful in weeding applicants. I also emphasize to applicants the resume-building aspect of working in a library vs. working at a fast-food joint. I credit most of our success, however, to our practice (in place before I arrived, so I can't take credit), of posting openings in the high school library, and asking the librarian to nudge the better students into applying. Students frequently volunteer in the media center to avoid study halls, so she's got a pretty good idea of who would be a likely candidate. (I also refuse to hire band members--as one poster commented, the books have to be put away, even if it is band season.) Perhaps another reason for our relative success is that the pages also work circ, so they get some variety in their work day. It is a little easier to buckle to shelving and shelf-reading if you know that won't be your entire shift. (This is a medium-sized library for Maine, which translates to pretty small in most other places. We don't get the huge volume of returns I've experienced from working in large urban systems, so we have this little luxury.) And another important key is I never schedule 2 pages to work in the same area at the same time. Even the best, most focussed kids seem to go to pieces if there's a peer around to gossip with. Once again, our size does not demand that we have more than one page at a time on duty in the same place. Hope this helps (at least some of you). Vicky Smith Children's Librarian McArthur Public Library (207)284-4181 270 Main Street http://www.mcarthur.lib.me.us Biddeford, ME 04005 vjsmith@mcarthur.lib.me.us ------------------------------ From: Maggi Rohde <maggi@intranet.org> To: PUBYAC <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Re: Blue Web'n MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 12:17:22 CST On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, <Lesley Knieriem> wrote: > Catherine Ingram recommended the Bllue Web'n site, which selects > and evaluates sites, and is searchable by subject and grade level. I > went to take a look, and this does look like a great idea. But FWIW, I > tried that "First Americans for Grade Schoolers" site that came up, and it > was a dead link. How many other dead links are here? In a similar vein as the Blue Web'n site, and more frequently checked for linkrot, is the Internet Public Library. Links have abstracts and a general age range. http://www.ipl.org/ There is a kids' section and a teens' section as well as the regular adult collection. -Maggi Rohde, MSL Candidate, University of MIchigan ------------------------------ From: Carol Hoke <hoke@crpl.cedar-rapids.lib.ia.us> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: Harry Potter ideas compiled (looooong!) Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 12:32:28 CST I compiled the suggestions which I have received for a Harry Potter program along with the names of the great people who passed them along in case you want to get ahold of them. It is wonderful to have so many creative and talented people to help you with ideas. The proposal is written and sent off so now I just have to wait and see, but I think I will do the program anyway and adapt it if I don't get any money. Thanks again to all who sent suggestions. This is very long (12 pages on my word processor) and I cut and pasted so I don't really know how this is going to look when you get it. Hope it is as helpful to you as it has been to me. Happy Holidays! Carol Hoke Children's Services Manager Cedar Rapids Public Library hoke@crpl.cedar-rapids.lib.ia.us * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * From: "justin cooley" <jkcooley@ll.net> H! We're hosting a Harry Potter Happening at our library in January -I'm still planning and would LOVE to get a copy of whatever you receive! Right now, these are on our agenda: 1. Hogwarts Costume Ball -come as any HP character .. including an ordinary muggle! 2. Every flavor bean -estimation jar and name a new flavor! 3. Harry Potter jeopardy/trivia game 4. We're having a magician come and perform for 45 minutes 5. Maybe "think of a plot" for the next sequel? Thanks in advance- how great for you to have financial backing! Kathleen, Minnesota From: "Tracy VanderPol" <tvanderpol@hotmail.com> You go girl! I had a party and it was wonderful. We even received a letter to editor of the local newspaper praising our work. We sorted with a hat. Used a Microphone to make it sound cool. Had a contest to sing the school song, did trivia, played library quidditch, and had a feast. They kids loved it. Had a 60 kids with a waiting list that was just as long. Be creative, and have a good time. It is great to see kids so excited about books! :) Tracy From: "Sarah Smith" <sesmith5@hotmail.com> Here is something I tried at our weekly reading of HP. It's a simple craft/activity that the kids loved. Goes well with Chapter 5 of HP and the Sorcerer's Stone. I rolled black construction paper into tubes and taped them shut. I then attached a few short pieces of ribbon to the inside of the tube with tape so they looked like they were "sparks" coming out of the end. All the kids did was put stickers all over the "magic wands." They thought this was great and took them home. You could have the kids make the tube part of the wand, too, but my group is somewhat young so I had that part pre-assembled. While they are doing this, I read chapter 5. Sarah Harrison, Michigan From: Ann-Marie Biden <ambiden@nancy.ci.san-marino.ca.us> Lucky you! How nice to have a business volunteer to do this! We held a Happy Harry Potter Halloween Party here which was a huge success. We hired a magician and gave each child an Elison diecut owl with one of the houses' names on it (i.e. Ravensclaw etc) as they walked in the room. The names were drawn from a nice velvet magician's hat I purchased prior to Halloween. The kids were also able to get their forheads stamped with a lightning bold stamp if they chose to. I made these from soft erasers. Just draw a bolt on it and carve out the part of the eraser AROUND the bolt. It works great! They were given B.B.Every flavor beans in a little bag with a tag on it that read: Here are some Bernie Botts Everyflavor Beans for you! Love, Harry and Hedwig . Someone on our staff who can draw well drew a cute flying owl with a little pouch in its beak. Refreshments lended themselves to names...Potter Punch, Snapes'Squares (brownies) etc. We did a trivia contest prior to the magician's performance while kids were getting settled. For each correct answer they either got some Halloween candy or a small rubber rat I picked up at a discount store very cheaply. Can't recall anything else...oh yes, for a craft they made simple magic wands from LONG straws and paper stars (glittery paper). I think you'll have lots of fun with this...too bad you have to hurry so! Enjoy, Ann-Marie Ann-Marie Biden, Youth Services Librarian San Marino Public Library 1890 Huntington Dr. San Marino, CA 91108 tel (626) 300-0776 fax (626)284-0766 ambiden@ci.san-marino.ca.us From: Jackie Marquardt <jmarquar@timberland.lib.wa.us> Yes, I'd be very interested in hearing what ideas you get from the pubyac list. We are having a Harry Potter party here in February and our ideas so far are: 1. Guess how many Bertie Botts Every Flavor Bean (Jelly Bellies) are in the jar. Winner gets a book store gift certificate, and the beans. 2. Make your own magic wand, with dowels, aluminum foil, and glitter. 3. Get sorted by the Sorting Hat into one of the four houses. We plan to be careful not to sort anyone into Slytherin who doesn't want to go. 4. Backwards fortunes that you can read in the Mirror of Erised. 5. Face painting - get your very own lightning scar, just like Harry Potter. 6. A Harry Potter word search puzzle. 7. Chocolate frog refreshments. For decorations, we are going to hang some gold spray-painted brooms from the ceiling. Also hanging from the ceiling will be foam-core stars and planets, and an owl puppet, and some streamers here and there. HTH Jackie From: MILFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY <milford.public.lib@snet.net> Our "Puppet Man" is willing to be inundated with e-mails so you can order Harry Potter owls!! He has a snowy owl (like Harry's Hedwig) puppet with a 21 inch wingspan for $25.00 (great for hosting your Harry Potter parties, storytimes...). Aside from this, he has tons of other animals, creatures and storybook characters. He can be contacted at fredreid@cris.com. Let him know if you would like to see a picture first, he would be happy to e-mail you the attatchment. Don't be afraid to contact him...we warned him about the avalanche of responses he's likely to receive and he's looking forward to it! Good luck to everyone! Suzanne Thomas Milford Public Library Children's Dept. Milford, CT From: thelibrarian@lycosmail.com We're planning a HP program next spring, and have drafted a version of Jeopardy using Rowlings books as a base. As the outline is a bit too long to post, please reply to TheLibrarian@Lycosmail.com, and I'll forward you a copy of it (ascii text attachment). Have fun! S;) Steven J. Miller, Asst. Coordinator Youth Services, Ashtabula County District Library 335 W. 44th Street, Ashtabula, Ohio 44004 ** Opinions Expressed Are My Own ** From: Carol Burdick <cburdick@jefferson.lib.co.us> We have a friend, Anne Nabaum, who now lives in Utah (used to work here in Colorado) who wrote us recently with her ideas for a Harry Potter day. It sounds like some of her plans might cost some $. Carol Burdick Children's Librarian Evergreen Library, Jefferson County Public Library cburdick@jefferson.lib.co.us
From: Anne Nabaum I am planning a Harry Potter Night of Adventure in Jan. I have a 'mad scientist' coming to do potions etc. He will be the potions professor. We will have the bookstore, the owlery, the Leaky Cauldron, quidditch etc. We will be making golden snitches, balancing owls (like the balancing bees but in the shape of owls) drinking butter beer (homemade rootbeer with dry ice), hearing about JK Rowling, having drawings for HP books, licorice wands at the candy store etc. We will have it 'after hours' and limit to 100 kids. As they come in they will draw out of the sorting hat dividing into 4 groups (Griffyndor, etc.). These groups will then be the basis for the various stations, rotating to go to all the fun spots. Aaron is making the signs (the entry lobby will be Platform 9 3/4,etc.)and some trading cards with different characters (Harry, Fluffy, and so on). The trading cards will come at the Flourish and Botts station or with chocolate frogs. Anyway I haven't worked out all the details but it will be fun. I'll let you know. Anne From: Angela Reynolds <angelar@wccls.lib.or.us> I'm sending you the pages from the Harry Potter Kit I developed for our library system.
Harry Potter Kit Contents: * How-to sheet * Laminated Dudley poster & original photocopy for "tails" * Face paints for lightning bolt scars, template to reproduce * Bertie Botts Every Flavor Bean contest forms * Hogwarts School Button sheets * Examples: snitch, wand materials * Laminated signs: a) Win a box of Chocolate frogs b) Olivander's Do-it-yourself wand kit c) Olivander's sign d) Honeydukes sign e) Diagon alley sign f) Welcome to Harry Potter sign g) Eyelops owl Emporium sign h) Flourish & Botts sign i) Snitch sign j) Mirror sign k) Charms sign (use above Accucut station) l) Sorting Hat m) Scar tattoo sign n) Button sign o) Owl show sign * Masters a) "house" names for sorting hat b) Crossword puzzle c) Websites d) Booklist e) Book discussion guidelines f) Bean contest Harry Potter Day: How to Do it Using the materials in the kit, you can re-create a Harry Potter Day at your library. You can do all, several, a few, or many of the activities below. The kit will get you started on a very popular and fun program! * Give aways: the books, of course. Costco has them very reasonably priced. The first one is in paperback. (Ask Friends of the Library, etc. for $$ if you have none...) Chocolate Frogs: Candy Basket in Hillsboro (648-2611) has them, so do a couple of candy shops in SE Portland (La Civa, on Hawthorne, 234-8115). Call around. They cost about $1.00 each. * OWL. This costs money. The Oregon Zoo will come, and do a short presentation for $50.00. Contact: Tracy, 220-2781. OR- Leslie Rapacki, who does 2 owls for $100.00 * Have a book discussion. You could split the kids up into groups of 3: Those that have read the first book, those that have read the first two, those that have read all three. Get kid volunteers to be discussion leaders. * Face paint Harry Scars. Use the template to make several. Have volunteers paint the scars on foreheads. A simple finger does the trick nicely, or if you have paintbrushes, these work also. * Play Pin the Pig Tail on Dudley. Cut out the tails, put a blindfold on the kids, and play the game. Younger kids really like it. * Read from the newest book. Read the first chapter, or part of it. * Make wands. Have the materials out on a table. Plain old sticks gathered from the ground work very well. Other materials needed: pipe cleaners (Extra Furry Binding Wire), blue and purple curling ribbon (violet rainbow essence, lizard skin), clear fishing line (unicorn hair), feathers, and large sequins (dragon scales). * Bean contest: Buy Jelly Bellys (Costco, again a good place). Put the beans into muffin cups. Have the kids come up with names for the beans. This can be a contest to win a book, or just for fun. * Sorting Hat: Using a witch's hat, hold it above the kid's heads. Then use the House names on slips of paper, draw one out, and give to kids. You can use this to actually sort kids in teams for games, or just for fun. * Make a charm. Use some of the Accucut images to make "charms". They could glue glitter on to these shapes. * Make a snitch. The foam balls are a little pricey, but they sure do look cool. Roll ball in glue, then gold glitter. Stick a white feather into the ball. Cheap way: cut out construction paper circles, glue glitter and feathers on. * Button maker: borrow the button maker, use the sheets provided, and give the kids Hogwarts buttons. * If it is available (if I'm not wearing it!!), you might be able to borrow my Silver Cloak of Invisibility. Ask me. * On your publicity, encourage kids to wear Hogwarts robes. * Have crossword puzzle, booklists, and websites list out for kids to take.
hope this is useful. Angela J. Reynolds Youth Services Librarian Washington County Cooperative Library Services P.O. Box 5129 Aloha, OR 97006 503-466-1894 fax: 503-615-6601 angelar@wccls.lib.or.us From: "Hudson, Sarah" <shudson@plcmc.lib.nc.us> We haven't done a Harry Potter Party yet, but we did decorate a table for our staff night around a Harry Potter Theme. We used lots of great suggestions from the list. Here is what we did: Found a plastic cauldron after Halloween and filled it with dry ice and water. Filled a candy jar with Jelly Beans (Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans) Decorated using bean bag owls and other stuffed animals representing those in the book. Covered old Thomas Registers in grocery bags to look like books from the wizard's supply store. Painted the paper brown to look antiquish. We had a shimmery table cloth that someone made out of shiny blue formal wear fabric. She ironed on Stars and Moons made from silver lame. This same talented person made a "hand" out of wire and a rubber kitchen glove. She painted the glove flesh color and filled the glove with salt. This hand held the golden snitch. We taped wings onto a gold Christmas ornament. Oh, and she made a rugby shirt sleeve to look like Harry's arm. And of course, we had a broom as a key part to the table. For activities, you could have a Harry trivia contest. the scholastic site can help with the questions. You could also read episodes aloud from the book. You can invite the program participants to come dressed as their favorite character. If you search Yahoo for Harry Potter, you will find some sites that people have put up with pictures of their costumes. This sounds like a great opportunity. Good Luck, Sarah Sarah Hudson "Opinions are mine and do not reflect those of the Library" Information Specialist Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Independence Regional Branch shudson@plcmc.lib.nc.us From: JC_MARYSE@4cty.org My library is planning a Harry Potter event for December 30th, and we've generated many ideas (so many, in fact, that we're planning at least one program based on each of the books, spread out over a six-month period....). If you would like more details, please e-mail me. In brief, our Dec. 30th event will include the following: 1) Decorating the dining room upstairs to resemble the Great Hall at Hogwarts. (We're fortunate enough to have a lovely old house to work in. It's perfect for this program.) We will have a Potions supply cabinet, an owlrey, and stars taped to the ceiling. 2) Sorting children into House teams. This will be done with a cauldron (love that Halloween stuff!) with slips of paper bearing the name of one of the houses. We've decided to include Slytherin (I get to be head of house for that one). I've also seen a suggestion for generating an audio tape where someone reads the names of the houses at random, and the tape is played as the kids come up to be sorted. 3) Readings from the book. Each of our staff has the opportunity to choose a brief reading (less than five pages, mostly). This allows the kids who haven't read the book to hear some of it. 4) An activity time--we have two crafts (Harry's glasses out of pipe cleaners and wands out of wooden dowels), and a set of Games and Puzzles-- my very enthusiastic staff has generated several word scrambles, word searches, and match-up games. Kids will be able to go from one area to the other for about 40 minutes. 5) Refreshments--we'll be serving some kind of fruit juice with selzer water or other form of "bubbly". 6) Team trivia--the Houses will be competing for points, just like in the books. Each team will be asked trivia questions from the first book. The winning team will have their first names posted on our House Cup in the Children's Room after the program is over. (We decided not to actually give away prizes.) 7) Book give-away--we'll be giving away a copy of the first Harry Potter book in paperback. In addition, we've made up some sheets for Hermoine's Recommended Reads, on which kids can review books they would recommend to Hermoine after she's finished her school reading. These sheets will be "bound" into a book for the Children's Room and placed on display for those looking for something to read while waiting for the next Harry Potter book. One other good place to look for ideas is the Unofficial Harry Potter Fan Club site, which can be reached at one of several addresses. Any good browser will get you there if you type in the name. There is one bulletin board that has nothing but Harry Potter party ideas. (We're going to use a variation of the "De-Gnoming Party" for the next program in February.) Many ideas are written by children, but there are some from adults, and some real gems can be found here. You can also get program suggestions from the Scholastic Books site (http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter -- I think). If you need more information (wow, I did kind of write you a book here, didn't I?) you can contact me at JC_Maryse@4cty.org, or at the Your Home Public Library, 107 Main Street, Johnson City, NY 13790. Good luck with your program--our staff is really looking forward to ours. Maryse Quinn Johnson City, NY From: HFL_LISA@stls.org Day which was very successful. We had children design there own racing brooms and had a contest for that. We had the count the Every Flavor Bertie Botts Beans contest. As favors at the party we gave out the small snack bags with jelly beans. We made up Bernie Botts labels on the computer and put those on the bags. We borrowed stuffed owls froma number of sources and hung those around with envelopes addressed to various characters-of course one was a howler! Our most elaborate presentation was the play of the Sorcerer's Stone from the Nov. issue of Storyworks magazine. We did combine narrators for the sake of time but still presented afull production to over 100 children. We had giant castle doors and flying keysd on branches etc. and cast 3 children in the main parts. Using staff children meant we culd be sure they were at rehersal! We only rehearsed twice and did one dress rehearsal....it wa still a big hit with the audience. We made up opur own copy of the HOgwart's newspaper and issued Racing Broom License's to kids. I can send you the graphics for the licenses if you want-just e-mail me. HFL_LIsa@STLS.org Have fun. L. Dowling HOrsheads Library Horseheads, NY. From: LWilli0316@aol.com A while back there was quite a discussion on PUBYAC about HP parties. I compiled it all into a document that I keep for reference. I've copied and pasted it into this email. I wanted to make sure and attribute ideas to the people who contributed them, so you will find information about those people at the bottom. Hope this helps! Hundred(s) of dollars-- ought to be a great party! Linda Williams Children's Services Librarian CT State Library
Atmosphere~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Decorations ñ hang "golden snitches from the ceiling with fishing line at various heights (make them from sparkly gold Christmas tree ornaments with gold ëangel wingsí hot-glued on ñ wings in the doll section of a craft store)" (Suzanne Smithson reporting on decorations at a Barnes & Noble party) Mirror of Erised ñ decorate a "Mirror of Erised" for kids to play in front of (Angela J. Reynolds) Costume Party ñ children come to library dressed up as witches or wizards, bring decorated brooms (DLHIETT) Adorn kidsí foreheads with lightning bolt scars: have volunteers paint them on (Angela J. Reynolds, Judy Stewart, Cindy Raseley) OR find lightning bolt tattoos ("give Scholastic a call- I heard they were giving out Harry Potter lightning tattoos. -- Richard Bryce") Activities~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bertie Botts Every Flavored Beans Contests: guess how many are in the jar (using Jelly Bellies) (Cindy Rasely, Rebecca Higgerson, Judy Stewart) pass out Bernie Botts everyflavor bean and have an "ice breaker" with them (DLHIETT) served Bertie Botts every flavor beans and have a Name the Flavor contest (Angela Reynolds) Magical Candy Contest -- have kids create a magical candy (borrowed from amazon.com) (Debra Bogart) do a taste test contest (Debra Bogart) Trivia Quiz (Judy Stewart, DLHIETT) Drawing Contest -- have children submit drawings of their favorite characters from the books, hang and judge (Suzanne Smithson) Games ñ play "Pin-the-Pig Tail on Dudley" (Angela J. Reynolds) Houses: Divide participants into "houses and hav[e] some sort of competition" and "sing the school song" (Cindy Rasely) Use a Sorting Hat (any wizard cap) ñ turn it pointy side down over the kidsí heads, and have them pull a paper out of the hat. The name of the room (Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw) will be on the paper. After they've done that, everyone from the same room will stand and we'll read the appropriate poem from the book. (Richard Bryce) Entertainment~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Magic Tricks ñ have a magician or teach some card tricks (Cindy Rasely, Richard Bryce) Owl Show (have someone who shows them at libraries, like Julie Collier) (Angela J. Reynolds) Crafts~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wizard Hats (made out of black paper in a cone shape, decorated with glitter, stickers of stars, moons, etc.) (Judy Stewart) Make their own magic wands (chopsticks or dowels covered in tin foil and decorated) (Richard Bryce) Dramatics~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Readersí theater play (in a Scholastic magazine in September, maybe on their website) (Judy Stewart) Prizes~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ use chocolate frogs as prizes (DLHIETT, Angela J. Reynolds) Refreshments Chocolate Frogs (or use a frog cookie cutter to make chocolate frog cookies (Cindy Rasely) Knickerbocker Glory (recipe for knickerbocker glory appeared on PUBYAC) (Cindy Rasely) Handouts~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/ (Pamela Lee Ashbrook) Scholastic website has games ñ trivia game, wordhunt (BOGART Debra S, Cindy Rasely)
Sample Party~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >From Rebecca Higgerson <RHIGGERSON@sacramento.lib.ca.us> We are having a HP program in January and we want to create a fantasy adventure for our kids (no non-employee adults allowed). Our meeting room will turn into Platform nine and three quarters and once the kids step through the curtain there will be about six stations for them to randomly visit. We'll start first though with a book talk and then I'll probably read a chapter from the first book. Our ideas for the six stations are: … lightning tatooes on all foreheads … sorting hat--where we will assign each child to one of the four houses … guess the number of Every Flavor Beans in the jar … wand making … wordsearch puzzle … Mirror of Erised--each child will select a fancy decorated card. He will then step up to the mirror, lift the flap and read the card in the mirror (obviously it will be printed backwards on the card) and it will express some desire that an average school age child would have. Staff will wear decorated graduation robes and we will have props suspended from the ceiling (invisibility cloak, quidditch balls, the Nimbus two thousand, etc.) That's it so far, but we are constantly adding to our plans. If you come across anything that will add to our program, we'd love to hear about it. Thanks! Rebecca Higgerson From: "M. B. McCarthy" <marymc@lynx.sni.net> Carol- Off the top of my head you could: Invite participants to come dressed as their favorite harry character (at the least this involves a striped shirt) - parents too since I figure they should come to the party too. Check with oriental trading company and other party stores to see what harry glasses would run you. Or see if you can design paper ones to copy. A few years ago, the Arthur folks sent out packets of arthur actities - you may want to check with the rest of your staff to see what they have. Either in that packet, or in a copycat issue, there were a set of Arthur glasses. Granted, you'd have to cut the Arthur forehead off of them, but otherwise you could copy those glasses to give to participants to wear. Have the party folks create their own heraldry, like the ones for each house at the school. Just involves paper and coloring/craft supplies. Get a rubber stamp in the shape of a lightning bolt and some water-soluble red ink. Stamp lightning bolt "scars" on the participants foreheads as they enter the party area. Make a master copy (fancy, with a sort of medieval border and such) of a harry potter story starter -- "Last Saturday at the Candy store...", xerox, and pass out to the kids. Once you get the stories back, you could xerox them (so kids can keep their own copy), and staple/bind them into a book that kids could read at the library (not for circulation). Sort of a "write you own harry adventure" I can't remember, does harry have a school song you could teach them? It might be fun to get such a large group all singing together. Were you going to have food at this party? Did you want to make an attempt at purchasing jelly bellies (but depending on how many folks show up, you might spend all of your money on these little treats). You could put together "party favors" with a copy of the harry glasses, some worksheets/activity sheets, a handful of jelly bellies in a bag labelled "everything beans" or whatever their official name is. Amazon.com had a contest for kids to design their own magic candy like the stuff at Harry's local store -- maybe your kids would enjoy designing candy? Again, just paper and coloring supplies needed. Or you could set up activity tables, one activity at each. Do you have any great artists on staff? They could make one of those carnival photograph opportunities -- a piece of wood or sturdy fabric painted with harry's body, with a hole cut out for the face. Then kids could stand behind there and get a polaroid of themselves dressed like harry (at school, playing quidditch, whatever). Have party goers design their own "next generation" quidditch playing broom (the Nimus 5000 XT?) on paper, and write why this broom is the best. Again, turn their entries into a book, or hang them on the "Wall of Honor." Try to find some way to tie the bank into this -- maybe someone from the bank would come down and "talk up" the secret vaults at the bank. Not that they ride in mining carts to get to the vaults like harry does, but they do have a vault. Then again, they'd have to be a pretty cool bank employee to make safety deposit boxes sound hip. They'd have to read that passage in the book so they have some idea why kids might find vaults interesting. Obviously, go to the Scholastic site and print out activity sheets. http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/ If you have an lc panel to hook to your internet computer (for training classes), you could log onto the site and play some of the harry games as a group. Just use the lc panel to project the computer screen on the wall. Prepare this ahead, and make sure you have all the necessary plug ins so nothing goes wrong during the program. Make sure you take plenty of pictures for your board members (and for future projects with the bank) and call the local newspaper to have them cover it as well! Hope these help. Mary McCarthy ACLIN Support Librarian Colorado State Library/BCR marymc@sni.net ------------------------------ From: "Sarah Smith" <sesmith5@hotmail.com> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: Web site to order mag. with themes Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 12:47:58 CST I did it again! I swear, I have got to get more organized. I printed out a message the other day from the listserv, then promptly deleted it, about a magazine/web site that has story time themes for librarians. Could someone send me the information about how to subscribe to this magazine, please? All I need it the web site address. Thanks in advance, Sarah Smith sesmith5@hotmail.com Harrison, Michigan ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ From: Shari_Brown@ci.mesa.az.us To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: job postings Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 13:01:59 CST
Just thought I'd add my two cents regarding the length of job postings: I always appreciate it when postings (of any sort) are brief. When people offer to provide more information by contacting them directly, I can get through the listings quicker. Rarely do I get the chance to scroll leisurely through the list. Shari Brown Mesa Public Library ------------------------------ From: "Mary Johnson (amk)" <mjohnson@wlsmail.wls.lib.ny.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Our Harry Program (warning: *very* long!) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 13:16:26 CST Well, our Hogwarts Holiday party took place on the 15th, and I'm now going to try to sum it up for everyone, as promised. *I* was a bit frantic (well, more than a bit) at the beginning because our branch librarian, who'd promised to help me with the wands at the beginning, couldn't make it; also, there were a couple of kids signing up at the last minute - fortunately, we had room for them as there had been a couple of drop-outs. Anyway- I limited attendance to 32 kids between 9 and 13 years old. The first thing we did was a roll call, and all the kids got name tags. Then we went out to the stage adjoining the library, and they all decorated magic wands. Right after that, we sorted them into their houses and then I had each house call out a number between 1 and 4. This determined the order in which they'd face the four challenges. Oh- how we sorted- my sister, who's an artist and who helped with a lot of the planning, had done little tickets on Clarisworks with a drawing of the house animal and the name. We put these into a paper bag and called the kids up by the first letter of their last name. Each kid put on a witch's hat (supplied by our children's clerk), reached into the bag without looking and pulled out a ticket. He or she then handed the ticket to Deirdre (my sister) who called out the house. The challenges: I modelled these after the challenges Harry, Ron and Hermione have to face at the end of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", and a group of kids from the high school and an English teacher ran them. I told the kids and Megan what the challenges were, what the right answers were and how they should award points. Each group (there were two or three high school girls at each challenge) got a little pad and a pencil. As the groups of younger kids came through, they noted down the name of the house, the total points, including points added for good behavior, points taken away for bad behavior, and the names of kids who behaved particularly well. Challenge one: Professor Sprout's Riddle. A short, rhyming riddle on a botanical theme; the answer was "mandrake" or "mandragora", and all the groups got it quite quickly - the high school kids were impressed! Fifty points for this one. Challenge two: Vanquish the troll. Joel Goldshall, a local artist who teaches in the middle school, had done a wonderful troll - cut out of a board and painted - for us. We propped him up against a bookshelf in the 'big kid's room' and attached velcro targets to his head, middle, hand and knee. As the groups came in, the young lady running this challenge lined them up and gave each child in turn three styrofoam balls we'd painted red and put velcro strips on. Every kid got three shots at the troll - 10 points if they hit his head, 5 for his stomach, 0 for his knee and minus 5 for his hand. Our high school assistant let all the kids have two turns - a good idea on her part, as this was a difficult challenge. No team got 50 points, though some got 45 and all managed to get at least 30. The kids really liked this! Challenge three: "Living chess". Megan Kaste, the English teacher, ran this with the help of a couple of the high school kids. They had set up an end game in the staff lunch room, and as the kids came in, they gathered round and played as a team against Megan. She and the students coached the younger kids, who had 4 possible paths they could take to win. This was the longest and most difficult challenge, so there was a bit of a hold-up as groups finished the troll and waited to get into the lunch room. They filtered back out to the children's circ desk looking for something to do, so at this point and adult volunteer, Frank Corda, took over. Guess the jellybeans and golden snitch: I'd bought a sand art bottle and washed it out, and my sister Deirdre had filled it with all kinds of jellybeans and made a label for it. While the kids were waiting, Frank called them over to guess the number of jellybeans in the jar. I told them to put their names down even if they didn't want to put down a number, because there would be door prizes as well as the jar of every flavor beans. They still had a little time to wait when they were finished, so Frank and I began playing 'monkey in the middle' with the golden snitches. Deirdre and I had made four golden snitches out of styrofoam balls painted gold and gold paper for wings. Each group got at least two chances to catch the snitch, and every group but one caught it. Frank took down the name of the child who caught it in each group and wrote down "150 points". Fourth challenge: professsor Snape's logic puzzzle. Five bottles were lined up on a table in the foyer of the theater adjoining the library. Four had plain water, and one vinegar and water. The children had to read the rhyme, figure out which botle had the potion, and pour a little from the bottle they chose into a plastic cup containing baking soda. If it fizzed, they were right. To my surprise, they all did this pretty quickly and all got it right!
After finishing the challenges, the children came back on stage where we gave them a feast - cauldron cakes (otherwise known as donut holes), candy canes, chocolate frogs (these were chocolate cookies Deirdre and I had cut out with frog-shaped cookie cutters), and cider. I'd meant to dye the cider orange with food coloring I'd bought and call it pumpkin juice, but I didn't get around to it! During the feast, we announced the winners of the jelly beans and of the twelve door prizes. Then the winner of the house cup was announced (Hufflepuff!) The house cup itself was a big box of Christmas crackers the kids in the winning house shared out. Finally, Deirdre had four special prizes for the best-behaved children in each house - pictures of the house animals she'd done in mixed media and put in cheap little uniframes. The children who got them really seemed to appreciate them. I'd been worried it would be hard to decide who merited these special prizes, but it was actually pretty clear. So that was our program. What impresses me most, looking back on it (and aside from the amount of work and planning it took!) was how many volunteers participated. We must have had a dozen high school kids there along with Megan, Frank, and Deirdre - and Joel's troll was an excellent contribution. I could not have done the program without these people, and I'm *extremely* grateful to all of them. Speaking of special contributions, how could I have forgotten the wizard cards? Yes, along with the chocolate frogs, we had real, moving wizard cards! Deirdre and three girls from the high school did drawings of six wizards - two drawings per wizard. We reduced the drawings to 1 and 1/2 inches and then I took them to the print shop and had 8 copies made on card stock. For each wizard, one drawing was directly above the other on the same piece of paper. Then I made the cards from 8 and 1/2 by 11 gold cover stock. With 3 other staff members, I cut out an inch and a half opening about half way down each card. We then pasted biographies on the back (each biography mentioned at least 4 books about the individual wizard and others like him or her), cut out the wizards so the first picture would be hidden when the second showed through the hole, and attached them to little paper sticks the kids could pull to see the second picture. Each card ended up about 4 inches wide by 5 inches long; we sealed the sides with double-sided tape. This was quite a project, believe me, and I'm not sure if I'm describing it well enough for anyone to replicate it. If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me. The wizards we did were Minerva McGonagall, Ged, Merlin, Gandalf, the Spae-woman (from "The King of Ireland's Son" by Padraic Colum), and Athena. Every child got one card - we made 43 altogether, because there was an extra of professor McGonagall. I'm going to try to put pictures of this program online - will keep you posted. I apologize for the length of this post; I hardly knew what to say about this program at first, and then I couldn't stop once I'd started! It was enormously complex, but, I think, well worth all the work. Unfortunately, the press did *not* come - I think they missed something special! And yes - I, too, am wondering how on earth one plays quidditch in a library. Who knows - I might try that next! Mary Johnson, YA librarian, North Castle Library, Armonk, NY 10504 mjohnson@wls.lib.ny.us ------------------------------ From: Sharon Wiegert <swiegert@monarch.papillion.ne.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Picture Book Biographies Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 13:36:34 CST I thought you site was excellent, but I have one suggestion from a personal stand point and I know others will appreciate it also. Can you include the ISBN numbers as then we can just take your list and order right from it? It is one of the most frequent things that people asked of the Golden Sower committee. Thanks for all your hard work on these things--you will be missed in the state!! We really need people like you here. Sharon ------------------------------ From: Library <groton.public.lib@snet.net> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: Looking for YA books about the sea. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 13:50:45 CST We recently recieved a request from the Mystic Seaport for a list of recently published YA books (emphasis on novels) about the sea. True Confesions of Charlotte Doyle, was of course the first book we came up with. I have had limited time to do much searching, but what I've found are mostly classics like Moby Dick. The Seaport Museum is an extremely popular educational and tourist attraction. It is a recreated Whaling Village with a large volunteer staff. The person who contacted me is in charge of their staff training and was looking for resources to provide some connection with literature in order to interest the often elusive teen patron. I mentioned books like Island of the Blue Dolphin, but she would prefer to have an Atlantic Coast/New England setting. Voyage of the Frog by Paulsen is another book with possibilites. I am appealing to your collective brains for any suggestions. Of course she wants this list right after the first of the year and I am taking some time off for the holidays. I appreciate any suggestions! Happy Holidays TIA Anne Campbell Groton Public Library Groton, CT groton.public.lib@snet.net ------------------------------ From: Merideth Jenson-Benjamin <mjenson-@lib.az.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Page Productivity Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 14:09:48 CST O.K. as a former page I feel I must speak up. I worked for a page for 7 years, two in high school, three in my undergraduate program, and 1 as a graduate student. I worked in Public, Academic, Special and High School libraries. Being a page is not a fun job. It is *possible* to sort a cart in 10-15 minutes, particularly if you only have one cart to sort. After cart number 15 or 16, with your eyes crossing, your feet killing you, and no end in sight, you slow down just a tad. There were days that I thought that the sight of another J Fic cart would drive me to the looney bin. It is very difficult to shelve materials when there is a 3-year old (or an irate philosophy TA) actively destroying the area where you are trying to shelve. Alot of the time I spent shelving in a public area was actually spent puting the range back together after someone was through with it. In every library where I worked, the pages were not to assist patrons, and this was understood by everybody but the patrons. After the fifth refrain of "But they're busy at the desk and you're right here!" and threats to complain to the director, It was just easier to help whomever was asking for it then to direct them to the nearest librarian. I would say this took up at least %30 of my time on the floor, when I was supposed to be shelving. As for shelf-reading, don't get me started. What was the name of the man whose liver regrew everyday just to have it ripped out by steel-clawed eagles that night? He and I had a lot in common. He had eagles, I had the medical books section. The pay for pages (excuse the expression) sucks. When I started out in high school I got $2.25 an hour and 1/2 a course credit. In my best days as a page I made $5.65. My best friend made calls for a local tele-marketer and made more than tripple what I did. I can hear you asking, if it was that bad, why did you stay? Well, I liked the people I worked with, I always knew I wanted to be a librarian, and I thought working as a page would give me good experience. In my college years, it was an on-campus job, and the hours were good. By the way, when I was a page, I was sure the librarians had it easy, just sitting at that desk all day! So, I guess the point is, be gentle with your pages. The way I see it, most of us could leave tomarrow and maybe nobody would really notice. But if the pages left everything would grind to a screeching halt.
Opinions are my own.... (sing along you know the words)
Merideth Jenson-Benjamin Young Adult Librarian Glendale (AZ) Public Library mjenson-@glenpub.lib.az.us ------------------------------ From: Beth Werking <bwerking@kokomo.lib.in.us> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: RE: Page Productivity MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 14:24:07 CST Our library Friends has established a page scholarship of $1000. Length of employment and supervisor's recommendation play a definitive role in who receives the award. ------------------------------ From: "Jennifer Needham" <jneedham@haddampl.libct.org> To: "pubyac@prairienet.org" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Adopt-A-Shelf MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 14:32:32 CST Hi all! I need your collective brain. I am the children's librarian in a very small public library. As you all are aware of, I am sure, keeping shelves neat in the children's area is an ongoing struggle, especially when there is not enough of help. We have decided to institute an Adopt-A-Shelf program - where families or individuals can sign up for a particular shelf, and then have the responsibility of keeping that shelf neat. I am in the process of developing some guidelines for the program, and I am curious to know if anyone else out there has had any experience with a program such as this. Any and all advice, tips, suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance! Jennifer Needham Brainerd Memorial Library Haddam, CT E-mail: jneedham@haddampl.libct.org ------------------------------ From: Simpson <jsimpson03@snet.net> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: publishers on Pubyac MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 14:40:47 CST About the photo of the old man on the cover of The Giver... In Lois Lowry's Newbery acceptance speech, she says that she herself took the photo of the man, who is someone she knew. I guess it was pretty important to her to have the man pictured on the cover of her book! Martha Simpson, Stratford (CT) Library
LWilli0316@aol.com wrote: > publishers. No one else could possibly be able to answer them. Examples: Why > > did they put that old man on the cover of The Giver (I could never > understand > that... it certainly doesn't pull in readers...)? ------------------------------ From: Barbara Amberg <ambergb@pls.lib.ca.us> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: School Libraries MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 14:53:55 CST
I'm a children's librarian at a public library. I've been invited by our local public school system to participate in a committee, whose purpose will be to come up with a comprehensive plan to improve our local school libraries. Our school libraries here are in fairly abysmal shape - no budgets for many years, no librarians, etc. For those of you who work in school libraries, or who have worked in school libraries in the past, or who just have a strong opinion!, here's my question: What are the three things that you consider most important in a good school library? Thanks for your input! I'd really like to make a positive contribution to this committee. I benefit greatly from this list, and Sharon, you're great!
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * BARBARA AMBERG E-mail: ambergb@pls.lib.ca.us Youth Services Librarian Phone: (650) 359-3397 Sanchez Library Fax: (650) 359-3808 San Mateo County Library Pacifica, CA 94044
------------------------------ From: pat cirone <pcirone@nh.ultranet.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Job Notices MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 15:06:47 CST I agree with Lorie -- it's easy enough to skim over or delete a full job listing if you're not interested, but it's nice to have the information for those who like to keep abreast of what's happening around the country and for those seeking jobs. My library used the information gleaned from a month's worth of job listings on Pubyac a couple of years ago to present to the library board to gain a salary increase for the children's librarian! Pat Cirone Lorie wrote: > Diane, and all, > > Actually, I really like the full notices posted here. I am not actively > searching for a new position, but one never knows when the job you've always > been looking for will pop up. I enjoy reading and doing some comparisons > between jobs that are open and my own position. It always disappoints me a > bit when there's no real info about the k=job posted, just a contact. > > Just my two cents. > > Lorie > *************** > Lorie J. O'Donnell > odonnell@borg.com > > "All that is comes from the mind; it is based on the mind, > it is fashioned by the mind. " from The Pali Canon ------------------------------ From: pat cirone <pcirone@nh.ultranet.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: publishers on Pubyac Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 15:15:29 CST I agree, too -- even lurking publishers would be a boon if they respond to some of the needs expressed by frustrated librarians -- currently there's been a lot of interest where I work for a current kid's biography on Babe Ruth, but it doesn't seem as if there is one in print right now (at least according to our CD-ROM database...) Pat cirone pcirone@nh.ultranet.com ------------------------------ From: <soublc@cloh.net> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: stumper Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 15:23:51 CST We have a patron looking for a book she read in elementary school. It is a picture book about a turtle named Pinky that did not have a shell. We have looked everywhere, but haven't found the right book. Does anyone know the title and/or author? Thank you Cindy Hanshaw Southern Branch Briggs Law. Co. Public Library soublc@cloh.net ------------------------------ From: Myrna Sigal <msigal@ansernet.rcls.org> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: clocks with children's book characters? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 15:32:13 CST The catalog company Sticker Planet (1-800-557-8678) has a Curious George Clock Kit for $17.85. It comes with a blank clock and appropriate number and character stickers to create the face. Or, you can buy just the clock for $14.95 and use your own stickers. Their web site is www.stickerplanet.com. Hope this helps! Myrna Sigal, West Nyack Free Library steven engelfried wrote: > We have boring clocks in our kids room and want to replace them with > something fun. I've seen Disney and Looney Toons clocks, but has anyone > ever seen a clock with characters from children's books? I'm picturing Max > or the Cat in the Hat, but I'd even settle for Arthur.... > > - Steven Engelfried, Children's Librarian > Deschutes Public Library System, Bend Branch > 601 NW Wall Street Bend, OR 97701 > ph: 541-617-7072 fax: 541-617-7073 > e-mail: stevene@dpls.lib.or.us ------------------------------ From: Fun Guy <joshl2000@excite.com> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: Query for Harry Potter Club Ideas Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 15:40:17 CST Hi, I just got on this list once again, so if this subject was recently discussed I apologize. I am looking for Craft and Activity ideas for my upcoming Harry Potter Club. If you prefer, you may email them directly to me at JoshL2000@excite.com or even snail mail if you want at the address below. Thanks, Josh Lachman Youth Services Librarian Eldredge Public Library Chatham, MA 02633 (508) 945-5170
_______________________________________________________ Visit Excite Shopping at http://shopping.excite.com The fastest way to find your Holiday gift this season ------------------------------ From: MKARNOSH@mail.bcl.lib.fl.us To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: RE: Gender Role titles Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 15:49:02 CST
Susan Graf wrote on 12/16: > > > Well, I am hoping to say this without offending anyone. I also have a myriad > of college students asking for "two or three titles..." However, it is my > professional opinion that the college professor (albiet Community College) > is not expecting me to do their assignment. I do always show the students A > to Zoo and a few other bibliographic tools on my reference shelf to assist > them in developing programs for their future classrooms. > > Then I invite them to pull up a chair and look through several shelves of > picture books to determine or select two or three titles that meet the > criteria. > > In my previous library we had many students coming in for books on grieving > and death, or ecological themes or sibling rivalry, etc, etc, etc. My > then-boss spoke with the CFD professor assigning these students said > annotated lists. She who was assigning made it quite clear to us that we > should not be doing the work--The process of finding these materials was > just as important as the list of titles. SO I have resisted doing a bookmark > bibliography for gender/role model picture books. Just MHO. > >
Hmm . . . Different libraries have different philosophies! We have thought about this, too; however the question always came up: if we don't provide this service for the students, and we DO provide it for the patron who wanders in off the street wanting the topic, are we discriminating against a particular kind of patron? Because of this, our system has decided that " A reference question is a reference question is a reference question." All patrons receive the same level of service. For instance: If a patron came to me looking for two or three books for kids dealing with death/grieving, my ordinary service would be to take the patron to the J 155 section of the non-fiction, where many of my books on the topic are found, and invite them to browse while I looked up some of the Easy or Juvenile Fiction books on the topic. It would never occur to me to ask if this was for some sort of assignment; I would simply save the time of the patron by locating the material for them as quickly as possible. In fact, the only way I would know it was for an assignment is if the patron mentioned the fact to me during the reference interview. If I then decided not to provide the same help to that patron that I would for the parent of a child needing books to explain the death of a pet (for instance), I've established two levels of service. I personally don't think this is fair. I agree that the process of locating the information is as important a part of the assignment as the information itself. However, I feel it is up to the professor to make this point to his/her students, and encourage them to approach the library staff for direction in the most efficient way to conduct the search. We know all the little tricks of the cataloging system that the average person isn't aware of, and we're happy to share. But students who receive second-class assistance will probably not be among the folks voting in favor of the next library bond issue, and I prefer for the library to have as many friends among those of voting age as it can get! Only my 2 cents-- Melissa Karnosh Broward County South Regional/BCC Library Broward County, Florida ------------------------------ From: cwilson2@kent.edu To: pubyac@prairienet.org, Susan Barash <barashsu@metronet.lib.mi.us> Subject: Re: Bib. Request--Facing Nature MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 15:57:35 CST Susan, There's a bibliography in YALSA, www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/poppaper98.html called "Facing Nature Head On." Hope it helps! Cassie Wilson ------------------------------ From: Bookabc@aol.com To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: animal encyclopedia MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 16:05:49 CST THE VERY BEST ANIMAL ENCYCLOPEDIA I HAVE FOUND IS "WILDLIFE AND PLANTS OF THE WORLD". IT WAS JUST UPDATED TO INCLUDE PLANTS . IT IS PUBLISHED BY MARSHALL CAVENDISH AND I BELIEVE SELLS FOR AROUND $300. IT IS AN EXCELLENT RESOURCE AND THE SET-UP FOR EACH ANIMAL MAKES USING IT VERY USER-FRIENDLY. I HOPE THIS HELPS. DEBORAH ULLMAN BOOKABC@AOL.COM ------------------------------ From: Susan Barash <barashsu@metronet.lib.mi.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Thanks--Bib. Request MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 16:13:54 CST Thanks to everyone who sent ideas for books in which a character must struggle with nature! Your ideas were so helpful!
Sue Barash West Bloomfield Township Public Library Westacres Branch 7321 Commerce Rd. West Bloomfield, MI 48324 (248) 363-4022 (248)363-7243 (Fax)
------------------------------ From: Susan Price-Stephens (Susan Price-Stephens) <susan.price-stephens@treasure.lpl.london.on.ca> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Stumper solved: Apple of the window ledge Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Disposition: inline Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 16:22:49 CST You've done it again! Thank you Maria, Patti, Patty and Chelsea. The story was written by Jan Loof and the title is either Who's Got the Apple? (3 responses) or The Story of the Red Apple (1 response). Many others were interested in the answer. Thanks again
------------------------------ From: Julie Ann Rines <jrines@ocln.org> To: pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Vocational Fiction Stumper MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 16:31:12 CST We are looking for available paperback titles that are fiction that include teens or young adults working in the areas of culinary arts (catering, cooking), allied health (EMT, medical assistant, nurse) or auto mechanics. We have checked subjected headingings in our catalog, What do Young Adults Read Next and Best books for juniour and senior high school students. I also scanned shelves hoping for inspiration without success. These are for a vocational high school that would like to be able to buy multiple copies for students. Thanks for the help, Julie Rines Thomas Crane Public Library Quincy, MA jrines@ocln.org ------------------------------ From: "DAHLGREEN MaryKay" <DAHLGREEN_MaryKay@oslmac.osl.state.or.us> To: "PUBYAC" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: 2 Positions Available-Oregon Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 16:43:15 CST Please excuse the cross-posting. Information about these jobs with Deschutes County Public Library please contact the Library at the numbers listed below:
POSITION: Children's Librarian I SUMMARY: Position performs professional children's librarian duties, including special assignments for activities and programs, for the La Pine and Sunriver Libraries. SALARY/SCHEDULE: $2,336.95 - $3,199.52 for a l72.67-hour work month. Excellent benefits.
QUALIFICATIONS: Knowledge & Skills: Requires ability to plan and conduct creative programming, to build partnerships, and to relate well to children and adults. Must have solid knowledge of children's services and literature, as well as demonstrated skills in community outreach. Requires ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing, as well as to establish and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers. Education: MLS or equivalent required. NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Possession of/or ability to obtain a valid Oregon Driver's License within 30 days of hire date. APPLICATIONS at All Public Libraries in Deschutes County (Bend Public Library, Inter-Lobby; Display Wall, 601 NW Wall Street, Bend, OR 97701 or contact us via phone (541) 617-7096; FAX (541) 389-2982; or e-mail mariant@dpls.lib.or.us DESCHUTES PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM APPLICATION & SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE REQUIRED AND ACCEPTED AT Library Administration, 507 NW Wall Street, Bend, OREGON, UNTIL 4:00 P.M. ON Monday, January 17, 1999. EOE The Bend Public Library is wheelchair accessible. For the deaf or hard of hearing, an interpreter or assistive listening system will be provided with 48 hours notice. Materials in alternate formats may be made available with 48 hours notice. To arrange for these services or for more information, please contact administration at (541) 617-7096. For hearing impaired, call TDD (541) 385-3203. POSITION: Reference Librarian I SUMMARY: Librarian uses electronic and print resources to link patrons in a multi-county region to the latest reference sources. Position is also responsible for selected collection development and is instrumental in planning and teaching community classes in the new public computer lab. SALARY/SCHEDULE: $2,336.95 - $3,199.52 for a l72.67-hour work month. Excellent benefits.
QUALIFICATIONS: Knowledge & Skills: Strong public service skills; knowledge & skill with electronic and print resources; and ability and experience in conducting effective reference interviews. Computer software skills required. Requires ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing, as well as to establish and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers. Education: MLS or equivalent required. NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Possession of/or ability to obtain a valid Oregon Driver's License within 30 days of hire date. APPLICATIONS at All Public Libraries in Deschutes County (Bend Public Library, Inter-Lobby; Display Wall, 601 NW Wall Street, Bend, OR 97701 or contact us via phone (541) 617-7096; FAX (541) 389-2982; or e-mail mariant@dpls.lib.or.us DESCHUTES PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM APPLICATION & SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE REQUIRED AND ACCEPTED AT Library Administration, 507 NW Wall Street, Bend, OREGON, UNTIL 4:00 P.M. ON Monday, January 17, 2000. EOE The Bend Public Library is wheelchair accessible. For the deaf or hard of hearing, an interpreter or assistive listening system will be provided with 48 hours notice. Materials in alternate formats may be made available with 48 hours notice. To arrange for these services or for more information, please contact administration at (541) 617-7096. For hearing impaired, call TDD (541) 385-3203. ------------------------------ From: Mary K Chelton <mchelton@pop.mail.rcn.net> To: pubyac@prairienet.org, alsc-l@ala.org Subject: Looking for Connie Rockman Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 16:53:01 CST My apologies to the list, but I need to get in touch with Connie Rockman. If you are on here, Connie, or anyone knows how to find her, please let me know. Thanks so much, Mary K. Chelton ********************************************************************** Mary K. Chelton, Associate Professor Work: Graduate School of Library and Information Studies 254 Rosenthal Library Queens College 65-30 Kissena Blvd. Fllushing, NY 11367 Phone: 718/997-3667 direct/voice 718/997-3790 office 718/997-3797 fax Home: 35 Mercury Ave. East Patchogue, NY 11772 Phone: 516/286-4255 or 516/776-2166 nb Suffolk County's 516 prefix was supposed to have changed to 631 on 11/1/99 but when it actually goes into effect is still a mystery. *********************************************************************
------------------------------ From: Eric Norton <enorton@scls.lib.wi.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: animal encyclopedia Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 17:00:49 CST Pam, I purchased a few sets at the end of last year that might be of interest to you. The first is _The Encyclopedia of Mammals_ published by Marshall Cavendish 1997. Obviously from the title the set is limited to mammals but it covers them very well. For each mammal or small group of mammals (the article on the aardvark also covers the closely related hyraxes) there are about twenty pages of facts, maps, illustrations detailing habitat, life cycle, eating habits, predators, etc. etc. _Wildlife and Plants of the World_ has two page spreads on a variety of animals, plants and microorganisms from around the world. It is also from Marshall Cavendish and is a 1999. Both sets have 17 volumes but the _Wildlife_ volumes are shorter and this set in general is pitched to a slightly younger audience. I would say they would both be worth a look.
Eric Norton enorton@scls.lib.wi.us Head of Children's Services McMillan Memorial Library 490 E. Grand Ave. Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin 54494
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