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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: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 00:01:19 CST Subject: PUBYAC digest 55 PUBYAC Digest 55 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) RE: Teen volunteers by Jamie Weaver <jweaver@dupagels.lib.il.us> 2) RE: Shelving of Picture Books by karen maletz <kmlib@yahoo.com> 3) Re: Harry potter by "Inge Saczkowski" <isaczkow@niagarafalls.library.on.ca> 4) PC police & Harry Potter by "Mary K. Rice" <mrice@waterford.lib.mi.us> 5) Harry Potter by "Sanning, Lisa" <sannil@sosmail.state.mo.us> 6) Re: good websites for birthdate trivia? by Candace Deisley <deisleyc@uhls.lib.ny.us> 7) Bookmobile Ideas... by "Barbara Scott" <barbarascott@hotmail.com> 8) BLP (blatant list-manager promotion) by Marlyn Roberts <chaisegirl@yahoo.com> 9) Diana Wynne Jones--for Harry Potter fans who can't get enough by Smith <lsmith@suffolk.lib.ny.us> 10) Re: popsicle stick ideas by ssteed@parracity.nsw.gov.au 11) Harry potter banned?? by heather mcneil <heatherm@dpls.lib.or.us> 12) Re: Harry Potter series tops list of most challenged books of 1999 by Jackie Marquardt <jmarquar@timberland.lib.wa.us> 13) Class visit response compilation...LONGISH by Ginnie Hoover <ginnie@lfpl.org> 14) tea party suggestion by Bobbie Best <bobbie@lib.state.hi.us> 15) more websites for birthday trivia by Sarah Kendall <rocsk@kentlibrary.lib.mi.us> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jamie Weaver <jweaver@dupagels.lib.il.us> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: RE: Teen volunteers Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 09:47:45 CST Karen No I do not have any liability disclaimer on my teen volunteer applications and have not had a problem in the last five years i've been doing this. I do have a "time sheet" though and all volunteers must sign in and out with number of hours worked. Numbers are totaled at the end of year and special prizes are given to the top 2 students with the most hours at our annual pizza party. ------------------------------ From: karen maletz <kmlib@yahoo.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: RE: Shelving of Picture Books MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 09:56:27 CST Hi, I know this is old E-mail but this is how we shelve the Easy picture books in Hicksville, Long Island, New York. We shelve them by the first two letters of the author's last name using the brightly colored stickers. On the spine, first we place the first letter. Then, below that we place the second letter. In other words the ST's are all together (Stevenson, Steig, etc.). This is easier than they way we used to do it which was by just the first letter. (Looking through the S's or M's used to be horrible). By doing it this way, it is also easier to spot misshelved books since the different colored stickers stand out. ------------------------------ From: "Inge Saczkowski" <isaczkow@niagarafalls.library.on.ca> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Re: Harry potter MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 09:57:44 CST The new Harry Potter is called "Harry Potter and the Doomspell Tournament" It is due out July 8, 2000 (simultaneous British and U.S.) The ISBN for you to use in ordering is: 0439139597 ------------------------------ From: "Mary K. Rice" <mrice@waterford.lib.mi.us> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: PC police & Harry Potter MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 09:59:27 CST
I have to agree with Ms. Simpson on this one. She said exactly what I was screaming when I read the article calling Harry Potter sexist (and when I read about the people who think the books are satanic). It's all well and good to think about books as we read them, but maybe we think about them a little to hard. Mary Rice
------------------------------ From: Simpson <jsimpson03@snet.net> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Harry Potter sexist? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 18:54:30 CST Please spare me from the "Polital Corectness Police"! Can't those naysayers just shut up and enjoy the Harry Potter books because they're fun to read? Martha Simpson, A Great HP Fan Mary Rice | Phone: (248) 674-4831 Ext. 102 Children's Librarian | Fax: (248) 674-1910 Waterford Township Public Library | E-Mail:mrice@tln.lib.mi.us 5168 Civic Center Dr. Waterford, MI 48329 ------------------------------ From: "Sanning, Lisa" <sannil@sosmail.state.mo.us> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Harry Potter MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 10:00:59 CST I want to thank Kate McDowell for her thoughtful comments. We are librarians after all, and should be reading and selecting books with a critical eye. Doing so doesn't mean we can't and don't enjoy the great things about a book or that we don't select one because it has flaws. Reading with a critical eye--and raising thoughtful questions about a book--shouldn't earn anyone the name of "PC police" or for that matter "right wing Christian conservative". Especially on an electronic mail list which exists to facilitate just such thoughtful discussion. I love Harry Potter and am, like millions of other readers, anxiously awaiting the next book. I think the writer of the Salon article made some valid points but who knows what's to come in the next four books?!? We could be overrun with strong, female characters by the time it's all over. Just a quick FYI to Kathy Kershner--it's the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry--which accounts for the presence of boys and girls at the school. Lisa R. Sanning, Reference Librarian Wolfner Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped ------------------------------ From: Candace Deisley <deisleyc@uhls.lib.ny.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: good websites for birthdate trivia? Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 10:02:28 CST The day AFTER they were born will give the news that happened on the day they were born. Jilleebill@aol.com wrote: > Dear Sarah, > > How about trying a microfilm search of your local newspaper or the New York > Times from the day they were born? ------------------------------ From: "Barbara Scott" <barbarascott@hotmail.com> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: Bookmobile Ideas... Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 10:04:53 CST I am hoping you can help me with some ideas for a state manual that I am writing. I am in need of ideas to do on the bookmobile for a geography/multicultural/maps theme that our state library is doing for the year 2001. I am currently putting together the manual and would welcome ideas from all, especially any librarians from the state of Ohio whose libraries have bookmobiles and do programming on them. You may respond directly to me at barbarascott@hotmail.com Thanks! Barbara Scott, Children's Librarian Bucyrus Public Library Ohio Reading Program Manual Editor ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ From: Marlyn Roberts <chaisegirl@yahoo.com> To: Pub Yac <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: BLP (blatant list-manager promotion) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 10:06:18 CST Hey, everyone! I just wanted to point out that our illustrious leader is the co-author of "Shelter from the Storm: resources to help childlren and young adults cope with grief and trauma" in the January issue of SLJ. Congrats, Shannon! Marlyn ===== Marlyn K. Roberts Children's Librarian Codman Square Branch Boston Public Library chaisegirl@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ From: Smith <lsmith@suffolk.lib.ny.us> To: PUBYAC <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Diana Wynne Jones--for Harry Potter fans who can't get enough MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 10:07:42 CST Two of Diana Wynne Jones' titles that are particularly good for Harry Potter fans who want more are currently listed in the Story House Bound Books catalog (1-800-847-2105) Page 73, Charmed Life and Witch Week Lisa Smith Lindenhurst, NY lsmith@suffolk.lib.ny.us ------------------------------ From: ssteed@parracity.nsw.gov.au To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: Re: popsicle stick ideas Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 10:09:15 CST Justin, Have a look at www.makingfriend.com It is a great site for craft ideas and has a section called Craft sticks & Woodsies with stavks of ideas. The section also allows you to order two books - Craft stick fun for kids and Craft stick fun for kids book 2. I'm sure your patron will love them. Sarah Steed Children's & Youth' Services Librarian Parramatta City Library Sydney, Australia ssteed@parracity.nsw.gov.au >Hi! I have a young patron who is looking for a book that features = >popsicle sticks as craft projects. My search has lead me nowhere. A = >couple of books have a craft or two using popsicle sticks, but she is = >interested in a variety and would like a whole book which features just = >popsicle sticks. Any ideas or direction? Thanks! Visit our Web Site : http://www.ParraCity.nsw.gov.au ------------------------------ From: heather mcneil <heatherm@dpls.lib.or.us> To: "'PUBYAC@prairienet.org'" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Harry potter banned?? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 10:10:44 CST The school district here in Bend, OR, has received a challenge requesting that the Potter books be banned from the district. One of the things that the parent filing the request has said is that they have been successfully banned from other school districts and states. Is this true? Do any of you know of any area where the books have been actually banned? I know it has been challenged, and is #1 on the ALA list for last year. I've talked with the ALAOIF, I've researched the Internet, and found nothing except letters and editorials pro and con. I have posted this same request on ALSC, and the responses concerned challenges made but no actual banning, except for one district that will not allow the books to be read aloud in class, and the books can be purchased only with permission from the school's principal. But I'm still seeking for information about whether or not the book has been banned. You can reach me at heatherm@dpls.lib.or.us. Heather McNeil-Nix Youth Services Coordinator Deschutes Public Libraries 507 N. W. Wall St. Bend, OR 97701 541-312-0130 "There are lives I can imagine without children but none of them have the same laughter and noise." B. Andreas "One does not have to be educated in order to see fairies." W. Y. Evans-Wentz
------------------------------ From: Jackie Marquardt <jmarquar@timberland.lib.wa.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Harry Potter series tops list of most challenged books of 1999 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 10:12:15 CST The correct web address is: http://www.ala.org/news/v5n12/99bookchallenges.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jackie Marquardt Youth Services Librarian
Olympia Timberland Library Voice: 360-352-0595 313 8th Ave. S.E. FAX: 360-586-3207 Olympia, WA 98501-1307 e-mail: jmarquar@timberland.lib.wa.us ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, Don Wood wrote: > PIO press release: > > Harry Potter series tops list of most challenged books of 1999 > > "The best-selling Harry Potter series of children's books by J.K. Rowling tops the list of books most challenged in 1999, according to the American Library > Association's (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom. The Potter series drew > complaints from parents and others concerned about the books' focus on > wizardry and magic." > > http://www.ala.org/news/99bookchallenges.html > > > ______________ > Don Wood > American Library Association > Office for Intellectual Freedom > 50 East Huron Street > Chicago, IL 60611 > 800-545-2433, ext. 4225 > Fax: 312-280-4227 > dwood@ala.org > http://www.ala.org/oif.html > > ------------------------------ From: Ginnie Hoover <ginnie@lfpl.org> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Class visit response compilation...LONGISH MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 10:13:53 CST I requested some advice about activities to do for a class visit to the library, besides storytime (which we always do) and videos( which we are trying to get away from). This was in November, so I am sorry about the delay! Below are the suggestions I have received. I also received suggestions about using the books "57 games to play in the library or classroom" by Carol K. Lee, Ft. Atkinson, Wis.: Alleyside, c1997; and "Reading fun : quick and easy activities for the school library media center" by Mona Kerby; Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 1998. Both of these books had some helpful ideas. Thanks to everyone who sent me a response! And I again apologize for the delay in posting to everyone...:-) **************************************************************************** ********* I have used this idea with 40 Brownies, 30 Girl Scouts and 40 4th graders (fortuneately not all at the same time!) and it works. We have a 15 question scavenger hunt. First we give the kids a brief tour of the children's dept. and tell them there will be a scavenger hunt after the tour--boy do they listen better when they know that! We keep the tour groups at 15 per group because bigger then that the kids in the back can't hear/see etc. We have a separate, enclosed storytime room so half the group goes in the storyroom and hears the infomerical about programs/booktalks etc. and the other half go on tour. If we have more then 40 at the same time we have other staff/volunteers tour small groups. If we are short on time we pair the kids up otherwise each child gets the questions and pencil. Print the questions out in several different orders (ie everyone has the same questions but some have 1-15, others have 15-1, some start in the middle) that way not everyone is running to the same spot. All children get bookmarks, child or team that finishes first correctly receives book or poster etc. Sometimes we have larger groups for example the school wants to bring all k-5 kids. I welcome all to come but they must come in smaller groups often this is a problem with bus schedules. We are downtown so sometimes schools plan tours at the local paper, or electric plant (within walking distance of the library) and we rotate groups or 40 between the plant, paper and library. We are also across from a small park sometime half the group has lunch in the park while half hears the tour and switches. Also we have a storyteller guild here in town, sometimes the large group will go and listen to a storyteller and smaller groups will step out for a tour and rotate. Beyond tours and scavanger hunts I do storytelling, booktalks, crafts (make bookmarks or bookcovers) and skits or plays with the kids acting out the parts or working puppets. We also have a video that tours the library and we show this at times. Please forward other ideas you get. Thanks. Jennifer
Jennifer McQuilkin Children's Librarian, Joplin Public Library
*************************************************************** I was faced with your situation last month and asked my fellow youth services people at Timberland for suggestions. The one I ended up using was a version of Tic Tac Toe. I started the visit in the meeting room where I gave them some general information about the library system, fines, etc. Before I started any description I told them that they would need to listen to be able to play a game at the end. We then did a tour of the library and I gave them more information along the way. After the tour we returned to the meeting room and I divided them into two teams. I then drew a tic tac toe grid on the whiteboard. Each team took turns answering a trivia question based on the library orientation and tour, things like how long can you check out a video, where are the older copies of the magazines, etc. If they got it right their team got to make an x or an o on the grid. If they got it wrong, the other team had a shot at it. (Each child that thought they knew the answer raised their hand, and I picked one at random.) There was much groaning over answers and the placement of the x or o, and in general they seemed to enjoy it. The game was over when one side made tic tac toe, or we had a draw. What I liked was that it was adaptable to any size group and any age. All I had to do was have a list of questions ready. They also listened more attentively when I was speaking, because they knew there was going to be a quiz at the end. Hope this helps--good luck :-) Kathy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kathy Bullene Librarian I
North Mason Timberland Library **************************************************************************** There is a participation story about the library on the following URL address called "Quiet, Please". I've done it on a school visit before and the children seemed to enjoy it. There are other participation stories on the site. http://www.macscouter.com/Stories/Participation.html Hope this helps, Jeanenne Robinson **************************************************************************** ******
I'm not sure how long you wanted the game/activity to last, but I'll give you two of my favorite (just about exhausting my supply ;-) I read 'Jonathon and His Mommy' by Irene Smalls, and then we walk around the room taking 'big giant steps,' 'eensy-weensy baby steps', 'dance steps,' etc. It's about 10 minutes. It works for k-1st grade. I do 'Puniddles' by Bruce Mcmillan with older groups (5th & 6th). I cover the word and have them guess what it would be from the pictures. Since the pictures are kind of small, I usually walk up and down the rows (they sit in chairs), to show them while they call out answers. This can take about 15-20 minutes. This will only help if you have the titles, so I hope this helps! Lin
**************************************************************************** ******** One game we like to play is called Mystery. We use a large flannel board. We cut out pictures of various aspects of the library. (Books, CD's, movies, newspapers, computers, etc.) We put them one at a time on the flannel board, and the children name them as we put them up. We usually have about 10-15 pictures. After the children have named them, we count them to see how many items were on the board. We ask the children to shut their eyes, and then we remove all the items off the board. The children then have to remember all the items that we had on the board. Depending on how large the group is, we usually make them raise their hands and we call on them to answer. We also do this for many other themes. Halloween pictures for Halloween, Christmas pictures for Christmas, Fall pictures for Fall, or whatever theme we are reading on that week. It works well for the younger kids (Don't use as many pictures) and the older kids. Hope this helps. Michelle McInnis Calcasieu Parish Public Library Lake Charles, LA michelle@grok.calcasieu.lib.la.us ------------------------------ From: Bobbie Best <bobbie@lib.state.hi.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: tea party suggestion MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 10:15:43 CST I know this is late, but it seems that a lot of folks do this type of program. Our family makes iced tea (not necessarily with ice, but cold) out of Bigelow orange and spice flavored herbal tea (meaning no caffeine). With a small amount of honey, everyone likes it (I share it on hikes & potlucks for those who don't like alcohol). It doesn't taste like dishwater, as so many herb teas do. I just get hot water from the microwave or the hot spigot on our Waterman tank, let the bags in there for a few minutes & add cold water & a bit of honey. aloha ------------------------------ From: Sarah Kendall <rocsk@kentlibrary.lib.mi.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: more websites for birthday trivia MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 10:17:11 CST I've received numerous responses to my plea for websites relating to birthday trivia -- here's more to add to the previous list I sent: http://www.geocities.com/ransome/today.html http://www.historychannel.com http://www.dmarie.com/asp/history.asp http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/archive.html http://www.thehistorynet.com/today/today_search.htm http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/000129onthisday.html http://blackfacts.com http://shoga.wwa.com/~mjm/almanac2.html Again, thanks to all who responded. Numerous people wrote to suggest I have the cub scouts look through microfilm and old newspapers but unfortunately the branch library I work at does not have microfilm nor do we keep newspapers that are more than three months old. So for that I have to refer them to the large main library downtown, but these websites gave them something to start with. Sarah Kendall Youth librarian Krause Memorial Branch, Rockford Kent District Library
Opinions given are personal, and do not reflect official library policy or statements. ------------------------------ End of PUBYAC Digest 55 ***********************
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