From: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults & Children" <pubyac@prairienet.org>

To: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults & Children" <pubyac@prairienet.org>

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 03:19:02 CST

Subject: PUBYAC digest 58

PUBYAC Digest 58

Topics covered in this issue include:

1) Re: College Students

by Michelle Splitter <splitter@hqserver.panet.pa.sk.ca>

2) Re: College Students

by lfowler@aea16.k12.ia.us (Linda Fowler)

3) Re: [Fwd: Career Websites]

by "Sylvia Leigh Lambert" <leighladidah@gurlmail.com>

4) Re: College Students

by dawn fontana <dawnfontana@yahoo.com>

5) Re: College Students

by Karen Cordiner <Karen_Cordiner@bc.sympatico.ca>

6) Re: College Students

by toni whitney <whitneto@oplin.lib.oh.us>

7) Re: Library skit for preschoolers?

by toni whitney <whitneto@oplin.lib.oh.us>

8) RE: College Students

by "Hudson, Sarah" <shudson@plcmc.lib.nc.us>

9) Re: College Students

by Paulalef@aol.com

10) RE: YA inservice

by "Hudson, Sarah" <shudson@plcmc.lib.nc.us>

11) Re: Cable broadcast

by "Baraboo Children's Dept." <barch@scls.lib.wi.us>

12) College students

by "Tatar, Becky" <bltata@aurora.lib.il.us>

13) (no subject)

by lindy howe <lindylh@yahoo.com>

14) Re: [Fwd: Career Websites]

by "Grace Slaughter" <gslaughter@bham.lib.al.us>

15) YA In-service for combined dept.

by Mary K Chelton <mchelton@pop.mail.rcn.net>

16) New Spanish Encyclopedia

by "Tatar, Becky" <bltata@aurora.lib.il.us>

17) RE: Harry Potter and William Safire

by Andrew Finkbeiner <ANDREW@rockford.lib.il.us>

18) Re: College Students

by "Susan Price-Stephens" <susan.price-stephens@treasure.lpl.london.on.ca>

19) Summer Reading Themes so far

by Betsy Bybell <bbybell@norby.latah.lib.id.us>

20) Re: College Students

by annelmay@mailserver.franklintwp.org

21) Re Popsicle stick craft

by ssteed@parracity.nsw.gov.au

22) Parent/Teacher Resource Center

by "Mary Moody" <MMOODY@vigo.lib.in.us>

23) Computer Center Information Request

by "Shellie Savoy" <shellie-savoy@earthling.net>

24) Animorphs Program

by Chris Mallo <chrism@grrl.lib.mn.us>

25) RE: College Students

by "Look, Lin" <llook@city.newport-beach.ca.us>

26) Frog Folk Tale, Stumper Answer

by "Allison Enger" <aenger@monroe.lib.mi.us>

27) Kenya storytime titles continued

by "Sylvia Leigh Lambert" <leighladidah@gurlmail.com>

28) bibliotherapy for 14 year old boy dealing with anger/sibling rivalry

by Mary Bird <mbird@ascpl.lib.oh.us>

29) Bib: Arab-Americans picture books

by "Cathy Chesher" <cchesher@monroe.lib.mi.us>

30) Stumper reply: alligator board boook

by steven engelfried <stevene@dpls.lib.or.us>

31) searching for a book title

by hedy_harrison@ci.cerritos.ca.us

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From: Michelle Splitter <splitter@hqserver.panet.pa.sk.ca>

To: pubyac@prairienet.org

Subject: Re: College Students

Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 18:05:02 CST

Here are a couple of suggestions.

What about limiting for all patrons the number of books by one author that

can be taken out on a card?

This might be a golden opportunity to build a relationship with the local

college (professors and students). Contact the professor and explain the

problem. Maybe between the two of you, a solution can be reached.

What about a reserve shelf for the course at the public library?

Maybe the class can make a visit to the library in the first weeks of

school and you can talk about the collections, how you select, tools of the

trade, get the students to attend a storytime, maybe do class presentations

at the library...?

To draw a parallel, at my last library, the University offered a local

history course. The students were bewildered by the materials they were

expected to use. Members of the local history committee went to the class

to talk about what the library has to offer and a week later the students

and Prof came to the library. The students were expected to research some

aspect of local history, write a paper and then present the paper to fellow

students, parents... The presentations were at the library and advertised

to the general public. It built a great relationship between the library,

university and students. The first group of students collected the

material into a book which went on to win the Local History Publishing

Award. Old students have gone on to create an Oral History Committee which

donates copies of taped interviews and transcripts to the library.

This is your chance to create a win-win situation.

That said, isn't a patron a patron no matter who they are?

> I am the children's librarian in a small town. We have a good

>collection of books and we have a large number of children using our

>collection. My problem is that the children's literature professor of

>our local college is sending her students in to check out all of the

>books by selected authors. When they check out everything by dePaola,

>Marc Brown, Polacco, Brett and so on, it really limits my collection and

>the children suffer. I understand the college students' problems and

>would like to help, but this really puts a strain on our department.

>What have the rest of you done in this situation? Do any of you have

>suggestions as to how I could solve it? I am not sending my name or my

>town. Please respond to Pubyac. Thank you.

Cheers,

Michelle Splitter

Assistant Director

John M. Cuelenaere Public Library

125 12th Street East

Prince Albert, SK S6V 1B7

splitter@jmc.panet.pa.sk.ca

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From: lfowler@aea16.k12.ia.us (Linda Fowler)

To: pubyac@prairienet.org

Subject: Re: College Students

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>Hi, we also have college students coming in to get their books and frankly,

I welcome their circulation as our shelves are very crowded. I was

disappointed when the teacher went from 100 down to 50 for the requirement.

However, they usually do not get all the books by one author. I suggest you

speak to the college teacher and explain the problem. She should be able to

revise the curriculum to accomodate your collection. Linda Fowler

>

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From: "Sylvia Leigh Lambert" <leighladidah@gurlmail.com>

To: "Pubyac" <pubyac@prairienet.org>, pubyac@prairienet.org

Subject: Re: [Fwd: Career Websites]

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Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 19:10:13 CST

Linda,

The following site is limited, but when it does offer a job title, it really does a good 'job'--(pun not initially intended):

www.kentuckyconnect.com/jobs

The site is called "The Job Center"--and here's a tip: despite it's offering an entire list link and a table based on abc order, I've found that one can experiement with the url and find at least one 'job' or 'job environment' that is not listed in the list or the table. That is, brace yourself: "Bookstore"

To find it, I just went decided to add a "b/bookstore to the above address, which made the extended address:

www.kentuckyconnect.com/jobs/b/bookstore. Perhaps you could play around in this site.

It does offer Library Technician, by the way.

Leigh Lambert

leighladidah@gurlmail.com

--

On Wed, 2 Feb 2000 19:39:34 Linda fields wrote:

>

>

>Linda fields wrote:

>

>> Greetings,

>> I get so many great ideas from all of you and now I need help. Are

>> there any good websites out there for career information for children in

>> the middle school ages (grades 7 & 8)? Something with more than one

>> page per career? We are a small library and cannot afford books on the

>> variety of careers in existence.

>> Richfield Public Library, Richfield, Utah.

>> P.S. We are proud of our first website, visit us at

>> richfieldcity.lib.ut.us/library/home.htm

>> Thanks, Linda Fields

>> lfields@state.lib.ut.us

>

>

get your free gURLmAIL at http://www.gURLmAIL.com

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From: dawn fontana <dawnfontana@yahoo.com>

To: pubyac@prairienet.org

Subject: Re: College Students

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Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 20:26:16 CST

Brenda,

When I was a grad assistant in the Reading Dept. my

students needed books just like you are describing.

So I started ordering Scholastic books every month

from the various levels so that all the age/reading

ranges were covered. I suggest you make the

suggestion to one of the students. Not only did my

undergrad students get the books they wanted/needed I

got to build my own classroom library for free by

using the BONUS points from their orders! I usually

had about a $900 order every month. It saved the

local library and the university library as well.

--- "Brenda S. Evans" <chroom@seidata.com> wrote:

__________________________________________________

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From: Karen Cordiner <Karen_Cordiner@bc.sympatico.ca>

To: pubyac@prairienet.org

Subject: Re: College Students

Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 21:28:57 CST

Have you tried working with the college library and the professor in

question? I am at a large University that has a collection of children's

books in both the Education Library and a reading room with a substantial

collection for language education students. The college probably has a

very limited budget, but maybe you could work something out with their

librarians and teachers.

Karen Cordiner

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From: toni whitney <whitneto@oplin.lib.oh.us>

To: pubyac@prairienet.org

Subject: Re: College Students

Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 22:44:51 CST

Brenda,

Have you ever considered issuing the students "teacher cards" and offered to

pull books

for "teacher collections?" In this way, you could limit the number of

titles or subjects that

are problem areas. We are a small library, but we serve the local

community, county, and

two local colleges that have large populations of education majors. At

times, we have to set limits. We have not had a problem -- most everyone

understands that these shared resources can only stretch so far. Everyone

loves te resources so they are usually very

understanding. Most of the time when an education major comes to us - they

request help in finding the sources they need. So we are very aware of how

many titles they are

wanting to take out. Good luck.

Toni Whitney

Ashland Public Library

Ashland, Ohio

whitneto@oplin.lib.oh.us

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From: toni whitney <whitneto@oplin.lib.oh.us>

To: pubyac@prairienet.org

Subject: Re: Library skit for preschoolers?

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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 00:06:58 CST

Geist:

The ALA sent public library's a great package: Arthur's Library Adventure:

An

Activity Guide for Librarians. The kit includes a cassette tape with

related music,

a booklet full of ideas, etc. When the City Schools brings all of the first

graders in

the Fall to visit, we stage one group at a time. This year we did two big

books: If you give a Moose a Muffin and I went Walking. We acted out "If

you Give a Moose A Muffin - one of us read the story while the other had a

large basket filled with props related to the story. The children loved the

skit! For the book, I Went Walking, we made large props of the animals on

poster board. We went through the book using the posters and emphasizing

the repetitive pattern, then we had the children retell the story using only

the posters. We included a flannelboard song and story after the books and

ended the program with the "Library Card" song from the Arthur cassette. We

had the children repeat the chorus: "Having fun isn't hard when you get a

library card". The children, teachers and librarians danced to the music

and chanted the chorus. Children then received a short tour of the library,

received their first library card, and checked books out. They left the

library singing, "having fun isn't hard when you have a library card." (A

good testimonial as to the popularity of the song and program).

Good luck:

Toni Whitney

Ashland Public Library

Ashland, Ohio

whitneto@oplin.lib.oh.us

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From: "Hudson, Sarah" <shudson@plcmc.lib.nc.us>

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Subject: RE: College Students

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Hi,

I haven't dealt with the same situation, but you could impose a limit

of books by a certain author, such as 3 DePaola's, etc. or you could

change the loan time, such as 2 weeks instead of 3.

We have a limit of 3 holiday books at a time, or 3 Science Project

Books at a time. These books also may have a 1 Week loan instead of a

3 Week loan.

Just a suggestion.

Sarah

shudson@plcmc.lib.nc.us

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From: Paulalef@aol.com

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Subject: Re: College Students

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Hi!

You might try treating this the same way you'd treat any assignment.

Perhaps you can speak to the professor and offer to put books for her

assignment on reserve for her students. Then you can choose which ones and

how many to put on reserve and leave the rest in the collection, limiting

circulation to 2 books per author per family.

We sometimes have a similar problem with teachers from other districts

who either live in our town or have access to our collection because they are

part of our consortium. They will try to take out all our copies of a

particular book to use for class assignments. We limit to one copy of any

title per card, although some of the more clever and more experienced

offenders still manage to bypass this by checking out multiple copies with

different circulation people!

I suppose one could ask the professor to recommend titles she assigns to

her own institution library, but I doubt it would do much good.

Good luck!

Paula Lefkowitz

Parsippany (NJ) PL

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From: "Hudson, Sarah" <shudson@plcmc.lib.nc.us>

To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org>

Subject: RE: YA inservice

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Hi,

We shelve our YA fiction separate from the J collection. At our Branch, it

happens to be on a range following the adult collection. I would suggest

not shelving the YA collection near the J fiction collection.

Our ya nonfiction is interfiled with the adult nonfiction. If you have

your own department, it would be nice to have the YA nonfiction there.

For selection tools, I would use VOYA, Voice of Youth Advocates. VOYA

is specifically for YA librarians. You can also use the traditional

selection tools

for children's literature, as they feature YA titles. VOYA also discusses

programming ideas.

As for speakers, I attended a workshop where a specialist in adolescent

psychology spoke. Try contacting a local college or service agency to

see if they have someone who would come and speak. It's extremely helpful

to remember what it's like to be a teen, and to have someone come and

explain the different stages of adolescence.

You might have someone conduct a reference interview workshop as well.

Many of the YAs we serve come into the library for homework support.

Good Luck,

Sarah

Sarah Hudson

Information Specialist

Independence Regional Library

Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County

shudson@plcmc.lib.nc.us

Visit our Readers' Club http://www.readersclub.org

Opinions are my own, and do not reflect those of the Library

> ----------

> From: K. Worman[SMTP:kelsha1@yahoo.com]

> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 8:25 PM

> To: pubyac@prairienet.org

> Subject: YA inservice

>

> Hi, all. Our library has recently turned over YA

> services and collection development to the Children's

> Department, in the anticipation of creating a Youth

> Division with two departments serving YA and Children.

> In the past, not much was offered YAs, so we are

> basically starting from scratch. I am looking for

> info on collection development and how these

> collections are housed in your libraries. Also, does

> anyone have any suggestions for inservice for the

> libns/lib. assistants that will be taking on this role

> in the branches? For example, any outside speakers

> that we could bring in?

> Any advice would be appreciated.

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From: "Baraboo Children's Dept." <barch@scls.lib.wi.us>

To: pubyac@prairienet.org

Subject: Re: Cable broadcast

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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 01:21:51 CST

Hello All,

I am posting this to the list in case others may be interested.

We've had two programs taped for city cable channel and tried to work

around the book part of the program- used other activities, stopped taping

when we got to the books, etc. We were concerned about what we used, etc.

and when we checked a couple of sources (consultant, legal) we were told

that since it was city cable, non-profit, etc. we were okay. I am still

concerned about the various aspects used in a program before we would do

anything again so would like to see information compiled if Sally would be

willing to do so.

Thank you,

Miriam

Baraboo P.L.

Youth Services Staff

Baraboo Public Library

230 4th Ave., Baraboo WI 53913

Phone: 608-356-6166 FAX: 608-355-2779

barch@scls.lib.wi.us

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From: "Tatar, Becky" <bltata@aurora.lib.il.us>

To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org>

Subject: College students

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Brenda, I don't know how it would go over at first, but when I went to

Illinois State in the 70s, the Normal Public Library had the same problem -

a large university, with a large group of students as education majors.

Normal PL just had a rule - college students could not check out children's

books. I'm pretty sure we had a different library card than the regular

citizens in town. Of course, part of this was easy - most students lived on

campus, so their addresses gave them away. If you have automated

circulation and registration, a block could just be put in each students

record. Of course, you then have a problem with students who are actual

residents, rather than temporary college residents. I especially remember

spending Sunday afternoons reading children's books the semester I took

Children's Literature. At first, the students might complain, but after a

while, the new students would just accept it as policy. At the library

where I work now, we have such a large collection, and the local university

is on the small side, we don't have that problem as far as I know.

Another thing to consider is your library's mission - is it part of your

mission to serve the students in the local college, and to what extent, over

and above the fact that libraries do support schools and students? Perhaps

some discussion with the college librarians would help. Does the college

library support the students' curriculum in these courses? Lots of

questions. A solution that is probably not the best. But, you do the best

you can. Hope this helps. Good luck!

Becky Tatar

Unit Head, Periodicals/Audiovisual

Aurora Public Library

1 E. Benton Street

Aurora, IL 60505

Phone: 630/264-4100

FAX: 630/896-3209

e-mail: bltata@aurora.lib.il.us

www.aurora.lib.il.us

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From: lindy howe <lindylh@yahoo.com>

To: pubyac@prairienet.org

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I love the Harry Potter books, but have to agree that

they probably are sexist. However, they are basically

somewhat formulistic anyway and the fact that the boys

are the heros and the girls support them is so

ingrained in our culture that we can't hold it against

J. K. Rowling for following that path. Harry's

treatment by his (wicked) aunt and uncle is soooo

outrageous that I was reminded of Grimm's fairy tales

and other folk tales. Since that treatment is the

first several chapters of "The Socerer's Stone", I

think it's a signal that what follows is an (extremely

creative, engaging) redressing of well-known themes.

Lindy Howe

=====

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So many flowers, so little space.

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From: "Grace Slaughter" <gslaughter@bham.lib.al.us>

To: pubyac@prairienet.org

Subject: Re: [Fwd: Career Websites]

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 01:40:58 CST

The *Occupational Outlook Handbook 1998-1999* is on-line at:

http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocoiab.htm

No graphics, of course, but the 7th & 8th graders would do well to familiarize

themselves with this resource.

grace

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From: Mary K Chelton <mchelton@pop.mail.rcn.net>

To: pubyac@prairienet.org

Subject: YA In-service for combined dept.

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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 01:46:30 CST

The Young Adult Library Services Assn. of ALA has a list of good

people available to do such in-service training. You can call Linda

Waddle on the 1(800)-545-2433 number for more info. I think the

point must be made in such training that to treat early adolescents

like young children will lead to disaster. They may all be lumped

together in a "youth services dept." but there are vast developmental

differences to be taken into account. I would also suggest a basic

reading/listening list of YA popular titles, having everyone write

down their most difficult YA-related questions as a basis for

discussion, and a workshop on YA homework-related reference issues.

Mary K.

Home: Work:

35 Mercury Ave. Grad. School of Library & Info Studeis

East Patchogue, NY 11772 Queens College

631/286-4255 254 Rosenthal Library

65-30 Kissena Blvd.

Flushing, NY 11367

718/997-3667 direct voice

718/997 3790 general office voice

718/997-3797 fax

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From: "Tatar, Becky" <bltata@aurora.lib.il.us>

To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org>

Subject: New Spanish Encyclopedia

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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 01:51:45 CST

Has anyone seen the new encyclopedia from Groliers - "Nueva Enciclopedia

Cumbre?" It was reviewed in Booklist, but I was wondering if anyone had any

experience with it. I am particularly interested in the coverage of the

United States, it's history, famous people, presidents, etc. Most of the

other encyclopedias in Spanish are published in Mexico or Spain, and

therefore have only basic coverage of these topics. However, the bilingual

students in our schools come to us with assignments on the United States.

Thanks for any information in advance. Also, sorry for any cross posting.

Becky Tatar

Unit Head, Periodicals/Audiovisual

Aurora Public Library

1 E. Benton Street

Aurora, IL 60505

Phone: 630/264-4100

FAX: 630/896-3209

e-mail: bltata@aurora.lib.il.us

www.aurora.lib.il.us

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From: Andrew Finkbeiner <ANDREW@rockford.lib.il.us>

To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org>

Subject: RE: Harry Potter and William Safire

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I think it's fun when people take off their prescription lenses and let us

take a peek at Harry Potter through them. Christine Schoefer's article in

Salon and William Safire's in the New York Times are both opinions pressed

through the seive of a highly trained intellect--Schoefer's trained in

feminism and Safire's trained in English literature. Anybody with a passion

for anything and a big enough ego is going to look at a cultural phenomenon

and wag their tongue.

Would you like to listen while I wag mine? ; )

God knows how closely we hold Harry Potter to our hearts! But is it,

really, great literature? I believe Safire is making a distinction between

those children's books that edify and those that simply entertain. It's too

bad that in making his point, he seems to say that adults have no business

reading children's literature, and those who do are wasting their time.

Lois Lowry's The Giver edifies whether you're a child or an adult. So does

Mildred Taylor's Song of the Trees. So do countless other "children's"

works (as we all know). But do any of the books in the Harry Potter series

rise to these levels? I don't think so. And that's really Safire's point.

The Harry Potter books are humorous and suspensful, but do they edify?

Christopher Paul Curtis's works are humorous and suspensful and they

definitely edify.

Please don't take "edification" to mean the same as "didacticism." I

believe really great literature employs flawless writing to explore

questions of character in such a way that the reader is significantly

changed for the good by the reading. Philip Pullman is on to something in

The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife. For me, those works approach

"edifying." (We'll see how he wraps it up.) In Pullman's world, good and

evil are driving forces in the lives of complex characters. In Rowling's

world good and evil are plot devices.

I believe Rowling did not set out to write books of depth. She has set out

to tell entertaining stories, and she writes them very well. Whether one is

wasting one's time reading them or not...? It depends!!!

I'm open to your comments and criticisms. Sheila and Esther, thanks for

brining these articles to the attention of the group!

Andrew Finkbeiner

Rockford (IL) Public Library

andrew@rockford.lib.il.us

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Lewenstein, Esther [SMTP:E.Lewenstein@BrooklynPublicLibrary.org]

> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 7:41 PM

> To: 'PUBYAC@prairienet.org'

> Subject: Harry Potter and William Safire

>

> While following the discussion on Pubyac on whether or not Harry Potter is

> sexist, I came across this column from the NY Times 1/27 (via a

> colleague).

> At first I thought he was being sarcastic, but unfortunately he was not.

> http://www.nytimes.com/library/opinion/safire/012700safi.html

> There were some responses in Friday, January 28th's paper, but I have not

> been able to find it on the web...

> Esther

> ________________________________

> Esther Lewenstein

> Brooklyn Public Library

> Kings Highway Branch

> 2115 Ocean Avenue

> Brooklyn, NY 11229

> 718-375-3037

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From: "Susan Price-Stephens" <susan.price-stephens@treasure.lpl.london.on.ca>

To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>

Subject: Re: College Students

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 02:02:10 CST

We have dealt with this by having a list of what books will be covered in

the Children's lit class each week. We keep these books on a cart and

students can only use them in the library.

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From: Betsy Bybell <bbybell@norby.latah.lib.id.us>

To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org

Subject: Summer Reading Themes so far

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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 02:07:35 CST

Hi all,

The list of summer reading themes for 2000 so far is:

Delaware Rings 'Round the Universe

Florida Libraries: Your Passport to the World

Idaho Cosmic Connections

Illinois Read for the Fun of It (or Reading is Fun)

Indiana Once Upon a Millennium!

Massachusetts Open Books, Open Frontiers (science, space, undersea, old

west)

Michigan Score Big with Books!

New Hampshire Reading Cats and Dogs

New Mexico Read 'Round the World -- Leer Con Todo el Mundo

New York Discover Read

Oregon Ticket to Tomorrow

Pennsylvania Reading 2000 - Masters of the Millennium

Rhode Island Chill Out at the Library

South Carolina Celebrate Reading 2000

Tennessee Adventure 2000

That's only 15 states. We're not doing very well for representation from

many of you. Keep sending them to me offlist and I'll keep compiling. Many

thanks,

Betsy Bybell

Branch Coordinator, Latah County Library

110 S. Jefferson, Moscow ID 83843

208-882-3925, fax 208-882-5098

email: bbybell@norby.latah.lib.id.us

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From: annelmay@mailserver.franklintwp.org

To: pubyac@prairienet.org

Subject: Re: College Students

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 02:12:52 CST

Is it possible for these students to read the books in the library?

Or how about contacting the professor and discussing the problem?

As for us, we have an across the board policy that no more than 4 books by

one author or from one Dewey number may be checked out by any one person,

and for extremely popular titles, like Marc Brown's Arthur books, only two

per family.

Most people accept this, and most really don't NEED to have more than that,

since information is often duplicated. We also limit titles from school

reading lists to four, since there are a few people who would clean us out

if they could.

Sometimes we'll make exceptions for teachers, but with 6 public elementary

schools and 3 private schools in the township and a number of residents who

attend schools in neighboring communities it's hard to have enough

materials on hand if we let one person take more. We explain this and try

to solve the problem creatively with the teacher by suggesting related

topics, etc., but this may not help in your situation.

Good luck!

Anne

Anne Lemay

Franklin Township Library

Somerset NJ

annelmay@franklintwp.org

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From: ssteed@parracity.nsw.gov.au

To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org

Subject: Re Popsicle stick craft

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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 02:18:05 CST

For anyone who tried the address I posted previously, I'm afraid I left off an

's' in the address. It should be www.makingfriends.com

Hope this works better!

Sarah Steed

Children's & Youth' Services Librarian

Parramatta City Library

Sydney, Australia

ssteed@parracity.nsw.gov.au

Visit our Web Site : http://www.ParraCity.nsw.gov.au

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From: "Mary Moody" <MMOODY@vigo.lib.in.us>

To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>

Subject: Parent/Teacher Resource Center

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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 02:23:12 CST

Greetings,

We have a supply in our Young People's department of teacher oriented magazines. We would like to expand this area into a resource center for parents and teachers. I am in the process of selecting materials for this area. I writing to solicit ideas from our collective wisdom on good books or any other materials that should be included in this area.

You may answer me privately or on the list. If there is interest and if I receive replies privately I will send a summary to the list. Thank you for your help in advance.

Mary C. Moody

School Liaison Librarian

Vigo County Public Library

\0/\0/\0/ "Let everything that hath breath Praise the Lord!"

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From: "Shellie Savoy" <shellie-savoy@earthling.net>

To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>

Subject: Computer Center Information Request

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 02:28:27 CST

Greetings Pubyacers!

I am a brand new children's librarian (Two weeks and loving it!) and =

have been charged with heading a committee for the creation of a =

computer center in our children's/young adult department. The center =

will be used for Internet and OPAC searching as well as instruction.

Our committee's first goal is to locate other library's who have =

successfully implemented such a center. We hope to visit a few in =

person, but we would also welcome any photos, specs, design ideas, =

advice, or good wishes.=20

Please respond to me personally.

Thanks in advance for the power of this collective mind!

Sincerely,

Shellie Savoy

Children's/ Young Adult Librarian

Northland Public Library

Pittsburgh, PA

shellie-savoy@earthling.net

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From: Chris Mallo <chrism@grrl.lib.mn.us>

To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org

Subject: Animorphs Program

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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 02:33:57 CST

Has anyone done an Animorphs program? We would like to

do one this summer but aren't sure what to do. Any ideas

would be greatly appreciated and, of course, posted for

all to enjoy.

Thanks so much!

Chris Mallo

chrism@grrl.lib.mn.us

Great River Regional Library

St. Cloud, MN 56301

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From: "Look, Lin" <llook@city.newport-beach.ca.us>

To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org>

Subject: RE: College Students

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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 02:39:14 CST

Can you talk with the professor? Is s/he at all sympathetic to your plight?

Can you possibly put titles on a 'temporary reference' for a couple of

weeks? Ask to see a syllabus, so you know what's coming. Or do all the

students have different authors? How does your boss view this problem?

Forbidding students from having library cards is a radical solution, but

maybe it will come to that.

At my old workplace, students in the children's lit course used to come in

and would look at 20 or 30 books, but rarely checked any out. I don't know

if the professor told them not to, or that they didn't want to carry the

books back to campus.

Lin

llook@city.newport-beach.ca.us

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From: "Allison Enger" <aenger@monroe.lib.mi.us>

To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>

Subject: Frog Folk Tale, Stumper Answer

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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 02:45:17 CST

Hello,

I'd like to thank Nina, Sally, and Carol for the suggestions to my stumper

of South American Folktales involving frogs.

There were several possibilities. "Paco and the Witch" by Pitre, a Peruvian

version of "The White Cat" (a Beauty and the Beast type tale), "Horse and

Toad" from The Magic Orange Tree and Other Haitian Folk Tales by Diane

Wolkstien, and "Martina, the Little Cockroach" from Senior Cats Romance and

Other Favorite Stories from Latin America.

My storyteller was pleased, and sends her thanks.

Thank you very much for your help.

Allison

Dundee Branch Library

Monroe County Library System

aenger@monroe.lib.mi.us

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From: "Sylvia Leigh Lambert" <leighladidah@gurlmail.com>

To: pubyac@prairienet.org

Subject: Kenya storytime titles continued

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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 02:51:14 CST

Hi again,

Well, first thanks to Eve Bates for her suggestion of Mwyene Hadithi (catalogued often under Mwyene, not Hadithi) and his _Hot Hippo_, _Greedy Zebra_, and _Lazy Lion_.

I'll probably check out what Amazon.com says about such tonight.

Speaking of Amazon.com, even though I try to support small businesses, Amazon offered hope to me last night as I researched within it for my Kenya storytime theme. I ordered several books for less than $8.00 each. They sound fabulous. They are from the McHeshi Series by Judy Wanjiku Mathengem and/or Jay Kisao et. al.--publisher- Jacaranda Desighns. There's:

1.) _McHeshi Goes on a Journey_, which has this synopsis: "Exploring the many forms of tranportation in Kenya, McHeshi travels with her aunt from a rural village to the capital city and continues traveling to the coast. (It also received a five star review at Amazon from a parent from Boston)

2.) McHeshi Goes to Market, "As Mchenshi takes a tour of an African market,, wshe meets a variety of traders. Winner of the Jomo Kenyatta Award for Children's Literature. Best Children's Title at the Pan-African Chidlren's Book Fair." A first grade teacher from Kalamazoo wrote a great review at Amazon.

3.) McHeshi Goes to School

4.) McHeshi Goes to a Game Park

They should ship in 2-3 days. So cross your fingers, etc., and we'll see. I'm still open to anyone's thoughts on how to approach a 'storytime' of sorts on Kenya, which is suppossed to support two Kindergarten classes' study of this country during the month of Feb.

Thanks,

Leigh Lambert

leighladidah@gurlmail.com

leighladidah@hotmail.com

leighladidah@yahoo.com

get your free gURLmAIL at http://www.gURLmAIL.com

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From: Mary Bird <mbird@ascpl.lib.oh.us>

To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>

Subject: bibliotherapy for 14 year old boy dealing with anger/sibling rivalry

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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 02:56:32 CST

I am coming up short in my attempt to help a patron with a request for

therapeutic books for her 14 year old son who is having difficulty with

anger management--the anger seems to center around conflict with a younger

brother. I did come up with Ironman, by Chris Crutcher, but after checking

some of the RA sources, such as Teen Genreflecting, What Do Young Adults

Read Next, and Best Books for Jr. High Readers, I find that many of the

problem novels deal with subjects that are not relevant in this situation,

such as the death of a parent, divorce, etc. I also checked Novelist for

possible books, but still can't seem to find a good fit.

I am looking for books with a boy as the main character, who is trying to

cope with sibling rivalry and anger.

My patron said that her son likes sports, especially soccer. He is a

reluctant reader. I know this is a tough one! and I would appreciate any

suggestions that the collective wisdom can come up with.

I will compile all the suggestions into a bibliography for those who are

interested.

Thanks so much.

Jan Chapman

Akron-Summit Co Public Library

jchapman@ascpl.lib.oh.us

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From: "Cathy Chesher" <cchesher@monroe.lib.mi.us>

To: "Pubyac" <pubyac@prairienet.org>

Subject: Bib: Arab-Americans picture books

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 03:03:32 CST

Thank you to the three people who sent me titles of picture books =

featuring Arab-Americans. I didn't receive very many titles, but here =

they are

I AM MUSLIM by Jessica Chalfont (non-fiction)

MAGID FASTS FOR RAMADAN by Mary Matthews (set in Cairo, beginning =

chapter book)

THE SILENCE IN THE MOUNTAINS by Liz Rosenberg

SITTI'S SECRET by Naomi Shihab Nye

THE STARS IN MY GEDDOH'S SKY by Claire Sidhom Matze

ZAKIS' RAMADHAN FAST by Ann P. El-Moslimany

Other titles received but NOT Arab-American:

FORTY FORTUNES by Shepard

PERSIAN CINDERELLA by Shirley Climo

WISE LORD OF THE SKY: PERSIAN MYTH

Other possible sources:

Islamic Resource Institute

714-839-2929

Arab World and Islamic Resources and School Services

510-704-0517

Iraq Book Center

1-800-521-4272, 312-274-2665

Cathy Chesher

Adrian Public Library

Adrian, Michigan

cchesher@monroe.lib.mi.us

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From: steven engelfried <stevene@dpls.lib.or.us>

To: "PUBYAC (E-mail)" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>

Subject: Stumper reply: alligator board boook

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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 03:09:04 CST

Our patron was looking for a board book about an alligator who zigzags down

the road, gets joined by other animals, and falls asleep in a house.

Several ace PUBYACers quickly identified this book as "Tumble Bumble," by

Felicia Bond. Thanks to Marcia Hicks, Meredith Cotter, Sue Barrows, Penny

Peck, and Susan Norman.

- 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

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From: hedy_harrison@ci.cerritos.ca.us

To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>

Subject: searching for a book title

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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 03:19:02 CST

O great collective wizards: a patron is searching for a book that she read

about 10 years ago.

Setting medieval times (castles, dragons, etc.) The protagonist (girl)

experimented with a type

of wax or similar substance that would protect her from the dragon's fire

because she wished to slay the dragon! She would make the wax and put it on her

hands and then run her hands through the flame to see if it worked. Checked

sources include Master Plots II, Fantasy Literature for Children & Adults,

Fantasy for Children and all the Plot books I culd get my hands on. If this

rings a bell for anyone out "there" please e-mail me directly. Thank you....

Hedy_Harrison@ci.cerritos.ca.us

Hedy L. Harrison, City of Cerritos Public Library 12890 Towne Center Drive,

Cerritos, CA 90703

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