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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: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 00:01:08 CST Subject: PUBYAC digest 70 PUBYAC Digest 70 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: YS program stats by Jan Wall <janw@norby.latah.lib.id.us> 2) Re: young adult non fiction by RoseMary Honnold <honnolro@oplin.lib.oh.us> 3) Re: young adult non fiction by VanOpdorp <vanopdor@sls.lib.il.us> 4) Re: sirs discoverer by Karen Sutherland <ksutherland@bplib.org> 5) Re: after school crowd issues by Karen Sutherland <ksutherland@bplib.org> 6) Re: Harry Potter programs by HFL_LISA@stls.org 7) Re: young adult non fiction by Rosalie Olds <rolds@kcls.org> 8) RE: Sports Encyclopedia by Bonnie Janssen <bjafrm@yahoo.com> 9) FW: youth at the library by "Therese (Therese Bigelow)" <therese@kclibrary.org> 10) Re: Does children's reference service demand more speed? by Rosalie Olds <rolds@kcls.org> 11) Re: Harry Potter programs by Mary Ann Gilpatrick <magilpat@walnet.walla-walla.wa.us> 12) BJ Pinchbeck Homework Site? by "Miriam Neiman" <Neiman@glasct.org> 13) RE: Does children's reference service demand more speed? by Marie McColley <mccolley@jefferson.lib.co.us> 14) Magazines by Claire Isaac <cisaac@rpl.regina.sk.ca> 15) Summer Reading and the Internet by "Look, Lin" <llook@city.newport-beach.ca.us> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jan Wall <janw@norby.latah.lib.id.us> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: Re: YS program stats Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 21:09:09 CST Hello to all - I'm posting this to the list because I think the question of the number of YS programs brings up some interesting issues. It's not just programs that are important when looking at work load - what about time spent on reference/circ and collection development? It looks to me like Anne is very busy, but what about these "behind the scene" type duties? How do they get measured? But the larger issue I see, and I've been around for a long time (don't ask me HOW long!), is the issue of program burn-out. I see it in Youth Services all the time. The sheer number of times we are asked to "perform" can be daunting over the course of a career. Is it true that YS is "up or out" type of librarianship? (What about those of us who don't want to do either?!) And for those of you who have been there a long time, as I have, how do you sustain that level of (quality) programming over the long-term: 15, 20, 25 or even 30 years? I'm sorry if I'm diverting Anne's original question. I know there are valid reasons for asking for those stats, and I've often been curious myself what is reasonable to be asked to do. (And what is reasonable to ask YOURSELF to do!) But I would like to hear from people who have been in the profession long-term. Please no cliches or sympathy - just an honest discussion. :) My heart-felt thanks! Jan Wall Youth Services Librarian Latah County Library District 110 South Jefferson Street Moscow ID 83843 fax: 208-882-5098 janw@norby.latah.lib.id.us ------------------------------ From: RoseMary Honnold <honnolro@oplin.lib.oh.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: young adult non fiction MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 21:15:20 CST Pop culture nonfiction books get a lot of circulation.... video game books, how to draw graphic novel style characters, musicians and bands, extreme sports. On the school research side, I try to target biographies and social and health issues and science fair books, American history, all 100-150 pages or so, so I am not duplicating what can be found in the children's and adult collections. Other topics are the paranormal, school and parent and sibling issues, dating, diseases, poetry, drama... there are books aimed at young adults in almost every area. Kathy Eaton wrote: > Hi. I am charged with developing the young adult area of the library and > collection development is my first concern. I have been able to find endless > sources for fiction but have had little success finding non fiction titles. > If anyone can give specific sources/lists I can go to on the web or in print > I would be grateful. I am also interested in knowing if there are standard > subject areas I should concentrate on in NF and essentials I should include. > Any advice is welcome. You can email directly to eatonkathy@hotmail.com or > post. Thank you. Kathy Eaton, Grinnell Library > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ From: VanOpdorp <vanopdor@sls.lib.il.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: young adult non fiction Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 21:22:26 CST Amazon.com has a teens list of popular nonfiction. Things about t.v. stars, will smith, 'n sync, teenguide to the real world , grossology... Beth Van Opdorp Woodridge , IL ------------------------------ From: Karen Sutherland <ksutherland@bplib.org> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: sirs discoverer MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 21:28:36 CST It is a great source for full text articles on children's topics. Anna Healy wrote: > hi again, > our library is currently taking a look at sirs discoverer deluxe on the web > for future use in in the children's department. i would like to know if > any other libraries are or have used it and how well it meets their needs. > > anna ------------------------------ From: Karen Sutherland <ksutherland@bplib.org> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: after school crowd issues Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 21:35:31 CST Our board has made a rule that no children can be left in the library after three pm unless they have a parent in the library ------------------------------ From: HFL_LISA@stls.org To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Harry Potter programs Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 21:41:26 CST Sometimes programming must fall into the end to justify the means catagory. I have had Pokemon programs here at our small library since August last year. We added the books and videos to our collection. We had over 400 children and their parents at one program alone! Would I rather it had been for a book program? Yes...but and it's a big but....it was wonderful to get that many 8-12 year olds in the library! We gave them information on other programs, showed off our collection and what services we provide. Parnets who hadn't been here in years started coming back. Kids don't whine as much about coming to the library now. It's that place they have fun and see their friends and find books on snowboarding and look up stuff on the Internet now. It has become another place they feel welcome. It is not my place to judge the HArry Potter books-I work in a library-not as a book critic(I enjoy them by the way as do both my children)> We had an enormously successful HP Day with brooms and the Scholastic play etc. It gets kids in the door and shows off everything you have to offer-not just the program of the moment. Isn't that the point of programming-not to just highlight what we personally think they should read? ------------------------------ From: Rosalie Olds <rolds@kcls.org> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: young adult non fiction MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 21:47:46 CST Kathy, I started as a YA librarain last summer, but have been doing reference with teens for the last 6 years. Several subject areas that I think are essential are information on health (sexuality, puberty, mental illness, drug abuse, alcoholism etc.), career/college planning information, readers advisory information and literary criticism, and plenty of biographies that meet young adult interests. Of course having plenty of resources for homework needs is also essential. This often takes time to develop as you become familiar with your community's particular curriculum. On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Kathy Eaton wrote: > Hi. I am charged with developing the young adult area of the library and > collection development is my first concern. I have been able to find endless > sources for fiction but have had little success finding non fiction titles. > If anyone can give specific sources/lists I can go to on the web or in print > I would be grateful. I am also interested in knowing if there are standard > subject areas I should concentrate on in NF and essentials I should include. > Any advice is welcome. You can email directly to eatonkathy@hotmail.com or > post. Thank you. Kathy Eaton, Grinnell Library > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > Rosalie Olds, Young Adult Librarian King County Library System Fairwood Library Renton, WA Life's too short to read bad books or drink bad wine!
------------------------------ From: Bonnie Janssen <bjafrm@yahoo.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: RE: Sports Encyclopedia MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 21:53:55 CST Yes that was a good one! I understand that they are no longer around and there is not an updated version. Bonnie --- lori <lmorgan@jefferson.lib.in.us> wrote: > The Lincoln Library of Sports Champions, was a good > source. I'm not sure if > they are still in business. We could use a new > updated set. > > > Anyone out there aware of a good current sports > > encyclopedia that includes sports figures? Thanks > > Bonnie Janssen bjanssen@aclibray.org > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ From: "Therese (Therese Bigelow)" <therese@kclibrary.org> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: FW: youth at the library MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 22:00:24 CST I have been sharing the postings with some of our branches. We have discovered the key to being loved by young teens -- computers and have had both positive and not so positive consequences. Staff in general are very pro-kid and one of them asked me to post this response Therese Bigelow Kansas City Public Library ------------------------------ From: Rosalie Olds <rolds@kcls.org> To: PUBYAC <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Re: Does children's reference service demand more speed? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 22:06:41 CST Lu, I think you are absolutely correct in noting this difference. Usually I find it to be the result of a due date looming ahead and kids and/or the adult just wanting it to get done. Adults are often pursuing a personal interest that is not framed with a deadline. Rosalie Olds, Young Adult Librarian King County Library System Fairwood Library Renton, WA Life's too short to read bad books or drink bad wine!
------------------------------ From: Mary Ann Gilpatrick <magilpat@walnet.walla-walla.wa.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Harry Potter programs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 22:13:15 CST The kids are gonna read any Pokemon books you buy. If you don't like them, do not force yourself to think up programs. I have a wonderful school librarian who did a Harry program which made the front page of our paper, and I am going to hit her up to replicate it in July (Harry Day. What a good idea.) What I am doing, besides buying a few Pokemon paperbacks, which are cheap and will wear out long before the craze is over, is looking for good material on Japanese Anime, which is not a temporary craze and will be around. Mary Ann Gilpatrick Rita Hunt Smith wrote: > > Denise I. Matulka wrote: > > > > ..... And I am ecstatic of that kids love HP. What I object to > > is the attention the books get when THEY DON'T NEED ANYMORE!! Other > > lesser known books need special programs, read-alouds, and parties to > > introduce kids to them!! > > > > The question then becomes, "why do we do programming?" Do we have > programs to inflict our values on children or do we provide the ------------------------------ From: "Miriam Neiman" <Neiman@glasct.org> To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: BJ Pinchbeck Homework Site? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 22:19:20 CST In trying to post a recent library newsletter, I encountered a problem accessing BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper website (http://www.bjpinchbeck.com/ ). The message is that the server can not be located. Does anyone know whether this is just a temporary problem or if the site has been discontinued? I hope it's not the latter! Thanks, Miriam
The opinions expressed do not necessarily represent those of my employer. Miriam Neiman YA/Reference Librarian/Web Page Mistress Welles-Turner Memorial Library Glastonbury, CT http://www.wtmlib.com ------------------------------ From: Marie McColley <mccolley@jefferson.lib.co.us> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: RE: Does children's reference service demand more speed? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 22:26:04 CST Lu, I think you are absolutely right. I believe it is all a part of our rushed society in general. I have worked in academic as well as public libraries and I can tell you that many people stop you just as the search is beginning. I have worked with children and adults and it does seem worse in the children's department. I am not sure what the solution is. Marie McColley Temporary Children's Librarian Jefferson County Public Library Villa Branch (Colorado) ------------------------------ From: Claire Isaac <cisaac@rpl.regina.sk.ca> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Magazines MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 22:32:53 CST
My libarary is looking at adding some new magazines to the youth section. We would like to get children's magazines on Dance, Dinosaurs, Gymnastics/Figure Sakting, karting. Also teen magazines on Science-Fiction and Cars. Does anyone have any suggestions. We have checked local magazine stores and Katz's "Magazines for Libraries." Thanks Claire Isaac REgina Public Library Regina, Saskatchewan
------------------------------ From: "Look, Lin" <llook@city.newport-beach.ca.us> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Summer Reading and the Internet MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 22:39:02 CST My boss is looking for ways to integrate the Internet into our Summer Reading Program. Has anybody done this in any way, shape or form? The easiest would be to scan our game board as a print-out, but I think we're looking for something more. Does anybody do kid reviews, games, etc? Our summer reading usually has kids following a game board (tchotkes awarded every 5 books or so) and collecting stickers for reading a book in specified genres. When they reach the magic number of books read (40? 50? I forget), we put their first name up on the bulletin board (Maybe their name posted on web site? Check w/ City Attorney...) We have about 700 kids sign up at the central library, and about 400 total in the branches. I've already printed out Lynn Barnes' posting re: SRP & e-mail (thanks!). Lin Look llook@city.newport-beach.ca.us ------------------------------ End of PUBYAC Digest 70 *********************** |
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