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

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

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 11:33:10 CST

Subject: PUBYAC digest 75

PUBYAC Digest 75

Topics covered in this issue include:

1) Internet for Kids

by Lilredwgon@aol.com

2) Re Mother/Daughter Book Club

by "Denise I. Matulka" <dimatulka@alltel.net>

3) RE: St. Patrick's Day Crafts

by "The Baker's" <bakernj@cbpu.com>

4) Children's/YA activities for mobile libraries

by ssteed@parracity.nsw.gov.au

5) Re: YA Survey

by ssteed@parracity.nsw.gov.au

6) RE: Dav Pilkey...

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

7) Children raising funds

by Katherine Heylman <kheylman@apk.net>

8) Re: Circulating puppets

by cchildre@lakemac.nsw.gov.au

9) Re: HELP! Dr. Seuss/NEA Storytime

by SJPBrophy@aol.com

10) Substitute Librarians

by Terry Ehle <tehle@esls.lib.wi.us>

11) Re: HELP! Dr. Seuss/NEA Storytime

by "Robin Davis" <lyricd@worldnet.att.net>

12) Re: Circulating puppets

by "Robin Davis" <lyricd@worldnet.att.net>

13) Re: "In the Bag"

by "Robin Davis" <lyricd@worldnet.att.net>

14) Re: Circulating puppets

by Kathyrn Prestidge <kprestid@owls.lib.wi.us>

15) Re: Library Quidditch

by "Tracy VanderPol" <tvanderpol@hotmail.com>

16) RE: Evening storytime title

by Judy Stewart <stewartj@clpgh.org>

17) RE: Evening storytime title

by LEVERNEM@spart.spt.lib.sc.us

18) RE: HELP! Dr. Seuss/NEA Storytime

by HFL_LISA@stls.org

19) Re: Circulating puppets

by "Stow-Munroe Falls Library, Children's Room" <stowkids@oplin.lib.oh.us>

20) Book Groups for Ages 6 to 8

by "Heather" <heather@elgin.net>

21) Re: video cleaning machine info

by "Deborah Brightwell" <dbright@ci.coppell.tx.us>

22) RE: Circulating puppets

by "Keeney, Scott" <SKEENEY@ci.albany.or.us>

23) What Internet Programs Have you Done?

by Lisa Champelli <lchampel@bloomington.in.us>

24) Database compilation

by "Sarajo Spurgeon" <sspurgeo@hotmail.com>

25) Know some good online games?

by David Wright <dwright333@yahoo.com>

26) Lapsit w/ non-English speakers

by "Shalar Brown" <SHBROWN@iowa-city.lib.ia.us>

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From: Lilredwgon@aol.com

To: pubyac@prairienet.org

Subject: Internet for Kids

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I am doing a program and display on internet use for kids this Spring. I am

looking for some recommended search engines and web sites that I can post on

a bulletin board. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Please e-mail

directly or to the list. I will be happy to forward.

Christine Lopez

Milltown Public Library

Milltown, NJ

clopez@scils.rutgers.edu

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From: "Denise I. Matulka" <dimatulka@alltel.net>

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Subject: Re Mother/Daughter Book Club

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I would suggest that you vary the type of literature. Some people may

not favor historical fiction or fantasy, so reading a title with a group

helps a lot by introducing them to books they may not otherwise pick up.

Here a few suggestions for your mother-daughter reading group that step

away from contemporary realism.

I suggest "Catherine Called Birdy" by Karen Cushman. Not only is the

books laugh-out-loud funny, it is also well written. Since it was a

Newbery Hoor book in 1995, your library system should have multiple

copies. Set in 13th century England, Catherine must deal with the

limitations placed on women and the prospect of an unwanted marriage.

The title will introduce your group to historcal fiction.

"Ella Enchanted" is a fantasy by Gail Carson Levine (another Newbery

honor), is a retelling of Cinderella. It is quite fun. Again, it raises

several questions that I think your group would enjoy discussing.

Donna Jo Napoli writes several fairy tale retellings that are engaging

and thought provoking. "Zel" is a retelling of Rapunzel and "The Magic

Circle" (my favorite) tells the story of the witch from Hansel and

Gretal from her perspective...quite haunting. Napoli has written other

tales that explore attitudes and beliefs about and towards women. I

think "The Song of the Magdalene" was excellent and unfairly looked

over.

THERE IS A PLETHORA of contemporary realistic books that explores

everything from death to sex to eating disorders. See suggestions for

resources below.

Here are a couple of resources you may find helpful:

"The Mother-Daughter Book Club: How Ten Busy Mothers and Daughters

Came Together to Talk, Laugh and Learn Through Their Love of

Reading (HarperPerennial, 1997) by Shireen Dodson with Teresa Barker.

ISBN 0-060-95242-3

"Let's Hear it for the Girls: 375 Great Books for Readers 2-14"

(Penguin, 1997) by Erica Bauermeister and Holly Smith.

ISBN 0-140-25732-2

"Great Books for Girls: More than 600 Books to Inspire Today's Girls and

Tomorrow's Women" (Ballantine, 1997) by Kathleen Odean.

ISBN 0-345-40484-X

TIPS:

1. Make sure there are AMPLE copies of any titles you pick OR that

participants are willing to purchase books.

2. Consider a "reading guide" but don't make it so heavy that it

comes across as homework. These are especially helpful for historical

fiction.

3. READ the FIRST chapter out loud. When I facilitated my group, I

ended each meeting my reading the chapter from the next title out loud.

4. BE READY TO OFFER COMPANION TITLES! I found that many girls/moms

wanted other titles similar to the one read. For example, using my

suggestions above: If "Ella Enchanted" was the title in question, I

would suggest books by Donna Jo Napoli (also listed above).

5. Don't be afraid to include biographies, nonfiction, and picture

books. Reading the picture book "Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree"

(Lee & Low, 1994) Written by William Miller. Illus. by Cornelius Van

Wright is a GREAT introduction to Hurston's writing, which may or may

not be appropriate for your group.

6. GET A PERSONAL COPY OF "The Mother-Daughter Book Club" by by

Shireen Dodson with Teresa Barker so you can mark in it!!

7. Others might disagree, but I think it is IMPERATIVE that the

faciliator read the book prior to assigning it to the group. However,

your group could also switch off and have each mother/daughter(s) pair

take turns as facilitator.

8. KEEP IT FUN, BUT DON'T BE AFRAID TO TACKLE SERIOUS BOOKS!!!

Denise I. Matulka

Lincoln, Nebraska

dimatulka@alltel.net

Picturing Books: A Web Site About Picture Books

http://www.geocities.com/dimatulka

Check out my resource "Picture This:Picture Books for Young Adults"

http://www.greenwood.com

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From: "The Baker's" <bakernj@cbpu.com>

To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>

Subject: RE: St. Patrick's Day Crafts

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 01:57:37 CST

I would like to thank everyone who sent ideas for St. Patrick's Day =

Crafts. I will be

using several of those crafts for my craft table. =20

For those of you that left your personal e-mail address, I will respond =

to you.

Thanks again. I really appreciate all the responses.

Nola Baker

Children's Services

Branch District Library

Coldwater, Michigan

bakernj@cbpu.com

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From: ssteed@parracity.nsw.gov.au

To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org

Subject: Children's/YA activities for mobile libraries

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Hi everyone

I've been asked to talk to a group of mobile librarians about children's

activities in confined spaces. I have a number of ideas already, but would

appreciate any suggestions/comments about points to consider when planning or

ideas for suitable programs of any kind. Please email me directly. TIA.

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: ssteed@parracity.nsw.gov.au

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Subject: Re: YA Survey

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Maryse,

We ran a YA survey across our central and 5 branch libraries to get suggestions

from teenagers about programs they would be interested in attending. It was 1 A4

page and we included the following questions (asking them to tick the

appropriate box or write comments):

How old are you?

Which library do you usually visit?

What types of programs should we present? Book discussions, careers/job hunting,

cartooning, craft, creative writing, HSC (our year 12 study and exam system),

internet/computer workshops, poetry reading/writing, research skills, other

When should programs be held? afternnon, evening, during school holidays,

weekend, other

Would you be prepared to pay a small fee for some programs?

please list any other comments or ideas

We left copies of the survey at our service desks, in the YA area, and handed

them out to YAs borrowing items at the desk. We also went around the library

after school handing them out - this was probably the best way for a response,

we asked them if they could fill it out to give us their thoughts about the

library, and on the whole they handed them back in after filling them out

straight away.

The responses were varied with the most popular responses being HSC and

internet/computer programs, closely followed by creative writing, careers/job

hunting and most of the other suggestions. The lowest response to a suggested

program was for book discussions. Afternoons in school holidays and weekends

were the most popular times for programs.

Hope this helps you some.

Sarah Steed

Children's & Youth' Services Librarian

Parramatta City Library

Sydney, Australia

ssteed@parracity.nsw.gov

> I'm a new YA librarian in a public library. I would like to do a

> survey directed to my YA patrons to learn more about them (what they

> read, what activities they like). Does anybody have suggestions about

> what works best (how to give the survey so people will answer it!) and

> tips of past experiences?

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

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

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

Subject: RE: Dav Pilkey...

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 02:48:47 CST

According to Jon Scieszka (SHES ska to rhyme w/ 'Fresca')'s guide to

author's name it is pronounced, "Dave PILL kee"

BTW, if you haven't read his absolutely hysterical Horn Book article

(Nov/Dec. 1996, p. 713, do. Tells you how to pronounce such mysteries as

Esphyr Slobodkina, Paul Janeczko, and Brian Jacques, and should be required

reading for all children's literature classes.

Lin

llook@city.newport-beach.ca.us

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From: Katherine Heylman <kheylman@apk.net>

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 03:08:18 CST

Right on, Mary Vanstone! I strongly agree that using kids to raise

money, even for charity, is exploitative. Back in the days when I was a

school librarian, one of my pet peeves was the MS Readathon. The whole

school had to attend an assembly where kids were urged to go to all

their friends and neighbors and ask for money for each book they'd read

during the next 30 days (or whatever) -- and for which they would

receive magnificent prizes. The cheating on this was horrendous! To

say nothing of the

fact that they all wanted short books.

I once suggested to the two women who were conducting the program

that they let the kids know they would be asked about the books when the

prizes were awarding, not as testing them, but as a way of sharing the

books. At first they thought this was an excellent idea, but then one

of them said, "But we wouldn't get as much money that way!" Two of my

mother volunteers jumped into the conversation and told horror stories

of signing up with neighbors kids for a dollar a book and then having

the kid come back with a list of 50 books (in one month?). They book

said they didn't want their kids -- who were both confirmed readers --

participating.

One year three teachers asked that their classes be excused from

attending the assembly because they were involved with reading projects

with the library. The principal said they had to attend.

My favorite story is about the little second grader who would only

take out one book because his teacher required that they keep one in

their desk. "Don't you want to take one home with you to read?"

Answer: "Naw, I'm going to be like my dad -- watch television and drink

beer." Guess what? He won the big prize -- a bicycle or something

like that -- and had his picture in the newspaper saying he had read

some outrageous number of books.

Forgive the long post. Kay Heylman, retired school librarian

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From: cchildre@lakemac.nsw.gov.au

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 03:27:27 CST

Hello - We here at Lake Macquarie City Library ( near Sydney Australia )

have a storytelling van called The Bookaburra.

We also have a great selection of puppets etc.. which we use on the

Bookaburra and to help assist our staff with branch storytimes.

All our puppets are stored in plastic hang up bags which are purchased

through a company called Raeco. We then attach our barcode to the outside

of the bag.

Hope this helps

Kylie Duncan

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From: SJPBrophy@aol.com

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Subject: Re: HELP! Dr. Seuss/NEA Storytime

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Dear Meredith-

Here a a few suggestions that I have though of for your program:

How about serving small portions of green eggs and ham?

Vote for your favorite Dr. Seuss title. Perhaps a volunteer can count

the votes while you are sharing some of his books so that the results can be

posted by the end of the program.

If there is time to advertise, how about having the children come

dressed as one of his characters. You could then guess which book the

character is from and possibly give a token prize for the most original or

closest representation of the character or just for participating. Prizes

could be buttons, bookmarks, etc., dealing with Dr. Seuss and his characters.

Perhaps the children could help you write your own Dr. Seuss style

book about this celebration!

Hope this helps.

Sandra Brophy

Librarian Trainee

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From: Terry Ehle <tehle@esls.lib.wi.us>

To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org, wipublib@calypso.dpi.state.wi.us, ya-yaac@ala.org

Subject: Substitute Librarians

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 04:07:46 CST

Please forgive cross or multiple listings.

I work at a small library with two full time librarians (one in adult

reference and one in children's) and four part-time librarians. Needless

to say, when someone is sick or on vacation it is very difficult to cover

shifts and keep both our adult and children's desk open.

We are open M-TH 9-8:30, F 9-5:30, Sat 10-4 and Sun 12-4.

The city does not like other areas of the library (such as ciruclation or

cataloging) to cover the desks because they do not want anyone to do two

different jobs that are at different pay rates. (We also don't have enough

staff in those positions to cover anyway even if they could)

I can understand this thinking also because those in circulation do not

always have the librarian skills needed to do reference or to help with the

computers. (at least at our library)

A couple of weeks ago I remember seeing a job posting for a library that

was looking for a substitute librarian. What a great idea! Does anyone

out there do this at their library?

What kind of guidelines do you use? What kind of education do you require

for your subs? How many hours do they have? How does it work?

If anyone has any information on this topic, or any helpful suggestions I

would love to hear them. Feel free to email me directly at

tehle@esls.lib.wi.us

I am hoping this will be a much needed solution for a library that cannot

afford to hire another part-time librarian.

Thanks in advance.

Terry Ehle

Youth Services Coordinator

Lester Public Library

Two Rivers, WI

920-793-8888

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From: "Robin Davis" <lyricd@worldnet.att.net>

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How about a version of pin the tail on the donkey, but "tape" the hat on the

cat in the hat?

Robin Davis

Educational Technology Manager

Dallas Museum of Art

1717 N. Harwood

Dallas, TX 75201

rdavis@dm-art.org

214.922.1832

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From: "Robin Davis" <lyricd@worldnet.att.net>

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Best of luck. At the Hurst Public Library, we ended up putting the puppets

in barcoded bags and writing the barcode on the inside of the puppet in

permanent marker. Puppets forever got separated from their bags, but the

barcodes would not stay attached to the actual puppet.

Robin Davis

Educational Technology Manager

Dallas Museum of Art

1717 N. Harwood

Dallas, TX 75201

rdavis@dm-art.org

214.922.1832

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From: "Robin Davis" <lyricd@worldnet.att.net>

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Subject: Re: "In the Bag"

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 05:17:37 CST

AT the Farmers Branch Manske Library, we (I used to work there, still think

we) have a collection of storytime kits. Many of them had lots of small

pieces, such as puzzles, etc. The kits were limited to adult check out.

I would suggest putting lots of warnings on the bags (which themselves are a

potential hazard!) and also checking some of the many great books that have

experiments for young children. Some of them might have safety rules to go

by, or something you can adapt as a warning page.

Also, the CAEA has (California Art Ed Assoc) has a list of "safe" art

materials for children. Maybe a similar organization for science (say the

National Science Foundation) has a list of safe science materials.

Robin Davis

Educational Technology Manager

Dallas Museum of Art

1717 N. Harwood

Dallas, TX 75201

rdavis@dm-art.org

214.922.1832

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From: Kathyrn Prestidge <kprestid@owls.lib.wi.us>

To: pubyac@prairienet.org

Subject: Re: Circulating puppets

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 05:40:59 CST

We fiddled for years with numbering the puppets with marker and putting barcodes

on a card file at the check out desk. But only the children's department workers

ever understood the system.. We have recently ordered custom printed lables from

"ident-ify" a craft lable company. We ordered the widest labels which came in a

roll with up to three lines of printing. We used the first two lines for library

identification and left the last line blank for the bar code numbers. We are

having volunteers and staff members hand sew them in the puppets. We cannot

effectively attach the actual bar code, which would not scan well on an uneven

surface. It still means keying the barcode manually, but it works better than

the cards. The labels are 100 for less than $15.00. Call 1-888-60-label for a

catalog.

Kathy Prestidge

New London Public Library

New London WI 54965

920-982-8519

Staci Waltman - Albert Lea Public Library wrote:

> Hello to all!! We are stumped here at our children's library on how to

> permanently attach the barcode to a puppet or stuffed animal. We received

> a grant for our daycare delivery program(books are delivered by volunteers

> once a month to 36 daycares in our community) and bought book related puppets

> to send out with the books. If any of you circulate puppets or have any

> brilliant ideas I would LOVE to hear them. Thank you in advance.

> Staci Waltman

> CHildren's Librarian

> Albert Lea Public Library

> Albert Lea, MN

> staci@selco.lib.mn.us

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From: "Tracy VanderPol" <tvanderpol@hotmail.com>

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Subject: Re: Library Quidditch

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 06:04:32 CST

Man, one off handed comment about a Harry Potter Party and we are forever

branded the Library Quidditch Ladies! Maybe we should make a website? We

could sell advertising.

tracy

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From: Mary Vanstone <mvanstone@tln.lib.mi.us>

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Subject: Re: Library Quidditch

Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 02:22:51 CST

Because Tracy and I seem to have struck a cord, I'll post LIBRARY

QUIDDITCH one more time. Divide teams into the four houses. Two will watch

while two play.One of the teams will attempt to score by carrying a yellow

painted styrofaom ball across the room on a spoon without touching or

droppin it. the other team will sit along the sidelines with four balloons

which act as bludgers. they can throw the balloons at the opponent trying

to score to try to make them drop the snitch. The scorer does not get

disqualified if they are hit by a bludger, they only lose their chance to

get a point for their team if they drop or touch the snitch. If a player

crosses the entire room without dropping or touching the snitch, they get

a point for their team. If they fail, the next person on their team takes

a chance. we had two go at a time to speed things up. Bludgers can lose a

point for their team if the cross the line into the playing field.

Balloons can be re used if the team does not have to cross inot the field

to get them. Evryone gets a turn to be both a snitch carrier and a

bludger. The game turned out to be harder than it sounds. Most teams

scored under 5 points, even though they had 15 players each. The kids had

a ball.

Other activities

The sorting hat.

Buffet

Trivia pages provided by scholastic.

House song contest - which group sings with the most spirit. Check the

first book for the school song section.

Houses got points for best spirit, quidditch, most trivia questions

answered correctly( worked as a team).

Individuals won prizes in the costume party.

______________________________________________________

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From: Judy Stewart <stewartj@clpgh.org>

To: pubyac@prairienet.org

Subject: RE: Evening storytime title

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 06:51:06 CST

We have used "Pajama Story Time"

Judy STewart

Community Library of Allegheny Valley

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From: LEVERNEM@spart.spt.lib.sc.us

To: pubyac@prairienet.org

Subject: RE: Evening storytime title

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 07:23:36 CST

Pajama Hour

-

Leverne McBeth, Branch Assistant

Tri-Pacolet Branch

390 W. Main St. (864) 474-0421

Pacolet, SC 29372 Levernem@spart.spt.lib.sc.us

"Any opinions expressed are those of the individual

and may not reflect the opinions or policies of the Spartanburg

County Public Library."

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From: HFL_LISA@stls.org

To: pubyac@prairienet.org

Subject: RE: HELP! Dr. Seuss/NEA Storytime

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 07:56:55 CST

We are doing a brunch this year and of course will be serving

green eggs and ham (for those who don't like eggs-blue pancakes) with

juice. We have kids coming dressed as Daisy HEad Maisy, Thing one and

Thing two and of course the Cat in the Hat himself. We are reading

2 or 3 stories during the nrunch, doing 2 seating of 20 kids each and

feeding the children only. Have fun

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From: "Stow-Munroe Falls Library, Children's Room" <stowkids@oplin.lib.oh.us>

To: pubyac@prairienet.org

Subject: Re: Circulating puppets

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 08:22:43 CST

Hi. We circulate our cd-roms and puzzles in plastic bags and put the barcode on

the bags. That should work for most puppets I would think.

Lydia Gamble - Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library

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From: "Heather" <heather@elgin.net>

To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>

Subject: Book Groups for Ages 6 to 8

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 08:48:36 CST

Would anyone be willing to share their experiences with book groups =

aimed at ages 6 to 8. We definitely see a hole in our programming for =

this age group and would like to fill it. How did you format your book =

group for this age group? What books did you use? Any information =

would be greatly appreciated.

Please email me directly and I will post the results.

Thank you, in advance, for your assistance.

Heather Robinson,

St. Thomas Public Library,

St. Thomas, Ontario CANADA

heather@elgin.net

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From: "Deborah Brightwell" <dbright@ci.coppell.tx.us>

To: earlmart@bellsouth.net, pubyac@prairienet.org

Subject: Re: video cleaning machine info

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 09:15:34 CST

Thanks, yes it was a typo. Sorry for any confusion! I meant to say

2995.00 to 5900.00.

>>> "Earl and Kirsten Martindale" <earlmart@bellsouth.net> 02/20 12:36 AM >>>

I'm in great hopes that this is a typo...one can purchase a heckuva lotta

videos for 30K!

Kirsten Martindale

Buford, GA

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Original Message -----

Price ranges for these types machines range from $29995.00 to $5900.00

>

> Debbie Brightwell

> Children's Librarian

> Coppell, Texas

>

>

>

!

!

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From: "Keeney, Scott" <SKEENEY@ci.albany.or.us>

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

Subject: RE: Circulating puppets

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Attach the barcode to the plastic bag you store your puppets in. Assign a

number to each puppet, and put it on the plastic bag and, indelibly, on the

puppet's insides.

We've circulated ~150 puppets for years with great success; nine currently

hanging on the hanging bag rack six feet in front of me, all the rest

checked out.

Scott Keeney

Children's Librarian work 541-917-7591

Albany Public Library fax 541-917-7586

1390 Waverly Dr SE

Albany OR 97321 skeeney@ci.albany.or.us

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From: Lisa Champelli <lchampel@bloomington.in.us>

To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org

Subject: What Internet Programs Have you Done?

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 10:11:14 CST

Dear Librarian:

Would you be willing to share your programs with other youth librarians

who are investigating ways to incorporate use of the Internet in library

programs?

What programs have you developed to teach young people about the Internet?

How have you integrated the Internet into Summer Reading Programs and

other recreational or instructional library programs you conduct for

children and teens? Have you developed Web pages to use with programs?

I am in the process of compiling reports from public and school librarians

about the innovative ways they are using the Internet in library programs

for young people. These reports will be featured in a book to be published

by Neal-Schuman. If you could please take a little time to describe YOUR

program, I would very much like to consider it for inclusion in this book.

Please use the following outline as a guide for what information

to include in your report. And please e-mail your report by April 10

(no more than 10 double-spaced typed pages, please) to:

lchampel@bloomington.in.us (starts with a lowercase "L" / not a #1)

* Title of Program:

* Web Site Address for Program (if applicable):

- Have you developed a Web page that you use in the program, or as a

handout, or that you refer participants to for more information?/What

is the URL?

* Target Audience/Age Level:

* Required Equipment/Facilities/Setting:

- Where have you conducted the program?/What kind of space is needed?

- How many computers do you need to do the program?

- What kinds of software applications do you use?

- Are any browser plug-ins required?/What are they?

- Is a LitePro or other computer projector needed?

- What type of Internet connection do you have (ISDN, modem, etc.)?

* Program Description:

- Why do you do this program?/What goals do you have (Educational,

Recreational, To Promote Use of Library Facility, etc.)?

- How do you do this program? (Please briefly explain how you prepare

for this program, what do you talk about during the program, and what do

the program participants do?)

* Notes/Comments/Insights of Program Conductor:

- What have you learned in doing this program that would be helpful for

others to know?

* Summary of your Library's Internet Policy, concerning children/teens:

- Briefly explain what guidelines/rules your library has for children

and teens to use the Internet. Do you use blocking software?

* Contact Person:

- Please give the Name, Title, Library, Address, Phone, E-mail of the

person to contact with any follow-up questions about this program.

Please note: I am not looking for examples of Web pages or projects that

kids have done as part of a library program. I am wanting to feature

programs (and Web pages) that librarians have designed/conducted to

facilitate youth access to the Internet. If you have any questions, please

do not hesitate to contact me at lchampel@bloomington.in.us Thank you!

Sincerely,

Lisa Champelli

lchampel@bloomington.in.us

Children's Librarian

Monroe County Public Library

Bloomington, IN

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From: "Sarajo Spurgeon" <sspurgeo@hotmail.com>

To: pubyac@prairienet.org

Subject: Database compilation

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 10:39:58 CST

Here is the result of my question regarding favorite databases for use with

and/or by children. Sorry it took me so long to post this info back to the

list. A big thank you to everyone who replied! I haven't actually gotten

to use most of the databases that were suggested yet--I'm still in the

info-gathering stage of things. Hope this helps some of you out there who

are working on similar projects.

-Sarajo Spurgeon

Sarajo L. Spurgeon

Children's Librarian

Chicago Public Library

North Pulaski Branch

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I would heartily recommend DISCovering Biograpy- it's a gale database. 2 or

more pages of biographical info on people most often studied for reports,

including a picture and further reading suggestions. It has saved me on

several occasions when *everything* is checked out and someone's report is

due *tomorrow*.

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I work in a high school library and we use InfoTrac, a fulltext

periodical database, which helps students and teachers locate articles

for school and information that relates to personal interests. There

are several other fulltext databases to choice from as well. The

fulltext are so much more convenient that the indexes since patrons can

print the article and take it with them. No more looking for back

issues or contacting other libraries to get a copy. Infotrac has

allowed me to cancel some magazine subscriptions that no one ever read

but I was reluctant to cancel them previously in case someone needed a

article for a homework assignment.

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check out refdesk.com

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Hello! Here in the Cleveland Public Library system we have many wonderful

databases available. I particularly like SIRS Researcher and SIRS

Discoverer. Gale also has great databases and my favorites (because I use

them all the time) are DISCovering Biography, DISCovering U.S. History, and

DISCovering World History. I do not know about cost since these are provided

through our catalog consortium, Clevnet. Hope this helps!

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We use InfoTrac General Reference Center Gold, Health Reference Center

Academic, and InfoTrac Kid's Edition. All three are a combination of

reference book excerpts and newspaper/magazine articles and they've proved

very useful and worthwhile. I especially like being able to search and

specify full-text returns only. Also, the Health Center contains lots of

health related pamphlets and such that the patrons really appreciate--a

while ago I helped a mother find an information brochure on diagnosing and

treating head lice--yum! She was quite pleased and the pamphlet was

referenced from the Center for Disease Control so we knew it was valid

information.

Recently, we've begun using Electric Library Elementary and that's good too.

Some of the entries are only encyclopedia entries, but there are some

newspaper and kids' magazine articles. You can also limit a search just by

maps, pictures, magazines, or books--very useful.

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For children, I recently used three databases to search for information on

the Boston Massacre. The child was part of her classroom team that was on

one side of the event and another class was on the other side. She wanted

information about both sides--British and American.

I used Primary Search by Ebsco first. I found about 10 citations, most of

them full text. Two of them were primary sources--one an eyewitness account

for the Americans and another and eyewitness account for the British. Then I

looked at Readers' Guide for Young People by Wilson. I found about 3-5

citations, most already found in Primary Search, and few were full text. And

finally, I looked at General Reference Center (the old InfoTrak) by Gale.

There I found another 3-5 citations, including a short article from the

Columbia Encyclopedia. The others I already had.

Needless to say, my patron was thrilled and was taking everything back to

her class. I was very happy, too, because Primary Search was cheaper than

Readers' Guide and I have Primary Search as an online database while the

Readers' Guide is only a month CD-Rom subscription.

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I would highly recommend "Electric Library Elementary" (web version)by the

Infonautics Corporation. Our library, as well as every public, school, and

academic library in the state, receives this free thanks to a state

technology grant. I believe it is the best magazine/newspaper/map/etc

database available for the K-9 audience. It allows keyword and advanced

searching. You can also select the format of the material you are looking

for--magazine, book, newspaper, transcript, photo, or map. It sorts the

results by either date or relevancy and provides a reading level range for

all results. Our patrons can also access this from home by typing in their

library card number. Another nice feature is the ability to very simply e-

mail the article to someone. I can't say enough about how great I think this

resource is--being able to remotely login is an added bonus.

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We have Masterplots on CD-rom that the YA's use a lot.

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Right now we are looking at SIRS DISCOVERER. I finally found the graphics

part where the state symbols are and the country flags. It think this part

is very nice and may make it worth the price. I don't like the print of the

text of the articles but it does have workbooks attached so if you have time

to train your patrons this would be very helpful. I have also heard others

mention Electric Library but I haven't seen this myself yet.

Two Gale databases that were my first purchases were the Biography Resource

Center and the Literature Resource Center. They have been getting rave

reviews from staff in the month since we purchased them.

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From: David Wright <dwright333@yahoo.com>

To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org

Subject: Know some good online games?

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 11:07:42 CST

My colleagues and I are going to compile a brief list

of good web sites for online games that can be played

on our terminals (no downloads, not too graphics

heavy.) If anyone has recently compiled such a list,

would your forward me a copy?

Thank you very much,

=====

David Wright

Seattle Public Library

"Que-scay je?" - Montaigne

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From: "Shalar Brown" <SHBROWN@iowa-city.lib.ia.us>

To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>

Subject: Lapsit w/ non-English speakers

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 11:33:10 CST

Everyone was so gracious in giving me wonderful lapsit welcome song suggestions I just had to ask for your help with another aspect of the program I'll be doing soon. I was speaking with one of the moms registered for the program who is a native of China. She's worried about her limited English being a problem for her in the program. I told her that we'll be learning songs and rhymes together, so we'll take it slow and she can take home sheets with the words to practice if she wants, and that I thought that the program would be a nice opportunity for her to practice her english as well as being beneficial for her baby. I'm sure some of you have had parents who speak english as a second (or third or fourth...) language in your infant programs. Do you have any suggestions for how to make sure they don't get left out or frustrated? Please reply to me at: shbrown@iowa-city.lib.ia.us

Thanks so much,

Shalar Brown

Iowa City Public Library

Iowa City, Iowa 52245

(319) 346-5200, ext. 304

shbrown@iowa-city.lib.ia.us

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