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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, 23 Mar 2000 16:30:45 CST
Subject: PUBYAC digest 99
PUBYAC Digest 99
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) thanks for desktop publishing info
by "S. Fichtelberg" <sfichtel@infolink.org>
2) Re: Name for YA Area
by ILefkowitz@aol.com
3) Re: Reluctant Readers
by Mazzafero <bmazzafe@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
4) Cleary quiz url correction
by steven engelfried <stevene@dpls.lib.or.us>
5) Re: Name for YA area
by "Terri Anderson" <terran@chippewalibrary.org>
6) Bookmobile Service to Preschool Children
by "Susan Graf" <susangraf27@hotmail.com>
7) Teen reading group
by Tina Cavanough <TCavanough@alicespringscouncil.nt.gov.au>
8) filtering?
by Charles Schacht <schachtc@libcoop.net>
9) Button Makers
by JCOOK@STOCKTON.LIB.CA.US
10) summer reading club--counting minutes
by "S. Fichtelberg" <sfichtel@infolink.org>
11) Fw: library sleepover
by "C. Sexton" <csexton@hyperaction.net>
12) harry potter programs
by "C. Sexton" <csexton@hyperaction.net>
13) Re: real filtering facts [LONG]
by "Vicky Smith" <vjsmith@mcarthur.lib.me.us>
14) Harry Potter Jeopardy Questions
by LunarHunk@aol.com
15) JOB POSTING: MASSACHUSETTS: Children's Librarian
by Jean Canosa-Albano <jcanosa-albano@spfldlibmus.org>
16) Thanks for stumper
by Adelaide Rowe <arowe@egvpl.org>
17) Stumper--bear and king
by "Look, Lin" <llook@city.newport-beach.ca.us>
18) ?Wishing Well World
by "Shari Haber" <shaber@mclsys.org>
19) Intellectual Freedom Programs at the ALA 2000 Annual
Conference in Chicago
by "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
20) Seuss reults
by Bryce <Bryce@exchg1.palsplus.org>
21) Stumper geometric pattern eating sheep and a Devil's Island escap
e
by Mark Decker <mdecker@jefferson.lib.co.us>
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From: "S. Fichtelberg" <sfichtel@infolink.org>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: thanks for desktop publishing info
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 15:51:04 CST
I would like to thank everyone who recommend desktop publishing programs to
me. Most people recommended MSPublisher. Some, PageMaker, some Print
Artist by Sierra, and some a versions of Printmaster.
I discovered that our technology department already had MSPublisher, they
had just neglected to give it to me. So with one simple request, I now have
it on my work computer and have already done my first brochure. It is much
better than Print Shop.
Thanks again.
Susan
sfichtel@infolink.org
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From: ILefkowitz@aol.com
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Name for YA Area
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Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 16:03:34 CST
How about "Teen Scene"? Or how about having a contest for the teens to
name the area?
Ilene Lefkowitz
Youth Services Librarian
Mount Olive (NJ) Public Library
ILefkowitz@aol.com
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From: Mazzafero <bmazzafe@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Reluctant Readers
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Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 16:05:11 CST
Katherine,
Personal interest is a great motivator. Perhaps you might consider
creating a brief questionnaire and handing it out. Then you can
collect books on particular topics that your readers enjoy.
In addition, you might look into particular publishing companies
that offer high interest, low vocabulary books, such as Rosen
Publishing Group.
Bonnie Mazzaferro
Cutchogue-New Suffolk Library
Cutchogue, NY
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From: steven engelfried <stevene@dpls.lib.or.us>
To: "PUBYAC (E-mail)" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Cleary quiz url correction
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Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 16:06:26 CST
I included a URL for a Beverly Cleary quiz in a recent post and it may not
be a working one. The quiz can definitely be found on:
http://www.dpls.lib.or.us/childrens/stevenpages/clearyquiz.htm.
- 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: "Terri Anderson" <terran@chippewalibrary.org>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: Name for YA area
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Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 16:07:47 CST
A fun way to come up with names for things in a Children's Room (or YA area)
is to run a contest and let kids submit names. We did this with the game
computers in the children's room in our public library a few years ago and
had fun with it. We gave a prize to the people submitting the winning names
and made an announcement in the newsletters of the local schools they
attend. Saved a lot of hassle on my part trying to think of names and came
up with some that the kids really like.
Terri Anderson.
Children's Librarian,
Chippewa Falls Public Library
Chippewa Falls, WI
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From: "Susan Graf" <susangraf27@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Bookmobile Service to Preschool Children
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Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 16:09:18 CST
Dear PUBYACers:
I find myself in immediate need for information. Should you have information
to share with me, and ever find yourself in southern Nevada, I will take you
to lunch--in a pyramid, on the Yellow Brick Road, near a Gondola canal,
under the Eiffel Tower--You can choose!
A community group that serves at risk preschoolers with renovated school
buses has asked our library to partner with them in renovating another bus
and creating a bus that would provide library programming rather than their
preschool-type service.
For several years I have read about bookmobiles designed to serve this early
childhood population, but I now need some numbers for a Board meeting next
Tuesday.
If you have such a bookmobile,
1. How much does it cost to maintain per year
2. How much is the book/materials budget
a. do you rotate materials out of the Children's Room, or
b. have materials designated solely for the bookmobile service
3. How much did the bookmobile cost
4. Do you staff with professional (MLS) or paraprofessional staff
5. Do you issue cards and check out books
6. If so, how much does it cost to maintain remote service link to the
automation system
Thank you so much for your assistance,
Susan Graf "Saint James says in
Family Services Librarian his epistle that we are
North Las Vegas Library District to confess our sins to
2300 Civic Center Drive each other, which is the
North Las Vegas, NV 89030 Christian rationale for
(702)633-1070 FX (702)649-2576 storytelling..."
susangraf27@hotmail.com
Garrison Keillor, in
the preface to "The
Best American Short
Stories, 1998"
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From: Tina Cavanough <TCavanough@alicespringscouncil.nt.gov.au>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Teen reading group
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Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 16:10:41 CST
Giddy again,
I work in a fairly large regional public library in Central Australia. We
are planning on starting a teen reading group in the new financial year. We
are hoping to tie it in with an internet site, so the kids read, talk about
the books they have read, then put short reviews, etc on an internet site we
(i.e. the kids and I) will set up. I am hoping this will, apart from
encouraging reading, give the kids some useful skills in web page design,
etc. What I wanted to ask is: does anyone else run a similar group? What
works and doesn't work? My big concern is that I'll have a fabulous plan
and noone will want to join! How do you attract people to your group? What
sort of publicity do you use?
Look forward to hearing some great strategies. Please feel free to reply
off list.
Thanks in advance,
Tina Cavanough
Children's and Youth Services Technical Co-ordinator
Alice Springs Public Library
PO Box 1071
ALICE SPRINGS NT 0871
Ph: 08-8950 0556
Fax: 08-8952 2402
Email: tcavanough@alicespringscouncil.nt.gov.au
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From: Charles Schacht <schachtc@libcoop.net>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: filtering?
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Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 16:11:57 CST
Had a father in last night who came very close to having a major
coronary right in front of me; he was in with his 10? year old daughter
who's a Britney Spears fan and she wanted to find some web sites on her
hero. A LOT of the sites listed were very questionable in nature
including a few purporting to offer graphic scenes of Ms. Spears being
violated in exotic ways. Needless to say he got his daughter away from
the screen faster than the speed of light, after which he came over to
engage in dialogue with me about his degree of unhappiness with this
situation and his disbelief that kids all across the country are
inadvertantly stumbling across this kind of putrescence. When I saw
what he was stressed about I was a pretty unhappy camper myself; I
explained to him that we strongly encourage parents to use the web with
their kids for reasons just such as this, and that we did not offer
filters because there was so much that they would miss etc. Because I
was able to sound genuinely sympathetic to his concerns he committed no
acts of violence upon my person, but he's never going to feel safe
sending his daughter in our direction alone again, and I feel as though
our good name has again been besmirched by the kind of moral eunuchs who
attempt this kind of profiteering and place their blandishments
deliberately in view of children on the computers we make available. I
KNOW - filters would bring with them a whole new host of problems, but
sometimes I surely do wonder whether they could be any worse than the
ones we encounter under our current "Let the user beware no matter how
young they are " system. You may not agree with the solutions proposed
by folks who want us to do something to make web use safer, but at
least aknowledge that they often have very legitimate reasons for having
the kind of high blood pressure that they are wont to display. Strikes
me as sadly curious that you can't legally use verbal obscenitys in
public in the presence of children (at least in our state) but that you
can be vile as can be on the public forum of the web without fear of
legal consequences. Ruminatinig on my own, NOT as a representative of
my institution -
Chuck Schacht
Romeo District Library
Romeo, MI.
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From: JCOOK@STOCKTON.LIB.CA.US
To: PUBYAC@PRAIRIENET.org
Subject: Button Makers
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 16:13:08 CST
We are preparing to purchase a button maker for a large
public library system. We have found plenty(!) of
different machines from different companies but
nothing to help us choose a machine. Our budget is
healthy so we don't need to get the cheapest machine.
Does anyone out there have an opinion about
a button maker they have? We have looked at machines
from standard library catalogs (DEMCO, Highsmith, Brodart,
Gaylord, etc...) as well as some companies
I found on the web (Badgeaminit, USA Buttons, Dr. Don's...)
Please respond to me personally if you have any insights.
Thanks so much -
---------------------------------------------
Jane Cook
Supervising Librarian,
Children's Services and Collections
Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library
605 N. El Dorado Street, Stockton, CA 95202
209.937.8312 209.937.8683 (fax)
jcook@stockton.lib.ca.us
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From: "S. Fichtelberg" <sfichtel@infolink.org>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: summer reading club--counting minutes
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 16:14:28 CST
We are thinking of changing the way we do our summer reading club, from
counting books to counting minutes. Any suggestions on how to do this would
be welcome. Thanks.
Susan
sfichtel@infolink.org
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From: "C. Sexton" <csexton@hyperaction.net>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Fw: library sleepover
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 16:15:51 CST
fellow people in the trenches:
We are going to have a library sleepover at the end of our summer =
reading program for those who read so many minutes ( not determined yet! =
), we will also limit by age ( 7-10 ). To those who done this before =
what types of activities did you have and as for food ect.....any ideas =
and comments appreciated . Thanks in advance....You can e-mail me =
directly at csexton@hyperaction.net
Carol Sexton,children's librarian
Somerset, Ky
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From: "C. Sexton" <csexton@hyperaction.net>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: harry potter programs
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 16:17:06 CST
I need help ......I would like to do a Harry Potter Program this summer =
( a one day deal ) and need some guidance....I deleted all those great =
ideas earlier and would like some suggestions. Can I still get a Harry =
Potter Kit from scholastic? Thanks once =
again.....csexton@hyperaction.net
Carol Sexton
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From: "Vicky Smith" <vjsmith@mcarthur.lib.me.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org, abeaman@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: real filtering facts [LONG]
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Greetings--
A few weeks ago, I submitted the following request for information
about Internet filters. I'm appending the responses I received
(thans you very much!!) below my initial request. But before getting
to that, I have another, related question:
For libraries using filters such as Cyberpatrol that can be
calibrated for greater or more restricted access, would you please
let me know what settings you use (e.g. block only graphic images of
bestiality or block everything except the Barney site) and how
successful you feel they are at living up to their promises? Thanks
very much in advance, and as always, please reply to me and I will
post my findings to the list. vjsmith@mcarthur.lib.me.us
> I would like to hear from librarians who have been working with
> filters. (In your spare time, of course.) The information I would
> like is:
>
> 1) What filter(s) do you use?
> 2) Have you experienced any a) blocking of innocuous sites; or b)
> letting through of "objectionable" sites? Please be specific if
> possible.
> 3) Any problems such as locking up the computers, etc.?
> 4) Any difficulty installing/using the software? Incompatiblities,
> etc.?
> 5) Do you like it/dislike it (as a product, not as an intellectual
> stance)?
>
> I am looking for empirical facts from practicioners in the field, not
> theory, promotion, or polemics. I will summarize my findings to the
> list, so please respond directly to me: vjsmith@mcarthur.lib.me.us
Hi. We use CyberPatrol here at the Mesquite Public Library. It was
fairly easy to set up and maintain. I am not aware that anyone has
been blocked from an innocuous site--nobody has come and reported
something like that. CyberPatrol does have quite a few ways of
customizing--what subjects you want to block, what times you want
filters to run, even sections of the Internet, like chat rooms and
bulletin boards. We have it set up so that the official "CyberNot"
list is downloaded automatically, but there is also the option of
adding specific sites to the list to block, or specific sites to be
allowed. One thing that we have found is that it looks for text in
filtering. Foreign language sites sometimes can slip through (I think
we wound up in a Polish porno site once--we had a patron who was
looking for directions in making an "Indiana Jones" style bullwhip and
this one popped up.) The other problem is that a lot of our older
male patrons have figured out how to crash it so they can view
everything unfiltered. When that happens, we just reboot the computer
to re-set the filter. With its flaws, CyberPatrol is still one of the
better filters. There was a review of filters on C|Net a while back
that ranked CyberPatrol at the top. I don't know the link for that
review, but C|Net is at http://www.cnet.com
***
our library began using CyberPatrol before I began here. The only
software conflict problems I know are with the Fortres security
software. In order to change passwords and other parameters, Fortres
has to be disabled since it saving to the hard drive. We just
recently updated CyberPatrol and at that time our Ass't. Dir. tried a
series of porn sites to test it's filtering. If I remember correctly
it filtered 15 out of 20. Not exactly stellar and CyberPatrol is one
of the higher rated products out there. It does have a number of
categories that it can filter by so that you can do some tailoring.
There is also a feature that allows you to block specific sites. It
occasionally blocks something like a random chat room (even though I
think it works off a list principle rather than some sort of content
search) but I haven't had a lot of complaints along that line. Hope
that helps somewhat.
***
Vicky - Our library has installed a product called a management tool.
It is called I-gear, and while it does function as a filter, it also
does some other things. It was developed primarily for businesses,
but the company is now branching into libraries.
I-gear does block sites by keyword. The company has a group of
employees who search for sites and block them by description as well.
You can choose what categories of sites to block -- for instance,
explicit sex acts but not sex education. A "manager" can check a site
that has been blocked, and can unblock if they don't agree. When a
site is blocked, a message appears telling you the reason the site was
blocked. So it does allow each library to customize.
I-gear is set up to require a password and log-in for every user.
Anyone who wants to use the Internet is given a form to sign, agreeing
to library rules, and explaining time limits, etc. They are issued a
password, and once they log in, they can also establish bookmarks, so
they can get back to sites they like anytime they log in.
We were able to set up levels of filtering, so adults (or anyone who
registers as an adult user, for kids under 18 the parent signs the
form) are not filtered at all, young adults have only a few categories
blocked, and children have tightest blocking. There are no ages
associated with this -- anyone can choose any access. So we had some
adults sign in as children, and some parents chose to give their kids
adult access. The filters are not associated with a machine, but with
the person's logon.
We've had very little trouble with sites being blocked, no one at all
complaining about anything objectionable coming up, and parents seemed
happy to have the choice left to them.
The only thing we have blocked for all users are chat rooms. I-gear
has it's own server loaded onto our system and that server is linked
to about 20 computers in our system. We've had a few glitches, but
nothing that doesn't crop up with any computer system.
We have asked I-gear to try to come up with a timing device, and they
said they are working on one for a future version. That way we won't
have to be the clock watchers when we have a number of people waiting.
I-gear has allowed us to have a lot of customization which we are
happy about.
***
> I would like to hear from librarians who have been working with
> filters. (In your spare time, of course.) The information I would
> like is:
>
> 1) What filter(s) do you use? CyberPatrol, since May 1999, only
on the computers in the Children's Room
> 2) Have you experienced any a) blocking of innocuous sites; or b)
> letting through of "objectionable" sites? Please be specific if
> possible. We were searching for info about the Great Chicago Fire &
>
the website for the City of Chicago got blocked. We've been able to
access it since then, so I'm not sure what the problem was. So far as
I know no "objectionable" sites have slipped through, although I did
catch my breath when someone left up a wrestling site (don't remember
if it was WWF or what) with a picture of a scantily clad female. > 3)
Any problems such as locking up the computers, etc.? No > 4) Any
difficulty installing/using the software? Incompatiblities, > etc.?
No > 5) Do you like it/dislike it (as a product, not as an
intellectual > stance)? It's OK; I must be honest & confess I haven't
done much comparison shopping. We haven't had complaints about it
from either patrons or staff.
***
The main problem with our filter (Bess, from N2H2) is that most people
don't want to use it, so the filtered terminal sits empty while people
line up for the others. Their main objection is that it blocks their
use of e-mail. Occasionally we've had other complaints, like one man
who was looking up stocks when the filter thought that his stock
symbol was a pornographic reference! (Sorry I don't remember what it
was!) I haven't seen any objectionable sites slip through, though it
did block Disney ("go.com") one day. I appealed and the company
claimed that it wasn't blocked. The filter doesn't seem to lock up the
machine any more than normal, though it does slow down access a
little. I certainly dislike not knowing what is being blocked and not
being able to override.
***
We use Surfwatch filters on five Macintosh Power PCs in our children's
department. As far as filtering out innocent material, I've only run
into a few problems. Since Surfwatch filters by site, not keyword, we
don't have problems with searching for "breast" cancer or other
sensitive subjects that are frequently mentioned by filtering
opponents.Controversial sites for kids, such as Go Ask Alice, are not
blocked. After a year of use, we have not had anyone inadvertently
access pornographic sites. Getting to South Park can be a problem at
times although the South Park site itself is not blocked. I do
remember having a free email site, Nightmail, being blocked by
Surfwatch. I reported the problem to Surfwatch and the site is now
accessible.
We are in a downtown location, near the bus station and across the
street from the local soup kitchen and homeless shelter. We don't
require kids to have parental permission (or a parent present) to use
our machines. For a lot of the kids who frequent our library, we've
never seen their parents. We especially want these kids from
challenging family circumstances to have access to the Internet, and
the filters seem to be compromise between controlled use and no use.
Surfwatch can be a pain to maintain. Our systems administrator washed
her hands of these computers for kids, so the children's department
maintains them independently. Consequently, we have not been able to
use the server-based version of Surfwatch, but instead have to install
and update our computer filters on one machine at a time. This takes
up a lot of my time (read -- too much).Surfwatch's automatic monthly
filter updates cause us the most problems. When the message appears on
your screen to update, you pretty much can't do anything else with the
computer until the filter update has been downloaded. If for some
reason the update is aborted, chances are your computer will lock up.
I've had to reinstall Surfwatch on our machines more than once. I've
even had to erase hard drives and reinstall everything because of
problems I am certain were caused by Surfwatch. If you purchase
Surfwatch, I'd recommend using the server-based version.
Vicky Smith
Children's Librarian
McArthur Public Library (207)284-4181
270 Main Street http://www.mcarthur.lib.me.us
Biddeford, ME 04005 vjsmith@mcarthur.lib.me.us
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From: LunarHunk@aol.com
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Harry Potter Jeopardy Questions
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Here are the questions. I hope that some of you can find this useful.
Aaron J. Coutu
Reference Librarian
Greenville Public Library
Greenville, RI 02828
Jeopardy! Questions
Hogwarts Staff
100 - He is the 400-year-old head master of Hogwarts School.
Who is Albus Dumbledore?
200 - She teaches transfiguration and is the headmistress of the House of
Gryffindor.
Who is Minerva McGonagall?
300 - A former Hogwarts student who is now the school’s gamekeeper.
Who is Rubeus Hagrid?
400 - The school nurse who is very picky about people visiting her patients.
Who is Madame Pomfrey?
500 - He is mean; he hates kids; and he is the janitor at Hogwarts School.
Who is Argus Fitch?
Ghosts
100 - He is a friend of Harry’s who gets him out of a tough situation with
Argus Fitch.
Who is Nearly-Headless Nick?
200 - A pesky ghost whose sole purpose is to annoy and scare people.
Who is Peeves?
300 - DAILY DOUBLE -- She guards the front door of the House of Gryffindor.
Who is the Fat Lady of the Picture
400 - He is the jolly ghost of Hufflepuff.
Who is the Fat Friar?
500 - He is a huge, awful ghost that everyone is afraid of.
Who is the Bloody Baron?
Quidditch
100 - Your team gets 100 pts and the match is over when you catch this golden
ball.
What is the golden snitch?
200 - These two balls fly around the field trying to knock everyone off their
brooms.
What are bludgers?
300 - The job of of this player is to catch the golden snitch.
What is the seeker?
400 - Two players who protect their teammates from aggressive quidditch
equipment.
What are beaters?
500 - The name of the Captain of the Gryffindor House quidditch team.
Who is Oliver Wood?
Potterisms
100 - The name of a person who has no magical abilitiy or knowledge of magic.
What is a muggle?
200 - This is what everyone calls Lord Voldemort.
What is He Who Must Not Be Named?
300 - This is the most popular sport in the wizarding community.
What is quidditch?
400 - A person who is born of magical parents but has no magical ability.
What is a squib?
500 - The worst term a person with muggle parents can be called.
What is a mudblood?
Hogwarts Students
100 - The best friend who Harry met on Platform 9 3/4.
Who is Ron Weasley?
200 - She is a friend of Harry who is completely obsessed with her schoolwork.
Who is Hermione Granger?
300 - The short, fat and slightly daft person who is the worst student in Harry’s
class.
Who is Neville Longbottom?
400 - The muggle-born Gryffindor who is best friends with Seamus Finnegan?
Who is Dean Thomas?
500 - He wants to be the most perfect student at Hogwarts.
Who is Percy Weasley?
The Villains
100 - He is the Slytherin student who is Harry’s arch-enemy.
Who is Draco Malfoy?
200 - He is the person who put the lightning scar on Harry’s forehead.
Who is Lord Voldmort?
300 - The annoying cousin who got everthing while Harry got nothing.
Who is Dudley Dursley?
400 - The teacher who teaches potions and seems to really dislike Harry and his
friends.
Whe is Severus Snape?
500 - DAILY DOUBLE -- The names of Harry’s unloving aunt and uncle.
What are Vernon and Petunia Dursley?
Double Jeopardy Questions
Geography
200 - This is the place to go to shop for all your wizarging needs.
What is Diagon Alley?
400 - The complete name of the best school to train to be a wizard.
What is the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
600 - This is where bad wizards are sent as punishment.
What is the Prison of Azkaban?
800 - The address of the home of Harry’s family.
What is 4 Privet Drive?
1000 - Students are never allowed to go here because of the dangers that lurk
inside.
What is the Forbidden Forest?
Magical Creatures
200 - A baby creature that Hagrid cares for even though it is against the rules.
What is a dragon?
400 - One of these creatures helps protect Harry from danger in the Forbidden
Forest.
What is a centaur?
600 - DAILY DOUBLE -- <<Picture of Dobby>> Name this creature.
Who is Dobby the House Elf?
800 - With a horn from this creature you can make a magical wand.
What is a unicorn?
100 - These doglike creatures where supposedly hunted by Gilderoy Lockhart.
What are werewolves.
More Hogwarts Staff
200 She is the almost always happy Herbology professor.
Who is Professor Sprout?
400 - He is the original professor of the Protection from Dark Arts/
Who is Professor Quirrell?
600 - DAILY DOUBLE - She is the Hogwarts librarian.
Who is Madame Pince?
800 - She is the Head of Quidditch at Hogwarts.
Who is Madame Hooch?
1000 - He is the second Dark Arts professor.
Who is Gideroy Lockhart?
Magical Food and Drink
200 - Wizard candy coming in every flavor, such as chocolate, peppermint, and
liver.
What is Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans?
400 - This Hogwart’s Express treat would be perfect for Halloween.
Whar are pumpkin pasties?
600 - This is a treat on the Hogwart’s Express cart that look like magical
tools.
What is acid licorice wands?
800 - This candy comes with collectible Famous Wizard Cards.
What are chocolate frogs?
1000 - Theaw are treats you can have on the Hogwart’s Express--don’t tell
Little Debbie.
What are Cauldron Cakes?
Magical Items
200 - A mirror Harry finds that reads: Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on
woshi.
What is the Mirror of Erised?
400 - This was a gift Harry received from Dumbledore that was owned by his Dad.
What is an invisibility Cloak?
600 - A small glass ball which turns red telling the holder he has forgotten
something.
What is the Remembrall?
800 - An old wizard’s hat which assigns new students to their houses at
Hogwarts.
What is the Sorting Hat?
1000 - A tool used for magic (willow is good for charms, mahogany for
transfiguration).
What is a wand
Pets of Wizards
200 - This is Harry’s owl.
Who is Hedwig?
400 - The name of Ron’s rat, who happens to be a hand-me-down.
Who is Scabbers?
600 - Dumbledore’s phoenix who dies, but is reborn.
Who is Fawkes?
800 - The name of the dragon that Hagrid was caring for.
Who is Norbert?
1000 - This was the 3-headed dog guarding the entrance to the Chamber of
Secrets.
Who is Fluffy?
FINAL JEOPARDY!
What is Voldemort’s complete real name?
Tom Marvola Riddle
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From: Jean Canosa-Albano <jcanosa-albano@spfldlibmus.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: JOB POSTING: MASSACHUSETTS: Children's Librarian
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Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 16:23:11 CST
The following position is open and available immediately. For more
information, please write me at the address below. I will be at PLA and
can arrange an interview. I will be leaving on Monday, so if you are
interested in meeting, please contact me before then. For more openings at
our library, see <https://cs.ala.org/plaseeker/find.cfm> and search under
MA.
CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN OPENING
Organization:
Springfield Library
Springfield, MA
http://www.springfieldlibrary.org
Position Information
Salary: From $25,525.00 to $32,578.00
Number of Openings: 1
Degree Required: MLS
Closing Date: April 3, 2000
Starting Date: Available Immediately
Benefits:
Health, Pension, Vacation, Holidays
Position Description:
Assists in overseeing the day-to-day public service operations of the
Central Library Children's Department, participate in developing Goals and
Objectives of the department and in determining the methods to achieve
those goals. Provide information and reader's advisory services to children
and adults who use the Children's Department. Develop and maintain juvenile
collections within approved guidelines. Work with Department Supervisor to
plan, develop, and implement juvenile programs which meet the needs of the
community.
Perform routine desk tasks, as necessary. Assume responsibility for
Children's Dept. in absence of supervisor. Attend professional workshops
and seminars, and provide recommendations to Dept. Supervisor in regards to
programs, services, or events.
Participate in Youth Services meetings and in planning system-wide
juvenile services. Perform other similar duties as required, primarily
pertaining to the Children's Department of the Central Library.
Other Skills and Knowledge:
Qualifications include an MLS from an ALA-accredited institution. one
year related library experience, including juvenile reference, reader's
advisory, programming, collection development. Demonstrated commitment to
public service; enthusiasm & flexibility; ability to project a positive
image of the lbrary. Ability to work a rotation of evenings and weekends.
Desirable: familiarity with electronic information resources. Desirable:
Experience working with community groups; bilingual ability (Spanish,
Vietnamese, Russian).
Job Setting:
This progressive and expanding library system is a member of the
private, nonprofit Springfield Library and Museums Association--future site
of the Dr. Seuss National Memorial. The Library is comprised of a central
library, 9 branches, and a nationally recognized adult literacy program.
The Springfield Library System serves residents of the City of Springfield
and acts as the regional reference center for the Western Massachusetts
Regional Library System. The City of Springfield is the commercial and
cultural center of western Massachusetts (population 150,000)--90 minutes
from Boston, near the Berkshires, and lively college towns.
Jean Canosa Albano, MLIS
Head of Youth and Outreach Services
Springfield (MA) Library
220 State Street
Springfield, MA 01103
VOICE: (413) 263-6800, ext. 291
FAX: (413) 263-6825
jcanosa-albano@spfldlibmus.org
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From: Adelaide Rowe <arowe@egvpl.org>
To: PUBYAC <pubyac@prairienet.org>, soakes@ald.lib.co.us
Subject: Thanks for stumper
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The answer to my trick or treat book was of course to my embarrassment
"Trick or Treat" by Louis Slobodkin. I think this ranks right up there
with the stumper about the red carpet, which was indeed The Red
Carpet.(That was not my stumper, phew.) And to make things worse, we
supposedly have two copies on shelf - neither of which I can find
(however the one which has not gone out since 95 will soon be marked
missing). Thanks to Marie Noe, and Susan Oakes for the answer. Believe
it or not, a patron said that the book is going to be a shower gift, if
a copy of it can be located. Thanks again,
Adelaide Rowe
Elk Grove Village Public Library, IL
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From: "Look, Lin" <llook@city.newport-beach.ca.us>
To: "'PUBYAC'" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Stumper--bear and king
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 16:25:34 CST
This stumper is third hand, so it's pretty vague.
A woman who is in her 50s remembers a story about bear named Tula/Toola and
a king. Don't know if it's a chapter book or picture book. The woman is
retiring soon, and a friend (who's husband called us with the question)
would like to get the title and author and see if she can get it at a used
bookstore. '2LA' is on her license plate, so it must be significant to her.
Looked in A-Z (boy, there's a lotta bear books)
Storyteller's Sourcebook
Amazon
Bookfinder
Thanks!
Lin
in SoCal, where vanity plates say it all
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From: "Shari Haber" <shaber@mclsys.org>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: ?Wishing Well World
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 16:26:52 CST
Hi, I posted a similar request to the Stumpers-List a few days ago, so I =
hope there isn't much duplication here, but I only got a partial =
response, so I'm trying the PUBYACers. Anyway, the patron describes =
this as a children's or YA fantasy about a boy who, while walding on a =
farm, falls into a well. There is another world at the bottom of the =
well which appears to be a stratified society where the lower down you =
are, the more impoverished you are. The boy is assisted by a girl in =
his attempt to navigate back up the various levels and out of the well. =
Our one respondent, said that this reminded him of a story in which some =
children find their way into a well through a cave. They know they are =
under the well because of the coins that people have tossed into it. =
The world they found was based on ancient Rome, and the people were =
celebrating Saturnalia. The children made their way out in a boat. =
Also, the boy's luminous watch is set at midnight, so they can see how =
long it takes them to get out.
Do either of these scenarios sound familiar? If so, I am in desperate =
need of the book's title and/or author. Any help will be greatly =
appreciated. TIA.
Shari Haber
shaber@mclsys.org
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From: "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
Subject: Intellectual Freedom Programs at the ALA 2000 Annual
Conference in Chicago
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Intellectual Freedom Programs at the ALA 2000 Annual Conference in Chicago
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/ifprograms.html
_________________________
Don Wood
American Library Association
Office for Intellectual Freedom
50 East Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611
312-280-4225
800-545-2433, ext. 4225
Fax: 312-280-4227
http://www.ala.org/oif.html
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From: Bryce <Bryce@exchg1.palsplus.org>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Seuss reults
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Hi! When I spoke to my patron on Tuesday night, I told her that as soon as
the question came up, I would get tons of respopnses. I was right! The
answer to her question about the wizards was The 500 Hats Of Bartholemew
Cubbins as well as Bartholemew & the Oobleck. They also needed the chant
from Oobleck, which we had.
My thanks, and those of my patrons, goes to Jan Owens, Carol Leeson, Lesley
Knieriem, Nancy Hackett, Marijo Kist, Lisa Smith, Julie Rines, Susan Oakes,
and Christine Hill for their fast answers. My patrons are very happy!
Thanks again.
Richard Bryce
Senior Children's Librarian
West Milford Township Library
973-728-2823
"So many things have made living and learning easier. But the real things
haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the
most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures and to be cheerful
and have courage when things go wrong"- Laura Ingalls Wilder
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From: Mark Decker <mdecker@jefferson.lib.co.us>
To: "'PUBYAC@prairienet.org'" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Stumper geometric pattern eating sheep and a Devil's Island escap
e
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Hi all,
I have two stumpers for you.
The first is for a patron who read this book sometime in the 70's. It is
about a sheep who eats in geometric patterns. She thought the title might
be, The Sheep Who Ate in Circles, but isn't sure.
The second stumper is about an inmate who escapes from the Devil's Island
prison colony. This book was read sometime in the 50's. The only
information about this one is that the main character builds a glider to
escape from the prison.
I have not been able to find anything in our local catalogs, Amazon.com, A
to Zoo, or What do Children Read Next.
Any ideas? Please reply directly to me, not thru the listserve. TIA
Mark Decker
Children's Patron Services, Villa Branch
mdecker@jefferson.lib.co.us
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