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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, 13 Apr 2000 00:01:05 CDT
Subject: PUBYAC digest 115
PUBYAC Digest 115
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Web-based catalogs
by Catherine Mau <cmau@bal.alibrary.com>
2) children's library cards
by "Louise Capizzo" <lcapizzo@falmouth.lib.me.us>
3) Re: Sustained Silent Reading
by jill heffner <jillh1018@yahoo.com>
4) Default prices for av
by "Tatar, Becky" <bltata@aurora.lib.il.us>
5) Columbine School Library
by Carole Fiore <cfiore@mail.earthlink.net>
6) RE:filtering
by Lesley Knieriem <lknierie@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
7) Re: What techniques made Sustained Silent Reading work in your library?
by Karen Cordiner <Karen_Cordiner@bc.sympatico.ca>
8) Naming Young Adult/Young Teen Department
by Janet Dickey <doubledog@core.com>
9) thanks
by "teresa lee" <teresa_yh@hotmail.com>
10) Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
by "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
11) Job Openings - San Francisco Bay Region
by Andrea Voss <avoss@snap.lib.ca.us>
12) RE: Only child books
by CCullum621@aol.com
13) stumper: boy who says "No"
by Cheryl Johnson <cjohnson@dakota.lib.mn.us>
14) Job Opening, MI
by "Veronica Bielat" <bielatve@metronet.lib.mi.us>
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From: Catherine Mau <cmau@bal.alibrary.com>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Web-based catalogs
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Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 14:23:42 CDT
For those of you who have a web-based catalog, how are you incorporating
the 856 MARC field (hot links to appropriate websites) into your records?
Are you and your staff finding websites and adding them to records or is
it a responsibility of the catalogers in Technical Services? How are you
dealing with reading level?
We're getting ready for our new system have many questions about the best
way to do this. Any advice from someone who's been there will be
appreciated.
Catherine Mau
Barrington (IL) Area Library
Catherine Mau
Head of Young People's Services
Barrington Area Library
505 N. Northwest Highway
Barrington, IL 60010
Email: cmau@bal.alibrary.com
Phone: 847.382.1300 ext. 250
FAX: 847.382.1261
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From: "Louise Capizzo" <lcapizzo@falmouth.lib.me.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: children's library cards
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Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 14:43:03 CDT
Thank you to everyone who responded to my request about
requirements for children getting a library card. The Board of
Trustees voted last night to allow children from birth up to have a
card. They no longer need to be able to write their name in that
teeny tiny space. Yeah! I feel like throwing a big party for all the
children of Falmouth to celebrate.
Thanks again.
Louise Capizzo
Children's Librarian
Falmouth Memorial Library
Falmouth, Maine
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From: jill heffner <jillh1018@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Sustained Silent Reading
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Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 14:51:46 CDT
In my other life, when I was a substitute teacher in a
middle school (grades 6-8) in a rural town in Eastern
Oregon, this middle school practiced SSR--sustained
silent reading.
Every day for twenty minutes after lunch, EVERYONE in
the school read books/magazines silently--including
the secretaries, the janitor--everyone! Obviously
this was well supported by the entire staff. I don't
remember how many years this had been done, but it was
an accepted practice by staff and students alike.
There was never any question--the after lunch bell
rang and everyone got out his/her book. It was
awesome to experience!
Imagine a middle school completely silent for twenty
minutes while every single person in that building
read!!
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Jill Heffner
Youth Services
Driftwood Public Library
801 SW Hwy 101
Lincoln City, Oregon 97367
541 996 2277 Fax: 541 996 1262
jillh1018@yahoo.com
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From: "Tatar, Becky" <bltata@aurora.lib.il.us>
To: "'PUBLIB'" <publib@sunsite.berkeley.edu>,
"'PUBYAC'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>,
"'Videolib'" <videolib@library.berkeley.edu>
Subject: Default prices for av
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Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 15:01:26 CDT
This may have been discussed before, if so, I'm sorry for asking again!
And, sorry for any cross posting.
We are trying to set up a list of default prices for out of print
audiovisual materials. My question, what does everyone else do? Our music
compact disc collection is completely eclectic - we buy anything. Our book
on cassette collection ranges from 2 cassette abridgements to 24 tape or
more unabridged titles. Our videos are 10% feature films, the rest
children's or information/education. I very seldom purchase a single tape
title for more than $80. Our CD-ROM collections are generally geared to
home use, rather than business, so we don't get programs such as Office, or
Lotus, etc., to lend out. The question has also been raised about just
having a set price, so people do not have to hunt down a title to determine
if it is in print or not. Does anyone do this? If you have a page of this
in your policy manual that you could fax, that would be fine, too. Thank
you so much in advance! Everyone is so helpful on this list!
Becky Tatar
Unit Head, Periodicals/Audiovisual
Aurora Public Library
1 E. Benton Street
Aurora, IL 60505
Phone: 630/264-4100
FAX: 630/896-3209
e-mail: bltata@aurora.lib.il.us
www.aurora.lib.il.us
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From: Carole Fiore <cfiore@mail.earthlink.net>
To: pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Columbine School Library
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 15:09:54 CDT
Dear Pubyacers ~
It has been a year since the tragedy at Columbine High School. The
students in that school are trying to put their lives back in order. It
also happens to be National Library Week this week.
Part of restoring normalcy to the lives of the students is having a
school library to use. As of now, the school library in the building is
closed and there are plans to remove the floor and open the lunchroom
below to a new atrium to be build from the old library. The community is
trying to raise funds to do this and build a new library.
I was thinking that we, youth serving librarians from around the
nation (and even around the world), might like to show not only our
support of the children and families in that community, but also show how
much we appreciate the day to day efforts of our PUBYAC moderator, Shannon
VanHemert, and her (and her library's) contribution to the emergency and
recovery efforts in Columbine.
I would like to suggest that we all make a contribution to the
Columbine Atrium and Library Fund in recognition of and in honor of
Shannon's efforts and in memory of the students and faculty that died
last year. It may, in some small way, show how connected this community
of children and young adults librarians is and how much we care about
the youth of our communities.
For more information about the project, look at the web page:
http://www.hopecolumbine.org/
Donations can be mailed to:
HOPE Columbine Atrium and Library Fund
c/o The Denver Foundation
P.O. Box 24035
Denver, CO 80224-0035
Sincerely,
Carole
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Carole D. Fiore
Library Program Specialist/Youth Services Consultant
State Library of Florida
R. A. Gray Building
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250
850/487-2651
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From: Lesley Knieriem <lknierie@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: RE:filtering
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Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 15:16:38 CDT
Katy, let me start by saying that I do appreciate the problem that you
are trying to combat, and that there are no real good solutions, just
different approaches; I do not criticize the choices you have made.
But what does concern me is a young man (about 11) who came to the desk
just a little while ago and asked "how do I look something up without
anybody seeing what I'm doing?"
Now maybe he wanted to look up Internet porn sites. But maybe he
had a question about puberty that was too embarrassing for anyone to see.
Or maybe he had a question about religion he didn't want his parents to
know about it. Or maybe he just didn't want to have to answer to anyone
for the information he needed, just like I wouldn't care to have to go to
the Reference desk to get a site I wanted to see -- for whatever reason --
unblocked.
Because of our Internet policy, I was able to show him how to
attach the privacy screen, check to make sure he had parental permission
for unsupervised surfing, and let him at it. And, incidentally, I was
able to help the three other patrons in line behind him without having to
spend a lot of time deciding what is and is not appropriate for our
patrons to see.
How would your library deal with a similar situation? Or do you
feel that the greater safety is worth the trade-off in patron privacy and
self-sufficiency?
On Mon, 10 Apr 2000, Katy Grant wrote:
> Okay, let me share what I do know about filtering systems with you, Cyber
> Patrol in particular, since we do have it on our computers. I've heard all
> the arguments for not having filtering software but there are some good
> ones for having it too. The branch in which I work was the pilot site for
> the Internet about four years ago and at that time you did
"stumble" into a
> porn site on occasion.<snip>
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~ Lesley Knieriem ~
~ YA / Reference Librarian (631) 549-4411 ~
~ South Huntington Public Library fax (631) 549-6832 ~
~ Huntington Station, NY 11746 lknierie@suffolk.lib.ny.us ~
~ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ~
~ "Thou art a retailer of phrases, and dost deal in remnants ~
~ of remnants." -- William Congreve, THE WAY OF THE WORLD ~
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From: Karen Cordiner <Karen_Cordiner@bc.sympatico.ca>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: What techniques made Sustained Silent Reading work in your library?
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Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 15:24:00 CDT
Sara,
We have school wide USR. If you want to do programs in the library, you
might want to connect the launch to Freedom to Read Week or Teen Reading
Week. In the past we have booked classes for "read-ins" during these
weeks.
Karen Cordiner
Sara Marcus wrote:
>
> I am considering starting to use Sustained Silent Reading in my school
> library, and I am wondering what techniques have worked for you in your
> libraries. Any suggestions would be appreciated. If something did not
> work, please tell me about it as well so I know what not to try.
>
> Thank you very much for all your help.
>
> Sara
>
> Sara Marcus, MLS
> Librarian
> Yeshiva University Girls High School
> 86-86 Palo Alto Street
> Jamaica, New York 11423
> (718)479-8550
> fax (718)479-8686
> sara@msmarcus.com
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From: Janet Dickey <doubledog@core.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Naming Young Adult/Young Teen Department
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Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 15:30:59 CDT
I'd definitely go with "TEEN" something. I've always loved being
identified as YA Services, a YA advocate, etc., except that I always
have to explain what that IS. "Young adult" is different in different
situations, and may mean anything from "young teens" (as in much of
the
publishing world) to "twenty-somethings." (Here in suburban Cleveland
it's defined as 13-17, or grades 7-12). TEEN seems much more easily
identifiable. "Teen Resources" sounds good to me as an umbrella term
for
what you have to offer teens.
On vacation but thinkin' YA,
Janet
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From: "teresa lee" <teresa_yh@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: thanks
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Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 15:40:15 CDT
hello
thanks to all those who answered my question about katherine paterson's YA
books!
cheers,
teresa
teresa_yh@hotmail.com
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From: "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
Subject: Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
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Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 15:47:45 CDT
Information on the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act can be found at
http://www.ala.org/oitp/privacy.html, the Web site of the ALA Office for
Information Technology Policy.
The pages For Librarians (http://www.ala.org/oitp/librarians.html) and For
Parents (http://www.ala.org/oitp/parents.html) are up; the others are under
construction.
Additional information on privacy and confidentiality can be found at
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/privacy.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: Andrea Voss <avoss@snap.lib.ca.us>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Job Openings - San Francisco Bay Region
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Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 15:55:32 CDT
Solano County Library has a full time Children's Librarian and .5 FTE Young
Adult Librarian openings available. Solano County Library is a forward
looking system with stable funding and good work environment.
Andrea Voss
Branch Manager of Outreach Services
Solano County Library
1150 Kentucky Street
Fairfield, CA 94533
707/421-6324 (Voice Mail)
707/421-7474 (FAX)
avoss@snap.lib.ca.us
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From: CCullum621@aol.com
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: RE: Only child books
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Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 16:03:02 CDT
I had a parent who is looking for picture books that deal with a child being
the only child in the family. She doesn't want the "I was the only child
and
now there is a new baby" theme. This child is an only child and always will
be.
I have found 2 or 3 titles but I'm looking for anyone who can suggest any
more for me to offer her. If I get enough titles I will list them for the
group.
Please e-mail me directly at:
CNCullum@lmxac.org
Thanks
Carolyn
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From: Cheryl Johnson <cjohnson@dakota.lib.mn.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: stumper: boy who says "No"
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Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 16:10:45 CDT
This stumper is from an 8-year old patron, who remembers a series of books
where a boy says "No" when asked to do something by his parents and
then
later agrees. No author or series title, but she thought she
remembered two titles: "Do you have to go to the bathroom?" and
"Do you
want to go shopping?" I tried Barnes & Noble and area library
collections
with variations of those titles to no avail. We would appreciate any
help. Send answers to my address below, please.
Thanks a lot for your help!
Cheryl L. Johnson
Dakota County Library
cjohnson@dakota.lib.mn.us
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From: "Veronica Bielat" <bielatve@metronet.lib.mi.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Job Opening, MI
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 16:17:30 CDT
YOUTH SERVICES COORDINATOR POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
SOUTHFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY, MICHIGAN
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
The Southfield Public Library, one of the busiest public libraries in the =
Metro Detroit area, is seeking an enthusiastic, energetic, professional =
librarian as our Youth Services Coordinator. If you are ready to meet the =
challenge of working with young people in a fast-paced, culturally diverse =
environments, and have exceptional leadership skills and vision for the =
future, this position is for you.
The Southfield Public Library is in the process of designing a new $30 =
million library facility. The Youth Services Coordinator will play an =
important role in designing and planning the new Youth Room.
The Youth Service Coordinator will assume a leadership role in administerin=
g all aspects of the Southfield Public Library's Youth Services division. =
The ideal candidate will posses a combination of the following characterist=
ics:
* Experience in effectively managing, leading and motivating staff.
* Experience working with individuals and organizations within a community.=
* Ability to work with and involve all segments of the community in =
activities and programs.
* Considerable knowledge of current library technology.
* Attuned to new library trends, and have the ability to implement these =
in library services.
* Ability to enhance existing programs and services, and evaluate the need =
for new programs and services to meet community needs.
* Highly effective written, oral and interpersonal skills, as well as =
strong leadership skills, a high level of initiative and drive, interperson=
al and cultural sensitivity and creative and flexible problem solving =
skills.
The Southfield Public Library currently has a budgeted staff of 39 FTE =
employees including 5 Youth Division staff members. The Library staff is =
well-trained, knowledgeable, helpful and works together as a team. If you =
are interested in the challenge this position provides, we would like to =
hear from you.
EXPERIENCE/DEGREE QUALIFICATIONS
* Master's degree in Library Science from an accredited ALA university.=20
* 3 years professional Library experience.
* One year of supervisory experience or equivalent expertise gained =
through administration of projects and/or staff.
SALARY=20
ACS Pay Grade L Pay range $40,780 - $50,154 plus comprehensive fringe =
benefit package, including medical, dental, optical, and life insurance; =
pension plan participation; generous holiday and leave provisions.
=20
APPLICATION PROCESS
This is a "continuous" recruitment. Applications will be accepted
until =
such time as the position has been filled. As such, interested persons =
should make application promptly. Please submit your resume and completed =
City Application forms to: City of Southfield, Human Resources Department, =
26000 Evergreen, P.O. Box 2055, Southfield, Michigan 48037-2055
If you require further information, please call the Human Resources =
Department at (248) 354-9171.
CITY OF SOUTHFIELD IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER M/F/V/H, DRUG FREE =
WORKPLACE.
THIS AND OTHER JOB POSTINGS ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AT
http://www.metronet.lib.mi.us/SFLD/jobpost.html.
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