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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: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 00:01:07 CDT Subject: PUBYAC digest 163 PUBYAC Digest 163 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) RE: Braille books source by Michele Brannigan <GBrannig@ci.carrollton.tx.us> 2) Re: Storytime for 1-3 graders by Lisa Hughes <lhughes@scinet.co.santa-clara.ca.us> 3) Re: summer reading by CV Childrens <cvjuve@oplin.lib.oh.us> 4) Harry Potter events by Frances Plumpton <FrancesP@waitakerelibs.govt.nz> 5) periodicals by "Lynn Gillespie" <katmandu@mindspring.com> 6) Harry Potter Kits by rdhall@mail.cinetwork.com 7) Re: PUBYAC digest 161 by "Patricia M. Young" <patsy@cityofsitka.com> 8) Re: summer reading by karen maletz <kmlib@yahoo.com> 9) What works with teen girls by "Katie O'Dell" <katiem@nethost.multnomah.lib.or.us> 10) Stumper - Sci Fi Nover by Molly Warren <mjwarren@scls.lib.wi.us> 11) APPLICATIONS FOR YALSA SERVING THE UNDERSERVED SEMINAR NOW AVAILABLE by "Esther Murphy" <emurphy@ala.org> 12) cocoon-into-butterfly stumper by "Elizabeth Buono" <ebuono73@hotmail.com> 13) Chocolate War author battles effort to ban book by "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Michele Brannigan <GBrannig@ci.carrollton.tx.us> To: "'Pubyac@prairienet.org'" <Pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: RE: Braille books source Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:24:36 CDT FYI, I heard on NPR that schools for the blind are no longer teaching braille. There is possibly one mail order school that still teaches it. So, the older person might use the braille books, but not younger people. So, the braille books will stay on the shelves? G. Michele Brannigan, Librarian Youth Services Frankford Village Branch Library Carrollton, Tx gbrannig@ci.carrollton.tx.us Any opinions expressed are not necessarily those of my employer. ------------------------------ From: Lisa Hughes <lhughes@scinet.co.santa-clara.ca.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Storytime for 1-3 graders MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:29:16 CDT I wouldn't worry a whole lot. As the kids get older, the picture books you choose can be longer and more complex. I did storytimes for my daughter's classes from kindergarten through sixth grade, weekly with some teachers in the lower grades, monthly with others as the kids got older. Even in sixth grade--when I sometimes felt really stretched to come up with titles that I thought were appropriate--the kids really seemed to enjoy the stories. When I was on campus, they'd come running up to ask if I was doing stories that day. I found that I did a lot of folk tales, from all different cultures, and Indian legends, but there were lots of straight picture books that worked well for them. I could also do stories that were more slowly paced and more thoughtful. It was a lot of fun! Good luck in your efforts.
Lisa Mead Hughes, Children's Services Campbell Public Library 77 Harrison Avenue, Campbell CA 95008-1499 voice: (866-1991) fax: (408) 866-1433 lhughes@scinet.co.santa-clara.ca.us *** All standard disclaimers apply *** On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Catherine Wiggins wrote: > For the past 3 years I have been doing a weekly storytime for my daughter's > class. She attends a Montessori school where the children are grouped ages > 3-6 (Primary) and 6-9 (Elementary). She is now moving from Primary to the > Elementary class. I don't feel that the stories that have worked for the > lower ages will work for the next level group. I wonder if anyone has > suggestions for what stories/projects incorporating stories I could do > for/with the class. I really want to keep going and reading to them--I feel > that I have made a difference to the children by reading with them each week. > I thought about chapter books, but then thought that a week between chapters > would probably not do--I know I would not want to wait a whole week before the > next chapter! > > Anyway, if any of you have any ideas, I would appreciate your input. > > Thanks. > > Cathy Wiggins > Chapin Memorial Library > chapinli@sccoast.net > > ____________________________________________________________________ > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. > > ------------------------------ From: CV Childrens <cvjuve@oplin.lib.oh.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: summer reading Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:30:43 CDT Our summer reading club this year allows kids to choose to count hours read or numbers of books. The goal for hours is 30, while for books it's 60. We have a record-keeping sheet that can be used whether they count books or hours, with prizes at comparable levels. The idea was to encourage the better readers to read the chapter books, while allowing the preschoolers, kindergarteners and first graders to count the number of books read to them. So far, our families are appreciating the opportunity to choose. Response has been favorable. ------------------------------ From: Frances Plumpton <FrancesP@waitakerelibs.govt.nz> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Harry Potter events MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:32:11 CDT I apologise if you are all heartily sick of this request - I haven't had access to Pubyac for some time so have missed what's been posted - but I would be very grateful for any ideas for a low key Harry Potter holiday programme in a library system that doesn't have a large space for groups of children (can cope with 40 or so at a time) We will have sheets of Harry Potter questions that the children can either work through in the library or take home, but want to run 2-3 sessions where the kids can come along dressed in costume. What games work in a small space! Please send any suggestions directly to me and I will post the responses Thanks a lot in advance Frances Plumpton Children's & Teens Services Waitakere Library & Information Services Auckland, New Zealand francesp@waitakerelibs.govt.nz Fax 00 64 9 836 8072
------------------------------ From: "Lynn Gillespie" <katmandu@mindspring.com> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: periodicals MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:33:54 CDT I hope some of you can help with a media class assignment on periodicals management. We are not to discuss selection, but need to know circulation methods, check-in procedures, inventory, retention and disposal, and storage. If you reply please indicate if you work at the elementary, middle school, or high school level. Thanks in advance for your help. ------------------------------ From: rdhall@mail.cinetwork.com To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Harry Potter Kits Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:35:29 CDT I need to know if anyone has recently contacted Scholastic and has the name of the person I need to contact in order to receive the Harry Potter Kit? I called Sonia Bundridge whose name I had gotten from pubyac quite some time ago, but her job title doesn't sound as if marketing is her job. Thank you. Anne & Roger Hall Berea, Kentucky ------------------------------ From: "Patricia M. Young" <patsy@cityofsitka.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: PUBYAC digest 161 Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:37:27 CDT I do a KITTEN SHOWER every year as a community service along with our local animal shelter. Animal shelters are overrun with kittens this time of year, and anything that builds awareness to this problem is excellent. I borrowed this idea from the Urbana Champaign Humane Society (while at UIUC for school) who runs a kitten shower out of their local mall. We have had three very successful kitten showers. PSA's go out weeks before advertising the event with a "wish list" of some twenty items the shelter could use (food, treats, litter, grooming aids, etc.) I set up pens around the children's room in the library and I recruit several volunteers to watch over the kittens. The officer from the animal shelter brings up to ten - fifteen kittens and cats to share with the community. No kittens go home from the event, they register with the officer if they see an animal they like. Many children and adults enjoy bringing wrapped and unwrapped gifts for the event all week long. Generally we have over 100 people come through in an hours time. We sing songs (cat songs, of course) and have a simple coloring craft. Quite fun and helps our animals and brings awareness to the problems of pet overpopulation. Patsy
.--. _ .---|__| .((\=. Patsy Young .--|===|--|/ ,(, Youth Services Librarian | |===| |\ y Kettleson Memorial Library |%%| | | `.__,' 320 Harbor Drive |%%| | | / \\\ Sitka, AK 99835 | | | |/| | \`----. | | | ||\ \ |___.'_ E mail: patsy@cityofsitka.com _| | |__||,\ \-+-._.' )_ Phone: 907-747-8708 / | |===|--|\ \ \ / \ Fax: 907-747-8755 / ^--^---'--' `--`-'---^-' \ '================================` ------------------------------ From: karen maletz <kmlib@yahoo.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: summer reading Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:39:37 CDT Here in Hicksville (Long Island, New York), we follow the New York State summer reading program which is for pre-readers (read-to-me club) through young adults. This year's theme is Discover2000Read! which has primarily been interpreted as a futuristic, space, robot type theme. ------------------------------ From: "Katie O'Dell" <katiem@nethost.multnomah.lib.or.us> To: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults & Children" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: What works with teen girls MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:41:18 CDT I am wondering what kinds of teen programs school and public libraries around the country are finding popular with teen girls? These don't have to be exclusively aimed at girls, but what are they turning out for at your library? Katie O'Dell Talk It Up! Youth Librarian Book Discussion Groups for Kids Multnomah County Library System 205 NE Russell katiem@mclo.org Portland, OR 97212 phone: 503.988.6002 fax: 503.988.5441 "At first people refuse to believe that a strange new thing can be done, then they begin to hope it can be done, then they see it can be done - then it is done and all the world wonders why it was not done centuries ago." ------- Frances Hodgson Burnett, "The Secret Garden" ------------------------------ From: Molly Warren <mjwarren@scls.lib.wi.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Stumper - Sci Fi Nover Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:43:36 CDT Hello All - A 30 yr. old patron is looking for a paperback novel they read in their teen years - probably between 1985 and 1988. Plot: A boy is able to reach into outer/other realms (not the future) and grab things (for ex. a quarter). He later joins a circus, then becomes a sculptor and finally an evangelist. There was a tree on the cover and the tree's branches were bare. We checked Fluent in Fantasy and Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults to no avail. Thanks for any leads,
Molly Warren Youth Services Librarian Madison Public Library 201 W. Mifflin St. Madison, WI ------------------------------ From: "Esther Murphy" <emurphy@ala.org> To: <ya-train@ala.org>, <ya-urban@ala.org>, <ya-yaac@ala.org>, <yalsa-bk@ala.org>, <yalsa-l@ala.org>, <yalsacom@ala.org>, <Pubyac@prairienet.org>, <Lm_net@syr.edu> Subject: APPLICATIONS FOR YALSA SERVING THE UNDERSERVED SEMINAR NOW AVAILABLE Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:45:24 CDT NEWS For Immediate Release Contact: Linda Waddle - lwaddle@ala.org APPLICATIONS FOR YALSA SERVING THE UNDERSERVED SEMINAR NOW AVAILABLE Members of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) who want to make a difference in library service to young adults can apply now to attend the third Serving the Underserved (SUS) seminar to be held January 10-11, 2001, in Washington D.C. just before the ALA Midwinter Meeting. As many as thirty public and school librarians who have worked directly with young adults, ages 12 through 18, in the past 5 years will be selected by the YALSA Executive Committee to participate in this two-day seminar. The goals of the seminar are: To provide a philosophy of library service to young adults and to communicate that philosophy to seminar participants. To provide training techniques for adult learners that will enable the trainers to conduct workshops for staff members in school and public libraries. To provide information to seminar participants that will equip them to train school and public library staff members to provide library service to young adults that meets their unique developmental needs. Participants will join a select cadre of YALSA member leaders who have trained more than 10,000 public library generalists, boards, and other staff members to provide services to young adults that meet their specific developmental needs. We are encouraging school library media specialists who work in middle schools, junior high or high schools to apply for the seminar so that Serving the Underserved training can be offered to faculty and other staff members in secondary schools. Doug Fleming, who served as consultant/instructor at the first seminar held in 1994, will again serve as consultant and presenter for this seminar. As a consultant to schools in the areas of curriculum design, instructional strategies and assessment approaches, he will assist in the preparation of instructional materials, and provide instruction in training techniques and teaching adult learners. Three SUS trainers will also provide instruction for the seminar. They are Patrick Jones, Manager of Youth Programs, Houston (TX) Public Library; Deborah Taylor, Coordinator of School and Student Services, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD; and Judy Druse, Curriculum/Media Librarian, Washburn University, Topeka, KS. Returning in her role as facilitator for the first two seminars will be Patsy Perritt, Professor at the School of Library and Information Science at Louisiana State University. Applicants will be required to submit with their application a one-page statement that contains an explanation of their philosophy of library service to young adults, a description of their experience providing library service to young adults, and the three most important things a school and public library staff member must know to provide quality library service to young adults. Applicants must also sign a statement of commitment to provide at least one training session in the 12 months following the seminar. Since costs are being underwritten by a World Book/ALA Goal Award, the registration fee is only $100. Applications are due in the YALSA office October 1, 2000. Selected applicants will be notified no later than November 1, 2000. The application is available on the web, http://www.ala.org/yalsa/professional/susapply.html., and fax-on-demand: 1-800-545-2433 press 4 and request document 902. For additional information or a paper copy of the application, contact the YALSA office at yalsa@ala.org or at 800-545-2433 x4390. The Young Adult Library Services Association is a division of the American Library Association.
------------------------------ From: "Elizabeth Buono" <ebuono73@hotmail.com> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: cocoon-into-butterfly stumper Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:47:03 CDT Hello everyone! I'm sorry there isn't much to go on here, but last evening we had a patron come in and ask for a book in which some kids want to help a cocoon turn into a butterfly, but then they learn that they cannot do this sort of thing. We checked everything we had on butterflies, fiction and non-fiction, plus A to Zoo--unfortunately, almost every book about butterflies is about how they BECOME butterflies, so it wasn't much of a help. Does this ring a bell with anyone? Thank you very much in advance for any suggestions!
Elizabeth Buono Children's Librarian The Ferguson Library 1 Public Library Plaza Stamford, CT 06904 <ebuono73@hotmail.com> ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ From: "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org> Subject: Chocolate War author battles effort to ban book Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:49:18 CDT Chocolate War author battles effort to ban book http://www.freedomforum.org/news/2000/06/2000-06-14-01.asp "Robert Cormier has been defending his book The Chocolate War almost since the day it was published 26 years ago. But efforts to remove it from classroom shelves have never originated so close to home."
_________________________ 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 dwood@ala.org http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/index.html ------------------------------ End of PUBYAC Digest 163 ************************ |
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