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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: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 00:01:17 CDT Subject: PUBYAC digest 170 PUBYAC Digest 170 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Funny question by Angela Reynolds <angelar@wccls.lib.or.us> 2) Board Books by JCOOK@STOCKTON.LIB.CA.US 3) RE:stumper--Dahl by "Ruth Shafer" <rshafer@fvrl.lib.wa.us> 4) Harry Potter face painting by "Look, Lin" <llook@mail.contra-costa.lib.ca.us> 5) Re: Funniest Reference Question Request by "Earl and Kirsten Martindale" <earlmart@bellsouth.net> 6) Re: best science fiction books by "Melody Allen" <MelodyAn@gw.doa.state.ri.us> 7) Re: Names for YA area by Charles Schacht <schachtc@libcoop.net> 8) ACLU v. Reno II Victory! by "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org> 9) Re: Funniest Reference Question Request by "kathy crawford" <kathy_crawford@hotmail.com> 10) RE: summer reading--prizes by "Ruth Shafer" <rshafer@fvrl.lib.wa.us> 11) YA Services Conference in Ohio by Julie Pfeiffer <JPFEIFFER@mail.mpl.lib.oh.us> 12) Challenge to Matilda who told such dreadful lies by Tanya DiMaggio <tanya@mail.sttammany.lib.la.us> 13) Re: Looking for stamps by Suzanne <suzie_q_40011@yahoo.com> 14) Stumper by Shannen McMahon <shanm@monroe.lib.mi.us> 15) RE: Funniest Reference Question Request by bcl003@coyote.accessnv.com 16) funny reference questions by dmoran@mindless.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Angela Reynolds <angelar@wccls.lib.or.us> To: "'PUBYAC'" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Funny question MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 19:17:17 CDT We just had a request for that book, Less Miserable. You know, the one by Victor Hugo. The guy was tired of trying to read Virginia Woolf. (I'm NOT making this up!)
Angela J. Reynolds Youth Services Librarian Washington County Cooperative Library Services 111 NE Lincoln St. #230-L MS 58A Hillsboro, OR 97124-3036 503-466-1894 fax: 503-615-6601 angelar@wccls.lib.or.us
------------------------------ From: JCOOK@STOCKTON.LIB.CA.US To: PUBYAC@PRAIRIENET.org Subject: Board Books Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 19:22:49 CDT Has any library considered dropping their circulating board book collection? We have begun a discussion and would like to hear what other libraries have done or have not done. Some of us in our library system are concerned about the very real health risks associated with board books as they are intended to be both a literary experience and a purely physical one and most of the time go straight in babies' mouths. Of course board books circulate very well and are an extremely popular part of the collection, but at the same time, hepatitis can stay alive for 2 weeks on a cold slide... Please respond to me directly; I appreciate your input. Thank you. Jane Cook
---------------------------------------------- Jane Dyer Cook Supervising Librarian, Children's Services and Collections Library Family Literacy Program 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 ------------------------------ From: "Ruth Shafer" <rshafer@fvrl.lib.wa.us> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: RE:stumper--Dahl MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 19:23:59 CDT Hi again, I am hoping that someone can help us out..... A patron is looking for a poem by Roald Dahl (maybe) about a teacher being put in a blender. I have looked at both Dahl's Revolting Ryhmes and his Rhyme Stew. It is not in either on of these. My co-worker suggested that it might actually part of the text of one of his novel, since he had such a distaste for teachers. I'm wondering if it isn't a Silverstein or someone else. Thanks so much. You guys are great. Please respond to rshafer@fvrl.lib.wa.us Ruth Shafer Vancouver, WA ------------------------------ From: "Look, Lin" <llook@mail.contra-costa.lib.ca.us> To: "'PUBYAC--DO NOT ERASE'" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Harry Potter face painting Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 19:25:08 CDT
Racking my brains for one more Potter activity for the program, my boss suggested face painting. I immediately thought of a snitch. Also came up with a broom. Any other simple (can be done by the non-artistic) decorations? I thought of a star and an owl (which might be something of a challenge), but maybe the great collective brain can think of more relevant yet easy items (no basilisks, unicorns or Dementors, please!) Many thanks, Lin Look Contra Costa County Library System, CA ------------------------------ From: "Earl and Kirsten Martindale" <earlmart@bellsouth.net> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Re: Funniest Reference Question Request MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 19:26:22 CDT Several years ago, before the computer term UNIX was common, I helped an adult patron look up eunuchs. My boss tried to console me the following day by telling me that he once looked up euthanasia (and sent home several materials) for a pre-teen who really needed sources on "youth in Asia." Time to call Miracle-Ear! Kirsten Martindale ------------------------------ From: "Melody Allen" <MelodyAn@gw.doa.state.ri.us> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Re: best science fiction books Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 19:27:34 CDT Among the Hidden by Haddix >>> ashwynne@yahoo.com 06/22/00 08:25PM >>> Hi! I'm compiling a list of science fiction recommendations for kids grades 4-8. Please send me any suggestions you have. I'd prefer to get some newer titles, although older ones are okay too, and would like to get some that are less well known. Please reply directly to me, and I'll submit my final list to the listserv. Thanks for your help! Ashley Larsen MelodyAn@gw.doa.state.ri.us Youth Services Librarian Woodside Library Woodside, CA __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ From: Charles Schacht <schachtc@libcoop.net> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Names for YA area MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 19:28:49 CDT Thanks a lot, Laura! C Laura Gruninger wrote: > Hi Chuck, > It was I who posted the original request...Here is the summary of the > responses: > Elizabeth Purdy (purdye@clpgh.org) recommended keeping the name very > basic. She said that she thought teens are repulsed by the catchy titles > we think will attract them. > > Cassie Wilson (wilsonca@oplin.lib.oh.us) suggested "the edge" or "Edge of > the Library" > > Anthony Bernier (abernier@uci.edu) wrote a terriffic letter encouraging me > to get the kids as involved as possible, in the decorations and the naming > of the room. His population came up with TeenS'cape, very unique! > He is authoring an article in the August issue of VOYA on their renovated > space at LAPL, as well as a book in 2001 on library space equity for > teens. > > Karen K, of Baraboo WI simply wrote that "The Room" would be a good name. > > Rebecca Verrill Smith (LaceyDport@aol.com) also recommended having the > kids name the room. > > I have not yet named our room, but I kind of think having the kids get > involved might be a nice idea. Our summer reading registration begins > next week. After that the programs begin and I'll be in closer contact > with the kids. > > The YA area is shaping up nicely. I installed an aquarium, made up some > terrariums, and a mini zen rock garden. Staff scoffed that the zen garden > looked like an ashtray-but the kids are using it all of the time ( I > know because I put it over a tray to catch the extra sand, and have > tidied it up several times) In the YA activity room (as it will still be > known for now) I decorated the round table top with black and white Escher > prints, photocopied out of a book. I covered it completely, everlapping > the images, and put clear plastic table covering (sold by the yard at the > fabric store) over top. Though I have some live plants, I wanted a tree > and the room is not sunny so I purchased an artificial fig tree. I am > decorating the leaves with little color fireflies from the craft store. > I'll somehow post Robert Frost's "Fireflies in the Garden" nearby. > > Perhaps this is more than you wanted to know--as you can see I'm really > having fun with this! I too wish we could search the archives. I find > myself printing out quite a lot for future use. > > Laura Gruninger, Reference/YA > Mercer County Library, Lawrence HQ > Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 > > On Tue, 20 Jun 2000, Charles Schacht wrote: > > > I know that in the not too distant past there has been talk here about > > names for YA areas in libraries, but I do not have access to the > > archives; if someone kept the list of suggestions I would be much > > beholden if they would send me a copy. My nominee is OFF LIMITS, but > > it's entirely possible that someone will come up with one that will be > > deemed even better. TIA - > > Chuck Schacht, Romeo District Library, Romeo, MI. > > > > ------------------------------ From: "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org> Subject: ACLU v. Reno II Victory! Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 19:30:07 CDT ACLU v. Reno II Victory! Appeals Court Rejects Congress' Second Attempt at Cyber-Censorship http://www.aclu.org/news/2000/n062200b.html "In a unanimous decision issued late today, a federal appeals court here struck down as unconstitutional Congress's second attempt to criminalize speech on the Internet."
_________________________ 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 ------------------------------ From: "kathy crawford" <kathy_crawford@hotmail.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Funniest Reference Question Request Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 19:32:00 CDT I once had a patron come in, look around and ask frantically, "Where is Heaven and Hell" ? (she was looking for the Jakes novel) ------------------------------ From: "Ruth Shafer" <rshafer@fvrl.lib.wa.us> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: RE: summer reading--prizes MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 19:33:17 CDT All these summer reading ideas are great. I am wondering about the different prizes or incentives you give out. We have been very anti-prizes for a long long time. What works good fro you folks and why. How do you acquire your prizes. At what point in the program do the children recieve the prizes? Is there a limit? You have different prizes for different age groups....if so, what is your rational. Thanks so much. I know you are all busy with your programs, I just have been having a terrible time this summer "selling" our program to the 4,5,and6th graders, and wondered what else is being done out in the world of summer reading. Thanks again, Ruth Shafer Vancouver, WA ------------------------------ From: Julie Pfeiffer <JPFEIFFER@mail.mpl.lib.oh.us> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: YA Services Conference in Ohio Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Disposition: inline Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 19:34:26 CDT If you are nowhere near the state of Ohio you may want to delete and move on now. If you are and would like to do a bit of traveling, as Young Adult Division Coordinator of the Ohio Library Council, I'd like to extend this invitation: OH YA! A Young Adult Conference and Showcase of Best Practices Sponsored by Ohio Library Council's Young Adult Services Division Columbus Museum of Art August 23-24, 2000 What's up with libraries and teens? If you'd like to find out, consider attending this year's Ohio Library Council workshop on services to young adults. This exciting two-day program features Dr. Don Gallo, editor of No Easy Answers: Short Stories about Teenagers Making Tough Choices, Jen Hubert, creator of the popular web site Reading Rants, and Sharon Draper, author of Tears of the Tiger and Forged by Fire. There'll be informational tables on Teen Boards, YA magazines, graphic novels, and more. The second day is a showcase of the most creative practices and YA services in Ohio's public libraries. If you're interested in attending, you may request a complete program brochure by calling Ohio Library Council at 614-221-9057 or by sending an email request to Bev Adair at badair@olc.org. ---------- For those of you who live in Ohio, you will receive a mailing in early July. If you're looking to new and creative ideas for serving teens in your libraries this is one stop shopping. Hope to see you there! Thank you, Julie Pfeiffer Youth Services Librarian Middletown Public Library Middletown OH jpfeiffer@mail.mpl.lib.oh.us
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------------------------------ From: Tanya DiMaggio <tanya@mail.sttammany.lib.la.us> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: Challenge to Matilda who told such dreadful lies MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 19:35:36 CDT We've had a patron challenge the 1992 Knopf reprint of Hilaire Belloc's Matilda who told such dreadful lies. Has anyone had to defend the book? I would very much appreciate anyone's experience. We are of course gathering reviews. Our committee meets July 13. The patron's concern is that the book is "too violent". This is the first time I've sat on a challenged book committee. Please respond to me directly. Thank you for your assistance. Tanya ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tanya DiMaggio Children's Librarian Slidell Branch St. Tammany Parish Library 555 Robert Blvd. Slidell,LA 70458-1600 504-646-6470 x17 504-645-3553 fax tanya@mail.sttammany.lib.la.us ------------------------------ From: Suzanne <suzie_q_40011@yahoo.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Looking for stamps MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 19:36:50 CDT All the Children's Service Persons in our region belong to a co-op. We create kits to trade at our quarterly meetings. All the stamps that we have put in our kits have come from KIDSTAMPS. They have great stamps for libraries, lots of different animals reading, characters from books like If you Give a Mouse A Cookie. They are pretty inexpensive too. I hope this helps your friend. Suzanne Kirk Henry County Public Library 172 Eminence Terrace Eminence KY 40019 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ From: Shannen McMahon <shanm@monroe.lib.mi.us> To: pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Stumper MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 19:37:58 CDT Hi! I have a patron that is looking for an ,I guess you'd call it, verse that her grandpa used to recite by heart. The part she knows is" It was midnight on the ocean not a streetcar was in sight. The sun was shining bright and it rained all day that night. Her children were orphans except one tiny tot, who lived in a house across the street above a vacant lot. T'was a Summers day in winter, when the snowflakes fell like glass, while a barefoot boy with shoes on stood sitting on the grass. Smith's bar room was crowded and not a soul was there, when in walked Joe McGinty, from the center of the square. That's all she could remember. Sound familiar to anyone? Thanks, Shannen PLEASE send replies to shanm@monroe.lib.mi.us Thanks! ------------------------------ From: bcl003@coyote.accessnv.com To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: RE: Funniest Reference Question Request MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 19:39:14 CDT
A girl called up and asked "What is the oldest Republican in the world?" Although we figured out that she meant republic the librarian who took the call imediately quipped "Strom Thurmond." Stephanie Miller Boulder City Library, NV ------------------------------ From: dmoran@mindless.com To: pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: funny reference questions MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 19:40:26 CDT this was very funny to me at the time. a young boy came in looking for books on pets(he's trying to decide which pet to talk his family into getting) and settles on ferrets and goats. the following week, he comes in looking for more books on goats. the third week he asks for videos on hunting. "what kind of hunting?" i ask. "there's duck hunting, deer hunting, wild game hunting..." "do you have any on goat hunting?" he says. i told him that he would have to raise them first, release them into the wild, and then hunt them. donna moran, children's librarian, riverhead, ny. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Get your free email from AltaVista at http://altavista.iname.com ------------------------------ End of PUBYAC Digest 170 ************************ |
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