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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: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 20:07:11 CDT Subject: PUBYAC digest 191 PUBYAC Digest 191 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: Research Paper-Prison Libraries, Access , etc. by Mehampton2@aol.com 2) Re: Shelving picture books + Advanced picture books by ssteed@parracity.nsw.gov.au 3) Re: patrons and rest rooms, etc. by "Jenny Collier" <jcollier@dupagels.lib.il.us> 4) RE: How many Harry Potters are enough? by Tina Cavanough <TCavanough@alicespringscouncil.nt.gov.au> 5) Stumper- Wind in the windows - Answer by Zaklina Gallagher <zgallagh@dcc.govt.nz> 6) RE: patrons and rest rooms, etc. by Tina Cavanough <TCavanough@alicespringscouncil.nt.gov.au> 7) Re: Harry Who??? by "Denise I. Matulka" <dimatulka@alltel.net> 8) Re: Harry Potter by Robin Del Guidice <guidicr@thpl.org> 9) RE: [Fwd: Christian Fiction or propaganda] by Holly Belli <hbelliwcpl@yahoo.com> 10) American Girls fundraisers by Sally Goodroe <sgoodroe@hcpl.net> 11) Re: Library Renovation by "GCPL Childrens Room" <gcplcr@lilrc.org> 12) Re: left behind by "Beverly Kirkendall" <bkirkend@ci.hurst.tx.us> 13) Re: Harry Who??? by David Serchay <a013213t@bc.seflin.org> 14) Harry Potter by "Connie Vandervort" <cvandervort@mail.hillsml.lib.nh.us> 15) RE: [Fwd: Christian Fiction or propaganda] by Lesley Knieriem <lknierie@suffolk.lib.ny.us> 16) Re: STUMPER: A to Z "something" by "Mary Seratt, Sr.Manager, Main Children's" <SERATTM@MEMPHIS.LIB.TN.US> 17) Pokemon card trading event by Janette Johnston <jj@round-rock.tx.us> 18) Re: Fair Labor Standards Act by Gayle <gtudisco@londonderry.org> 19) Re: Shelving Picture Books by Gayle <gtudisco@londonderry.org> 20) Re: Harry Who??? by "Denise I. Matulka" <dimatulka@alltel.net> 21) re: Harry Potter Placement by "Rebecca Smith" <rsps@hotmail.com> 22) POKEMON CARD TRADING NIGHT AT THE LIBRARY -- I NEED YOUR ADVICE by "Langenkamp, Stephanie" <Langenkamp_Stephanie@ci.san-marcos.tx.us> 23) Re: Harry Potter copies by "S. Fichtelberg" <sfichtel@infolink.org> 24) RE:ready reference for telephone service by Alice Nixon <anixon@netrax.net> 25) Re: Harry Potter placement by "S. Fichtelberg" <sfichtel@infolink.org> 26) Re: Harry Potter placement by "Mary Johnson (amk)" <mjohnson@wls.lib.ny.us> 27) Harry Potter by "Leslie Schow" <lschow@slco.lib.ut.us> 28) Re: Library Renovation by "Fredda Williams" <freddawilliams@hotmail.com> 29) Reading Programs by "Debbie Robitaille" <debbier@cclib.org> 30) Re: Racist Books by magee@AXP.WINNEFOX.ORG 31) Kids Library Pages by Zaklina Gallagher <zgallagh@dcc.govt.nz> 32) Ref Q: 6th Gr. Horror Books by "Jackie Corinth" <Corinth@robert-morris.edu> 33) Re: fish-print t-shirt craft by Teresa Lambert <lamberte@oplin.lib.oh.us> 34) Re: Collection placement of advanced picture books by "andrea " <juvserv@dialup.customnet.com> 35) Re: fish print by Jackie Marquardt <jmarquar@timberland.lib.wa.us> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mehampton2@aol.com To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Research Paper-Prison Libraries, Access , etc. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 10:18:18 CDT American Libraries, May 2000 had an interesting article "The Least of Our Brethren: Library Service to Prisoners." by Larry E. Sullivan. good luck Judy O'Connell ------------------------------ From: ssteed@parracity.nsw.gov.au To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Shelving picture books + Advanced picture books Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 10:24:28 CDT Picture books: We shelve picture books by the first letter of the author's surname. They are also colour coded with a large label on the spine according to the level of text in the book. We find this helps parents choose books that suit the level for their child, and the children can pick out the ones that they know they can read. We have green for pictures only or up to one sentence of text per page, yellow for one sentence to one paragraph per page, and red for more than a paragraph per page. This has made things much easier for all concerned. Advanced picture books: In our Easy Junior collection we include advanced picture books that discuss concepts more suitable for older children. This collection is mostly short chapter books with some concept or much longer picture books - all really great for newly independent readers who may not be ready for full length junior fiction, or for those who simply don't want to read the longer books. This is only a small collection but is extremely popular. Sarah Steed Children's & Youth' Sevices Librarian ssteed@parracity.nsw.gov.au Parramatta City Library Sydney, Australia Visit our Web Site : http://www.ParraCity.nsw.gov.au
###################################################################### This e-mail message has been scanned and cleared by MailMarshal http://www.marshalsoftware.com ###################################################################### ------------------------------ From: "Jenny Collier" <jcollier@dupagels.lib.il.us> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Re: patrons and rest rooms, etc. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 10:26:36 CDT We used to lock our rest rooms, a buzzer at the circulation desk unlocked the door. About five years ago we decided to leave them unlocked. Since then we have had all kinds of messes in them, groups of teens running in and out, homeless people bathing and using the electrical outlets to heat meals from. But the oddest thing is that lately the janitor is reporting finding a lot of beer and liquor bottles in BOTH the men and women's bathrooms. Go figure!? Jenny Collier ------------------------------ From: Tina Cavanough <TCavanough@alicespringscouncil.nt.gov.au> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: RE: How many Harry Potters are enough? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 10:28:53 CDT I am at Alice Springs Public Library in Central Australia. Alice Springs has a population of about 27 500. I have pre-ordered 3 copies (it's not realeased here until the 15th). I have about a dozen in the reserve queue - half are staff! Three is the maximum number of copies we hold of any title. Tina Cavanough Children's and Youth Services Technical Co-ordinator Alice Springs Public Library PO Box 1071 ALICE SPRINGS 0871 Northern Territory Australia Ph: 08-8950 0556 Fax: 08-8952 2402 Email: tcavanough@alicespringscouncil.nt.gov.au ------------------------------ From: Zaklina Gallagher <zgallagh@dcc.govt.nz> To: "'PUBYAC'" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Stumper- Wind in the windows - Answer MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 10:31:17 CDT Thank you to Hillary and Joann - The answer was "What the wind told" by Betty Virginia Doyle Boegehold. Our customer was delighted. Cheers Zak Zaklina M. Gallagher Young Adult Librarian Dunedin Public Libraries PO Box 5542, Dunedin Ph: +64-3-4743626 Email: zgallagh@dcc.govt.nz WWW: http://www.CityofDunedin.com
------------------------------ From: Tina Cavanough <TCavanough@alicespringscouncil.nt.gov.au> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: RE: patrons and rest rooms, etc. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 10:33:59 CDT Hi Bonnie, I work in Children's and Youth Services at the Alice Springs Public Library in Central Australia. We often have our toilets smeared with you-know-what. Due to the health risks (Hepatitis, etc) staff are not expected to clean up this type of mess. We simply lock the toilets and wait until the cleaner (who has Hep shots paid for by the Town Council) can come and clean it. A more interesting problem we had a couple of summers ago was with a young (3-4 year old) intellectually disabled patron. She was hanging around in the Library alone, or in a group of kids. (This is common Australian Aboriginal child-rearing practice. The children have a much larger area in which to wander - and are even encouraged to explore. I guess the rationale is that with the number of "family" around, there will always be someone nearby to help out if the kids get into trouble.) This particular girl has brain damage caused by her mother sniffing petrol while pregnant. Anyway, she was often unsupervised in the Library and had a real problem with using the toilet. We have a puppet theatre bolted to the ground in the Children's area, which she was using as a toilet. It was a real shocker! We were able to locate her Aunt who was out on the Council lawns with other adult members of the extended family. The Manager had a word with the Aunt, which helped for a while, but after a few weeks it was happening again. In the end the family either moved on, or stopped socialising on the Council lawns, as I didn't see her for ages (although she is back now and seems to have outgrown that behaviour). Anyway, since then we have a rule - all Library patrons must be wearing pants! Good Luck with it!!! Regards, Tina Cavanough Children's and Youth Services Technical Co-ordinator Alice Springs Public Library PO Box 1071 ALICE SPRINGS 0871 Northern Territory Australia Ph: 08-8950 0556 Fax: 08-8952 2402 Email: tcavanough@alicespringscouncil.nt.gov.au ------------------------------ From: "Denise I. Matulka" <dimatulka@alltel.net> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Harry Who??? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 10:37:16 CDT I wonder how books/authors will not be added to youth services collections because budgets are being spent on HP titles? Kinda sad.... ------------------------------ From: Robin Del Guidice <guidicr@thpl.org> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Harry Potter MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 10:39:18 CDT
We ordered 50 lease copies and 30 purchased copies from B&T in May - they don't seem to have arrived yet but may be buried in the unopened boxes. I ordered an additional 35 copies last week when I saw that the holds had grown to 450. We are a system of 21 libraries. -- Robin Del Guidice Youth Services Specialist/Collection Development Services Tampa Hillsborough County Public Library 900 N. Ashley St., Tampa, FL 33602 Phone: (813) 272-5018 Fax:(813) 272-5717 e-mail: guidicr@thpl.org ************************************************************************************** "Many things we need can wait, children cannot...... To Them we cannot say tomorrow, their name is today." Gabriela Mistral **************************************************************************************
------------------------------ From: Holly Belli <hbelliwcpl@yahoo.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: RE: [Fwd: Christian Fiction or propaganda] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 10:43:36 CDT Narnia is hardly the same propaganda that "Left Behind" is. Children reading Narnia books will not be made to feel uncomfortable if they don't believe in Aslan, but may very well think they must believe what is stated in the "Left Behind" books because they mention the Bible. You cannot compare the two -allegory or not, millions of children across the country read Narnia because it has witches and trolls and talking animals, not because it's Lewis' fictional tribute to his newfound religion. Kids aren't seeing that message. But no one can miss the message in the La Haye series. Let me posit this question: If you believe that Left Behind deserves a place in the collection, then shouldn't you, and do you, have books like "Maybe Right, Maybe Wrong" or "Maybe Yes, Maybe No," which inform children of the process of critical reasoning and, dare I say it, freethought? My problem with the Left Behind series is that, in most cases, children reading them will never be exposed to other systems of belief or to the critical thinking skills needed to evaluate such a belief. These books encourage young Christians to believe they are better than the "unsaved." I shudder to think what a non-Christian child would think of themselves and their families upon learning they were nothing but the hell-bound heathens that God doesn't want to save. In the meantime, I'll let their parents buy them that series, or interloan it. (Luckily no one in my town has requested them.) ===== Holly Belli Head, Children's Services West Caldwell Public Library, NJ A book is a present you can open again and again! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail – Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ From: Sally Goodroe <sgoodroe@hcpl.net> To: "pubyac@nysernet.org" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: American Girls fundraisers MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 10:45:53 CDT Dear PUBYACers, Our library system is considering applying to put on an American Girls fundraiser event. As we understand it, Pleasant Company provides materials, a package of activities and marketing assistance and the library receives a percentage of ticket, catalog and souvenir sales. Has any library done one of these events? If so, how much advance time and planning do you feel is necessary? How much staff time is involved? How many community partners did you have? Did the return justify the amount of labor? and any other info you feel would be useful... Would you be willing for us to phone and talk with you about how your event went? Thanks as always, sgoodroe@stic.lib.tx.us --Sally Sally Goodroe, Children's Specialist Harris County Public Library, Houston 8080 El Rio Street, Houston, TX 77054 713-749-9031 FAX 713-749-9090 ------------------------------ From: "GCPL Childrens Room" <gcplcr@lilrc.org> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Re: Library Renovation MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 10:48:04 CDT I can't imagine an open storytime room - I'd be lost w/o a door to close, to keep out other patrons, minimize distractions, etc. IBookstores do storytime that way, but I've seen how that doesn't work for anyone involved. I like amphitheatre seating, but it does limit the use of the room. If you've got another room that can be set up w/tables & chairs when you need, that wouldn't be a problem. Just thought of a possible problem w/amphitheatre seating - kids who all want to sit on the top row! There's always something. GCPL Childrens Room gcplcr@lilrc.org ------------------------------ From: "Beverly Kirkendall" <bkirkend@ci.hurst.tx.us> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Re: left behind Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 19:06:49 CDT Yes, I have had the same patron ask for HP, LB, and Star Wars (just to throw another curve in there). Is ths person an advertiser's dream, or what? Throw Pokemon in, and you have a true child of 2000! Beverly Kirkendall Hurst Public Library ------------------------------ From: David Serchay <a013213t@bc.seflin.org> To: "Denise I. Matulka" <dimatulka@alltel.net> Subject: Re: Harry Who??? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 19:10:41 CDT Well actually, in Broward they're coming out of a special fund. Individual branch budgets aren't affected. Dave
David Serchay a013213t@bc.seflin.org
On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Denise I. Matulka wrote: > I wonder how books/authors will not be added to youth services > collections because budgets are being spent on HP titles? Kinda sad.... > ------------------------------ From: "Connie Vandervort" <cvandervort@mail.hillsml.lib.nh.us> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: Harry Potter Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 19:12:28 CDT Dear PUBYACers, I have been very interested in the discussion that has been going on about Harry. I admit that I have read aand enjoyed all of them. However, I have not heard anyone mention the one thing I find, as a Children's librarian, most important about them. We have had a number of parents who have come in to get them and admitted that for the first time, in a long time, they have something they can discuss pleasantly with their teenagers. They admit to enjoying reading them, but most importantly, to enjoying sharing something with their children again. Other parents who were desperate to move their children beyond Goosebumps are amazed to find their kids reading Harry. Teachers who complained constantly about not being able to find something that they could read and hold their whole classes attention with are thrilled to have Harry. Only the test of time will determine whether this series becomes classic literature. Until then, let me say, that I am glad to have Harry Potter on my shelves. These books have rekindled a love of reading that I was beginning to fear might be burning low. So whether Rowling someday ranks in the pantheon of great children's authors or not, she certainly has done something wonderful for at least this librarian and the families my library serves. Thank you, J.K. Connie Vandervort Children's Librarian Hills Memorial Library Hudson, NH Hudson, NH ------------------------------ From: Lesley Knieriem <lknierie@suffolk.lib.ny.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: RE: [Fwd: Christian Fiction or propaganda] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 19:14:19 CDT My four-year-son was able to figure out the Christian allegory in the Narnia books when they were read to him -- they're not that subtle. And the kids in my library are asking for the Left Behind books because of the suspense and drama, not for the religious message -- or so they tell me. How is that different from reading the Narnia books for the talking animals? I do have plenty of fiction books with a "free-thinking" message -- two excellent ones that spring to mind are WHERE THE TRUTH LIES and LEAVING FISHERS. But to refuse to buy a popular book (and these are *very* popular) because I am "made uncomfortable by the message they send" is a much more frightening prospect. I have fiction books that "send the message" that no girl is complete without a boyfriend, that recreational sex will kill you, that drinking and driving is acceptable behavior, that abortion is easy and consequence-free, that a homosexual orientation will turn you into a sexual predator, that all priests are hypocrites, that prejudice and intolerance are funny, that anyone who eats meat is a murderer, that divorced parents don't love their kids, and that it's not a bad idea to blow up the class bully. These are just off the top of my head. I'm not particularly thrilled about any of these "messages." But that is the point of having diverse fiction collections. This allows teens a safe avenue to explore a variety of points of view, to try on a whole bunch of different mindsets, and see what fits. A lot of people are going to choose mindset that don't match mine. Well, a lot of people vote for candidates I dislike, and eat foods I think are unhealthy, and watch television programs that I think rot their brains. It's not my place as a librarian to say that "this is a bad message and that is a good one." Do you think that the teens are really stupid enough to keep reading books that make them feel bad about themselves and their families? The moment we start rejecting books because we don't like their message, because we are afraid that somebody might get their feelings hurt, instead of choosing them on the basis of quality, popularity, or whatever we use for a well thought-out selection policy, we might as well chuck the whole principle of intellectual freedom out the window.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ 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 ~ ~ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ~ ~ Nunc adeamus bibliothecam, non illam quidem multis instructam ~ ~ libris, sed exquisitis. -- Erasmus ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ From: "Mary Seratt, Sr.Manager, Main Children's" <SERATTM@MEMPHIS.LIB.TN.US> To: lvitters@suffolk.lib.ny.us Subject: Re: STUMPER: A to Z "something" Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 19:16:16 CDT Kudos to Lynn Vitter, who came up with "The Story of Zachary Zween" as the solution to the stumper about the alliterative names A to Z. Our customer confirms that it is the story she remembers. With Lynn's title, I was able to find a very short excerpt from the book on ebay- "For A to Z, that was the rule of this particular London school"- and that was what our customer remembered as the title. She's delighted! Thanks again, Lynn and Pubyac! Mary Mary Seratt Memphis Public Library 1850 Peabody Memphis, TN serattm@memphis.lib.tn.us ------------------------------ From: Janette Johnston <jj@round-rock.tx.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Pokemon card trading event MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 19:18:19 CDT
I am posting this for someone else and will be letting her know how to sign on to the listserve. Please respond to Stephanie Lankgenkamp. Janette Johnston, Children's Services Manager Round Rock Public Library System, Griffith Public Library 216 East Main Street, Round Rock, TX 78664 (512) 218-7002, FAX: (512)218-7061, e-mail: jj@round-rock.tx.us <mailto:jj@round-rock.tx.us> Hi there! I signed myself up to do a Pokemon Card trading event at the library on Wednesday night. Have you heard of a library doing a program like this? If so, could you tell me who to call about it? Basically, I would like to talk to someone who has done a Pokemon Card exchange program at the library. I want to find out if they had any particular rules and if they had any problems arise at the event. Thanks for your help! Stephanie Langenkamp San Marcos Public Library 512/393-8212 Langenkamp_Stephanie@ci.san-marcos.tx.us
------------------------------ From: Gayle <gtudisco@londonderry.org> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Fair Labor Standards Act MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 19:20:36 CDT All the MLS staff are nonexempt except for the director who is exempt. Gayle gtudisco@londonderry.org ------------------------------ From: Gayle <gtudisco@londonderry.org> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Shelving Picture Books MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 19:22:33 CDT We shelve picture books by the first three letters of the author's last name, trying to keep authors together. Gayle Londonderry NH ------------------------------ From: "Denise I. Matulka" <dimatulka@alltel.net> To: GRAPEAPE01@aol.com Subject: Re: Harry Who??? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 19:25:02 CDT You misunderstood, adding HP is not sad. Adding 50+ copies which might affect budgets is. Your library may have sufficient funds, but I think that it is a gross generalization to say that there is, "plenty of money in each library that is spent on other titles and authors." I understand demand, and yes, children are reading. But if some books or authors are neglected to spend budget money on HP, then I think that is a concern. But think about this: As children's librarians isn't it our responsibility to make all books "new" and "in" and to make children care about reading--before HP came along? Isn't it our job to introduce children to books they will care about and enjoy? Depending a media blitz to bring readers to the library is a dark shadow on our profession. I know that sounds harsh, but I think it is time someone said it......
Denise I. Matulka dimatulka@alltel.net ------------------------------ From: "Rebecca Smith" <rsps@hotmail.com> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: re: Harry Potter Placement Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 19:26:50 CDT Having finished Harry 4 at 12:30 last night; I wouldn't say it was darker that the others. I think #3 was probably the scariest so far. This one has laugh out loud funny places and some scary places (and yes, a death) but I still think it's appropriate to place in the J section. If you have multiple copies you might put it both J and YA. It does definitely sound like the will get more "intense" in the next books though. Rebecca ********* Rebecca S. Smith, MLS San Diego Public Library Branch Libraries Division rsps@hotmail.com
________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ From: "Langenkamp, Stephanie" <Langenkamp_Stephanie@ci.san-marcos.tx.us> To: "'PUBYAC@prairienet.org'" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: POKEMON CARD TRADING NIGHT AT THE LIBRARY -- I NEED YOUR ADVICE MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 19:40:28 CDT On Wednesday night (7-12-2000), we'll be hosting an event where kids can bring their Pokemon cards and trade them with other kids. Do any of you have advice for me about how to run such an event? Thank you Stephanie Langenkamp San Marcos Public Library 512/393-8212 langenkamp_stephanie@ci.san-marcos.tx.us ------------------------------ From: "S. Fichtelberg" <sfichtel@infolink.org> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Re: Harry Potter copies MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 19:42:41 CDT We have a population of 95,000. We're a main library and three branches. We ordered 13 copies and had 56 reserves as of Friday. Baker and Taylor shipped the books on Wed. and our Tech. Services department got them all processed and ready to go for Sat. All of the people with reserves at Main picked them up on Sat. Susan sfichtel@infolink.org Woodbridge Public Library Woodbridge, NJ ------------------------------ From: Alice Nixon <anixon@netrax.net> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: RE:ready reference for telephone service Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=====================_2211846==_.ALT" Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 19:45:34 CDT --=====================_2211846==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I would recommend a current almanac, a current dictionary (preferably unabridged), a general encyclopedia, a local phone book, and a good local map. You can fill in the rest of the collection with sources that fit your service. I would add a general cookbook, a quotations' dictionary, an etiquette book and Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia. Here in Texas, I certainly would add the Texas Almanac. Alice Nixon Reference Backup/ILL Services Manager South Texas Library System 805 Comanche Corpus Christi, Texas 78401 361.880.7086 anixon@netrax.net At 12:42 PM 7/9/00 -0500, you wrote: >For a small wk area which 10 print resources would you recommend, assuming >most questions could be answered by Internet based resources. Thanks for any >help or advice you can offer. DHALO426@aol.com ------------------------------ From: "S. Fichtelberg" <sfichtel@infolink.org> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Re: Harry Potter placement MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 19:47:38 CDT I've been thinking about moving the last two Alice books to our Teen Scene collection (which is in the children's room, our separate YA collection is upstairs in the adult selection), but I want the fans of Alice to be able to find the books. I'm afraid they won't find the sequels if I break up the series. I haven't read the new HP yet either (although I'm dying to), but so far, we are still keeping in J. Susan sfichtel@infolink.org Woodbridge Public Library Woodbridge, NJ ------------------------------ From: "Mary Johnson (amk)" <mjohnson@wls.lib.ny.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Harry Potter placement MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 19:49:32 CDT Jan, we have the first three titles in both YA and J, as middle-schoolers in our library (the prime audience, I'd say, though we do have some very young ones who are fans) use both rooms. From the little I've seen of the new book, I'd call it YA, both because of its length and complexity, and because of some mild sexual innuendo - quite appropriate to the protagonist's age! As far as darkness and violence go, I thought "Prisoner of Azkaban" was already YA on those grounds - OTOH, I was *more* bothered by violence as a teenager (and adult) than I was as a child! Whatever my own opinion, we are getting "Goblet of Fire" for both the young adult and children's rooms- two copies for each room so far. I have a feeling some of the youngest fans (by which I mean the 6 to 8 year old set) may be turned off by "Goblet of Fire", but the middle-schoolers won't be. I just heard that an 11-year-old girl managed to read it in two days! I'm sure I won't be able to do that when I get hold of it! Looking forward to a fun read- Mary Johnson, YA librarian, North Castle Library, Armonk, NY mjohnson@wls.lib.ny.us ------------------------------ From: "Leslie Schow" <lschow@slco.lib.ut.us> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Harry Potter Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 19:51:22 CDT I thought I should weigh in. Salt Lake County Library System (18 branches), serves approximately 750,000 people. At last count, we had 2,185 holds on Harry Potter #4 (the list is still growing). The library system has ordered 800 copies to fill these holds. The last I heard, we had not yet received these books but expect them any minute.
Leslie Schow Youth Services Librarian Riverton Library Salt Lake County Library System lschow@slco.lib.ut.us ------------------------------ From: "Fredda Williams" <freddawilliams@hotmail.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Library Renovation Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 19:53:25 CDT Chelsea, Don't Do It!!!!! Our main library Children's Room (designed & built 30 years ago) has an open "Story Well" built into its design. The place is a nightmare. It looks very nice - has a circular ampitheater with two rows for the kids, and a little seating area for the presenter, a large bulletin board for displays, a built-in speaker for the projector, and a pull-down screen, all surrounded by a 34" high wall. With no door, so when no programs are going on anyone can go in and sit and read, or, more likely, run around and around on the steps, and did I mention that the steps are hollow? One toddler can sound like a herd of elephants. And that's before the child falls and hurts him or her self and starts screaming. Bigger kids climb over the wall, and I looked up once just in time to see a 10 or 11-year old boy LEAP over the wall. And the problems are getting worse, because parents and teachers who bring children to the library seem to have less and less control over the children's behavior. In fact, this summer we've even had at least one adult caregiver climb over the wall. We are lucky that no one has been seriously hurt. If you must have such an ampitheater, beg the designers to make it a room that can be closed off when not in use. You could then use the outside wall for shelves or display spaces. The new Children's Room in the Johnson City, TN library has a similar room and they have used the outside wall as a place for computers, I think. Someone who works there now could probably tell you how functional the room is, but at least it looks nice and there's no chance of someone getting hurt by running around the story space unsupervised. Fredda Fredda Williams Children's Services Manager Knox County Public Library freddawilliams@hotmail.com ------------------------------ From: "Debbie Robitaille" <debbier@cclib.org> To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Reading Programs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_002E_01BFEA8A.980DF060" Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 19:55:24 CDT This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002E_01BFEA8A.980DF060 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Our library system does not have a summer reading program. I would like = to start one next summer. However, a directive came from the State = Library that incentives would no longer be allowed in order to receive = grant money. How do other library systems in Florida deal with this? I know other = systems in Florida use incentives with their reading programs. Florida = librarians, Please tell me if you use incentives with your summer = reading programs, and if so, how do you do it so it does not jeopardize = your state funding? Please reply to me at Debbier@cclib.org. Thanking you in advance, Debbie Robitaille - Youth Librarian Coastal Region Library Crystal River, FL=20 ------------------------------ From: magee@AXP.WINNEFOX.ORG To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Racist Books MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 19:57:13 CDT The problem that we have with this type of request is that if we know we have them they have been withdrawn from the collection unless there is an over-riding reason to keep them. We are a public library not a curriculum support collection for the local university. We go through this same type of situation every school year. Iam about ready to call the professor and suggest that he have the media collection at UWO wexpanded to support this assignment. Laurie ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Laurie Magee | Email: Magee@winnefox.org Oshkosh Public Library | Phone: (920)236-5207 Oshkosh, WI 54901-4985 | Fax: (920)236-5228 _________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ From: Zaklina Gallagher <zgallagh@dcc.govt.nz> To: "'PUBYAC'" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Kids Library Pages MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 19:59:16 CDT A while ago, I asked for assistance in locating excellent Kids Library pages- Here are the results- http://www.tpl.toronto.on.ca http://www.erl.vic.gov.au/4kids/kids.htm http://www.worthington.lib.oh.us/KIDS/Index.htm http://www.nassaulibrary.org/childrens/kidsmainpage.html http://www.singleton.nsw.gov.au/library/kidzone/kidzoneindex.html http://www.bozemanlibrary.org/forkids.html http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/kids http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/ http://www.wnpl.alibrary.com/kidspot/home.html http://www.lapl.org/kidsweb/index.html http://www.juneau.lib.ak.us/library/kids http://www.hipopl.org/kids.htm http://www.nypl.org/branch/teen/teenlink.html http://www.danbury.org/libraries/teens/ Thanks very much. We have started the work on the page and these have been a great help. Cheers Zak Zaklina M. Gallagher Young Adult Librarian Dunedin Public Libraries PO Box 5542, Dunedin Ph: +64-3-4743626 Email: zgallagh@dcc.govt.nz WWW: http://www.CityofDunedin.com
------------------------------ From: "Jackie Corinth" <Corinth@robert-morris.edu> To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Ref Q: 6th Gr. Horror Books Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 20:01:05 CDT Dear All, I'm an academic librarian who needs advice. My friend, a school teacher in NYC, is looking for an appropriate horror book to use in her 6th grade class. She is looking for something scary and on the proper reading level but that is also of high literary quality. She is thinking of using "The House with a Clock in its Walls." Any other suggestions? PLEASE respond to: Corinth@robert-morris.edu Thank you, Jackie Corinth Corinth@robert-morris.edu Robert Morris College ------------------------------ From: Teresa Lambert <lamberte@oplin.lib.oh.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: fish-print t-shirt craft MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 20:03:05 CDT I haven't tried it, but watched it done on a craft show on television, they painted the fish, with a brush, then laid the t-shirt on top and gently pressed! Good Luck!
Terry Lambert, Childrens Services, Bluffton Public Library Bluffton, Ohio 45817 ------------------------------ From: "andrea " <juvserv@dialup.customnet.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Collection placement of advanced picture books Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 20:05:12 CDT Yes, we place advanced picture books in JFIC...things like a book on the AIDS quilt, _The Worry Stone_, etc. Books that have too many words, difficult subject matter, etc, despite their picture book illustrations do not go in JE. Andrea Terry Libby Memorial Library Old Orchard Beach, ME juvserv@customnet.com ------------------------------ From: Jackie Marquardt <jmarquar@timberland.lib.wa.us> To: "Look, Lin" <llook@mail.contra-costa.lib.ca.us> Subject: Re: fish print MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 20:07:11 CDT Thanks for the offer, I appreciate it. Actually, I've found material on printing fish onto paper - that's the traditional way to do it. It's the printing onto T-Shirts that I still need specific advice about. But here's what I've learned so far: Clean the outside of the fish first, with salt or detergent, to remove slime and debris. Put some wax paper or newsprint in between the layers of the shirt, so the paint doesn't bleed through from front to back (or back to front, depending on which side of the shirt is being printed). But you need to keep it flexible, to be able to mold the shirt to the fish. Apply the paint from head to tail, to more clearly show the scale pattern of the fish. You can anchor the fish on a plastic bag filled with sand, or sand covered with plastic. That way, the tail and fins are supported and print out better. Stuff fish orifices with cotton to keep fish fluids from staining the print (yuck!). Set fabric paint by ironing the fabric on the reverse side of the cloth. As an alternative to the fish, cut sponges into sealife shapes and make prints that way. Flat sponges are available at craft stores (they expand once you get them wet), or you can buy them pre-cut. It may be hard to find whole fish at markets. I'm lucky enough to have a staff member who likes to fish and is bringing me some of her catch to use. I'm still open to any suggestions or advice, the program isn't till July 18. Jackie ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jackie Marquardt Youth Services Librarian
Olympia Timberland Library Voice: 360-352-0595 313 8th Ave. S.E. FAX: 360-586-3207 Olympia, WA 98501-1307 e-mail: jmarquar@timberland.lib.wa.us ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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