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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 Jul 2000 13:21:32 CDT Subject: PUBYAC digest 195 PUBYAC Digest 195 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: Harry Potter by Kim Heikkinen <kim.heikkinen@mcfls.org> 2) Re: Harry Potter by Paulalef@aol.com 3) RE: harry potter editorial by "Tatar, Becky" <bltata@aurora.lib.il.us> 4) ALA by Sara Jane Boyers <sjzb@earthlink.net> 5) RE: patrons and rest rooms, etc. by Cindy Price <cprice@fmarion.edu> 6) Re: over crowded programs by magee@AXP.WINNEFOX.ORG 7) Re: over crowded programs
by "Jean Nichols" <jean@clarksville.org> 8) Harry in Braille by Julie Ann Rines <jrines@ocln.org> 9) RE: [Fwd: Christian Fiction or propaganda] by HFL_LISA@stls.org 10) RE: Harry Potter by Theyer Hillary <HTheyer@TORRNET.COM> 11) Re: Harry Potter by HFL_LISA@stls.org 12) RE: over crowded programs by Sue Ridnour <SRidnour@flower-mound.com> 13) Harry Potter avalibility by Diane_Tuccillo@ci.mesa.az.us 14) Re: [Fwd: Christian Fiction or propaganda] by Lesley Knieriem <lknierie@suffolk.lib.ny.us> 15) Sister Libraries. by carmel <carmel@ulysses.sebridge.org> 16) RE: Harry Potter by vmenor <vmenor@is2.dal.ca> 17) Re: Christian Fiction or propaganda - related question by "Mary Johnson (amk)" <mjohnson@wls.lib.ny.us> 18) Re: Harry Potter by "andrea " <juvserv@dialup.customnet.com> 19) braille Harry Potter by Tom Stuart <tstuart@wls.lib.ny.us> 20) Re: Harry Potter by "Karen Holz" <easternlibrary@smithville.net> 21) summer reading prizes--a happy story by "Ruhama J. Kordatzky" <rkordatz@burlington.lib.wi.us> 22) RE: over crowded programs by Andrea Johnson <ajohnson@cooklib.org> 23) Home schoolers by Carol Hoke <hoke@crpl.cedar-rapids.lib.ia.us> 24) Re: patrons and rest rooms, etc. by "Sarah Prielipp" <seprielipp@hotmail.com> 25) Harry Potter numbers by Anne Coppell <acoppell@auckland-library.govt.nz> 26) Janway media bags by Julie Ann Rines <jrines@ocln.org> 27) FW: JOB OPENING by Carolyn Eckert <CarolynE@ci.fullerton.ca.us> 28) STUMPER SOLVED: Ducks named Alice, Emma, and Uncle Wesley (fwd) by Lu Benke <lubenke@libsys.ci.fort-collins.co.us> 29) Request for titles by "Sarah Prielipp" <seprielipp@hotmail.com> 30) praetorian guard by Belinda Sakowski <sakowski@grayson.edu> 31) Misinformation Given About COPPA At ALA Annual Conference by "Tracey Firestone" <tfiresto@suffolk.lib.ny.us> 32) a stumper...Albert Ames by Marcia Schaffer <schaffma@oplin.lib.oh.us> 33) RE: Ref Q: 6th Gr. Horror Books by "Peggy Hagen" <phagen@mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us> 34) Stumper by "Margaret Taylor" <margot12@hotmail.com> 35) Stumper - Boy's Diary by Zaklina Gallagher <zgallagh@dcc.govt.nz> 36) BIB: 6th Grade Horror Results by "Jackie Corinth" <Corinth@robert-morris.edu> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Kim Heikkinen <kim.heikkinen@mcfls.org> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Harry Potter Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 10:07:52 CDT We have definitely had more people putting holds on HP 1-3. Also a few asking for books "like Harry Potter". Kim ************************************************* Kim Heikkinen kim.heikkinen@mcfls.org Youth Services Librarian Franklin Public Library Franklin, WI 53132 (414) 425-8214 ************************************************* ------------------------------ From: Paulalef@aol.com To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Harry Potter MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 10:25:26 CDT Yes, primarily from adults who are curious about the hype in the papers. Paula Lefkowitz Parsippany (NJ) PL ------------------------------ From: "Tatar, Becky" <bltata@aurora.lib.il.us> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: RE: harry potter editorial MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 10:30:42 CDT Our local paper carried a very interesting editorial on Harry Potter becoming a business. It was in the paper on 7/11/00 under Opinions. Here is the address. http://www.copleynewspapers.com/BeaconNews/opinions/. The gist was that here is this neat phenomenon that has basically been carried through by kids. However, adults will eventually ruin it with sidelines, merchandise, and the like. 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 ------------------------------ From: Sara Jane Boyers <sjzb@earthlink.net> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: ALA Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 10:36:47 CDT Thank you to all librarians whose posts on teens and their libraries have been so helpful to me as I prepared my presentation on teen advocacy for ALA yesterday on how librarians can make their libraries places of value to libraries and then turn the teens into advocates for the libraries' needs, part of the joint AASL, YALSA, ALSC legislative committee session. My research in the last few months has been eye opening to me - neither a librarian nor an educator, only an author - and I was not aware of the multitude issues which so threaten this great system of libraries we have and I hope that talking to some of you yesterday at ALA helped your fight for funding, books, facilities a little more. It was great fun to be among all of you at ALA and to be able to lurk a little on this list and I thank you all for it.
Sara Jane Boyers sjzb@earthlink.net www.teenpowerpolitics.com (launching July 2000) "Teen Power Politics: Make Yourself Heard" A Millbrook Press/Twenty-First Century Book, September 2000 "Life Doesn't Frighten Me" Stewart, Tabori & Chang A Publisher's Weekly "Best Book" of the Year, NYPL "Best Books for Teens", ALA "Book for Reluctant Readers", AIGA "50 Best Designed Books" "O Beautiful For Spacious Skies" Chronicle Books ------------------------------ From: Cindy Price <cprice@fmarion.edu> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: RE: patrons and rest rooms, etc. Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 10:42:15 CDT I work in an academic library and there are lots of out-of-the way = restrooms, so yes we do have these sort of problems and worse. Speaking = of smearing the bathroom with unmentionables...we've had walls and art = books that were soiled--in the men's room. I don't know what all the = janitor's have discovered. Cindy Price cprice@fmarion.edu ------------------------------ From: magee@AXP.WINNEFOX.ORG To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Re: over crowded programs MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 10:43:54 CDT We have nice meeting rooms space but the fire code limits attendance to 135. We hand out free tickets about a week before(time frame is advertised) explaining that the number is based on the fire code regulations. We do factor in a percentage for no-shows which happens. we also have performers that draw 300+. Those are scheduled for the Grand Opera house or a space in the local shopping center/office complex. Having it somewhere else does affect circ, but many parents combine a visit to the library since they are downtown already. Actually our attendance has grown significantly this year and we will be looking for new venues as well for next summer. We are doing collaborative programs with the Paine Art Center, the Boys and Girls Club and a middle school day camp which reach a different population than our regular users. Laurie Magee ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Laurie Magee | Email: Magee@winnefox.org Oshkosh Public Library | Phone: (920)236-5207 Oshkosh, WI 54901-4985 | Fax: (920)236-5228 _________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ From: "Jean Nichols" <jean@clarksville.org> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: over crowded programs
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 10:45:31 CDT We have increased the number of programs to seven per week, including an evening program. This has helped space the people out some. We also let only the children in the room first, NO MOMS and infants until all children have been seated. Then, and only then, do moms come into the room. Also, no strollers are allowed into the room as they are bulky and no one can see around them. All in all, look at this problem as job security!!! You are doing something right! Jean Nichols CMC-Public Library ------------------------------ From: Julie Ann Rines <jrines@ocln.org> To: pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Harry in Braille MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 10:46:43 CDT I noticed someone mentioning having Harry Potter in large type and various audio formats but does anyone have it in Braille? I was on the National Braille Press web site and noticed they had the first three and were expecting to release 4 ASAP. They also mentioned something called a PortaBook for use with a portable braille reader. Julie Rines jrines@ocln.org ------------------------------ From: HFL_LISA@stls.org To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: RE: [Fwd: Christian Fiction or propaganda] Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 10:48:11 CDT It seems to me in this discussion we keep forgetting the fact that we do actually make decisions all the time about what we provide to patrons. Do any of you provide Klu Klux Klan material-because I am sure they have plenty of printed material including books available. Do we carry some of the more virulent books with racist and anti- semitic materials? We don't carry Playboy in our magazine section etc. The objection some of the librarians seem to be making is not the quality of the writing but the fact that the Left Behind books strike some as a particular kind of religious propaganda disguised as books. It is one thing to say we do not judge the material provide based on it's content-when in fact we do all the time. One would hope not to find material in libraries espousing the 'goodness' of one group of people over another. However when it is couched in religious terms we do not seem very comfortable in saying no. If the Left Behind books were written exactly as they are but replace the religious aspect with RACE would we be so comfortable with them on our shelves? I think we would all be having a different discussion if the books said all all Italians would be left behind or all black people. I guess there is no answer that would please everyone in a discussion like this. L.Dowling Horseheads Free Library ------------------------------ From: Theyer Hillary <HTheyer@TORRNET.COM> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: RE: Harry Potter MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 10:49:36 CDT Having read until 2:30 this morning, I can say that the humor from the first three is still there. I was alone in the living room reading on the sofa and laughing out loud to myself several times. I literally couldn’t put it down until I simply couldn’t hold my eyes open any longer. The good sense of getting some sleep because I had to work today didn’t play any part in my decision to stop reading (on page 370). Label your spoiler messages please. I still don’t know what is going to happen, though the introduction of several new characters leaves open many exciting possibilities! Hillary ------------------------------ From: HFL_LISA@stls.org To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Harry Potter Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 10:50:44 CDT Has anyone noticed how the hype is really NOT there. There are no HP dolls, toys, video games, t shirts or hats! Of course Rowling has interviewed alot-she wrote a best selling book. The mainstream press picked up on the sales and wrote about it. That was basically the hype.. children reading the book and spreading the word. I don't consider that to much when you can walk into any local Walmart and buy your own Cat In the HAt pants, shirts and matching caps! The merchandise that will come out when the movie arrives is another issue all together. But if you know here my 11 yr. old can get a HP tee shirt let me know! ------------------------------ From: Sue Ridnour <SRidnour@flower-mound.com> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: RE: over crowded programs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 10:51:54 CDT Do you, Scott, or does anyone have some tips for maintaining quality and safety in these "all ages/no signups/everyone welcome" storytime sessions? Please, lets not debate whether this is the best way to conduct a storytime. But for those of us who for whatever reason can't or choose not to limit or pre-register our storytimes, would those who have been able to conduct large ones successfully share their secrets? For example, does using a microphone help, or dies it just raise the overall noise level and destroy the intimacy of storytime? Signed, A hoarse storytime presenter Sue Ridnour Children's Services Librarian Flower Mound Public Library Flower Mound, TX 972.691.0059
------------------------------ From: Diane_Tuccillo@ci.mesa.az.us To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Harry Potter avalibility Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 10:53:03 CDT We have had an incredible increase in requests for the first three books, and have long hold lists once again on them. I found it interesting that bookstores were open late and people were waiting on line here for the new book, as in many other places, while most of our grocery stores had the book bright and early Saturday morning, in quantity, with a discount! I am so thrilled that kids are actually reading, and excited about it. I personally think the Harry books are really YA, even though children and adults are also reading them, and though they are being promoted to the "9-12" age group. The writing style, plot lines, twists and turns all seem much more teen oriented to me. As the series progresses, I think we will see it becoming more and more "YA." It will be interesting to see how (if) promotions for the books and readership change as this happens. There was a great editorial cartoon in the paper the other day. A dad was tuned in to the tv, and a kid stood next to him holding the new Harry Potter book, saying, "Come on, Dad, turn that thing off and do some reading for a change!" It really is phenomenal! Diane Tuccillo Senior Librarian/YA Coordinator Mesa Public Library, AZ ------------------------------ 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: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 10:54:19 CDT On Tue, 11 Jul 2000, Charles Schacht wrote: > > On the other hand, playing devil's advocate, every time you use the taxpayer's > money to buy a book you are encouraging the author/publisher to keep more of the > same coming.<snip> The fact that we should be prepared to defend the > presentation of a very wide spectrum of ideas in our collections does not mean > that we need to accomodate the worst sorts of appeals to emotions/hormonal > impulses, no matter how hateful, harmful or crass. Now this is a very fair point. But I think it's something that we have to be extremely careful in applying. I myself tend to be much more lenient with viewpoints I find distasteful as a whole (such as gangsta rap) than with viewpoints I hold some sympathy for (such as sexually explicit romances). This is because I am not sure I can evaluate the former as fairly as I can the latter. And here is one of those places a Teen Advisory Board can be such an ENORMOUS help! (plug plug) I do bring a lot of patron requests for music, videos, and books before them, especially when I am not unfamiliar with or dislike the work in question. We have talked a good deal about our selection criteria, and I must say the teens take this responsibility VERY seriously. We have talked about the LEFT BEHIND books, and they tell me that most kids are approaching them as just another supernatural thriller series, a la L. J. Smith. But they have also told me that a certain rap artists is popular just for "shock value", and does not belong in the library. I am *so glad* I have these guys to help me out! ------------------------------ From: carmel <carmel@ulysses.sebridge.org> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Sister Libraries. Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 10:55:29 CDT We need some HELP. Our library has been designated as a White House Millennium Project Sister Library. Our proposal was to establish email penpals and an exchange of letters, scrapbooks and other little projects produced by a group of 8 to 10 year olds, with a similar group in another country. Our original Ukranian "sister" has not responded. We thought we had established a connection with a library in NZ, but we have not heard from them again, either. Our program is now in full swing with 8 children busily taking photos and writing stories about life in their community, but they have no one to send all this good stuff to. Would someone like to partner with us? This is a neat summer program (or winter program down under) for children (ours are about 8 to 11 years old) to learn about another community. You do not need to be a Sister Library, just willing to have some kids send some stuff and respond to our kids! It does not need to be out of the US either. Please respond posthaste to Marilyn Schlansky Reed Memorial Library 1733 Route 6 Carmel, NY 10512 845 225-2439 carmel@sebridge.org ------------------------------ From: vmenor <vmenor@is2.dal.ca> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: RE: Harry Potter Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 10:56:42 CDT Has anyone had any luck with the "If you liked Harry Potter, you might like these books" lists? I have tried making a display using a variety of lists, but haven't had much selling it to those who have heard the Harry hype. It breaks my heart when someone comes in looking for harry potter, and when they find out how long the wait is leave empty handed. Any suggestions? Unfortunately, buying more copies of each of the Potter books isn't really an option. Vanessa Menor Children's Librarian Whitchuch-Stouffville Public Library ------------------------------ From: "Mary Johnson (amk)" <mjohnson@wls.lib.ny.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Christian Fiction or propaganda - related question MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 10:59:34 CDT Hillary, my feeling is that a book which is *overtly* didactic is bad literature, no matter what it's trying to teach. Just my two cents - Mary Johnson, YA librarian, NOrth Castle Library, Armonk, NY mjohnson@wls.lib.ny.us On Tue, 11 Jul 2000, Theyer Hillary wrote: > This issue couldn’t have come up at a better time for me, I have a related > question. I just read a book by Silver Ravenwolf, author of books on Wicca > for teens, and a Wicca herself. This was a novel, but it seemed to defend > Wicca every couple of chapters. For example, the characters stop the action > to discuss amongst themselves how unfairly Wiccans are treated and how Wicca > isn’t what people think it is, and how Wicca is about this and that. > Essentially, lessons on Wicca are buried into the story. > > What do you all think? Propaganda? Would that ruin the novel for you? > > Hillary Theyer > > ------------------------------ From: "andrea " <juvserv@dialup.customnet.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Harry Potter Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 11:01:38 CDT Someone had written in that their husband finally read the 1st HP as the 4th came out...I brought #1 home for my boyfriend (I managed to snag it between holds) and he read it in one night. By the time I brought it back this morning, there was another hold on it! What a wonderful thing J.K. Rowling has done for our libraries! Andrea Terry Libby Memorial Library Old Orchard Beach, ME juvserv@customnet.com ------------------------------ From: Tom Stuart <tstuart@wls.lib.ny.us> To: Pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: braille Harry Potter Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 11:02:47 CDT Just wondering if libraries and library systems which are ordering hundreds of copies are also acquiring at least one copy of the braille edition - scheduled to be out by the end of the month. Tom Stuart <tstuart@wls.lib.ny.us> ------------------------------ From: "Karen Holz" <easternlibrary@smithville.net> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Re: Harry Potter MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 11:04:06 CDT I only buy one of each book, as I serve a population of 6,000, so I have holds on books 1 - 3 as well as saying that book 4 can be held now that it has come in. ----- Original Message ----- From: David Serchay <a013213t@bc.seflin.org> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 8:53 AM Subject: Re: Harry Potter
> Has anyone else noticed a rise in the holds for books 1-3? > > David > > > David Serchay > a013213t@bc.seflin.org > ------------------------------ From: "Ruhama J. Kordatzky" <rkordatz@burlington.lib.wi.us> To: "'pubyac'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: summer reading prizes--a happy story MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 11:17:57 CDT Hi everyone-- I just had to share: for reading 50 books, kids get to pick out a book of their own for my SRP. These books are donations that we don't need to add to the collection, and are in nice shape, so I have all kinds of titles and genres (mostly Goosebumps and Boxcar children). To get this prize, kids have to come into my office, where I have them scattered all over the floor (for lack of a better space), and today one kid came in, saw all the books and his eyes got really big. Then he began repeating, "This is so cool! We get to pick out our own book!" He was quite impressed with this prize, and I was glad to see such excitement over getting to pick out a book. :) ruhama Ruhama Kordatzky Youth Services Librarian Burlington Public Library Burlington, WI rkordatz@burlington.lib.wi.us ------------------------------ From: Andrea Johnson <ajohnson@cooklib.org> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: RE: over crowded programs Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 11:33:31 CDT We do "card" -- for every registered program (which is almost all of them). We are a popular library in our area -- residents of several surrounding communities prefer to use our library rather than their "home" libraries. Maybe it goes both ways; I don't know. I do know that with our extremely limited space, many of our taxpayers would end up being excluded from the expensive programs they paid for if we allowed in those who do not hold cards from our library. Our programs quite often fill up and even have waiting lists -- since our demand is greater than the space allows. We do have a few programs we don't card for -- we always have one weekly storytime (out of 3-5 sessions) that is a drop-in. Walk-ins are welcome if they are the appropriate age. We also periodically set up a craft table with a make it/take it kind of project, and anyone who walks in is welcome to that. Andrea Johnson ajohnson@cooklib.org ------------------------------ From: Carol Hoke <hoke@crpl.cedar-rapids.lib.ia.us> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: Home schoolers Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 11:47:04 CDT Our library has been attempting to develop a library orientation for home schoolers for two years. We have not been successful in attracting people to these sessions even though we have involved the people in the schools who work with these families in the planning. So I would like to ask those of you who work successfully with home schoolers: 1. do you provide a library orientation to home schoolers? If so, what do you do? 2. do you provide child care or story time for younger siblings while the orientation is taking place? 3. when do you do the orientation? (month, time of day) 4. do you offer multiple sessions of the orientation/program and/or repeat it during the year? 5. do you provide some other programming in addition or in place of an orientation? 6. is the training directed at the parents, the children or both? 7. how do your home schooling families find out about your orientation/program? We evaluating what we do and need to make a decision in the next week or so. Please respond to me at the address below. Thanks for your help. -- Carol Hoke Children's Services Manager Cedar Rapids Public Library 500 First St SE Cedar Rapids IA 52401 398-5145, ext. 259 fax 319-398-0746 Hoke@crpl.cedar-rapids.lib.ia.us ------------------------------ From: "Sarah Prielipp" <seprielipp@hotmail.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: patrons and rest rooms, etc. Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 12:01:07 CDT We had such problems in our restrooms that we had to end up locking them up. Patrons must ask for a key from the desk in order to use them. Problems have become very few now.
Sincerely, Sarah Prielipp seprielipp@hotmail.com Harrison Community Library PO Box 380 Harrison, Michigan 48625 (517) 539-6711 (517) 539-6301 fax ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ From: Anne Coppell <acoppell@auckland-library.govt.nz> To: "'pubyac'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Harry Potter numbers Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 12:15:16 CDT Hi all we're a public library system with 16 branches and a central library. We've ordered 108 copies - 14 of which will be part of a Bestseller business collection ($5 a week) the rest will be distributed around the system. The waiting list is currently 389 long - with 21 staff out of the first 60 people. Supplies have just arrived in the bib. services area - in New Zealand the release date was a week after the US and UK - but was brought forward to today. Bib. services are currently rushing them through at the moment. Annie Coppell Children and Teenager's Section ------------------------------ From: Julie Ann Rines <jrines@ocln.org> To: pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Janway media bags MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 12:29:41 CDT I am getting ready to place our first order for the Janway style media bags. I have a couple of questtions to ask those already using them: do you prefer the velcro or zipper closing and do you find that you need many of the bags with gussets. Thanks for the help. I'm hoping these will be easier to use and more attractive than the ones with hooks. Julie Rinees Thomas Crane Public Library Quincy, MA jrines@ocln.org ------------------------------ From: Carolyn Eckert <CarolynE@ci.fullerton.ca.us> To: "'PUBYAC@PRAIRIENET.ORG'" <PUBYAC@PRAIRIENET.ORG> Subject: FW: JOB OPENING MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 12:43:42 CDT
> -----Original Message----- > From: Carolyn Eckert > Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 6:25 PM > To: 'pubyac@prairienet.com.org' > Subject: JOB OPENING > > CHILDREN'S SERVICES LIBRARIAN, FULLERTON PUBLIC LIBRARY 3,042 > to $3,883 per month. Excellent benefits. > > Great community, great library, great staff, - we need one more great > children's librarian! > > A well established city of 126,000, Fullerton is located 25 miles > southeast of Los Angeles. > > The library receives strong community support and is currently completing > a remodeling project, in addition to upgrading its computer system. The > newly expanded (7,460 sq. ft.) Children's Division will have a full-time > professional staff of four. Annual juvenile circulation is approximately > 500,000. > > Contact City of Fullerton Personnel at 714:738-6368 or > personnel@ci.fullerton.ca.us for application which is due August > 11,2000. > > For more information carolyne@ci.fullerton.ca.us > ------------------------------ From: Lu Benke <lubenke@libsys.ci.fort-collins.co.us> To: PUBYAC <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: STUMPER SOLVED: Ducks named Alice, Emma, and Uncle Wesley (fwd) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 12:57:36 CDT
Many thanks to Diana Norton and Nora Liederbach for their speedy responses to the stumper below. The Freddy the Pig series by Walter Brooks has duck characters named Alice, Emma, and Uncle Wesley. This summer on our reading record we are asking kids to ask grownups in their house what they read as a kid and it has meant we are generating a lot more interest in some oldies-but-goodies. Thanks to PUBYAC we can uncover most of them! --Lu Lu Benke wrote: > Here's hoping you can help. A customer remembers reading a chapter book at > about the age of ten in about 1965. The book included ducks named Alice, > Emma, and Uncle Wesley and perhaps other barnyard animals. The animals do > talk, but otherwise there was not magic in the book. We have checked what > we could through our database, Bibliofind, the 1961 edition of Children's > Catalog and the database of a nearby large public library and nothing > stands out as likely (Oh, how did we ever do without searchable > summaries!) It is not Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm. Does this ring a bell > with anyone? > > Thanks so very much in advance for your help! > > Lu Benke > Children's Services > Fort Collins Public Library > 201 Peterson Street phone: 970-221-6686 > Fort Collins, CO 80524 fax: 970-221-6398 > lubenke@libsys.ci.fort-collins.co.us
------------------------------ From: "Sarah Prielipp" <seprielipp@hotmail.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Request for titles Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 13:11:59 CDT Dear Collective Brain, I have had many young patrons (ages 6 to 12) asking for "scary" or "horror" books this summer, but NOT Goosebumps as they've already read all of them. I've given them SCARY STORIES FOR STORMY NIGHTS and MORE SCARY STORIES FOR SLEEPOVERS by Q. L. Pearce. However, once they've read those two, they want more . . . Here's where my request for info. comes in. What else can I give young patrons that are "scary" but "not too scary" (Parents' request)? Please respond off-list seprielipp@hotmail.com I will post a compiled list. TIA,
Sincerely, Sarah Prielipp seprielipp@hotmail.com Harrison Community Library PO Box 380 Harrison, Michigan 48625 (517) 539-6711 (517) 539-6301 fax ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ From: Belinda Sakowski <sakowski@grayson.edu> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: praetorian guard Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 13:13:39 CDT
Hi all, I am sorry to post this to the list, but, the original posting got deleted from my file somehow (gremlins at work). I believe the original posting came from Amy (?). If you still need the article from Calliope on the praetorian guard, I have a copy. Contact me at sakowski@grayson.edu if I can help. Belinda Sakowski E-Mail: sakowski@grayson.edu Sherman Public Library Phone: (903)892-7240 421 N. Travis Fax: (903) 892-7101 Sherman, Texas 75090 ------------------------------ From: "Tracey Firestone" <tfiresto@suffolk.lib.ny.us> To: <yalsa-l@ala1.ala.org>, <yalsa-bk@ala1.ala.org>, <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Misinformation Given About COPPA At ALA Annual Conference Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 13:14:48 CDT Please excuse the cross-posting! At the YALSA President's Program, Sound Bytes, Billboards and Neon = Lights: Marketing to Teens (Monday 2-4pm), speaker Isabel Walcott from = Smartgirl.com briefly mentioned the Children's Online Privacy Protection = Act (COPPA). She mistakenly said that COPPA prevents *any* web site = from asking children for personal information, including an e-mail = address, without a verifiable form of parental permission. This = statement made many people around me concerned about the information = they gather through their own library's web sites. Unfortunately, the = program ran late and there was no time for comments so I was unable to = point out that this restriction *only* applies to commercial web sites = and to children under the age of 13. The ALA Office for Information Technology Policy has created a very = helpful web site to explain COPPA in detail, the URL is = http://www.ala.org/oitp/privacy.html. There is also a portion of the = site which discusses COPPA as it applies to libraries (both public and = school) and that URL is http://www.ala.org/oitp/librarians.html. Hope this helps clear things up a bit, Tracey %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Tracey Firestone - tfiresto@suffolk.lib.ny.us Young Adult Specialist Suffolk Cooperative Library System 627 N. Sunrise Service Rd Bellport, NY 11713 **Phone: (631) 286-1600 x1352 **FAX: (631) 286-1647 **Please note the new area code for Suffolk County ------------------------------ From: Marcia Schaffer <schaffma@oplin.lib.oh.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: a stumper...Albert Ames Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 13:16:01 CDT Hello! I have a patron who is looking for a book her children read...they are all in their 40's now. In it the characters are Albert Ames and Zachary Zwain and Albert, of course, is always first in school and Zachary is always last. One day the teacher decides to let Zachary go first. I have looked in A to Zoo, in Novelist with no luck. She would like to read this to her grandson, who's name is Zane. Any help will be appreciated!! Smiles, Marcia ;) ------------------------------ From: "Peggy Hagen" <phagen@mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: RE: Ref Q: 6th Gr. Horror Books MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 13:17:29 CDT I know I'm piggy-backing on a response instead of answering the original request, but I just had a thought. I agree that Bellairs is more of a mystery than a horror story, but how about The Year the Wolves Came by Rice? It is the story of a girl who learns that her mother was a werewolf, and begins to wonder about some of her own tendencies as she becomes a woman. Very cool!! There is also What Happened in Hamelin by Skurzynski. It's a novel-length version of the Pied Piper told by the crippled child that couldn't follow the others. It's a little more sophisticated as horror, because we know something he doesn't know... Both are good for 6th grade, and would, at the very least, be good read for the teacher! Peggy -----Original Message----- From: owner-pubyac@prairienet.org [mailto:owner-pubyac@prairienet.org] On Behalf Of S. Fichtelberg Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 4:37 PM To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Ref Q: 6th Gr. Horror Books I never would have thought of calling The House with a Clock in It's Walls, horror. A mystery, maybe, but not horror. Susan sfichtel@infolink.org Woodbridge Public Library Woodbridge, NJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie Corinth" <Corinth@robert-morris.edu> To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 9:01 PM Subject: Ref Q: 6th Gr. Horror Books
> 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: "Margaret Taylor" <margot12@hotmail.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Stumper Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 13:19:04 CDT A patron's mother would like to locate a book she read 30 or more years ago. It involves a group of people in coastal Florida (possibly the east coast) who are trapped in a store during a flood (hurricane?) If this rings a bell with anyone please reply. TIA. margot12@hotmail.com ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ From: Zaklina Gallagher <zgallagh@dcc.govt.nz> To: "'PUBYAC'" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Stumper - Boy's Diary MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 13:20:21 CDT Please can you help a stumped Librarian with this one, be warned it has a very vague description - Boy aged between 10-15 years old It is a written diary - part of it describes an Italian boy (classmate), his teacher and his father. Set in Europe, possibly during war time as soldiers are mentioned? It is a children's novel with a light yellow cover! Our customer read it in Malaysia approximately 15 years ago. Please if you can help e-mail me directly at the below address. Thank you. 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: BIB: 6th Grade Horror Results Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 13:21:32 CDT Thank you everyone for your great suggestions for an appropriate 6th grade horror book for my schoolteacher friend. She has great list to look through and is very excited. I'm sure that she will find the perfect book. I have compiled a list of the suggestions below in case anyone is interested. Quite a few different people suggested the same books/authors. These include: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's Witch Books especially "The Witch's Eye" and "Witch's Sister." Mary Downing Hahn's "Wait Til Helen Comes" Philip Pullman's "Clockwork" and "Ruby in the Smoke." Avi's "Wolf Rider: A Tale of Terror" and "The Man who was Poe." Betty Ren Wright's "The Dollhouse Murders" and "Christina's Ghost." Willo Davis Roberts' "the Girl with the Silver Eyes" and "The View from the Cherry Tree." Other suggestions include: "Rats" by Paul Zindel. Any of Bellairs' books. Edgar Allen Poe "There's a Dead Person Following My Sister Around" by Vivian Vande Velde; Rosemary Sutcliff's version of Beowolf called "Dragon Slayer" "Nightmares: Poems to trouble your sleep" by Jack Prelutsky Lois Duncan Annette Curtis Klause Caroline B. Cooney. Amazon's teen book page. They have a horror section. "Albion's Dream: a novel of terror" by Roger Norman "Troubling a star" by L'Engle "The Killer's Cousin" by Nancy Werlin "The Witches of Worm" by Zilpha Keately Snyder. "An Enemy at Green Knowe", by L.M. Boston Thank you again! Sincerely,
Jackie Corinth Public Services Librarian Robert Morris College 881 Narrows Run Road Moon Township, PA 15108 Phone: (412) 604-2548 E-mail: corinth@robert-morris.edu ------------------------------ End of PUBYAC Digest 195 ************************ |
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