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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: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 00:01:03 CDT Subject: PUBYAC digest 207 PUBYAC Digest 207 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: autobiographies by Jeani Littrell-Kwik <jeankwik@kcls.org> 2) Re: Filtering Internet by Lisa Hughes <lhughes@scinet.co.santa-clara.ca.us> 3) YA Program evaluation by "Cathy Norman" <csn71650@hotmail.com> 4) Re: Phone number alert by Maria Wegscheid <mwegsche@libby.rbls.lib.il.us> 5) Re: Harry Potter and sad story by Beth Walker <bwalker@will.state.wy.us> 6) selection policies, also some Christian materials by "Kathleen Baxter" <kathyb@anoka.lib.mn.us> 7) Harry Potter Potions Class Activity by Susan Novak <snovak@scfl.lib.ca.us> 8) Redecorating YA area by Sarah Cofer <SCofer@worthington.lib.oh.us> 9) Re: Phone number alert by "\"Marion \\\"Meb\\\" Ingold\"" <ingoldm@sls.lib.il.us> 10) Re: Sleep-over success stories needed by Karen McNulty <kmcnulty@crlc.org> 11) Re: fantasy vs. science fiction by "S. Fichtelberg" <sfichtel@infolink.org> 12) Re: fantasy vs. science fiction by "Elizabeth Buono" <ebuono73@hotmail.com> 13) Re: CDROM suppliers by "Lorie J. O'Donnell" <odonnell@borg.com> 14) Stumper thanks....and a second query... by "Barbara Scott" <barbarascott@hotmail.com> 15) Name for Program by "Valerie Dawson" <dawsonssmpl@hotmail.com> 16) web sites with library clip art by "S. Fichtelberg" <sfichtel@infolink.org> 17) RE: book collections for preschools & daycares by "Jill Olson" <jilolson@kcls.org> 18) Re: hippo fingerplays by Mary Ryan <mryan@noblenet.org> 19) Re: hippo fingerplays by theresa robinett <theresart@yahoo.com> 20) Filtering Mandates Removed From Appropriations Bill by "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org> 21) Poems to fit a mystery program by "Bender Sandy" <bendersan40@hotmail.com> 22) Children's Librarian Position - West Palm Beach, FL by "meredith cotter" <meredithannec@hotmail.com> 23) Revised: The Freedom to Read Statement by "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org> 24) Re: hippo fingerplays by "Lisa Cole" <lcole@ald.lib.co.us> 25) Great Job--Chicago Area by Catherine Mau <cmau@bal.alibrary.com> 26) Children's Libn. Position-Oregon by "DAHLGREEN MaryKay" <DAHLGREEN_MaryKay@oslmac.osl.state.or.us> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jeani Littrell-Kwik <jeankwik@kcls.org> To: Kristin Hawksworth <khawksworth@roselle.lib.il.us> Subject: Re: autobiographies MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 00:57:53 CDT Hi, Do take a look at the autobiographies lists at Maggi Rohde's "Booklists for Young Adults on the Web" site: www.seemore.mi.org/booklists Look under "Biographies" for the Nassau Library System and you'll actually find a long list of autobiographies. Also look under Nonfiction, Specific Topics and scroll down to Biographies/Autobiographies. Jeani Jeani Littrell-Kwik YA Librarian Newport Way Library King County Library System Bellevue, Washington, U.S.A. e-mail: jeankwik@kcls.org ------------------------------ From: Lisa Hughes <lhughes@scinet.co.santa-clara.ca.us> To: Sally Warburton <swarburton@pc-va.org> Subject: Re: Filtering Internet MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 01:06:05 CDT We have two filtered internet computers in the children's area, one exclusively for children 8th grade and under. The terminals in the adult department have a "consent page" which explains filtering, and then gives patrons a choice of filtered or unfiltered access. Children may use the adult terminals. We have had very little trouble with patrons accessing inappropriate sites. Lisa Mead Hughes, Children's Services Campbell Public Library 77 Harrison Avenue, Campbell CA 95008-1499 voice: (866-1991) fax: (408) 866-1433 lhughes@scinet.co.santa-clara.ca.us *** All standard disclaimers apply *** On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, Sally Warburton wrote: > At this time we have filtered internet computers for the use of children > under 12 years old. All others use our nonfiltered machines. All juveniles > under the age of 18 require a parent's permission to use the internet. We > put a little sticker on the children's cards who have signed permission to > use the internet and they "check out" the computers with their card at the > front desk. > > Our library board has decided to place both filtered and unfiltered machines > in the YA area so students may have a choice. We are rewriting our > permission form to reflect this change. > > How are other libraries handling this? Do your parents sign permission for > either or both filtered or unfiltered machines and how do you keep up with > their requests? (We do not have the computers that accept library cards as > ids.) Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. > > Sally > swarburton@pc-va.org > > ------------------------------ From: "Cathy Norman" <csn71650@hotmail.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: YA Program evaluation Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 01:07:12 CDT I am the Youth Services Librarian for a small village Library in Northeast Ohio. Thus I provide programming for children from birth through high school. Let's talk age range here! Anyway...I always do an evaluation of any program I provide. For one shot deals - Teen Read Week, for instance, which occurs once a year - the effectiveness of the program fro those served, whether it was 1 or 100 is what matters in these instances. How did the childre/students/young adults involved react? Did they enjoy it? Did it bring them back to the library (probably the most important question)? For on-going programs such as story hours and read alouds for teens, however, the evaluation process is somewhat different. Numbers do matter here because of the time it takes to design and run an on-going program. Last year, when we began our first (!) evening story hour program in a long time, we (my director and I) decided that 5 participants was the number that would make or break the program. But we also have learned, through workshops and experience, that to determine the quantitative value of any on-going program you have to be willing to commit to a three year plan of all out selling and marketting before you throw any program in the trash. And that's what we do here.
Cathy Norman Youth Services Librarian Fairport Harbor Public Library (OH) csn71650@hotmail.com ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ From: Maria Wegscheid <mwegsche@libby.rbls.lib.il.us> To: Sally Goodroe <sgoodroe@hcpl.net> Subject: Re: Phone number alert MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 01:08:22 CDT On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Sally Goodroe wrote: > Dear PUBYACers, > Our library system office has informed us that in the book, PLAYING IT > SMART: What to do when you're on your own, by Tova Navarra (Barrons, > 1989), there is a problem. On page 43, the book recommends an 800 > number to call if someone touches you in in appropriate ways and adults > won't listen to you. Hopefully this number wasn't always a sex line, > but now it is! We are advising all our branches who still own the book > to delete this phone number. I understand there is another book that > she wrote that may have the same problem. (We don't own it, so I > couldn't check.) The rest of the book is still perfectly fine, as far > as I know. > --Sally
Thanks to Sally for pointing this out. I immediately went and checked our copy of On My Own : Helping Kids Help themselves, also by Tova Navarra. This is a later edition of Playing It Safe. It also has the incorrect phone. Please, people, pull these books ASAP! and either get rid of them or fix them! In the abstract, it's an ironic situation, in reality, I can't bear to think what it could do to a kid! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Maria J. Wegscheid Bettendorf (IA) Public Library 2950 Learning Campus Dr Bettendorf IA 52722 319-344-4188 mwegsche@libby.rbls.lib.il.us Views expressed by the author do not necessarily represent those of the Bettendorf Public Library.
------------------------------ From: Beth Walker <bwalker@will.state.wy.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Harry Potter and sad story MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 01:10:03 CDT Esther Lewenstein wrote: I've been reading people's responses to the story of > the young boy who was denied finishing Goblet of Fire > because of a four letter word. ...> The parent is NOT slapping the kid around or denying his spiritual needs. In fact, according to this parent's beliefs, damn is not appropriate for his nine-year-old. Maybe he hears it on the playground... But the pa rent is doing the best he knows how. I hope the parent read the book before forcing the child to return it, but it is really not up to us to judge. And it bothers me that comments like, people who don't know how to be parents should try to be parents. W ell, I wish that more parents took the interest in what their kids were doing and reading. Maybe we wouldn't have the problem. I agree with you totally. My personal (as a mother) and professional (as both an English teacher and children's librarian) has been "the parent has the final say" when it comes to child. In the long term, the parent has the final responsibility and accountability for the well being of a child. In ten years, I will no longer be a part of the child patron's life, but his/her parents will be. If a parent says "no" to a particular book, as a librarian, I still have over 10,000 others to offer that child. When parents question the quality of a book, I try to suggest they read the book first and then use it as a discussion tool during family time. As for the child who wasn't able to finish HP, someday he'll turn 21 and decide then whether or not to finish it. ------------------------------ From: "Kathleen Baxter" <kathyb@anoka.lib.mn.us> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: selection policies, also some Christian materials MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 01:11:17 CDT I am interested in looking at selection policies for children's materials from other public libraries, particularly if they are available on the web, but also if you have copies you would be willing to share or that could be purchased. One problem with which we are dealing now is a proliferation of at least suggestions that we purchase such Christian materials as A CHILD'S HISTORY OF THE WORLD, and also the Victorian G.A. Henty series. Are other public libraries purchasing these? Are you getting requests? We have purchased some Christian materials solely because home schooling parents are asking for them, but where do you draw the line? DO you draw the line? As you are well aware, many of the requests we get for these materials come solely because of advertisements that the patrons received. Any help would be most greatly appreciated. Kathleen Baxter Anoka County Library 707 Highway 10 NE Blaine MN 55434 Fax 763-717-3262 kathyb@anoka.lib.mn.us ------------------------------ From: Susan Novak <snovak@scfl.lib.ca.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Harry Potter Potions Class Activity Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 01:12:27 CDT Our Harry Potter parties are next week and our potion isn't brewing. We suspect Snape! Could someone share a successful potions class activity to do with 9 to 13 year olds? Please reply to me at: snovak@scfl.lib.ca.us Thanks so much! Susan Novak Stanislaus County Library Modesto, CA 95354 209-558-7811 ------------------------------ From: Sarah Cofer <SCofer@worthington.lib.oh.us> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Redecorating YA area MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 01:13:38 CDT Hello Pubyacers! I am getting ready to redecorate the YA area and was wondering if anyone has any advice on what works and what doesn't. I have had a suggestion box in the YA area attempting to get suggestions from the teens themsleves. I have received lots of requests for bean bag chairs, butterfly chairs, and inflatable chairs. Has anyone purchased bean bag chairs for their YA area? How do they hold up against wear and tear? What other types of furnishings have worked really well in your YA areas? You can respond to me off the list. Thanks in advance for any advice, tips, warnings, etc you all have to offer! Sarah Cofer Young Adult Librarian Northwest Library scofer@worthington.lib.oh.us
------------------------------ From: "\"Marion \\\"Meb\\\" Ingold\"" <ingoldm@sls.lib.il.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Phone number alert MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 01:14:50 CDT Hello, Pubyac -- I just checked Tova Navarra's other book - On My Own: Helping Kids Help Themselves. On page 43, the same number is given. So everyone should check them both and black out that number or withdraw the titles. Meb Ingold, Children's Services Director La Grange Park Public Library La Grange Park, IL Sally Goodroe wrote: > Dear PUBYACers, > Our library system office has informed us that in the book, PLAYING IT > SMART: What to do when you're on your own, by Tova Navarra (Barrons, > 1989), there is a problem. On page 43, the book recommends an 800 > number to call if someone touches you in in appropriate ways and adults > won't listen to you. Hopefully this number wasn't always a sex line, > but now it is! We are advising all our branches who still own the book > to delete this phone number. I understand there is another book that > she wrote that may have the same problem. (We don't own it, so I > couldn't check.) The rest of the book is still perfectly fine, as far > as I know. > --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: Karen McNulty <kmcnulty@crlc.org> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Sleep-over success stories needed Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 01:16:12 CDT We have done it but, because of heavy advance publicity, worried ALL night that some idiot would heave Molotov cocktails through the windows! Be sure your local police dept. is aware (and will assist supervising your grounds?). --KM (P.S. Nothing happened). ------------------------------ From: "S. Fichtelberg" <sfichtel@infolink.org> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Re: fantasy vs. science fiction Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 01:17:22 CDT We also have all of our fiction shelved together, with spine labels: historical fiction, mystery, fantasy, science fiction, and short stories. When I first came (13 years ago) science fiction and fantasy were both labeled with sci/fi labels for adult and children's because the people responsible refused to separate them. But times change and in children's we changed it first and now in adult they use fantasy labels too. Personally, as a fantasy reader, I prefer that they be separate (at least labeled separately). It makes is much easier to find what interests you when your just browsing. Susan sfichtel@infolink.org Woodbridge Public Library Woodbridge, NJ ------------------------------ From: "Elizabeth Buono" <ebuono73@hotmail.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: fantasy vs. science fiction Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 01:18:40 CDT Debra-- We interfile our fantasy and science fiction, but we put separate genre spine labels on fantasy and science fiction (as well as mystery and historical fiction), so the kids can spot them as they browse the collection. Hope this helps! Elizabeth Buono The Ferguson Library One Public Library Plaza Stamford, CT 06904 <ebuono73@hotmail.com> ------------------------------ From: "Lorie J. O'Donnell" <odonnell@borg.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: CDROM suppliers MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 01:19:46 CDT
I have had terrible luck with Edutainment since the takeover. It seems like 80-90% of the titles I order from the catalog are out of stock or on backorder. The service isn't as fast (really slow, actually) and not as consumer friendly either. Lorie Maureen Lok wrote: > > > Edutainment Catalog (recently purchased by Mattel & don't know if selection > is as broad as it used to be, but have have very good service.) > 1700 Progress Drive > Hiawatha, IA 52233 > 1-800-338-3844 > www.edutainco.com -- Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal. **************Ralph Vaull Starr************* ------------------------------ From: "Barbara Scott" <barbarascott@hotmail.com> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: Stumper thanks....and a second query... Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 01:20:52 CDT Many, many things for all those of you who replied to my stumper. The book is Call Me Anighito by Pam Conrad. My patron was thrilled with the fast reponse time and we have the book on interlibrary loan for her! On a completely different note, have any of you ever tried a craft using old CDs and making clocks out of them? I did a quick search on the net today, but didn't come up with any type of instructions. If you have successfully done this craft and would be willing to share your instructions, etc., please reply to me at barbarascott@hotmail.com Thanks! Barbara Scott Children's Librarian Bucyrus Public Library, Bucyrus, OH ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ From: "Valerie Dawson" <dawsonssmpl@hotmail.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Name for Program Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 01:22:01 CDT We are starting a weekly drop-in evening program for young children and their parents. There will be stories, songs, fingerplays, flannel board nursery rhymes and puppets for 25 to 30 minutes. It is designed to reach children and parents who cannot come to daytime storytimes. I would appreciate getting suggestions for names for the program. Some ideas we already have are Sleepytime Stories, Pajama Stories, and Family Evening Storytime. If you have an idea, please send it to the listserv or email me directly. Thanks is advance, Valerie Dawson Assistant Director Sault Ste. Marie Public Library Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada dawsonssmpl@hotmail.com ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ From: "S. Fichtelberg" <sfichtel@infolink.org> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: web sites with library clip art Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 01:23:16 CDT I was wondering if any one any good web sites with library or book = related clip are (children reading would be good too). Email me and I = will compile the results. Thanks. Susan sfichtel@infolink.org Woodbridge Public Library Woodbridge, NJ ------------------------------ From: "Jill Olson" <jilolson@kcls.org> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: RE: book collections for preschools & daycares MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 01:24:28 CDT At King County Library System we have two programs that checkout materials to child care providers. Books to Grow On (preschool theme kits) check out through our library circulation system and are subject to the same fees as other library materials. KidReach are book tubs delivered to or picked up by child care providers. Deliveries by J librarians: Each librarian visits the center on a schedule. If the books aren't ready to pick up when they come, they either collect the books themselves, or arrange to come back again. This is probably one of the biggest headaches, but fortunately is not the "norm". We are pretty forgiving about lost and damaged materials, mostly because all the books in the tubs are paperbacks, and we expect some damage over a 2-month checkout period. We have only billed one person in the last 9 years, because she lost over 80 books and one of the delivery tubs as well. We charge $5.00 per book (paperback) and the cost of the tub. We suspend delivery when materials were identified as lost and not just overdue. Child care staff pickup. Many of our boxes are picked up at the branch by the child care provider (boxes are shipped from our service center to their branch). When they are overdue I either call them or the branch children's librarian calls them. New boxes are not shipped to them until overdues are returned. There is alot of frustrating detail with this kind of service. On days when I'm dealing with these, it is important for me to remember how much the children benefit from having the books!
____________________________________________ Jill Olson Children Outreach Librarian King County Library System 960 Newport Way NW Issaquah, Washington 98027 Phone: 425-369-3323 1-877-905-2009 ext. 3323 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-pubyac@prairienet.org [mailto:owner-pubyac@prairienet.org]On > Behalf Of Sally Chilson > Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 1:53 AM > To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org > Subject: book collections for preschools & daycares > > > I wanted to ask any of you that deliver book collections to a preschool or > daycare site how you handle sites that become difficult. What do you do > when the books aren't ready to be picked up? How do you handle overdues? > What about lost books? At what point do you suspend deliveries? Thanks > for any input you have. I would gladly assemble any answers I > receive into > one message & post to the list if anyone is interested. > > Thanks! > > Sally Chilson - Youth Services Librarian > Spokane Public Library - Downtown Branch > 906 W Main > Spokane, WA 99201 > (509) 444-5345 > schilson@spokpl.lib.wa.us > ------------------------------ From: Mary Ryan <mryan@noblenet.org> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: hippo fingerplays Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 01:25:39 CDT Hippo Here is an animal that we know, H-I-P-P-O.(Extend arms, one on top of the other, to form hippo mouth). She eats a lot of vegetables, And chews them just like so. (Open and close arms) She's very big, her skin is gray, She swims around in the water all day. (Make large swimming movements) She is an animal that we know, H-I-P-P-O. I hope that this is he ------------------------------ From: theresa robinett <theresart@yahoo.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: hippo fingerplays MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 01:26:54 CDT Not a fingerplay exactly, but a song to the tune of BINGO A little girl/boy had a pet And Hippo was it's name oh H-I-P-P-O, H-I-P-P-O, H-I-P-P-O And Hippo was it's name oh. Clap the letters out as in Bingo (Any five letter animal can be substituted)
__________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ From: "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org> Subject: Filtering Mandates Removed From Appropriations Bill Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 01:28:01 CDT from Center for Democracy & Technology Filtering Mandates Removed From Appropriations Bill http://www.cdt.org/speech/
"At the last minute, Internet filtering legislation was removed from the Labor-HHS Appropriations bill H.R. 4577. A conference of members from both chambers of Congress removed all "rider" amendments from the Bill, including the controversial McCain and Istook amendments that would have forced schools to use filtering software to restrict Internet access. July 27, 2000"
_________________________ Don Wood Program Officer/Communications 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: "Bender Sandy" <bendersan40@hotmail.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Poems to fit a mystery program Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 01:29:33 CDT Hi All, I didn't get many results from my last request for tellable stories that would fit a mystery themed program. George Shannon's Stories to Solve and a couple of other scavenger hunt ideas as well as a solve a crime at the library program. I am now looking for some poems to fit this mystery theme. Any ideas? Thanks in advance for your help.
________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ From: "meredith cotter" <meredithannec@hotmail.com> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: Children's Librarian Position - West Palm Beach, FL Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 01:30:40 CDT Children's Librarian Position - West Palm Beach Public Library, West Palm Beach, FL. Picture yourself working in a wonderful children's library surrounded by palm trees and breathtaking water views. Imagine being part of the team that is inventing the children's library of the future. The West Palm Beach Public Library is designing an interactive children's space to accommodate our storytimes, programs and collections. We are looking for a risk-taker, innovator, and creator who will guide children's library adventures. Applicants must be dedicated to serving the information and entertainment needs of children, have a vision of the role libraries play in children's lives, and have an MLS from an ALA-accredited program. Hiring Range: $27,602 - 35,412 annually. Hiring range advertised to midpoint. Salary commensurate with experience and qualifications. Excellent benefits. Must pass drug test, physical and FDLE check. Submit resume with social security number and a cover letter requesting a city application to: Human Resources Department, 1000 45th Street, Suite 12, West Palm Beach, Florida 33407. Open until filled. For more information or to download an application, visit our web site at http://www.cityofwpb.com/employment.html ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ From: "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org> Subject: Revised: The Freedom to Read Statement Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 01:31:48 CDT On July 12, 2000, the ALA Council adopted a revision to the Freedom to Read Statement: http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/freeread.html The Office for Intellectual Freedom will be seeking endorsements and re-endorsements for this revised statement from various organizations. _________________________ Don Wood Program Officer/Communications 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: "Lisa Cole" <lcole@ald.lib.co.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: hippo fingerplays MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 01:32:55 CDT Jennifer, For a hippo fingerplay you could do a variation on "Five little monkeys" Five fat hippos wading in the pond One goes under - glub and then there were four, etc (until none) Five fat hippos splash into sight oh my they gave me a fright. Use your fingers to count but act out going under with a big glub and popping up with a splash. Hope this helps, Lisa Cole Arapahoe Library District lcole@ald.lib.co.us ------------------------------ From: Catherine Mau <cmau@bal.alibrary.com> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Great Job--Chicago Area MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 01:34:26 CDT LIBRARIAN I / YOUNG PEOPLE'S SERVICES / BARRINGTON AREA LIBRARY Full time position, 37.5 hours per week, including one evening a week and one weekend a month. Be a part of our positive, customer service-oriented team. Innovative, energetic individual to work as part of an eight-member team in a busy department serving infants through eighth graders. Duties include collection development, programming, reference and reader's advisory service, school visits, and assisting patrons with online catalog and Internet. Requires MLS from an ALA-accredited program, knowledge of children's literature, reference procedures, and library programming, and the ability to work pleasantly and effectively with children and adults. Salary $31,305/year + benefits. Send resume to Catherine Mau, Head of Young People's Services, Barrington Area Library, 505 N. Northwest Highway, Barrington, IL 60010. Email: cmau@bal.alibrary.com. Visit our home page at http://www.bal.alibrary.com. The Barrington Area Library serves a large community of active library users in a northwest suburb of Chicago. Summer graduates welcome to apply. Catherine Mau Head of Young People's Services Barrington Area Library 505 N. Northwest Highway Barrington, IL 60010-3399 cmau@bal.alibrary.com http://www.bal.alibrary.com ------------------------------ From: "DAHLGREEN MaryKay" <DAHLGREEN_MaryKay@oslmac.osl.state.or.us> To: "kids-lib" <kids-lib@sparkie.osl.state.or.us>, pnla-l@wln.com, "PUBYAC" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Children's Libn. Position-Oregon Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"; Name="Message Body" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 01:36:23 CDT Youth Services Librarian Use your ability to tell stories, present children's programming, and select children's material to develop an innovative countywide children's program for a growing rural district in central Oregon. Work in a library where youth services are strongly supported. Live minutes away from skiing, hiking, fishing, and rock-climbing and enjoy 300 sunny days a year. First class entertainment and city fun are only two hours away. Qualifications: ALA-MLS (or equivalent) and interest/education/experience with children's librarianship required. Willingness to work varied schedule and to travel within district required. Good computer skills very desirable. Strong outreach skills and abilities, enthusiasm, excellent communication and customer service skills, imagination and dramatic flair desirable. Bilingual Spanish/English would be a plus. $2417-2750 per month DOE, with excellent benefits. Please request application packet from DeRese Hall (dehall@ispchannel.com), Jefferson County Library District, 241 SE 7th St. Madras, OR, 97741-1611. 541/475-3351. For more information, contact Melanie Lightbody (lightbdy@teleport.com <mailto:lightbdy@teleport.com>). We may be able to cover some small travel costs. Opening closes September 1st, 2000. Please see these websites for further information about our community: <http://www.madraspioneer.com/> <http://www.madras.net/> <http://www.palmain.com/~jccoc/> Posted by: MaryKay Dahlgreen Youth Services Consultant Oregon State Library State Library Building Salem, OR 97310 (503) 378-2112 ext. 239 marykay.dahlgreen@state.or.us ------------------------------ End of PUBYAC Digest 207 ************************ |
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