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From: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults
& Children" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
To: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults & Children"
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Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 238
PUBYAC Digest 238
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Audio kits
by Cindy Sampson-Fleet <mscf1@nsh.library.ns.ca>
2) RE: Young Adult Advisory Groups
by "Chapman, Jan" <jchapman@ascpl.lib.oh.us>
3) Young adult research
by LHUBLER <LHUBLER@cuyahoga.lib.oh.us>
4) Re: alternative versions of fairy tales
by "M. Mills" <mmills@stic.lib.tx.us>
5) Harry Potter question
by Roxy Ekstrom <rekstrom@stdl.org>
6) Teen poetry cafe
by Lori Hodges <ldhodges@cox-internet.com>
7) Re: internet
by "Gwendolyn O'Brien" <obrieg@mont.lib.md.us>
8) Benchmarking
by "Nagelkerke, Bill" <bill.nagelkerke@ccc.govt.nz>
9) Thanks! Was: Stumper: Fantasy - Roses?
by Becky Smith <bsmith@loganutah.org>
10) Stumper answer...
by "Barbara Scott" <barbarascott@hotmail.com>
11) Job Posting for YA Librarian
by "Teresa Laubach" <TERESA@ci.tigard.or.us>
12) Favorite Read-alouds
by "Mara Alpert" <malpert42@hotmail.com>
13) BIB: Books Boys Like (LONG)
by "Mara Alpert" <malpert42@hotmail.com>
14) Position Announcement - Library Specialist
by Cynthia Berner Harris <cberner@wichita.lib.ks.us>
15) Teen Read WeekNews
by "Linda Waddle" <lwaddle@ala.org>
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From: Cindy Sampson-Fleet <mscf1@nsh.library.ns.ca>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Audio kits
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 19:59:00 CDT
I've had a difficult job finding picture book or beginning reader kits
that have the book and CD as opposed to book and cassette. I can find
song books with the CD, but not Read-Alongs. Does anyone know where I
can get these?
TIA, Cindy
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Cindy Sampson Fleet
Acting Youth Librarian
Captain William Spry Public Library
Phone: (902) 490-5796
Fax: (902) 490-5741
mscf1@nsh.library.ns.ca
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From: "Chapman, Jan" <jchapman@ascpl.lib.oh.us>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: Young Adult Advisory Groups
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Hi Terry:
For my Teen Advisory Board, we have a contract that the teens sign which
stipulates that after three no-shows (without a call to let me know that
they are unable to attend a meeting) results in that person being dropped
from the board. So far, I have not had to implement this. If my
teens find
themselves too pressed for time to continue in the board, they usually call
me and drop out voluntarily. Of course, I always encourage them to join up
again, if their schedules permit. I recognize that they are very busy, but
the simple courtesy of a phone call is not, I think, too much to ask. And
if I am notified ahead of time of an absence, that does not count as a
no-show.
Hope this helps.
Jan Chapman
jchapman@ascpl.lib.oh.us
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From: owner-pubyac@prairienet.org
[mailto:owner-pubyac@prairienet.org]On
Behalf Of Wiest, Terri
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 10:43 PM
To: 'ya-yaac@ala.org'; 'pubyac@prairienet.org'
Subject: Young Adult Advisory Groups
To the Collective Brain;
First let me apologize for the cross posting, but it never hurts to pick as
many minds as possible. My library is going into its seventh year with a
Young Adult Advisory Council (YAAC). This year we have the largest group
of
kids we have ever had, it is so hard to turn them away when they wish to
participate, we have about 28 kids.
This is my question; do any of you out there with advisory councils enforce
or have some sort of bylaw regarding the attendance of your members? We
have a great deal of kids wishing to participate and for the most part the
majority of the kids do show up to most of the meetings. But we do have
those members that sign up and then only show sporadically at best, maybe
once or twice a session. How do you deal with this, has anyone implemented
a three no shows and you're excused rule or something similar? I hate to
impose a law like that I want the council to be as much fun as possible, on
the other hand there are many other kids out there vying for a spot that has
been taken up by someone not participating. Any ideas or comments?
Thanks in advance for all the fantastic answers I am about to receive.
Terri Wiest
Newport Beach Public Library
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From: LHUBLER <LHUBLER@cuyahoga.lib.oh.us>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Young adult research
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Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 20:10:58 CDT
I am a graduate student in the School of Library and Information Science at
Kent State University. I am conducting a study for my master's research
paper about alternative groupings of library collections to include
pre-teens or middle school students with young adult, or to shelve materials
for older young adults separately. if your library has grouped your
collection and or services in this way or uses any age grouping other than
the traditional 12 to 18 for young adult, please respond to me via e-mail.
Please include your e-mail address and snail mail address so I may contact
you for further information.
Thank you.
Lisa Hubler
lhubler@cuyahoga.lib.oh.us
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From: "M. Mills" <mmills@stic.lib.tx.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: alternative versions of fairy tales
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 20:15:41 CDT
See http://dayton.lib.oh.us/childrens/folktales.html
(great list of
suggestions).
"Loralee M. Armstrong" wrote:
> Oh, omnipitent collective, I know that there are literally hundreds
of
> versions of fairy tales told in a different manner such as:
>
> Lon Po Po is a version of Cinderella
> Three Javelinas is a version of Three Little Pigs
> Dinorella is a version of Cinderella.
>
> Is there anywhere I can find a list of these alternatives?
> I am looking for as many as possible as I am trying to do an entire
> storytimes session of 12 weeks using alternatives.
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From: Roxy Ekstrom <rekstrom@stdl.org>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Harry Potter question
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 20:20:16 CDT
This is being sent on behalf of one of my colleagues. She read with much
more attention to detail than I did, I missed this completely. Did anyone
else notice this?
> Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire-During the battle between Harry and
> Voldemort while their wands are connected by a stream of light,
> Voldemort's victims begin emerging from his wand in order of last in first
> out. Why then does James Potter emerge from the wand before Lily? If he
> was the first to die he should be the last to emerge. What do you think
> this means? A mistake or a wrinkle in reality?
>
Roxy Ekstrom
Youth Services Reference Librarian
Schaumburg Township District Library
130 South Roselle Road
Schaumburg, IL 60193
rekstrom@stdl.org
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From: Lori Hodges <ldhodges@cox-internet.com>
To: ya-yaac@ala.org, pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Teen poetry cafe
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Please excuse cross-posting!
Our library is planning its first poetry cafe in conjunction with Teen
Read Week, our first YA program ever. I have a question (okay, a few
questions) for those of you who have held this type of event. How do
you handle your readers? Do you just wait for volunteers, do you have
them sign up to read, what? Also, have you had problems with
questionable language/subject matter? I really don't want to put any
restrictions on them, but I also have to consider angry parents and
library administrators! I would love to hear any and all of your
experiences/advice/warnings. You can email me off-list at
ldhodges@cox-internet.com.
I will compile and post if there is
interest.
Thanks in advance,
Lori Hodges
Reference/Youth Services Librarian
College Station Public Library
(979) 764-3416
ldhodges@cox-internet.com
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From: "Gwendolyn O'Brien" <obrieg@mont.lib.md.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: internet
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Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 20:22:39 CDT
Hi all,
The Montgomery County website for kids has a wonderful
link called
"Fun Stuff for Preschoolers". Check it out at
www.mont.lib.md.us/kidsite/.
Gwendolyn O'Brien
Head of Children's Services
Twinbrook Library
202 Meadow Hall Rd.
Rockville, MD 20851
240 777-0247 (voice mail)
240 777-0252 (inside line)
On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, molly stcavish wrote:
> We have just had our preschool wired for internet.
> Does anyone use the internet with preschoolers? Also
> does anyone know of internet sites that may have games
> or counting or
appropriate activities for
> preschoolers?
>
> Please e-mail me directly. mstcavish@yahoo.com
TIA
>
> =====
> mstcavish@yahoo.com
>
>
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> Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere!
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From: "Nagelkerke, Bill" <bill.nagelkerke@ccc.govt.nz>
To: "'PUBYAC@prairienet.org'"
<PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Benchmarking
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 20:23:56 CDT
I am currently preparing a 5 year development plan for our library's
services to children, parents and caregivers and would like to hear from
other public libraries, who have done the same recently or are in the
process of doing so, what you have identified or are identifying as
priorities, and perhaps the reasons why. Many thanks for you help.
Bill Nagelkerke
Children's and Young Adults' Services Coordinator
Christchurch City Libraries
Box 1466
Christchurch
New Zealand
DDI (03) 372 7885
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From: Becky Smith <bsmith@loganutah.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Thanks! Was: Stumper: Fantasy - Roses?
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It appears that the book my patron was looking for is "The Brothers
Lionheart" by Astrid Lindgren. Thanks!
--
Becky Ann Smith, Children's Librarian
Logan Library, Logan, UT
bsmith@loganutah.org
http://www.logan.lib.ut.us
Original message:
>
> This is what the patron told me:
> Found it in an Oakland (Calif.) bookmobile when I was in 4th or 5th
> grade...which would make it about 1974 or so. The book was a fantasy
> story about a young woman/man who fell into another world, where
> she/he was torn between which of two feuding brothers (or sisters?)
> to believe. There was a continuing motif of roses in the story. In
> this one scene, there's a battle on horseback between two characters.
> The surroundings during the battle are vague - it's very hard to tell
> 'reality' from a dream. In fact, the entire story may have been in
> a dream world. I remember something about the Knight of Roses...
> That's it.
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From: "Barbara Scott" <barbarascott@hotmail.com>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Stumper answer...
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Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 20:26:29 CDT
The answer to the stumper about the two sisters who each embroider what the
person thought was a quilt is "The Bedspread" by Sylvia Fair.
Barb Scott
Children's Librarian
Bucyrus Public Library
Bucyrus, OH 44820
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From: "Teresa Laubach" <TERESA@ci.tigard.or.us>
To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Job Posting for YA Librarian
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 20:27:37 CDT
The Tigard Public Library, just south of Portland, Oregon, is seeking a =
qualified, positive, people-oriented and creative Young Adult Services =
Librarian to meet the educational, recreational and informational needs of =
teens in the Tigard community.=20
A more detailed job description can be found at www.ci.tigard.or.us.
All =
interested candidates must submit a completed City of Tigard application =
and responses to the Supplemental Questions (all of which can be found on =
the website) to: Human Resources Division, City of Tigard, 13125 SW Hall =
Blvd., Tigard, OR 97223 no later than 5:00 PM, Monday, September 18, 2000. =
Please contact Human Resources if you need a copy of the application sent =
or if you have any questions.
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Teresa Laubach, Youth Services Specialist
Tigard Public Library
Tigard, OR 97219
(503) 684-6537 ext 280
teresa@ci.tigard.or.us
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From: "Mara Alpert" <malpert42@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Favorite Read-alouds
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Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 20:28:57 CDT
I'm doing ANOTHER book talk for grownups about favorite read-alouds. I
would be eternally grateful if you would forward the titles that are your
absolute favorites to read aloud. You know - an unexpected group of
children show up and you grab the books that you've memorized, because you
enjoy reading them and the kids enjoy hearing them.
My current favorites include:
Faulkner / Wide-Mouth Frog
Grossman / My Little Sister Ate One Hare
McPhail / Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore
Please respond to me personally (malpert42@hotmail.com),
and I will be glad
to put together a list of responses, if anyone is interested. Thank you
all
so much for your help!
Mara Alpert
Children's Literature Department
Central Library
Los Angeles Public Library
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From: "Mara Alpert" <malpert42@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: BIB: Books Boys Like (LONG)
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 20:30:07 CDT
BOOKS BOYS LIKE
For the purposes of my particular project, I was focusing on fiction, though
a few non-fiction titles may have slipped past me. Thanks to everyone who
contributed to this list.
These authors and titles are in addition to the following:
Rowling, J.K. / Harry Potter series
Scieszka, Jon / Time Warp Trio
Pilkey, Dav / Captain Underpants
Sachar, Louis / Holes
(Note: These are in order of popularity and then alphabetical. When I say
"vote", it means the number of people who mentioned this author or
title.)
Paulsen, Gary / especially Hatchet; also Culpepper, Harris & Me, etc. (40
votes)
Dahl, Roald / especially Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the
Giant Peach, Matilda (10 votes)
Coville, Bruce / especially the Magic Shop series and the Alien series (9
votes)
Christopher, Matt / sports fiction (7 votes)
Osborne, Mary Pope / Magic Treehouse series (6 votes)
Jacques, Brian / Redwall series (4 votes)
Rockwell, Thomas / How to Eat Fried Worms (4 votes)
Sobol, Donald / Encyclopedia Brown series (4 votes)
Dadey, Debbie / Bailey School Kids series (3 votes)
Gauthier, Gail / A Year with Butch and Spike, Club Earth, Life Among the
Aliens (3 votes)
Hobbs, Will / especially Ghost Canoe (3 votes)
Korman, Gordon / especially The Chicken Doesn't Skate (3 votes)
Pullman, Phillip / Clockwork, I Was a Rat, The Golden Compass (3 votes)
Alexander, Lloyd / especially the Prydain series (2 votes)
Avi / Midnight Magic and Poppy series (2 votes)
Byars, Betsy / Bingo Brown series (2 votes)
Christopher, John / The White Mountains (2 votes)
Crutcher, Chris / Athletic Shorts and Stotan (2 votes)
Fleischman, Sid / Jim Ugly and McBroom series (2 votes)
Gantos, Jack / Jack Henry series and Joey Pigza series (2 votes)
Howe, James / Bunnicula series and Eat Your Poison, Dear (2 votes)
Lawrence, Iain / The Wreckers (2 votes)
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds / The Boys Start the War and Shiloh series (2
votes)
Patneaude, David / Last Man's Reward, Someone was Watching (2 votes)
Pratchett, Terry / especially Discworld series (2 votes)
Sachar, Louis / Marvin Redpost series (2 votes)
Smith, Roland / Sasquatch, Thunder Cave (2 votes)
Weeks, Sarah / Guy Time, Regular Guy (2 votes)
Yolen, Jane / Commander Toad series, Merlin series (2 votes)
The following authors/titles each got 1 vote:
Abbot, Tony / Danger Guys
Adams, Douglas / Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Adler, David / Cam Jansen series
Alford, Jan / I Can't Believe I Have to Do This
Applegate, Katherine / Animorphs series
Barron, T. A.
Bellairs, John
Bloor, Edward / Tangerine
Bodett, Tom / Williwaw!
Bunting, Eve / Blackwater
Card, Orson Scott / Ender's Game
Cleary, Beverly
Cottonwood, Joe / Adventures of Boone Barnaby
Danziger, Paula / Make Like a Tree and Leave
DeFelice, Cynthia / Weasel
Duffey, Betsey / Cody series
Erickson, John R. / Hank the Cowdog series
Etra, Jonathan / Aliens for Breakfast
Fitzgerald, John D. / The Great Brain series
French, Jackie Koller / The Dragonling
Gardiner, John / Stone Fox
Gilson, Jamie / Hobie Hanson series
Goscinny / Asterix
Herge / Tintin
Holt, Kimberley Willis / When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
Hoobler, Dorothy & Thomas / The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn
Jansson, Tove / Moomin series
Kline, Suzy / Horrible Harry series
Mackel, Kathy / Can of Worms
Maguire, Gregory / The Good Liar
Morris, Gerald / A Squire and His Knight
Myers, Bill / Wally McDoogle series
Napoli, Donna Jo / Stones in Water
O'Brien, Robert / Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Peck, Robert Newton / Soup series
Petersen, P. J. / White Water
Pinkwater, Daniel
Rawls, Wilson / Where the Red Fern Grows
Ruckman, Ivy / Night of the Twisters
Sleator, William / Rewind
Sonenklar, Carol / Bug Boy
Spinelli, Jerry
Ungerer, Tomi / No Kiss for Mother
Wallace, Bill
Watterson, Bill / Calvin and Hobbes
Again, many thanks!
Mara Alpert
Children's Literature Department
Central Library
Los Angeles Public Library
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From: Cynthia Berner Harris <cberner@wichita.lib.ks.us>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Position Announcement - Library Specialist
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Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 20:31:28 CDT
LIBRARY SPECIALIST
(CHILDREN'S CENTER MANAGER)
YOUTH SERVICES DIVISION
The Wichita Public Library has an immediate opening for a Library
Specialist within its Youth Services Division.
Responsibilities include: supervising the daily operation of the Central
Library Children's Center; selecting, training, scheduling and evaluating
staff (3.5 f.t.e.); collection development in assigned areas; reader's
advisory and reference assistance; and significant responsibility
planning, supervising and implementing a full schedule of programs and
activities for children and young adults. Participation in system projects
and teams is expected. This position reports to the Coordinator of Youth
Services.
Requires: MLS from an ALA accredited institution plus two years experience
or an equivalent combination of experience and training. Supervisory
experience and experience with Dynix, personal computers, and the Internet
are preferred. Residency within thirty minutes lawful driving time of the
corporate limits of the City of Wichita will be required of the successful
applicant.
Salary range: $31,173 - $43,645. Offers of employment may be made
contingent upon passing a pre-employment drug screening and will be made
contingent upon satisfactory evaluation of a police records check. Send
resume and letter of application to: Cynthia Berner Harris, Coordinator of
Administrative Services, 223 South Main St., Wichita, KS 67202. Review of
applications begins October 6, 2000 and will continue until the position
is filled.
The Wichita Public Library is an equal opportunity/affirmative action
employer which actively seeks and encourages applications from minority
candidates.
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Cynthia Berner Harris
cberner@wichita.lib.ks.us
Coordinator of Administrative Services 316-261-8530 (voice)
Wichita (KS) Public Library 316-262-4540 (fax)
http://www.wichita.lib.ks.us
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From: "Linda Waddle" <lwaddle@ala.org>
To: <Pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Teen Read WeekNews
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 20:32:49 CDT
Barnes & Noble to sponsor Teen Read Week with special store displays
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) is sponsoring the American Library
Association's (ALA) third annual Teen Read Week, October 15-21, 2000. Teen
Read Week encourages teens to "Read for the Fun of It!" Teen
Read Week
tabletop displays will be in more than 500 Barnes & Noble stores across the
country.
"Barnes & Noble and the American Library Association have long
recognized
the importance of encouraging teens to read," said Alan Kahn, chief
operating officer of Barnes & Noble, Inc. "We are excited at the
prospect
of working with the American Library Association on this national literary
initiative."
"We are so pleased that Barnes & Noble is joining us in promoting teen
reading," said Mary Arnold, president of Young Adult Library Services
Association, a division of ALA and co-sponsor of Teen Read Week.
"Positive
youth development is really a community effort. As the largest bookseller
in the nation, Barnes & Noble can help us reach young adults across the
country with a positive message about how enjoyable reading can be."
This year's theme, "Take Time to Read," was developed in response to
an
online survey of more than 3,000 teens sponsored by the Young Adult Library
Services Association. Those polled said they would read more if they had
the time. Other national Teen Read Week partners include the American
Association of School Administrators, American Booksellers Association,
National Association of Secondary School Principals, National Education
Association and National Council of Teachers of English and TeenInk.
Putnam
Penguin Books for Young Readers is also a corporate sponsor.
Tips and suggestions, program ideas, research and resources to help
librarians plan for Teen Read Week are posted on the Teen Read Week site at
www.ala.org/teenread. A new Teen
Read Week poster, bookmark and other
products with the "Take Time to Read" theme are available in the ALA
Graphics Catalog and the ALA Online Store (http://ala.ala.org).
To request
a catalog, call 800-545-2433, ext. 5046.
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) operates 551 Barnes & Noble and 379 B.
Dalton bookstores, and, with its acquisition of Babbage's Etc. and Funco,
Inc., is the nation's largest operator of video game and entertainment
software stores. Barnes & Noble stores stock an authoritative
selection of
book titles and provide access to more than one million titles. They offer
books from more than 50,000 publisher imprints with an emphasis on small,
independent publishers and university presses.
Barnes & Noble is one of the world's largest booksellers on the World Wide
Web (http://www.bn.com), and the exclusive
bookseller on America Online
(Keyword: bn). Barnes & Noble.com has the largest standing inventory
of any
online bookseller. Barnes & Noble also publishes books under its own
imprint for exclusive sale through its retail stores and Web site. General
financial information on Barnes & Noble, Inc. can be obtained via the
Internet by visiting the company's investor relations Web site:
http://www.shareholder.com/bks/.
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