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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>
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 269
PUBYAC Digest 269
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Re: Internet use in Children's Departments
by David Serchay <a013213t@bc.seflin.org>
2) RE: Professional Dress- Wonderbra
by Sue Ridnour <SRidnour@flower-mound.com>
3) Re: froggy's halloween
by Mary Jo Smith <msmith@mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us>
4) RE: froggy's halloween
by "Denise P. Stout" <dpstout@ccls.org>
5) YALSA LAUNCHES MEMBERS ONLY WEB SITE
by "Esther Murphy" <emurphy@ala.org>
6) Stumper
by susan jaffee <strteeter@yahoo.com>
7) Community Partnerships Toolkit
by "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
8) Job Opening-Oregon
by "DAHLGREEN MaryKay" <DAHLGREEN_MaryKay@oslmac.osl.state.or.us>
9) Stumper
by Ann-Marie Biden <ambiden@nancy.ci.san-marino.ca.us>
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From: David Serchay <a013213t@bc.seflin.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Internet use in Children's Departments
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Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 14:21:18 CDT
On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Jennifer Murphy wrote:
> We have one internet computer in the children's room which is exclusively
> for
> children under 14. There are several across the hall in the adult
reference
> department which are available to anyone 14 and older. We do not
filter,
> but
> instead have a policy which reminds users that "The monitoring of a
minor's
> access to the Internet is the responsibility of that person's parent or
> legal guardian." We may be getting more computers in the
children's room
> because of the Gates grant, but they will still be for children, and
> unfiltered. I suggest anyone on the fence about filtering
try to look
up
> information about Dick Cheney.............. :)
Or for that matter "George Bush" :)
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From: Sue Ridnour <SRidnour@flower-mound.com>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: Professional Dress- Wonderbra
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Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 14:23:02 CDT
This discussion group is staring to sound like one of the racier chat rooms
("What are you wearing?" "Right now I'm wearing nothing but
SAS shoes and a
Wonderbra . . .")
I wasn't going to get into this one, either, but Carolyn brings up one of my
pet peeves: when you can't tell the employees from the customers, whether
it's in a library, department store or whatever. No matter how
we decide
to dress, if we are wearing our ID BADGES we can easily be identified as
library employees, and if it's important to be distinguised from the clerks
and pages, we can put our titles in addition to our names on the badges.
Sue Ridnour
Children's Services Librarian
Flower Mound Public Library
3030 Broadmoor Lane
Flower Mound, TX 75022
972.691.0059
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From: Mary Jo Smith <msmith@mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: froggy's halloween
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 14:24:42 CDT
To relive your childhood with gutso, don't miss a book entitled Greasy grimy
gopher guts: the subversive folklore of childhood by Josepha Sherman and
T.K.F.
Weisskopf. It has many variations of all those lovely rhymes we chanted in
childhood.
I don't feel there's anything particularly traumatizing about the chanting
of a
silly rhyme. The very fact that these rhymes have existed for so long and
taken
on regional and other variations suggests that they are, indeed, part of the
"oral tradition" of childhood and adult values should not be imposed.
Just
my
opinion, of course.
By the way, my mother never allowed us to say "Trick or treat" when we
went
out
on Halloween. We were supposed to ask "Do you have any candy,
please?"
(She also said "If you can't say something nice about someone, don't say
anything at all")
Last thought--I'm 14 years older than Amy and I remember singing Jingle
Bells,
Batman smells, etc. and my daughter and the girls in my Girl Scout troop
still
sing it. Mary Jo
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From: "Denise P. Stout" <dpstout@ccls.org>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
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Subject: RE: froggy's halloween
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Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 14:26:28 CDT
The example of "cruel" is a a good one - why not use it as a
discussion
point? Like asking "was that very nice of them to say?" I
do that in
storytimes and the kids catch on - and laugh too. They get the experience
through the safety of the book.
My humble opinion...
Denise M. Pulgino Stout, Youth Services Outreach Librarian
Chester County Public Library
450 Exton Square Parkway
Exton PA 19341
610.280.2672
dpstout@ccls.org
Fax:610-280-2693
Imagine Whirled Peas.......
"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog,
it's too
dark to read."
Groucho Marx
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From: "Esther Murphy" <emurphy@ala.org>
To: <ya-train@ala.org>, <ya-urban@ala.org>,
<ya-yaac@ala.org>,
<yalsa-bd@ala.org>,
<yalsa-bk@ala.org>, <yalsa-l@ala.org>,
<yalsacom@ala.org>,
<Lm_net@listserv.syr.edu>,
Subject: YALSA LAUNCHES MEMBERS ONLY WEB SITE
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Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 14:28:10 CDT
NEWS
For Immediate Release
October 12, 2000
Contact: Linda Waddle, Deputy Executive Director, YALSA
Lwaddle@ala.org
312-280-4391
YALSA BRINGS CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS TO MEMBERS ON A NEW WEB SITE
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the
American Library Association (ALA), is offering their members the first
password-protected web site in ALA. The software to enable this service
was
made available through a generous donation from Microsoft. Members can visit
the site at https://members.ala.org/yalsa
Although the content will change as new YALSA products are developed, the
site will initially feature speeches by Chris Crutcher and Walter Dean
Myers, the 100 Best Books for Teens booklist, an online tutorial about
working with teens, and other items from programs presented at the ALA
Annual Conference, July 6-12, 2000, in Chicago. Members who were unable to
attend the conference will get a "taste" of the YALSA events, while
members
who did attend can "relive" their favorite events. Members will
be able to:
Read:
· 100 Best Books for Teens, 1966-2000, selected by librarians and teens at
the Best of the Best Revisited preconference.
· What Is Science Fiction? by Bonnie Kunzel and presented at Teen Readers
and Adult Books: A Winning Combination, Year 3
· What Is A Short Story? by Marilyn Singer and Best New Short Story
Collections for Young Adults, by Patty Campbell and presented at Short Story
Renaissance
Hear:
· Chris Crutcher's acceptance speech for the 2000 Margaret A. Edwards Award
at the YALSA Awards Luncheon
· Walter Dean Myers, winner of the 2000 Michael L. Printz Award; Laurie
Halse Anderson, and Ellen Wittlinger, Printz Honor Book winners; Michael
Cart, chair of the task force that created the Michael L. Printz Award;
Hazel Rochman, member of the task force and Booklist YA editor; and Frances
Bradburn, chair of the 2000 Michael L. Printz Award Committee at the
Booklist Forum: "The Michael L. Printz Award, the Man, the Winner and the
Issues"
Learn/Teach:
The tutorial, "On The Edge: Working With Teens And Loving It"
produced by
Linda Braun and Carolyn Noah that can be used for an individual learning
experience or for in-service training, conference presentations and
workshops.
React:
The site also includes a feedback form, so that members can let us know how
they used the resources available. Results will be used to develop future
resources for members.
"YALSA is pleased to offer its members special enrichment opportunities and
resources to energize them in their quest for ever-better services for and
with teens," said Mary Arnold, YALSA President. For information on
how to
become a YALSA member, visit the ALA Membership Information page:
http://www.ala.org/membership/membfees.html
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From: susan jaffee <strteeter@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Stumper
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Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 14:30:23 CDT
Teacher just called about a book about fruits and
vegetables that turn into faces issued last year..does
anyone know of this book?
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From: "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
To: <IFRT-B@ala1.ala.org>
Subject: Community Partnerships Toolkit
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 14:32:32 CDT
Community Partnerships Toolkit
http://library.austin.cc.tx.us/staff/lnavarro/CommunityPartnerships/Toolkit.
html
"The community partnerships initiative is one of the three main
initiatives of ACRL's Institute for Information Literacy and one of ALA
President Nancy Kranich's initiatives for her 2000- 2001 presidential term.
The overall goal of the effort is to build information literacy community
partnerships. These partnerships will bring together librarians from
school,
academic, public and special libraries and community members/organizations
to help prepare the public to utilize
information efficiently and effectively. An information-literate populace
fully participates in the workplace, in their education, and in community
and family life."
_________________________
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
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From: "DAHLGREEN MaryKay" <DAHLGREEN_MaryKay@oslmac.osl.state.or.us>
To: "ALSC-L" <alsc-l@ala1.ala.org>,
pnla-l@wln.com,
"PUBYAC" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>,
"Youth Services
Consultants" <YSCON-L@NCSL.DCR.STATE.NC.US>
Subject: Job Opening-Oregon
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Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 14:34:12 CDT
Manager, Youth Services (Search Re-opened)
Jefferson County Library District, Madras, Oregon
Deadline: November 15th, 2000
Serve as part of the district's management team, while using 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. Supervise motivated children's staff. 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 one hour 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. Supervisory ability
or experience helpful. 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. $30,000 to $33,000 annually DOE, with
excellent benefits. Will consider December graduate of library
school.
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,
director@ispchannel.com. We may be
able to cover some small travel costs
for serious candidates. Opening closes November 15, 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 for: Melanie Lightbody
Jefferson County Library District
241 SE 7th St.
Madras, OR 97741
(541)475-3351
Fax: (541) 475-7434
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
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From: Ann-Marie Biden <ambiden@nancy.ci.san-marino.ca.us>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Stumper
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Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 14:35:50 CDT
Hello all,
One of our regular patrons is trying to locate a picture book she checked
out several years ago. Her children loved it soooo much she read it over
and over and over again and got sick of it! But now, years later, they
want to read it again but can't remember title, author or anything other
than: It's a "game" type of book along the lines of I Spy or
Waldo, but
different in that there are many different and unrelated 2 page scenarios
such as a haunted castle, a wild west town, a shipwreck, a jungle etc.
where lots of action is taking place and the reader must guess what happens
next. They turn the page, and the outcome is revealed. Again, none
of the
characters in these scenarios interrelate in any way during or at the end
of the book. The only character whose name they recall is Farty Schmidt!
We've tried key word searches using things like guess what, what next, then
what etc. to no avail. Also checked A-Zoo. No one on the staff recognizes
it. We'd all be so grateful if anyone out there does! Thanks,
Ann-Marie
Ann-Marie Biden, Youth Services Librarian
San Marino Public Library
1890 Huntington Dr.
San Marino, CA 91108
tel (626) 300-0776 fax (626)284-0766
ambiden@ci.san-marino.ca.us
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