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From: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and
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To: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and Children"
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Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 355
PUBYAC Digest 355
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Survey -- Staff ID Badges in Libraries
by "Anna Caggiano" <idbadgesurvey@hotmail.com>
2) Re: Weeding Standards
by "Linda Peterson" <lpeterson@bloomfield.lib.in.us>
3) RE: Poetry Slam for National Poetry Month
by "Stevenson-Moudamane, Veronica" <vstevens@danbury.lib.ct.us>
4) Secrets of Droon Read-A-Likes?
by "Elaine Moustakas" <elainem9@hotmail.com>
5) RE: Boy Scouts activities
by Jennifer Obee <jobee@jefferson.lib.co.us>
6) YA position open in Kansas City
by "Helma (Helma Hawkins)" <helma@kclibrary.org>
7) sun and wind solved
by "andrea " <juvserv@dialup.customnet.com>
8) Stumper-mouse and trap
by NEames <neames@toledolibrary.org>
9) Stumper - 60''s African kraal story
by hrclib@gorge.net (Hood River County
Library)
10) stumper
by Nancy Bonne <bonne@noblenet.org>
11) Surprise! Children's Web Info For Sale
by "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
12) stumper--WWII/nuns/children hiding
by "Eva Davis" <lunchgroup@hotmail.com>
13) Re: Bear Books
by "Margaret Taylor" <margot12@hotmail.com>
14) AD: Library fundraiser music CD
by Beth Wright <bethlibrarian@yahoo.com>
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From: "Anna Caggiano" <idbadgesurvey@hotmail.com>
To: acaggiano@ci.glendale.az.us
Subject: Survey -- Staff ID Badges in Libraries
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Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 19:52:11 CST
Hello,
My colleagues and I are currently researching the use of staff ID badges in
libraries for an upcoming article and would greatly appreciate your
assistance. Please complete this brief survey and e-mail your
responses
*directly* to idbadgesurvey@hotmail.com
, *not* to the mailing list. All
responses should be submitted by February 14, 2001.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to e-mail me at
idbadgesurvey@hotmail.com.
Thank you very much for your time and interest.
Sincerely,
Anna M. Caggiano
Glendale Public Library
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SURVEY - Staff ID Badges in Libraries
1. Does your library use staff ID badges? If not, skip to
question 14.
2. How long have they been in use?
3. What reasons precipitated the decision to use them?
4. Did management consult with staff for input prior to implementing a
staff ID badge policy? Do you feel staff concerns, if any, were
addressed?
Why or why not?
5. On average, does the library staff support the use of staff ID
badges,
or is it primarily a management directive?
6. Do all library personnel wear staff ID badges, or just certain
public
service positions? Which positions?
7. What materials are your staff ID badges made of?
8. Do they feature a photo? Do you have the option to change the
photo/replace the staff ID badge over time?
9. Do they display your last name? If so, is this mandatory?
Are you
uncomfortable with the idea of revealing this information on a public staff
ID badge?
10. Do you have the option of printing your preferred mode of address
on
your staff ID badge, if other than your given name?
11. Does your staff ID badge list your job title?
12. Is it a mandatory policy to wear the staff ID badge? Is any
disciplinary action enforced for not wearing it?
13. Have you noted any patron reactions to the use of staff ID badges?
If
so, what sort of reactions?
14. Do you think library personnel should wear staff ID badges?
Why or why
not?
15. What type of library do you work in: public, academic, or other?
16. This survey has been cross-posted to several mailing lists.
From which
mailing list did you obtain your copy?
17. Do you have any comments on this topic not addressed by the above
survey?
18. May we quote your responses in an article on the use of staff ID
badges
in libraries? Do you wish to remain anonymous, or have your name
cited?
---- Thank you for your participation in this survey. -----
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From: "Linda Peterson" <lpeterson@bloomfield.lib.in.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: Weeding Standards
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Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 19:52:28 CST
I wish there was a way I could reverse the alphabet. Our A, B, & C bins
are
nearest the door and circ desk and get checked out a lot more than the
X,Y,Z's.
Linda Peterson
Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library
125 South Franklin
Bloomfield, Indiana 47424
Phone: (812)384-4125
Fax: (812)384-0820
email: lpeterson@bloomfield.lib.in.us
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeri Kladder <jkladder@gcfn.org>
To: S. Fichtelberg <sfichtel@lmxac.org>
Date: Thursday, January 25, 2001 3:28 PM
Subject: Re: Weeding Standards
>---And isn't it interesting that a disproportionate number of books on
the
>Zero Circulation Report our system generates come from the bottom
>shelves??? Try shifting from time to time or emptying the bottom
shelves
>for displays instead of top and middle to get fair use from those great
>titles that get relegated to the dark, dingy floor shelves and corners.
>Just my observation. - jeri
>
>Jeri Kladder, Children's Librarian & Storyteller
>jkladder@gcfn.org
>Columbus Metropolitan Library
>Columbus, Ohio
>
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From: "Stevenson-Moudamane, Veronica" <vstevens@danbury.lib.ct.us>
To: ALSC <alsc-l@alal.ala.org>,
CHILD_LIT <CHILD_LIT@email.rutgers.edu>,
Subject: RE: Poetry Slam for National Poetry Month
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 19:52:45 CST
My Department would like to host our first Poetry Slam! in April for
National Poetry Month targeted for our young adult populations and we are in
need of any assistance you may provide. If your library has ever
conducted
a program like this, I'd appreciate it if you could address the following
issues and reply directly to me at vstevens@danbury.lib.ct.us
<mailto:vstevens@danbury.lib.ct.us>
:
* The age range: Did you set an age range so that the readings and
audience comprehension were relatively equal?
* Poetry submissions: Did you allow original works only, or original
works and favorite poems?
* Moderator: Did you invite someone from the community to moderate, or
someone from the library staff?
* Environment: Did you decorate your program room to provide the
ambience of a coffee house?
* Refreshments: What worked? [i.e., cookies, cakes, tea sandwiches]
* Prizes: Were prizes of any kind given out? If so, what was your
criteria?
I thank you in advance for all your help!
Veronica L. C. Stevenson-Moudamane, MSLS; MA
Manager of Junior Services
The Danbury Library
170 Main Street
Danbury, Connecticut 06810
Voice: 203-797-4505
www.danbury.org/librarykids/
mailto:vstevens@danbury.lib.ct.us
<mailto:vstevens@danbury.lib.ct.us>
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From: "Elaine Moustakas" <elainem9@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Secrets of Droon Read-A-Likes?
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Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 19:53:02 CST
I have a patron whose son loves the Secrets of Droon series by Tony Abbott.
She is looking for recommendations of series that would be about this level
(or one step up reading level) and similar type content. I recommended
the
Dragonslayers series, but the child wasn't interested. Any ideas?
Thanks
so much.
Elaine
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From: Jennifer Obee <jobee@jefferson.lib.co.us>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: Boy Scouts activities
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Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 19:53:17 CST
Our newspaper fiche only goes to 1980, which is plenty for their birth year,
but doesn't cover the 1969 event. So, we show them the front page of
the
New York Times from a book called "Page One: major events, 1900-1998,
as
presented in the New York Times." It's actually the 21st of July,
not the
20th, but no one has ever complained.
Jennifer Obee jobee@jefferson.lib.co.us
Patron Services Librarian 8485 Kipling St.
Standley Lake Branch Arvada, CO 80005
Jefferson County Public Library (303)456-0806
How many reference librarians does it take to screw in a light bulb?
--Just a minute, I'll look that up for you.
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From: "Helma (Helma Hawkins)" <helma@kclibrary.org>
To: "'PUBYAC@prairienet.org'"
<PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: YA position open in Kansas City
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Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 19:53:30 CST
Have you ever wished you could work full-time in young adult services?
Here's your chance! Our Young Adult Specialist has retired after a long and
successful career and her position is open until filled. The position is a
Librarian III and the successful candidate will coordinate system-wide young
adult services, youth web pages, plan and promote system-wide young adult
programming, and provide training and direction for system staff.
Requirements include MLS, website design skills, advanced computer skills
and experience with young adults. Hiring salary range: $35,867-$41,247. For
additional information check our website at www.kclibrary.org
Helma Hawkins
Director of Youth Services
Kansas City Public Library
311 East 12th Street
Kansas City, MO 64106
816-701-3450
Helma@kclibrary.org
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From: "andrea " <juvserv@dialup.customnet.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: sun and wind solved
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Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 19:53:45 CST
Thanks to everyone (and I mean everyone!) who let me know that the sun/wind
stumper could be solved in my Aesop's Fable collection. The patron is
thrilled!
Andrea Terry
juvserv@customnet.com
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From: NEames <neames@toledolibrary.org>
To: "'PUBYAC@prairienet.org'"
<PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Stumper-mouse and trap
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Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 19:54:01 CST
My patron is looking for a book he read as a child (35-40 years ago) about a
mouse who takes straws from a broom and uses the straw to trip a mousetrap
and get the cheese. When someone takes the broom away the mouse cries and
his tears trip the trap. Any ideas? I've checked Storyteller's Sourcebook
and several other motif indices as well as A to Zoo.
Thanks in advance,
Nancy Eames
Children's Library Manager
Toledo-Lucas County Public Library
Toledo, Ohio
neames@toledolibrary.org
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From: hrclib@gorge.net (Hood River
County Library)
To: "PUBYAC@prairienet.org"
<PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Stumper - 60''s African kraal story
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Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 19:54:19 CST
A patron now living in Italy emailed us with a stumper about a long ago
childhood book.
She remembers this:
It was about a girl growing up in Africa. The book talks about(among
other
things) the "kraal" where they lived. The patron thinks the
book was
published around, or before 1967.
Thanks for any help you can provide.
Jayne Guidinger
Children''s Librarian
hrclib@gorge.net
Hood River County Library
502 State St
Hood River OR 97031
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From: Nancy Bonne <bonne@noblenet.org>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: stumper
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Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 19:54:35 CST
Does anyone recognize this book? A patron remembers reading a book
about a
village below a mountain, and the mountain makes a noise. Everyone has
a
different explanation for the noise, they warn children not to go near the
mountain. Finally, one courageous child finds out what noise is, saves
the
village. Any clues? you can reply to me directly at
bonne@noblenet.org...TIA nancy
bonne
Nancy Bonne
Children's Librarian
Beverly Public Library
bonne@noblenet.org
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From: "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
Subject: Surprise! Children's Web Info For Sale
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Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 19:54:52 CST
Surprise! Children's Web Info For Sale
http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/7029.html
"U.S. lawmakers have mandated that in order to qualify for government =
funding for Internet access, schools must install filtering software to =
monitor where students go on the Web. The legislation was introduced to =
prevent children from accessing blacklisted Web sites with violent or =
pornographic content.=20
It turns out, however, that some of the companies providing the filtering =
software have discovered the dollar value of their findings, and are =
selling students' Web-surfing trends to private companies."=20
_________
Don Wood
Program Officer/Communications
American Library Association
Office for Intellectual Freedom
50 East Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611
1-800-545-2433, ext. 4225
Fax: 312-280-4227
dwood@ala.org
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/index.html
intellectual freedom @ your library
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From: "Eva Davis" <lunchgroup@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: stumper--WWII/nuns/children hiding
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Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 19:55:07 CST
Hello,
I have an 8th grade girl who remembers reading a fiction book in the 5th
grade. She found this book in her elementary school library. She
remembers
that this was an upper-elementary-type chapter book; not a picture book or
easy book for beginning readers. She is adamant that it is fiction,
although she admits that it may have been based on actual events. It
is a
complete full-length story, not part of a collection of shorter pieces.
The basic plot, as she remembers it:
A large group of Jewish kids--mixed in age, but she remembers that the bulk
of them (or the main ones) were 10/11/12 years old--are hidden by nuns at a
boarding school in Europe (definitely Europe, but she's not sure of the
country) during World War II. The key element has to do with food and
the
number 13. She described it as the kids only being given 13 bites of
food
per day. The kids are definitely separated from their parents.
She thinks
"thirteen" may have been in the title, but the titles I found were
not the
same book, according to her.
I am checking the Novelist database, What Do Children/Young Adults Read
Next? and the other variations on the Gale "What Do...?" titles,
our own
shared library system catalog using keywords, and basically anything else I
can get my hands on.
I readily admit that I am a YA librarian and am woefully lacking in my
knowledge of elementary school-age fiction. I am not asking any of you
to
begin my search anew--but if this rings a bell with you, I'd greatly
appreciate a title/author, as all of my results have not been "it"
for this
patron.
Please reply to me privately and I'll gladly post to the list.
Thank you in advance for your help,
Eva Davis
Teen Services Librarian
Plymouth (MI) District Library
lunchgroup@hotmail.com
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From: "Margaret Taylor" <margot12@hotmail.com>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Bear Books
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Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 19:55:23 CST
Thanks to all who responded to my query about the multi-colored bear series.
I receved answers from all over the U.S. and Canada. The consensus was that
my patron was looking for the Teddy Bear series of books by Susanna Gretz.
My patron and I are most appreciative.
Thanks again.
Margo Taylor
Okeechobee Co. Library
Okeechobee, FL
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From: Beth Wright <bethlibrarian@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: AD: Library fundraiser music CD
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Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 19:55:41 CST
Dear fellow librarians,
Help support our library's program budget, and get a
wonderful collection of children's songs in return!
Available in CD or tape cassette format,"A Little Bit
Jumbled and Jivey" is a collection of 38 singalong
songs and nursery rhymes recorded by two of the
librarians here at the Fletcher Free Library (the
public library in Burlington, Vermont). The disc is
"satisfaction guaranteed" and road-tested with
hundreds of local toddlers and preschoolers, and all
profits will help our strapped programming budget!
For those who remember our first CD, "Like the Birdies
Sing," this CD contains all new music and rhymes.
CDs are $15, and cassettes are $10, shipping included
in the continental US. Send no money... just send an
e-mail message to Beth Wright
<bethlibrarian@yahoo.com>
or Robert Resnik
<resnik@lemming.uvm.edu>
with the
number of CDs and cassettes that you would like sent,
and we will be glad to send an invoice with the music.
Thanks for your help!
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