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From: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and
Children" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
To: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and Children"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 380
PUBYAC Digest 380
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) stumper
by "Lisa McNamara" <lmcnamar@hcpl.net>
2) Stumper--398.2 Poem
by "Allison J. Enger" <aenger@monroe.lib.mi.us>
3) STUMPER: Halloween children's record from mid-70's
by Vanston <jvanston@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
4) FYI: From Freedom to Learn Network
by "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
5) Third Annual Virginia Hamilton Literary Award
by "Carolyn Burrier" <cburrier@ascpl.lib.oh.us>
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From: "Lisa McNamara" <lmcnamar@hcpl.net>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: stumper
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Hi, everyone. I have a customer looking for a chapter book she read as
a
child. The story is centered around two girls who discover an old
trunk of
clothes in an attic. When they dress and look in the attic mirror,
they are
transported to different times and places. Publication would have been
before 1975. Any ideas? Thanks for your help.
Lisa McNamara
West University Branch
Harris County Public Library System
Houston, TX
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From: "Allison J. Enger" <aenger@monroe.lib.mi.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Stumper--398.2 Poem
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Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 16:39:57 CST
Hello,
I have a patron looking for a poem with a line like "You can go
anywhere
from the 398.2s" She believes it is an older poem, probably from
her
child's childhood--1960s-70s, but she wasn't sure. It may have been on
a
poster celebrating National Library Week.
I have checked Granger's Index (my only poetry reference source) and the
Internet with no success.
Thanks,
Allison
Allison J. Enger, MSLIS
Community Librarian
Dundee Branch Library
Monroe County Library System
aenger@monroe.lib.mi.us
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From: Vanston <jvanston@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
To: pubyac listserv <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: STUMPER: Halloween children's record from mid-70's
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Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 16:40:12 CST
I have a friend that is looking for a children's record from her
childhood (figure mid 70's, but the record could have been pressed even
earlier). She remembers two songs from it - "Peter Pumpkin Eater's
Having
A Party" and "Have You Seen the Ghost of John" (although
actual titles may
be different - these are dominant lines from the songs)
Does this ring any bells? Or, can anyone suggest a good source to check?
She does not necessarily want to buy the record, but wants to know what it
was called. Thanks.
Jen Marin
jvanston@suffolk.lib.ny.us
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From: "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: FYI: From Freedom to Learn Network
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Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 16:40:31 CST
FYI: From Freedom to Learn Network, Louise Doskow http://www.padnet.org/act=
prof.html#LOUISE
______________________________________
We wrote about Internet filtering software in a recent FLN newsletter; =
this
is a follow-up to that article:
Do you use the Internet at the public library or know someone who does?
=
If
so, please call or reply to this e-mail as soon as you can.
The Freedom to Learn Network is very concerned about a new federal law =
that requires adults and minors to use blocking software when they use the =
Internet at certain public libraries and schools that receive federal =
funds or discounted Internet access rates (e rates). If you use the =
Internet at a
public library, we'd like to know if this newly enacted federal law would =
affect your ability to access otherwise public, constitutionally protected =
information.
Misnamed the Children's Internet Protection Act, the law requires =
filtering of adults' and minors' use of the Internet in all public =
libraries to block out certain kinds of "sexually explicit"
information. =
Adults would have to request and receive permission from a librarian to =
access information
blocked by the filtering software (and only then for "bonafide
research =
or other lawful purposes," which are not defined in the law).=20
The law removes the decision about to what to read on the Internet in the =
public library from patrons and the local library community, and gives it =
to government officials and software companies. It requires filters that =
block out a substantial amount of valuable information.
What type of information would be blocked? Information related to:
*Health care (e.g., prostate or breast cancer or gynecologic information)
*Science; topics in biology
*Sex education and family planning
*Gay and lesbian issues (which many filtering software companies consider
sexual by definition)
*Artists interested in classical painting/sculpture or literature with
visual depictions of nudity, etc.
In addition, other sites would be randomly blocked, such as sites relating
to:
*Quakers
*American Association of University Women
*A movie review of "Babe" the pig
*Even a site for beanie babies!
Library patrons for whom the public library is their only access to the
Internet would be particularly harmed by this type of policy. In =
addition,
because they would have to specifically ask to see a blocked website,
library patrons might decide not to view materials of a sensitive nature =
and
thus be prevented from receiving important information about many issues.
NOTE: We really hope you will respond to this, since we're interested
in
how many people might be affected. Thanks for your interest. We
look
forward to hearing from you.
Louise Doskow
Freedom to Learn Network
610-797-7333
flninpa@netcarrier.com
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From: "Carolyn Burrier" <cburrier@ascpl.lib.oh.us>
To: "'Pubyac (E-mail)" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Third Annual Virginia Hamilton Literary Award
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Patricia C. McKissack selected to receive
Third Annual Virginia Hamilton Literary Award
KENT, Ohio - Patricia C. McKissack, author of more than one hundred books
for young people, has been selected to receive the Third Annual Virginia
Hamilton Literary Award. Established by the Advisory Board of Kent State
University's Virginia Hamilton Conference, the award recognizes an American
author or illustrator whose books demonstrate artistic excellence and make a
significant contribution to the field of multicultural literature for
children and adolescents, according to Anthony Manna,
professor of education and board member. Previous winners were author Walter
Dean Myers and illustrator Jerry Pinkney.
McKissack will receive the award at the 17th Annual
Virginia Hamilton
Conference on Multicultural Literature for Children and Youth, to be held at
Kent State University on April 5 and 6, 2001. The conference, which is
attended by over 400 educators, librarians, writers and artists, honors
Virginia Hamilton, one of today's most distinguished writers for children
and adolescents. The Virginia Hamilton Literary Award is sponsored by the
Akron-Summit County Public Library, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Hamilton
Arts, Inc., NOLA Regional Library System, and the Victor C. Laughlin, M.D.
Memorial Foundation Trust.
The award recognizes McKissack for having changed the
face of children's
literature with her deep, rich, and poignant writing that celebrates the
expressions of African American people, both real and imaginary. McKissack
has received a Newbery
Honor and numerous Coretta Scott King Awards for her fiction, biography, and
nonfiction work: including "The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the
Supernatural,"
"White Sails: The Story of African American Whalers," and
"Sojourner Truth:
Ain't I a Woman?"
The American Library Association has selected many
of McKissack's works
as notable books of the year. She has received the Orbis Pictus Award for
nonfiction for "Christmas in the Big House," and " Christmas
in the
Quarters," the Boston Globe/ HornBook Award and the NAACP Image Award
for
"Sojourner Truth." About her career McKissack has said, "I
write because
there's a need to have books for, by, and about the African American
experience and how we helped to develop this country."
McKissack will be the keynote speaker at the
opening program of the
17th Annual Virginia Hamilton Conference at Kent State University in Kent,
Ohio. Also featured on Friday will be presentations from authors Janet
Wong
and Jane Yolen, workshops, and presentations on multicultural literature for
youth by national and local authors, educators and librarians.
For more information, visit the Virginia Hamilton
Conference website:
http://www.kent.edu/virginiahamiltonconf
or contact The College of
Continuing Studies at Kent State University: (330) 672-3100 or
www.kent.edu/Continuing_Studies.
Carolyn M. Burrier
Youth Services Coordinator
Akron-Summit County Public Library
55 S. Main St.
Akron, OH 44326-0001
330-643-9185
cburrier@ascpl.lib.oh.us
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