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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: Monday, March 12, 2001 11:02 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 391
PUBYAC Digest 391
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Stumper Solved
by Claire Isaac <cisaac@rpl.regina.sk.ca>
2) Stumper...
by "Barbara Scott" <barbarascott@hotmail.com>
3) The library isn't a nanny
by "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
4) More on The Register v. Cyber Patrol
by "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
5) RE: homeschoolers & Nancy Drew types
by Jennifer Baker <jbaker93711@yahoo.com>
6) Re: Childhood of Famous Americans, et al
by "Katherine Heylman" <kheylman@apk.net>
7) Re: Teen Reference Center
by Nyama Reed <littlenyama@yahoo.com>
8) RE: Anime Videos
by "victor lynn schill" <vschill@hcpl.net>
9) help needed with easy readers
by Minero@aol.com
10) CO Job Opportunity, Children's Services
by Nancy Seibert <nseibert@jefferson.lib.co.us>
11) Stumper
by Beverly Bixler <bbixler@ci.sat.tx.us>
12) Nazi Fiction
by Christina Renaud <bubberenaud@yahoo.com>
13) Stumper: Sick girl draws pictures; goes into those pictures in her
by Jeanfargo@aol.com
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From: Claire Isaac <cisaac@rpl.regina.sk.ca>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Stumper Solved
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Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 10:02:56 CST
Thanks to Ann Job in New Jersey and Becky Smith in Utah who knew that the
short story involving "In and Out" was a joke involving skunks!
The patron agreed this matched his memory from years ago. Once again
Pubyac comes through.
Claire Isaac
Regina Public Library
Regina, Saskatchewan
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From: "Barbara Scott" <barbarascott@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Stumper...
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Hope the collective mind can help with this one! This is a children's
book,
with the main character whose name can possibly be Harry. Harry gets
the
hiccups. This book possibly takes place at school. Harry keeps
getting
madder and madder with these hiccups, until he possibly turns into a
monster. Then his mother kisses him and all is well. That is all the patron
could tell me. Her son got the book from somewhere on our library shelves
once while they were here reading, and mom doesn't remember where they found
it or the author, only this small section of the plot and that the main
character's name is possibly Harry.
You may reply directly to me at barbarascott@hotmail.com
Barb Scott, Children's Librarian
Bucyrus Public Library, Bucyrus, OH
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From: "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
Subject: The library isn't a nanny
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The library isn't a nanny
http://www0.mercurycenter.com/premium/opinion/edit/NETPORN.htm
"Congress's latest effort, withholding money to coerce libraries and =
schools to install filters, should be struck down, too. The federal =
government shouldn't be censoring content in libraries -- either directly =
or by outsourcing the job to the Net Nannies of the world."
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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: "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
Subject: More on The Register v. Cyber Patrol
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More on The Register v. Cyber Patrol
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/17420.html
"Cyber Patrol, lame-brain developer of filtering software, is blocking
The =
Register to protect children, according to Janet Erickson, of the =
CyberPatrol division of Surfcontrol (thanks to the dozens of readers who =
forwarded us her letter). Interesting how well Cyber Patrol's commercial =
interests are served by protecting children from The Perfidious
Register."
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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: Jennifer Baker <jbaker93711@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: RE: homeschoolers & Nancy Drew types
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Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 10:09:13 CST
I wish I could answer that question...the only thing I
can guess is that they are clairvoyant. Our homeschool
group was very active--and sometimes very difficult to
work with because they didn't understand why so many
of the books on their curriculum lists were
unavailable at our libraries (mostly because they were
all written in the 1960s and out-of-print). Sometimes
they would track down publishers for us to buy stuff
from--usually at no discount--and then we would have
to decide whether to buy requested material that
didn't meet out selection standards. Often we would
buy a few to appease them but for the most part we
wanted to steer them toward newer materials. And we
offered them ILL for some of the other things we
didn't carry anymore.
As far is weeding is concerned we did the usual
stuff--check condition, content, & circulation. The
books in question had very low circulation stats but
apparantly had been checked out regularly by the same
patrons every year or two...so when they started to
disappear they wanted to know why. And thus begins the
conversation about the downfall of children's
literature and public education.
So we did pull the books when we wanted to and we
didn't ask anyone's permission we just had to deal
with the unhappy homeschoolers afterward--not an easy
thing. Homeschoolers were one of our biggest support
groups and we want to keep them happy but not at the
expense of our collection. After several years of
practice I managed to strike a good balance with them
as far as what they wanted/needed and what we could
provide by being sympathetic even if I didn't always
agree with them.
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From: "Katherine Heylman" <kheylman@apk.net>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: Childhood of Famous Americans, et al
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Jennifer Baker writes that she re-ordered the Childhood of Famous
Americans, even though the series "may be a disgrace to
biographies,"
because her patrons demanded them. What happens when patron demand comes up
against the material selection policy? This of course is a major,
major
question in collection development, and one that will never go away.
As a
new librarian back in the mid-sixties, I pitched out the Childhood series
because they were stickily sentimental and basically inaccurate in their
portrayal of their subjects. Luckily I did not encounter patrons who were
wild about the series. (I thought about starting a new series
and calling
it Childhood of Infamous Americans -- for example, Benedict Arnold, Young
Traitor; John Dillinger, Young Gangster; etc.)
It seems to me that the least one could expect of biographies is that they
not be inaccurate. There's a big demand for easy biographies (1st-3rd
grade), but what do you do about a recent easy biography of Robert E. Lee
that is very attractive, but contains a number of errors of fact as well as
a statement that as a child he liked to visit the family
"servants" in their
quarters. (Slaves are servants?) I guess I'm glad I'm
retired and don't
have to deal with these questions directly.
Kay Heylman
kheylman@apk.net
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From: Nyama Reed <littlenyama@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Teen Reference Center
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Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 10:10:05 CST
On Yahoo Books it is listed as currently selling for
$975.00. The Abridged version is selling for $495.00.
--- Cris Walton <cwalton@sarasota.lib.fl.us>
wrote:
> Are you familiar with this? Most of the other
> libraries in the system have it. I have no idea of
> the cost.
>
> >>> ILefkowitz@aol.com
03/01/01 02:12PM >>>
>
> One of my favorite ref sources for teens is the
> Encyclopedia of World
> Biography. It has everybody in it, dead or alive.
> Even has pictures or
> sketches of most people. Great index. Only problem
> is that it is about 17
> or 18 volumes but hey if this is a wish list....
>
> Ilene Lefkowitz
> Reference/YA Librarian
> Kinnelon Public Library (NJ)
> ILefkowitz@aol.com
>
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From: "victor lynn schill" <vschill@hcpl.net>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: Anime Videos
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 10:10:39 CST
Kim,
I purchased several Dragonball Z videos for my branch (part of a
large
county system).
The policy for our whole system is that all videos are shelved in one
area
in each branch
and most of these branch collections are arranged by title.
Recently, our
cataloguing
department started using Dewey classification on some videos, but
Dragonball Z videos still
are by title. So, I have little control over where the videos
are
shelved, but by my desk
in the information area I display new juvenile and YA titles,
including
videos
like Dragonball Z. That at least markets them better than just
being
mixed in with the
whole video collection.
Thanks,
Victor Schill
Fairbanks Branch Library
Harris County Public Library
Houston, TX
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From: owner-pubyac@prairienet.org
[mailto:owner-pubyac@prairienet.org]On
Behalf Of Kim Patton
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 3:19 PM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Anime Videos
Hi All,
Help! I recently purchased anime videos (Dragonball Z, Escaflowne, Slayers,
Sailor Moon, etc) for my YAs thinking to catalog and shelve them with YA
741.5s (comics). Our Tech Servics Coordinator has other ideas, wanting to
shelve them with Feature Films in our media room with all the other videos.
Does anyone out there have these videos or others like them? If so where do
you shelve them? and what is your reasoning? I need quick answers, our
Anime Festival is in two weeks and I promised teens I'd have those movies
to circulate. Thanks in advance,
Kim Patton
YA Specialist
Lawrence Public Library
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From: Minero@aol.com
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: help needed with easy readers
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Easy Readers Aren't So Easy for This Bemused Librarian! (the headline
screams)
I've got two problems:
1) I have a teacher who is looking for biographies which can be read
independently by first grade students. Everything I've looked at is
too
high: Pebble Book's series of Famous Americans, and others, David
Adler's
Picture Book biographies, Rookie Biographies, a Troll series, etc. etc.
If
you know of some, <<please>> let me know.
2) I have a mom looking for books for a reluctant 2nd grader at a 1st
grade
reading level. He really likes bluegrass music, so she's looking for
something on that line. Any ideas?
Thanks bunches,
Maggie Bollar
Youth Services Librarian
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From: Nancy Seibert <nseibert@jefferson.lib.co.us>
To: "'PUBYAC@prairienet.org'"
<PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: CO Job Opportunity, Children's Services
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 10:12:23 CST
POSITION: Head of Children's Services #21-409
Jefferson County Public Library
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 4/12/01
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2308.
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From: Beverly Bixler <bbixler@ci.sat.tx.us>
To: Library Childrens Librarians <libchild@ci.sat.tx.us>,
Subject: Stumper
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Long, long ago at a library far, far away, I had a flannelboard story based
on a picture book. The story was about several little puppies, each of whom
won a ribbon for being the "best" something: the best small puppy,
the best
fat puppy, etc. The text was short & simple. The illustrations were in
the
style of Crockett Johnson. The book would have been published about 40-50 or
so years ago. Does anyone remember this book and can you remind me of the
title and author?
Thanks much!
Beverly Bixler
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From: Christina Renaud <bubberenaud@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Nazi Fiction
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Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 10:13:07 CST
> I have a patron who is looking for some fiction
titles about WW2 that is from the Nazi soldier
perspective, including hardships from their end,
brainwashing etc. This would be in the 9-12 yr.
range. I was not able to find any titles.
Does anyone have any suggestions. I will compile
results.
Email me directly at bubberenaud@yahoo.com
Thank you in advance.
Christina Renaud
Attleboro Public Library
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From: Jeanfargo@aol.com
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Stumper: Sick girl draws pictures; goes into those pictures in her
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 10:13:37 CST
Dear Pubyackers,
A patron is looking for a book she read many times in the late '60s.
She
said that it was probably written in the '50s or early '60s. It's
about a
little girl who is sick in bed for several months; she starts drawing
pictures, and then goes into these pictures in her dreams. She is
lonely,
and draws a little boy in a wheelchair. He too becomes part of her
dreams.
She then draws some kind of a monster, who chases the children. Their
escape
is hampered by the fact that the little boy cannot move very well.
Does anybody recognize this plot? The patron is anxious to find this
book
so
that she can introduce it to her own children.
Thanks so much!
Jean Fargo
Youth Librarian
Selby Public Library
Sarasota, Florida
jeanfargo@aol.com
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