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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, April 16, 2001 11:02 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 418
PUBYAC Digest 418
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Lois Duncan sequel
by Jill Patterson <jillpatterson@yahoo.com>
2) HAT Storytime new deas: mine are old-hat!
by Cynthia Wild <cdwild@excite.com>
3) RE: Harry Potter plagarism (fwd)
by HFL_LISA@stls.org
4) Re: Homework Centers
by "Cindy Rider" <crider@vigo.lib.in.us>
5) Harry Potter
by Bill/Ione Cowen <wcowen@roadrunner.neo.rr.com>
6) Tiger Woods golf cards
by "darlene jackson" <ncldarlenej@hotmail.com>
7) Re: Harry Potter plagarism (fwd)
by Cynthia Bishop <cybishop44@yahoo.com>
8) Stumper: Flat Dog
by Corwin Watts <CWATTS@dallaslibrary.org>
9) stumper
by Janell Mattheus <janell@burgoyne.com>
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From: Jill Patterson <jillpatterson@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Lois Duncan sequel
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Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 10:14:00 CDT
There is a website about the murder of Lois Duncan's daugher and which
includes updates on the case. It is at:
http://www.iag.net/~barq/kait.html
It states there is a sequel to _Who Killed My Daughter_ coming out with
the title: _THE TALLY KEEPER_. This was posted in August 2000. Don't
know when the book is due to be published.
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Jill Patterson, Manager
La Habra Branch Library, OCPL
221 E. La Habra Blvd. California
e-mail: jillpatterson@yahoo.com
TEL: 562/694-0078 FAX: 562/691-8043
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From: Cynthia Wild <cdwild@excite.com>
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Subject: HAT Storytime new deas: mine are old-hat!
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Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 10:14:32 CDT
Well, it's Spring and my Hat Storytime file is boring me. Would anyone share
a few fresh ideas or titles, please? For babies - 6 yr. olds. I thank you,
and my storytimers will thank you, too. :-) Cynthia
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From: HFL_LISA@stls.org
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: RE: Harry Potter plagarism (fwd)
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 10:14:50 CDT
The Rah book is pretty horrible and ony being reprinted because of
the flap about Rowling. The muggle word in her book has no relation to
the Rowling muggle usage but I guess with fame and fortune comes people
wanting millions! I am sure there are a lot of made up words out there
that
have
just possibly been thought of by more then one human at some point in time!
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From: "Cindy Rider" <crider@vigo.lib.in.us>
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Subject: Re: Homework Centers
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Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 10:15:14 CDT
My library's "homework center" consists of 1 IMAC computer with
pre-loaded =
data bases (Encarta Encyclopedia, a science encyclopedia, and Native =
Americans CD). We also have 5 PCs which have the internet, Microsoft =
Word, Access, etc. Anyone over age 8 may use the computers, but
students =
with homework have priority. We do not allow e-mail (including Ebay
and =
similar sites), chat, games, or "inappropriate" sites. There
is a one =
hour time limit, unless no one else is waiting. Everyone must sign in
on =
at the desk, first and last name, and then sign out. Each computer has a =
printer (Epson dot matrix)and printing for homework is unlimited. =
Printing for other than homework is limited to 5 pages. Whichever =
librarian has desk duty supervises the computers as they are located =
across from the desk, but all of us, including the clerks and shelver, =
monitor them as we walk around, in and out of the room, etc. We assist
=
patrons with internet searching and Word, but we do it in such a way that =
hopefully they learn to do it themselves. When we are busy, we don't
have =
time to sit with them.
The reference dept. offers classes for adults and our dept. offers them =
for ages 10-17, although we are doing one for ages 7-10 with a parent next =
week, at patrons' request.
We have 3 IMACs which are dedicated to educational games, but they are not =
considered part of the homework center and are located in a different part =
of the room.
Cindy Rider
Vigo Co. Public Library
<<< Theyer Hillary <HTheyer@TORRNET.COM>
4/14 10:03a >>>
Hello helpful Pubyaccers!
For those of you with designated homework centers in your libraries, could
you share with me what they consist of? Is it a special materials
collection, computers with word processing, tutorial games (on computers =
or
the old fashioned kind), textbooks, workbooks, book and cassette kits, =
study
rooms, software to check out, or any combination of these? Or
something
else entirely that I have not thought of?
Also, how do you staff them? Do you have a dedicated person, or does
the
general library staff supervise the homework center as well? Who pays
a
dedicated person, and how are they employed (library staff, school =
district
staff, school year only, part time only, Friends of the Library, PTA
volunteers, parents, grant money)? What education or experience do you
require for someone dedicated to assisting students with their homework?
=
If
they are volunteers, how to you recruit and keep dedicated people
interested?
This is a lot, but if you already describe your homework centers on a Web
page, or in a document you could fax, that would be awesome! Or just
send
me the gist in an email, I will happily summarize findings for the list.
Thanks so very much, you all are always so helpful.
Hillary Theyer
Torrance Public Library
htheyer@torrnet.com <mailto:Htheyer@torrnet.com>
Fax: 310-371-5025
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From: Bill/Ione Cowen <wcowen@roadrunner.neo.rr.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Harry Potter
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Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 10:15:48 CDT
Some time late in March I happened to see a short, 3-4, minute
segment on CNN with Nancy Stouffer and a lawyer representing
Scholastic. Stouffer did not come across well in my - biased -
opinion. She was strident and confrontational. She began by
implying that Rowling had stolen her characters and ideas - she
asserted that her books had been widely (?) distributed at book fairs
and carried in trade publications, implying that Rowling could have
seen them. She specifically mentioned the Baltimore area. The
lawyer countered that J. K. Rowling had never been in Baltimore and
that any resemblance was superficial at best. He also said that
literature searches had not produced any evidence of her books. One
of Stouffer's book is titled Larry Potter and Larry has a sister
Lilly. The other book is Rah and the Muggles. At this she backed
off her first claim but did say she was reissuing her books and now
her ability to market the books and other merchandise relating to
them was in jeopardy and said this is the basis of her current
action. A few days after that the New York Times carried a story on
the front page of the Sunday paper about this type of lawsuit and
used this case as an example. The article confirmed that her works
had been self-published which I had assumed. It further said that
this type of lawsuit is not uncommon against authors whose work has
been successful. It did also note that Nancy Stouffer is now calling
herself N.K. Stouffer. Sorry I don't remember the date of the
article but it was 3-4 weeks ago. Anyway - I'm sure you're all
anxious to order Larry Potter as soon as it's available. The picture
of the cover on the original book as shown on CNN bore no resemblance
to Harry Potter - suppose it might be changed for the new edition?
Ione Cowen
wcowen@neo.rr.com
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Bill C
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From: "darlene jackson" <ncldarlenej@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Tiger Woods golf cards
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Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 10:16:18 CDT
Our library received a letter from a Mr. Keith Olson of Mankato, MN offering
$100.00 for a Tiger Woods golf card that was in the Dec. 1996 Sports
Illustrated Magazine For Kids. He also wants another Tiger Woods card that
was in the Dec.1999 isssue of of Sports Illustrated For Kids.
Have any of you dealt with this man? Are these cards really, really
valuable? Are kids collecting these cards? All information will be
appreciated.
Darlene Jackson - Niles Community Library Niles, MI
e-mail - ncldarlenej@hotmail.com
fax- 616-683-0075
phone - 616-683-8545 ext. 3306.
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From: Cynthia Bishop <cybishop44@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Harry Potter plagarism (fwd)
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Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 10:16:45 CDT
Check out the web site www.realmuggles.com.
That
might help.
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From: Corwin Watts <CWATTS@dallaslibrary.org>
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Subject: Stumper: Flat Dog
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Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 10:17:20 CDT
Hello,
I have a patron who wants a children's picture book. All she can remember is
that it has the picture of a flattened dog. It is apparently a new book (or
fairly recent). Does anyone have an idea what this book is titled?
C. Kristofer Watts
Park Forest Branch
Dallas Public Library
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From: Janell Mattheus <janell@burgoyne.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: stumper
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Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 10:17:40 CDT
Stumper:
Does anyone know the older chapter book about a boy who can hear the radio
through the braces on his teeth? If so, please write me at work:
jmattheus@slco.lib.ut.us
Thanks,
Janell
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