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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: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 443
PUBYAC Digest 443
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Re: Summer Reading Question
by Teresa Lambert <lamberte@oplin.lib.oh.us>
2) Children's Magazines
by "Crystal" <cfaris@nassaulibrary.org>
3) Re: ADD and more
by "Melissa MacLeod" <mmacleod@sailsinc.org>
4) Re: ADD and respect
by "Melissa MacLeod" <mmacleod@sailsinc.org>
5) Survivor ideas
by Lori Pulliam <pulliaml@sls.lib.il.us>
6) RE: unattended children policies
by "Steffi Smith" <ssmith@zblibrary.org>
7) Re: Question from SLJ RE: Summer Reading Question
by Mary Ann Gilpatrick <magilpat@walnet.walla-walla.wa.us>
8) Re: genre & ya collections
by kay bowes <kbowes@tipcat.dtcc.edu>
9) Craft Books
by Sandy Belfi <sbelfi@monarch.papillion.ne.us>
10) Children's services surveys
by Jennifer Iserman <Jennifer.Iserman@mcfls.org>
11) PR: NPR reporter & "off-the-beaten-path"
request
by Library Lovers <LibraryLovers@calibraries.org>
12) MMMMMMoomimmmmms!
by Ann.Minner@ci.austin.tx.us
13) Thanks for the trilogies
by Eloise Symonds <childlib@ci.gallup.nm.us>
14) stumper about child who puts things in his mouth
by Ann-Marie Biden <ambiden@nancy.ci.san-marino.ca.us>
15) CA Job opportunity
by Anne-Marie Despain <despaina@pls.lib.ca.us>
16) JFic Stumper
by Laura Mikowski <lauram@ci.hillsboro.or.us>
17) Counting With Fingers
by "Sarah Cornish" <cornishsarah@hotmail.com>
18) A tempest in a wizard's cauldron
by "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
19) Reed Bill to be Introduced
by "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
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From: Teresa Lambert <lamberte@oplin.lib.oh.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Summer Reading Question
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Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 18:11:35 CDT
Julie,
I do the same thing, and if there are any libraries that don't allow
visiting kids to participate in their srp's SHAME, SHAME! Kids are kids
and you're either a child advocate or not, if not get a new
job!
Terry Lambert,
Youth Services Coordinator
Bluffton Public Library
Bluffton, Ohio 45817
On Fri, 4 May 2001, Julie Linneman wrote:
> Speaking of kids visiting relatives, when I visit schools to promote
the
> summer reading program, sometimes a question they ask is, "What if
you're
> going to be gone over the summer?" I tell them they can sign
up before
> they leave, read while they're gone, and get their prizes when they
come
> back, but some tell me they will be gone the whole summer (e.g., to go
to
> their dad's house in another state, or to relatives, etc.). In
this case,
> I tell them that there are public libraries throughout the U.S. with
> summer reading programs, and they can go to the nearest one to sign up.
> It may be an oversimplification in some cases (i.e., if some library
> systems don't allow visiting kids to participate), but I try to give
them
> hope. (When they ask about going to Mexico for the summer, I have
to
> admit that I don't know if they do SRP there.)
>
> So, if a kid from Wichita comes into your library wanting to sign
> up for your summer reading program, you'll know why they asked!
>
> Julie Linneman
> juliel@wichita.lib.ks.us
>
>
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From: "Crystal" <cfaris@nassaulibrary.org>
To: "PUBYAC" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Children's Magazines
Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 18:11:57 CDT
More than a month ago, I posted a request to PUBYAC for your suggestions =
of "must have" children's magazines and asked what your best
resources =
were for discovering new children's magazines. Not many of you =
responded, so you may be having some of the same questions! Thanks to
=
Lisa Smith, Andrea Terry, and Megan VanderHart for sending me their =
"must haves", which were American Girl, Sports Illustrated for
Kids, =
Ranger Rick, possibly Cobblestone, Cricket, and Explore! (check out =
their web site at www.exploremagazine.com).
Lisa also mentioned popular =
magazines for adults who work with children such as Clever Kids, =
Copycat, and Pac o Fun.
Thanks again to those who sent me their "must have" children's =
magazines. If anyone else has suggestions, I would still like to read
=
them!
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Crystal Faris
Youth Services Manager
Nassau Library System
900 Jerusalem Ave.; Uniondale, NY 11553
516-292-8920; cfaris@nassaulibrary.org
www.nassaulibrary.org/childrens/kidsmainpage.html
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From: "Melissa MacLeod" <mmacleod@sailsinc.org>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: ADD and more
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Who said I wasn't tolerant or didn't give all children equal attention and
smiles? The email wasn't about tolerance, it was about pictures replacing
rather than supplementing text in children's nonfiction. I wasn't angry or
annoyed with any patron, I was defending another email where the author had
to give a politically correct apology for writing somehting I agreed with,
that more often now, children's nonfiction is catering to the lowest
acceptable standards rather than challenging our children.
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From: "Melissa MacLeod" <mmacleod@sailsinc.org>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: ADD and respect
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Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 18:12:31 CDT
And will these pictures help a child write a 3 to 5 page book report on the
topic?
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From: Lori Pulliam <pulliaml@sls.lib.il.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Survivor ideas
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Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 18:13:04 CDT
I like the idea of the Survivor program and I've been thinking about how
you could still do the vote, but not hurt any feelings. Maybe
participants could represent a favorite title or titles. At the
beginning of the program, they would give a brief booktalk on their
choices. Then the game could follow the TV show format, with different
challenges. The obstacle courses, already described by Brenda, sound
really fun. Another challenge (near the end of the program) might be
having kids answer questions about the different books that have been
discussed. Winner of a challenge would get immunity and could not have
his/her book voted off. The others would have to discuss which book
should be voted out. The goal would be to see which book survives as the
'favorite' and of course win a fabulous prize in the end.
Lori Pulliam
Youth Services Consultant
Suburban Library System
125 Tower Dr.
Burr Ridge, IL 60521
630-734-5123
pulliaml@sls.lib.il.us
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From: "Steffi Smith" <ssmith@zblibrary.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: RE: unattended children policies
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Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 18:13:19 CDT
Without an email address we can't reply to you!
Our library has just adjusted their policy to saying that a child under age
8 may not be in the library unless with someone age 14 or older to
"must be accompanied at all times by a responsible person age 14 or
older".
Steffi Smith
Zion-Benton Public Library
Zion, IL 60099
serving 37,000
ssmith@zblibrary.org
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From: owner-pubyac@prairienet.org
[mailto:owner-pubyac@prairienet.org]On
Behalf Of GCPL Childrens Room
Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 12:19 PM
To: Steffi Smith
Subject: unattended children policies
To Rebecca, Cathy and several other people who asked me to post responses to
my question about policies - I haven't had ANY responses yet. If
anyone
reading this now has a policy they'd be willing to share, please do. I'm
particularly interested to know the minimum age for being left alone in the
library. Thanks much! Nancy Pirodsky, Garden City (NY) P.L.
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From: Mary Ann Gilpatrick <magilpat@walnet.walla-walla.wa.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Question from SLJ RE: Summer Reading Question
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Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 18:13:36 CDT
Your idea would remove so much of the drudgery from SRP. We are still with
Inlex, and needing to migrate as soon as we find a web base system we can
afford. Building srp capability in is an idea I will plant.
Problems: We depend on youth volunteer hours -- lots and lots of them -- to
staff our srp. They have a schedule and sit at a door desk nailing kids to
sign
up as they come in. I doubt we can design something the boss will let 2
dozen or
so kids, 12 and up, in and out of. How could they mess it up?
It requires constant monitoring to remind the YV to check the sign up slips:
PRINT name, first and LAST name, etc etc. ?fields that cannot be left blank.
We do have lots and lots of kids spending the summer with Grannie, or
non-custodial parent. Would we have to register them in our system?
Currently we
don't; they just check out with Grannie, Dad, etc.
Idea is definitely worth pursuing.
-- Mary Ann Gilpatrick
Walla Walla Public Library
"
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From: kay bowes <kbowes@tipcat.dtcc.edu>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: genre & ya collections
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Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 18:13:52 CDT
Theresa,
We have only a few genres separate -- JFMYS, JSF. We do have a
separate
YAF section. There is a separate JER section, too. For the very
popular
Beginning Chapter Books, we have them on spinners. I would also like
to
have more genres separate but don't really have that big a collection.
The next big project I am going to undertake is to have the series
collections separate, either at the beginning or the end of the fiction
section -- American Girl, Mary-Kate and Ashley, etc. I hope this
helps.
Kay Bowes
Concord Pike Library
Wilmington, DE
On Wed, 2 May 2001, Theresa Doyle wrote:
> I would like to know how the fiction books are shelved in your
Children's
> and Young Adult collections. Do you separate the books by
genre--JSF, JM,
> YASF, YAM, etc. or do you classify everything under fiction?
> I also would like to know if you have separate YA collections or if YA
> fiction is part of the Adult collection?
> I would appreciate any information you could give me.
> Thanks!
>
> Theresa Doyle
> Children's and YA Librarian
> Margaret E. Heggan Public Library
> Hurffville, NJ
>
>
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From: Sandy Belfi <sbelfi@monarch.papillion.ne.us>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Craft Books
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Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 18:14:14 CDT
Hi all:
Does anyone have any suggestions for good craft books with easy crafts,
appropriate for storytime?
Thanks for your help,
Sandy Belfi
Sump Memorial Library
Papillion, NE 68046
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From: Jennifer Iserman <Jennifer.Iserman@mcfls.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Children's services surveys
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Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 18:14:40 CDT
Hi all!
This summer, I was hoping to survey our patrons to find out what they think
about the YA and children's services we provide at our library. Has anyone
else tried this and what kind of success did you meet? Also, if anyone has
sample surveys they can pass on to me, I would be much obliged.
Thanks a million!
-Jennifer Iserman
Jennifer Iserman
Children's Services Librarian
Hales Corners Library
5885 South 116th Street
Hales Corners, WI 53130
(414) 529-6150, ext. 15
jennifer.iserman@mcfls.org
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From: Library Lovers <LibraryLovers@calibraries.org>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: PR: NPR reporter & "off-the-beaten-path"
request
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Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 18:14:57 CDT
Posted by: Stephanie Stokes
Reply to: lclark@ala.org
Another "off-the-beaten-path" request: What book/item is
most likely to be
stolen or never returned? If you have any idea what this might be for
your
library or if you know someone who has taken a look at this question
before, please let me know.
The information is for an NPR reporter.
Thanks, Larra
Larra Clark
Press Officer
Public Information Office
American Library Association
50 E. Huron
Chicago, IL 60611-2795
Toll-free: 800-545-2433 x5043
Direct: 312-280-5043
Fax: 312-944-8520
Email: lclark@ala.org
@ your library
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From: Ann.Minner@ci.austin.tx.us
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: MMMMMMoomimmmmms!
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Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 18:15:14 CDT
Thank you (all 400 :-) of you) who corrected the spelling of noonin to
moomin!!! I'm sure this is what she is looking for.
"...I'm pretty sure your patron is remembering the Moomin books by Tove
Jansson - Finn Family Moomintroll, Comet in Moominland, Moominland Midwinter
to name just some..."
You guys are the best
ann
Ann Minner
Youth Librarian *
Pleasant Hill Branch
Austin Public Library
ann.minner@ci.austin.tx.us
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From: Eloise Symonds <childlib@ci.gallup.nm.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Thanks for the trilogies
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Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 18:15:31 CDT
Thanks to all you responded to my question about the "Crystal
Singer"
trilogy. Almost everyone said that there are only three in the series:
The Crystal Singer, Killashandra, and the Crystal Line.
Thanks,
Eloise Symonds
Octavia Fellin Public Library
Gallup, NM
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From: Ann-Marie Biden <ambiden@nancy.ci.san-marino.ca.us>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: stumper about child who puts things in his mouth
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Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 18:15:49 CDT
Apologies for posting to the entire list, but I deleted the digest with the
request for a book about putting things in one's mouth. In this
month's
Horn Book on page 313 there is a review of a new book called The Hungriest
Boy in the World by Lensey Namioka. The story tells of a young boy who,
because of his bad habit of putting things in his mouth, has swallowed the
Hunger Monster and is now hungry all the time. Sounds like a
cautionary
tale type of thing and MAY be appropriate for the patron who was looking
for books on this topic.
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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From: Anne-Marie Despain <despaina@pls.lib.ca.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: CA Job opportunity
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Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 18:16:18 CDT
Public Services Librarian
Description:
San Mateo County Library is seeking an energetic and committed librarian
for our San Carlos and Brisbane Library Branches. This librarian will
provide direct public service and resources to users, children through
adult. In addition to collection development, you will assist the public
in finding materials, provide orientation and training in using the
library's resources, create exhibits, displays and PR materials, perform
outreach activities, provide Internet instruction, and speak to
community groups.
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate must have the knowledge and skills necessary to
perform the outlined duties. Completion of a Master's degree in Library
Science from an American Library Association accredited college or
university is required prior to hire.
Salary/Status:
$3363 - 4583/month. These positions are full-time and include rotating
weekend and evening hours.
Filing Deadline:
Apply immediately. This recruitment is open on a continuous basis and
selections may be made at any time within the process.
How to Apply:
For an application packet, contact San Mateo County Employee and Public
Services Department at (650) 363-4343. EOE.
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From: Laura Mikowski <lauram@ci.hillsboro.or.us>
To: "'PUBYAC@prairienet.org'"
<PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: JFic Stumper
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HELP! I cannot for the life of me come up with this title. Do
any of you
recognize it? I tried both What do Chidlren Read Next (the character guide)
and put it out to our locale YS group and the only response I got was
L'Engle's Austin Family books. These are not it.
Please respond directly to me. Thanks in advance. Here's what my
patron
left me with:
"The author was a woman and the style seemed like it was the 1940's or
50's.
The first book was about a girl who is in her late teens. She is
introverted and shy. At the end of the school year she goes to visit
some
(friends?) family on an island (new england?) She cuts her hair before she
goes in an effort to make a new start. On the island she makes friends
one
in particular who helps her come out of her shell. I am fairly sure that the
title of this book is the girl's name which I recall as Janet.
The second book is about 3 women (late teens early 20's) although it has
vignettes of the entire family. The mother is scared someone is going
to
findout that she is using cake mixes instead of baking from scratch. The
Father is obsessed with getting a hummingbird to sip from a flower in his
hand. The younger brother is skinney and wants to beef out so he gets
body
building magazines. The younger sister (maggie?) is a dreamy poet and
a
nieghbor falls in love with her and she with him. The older sister is
a
socialite who falls out of love with her current boyfriend. The lder
sisters friend (nora?) is a newly wed with a baby who is wondering if she
should stick with the relationship and is coming to understand that love is
hard work.
I remember reading these books in 7th grade or so [this would be around 10
yrs. ago]. I have some vague idea
that the author's last name begins with an L or M but that is just a
guess
really. "
Laura Mikowski
Hillsboro (OR) Public Libraries
lauram@ci.hillsboro.or.us
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From: "Sarah Cornish" <cornishsarah@hotmail.com>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Counting With Fingers
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Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 18:16:54 CDT
Hello All,
I hope someone can help me with this seemingly simple request. I have a
patron looking for a book or books which show how to count on one's fingers.
I can think of and find hundreds of counting books, but none which
specifically show the concept of using your fingers to tick off 1 through
10. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks for you help.
Sarah
Sarah Cornish
Young Adult Librarian
Warren Twp. Library
Warren, NJ 07059
(908) 754-5554
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From: "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
Subject: A tempest in a wizard's cauldron
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A tempest in a wizard's cauldron
http://inq.philly.com/content/inquirer/2001/05/07/local_news/spotter07.htm
"McCormick, a librarian, says one illustrative passage takes place
toward =
the end of the first book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, when the =
hero is put in a position where he must lie or lose his life:"
"I must lie," Harry says to himself. "I
must look and lie about what I =
see, that's all."
"McCormick said he believes passages like this are far from benign, =
worrying that children will read them as an endorsement of lying in =
general."
_________
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/
http://www.ala.org/cipa/cipalegalfund.html
intellectual freedom @ your library
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From: "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
Subject: Reed Bill to be Introduced
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Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 18:17:47 CDT
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