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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: Thursday, May 24, 2001 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 459
PUBYAC Digest 459
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Re: "A Series of Unfortunate Events" by L. Snicket
by karen maletz <kmlib@yahoo.com>
2) Article: 'The Legend of Rah and the Muggles'
by Library Lovers <LibraryLovers@calibraries.org>
3) Virus--Don't open " > Take a look to the attachment.
"
by "Pyowner" <pyowner@pallasinc.com>
4) Re: "A Series of Unfortunate Events" by L. Snicket
by "Melissa MacLeod" <mmacleod@sailsinc.org>
5) Re: shelf reading guidelines
by ILefkowitz@aol.com
6) Re: Virus alert
by MWi731@aol.com
7) Re: "A Series of Unfortunate Events" by L. Snicket
by Lisa Hughes <lhughes@scinet.co.santa-clara.ca.us>
8) RE: Virus alert
by "Dawn Sardes" <Dawn.Sardes@euclid.lib.oh.us>
9) Illinois Library Association's Resolution Supporting ALA Legal
by "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
10) Re: the Virus
by "Pyowner" <pyowner@pallasinc.com>
11) YA statistics and guidelines
by "Jo-Anne Cooper" <jcooper@chinookarch.ab.ca>
12) Re: "A Series of Unfortunate Events" by L. Snicket
by HFL_LISA@stls.org
13) RE: listserv oops
by "Look, Lin" <llook@mail.contra-costa.lib.ca.us>
14) jigsaw puzzle pieces
by Eloise Symonds <childlib@ci.gallup.nm.us>
15) purchasing materials
by "Pannebaker, Susan" <SPannebaker@lmls.org>
16) trainers for children's librarians
by "kathy crawford" <kathy_crawford@hotmail.com>
17) Kansas books
by Jerri Garretson <raven@interkan.net>
18) Re: Daycares at Programs
by Nicole Reader <nreader@snap.lib.ca.us>
19) Re: "A Series of Unfortunate Events" by L. Snicket
by Tacoma Public Library <larmstrong@tpl.lib.wa.us>
20) family fixes railcar?
by "Bloedau, Linda" <LBloedau@ci.oak-ridge.tn.us>
21) Position opening, WA
by mchriste@timberland.lib.wa.us
22) Re: Virus alert
by "Elizabeth O'Donnell" <eodonnel@mediaone.net>
23) Re: jigsaw puzzle pieces
by Pat Smith <pasmith121@yahoo.com>
24) Re: "A Series of Unfortunate Events" by L. Snicket
by "Shanla Brookshire" <shanlab@hotmail.com>
25) STUMPER-book about mother with toddler in backpack
by "Medford Children's Department" <medchild@jcls.org>
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From: karen maletz <kmlib@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: "A Series of Unfortunate Events" by L. Snicket
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Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 14:47:07 CDT
We have some of them. While not having overwhelming
circ. they are going out.
--- Sherelle Harris <sherelle_npl@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> Good Morning:
>
> For those of you who have the series "A Series of
> Unfortunate Events," by Lemony Snicket in your
> collection, can you tell me how popular it is with
> the
> kids who use your libraries?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Sherelle
>
> =====
> "You can tell the ideals of a nation by its
> advertisements."
>
- Norman Douglas(
> 1868-1952)
>
>
Sherelle Harris
>
S. Norwalk Branch
> Library
>
10 Washington
> Street
>
Norwalk, CT 06854
>
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From: Library Lovers <LibraryLovers@calibraries.org>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Article: 'The Legend of Rah and the Muggles'
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Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 14:55:13 CDT
PUBYAC
I picked up the following article up from the Associated Press.
Thought it may be of interest. Stephanie Stokes, LMPR
_________________________________________________
'The Legend of Rah and the Muggles'
Updated: Wed, May 23 3:28 PM EDT
By DEEPTI HAJELA, Associated Press Writer
"The Legend of Rah and the Muggles" (Thurman House, 267 pages,
$19.95) -
Nancy Stouffer
Nancy Stouffer, author of "The Legend of Rah and the Muggles," has
been
talking for months about what she considers suspicious similarities between
her books and the Harry Potter books by J. K. Rowling.
But there's one undeniable difference - Rowling is readable. Meant to be a
children's tale, Stouffer's book is an excruciating mix of cliche,
preachiness and just poor writing.
"The Legend of Rah and the Muggles" was first published in 1984
and later
went out of print. It is being reissued by the Maryland-based Thurman
House. Stouffer, now calling herself N.K. Stouffer, has sued Rowling,
charging that elements of her book appear in Rowling's works. Rowling and
her publisher, Scholastic Inc., filed a lawsuit in November 1999, along
with Time Warner Entertainment Co., which owns the film rights to two Harry
Potter books. They are asking a judge to rule that Rowling's books do not
violate Stouffer's trademark and copyright.
Stouffer's book is set in Aura, a once peaceful country now ravaged by
civil war. After a nuclear devastation, the "elites" leave,
abandoning the
"have-nots" to life in a cloud-covered wasteland. But after 500
years, the
descendants of those left behind are still there. They're called Muggles -
small, bald, delicate baby-looking humans with potbellies.
"The Legend of Rah and the Muggles" tells the tale of two orphaned
twin
boys who come from a land across the ocean, and who are found and raised by
the Muggles. The two brothers grow up, and eventually deal with issues of
jealousy and rivalry.
What moral lessons Stouffer wants to teach are lost in her graceless
writing. "They lost the freedom and liberties they had worn like a
comfortable pair of old shoes," reads one passage. Stouffer also
writes:
"The self-appointed 'chosen ones' felt no pity for the have-nots they
had
entombed in shoreline caves. In their minds there could be no reason for a
have-not to survive if it meant one of them would not."
And that's just the introduction.
The book doesn't get any better. The story is thin, and some characters are
completely unnecessary. At one point Stouffer throws in touches that seem
to be right out of a romance novel. They are passages that are
inappropriate and just plain icky in a children's book:
"Just then Walter drew her even closer to him, bending his head down
besides hers, until his lips nearly touched her ear," Stouffer writes.
'"Madame, it is not I who is the wicked one in this room!' She nearly
fainted in his arms, and he felt her knees weaken."
Rowling also has Muggles in her books; they are what magical folk call
ordinary humans.
On Stouffer's Web site, she lists numerous examples of such
"similarities,"
some of which are silly, like both authors putting a fleet of boats in
their works. By that logic, Stouffer had better make sure that Jimi
Hendrix's estate isn't feeling litigious, since the author refers to the
"year of the Purple Haze."
# # #
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Message-ID: <036101c0e48d$a731bbf0$1474a9cd@jefferson.lib.co.us>
From: "Pyowner" <pyowner@pallasinc.com>
To: "PUBYAC" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Virus--Don't open " > Take a look to the attachment.
"
Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 14:11:00 -0600
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OK, folks, it's becoming a little clearer. It seems that these
messages,
with subject headings "Re: Re: " are going only to people
who have posted
to PUBYAC in the past and are in reply to your posts. They are NOT going
through PUBYAC's listserve (PUBYAC chews up attachments anyway).
The
message comes straight from the sender, has an attachment named
"alert.txt"
, and in the body of the message it says:
> Take a look to the attachment.
DON'T DO IT ! The attachment is where the virus lives. I suspect
that it
is something that grabs e-mail addresses, copies them, and sends itself out
again. I received another one from a person who is not Elizabeth
O'Donnell,
so it is replicating. I suspect it is not E. O'Donnell's intention to
spread this, so don't all beat up on her.
Shannon VanHemert
pyowner@pallasinc.com
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From: "Melissa MacLeod" <mmacleod@sailsinc.org>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: "A Series of Unfortunate Events" by L. Snicket
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Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 15:31:53 CDT
Hi Sherelle - It is pretty popular here in Carver, MA - about the same
interest as Time Warp Trio. I shelve at least one or two a week and have
three of the five volumes out right now (which I know because I just shelves
one!)
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From: ILefkowitz@aol.com
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: shelf reading guidelines
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Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 15:32:21 CDT
I don't have any written guidelines, but if you get some good ones, can you
forward them to me or post to the list?
Thanks!
Ilene Lefkowitz
Reference/YA Librarian
Kinnelon Library
ILefkowitz@aol.com
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From: MWi731@aol.com
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: Virus alert
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Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 15:32:38 CDT
I was one of the unfortunate. I posted a response to a query, and Miss
"O'Donnell" came back to me as well, with a message that stated
that there
was an attachment. Just like the other person, I thought she was
sending me
an email with some really great information.
My virus scan detected it in enough time as well.
Michele Wilson
Arlington Public Library
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From: Lisa Hughes <lhughes@scinet.co.santa-clara.ca.us>
To: Pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: "A Series of Unfortunate Events" by L. Snicket
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Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 15:32:58 CDT
Our system owns the series, and they seem fairly popular. We have nine
branches; we have between 20 and 30 copies of each title. In looking
at
the circ records, I didn't look at circulation records for individual
copies, but the overall pattern--most copies seem to be checked out,
in Shelving (they've been returned in the last two days), or In Transit,
so they're being sent from one branch to another. The newer titles
have a
fair number of holds (not Harry Potter level, but still more than I
usually see on children's books).
Hope this helps.
Lisa
Lisa Mead Hughes, Children's Services
Campbell Public Library
77 Harrison Avenue, Campbell CA 95008-1499
voice: (866-1991) fax: (408) 866-1433
lhughes@scinet.co.santa-clara.ca.us
*** All standard disclaimers apply ***
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From: "Dawn Sardes" <Dawn.Sardes@euclid.lib.oh.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: Virus alert
Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 15:34:45 CDT
I also received emails with the virus attachments from Ms. O'Donnell. Each
came not from Pubyac, but from her personal mailbox. The email had a
clipped portion of every Pubyac post I had made in the past month, with the
"open attachment" line at the bottom of the post.
Luckily, I recognized the format as being quite typical of other virus
attachments and deleted the email without opening the attachment.
The virus is replicating itself and sending a reply copy out to every email
address in Ms. O'Donnell's inbox, using the person's original message to her
as a vehicle, so you will think that Ms. O'Donnell is replying to you
personally.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pubyac@prairienet.org
[mailto:owner-pubyac@prairienet.org]On
Behalf Of Pyowner
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 3:31 PM
To: PUBYAC
Subject: Re: Virus alert
This is very strange, by the way, this virus. This is the first time
in
eight years I've ever heard of a virus getting through PUBYAC. I've
checked
all in the accounts that have PUBYAC's posted mail, and I'm not finding any
copies of a message from Elizabeth O'Donnell's in SentMail . It is
also not
in the individual messages in my personal mail, and it's not in the body of
any of the Digests from the last few days. This leads me to suspect
that
the virus did not originate through PUBYAC at all, but that it might be
piggybacking on messages sent straight to individuals (not through PUBYAC).
However, I have heard from at least three people who have had trouble with
this, which starts to make me think someone is copying addresses from
PUBYACkers. If this is the case, I am concerned, since I have set up
PUBYAC
so that your e-mail addresses are masked from any unscrupulous organizations
who use them for junk-mail / spam. If anyone else has had troubles,
let me
know.
Shannon VanHemert
pyowner@pallasinc.com
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From: "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
Subject: Illinois Library Association's Resolution Supporting ALA Legal
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Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 15:36:17 CDT
Illinois Library Association
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/illinoisresolution.html
For the entire list of state associations' resolutions, see
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/stateresolutionscipa.html=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/
http://www.ala.org/cipa/cipalegalfund.html
intellectual freedom @ your library
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From: "Pyowner" <pyowner@pallasinc.com>
To: "PUBYAC" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: the Virus
Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 14:37:35 -0600
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charset="iso-8859-1"
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I know of four PUBYACkers who have been infected so far, so just don't open
attachments. Delete, and EMPTY YOUR DELETED ITEMS FOLDER.
Shannon VanHemert
PUBYAC Moderator
pyowner@pallasinc.com
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From: "Jo-Anne Cooper" <jcooper@chinookarch.ab.ca>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: YA statistics and guidelines
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Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 18:49:49 CDT
I am in the process of articulating an argument in favor of increasing the
amount of monies budgeted for YA materials, requesting additional staff and
additional building space for YA services. I am looking for statistics
or
figures regarding per capita materials budget, staff ratios, square footage
guidelines etc. Catchy quotations would also be useful. The
public library
serves a population of 70,000. YA service has never been emphasized in
this
area before. Any assistance, advice or wisdom would be appreciated.
Jo-Anne C. Cooper
Department Head
Children's Services
Lethbridge Public Library
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From: HFL_LISA@stls.org
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: "A Series of Unfortunate Events" by L. Snicket
Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 18:50:33 CDT
Here in Horseheads we cannot keep them on the shelves. We have never
had all of them here at once. Adults love them as much as kids-we
find them hilarious. I say display them and they will go out!
L. Dowling
Horseheads Library
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From: "Look, Lin" <llook@mail.contra-costa.lib.ca.us>
To: "'PUBYAC--LISTSERV'" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: listserv oops
Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 18:51:14 CDT
Shannon wrote:
>>As
your moderator, I scan (quickly) each message [snip]
>>Replies to stumpers,
bib requests and "I need a job" postings are automatically deleted
(this is
standard PUBYAC protocol--see the Welcome message.) There are
occasions
that I do stop other messages--the Snow White and the Seven Dwarves message
from Hahaha keeps trying to get through, along with numerous 'CLICK HERE FOR
A GREAT TIME' messages. I also delay some obviously personal messages
and
check with the sender to make sure they wanted this read by the English
speaking world.<<
Shannon, my proverbial hat's off to you. It's your astute editing of
replies, trolls, and spam that keeps PUBYAC readable and enjoyable.
It's
not an easy job, so much thanks for doing it so well.
A reminder to everyone: Some of us have antiquated e-mail servers that
does
not display the sender's address in the 'from' line. All my PUBYAC
msgs
come headed, 'owner-pubyac', and unless there is an personal address
somewhere in the body of the message, there's no way to know who wrote it.
So, PLEASE, PLEASE put your e-mail address somewhere in the message if
you
want a reply.
Lin Look
Contra Costa County, CA
llook@mail.contra-costa.lib.ca.us
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From: Eloise Symonds <childlib@ci.gallup.nm.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: jigsaw puzzle pieces
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Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 18:51:54 CDT
When a jigsaw puzzle loses a piece or two, I have saved the remaining
pieces. In the autumn, I have given the kids an outline of a tree with
branches and they glue on the little pieces for leaves.
This makes a very pretty fall tree. But now, what can I do with the
bigger pieces? Does anyone have a craft that I can use up these two to
three inch pieces before I'm buried in puzzle pieces?
Thanks,
Eloise Symonds
Octavia Fellin Public Library
Gallup, NM
childlib@ci.gallup.nm.us
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From: "Pannebaker, Susan" <SPannebaker@lmls.org>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: purchasing materials
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Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 18:52:14 CDT
Yesterday, I read the letter about someone being on hold to buy books from
Ingram and buying software to order from B & T. I use Ingram
frequently,
but I order online with their I-Page. The first level of which is free
to
customers. I just filled in a form and they put our library on.
It gives
better distcounts because you get 40% with just 10 items and it is quick.
Last week I order extra copies of some paperbacks on one of our school's
summer list on Tuesday and I had the books before lunch on Wednesday ( I
know that depends on how close you are to a warehouse) It is also
great for
making lists, checking the discount for a particular item (so you can
approximate the cost), and seeing if your wareshouse has an item in stock.
They are also a great place to get books for the parent-teacher shelf; I
have been buying some of the Scholastic Professional books and they are 40%
off, the Gryphon House books are too.
In answer to the popularity of the Lemony Snickett's. We have at least
4
copies of each title and they are constantly in circ and often have
reserves.
Susan Pannebaker
Coordinator of Children's Services
Lower Merion Library System
Ludington Library
5 South Bryn Mawr Ave.
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
(610)525-1776
(610)525-1783 FAX
spannebaker@lmls.org
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From: "kathy crawford" <kathy_crawford@hotmail.com>
To: kyac@listserv.state.ky.us,
pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: trainers for children's librarians
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Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 18:52:51 CDT
Kentucky Department of Libraries will be awarding up to twelve mini grants
to regional groups of children's librarians to pay trainers on related
topics to children and youth services or outreach services for children and
youth. The grants will be for $1,400 for a region, and $1,650 for regions in
partnership with other regions. We who are on the committee to prepare a
resource list of suggested presenters would like your help in compiling the
list. These are not to be people who would come and speak to the children,
but that would train us as children's librarians so that we are able to
present better programs and services to our children.If you have any
suggestions for trainers, please forward them to me as soon as possible.
Even if their fee is more than the allowed amount, send it anyway;
regions
may want to pay the remainder to get someone really worthwhile.Include the
name, address, phone, email, topic or topics of possible training, and cost
(if you know it). Also include your full name, library, and email so we can
contact you if we have questions. Thank you.
Kathy Crawford
LaRue County Public Library
201 S. Lincoln Blvd.
Hodgenville, Ky. 42748
Phone:270.358.3851
Fax:270.358.8647
kathy_crawford@hotmail.com
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From: Jerri Garretson <raven@interkan.net>
To: PUBYAC <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Kansas books
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Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 18:53:16 CDT
For anyone needing more books set in, or about Kansas, you can find a
long list on my website at:
http://www.interkan.net/ravenstonepress/kansbook.html
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Ravenstone Press - Stories of Kansas and the Great Plains
P.O. Box 1791
Manhattan KS 66505-1791
Tel: 785-776-0556 Fax:
785-776-0668
Email: raven@interkan.net
Website: http://www.interkan.net/ravenstonepress
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From: Nicole Reader <nreader@snap.lib.ca.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Daycares at Programs
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Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 18:53:49 CDT
Our library doesn't require registration for preschool programs, but we do
have
a policy regarding visits from for-profit daycare providers (FYI, it's
posted on
our Web site). In accordance with California law, we require a ratio
of one
adult for every 6 school-age children or for every 4 preschoolers. If
a
daycare
group wishes to come to the library, which includes attending storytimes,
they
must meet this adult/child ratio. (At our library, adults accompany
children to
storytimes.) If a group *can't* meet this ratio, they must contact us
to
make
an appointment for their own separate program. Organized preschools,
homeschool
groups, and school classes also fit into this last category.
However, even though it's not in the policy, if a daycare brings more than
about
12 kids to programs on a regular basis I strongly encourage them to make an
appointment for their own program, even if they meet the required
adult/child
ratio. I've found that a large group of tightly-socialized kids throws
off
the
group dynamic, and they end up dominating the whole program. I haven't
had
any
objections to this request from daycare providers.
I certainly don't want to exclude daycare groups, since they might be a
child's
best chance to come to the library. However, we owe it to all our
patrons
to
make sure our programs aren't overwhelmed by a large group of relatively
unsupervised children.
N.
-----------------------
Nicole Reader
Children's Librarian
Benicia (CA) Public Library
nreader@snap.lib.ca.us
http://www.ci.benicia.ca.us/library.html
> ------------------------------
> From: Kim <kok@lacrosse.lib.wi.us>
> Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 14:39:31 CDT
>
> Hello,
>
> I am writing to ask the collective brain for their thoughts on daycares
> and SLP. We do not require sign-up for any of our programs
(except for
> a few storytimes), and it is not unusual for a daycare group of 35
> children and a few adults to attend programs. In the past, this
> happened very rarely, so we did not consider it a problem.
However,
> this past year we have seen an increase in our daycare groups and we
> often run out of supplies if we are doing a craft, or we run out of
> room.
>
> How do you handle this situation? Do you require sign-up for your
> programs? Do you allow daycares to attend without prior notice?
I
> would deeply appreciate any insight in this. We love the fact
that
> daycares want to bring their children to our programs, but we also see
> that some guidelines need to be set.
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> Kim Olson-Kopp
> La Crosse Public Library
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From: Tacoma Public Library <larmstrong@tpl.lib.wa.us>
To: Pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: "A Series of Unfortunate Events" by L. Snicket
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 18:54:14 CDT
Our system (Main & 9 branches) has a few. They seem to go out once
a
month or so but I'm not sure how many of those check outs are to
children. Most of the requests we get are from parents who think
they're wonderful. Personally, I hate them for kids. (This from
a
person who vociferously defended Hilaire Belloc's "Matilda, Who Told
Lies and Was Burned to Death) but I find them exactly the same pattern
as Belloc. Kids are dumped into a sadistic world, running from a
stalker, etc with no one but each other to depend on.
Having said that------yes they are very well written and extremely
clever and I have no problem recommending them to older kids, the
one who read Stephen King. Yes, Iexpect to have several, if not most,
of you disagree with my opinion but it's mine and I love it anyway.
Loralee Armstrong
Tacoma Public Library
"Meddle not with dragons for thou art crunchy and taste good with
catsup"
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From: "Bloedau, Linda" <LBloedau@ci.oak-ridge.tn.us>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: family fixes railcar?
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Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 18:54:47 CDT
A stumper from a homeschool family --- about a family with parents who move
into a railroad car and fix it up to live in --- a caring loving father who
was a milkman? She says it's definitely not the Boxcar Children, and
not
the Wilder book, Shores of Silver Lake, not the Nesbit book The Railroad
Children. Any ideas?
Thanks for putting this one into the collective think tank!
Linda B. in east Tennessee
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From: mchriste@timberland.lib.wa.us
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Position opening, WA
Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 18:56:14 CDT
Timberland Regional Library - Librarian II, Youth Services - Aberdeen,
WA
You can't afford to miss this one!! Fully remodeled building,
supportive community; local flavor but resources of regional system;
big-city salary/excellent benefits, small-town cost of living.
Beaches,
rain forest and kids who love the library!! Zeal to reach all youth,
including the Hispanic and Native American populations, ability to forge
community connections and make things happen, creative programming
skills, ability to think and work independently. Your dream job?
MLS
required. $37,079/yr. Applicant review begins June 8, 2001.
Closes
August 31, 2001. Obtain employment application materials at the
Administrative Service Center, 415 Airdustrial Way SW, Olympia, WA
98501, or call job message line 360-704-4564. Refer to position code
AB461055-02 when calling. Resume not accepted in lieu of application.
EOE. Visit our web site for more detail.
http://www.timberland.lib.wa.us
--
Mary Ann Christensen
Administrative Associate
Timberland Regional Library Voice:
360-943-5001
415 Airdustrial Way SW
FAX: 360-586-6838
Olympia, WA 98501-5799
e-mail: mchriste@timberland.lib.wa.us
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From: "Elizabeth O'Donnell" <eodonnel@mediaone.net>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: Virus alert
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Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 20:39:03 CDT
Shannon, opened an attachment from a colleague on YALSA-L and got the
W32Badtrans.13312@mm virus which
replies to all unread emails in one's email
message folders and drops a backdoor Trojan. I didn't know that I had
this
until I started getting messages from lots of folks. Hope this didn't
impact too many folks in a negative way. I was not responding to any
emails, it was the virus that was doing it. I took care of this
yesterday
morning with the help of technicians at Norton Anitvirus. I had,
unfortunately, not updated my subscription so it was not caught. A
life
lesson for us all!!! It's easy enough to deal with and doesn't damage
any
other files, at least in my case, but does create havoc along the way.
I
hope the messages I'm seeing tonight were in regards to something that
happened Tuesday night/Wednesday morning and not something that is still
going on. I just ran my Norton virus scan and it did not detect any virus.
Let me know if this is still a problem. SORRY!!!!!!!
Betty
eodonnel@mediaone.net
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From: Pat Smith <pasmith121@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: jigsaw puzzle pieces
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Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 20:39:42 CDT
Eloise,
I have seen three jig saw puzzle pieces glued
together with some overlapping. They were then
painted brown, googlie eyes were added and a little
red pompom for a nose to make a Rudolph the red nosed
reindeer. One of the pieces was for the head the other
two were off to the side to form the antlers. A craft
pin or magnet could be attached to the back.
Pat
P.S. I like your idea and would be interested to see
other ideas.
--- Eloise Symonds <childlib@ci.gallup.nm.us>
wrote:
> When a jigsaw puzzle loses a piece or two, I have
> saved the remaining
> pieces. In the autumn, I have given the kids an
> outline of a tree with
> branches and they glue on the little pieces for
> leaves.
> This makes a very pretty fall tree. But now, what
> can I do with the
> bigger pieces? Does anyone have a craft that I can
> use up these two to
> three inch pieces before I'm buried in puzzle
> pieces?
> Thanks,
> Eloise Symonds
> Octavia Fellin Public Library
> Gallup, NM
> childlib@ci.gallup.nm.us
>
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From: "Shanla Brookshire" <shanlab@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: "A Series of Unfortunate Events" by L. Snicket
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Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 20:40:25 CDT
Sherelle,
I have the first 4 books and none of them are on the shelf at
this time.
In fact, I haven't seen them in several months because they have been
constantly checked out. I just bought the 5th one and it hasn't been
put on
the shelf yet. I know I've got people who want it soon.
I hope this helps.
Shanla Brookshire
Children's Librarian
Lovett Memorial Library
Pampa, TX 79065
shanlab@hotmail.com
"The test of a man's mettle is in the small things, not in
the great; what he does about returning a library book, not
his views on greenhouse gases." --Andree Seu
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From: "Medford Children's Department" <medchild@jcls.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: STUMPER-book about mother with toddler in backpack
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Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 20:41:34 CDT
Hello! We are looking for the title of a fairly recent picture book.
Our
patron read it last summer and remembers it was about a mother who had her
toddler (a boy) in a backpack. They went for a walk or hike, tasted
berries, and touched raindrops on leaves. We have consulted our
collective
memories and "A to Zoo" with no luck.
Thank you in advance for your help!
Betsy Brubaker
Children's Department
Medford Headquarters Library
Jackson County Library Services
Medford, Oregon
medchild@jcls.org
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