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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"
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Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 488
PUBYAC Digest 488
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Teen advisory Board
by Terry Ehle <tehle@esls.lib.wi.us>
2) Re: Picture books
by holnb <holnb@lakeland.lib.mi.us>
3) Re: YA core collection
by "Margaret Wiley" <margaretwiley@hotmail.com>
4) Re: Picture books
by "Lisa Herald" <lherald@vigo.lib.in.us>
5) Parenting resources in Children's Rooms
by "Sandy Roberson" <sroberso@co.durham.nc.us>
6) RE: YA advisory group
by "PJ CAPPS" <pjcapps@leavenworth.lib.ks.us>
7) RE: Judy Stewart's comments about Chat room
by "Susan Dailey" <obldailey@wellscolibrary.org>
8) monetary donations to the library
by "Beverly Kirkendall" <bkirkend@ci.hurst.tx.us>
9) thank you
by Betsy Diamant-Cohen <bcohen@mail.pratt.lib.md.us>
10) compilation of "Millionaire" game ideas & thanks
by "Kathleen Ray" <lvl_ya@hotmail.com>
11) Maisy program
by "Natasha C Stocek" <natashastocek@lycos.com>
12) Re: Picture books
by "Cindy Rider" <CRIDER@vigo.lib.in.us>
13) Richard Scarry's Books
by "Margaret Wiley" <margaretwiley@hotmail.com>
14) shoe tying books?
by "Bloedau, Linda" <LBloedau@ci.oak-ridge.tn.us>
15) SRC patron surveys
by Christina Johnson <marionthelibrarian@yahoo.com>
16) Upcoming JOYS article
by "Jana R. Fine" <janafine01@sprynet.com>
17) stumper cat named Jules
by "Debra Domingos" <ddomingo@hotmail.com>
18) a thanks and an offer
by Nicole Marcucilli <nmarc@CLSN3046.glenview.lib.il.us>
19) Frog Stumper Answered
by "Mara Alpert" <malpert42@hotmail.com>
20) Re: Stumper - Chapter Fantasy
by Tracie Partridge <traciep@wichita.lib.ks.us>
21) Fatherless families bibliography
by "L&N Shacklette" <shacklet@eclipse.net>
22) Online Version of Libraries & the Internet Toolkit
by "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
23) INFO/ERAT: FCC Declines Changes to E-rate Priority FundingRul
by "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
24) stumper-poppyseed cakes
by "L&N Shacklette" <shacklet@eclipse.net>
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From: Terry Ehle <tehle@esls.lib.wi.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Teen advisory Board
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Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 23:22:56 CDT
At our library, our teen advisory board has been going very well. When
we
first started, I sent out a survey to all the middle and high schools. On
the survey it asked if they would be interested in joining a group.
About
80 kids put their names down.
I sent a postcard inviting them to our meeting, but only about 4 showed up,
all boys, all high schoolers. I was pretty surprised. We
dwindled for
about 6 months with maybe 1 or 2 showing up ... I almost gave up!
Then we decided (my few dedicated few) to have an application for the kids
to fill out if they wanted to join the board. WOW! You would
think they
were made of gold. I was up to about 25 regular members in no time
flat!
I think the applications made it seem a little more formal. We also
elected a president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer.
We've done several programs including a YA open house, coffee houses, and
this summer we are hosting a karaoke party, a library survivor night, and a
murder mystery game.
I definitely have food at every meeting. Usually soda and chips.
My group
is made up of mostly middle schoolers but I now have some 9th graders.
Summer membership is only about 12 a meeting but I encourage them to bring
friends and they do. If a member comes to two meetings in a row then
they
get a binder for their agendas, membership list, and notes. They
really
like those.
The only other thing that I can think of that helps with attendance is that
our secretary is responsible for emailing or calling everyone a few days
before the meeting to remind them. We meet twice a month.
Hope this helps. Feel free to email me if you have any other
questions.
Terry Ehle
Youth Services Coordinator
Lester Public Library
Two Rivers, WI
tehle@esls.lib.wi.us
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From: holnb <holnb@lakeland.lib.mi.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Picture books
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In our children's department the fiction is divided into a variety of areas
and
shelved by author within each of the categories. We have Picture
Books,
Primary
Fiction (these are the picture books with more text such as the Polocco
books,
as well as simple chapter books like the Berenstain Bears), Readers,
Junior
Fiction and Paperbacks.
Nancy B.
Herrick DL
> Today I read for the second time two new books that I find enchanting:
THE
> OTHER DOG (L'Engle)and AND THE DISH RAN AWAY WITH THE SPOON (Janet
Stephens
> and Susan Stevens Crummel). I know that the second is full of
puns (some
> would say horrible puns) but I love the humor and the pictures are
terrific.
>
> THE OTHER DOG may be too much for little children. The staff
loved it as
> did I, but I think it will work with 2nd grade and up.
>
> For the librarians on the list. I am thinking of creating a new
category
> for the Children's Dept. but I am not sure what to call it. It
would be a
> separate section for those longer and more sophisticated picture books
> which are not meant for the usual picture book audience, but for the
lower
> elementary grades. Do any of you have such a section and what do
you call
> it?
>
> I am posting this to two other listservs so please forgive any
duplicates.
>
> Peggy
> Margaret "Peggy" Northcraft
> Children's Librarian
> Hannibal Free Public Library
> 200 South 5th Street
> Hannibal MO 63401
> "Librarians give safe harbor to the thoughts and dreams, knowledge
and
> aspirations of humankind." Me
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From: "Margaret Wiley" <margaretwiley@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: YA core collection
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Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 23:23:47 CDT
Have you tried the children catalog they have a core collection for YA's.
BWI also have young adults on their website. (www.bwibooks.com)
Thanks
Margaret Wiley
Cullman County Public Library System
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From: "Lisa Herald" <lherald@vigo.lib.in.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: Picture books
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We have just such a collection we call JI for Juvenile Illustrated. We put =
in this collection those books with more sophisticated or more intense =
themes than picture books, those with significantly more text, those with =
either fewer illustrations or illustrations that are not as supportive of =
the text as are picture books. We are finding an enthusiastic audience for =
these books with kids who are "too old" for picture books (which
many =
perceive as preschool level) and not yet ready or wanting those longer =
chapter books yet. We had a small class of second graders in toward the =
end of the school year and they devoured the section. Good luck with =
assembling your collection--I think it's a great idea! Lisa=20
<<< Peggy Northcraft <mdu002@mail.connect.more.net>
7/ 3 12:50a >>>
Today I read for the second time two new books that I find enchanting:
=
THE
OTHER DOG (L'Engle)and AND THE DISH RAN AWAY WITH THE SPOON (Janet =
Stephens
and Susan Stevens Crummel). I know that the second is full of puns
(some
would say horrible puns) but I love the humor and the pictures are =
terrific.
THE OTHER DOG may be too much for little children. The staff loved it
as
did I, but I think it will work with 2nd grade and up.
For the librarians on the list. I am thinking of creating a new
category
for the Children's Dept. but I am not sure what to call it. It would
be a
separate section for those longer and more sophisticated picture books
which are not meant for the usual picture book audience, but for the lower
elementary grades. Do any of you have such a section and what do you
call
it?
I am posting this to two other listservs so please forgive any duplicates.
Peggy
Margaret "Peggy" Northcraft
Children's Librarian
Hannibal Free Public Library
200 South 5th Street
Hannibal MO 63401
"Librarians give safe harbor to the thoughts and dreams, knowledge and
aspirations of humankind." Me
=20
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From: "Sandy Roberson" <sroberso@co.durham.nc.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Parenting resources in Children's Rooms
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 23:24:59 CDT
We have recently added a parenting resource center to our children's =
room. Included are materials on pregnancy, childbirth, and parenting =
infants to age 2. I would like to hear from other libraries who house
=
some parenting resources in the children's area. Also, are there =
reasons, other than lack of space, to restrict these types of materials =
to the adult non-fiction shelving? =20
Thanks,
Sandy Roberson sroberso@co.durham.nc.us
Children's Services Librarian
Durham County Library
Durham, North Carolina
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From: "PJ CAPPS" <pjcapps@leavenworth.lib.ks.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: YA advisory group
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Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 23:25:24 CDT
Lesley
i have been considering having movies but wonder if i have to have public
performance rights. do you?
pj capps
leavenworth public library
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From: "Susan Dailey" <obldailey@wellscolibrary.org>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: Judy Stewart's comments about Chat room
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Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 23:27:41 CDT
Judy,
I don't necessarily disagree with you about letting people use chat room.
However, who decides if someone is waiting to do "serious"
stuff--the
librarian, the patron. How do you know if someone in a chat room isn't
doing "serious" stuff themselves? Does the person who is in
a chat room
still get a set period of time or are they "kicked off"
immediately? I'm
just curious.
Susan Dailey
librarian and author of A Storytime Year
Ossian Branch Library
207 N. Jefferson Street Ossian, IN 46777
obldailey@wellscolibrary.org
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From: "Beverly Kirkendall" <bkirkend@ci.hurst.tx.us>
To: <<pubyac@prairienet.org>>
Subject: monetary donations to the library
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My City Librarian has asked me to forward this to PUBYAC to see if anyone =
has input on the subject of donations to the library through utility =
bills. Please e-mail me directly at bkirkend@ci.hurst.tx.us
Thank you!
Does your City provide for donation to the public library through utility =
bills ?
Are there any donation funds collected in this manner for other projects =
or departments? If so, what?
How are the funds administered?
Is the amount set or is the citizen allowed to select the amount of the =
donation? If it is set by the City, what is the amount?
What is the estimated annual income for the donation fund?
How long has this been in place?
What are the criteria for using the funds for the library? i..e. what =
sorts of projects can they, or are they used for?
Thanks again for your input.
Beverly Kirkendall
bkirkend@ci.hurst.tx.us=20
Library Manager--Youth Services
Hurst Public Library
Hurst, TX
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From: Betsy Diamant-Cohen <bcohen@mail.pratt.lib.md.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: thank you
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Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 23:28:40 CDT
Last week, I posted a request asking about a book for an 18 month old, to
introduce her to the concept of twins. I received about quite a few
helpful
replies. Thank you to everyone who helped out.
Betsy Diamant-Cohen
Manager of the Exploration Center
Enoch Pratt Free Library at Port Discovery
35 Market Place
Baltimore, MD 21202
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From: "Kathleen Ray" <lvl_ya@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: compilation of "Millionaire" game ideas & thanks
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Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 23:29:11 CDT
Thanks to all you generous PUBYACers for your responses to my request for
help with a Millionaire game. You sent loads of ideas and Q&A's,
plus the
address of a site where you can download a PowerPoint version of the game.
Whew! You saved me hours and hours of work.
Below is a compilation of the messages that were sent to me directly.
I
also received question sets from Amelia Shelley, Jo-Ann Woolverton, and
Janet Ake (all wonderful) that were sent as attachments. If anyone
wants
them please let me know and I will send them to you.
___
Do you know of the BrainQuest series. There are different grade
levels. I
used some of these questions for my Millionaire game. I had organized
it by
different age groups beginning with Kindergarten so I wanted to try to write
appropriate questions that would ensure that most of the time they would get
the answers right and the Brainquest questions worked well. I also
wrote a
lot of questions based on fairy tales as most of the older kids seem to know
these, i.e. Which of the following did Cinderella lose? a. hat
b.slipper.
c. her dog d. umbrella. Wish I'd thought of the power point idea.
I just
had the questions on cards and read them. Good luck. It'll be fun. -
Lori
Pulliam
____
Hello! I did this last year for our end of the summer teen volunteer party.
Didn't use PowerPoint, though. Think that's a good idea, but would
like to
hear how someone who's familiar with PP would manage it. We offered 2
versions, the regular and the Harry Potter Trivia version of Millionaire.
As teens were filing into the party, we had them put their names into a
drawing if they wanted to be a millionaire. Then we drew names and had
them
join us on the stage as either the contestant or 1 of 2 phone-a-friends.
We
didn't have a good way of polling the audience, so we did away with that
idea. Didn't want to do 50/50, because we wanted to get as many kids
involved as possible. They could use the 2 life lines, and we had
about 1/3
of the kids winning the million dollars. Can't remember what we gave
them
in lieu of the bucks, but consolation prizes were cracker jack boxes, with
which the host said, "We hear there are valuable prizes inside."
As the
contestants went for more and more $, each round of questions was skated
onto stage by one of our teens on roller blades. (Because we wanted to
get
to as many kids as possible, we had different amounts than on TV-- $1,000,
10,000, 100,000 and then the million$.) Winners were showered with
fake
money.
Please let me know or post to the list any other ideas. I think we
will do
this again this summer-- it was a hit. Good luck! - Pat Downs-Reid
___
When I did my millionaire program, I wrote some questions myself, ones I
thought preteens and teenagers would know and like. And I bought some
cheap
paperback books at the bookstore that had multiple choice questions.
The
books were something like how to win at game shows. - Cathy Chesher
___
I did a "Millionaire" program using PowerPoint this spring and I
am planning
another program for summer. I had never used PowerPoint before either,
but
I had a quick lesson from a staff member and I also used one of the
PowerPoint books in our collection. It was surprisingly easy once I got
started. I used a laptop and the contestants viewed the questions from a PC
that was set up in front of them. The questions were also projected
onto a
screen in the front of the room for the audience to view. Our
technology
person set all this up for me. If you have specific questions on how
it was
done I'd be happy to ask him for you. I took most of my questions off
some
weekly trivia sheets we created over the past few summers. Someone on
staff
also had a book of trivia questions which she let me use (I'm sorry but I
don't recall the title). This time around I'm using a few decks of the
game
"Brain Quest" to help me find questions. - Marianne Ryczek
___
Last summer we did a take-off of the "Millionaire" game during
summer
reading. We used PowerPoint for the presentation. This worked
very well
for multiple-choice type games, and I would encourage you to try it. There
are many sources for trivia questions on line and in books, but we also used
the "Brain Quest" games for questions. If you have any other
questions, we
would be glad to help. - Mary Marshall
Thanks to all,
Kathy Ray
Locust Valley Library
lvl_ya@hotmail.com
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From: "Natasha C Stocek" <natashastocek@lycos.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Maisy program
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Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 23:30:50 CDT
Hi everyone,
Has anybody done a program with Lucy Cousin's Maisy? We are going to be
borrowing a Maisy costume and I need to create a program to go along with
it. I will share everyone's responses!
TIA,
Natasha Stocek
Frederick County Public Libraries
Frederick, MD
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From: "Cindy Rider" <CRIDER@vigo.lib.in.us>
To: <child_lit@email.rutgers.edu>,<mdu002@mail.connect.more.net>,
Subject: Re: Picture books
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 23:31:18 CDT
We recently created such a section which we call JI (for Juvenile =
Illustrated or Juvenile Intermediate - take your pick). We shelve them
at =
the end of the J Fic section.
Cindy Rider
Young Peoples Associate Librarian.
Vigo Co. Public Library
Terre Haute, IN
crider@vigo.lib.in.us
http://www.vigo.lib.in.us/yp/yp.html
If you want your child to be brilliant, tell them fairytales.
If you want them to be even more brilliant, tell them even more fairytales.=
-- Albert Einstein
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From: "Margaret Wiley" <margaretwiley@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Richard Scarry's Books
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Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 23:31:39 CDT
I am trying to do a theme using Richard Scarry's Books and having a hard
time finding lessons plans or suggestions. If anyone has suggestions
please
let me know.
Margaret Wiley
Youth Services Coordinator
Cullman County Public Library System
margaretwiley@hotmail.com
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From: "Bloedau, Linda" <LBloedau@ci.oak-ridge.tn.us>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: shoe tying books?
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Oh great collective brain.... what are your favorite shoe tying books?
I
have had many requests for them this summer and we have next to nothing!
Any titles? Thanks!
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From: Christina Johnson <marionthelibrarian@yahoo.com>
To: PUBYAC <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: SRC patron surveys
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Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 23:32:46 CDT
I have been asked by my board to come up with a short
survey (one for adults and one for children) about
their likes and dislikes about our summer reading
program. I have never made out a survey before. I
have come up with a few un-impressive ideas. Of
course, I was asked to do this after a long day of
doing 3 programs back to back with practically no
lunch. (My assistant is on vacation)
Has anyone out there done this before? Do you have
any suggestions for questions. Should they all be
multiple choice with a section at the end for
comment/suggestion?
What I've come up with so far:
1. What is your overall rating of our SRC?
2. Would you like to see nicer prizes if this mean
receiving prizes less often?
3. What type of program do you prefer the library to
offer?
4. Is there anything you would like to see changed
in our SRC?
Am I asking for trouble or what?!
TIA
Christina Johnson
Lebanon Public Library
Lebanon IN 46052
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From: "Jana R. Fine" <janafine01@sprynet.com>
To: "yalsa listserv" <yalsa-l@ala.org>,
"pubyac" <pubyac@prairienet.org>,
"ALSC discussion group"
<alsc-l@ala1.ala.org>
Subject: Upcoming JOYS article
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 23:33:13 CDT
Greetings all sunny and humid Florida!
I will be editing the upcoming fall issue of JOYS. The topic is on how
libraries partner with non-school entities such as businesses, health and
social agencies, foundations, museums, corporations, etc.
One of the articles will be "from the field" with input from
any of you who
wish to share information as a part of the article.
If you would like to participate, I will need the following:
1. Your name, library, location, and email address so readers
could
contact you; and
2. a paragraph on who you partner with and how it has worked for your
library, the partner/s, and the community
Thanks to all of you in advance.
Jana Fine
Clearwater Public Library System
Clearwater, Florida
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From: "Debra Domingos" <ddomingo@hotmail.com>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: stumper cat named Jules
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<html><DIV>
<P>Dear collective brain,</P>
<P> </P>
<P>A patron is looking for picture book which has a cat named Jules,
unicorns, witches and faeires are in the colorful illustrations.
Possibly a blue cover with cat wearing witch hat on cover. Patron very
sketchy about age and format of book but read it about 3 years
ago.
Any ideas?</P>
<P>Eternally grateful,</P>
<P>Deb Domingos <A
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From: Nicole Marcucilli <nmarc@CLSN3046.glenview.lib.il.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: a thanks and an offer
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Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 23:35:19 CDT
Thanks to all who helped me out with the prison fiction for teens. I
got
a lot of great ideas, along with some non-fiction titles that are in my
bibliography and will be put with the display.
If anyone would like me to fax over a copy of the finished bibliography, I
would be happy to. Please let me know your number. Our system
here is
funky, so I don't think I could email it, as attachements don't always
work. The list is for high schoolers.
Nicole Marcuccilli
YA Librarian
Glenview (IL) Public Library
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From: "Mara Alpert" <malpert42@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Frog Stumper Answered
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Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 23:35:48 CDT
This was the stumper:
We are hoping that this rings a bell with someone. The
patron
remembers reading it in the mid to late 1970s, and thinks it was
new
then. It's about two frogs or toads. It's not a picture book
- the
patron thinks it was 150 pages or more. He remembers the
scene on the
cover as one of the frogs (or toads) in a hammock, in the
autumn. It is
definitely NOT The Wind in the Willows or any of the Frog
and Toad books
by Lobel.
Overwhelmingly, the most popular answer was the Warton and Morton books by
Russell Erickson. Also suggested were THE ADVENTURES OF GRANDFATHER
TOAD by
Thornton Burgess, and WALTER THE LAZY MOUSE by Margorie Flack. I will
forward these to the patron and see what he thinks.
Thank you Diana Norton, Julie Ann Rines, Judy Sutton, Nora Liederbach,
Celeste Fong, Kim Flores, Susan Harding, Kate Ingalls, Nancy Sheehan, and
Marie McDermed. And the rest of you in PUBYAC-land, who make my
morning
e-mail so interesting and useful.
Mara Alpert
Children's Literature Department
Central Library
Los Angeles Public Library
malpert42@hotmail.com
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From: Tracie Partridge <traciep@wichita.lib.ks.us>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Stumper - Chapter Fantasy
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Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 23:36:09 CDT
Thank you for all of your responses to my chapter fantasy stumper.
Specifically, thank you to Sharon Freeman, Joanna Andrew, Susan Dailey,
Mara Alpert, Leslie Knieriem, Jackie Marquardt, Julie Ann Rines, Kristin
Lane, and Kristina Jensen. The majority identified it as The Phantom
Tollbooth. The key difference between my description and the book is
the
main character is a boy named Milo instead of a girl. You are all
great.
Tracie Partridge
"New" Children's Librarian
Central Library
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From: "L&N Shacklette" <shacklet@eclipse.net>
To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Fatherless families bibliography
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Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 23:36:45 CDT
Thanks to all who responded. The list follows:
Do I Have a Daddy? by Jeanne Lindsay
Mom and Dad Break Up by Prestine,
On the Day His Daddy Left by Adams
Since Dad Left by Binch
"Why Don't I have a Daddy"
I WISH I HAD MY FATHER by Norma Simon.
By the Dawn's Early Light by Karen Ackerman
When Mama Gets Home by Marisabina Russo
A Father Like That by Charlotte Zolotow
The only book I was unable to find is "Why don't I have a Daddy?"
Thanks for all your help.
Nancy Shacklette
shacklet@eclipse.net
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From: "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
To: <ifaction@ala.org>
Subject: Online Version of Libraries & the Internet Toolkit
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Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 23:37:08 CDT
The online version of the Libraries & the Internet Toolkit has been =
revised (as of June 1, 2001) and is located at
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/internettoolkit.html=20
The PDF version--revised as of June 1, 2001, which was distributed in =
print form at the ALA 2001 Annual Conference in San Francisco--is =
available at
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/internettoolkit.pdf
For more information on its availability in print form, contact the ALA =
Public Information Office at 800-545-2433, ext. 1 + 5044.
__________________________
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>
To: <ifaction@ala.org>
Subject: INFO/ERAT: FCC Declines Changes to E-rate Priority FundingRul
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ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
Volume 10, Number 52
July 3, 2001
In this issue: FCC DECLINES CHANGES TO E-RATE PRIORITY FUNDING RULES
On Friday, June 29, 2001, the FCC released their decisions to maintain=20
the current priority funding rules for Year 4 and to permanently change=20
the deadline for non-recurring services.=20
Concerning the internal connections question, the FCC agreed with the=20
positions set forth by ALA and others in their Comments on the proposed=20
rules and declined to change the current priority funding rules during=20
Year Four. The current rules require that if funding is not adequate =
to=20
fully provide discounts for Priority Two services, then the funds are =
to=20
be prorated among the highest (90%) discount band. Therefore,
during=20
Year Four, each funded applicant at the 90% level will receive a portion=20=
of the amount they requested. (According to Schools and
Libraries=20
Division (SLD), that portion may be around 73% of their approved funding=20=
request. See SLD's Web site, www.universalservice.org.)
While declining to make a change in Year Four, the Commission mentioned
that they will continue to consider priority rule changes for the=20
future. The FCC expects that shortfalls in funding will continue in=20
light of the $2.25 billion cap and demand in Year Four that exceeded=20
$5.2 billion. The Commission, therefore, sees continual funding=20
shortfalls as a indicator of the need to change the rules to ensure =
that=20
the neediest libraries and schools receive E-rate discounts.
The FCC decided to permanently change the E-rate program deadline by=20
which non-recurring services must be implemented from June 30th to=20
September 30th. This change was needed in order to adjust the
program=20
to reflect the FCC practice of issuing waivers to extend the deadline=20
each year since the beginning of the program. The Order also adopts=20
four criteria which must be met to extend the deadline beyond
September=20=
30th for the implementation of non-recurring services.
The criteria the FCC adopted allows extensions beyond the September =
30th=20
deadline for:=20
1. Applicants who received their funding commitment decision letter=20
after March 1 of the funding year;
2. Applicants who were authorized to make service provider substitution=20
or service substitution on or after March 1 of the funding year;
3. Applicants whose service providers were not able to complete=20
implementation for reasons beyond their control; and=20
4. Applicants whose funding was delayed due to an investigation for=20
program compliance. =20
If one of these criteria is met before March 1, the applicant would =
have=20
until September 30 of that year to complete implementation. If one
of=20
the criteria is satisfied after March 1, the applicant would have until=20
September of the following year to complete implementation.
The FCC's Order also allows contracts for non-recurring services to be=20
voluntarily extended to coincide with the change in the deadline for=20
implementation without applying the competitive bidding requirements. =20
However, contracts may not be extended beyond September 30th without=20
complying with the competitive bidding requirements.
To review the FCC Report and Order, see=20
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov:8835/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-01-195A1.pdf.
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From: "L&N Shacklette" <shacklet@eclipse.net>
To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: stumper-poppyseed cakes
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 23:38:09 CDT
I have a patron looking for the story "The poppyseed cakes" by
Margery Clark
published in 1924. She believes it may have been adapted and published
in
something called the Children's Treasury in the 50's. In the story a
woman
from the old country, maybe called Aunt Katushka, comes bringing all kinds
of exotic things including poppyseeds. She is looking for any adaptation. If
you know of any collection containing the story, please respond to
shacklet@eclipse.net.
Thanks
Nancy Shacklette
Maplewood Memorial Library
Maplewood, NJ
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