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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: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 11:02 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 510
PUBYAC Digest 510
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) job posting - Cleveland Ohio
by Amy Switzer <aswitzer@heightslibrary.org>
2) Job Deadline Correction Jefferson Cty, Colorado
by Nancy Seibert <nseibert@jefferson.lib.co.us>
3) Book Bags for Babies
by "linda allen" <lindaallen@hotmail.com>
4) Small School Library - Advice
by R Smith <read2yourbunny@yahoo.com>
5) RE: Halloween Stories
by Ingrid Arnason <IngridA@wccls.lib.or.us>
6) STUMPER: girl with magic stove in Treehouse
by Kate McLean <mcleank@mail.dekalb.public.lib.ga.us>
7) survivor stumper solved
by Andrea Terry <cavgrads97@yahoo.com>
8) biting thanks
by "Bryce, Richard" <bryce@palsplus.org>
9) RE: Book Bags for Babies
by "PJ CAPPS" <pjcapps@leavenworth.lib.ks.us>
10) Survivor program
by "Melissa MacLeod" <mmacleod@sailsinc.org>
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From: Amy Switzer <aswitzer@heightslibrary.org>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: job posting - Cleveland Ohio
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Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 10:34:24 CDT
Librarian
Children's Services
The Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library has a permanent full
time professional position available in the Children's Services Department
for an energetic, innovative team player who loves children and is dedicated
to customer service. This is the opportunity for a dynamic children's
librarian with initiative, imagination and leadership skills to participate
in children's programming, reference service, collection development and
outreach responsibilities.
Graduate degree from an accredited library school required. Dedication to
customer service, creative programming abilities, computer/Internet skills,
and familiarity with children's literature are essential. Salary $33,820 for
a 40-hour week including nights and weekends, as well as excellent benefits
including health, dental, vision and long term disability insurances.
Send resume, postmarked no later than August 13, 2001 to:
Human Resources Department
Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library
2345 Lee Road
Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44118
No telephone calls, please.
Equal Opportunity Employer
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From: Nancy Seibert <nseibert@jefferson.lib.co.us>
To: "'jobline@cde.state.co.us'"
<jobline@cde.state.co.us>,
Subject: Job Deadline Correction Jefferson Cty, Colorado
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Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 10:35:01 CDT
The following position has a corrected application deadline of 8/16/01.
Thank you for your patience
POSITION: Library Acquisitions Specialist #21-435
Jefferson County Public Library
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 8/16/01.
QUALIFICATIONS: Associates degree and 1-2 years of progressively responsible
experience with computers and the Internet, or any equivalent combination of
education and experience.
PURPOSE: Under general supervision, order materials for all branches of the
library.
DUTIES: The Acquisitions Unit is located in the Library's centralized
Service Center. You will work as part of a team responsible for ordering,
receiving, and processing all new materials for the branch libraries, as
well as, working closely with the Acquisitions and Cataloging departments.
Work also involves organizing selection lists, verifying correct items to
order, determining appropriate vendors, creating and placing purchase orders
and encumbering material's funds.
SALARY: Annual $27,563
BENEFITS:
* Excellent benefits package including health, dental, vision and
retirement.
* Vacation, holiday, sick leave, and personal days.
* Training Opportunities.
APPLY: A Jefferson County application form must be completed. Applications
are available by fax (303) 271-8411 or online http://jefferson.lib.co.us
"Join Our Team" Return to Jefferson County Human Resources Dept.
800
Jefferson Pkwy, Ste .140, Golden CO 80401; 303-271-8400.
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From: "linda allen" <lindaallen@hotmail.com>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Book Bags for Babies
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Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 10:40:52 CDT
Currently our Friends Group provides book bags at the hospital for new
babies which include our branch info, lapsit program schedule, and book list
for babies brochure. They are interested in adding more items. We would like
to know what other libraries who do this include in their bags and where do
you get the materials? If you purchase items, such as board books, what is
the cost and funding source? Thanks for your help.
Hope summer reading has been smooth and fun for everyone.
Linda Allen, Sno-Isle Library System, WA
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From: R Smith <read2yourbunny@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Small School Library - Advice
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Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 10:41:30 CDT
Greetings, Pubyac-ers!
I'd be most appreciative of any and all responses
regarding setting up a small library at an independent
school (160 students, PS-3). I just got my MLS last
year (but am not a media specialist) and I agreed (as
the mother of a student there) to help develop the
collection. The materials budget for the year is
probably about $2,000, maybe a bit more. There are
about 1,400 books right now. We just added $2,500
worth of books on diversity/multicultural issues (we
have a lot of Chinese adoptees as well as children
from alternative families).
1) Right now we have no selection tools. I'm
considering A to Z, Best Books for Children,
Adventuring with Books. Is one of those more helpful
than others? Is there another one that we should
consider?
2) I'd love to hear about nifty books that are big
hits with teachers. I'm thinking about books like The
True Story of the 3 Pigs (to teach about bias) or
Voices in the Park (to teach about perspective) or
Anno's Math Games (to teach mathematical concepts) or
You Can't Take a Balloon into the Metropolitan Museum
(to expose kids to the arts). What other books like
these do teachers have fun incorporating into the
curriculum?
3) I'm hoping that we have already ordered most of the
major multicultural/diversity books. What are your top
five (or ten) that you would definitely want to have
in any school/children's collection.
Thanks in advance for your assistance!
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Rebecca Smith, recent MLS grad
read2yourbunny@yahoo.com
"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are,
far more than our abilities."
--Albus Dumbledore ( J.K. Rowling)
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From: Ingrid Arnason <IngridA@wccls.lib.or.us>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: Halloween Stories
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Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 10:42:07 CDT
These sound great, are you going to do both programs on Halloween or a week
or so before?
Ingrid
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aarene Storms [SMTP:astorms@kcls.org]
> Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2000 10:43 PM
> To: pubyac@prairienet.org
> Subject: RE: Halloween Stories
>
>
> I'm planning two separate Halloween programs at my libraries:
"Happy
> Pumpkins"
> for the very small or faint of heart, and "REALLY Scary Stories
for Brave
> Listeners" for the older/bolder group.
>
> Happy Pumpkins features "Vanishing Pumpkin", a couple of
Prelutsky's
> rhymes
> (NOT from Nightmares) and whatever current books I find featuring
costumes
> and
> candy. No witches, ghosts, or coffins. We don't even say
the word "Boo."
>
> This program is held at 2:00 in the afternoon, and I encourage everyone
to
> come
> in costume. My costume is some fuzzy cat ears and painted
whiskers for
> this
> one, and we all eat popcorn and juice.
>
> REALLY Scary includes classics like Dead Man's Liver (a tailypo
variant,
> but
> yuckier), the Vampire Skeleton (which I borrowed from Bruchac's
version),
> Tell-
> Tale Heart, an urban legend or two (vanishing hitchhiker, highbeams)
and
> maybe
> Dancing Skeleton for a little comic relief. I've also got a
couple of
> original tales in my pocket which take place around local spooky
> landmarks.
> Costumes optional, refreshments are served only to survivors.
This one is
>
> scheduled for 7pm, which is DARK around here in October.
>
> HTH,
> Aarene
>
> Most of my life I've spent reading books and riding horses.
> The rest, I've just wasted.
> Aarene Storms astorms@kcls.org
> Richmond Beach and Kenmore Libraries
> King County Library System
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From: Kate McLean <mcleank@mail.dekalb.public.lib.ga.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: STUMPER: girl with magic stove in Treehouse
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Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 10:42:33 CDT
I have a patron who would love to find her favorite childhood book for her
daughter to read. It involves a girl who has a treehouse and in the
treehouse there is a magic stove. She would turn the dial to
make the
magic happen. I've put her on to the Edward Eager books in the
meantime,
but she's hoping we can come up with the title and the book!
Thanks,
Kate
ps. Please respond to me personally so we don't annoy the list.
Kate McLean
Tucker-Reid H. Cofer Library
DeKalb County Public Libraries, GA
mcleank@mail.dekalb.public.lib.ga.us
"My opinions are my own."
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From: Andrea Terry <cavgrads97@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: survivor stumper solved
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Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 10:43:03 CDT
Pardon the alliteration...The series that my patron
mentioned must be the Survival! series by Duey and
Bale. Many thanks!
=====
Andrea Terry
Juvenile Services Librarian
Libby Memorial Library
Old Orchard Beach, Maine
cavgrads97@yahoo.com
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From: "Bryce, Richard" <bryce@palsplus.org>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: biting thanks
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Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 10:43:39 CDT
Hello! Thank you all so much for your biting book recommendations.
The
overwhelming choice from everyone was Bootsie Barker Bites, by Botner.
Two
others recommended No Fighting, No Biting, by Minarik. One other said
that
we should give Walter the Wolf, by Sharmat, a whirl. I have a call in
to my
patron & am waiting for a call back, but I'm sure she'll be thrilled
with
these choices.
Thanks again! Enjoy the week.
Richard :o)
"To want in one's head to do a thing, for it's own sake; to enjoy doing
it;
to concentrate all of one's energies upon it- - that is not only the surest
guarantee of it's success. It is also being true to oneself."
(Amelia Earhart, in Sky Pioneer)
"So many things have made living and learning easier. But the
real things
haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the
most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures and to be cheerful
and have courage when things go wrong"- Laura Ingalls Wilder
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From: "PJ CAPPS" <pjcapps@leavenworth.lib.ks.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: Book Bags for Babies
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Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 11:38:46 CDT
Linda
yes, we do this under the Born to Read program. We have a cooperative of the
two local hospitals, Hallmark (local division), our school district's
Parents as Teachers, and the library. Each of those entities contributes
labor, materials, and funding. bags are cloth and printed locally with the
Born to Read symbol. (just call ala and they will give you free usage of
their symbol and name.)
We include important infancy information provided by Parents as Teachers
(early warning signs, what constitutes good daycare, etc.); handouts with
hotline info re: child abuse and how to get help if you are overwhelmed;
adult literacy programs in the area; and a lot of information about the
library and its programs, including bibliographies for new parents.
We also include coupons good for several more free children's books at
intervals throughout the baby's first three years. (HarperCollins Learning
Tree *gave* us those books covering ages 1 1/2 through 3 years to
distribute. They even shipped them free.) Board books are purchased through
Bookmen's Board Books www.bookmen.com
I hope this helps, if you want to talk about it, just e-mail me at
pjcapps@leavenworth.lib.ks.us
pjcapps - leavenworth public
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Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 10:41 AM
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Book Bags for Babies
Currently our Friends Group provides book bags at the hospital for new
babies which include our branch info, lapsit program schedule, and book list
for babies brochure. They are interested in adding more items. We would like
to know what other libraries who do this include in their bags and where do
you get the materials? If you purchase items, such as board books, what is
the cost and funding source? Thanks for your help.
Hope summer reading has been smooth and fun for everyone.
Linda Allen, Sno-Isle Library System, WA
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From: "Melissa MacLeod" <mmacleod@sailsinc.org>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Survivor program
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 11:39:21 CDT
Below is a description of the Survivor program I just ran. I have =
materials - necklace masters, item masters, question list, food list, =
etc. If anyone is interested I would be thrilled to share them (I spent =
a ton of time reading survival books and preparing questions, so it =
would make me feel useful). It was designed for kids ages 10 to 16 (I =
also had two 9 year olds) and what a success it was!=20
I had 20 show up on a Thursday night. They divided into teams of 5 and =
picked their tribe names. I had two-sided card stock necklaces made up =
with a skull and crossbones on one side and the other side blank for =
their names (one color for each team). Each table had a dice (die). Each =
team had one free miss at a question, then for every miss after that =
they had to roll the die. If they got a six - the person whose last name =
began with the letter closest to Z had to turn their necklace over to =
the crossbones side (they could still help their team answer questions =
but were considered "passed on." If they got a five - the youngest
=
member of the team went, 4 - person with the birthday closest to July =
4th, etc.
It worked out perfectly, each team had at least one surviving member
at =
the end of 40 questions (I saved some questions for tiebreakers, which I =
ended up needing) and we moved on to the next round. I listed 15 foods =
or plants on a board and told each team to pick 5 that they thought were =
edible. There were five edible choices, and if they got at least 3 they =
got to regenerate a member. Then we moved on to the last round. I had =
printed out 19 card stock items (rope, map, compass, flashlight, etc.) =
and put them in a bag with a piece of paper explaining the disaster the =
team had been subjected to. They had 10 minutes to pick 10 of the 19 =
items and then we tallied the points based on the items they chose to =
take (I used a chart in the bakc of Rory Storm's The Castaway Survivor's =
Guide for the scoring system). Based on score, they could regenrate a =
member, stay neutral or lose a member or lose two.
It turned out that all the teams had lost their member on the last =
round and we had a sudden death round with the remaining multiple choice =
questions (meaning each team got a question and if they got it wrong =
they were gone). Everyone got a ticket for a free ice cream cone and the =
winning team got free sundaes. Parents and kids were in here raving =
about it all next day and week and are asking when the next one will be. =
It was so much fun to hear teams discuss their options and to hear them =
laughing when their situations turned out well (or not so well). A =
wonderful chance to connect with that age group and to get the boys into =
it (advertise with local boy scout troops). We were surprised at how the =
kids knew and I think they were too!=20
If you want materials - send me an email at mmacleod@sailsinc.org
or =
write to me at Carver Public Library, 2 Meadowbrook Way, Carver, MA =
02330
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