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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: Friday, August 17, 2001 12:43 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 525
PUBYAC Digest 525
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) What's So Scary About Harry
by "Kym Lucas" <kym.lucas@medina.lib.oh.us>
2) Teen Scavenger Hunt
by Toni Reese <treese@monarch.papillion.ne.us>
3) List of Genre Terms for Juvenile Literature Needed
by Tanya DiMaggio <tanya@mail.sttammany.lib.la.us>
4) Re: Click magazine
by Eric Norton <enorton@scls.lib.wi.us>
5) need advice - companion books
by "Laurie Rose" <lrose@orono.lib.me.us>
6) Kid-friendly features to ask for in new automation system
by "Mary Fellows" <mary@uhls.lib.ny.us>
7) Defining an Easy Reader
by "Christine Tyner" <chloty@hotmail.com>
8) RE: Shelving underrated
by "Keener, Lesa" <LKeener@acmail.aclink.org>
9) Need Games and Activities for School Age
by Slcfruhling@aol.com
10) Summer Quest Wrap-up
by "Wanda Jones" <wjones98@hotmail.com>
11) Boxcar Children Movie?????
by "Chris Mallo" <chrism@GRRL02.GRRL.LIB.MN.US>
12) Re: Click magazine
by "Barbara Osborn" <bosborn@triton.net>
13) RE: Grade-Level Breakdowns for Storytimes
by karen maletz <kmlib@yahoo.com>
14) Re: Homework Center
by Jennifer Bromann <bromannj@yahoo.com>
15) Anchorage, Alaska Job Openings
by "Douglas, Sherri S." <DouglasSS@ci.anchorage.ak.us>
16) Parental Access Responses
by "Lane, Kristin" <klane@lib.sbcounty.gov>
17) Two requests
by carrie@nysoclib.org
18) RE: How much is too much?
by Tina Hager <Tina.Hager@cityofcarrollton.com>
19) Internet homework centers?
by Diane_Tuccillo@ci.mesa.az.us
20) Pet Parade
by "Michelle Ornat" <mornat@CHESAPEAKE.LIB.VA.US>
21) Re: Seeking advice
by Lisa Hughes <lhughes@scinet.co.santa-clara.ca.us>
22) Harry Potter movie and Friends' groups
by Kim Heikkinen <kim.heikkinen@mcfls.org>
23) Disruptive After-School Patrons
by R Smith <read2yourbunny@yahoo.com>
24) clip art
by "Grace Greene" <grace.greene@dol.state.vt.us>
25) RE: Fair ideas
by "Heather Stout" <Hstout.lew@valnet.org>
26) Do you know this book?
by "Campbell, Dana" <Dana.Campbell@ci.corvallis.or.us>
27) stumper: Three dolls in a house
by Pam Gravenor <pam.gravenor@ncc.govt.nz>
28) Stumper -- Mayor Naise
by "Wagner, Jenifer" <Jenifer.Wagner@co.dakota.mn.us>
29) Stumper
by lrogers@sdln.net
30) Kid King Arthur Series Stumper
by "Chris Mallo" <chrism@GRRL02.GRRL.LIB.MN.US>
31) stumper
by Sharon Dudeck <sldudeck@yahoo.com>
32) Stumper
by Zaklina Gallagher <zgallagh@dcc.govt.nz>
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From: "Kym Lucas" <kym.lucas@medina.lib.oh.us>
To: "pubyac@prairienet.org"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: What's So Scary About Harry
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:26:07 CDT
Dear Pubyacers,
I'm partnering with a fellow librarian to do a presentation called
"What's So Scary About Harry?--Potter, that is." I wonder if
you would
be so kind as to take a moment to recall and e-mail me comments you have
received about the books. These can be both positive or negative, but
should have something to do with the controversy about the books.
I would be so grateful. I know reactions vary from location to
location
and would like to be able to draw on a good cross-section of comments.
Thank you in advance for taking the time to think about this.
Kym Lucas
Brunswick Community Library
Brunswick, Ohio
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From: Toni Reese <treese@monarch.papillion.ne.us>
To: pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org>,
TAGAD <tagad-l@topica.com>
Subject: Teen Scavenger Hunt
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Oh Great Brain,
I am going to do my first ever Teen Scavenger Hunt during Teen Read Week
and would like ideas from anybody out there who has done one.
Thanks in advance,
Toni
Toni Reese
Youth Services Librarian
Sump Memorial Library
222 N. Jefferson St.
Papillion, NE 68046
treese@monarch.papillion.ne.us
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From: Tanya DiMaggio <tanya@mail.sttammany.lib.la.us>
To: PUBYAC <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: List of Genre Terms for Juvenile Literature Needed
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:27:18 CDT
Dear Pubyac members who are involved in cataloging juvenile materials,
We are looking for a standard list of genre terms for juvenile
literature to be used in the 655 MARC field. We are hoping to allow our
patrons (and staff) to search by genre term in our new automated system.
Currently, we cannot search by field 655 and thus pay no attention to it
when cataloging. We do have a set of spine labels that we use to help
patrons find what they want. Of course, we use terms like
"mystery",
"science fiction", "realistic fiction",
"numbers","abc", those stickers
you can buy from most vendors. We also have labels for "toddler",
"concept", "easy reader", and "word book",
which we have had made for
us. The standard lists that we use for the 655 field do not cover
specific juvenile genres. An internet search did not yield any standard
lists. Is there something out there that we don't know about? Please
reply to me directly with any help you can give. I will share whatever I
find with the list. Thank you for your help and expertise.
Tanya
tanya@mail.sttammany.lib.la.us
Juvenile Services Coordinator
Tanya DiMaggio
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From: Eric Norton <enorton@scls.lib.wi.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Click magazine
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Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:29:39 CDT
Lorie:
As a librarian and a parent, I really like Click (and it's older sibling,
Muse). Each issue of Click is devoted to one topic (transportation,
rivers, endangered animals, money management) and is filled with stories,
comics and more standard articles which cover the topic from a varieity of
angles. There are recurring features as well as completely original
pieces
in each issue. My daughter just loves them. I will say that it
doesn't
get as much circulation as some of the more commercial titles like Disney
Adventures or Nickolodeon but then again, there is something more to our
jobs than just generating circulation. Click is a quality publication
that
I would definitely recommend.
Eric Norton
enorton@scls.lib.wi.us
Head of Children's Services
McMillan Memorial Library
490 E. Grand Ave.
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin 54494
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From: "Laurie Rose" <lrose@orono.lib.me.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: need advice - companion books
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Hello
I am planning my girls book group program for the coming year.
This is a program for girls in grades 4-7 - they are divided into two
groups: 4th&5th graders and 6th&7th graders and we select two
different titles for the groups to read. We are trying to connect the
titles in some way either by genre or time period or theme - We
have come up with two titles that we would like to use with the
older girls but need companion books for the younger girls. Please
let me know if you can think of companions for the following titles:
*Catherine called Birdy by Cushman
*Running out of Time by Haddix
TIA
Laurie
Laurie Rose
Youth Services Librarian
Orono Public Library
Orono, Maine 04473
lrose@orono.lib.me.us
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From: "Mary Fellows" <mary@uhls.lib.ny.us>
To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Kid-friendly features to ask for in new automation system
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Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:30:46 CDT
Hello, all -
Our regional library system is negotiating a contract with epixtech for a
new automation system (Horizon). Since now is the time to ask for things,
I'd like to know if any of you (epixtech customers or not) have suggestions
as to useful modifications/features I should see included in our
contract.
Anything you wish you had in your system? I'll definitely ask for a kid's
catalog, but what else should I be asking for? Thanks so much for your help!
Mary Fellows
Youth Services Consultant
Upper Hudson Library System
28 Essex Street - Albany, NY 12206
518-437-9880 ext. 228
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From: "Christine Tyner" <chloty@hotmail.com>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Defining an Easy Reader
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Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:31:15 CDT
Hi all. At my new branch library I am trying to define the limits of the
Easy Reader collection to our Technical Processing staff and it has been
more difficult than expected.
Our picture books are called Easy Books. Then we have our Easy Reader
section. I define Easy Readers as those books that an emerging reader can
read for enjoyment, practicing their new skills. I include phonics books
such as Moncure's My Sound Box series here as well.
However, I don't want to include Easy Reader nonfiction books here (like the
DK Readers), because I think they are more useful in the Juvenile nonfiction
section so children can find nonfiction at their reading level. (They come
from our jobber with a nonfiction call number and then the Tech department
changes them to Easy Reader.)
Other items that I don't think should be included anymore are Magic School
Bus books, Let's Read-And-Find-Out Science books, and upper level MathStart
books. We have riddle books in Easy Reader too.
On the flip side, books I consider beginning level chapter books, like the
Stepping Stone Books, Puffin Chapter books, and Redfeather books, are being
placed in Easy Reader when I think these are Juvenile Fiction.
I would like to know how you define an Easy Reader and what items are
included/not included? I certainly don't want to be narrow in my definition,
but I don't want the section to be a jumble of everything either. Space in
the Easy Reader section is a concern, too, but I don't want to define the
section narrowly because of that. Your thoughts would be greatly
appreciated.
Please reply to chloty@hotmail.com.
Thank you,
Christine Tyner
Children's Librarian
Betty Warmack Branch Library
Grand Prairie, TX
chloty@hotmail.com
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From: "Keener, Lesa" <LKeener@acmail.aclink.org>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
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Subject: RE: Shelving underrated
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Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:31:42 CDT
Agreed I rarely shelve books not because it is beneath me but I just do not
have the time. I run the children programs, organize the other programs,
gather homework materials, call hold books fix the copier, fax and computer
etc. etc. Sometimes someone will comment I rarely put away books but I
remedy this by offering to trade activities. We have pages who sometimes
complain that they cannot put everybook away and this is all they do. I
believe that after you move up in the library you gain more responsiblity
and "jobs". When I stated my only tasks were shelving and pulling
disty
books. It was a couple of years before I started doing activities.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pubyac@prairienet.org
[mailto:owner-pubyac@prairienet.org]On
Behalf Of Julie Linneman
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 2:35 PM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Shelving underrated
Before being too harsh with the person who mentioned that her job didn't
include shelving, please remember that everyone's situation is different.
Some libraries hire a librarian and expect them to perform all of the
duties within the library. Other libraries structure the job duties so
that they are not paying librarian wages to someone who shelves.
It is widely recognized that shelving is a clerical task that commands a
much lower salary than that required by a librarian. (If that were not
true, many of us could have had a career as a shelver.) In many
libraries, shelving is done by high school students and volunteers. If a
library is small, the structure may not allow for specialization, so they
hire at the highest level required, and that person does it all. In
other
libraries, specialization is part of the job, and any librarian who is
spending time regularly doing shelving is not attending to their proper
function.
It does not necessarily follow that a person who "isn't paid to
shelve" is
being snobby--we need to remember that some libraries truly don't pay us
to shelve, no matter how therapeutic we may find it.
Julie Linneman
juliel@wichita.lib.ks.us
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From: Slcfruhling@aol.com
To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Need Games and Activities for School Age
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Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:32:09 CDT
Hello,
I have just started a new position in which I will be going out to day care
centers to provide children's programming. During the summer I have
stops
with school age kids. It looks like I will have 3 groups coming up
with up
to 60 kids. We do 30 minute programs.
The majority of the kids fall within the 2nd to 4th grade levels, but could
span from K-6th grade in one group. Any suggestions for a program for
that
large of a group in that short of time? Any help would be MUCH
appreciated!!
Thanks!
Stephanie Fruhling
Public Library of Des Moines
slcfruhling@aol.com
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From: "Wanda Jones" <wjones98@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Summer Quest Wrap-up
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Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:32:33 CDT
Hello,
This is a Children's Librarian Trainee seeking out advice from the experts.
We're planning a wrap-up party for the summer reading program and I'm fresh
out of ideas. What activities and stories would you guys recommend for a
group of about 60 children (primarily toddlers)? ANy suggestions will be
appreciated.
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From: "Chris Mallo" <chrism@GRRL02.GRRL.LIB.MN.US>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Boxcar Children Movie?????
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Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:32:58 CDT
I have a patron who remembers seeing a tv-movie
that had all the elements of the first boxcar
children book, but wasn't really named the
boxcar children. Does anyone remember this?
I'e tried a number of video sites, as well as
worldcat, with no luck. If anyone has any
clues to this stumper I would really appreciate
it.
Thanks so much!
--
Chris Mallo
Great River Regional Library
405 St. Germain
St. Cloud, MN 56401
(320) 650-2500
chrism@grrl.lib.mn.us
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From: "Barbara Osborn" <bosborn@triton.net>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: Click magazine
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Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:33:19 CDT
Lorie,
Well done, but kids don't check it out at my library, so we are
discontinuing subscription.
Barbara G. Osborn, Children's Librarian
Allegan (MI) Public Library
bosborn@triton.net
(616) 673-4625
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lorie J. O'Donnell" <odonnell@midyork.lib.ny.us>
To: "PUBYAC" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 2:38 PM
Subject: Click magazine
> Is anyone familiar with the magazine "Click" by the
publishers of Babybug,
> Ladybug, etc? A patron saw a card in a magazine and asked why we
don't
get
> it. Should we? Any recommendation, positive or negative?
Thanks in
> advance!
>
> Lorie
>
> Lorie J. O'Donnell
> Jervis Public Library Children's Room
> Rome, NY 13440
>
> Life, like a dome of many-colored glass,
> stains the white radiance of eternity.
> -----Percy B. Shelley "Adonais"
>
>
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From: karen maletz <kmlib@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: RE: Grade-Level Breakdowns for Storytimes
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Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:33:38 CDT
I am not new to being a children's librarian but I
agree that the grades 3-6 group is more difficult to
find interesting activities for and also the young
adults. Any great programming ideas would be
appreciated. TIA
--- "Barron, Stacie"
<StacieB@mail.jefferson.lib.la.us>
wrote:
> I am new to being a children's librarian. I noticed
> that one of the
> breakdowns was for children in grades 3 to 6. I'm
> looking for ideas for
> children of these ages. Do you do a regular
> storytime? Or maybe you do
> something a little different since these children
> are older? I feel that
> these children are often left out and would like to
> include them in more
> activities in my library.
>
> Stacie Barron
> Children's Librarian
> East Bank Regional Library
> 4747 W. Napoleon
> Metairie, LA 70001
>
>
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From: Jennifer Bromann <bromannj@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Homework Center
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Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:34:07 CDT
If it hasn't already been mentioned, I reviewed a book
for VOYA by Cindy Mediabvilla about homework centers.
Jennifer Bromann
Head of Youth Services
Prairie Trails Public Library
Burbank, IL
bromannj@hotmail.com
--- Amy Blake <ablake@kcpl.lib.in.us>
wrote:
> Dear Collective Mind,
>
> We are at the beginning stages of organizing a
> homework center. We thought
> to
> start small and target the middle school children
> who come from two blocks
> away after school. Our tutors would be volunteers
> from the retirement
> community and high school junior and seniors. My
> questions for now are:
> What are your procedures in assisting children with
> learning disabilities?
> Do you have special tutors? How do you deal with
> the situation of not
> having
> a tutor for these children? Thank you in advance
> for your shared
> experiences.
>
>
> Amy Blake
> Knox County Public Library
> 502 N. 7th Street
> Vincennes, IN 47591
> ablake@kcpl.lib.in.us
>
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From: "Douglas, Sherri S." <DouglasSS@ci.anchorage.ak.us>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Anchorage, Alaska Job Openings
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Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:34:34 CDT
Anchorage Municipal Libraries is currently accepting applications for the
following positions:
Youth Services Librarian I (closes 8/23)
Youth Services Programming Librarian II (closes 8/24)
Youth Services Library Assistant III (closes 8/23)
Go to the following link for job postings:
http://www.ci.anchorage.ak.us/JOL/
Join the Anchorage Municipal Libraries Youth Services Team!
Sherri Douglas
Youth Services Coordinator
Anchorage Municipal Libraries
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From: "Lane, Kristin" <klane@lib.sbcounty.gov>
To: "YALSA (E-mail)" <yalsa-l@ala.org>,
"ALSC (E-mail)" <alsc-l@ala.org>,
Subject: Parental Access Responses
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Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:35:06 CDT
Thank you all for your responses on the topic of Parental Access to a minor
child's library record. We received approx. 30 messages, and the
consensus
was that anyone who had the card in hand would be allowed access to the
current record, i.e., fines, overdues, titles currently checked out, of that
particular card, regardless of whose name it was in. It was also pointed out
that in many libraries, patrons are able to check this information for
themselves, using patron access terminals, or in some cases a telephone
system setup for this purpose.
Some specific points made:
1. The adult signing the application is legally responsible for the material
checked out on this card. One library has a policy in which it is stated
that information about an account can be released only to the card holder OR
the parent (guardian) who signed the application. While another has a space
on the application to designate who may have access to the record. Only
those listed can be given information. To change the names requires the
signature of both the parent and the child.
2. Some libraries have had problems with adults trying to check up on
their
ex-spouse through the child's library record. In some cases trying to gather
information for a custody battle.
3. One library has information on the application which informs the child
that the signing adult has access to the record until age 17, at which time
they can sign for their own card. It also asks the parent to respect their
child's library use.
4. One respondent stated "Parents are responsible for the actions of
their
children until age 18, so they MUST have all the info about their kids.
to
claim 'privacy' for the child when someone else is paying his bills is
stupid."
5. Another library plans to redo their application card for children to
include the phrase "I give the library permission to tell my parents
what
books I have checked out if they are overdue."
6. A few libraries stated that they would use discretion and not inform the
parent of any "questionable" material that was checked out.
But it seems
that if it is common practice to tell them when they ask most times, yet the
next time you refuse to give them the information, in essence you are
telling them that the child has checked out something that the parent would
not want them to read.
7. Some states have laws that cover this. In Utah, for example, by law a
parent has the right to access the library records of their child under the
age of 18.
8. One library will give out information to the parent if the child is 12 or
younger, but if they are older the parent is told to have the child call and
ask for the information.
Again, thank you for responding. If anyone would like copies of the
individual messages received, please send me an e-mail and I will forward
them to you.
Kristin Lane / Youth Services
San Bernardino County Library
104 W. 4th St., San Bernardino, CA 92415
voice (909) 387-5737 fax (909) 387-5736
e-mail klane@lib.sbcounty.gov
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From: carrie@nysoclib.org
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Two requests
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Dear Pubyac'ers-
I could use your collective wisdom in two areas:
1. I have a mother-daughter book group spanning grades 4-5. The
kids are
very well read, so I am running out of books to discuss for their age range.
I have consulted both of Shireen Dodson's books, as well as Kathleen
O'Dean's "Great Books for Girls." Do you have any
"uncommon" suggestions of
books that are less well-known, but thought provoking for these grades?
Popular titles would be helpful as well, in case I've overlooked anything.
2. I'm also looking for your favorite movement stories for toddlers.
My
toddler group (18-36 mos.) LOVES "Clap Your Hands," (Cauley), but
are less
excited when I read them From Head To Toe (Carle) or Here Are My Hands
(Martin). Are there any crowd pleasing movement books that you use for
this
age?
Thank you in advance. I will compile bibliographies of any responses I
receive.
Carrie Silberman, Children's Librarian
New York Society Library
carrie@nysoclib.org
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From: Tina Hager <Tina.Hager@cityofcarrollton.com>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: How much is too much?
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Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:36:00 CDT
I tend to think that I would have excused myself with the current patrons
and gone after the mom and spitter to let her know what he had done.
It is
not good if other children see someone getting away with disrespecting
someone.
Tina Hager
Youth Services Librarian
Carrollton Public Library
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From: Diane_Tuccillo@ci.mesa.az.us
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Internet homework centers?
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Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:36:24 CDT
I am interested in hearing from anyone who is subscribing to Tutor.com for
homework help from your library Web page. I would like to learn of any
similar
alternatives there might be and about the pros and cons of such on-line
homework
assistance.
Thanks,
Diane Tuccillo
Senior Librarian/Young Adult Coordinator
Mesa Public Library, AZ
Diane_Tuccillo@ci.mesa.az.us
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From: "Michelle Ornat" <mornat@CHESAPEAKE.LIB.VA.US>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Pet Parade
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Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:36:56 CDT
Hi All,
I'd like to plan a pet parade - with real pets in October for our small =
branch library. Does anyone have any experience with this or advice? We'd =
like this to be a program which will grow annually. We are planning to =
have the SPCA or animal control or a veterinarian come out for the =
afternoon. We're not sure if we want the program to be a contest or just a =
parade. I'd appreciate any and all ideas. Thanks in advance.=20
Michelle Ornat
mornat@chesapeake.lib.va.us=20
Children's Librarian
Indian River Library
Chesapeake Public Library System
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From: Lisa Hughes <lhughes@scinet.co.santa-clara.ca.us>
To: John & Carol Anderson <jwanderson@smithville.net>
Subject: Re: Seeking advice
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Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:37:23 CDT
We have had time limits on our internet terminals from the time they were
first put it. Each of the libraries in our system handles it slightly
differently, but they're guaranteed a certain amount of time. Past
that,
they may keep using it if no one is waiting, up to a daily total. At
my
library, it's 30 minutes guaranteed. If no one is waiting, the patron
can
use it for up to 2 hours. However, the two hour limit has little
meaning
because our terminals are in enough demand that patrons won't be able to
stay on for two hours.
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
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From: Kim Heikkinen <kim.heikkinen@mcfls.org>
To: "PUBYAC\: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults &
Children"
Subject: Harry Potter movie and Friends' groups
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Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:37:49 CDT
There was a posting about Friends' groups working with local theaters to
receive a percentage of ticket sales for the library on the Harry Potter
movie opening day. My boss is very enthusiastic about this idea and would
like to know more about how we could set this up. Can the people who are
doing this email me with more information?
Thanks!
Kim
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Kim Heikkinen kim.heikkinen@mcfls.org
Youth Services Librarian
Franklin Public Library
Franklin, WI 53132 (414) 425-8214
"Are all librarians this much trouble?"--The Mummy Returns
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From: R Smith <read2yourbunny@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Disruptive After-School Patrons
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Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:38:15 CDT
As the new school year gears up, I thought I would
solicit suggestions on how to handle a situation that
seems to aggravate my city's main library (not one
where I work). I'm sure this situation isn't new to
many of you. Our library (serving a population of
57,000) is located across the street from a parochial
middle school, and when school lets out, it seems that
one or more groups of kids come over to hang out at
the library. The students are YAs, and although they
have their own smallish YA space (near the circ desk)
and the YA librarian comes on duty in mid-afternoon,
they tend to hang out anywhere in the library and are
often noisy and disruptive. The staff seems reluctant
to approach them and firmly handle the situation, so
often the director has to come out and be really
disciplinary with them (often asking them to leave).
Sometimes patrons try to get them to behave. The whole
problem makes me sad because I'm sure there is a
better way to deal with these kids who don't seem to
be interested (at this point) in anything that the
library offers.
I don't know if our library has a policy on conduct,
but if they do, it isn't posted where patrons can see
it.
The library has no programming for young (or older)
YAs, and the YA librarian often has to handle
reference desk duty and isn't in the YA area.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to respond to
these kids? Many patrons are writing them off as just
no good, but I keep thinking that the library perhaps
could be doing something to diffuse the situation and
reach out to them in a friendlier way.
Thanks in advance for your help!!
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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: "Grace Greene" <grace.greene@dol.state.vt.us>
To: "PUBYAC" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: clip art
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Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:38:38 CDT
Hello kind folks:
I know this has been discussed before, but could you please let me know what
clip art software you would recommend for library-related publications? Your
favorite online sites would be appreciated, too. Thanks so much.
Grace Worcester Greene
Children's Services Consultant
Vermont Department of Libraries
109 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05609
802-828-3261
email: grace.greene@dol.state.vt.us
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From: "Heather Stout" <Hstout.lew@valnet.org>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: Fair ideas
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Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:39:02 CDT
Thanks everyone for forwarding your great ideas for fair give-aways.
We
finally decided on tattoos, they are quite inexpensive (around $ .03 a
piece). We found them through Janway: www.janway.com
<http://www.janway.com> . We
are also purchasing white lunch bags and
letting children stamp them. We are anticipating having to replace
stamp pads aas the colors will, undoubtedly, get mixed, but that isn't a
huge investment either. Daily drawings for one adult, one YA and one
childrens book are scheduled for the fair as well. We do not have
internet access at our fair booth, so that also limited what we wanted
to, and were able to do.
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Other ideas that people suggested included:
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flowers out of popsicle sticks
butterflies from coffee filters
bean bag toss
lap top version of jeopardy
prize give aways from Oriental trading
telling stories and reading books
Goody jars for kids to choose an item
Badge-o-matic to print various reading badges
face painting
costumed literary characters
drawings for give-aways
bookmarks, cover with contac paper
pencils with Library name or reading on them
Ellison die cut bookmarks
Make Way for Ducklings" pond and reading
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I hope I didn't forget any ideas! Thanks again and good luck to other
fair planners!!
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Heather
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Heather Stout
Community/Youth Services Librarian
LewistonCity Library
(208) 743-6519
hstout.lew@valnet.org <mailto:hstout.lew@valnet.org>=20
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From: "Campbell, Dana" <Dana.Campbell@ci.corvallis.or.us>
To: "'PUBYAC@prairienet.org'"
<PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Do you know this book?
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Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:39:37 CDT
We are looking for a children's book that goes something like this:
Series
Four children go in a tree to other upside down lands.
One character's name is Moonface.
There are fairypeople.
A washer woman throws buckets of water at the children.
We have tried all of our sources and had no luck. But, I know someone
out
there knows these books. Many thanks. Dana
Dana Campbell, Youth Services Librarian
Corvallis-Benton County Public Library
645 Monroe Ave.
Corvallis, OR 97330
541-766-6784
Fax: 541-766-6481
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From: Pam Gravenor <pam.gravenor@ncc.govt.nz>
To: "Pubyac (E-mail)" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: stumper: Three dolls in a house
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Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:40:09 CDT
A patron remembers a book - beginning chapter book level, from about 35
years ago. She thinks it is called something like "Three dolls in
a house".
The book was illustrated, one of the dolls was called Vanessa, and it also
featured a monkey on the roof, who said things like "Strike me
pink" - she
wonders if he used Cockney rhyming slang. The book is most probably
English.
TIA
Pam Gravenor
Children's and Young Adults' Librarian
Nelson Public Library
Private Bag 41
Nelson
New Zealand
pam.gravenor@ncc.govt.nz
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From: "Wagner, Jenifer" <Jenifer.Wagner@co.dakota.mn.us>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Stumper -- Mayor Naise
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Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:40:39 CDT
One of my regular users borrowed a book at some time in the past which she
describes thus:
approximately 8 1/2 by 11 inches
about a fictional town/society/maybe an island
where everything is named in puns for example the mayor's name is Mayor
Naise (like mayonnaise)
She would like to borrow the book again and I am clueless and searching our
catalog hasn't produced the book. Other librarians in our system
haven't
been able to dredge up the title either.
I hope this rings a bell with someone. Please let me know if you think
you
recognize this plot. (So far we have rejected Cloudy with a Chance of
Meatballs, Double Trouble in Walla Walla, and I Had Trouble in Getting to
Solla Sollew.)
Thanks,
Jenifer Wagner, Librarian II
Dakota County Library, Heritage
20085 Heritage Drive
Lakeville, MN 55044
Phone: (651) 365-3219
e-mail: jenifer.wagner@co.dakota.mn.us
fax: (651) 365-3209
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From: lrogers@sdln.net
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Stumper
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Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:41:09 CDT
A patron is looking for a picture book in which a boy (Eli?) and his
grandfather wait outside of a barn. After much waiting a baby is born in the
house (brother or sister of the boy)and held up to the window for boy and
grandfather to see. The grandfather then goes into the barn and carves the
name
of the new baby on the rafters of the barn. The baby's name takes its
place
among generations of family names carved into those rafters. If this
rings
bell with you, please respond.
Thanks you,
Lala in Rapid City, SD
lrogers@sdln.net
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From: "Chris Mallo" <chrism@GRRL02.GRRL.LIB.MN.US>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Kid King Arthur Series Stumper
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Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:41:34 CDT
*Sigh* Two stumpers in one day - What are
the odds?? I have a patron looking for a
juvenile fiction series on King Arthur that
her husband remembers reading around 15-20
years ago as a kid. In the series Arthur
was a kid but she didn't know if he was
called Wart or not. Would any wonderful
people out there happen to know about this
series? We've checked Worldcat, the Internet,
and "Fantasy Literature for Children and
Young Adult", but haven't come up with
anything. Help!
Thanks so much!
--
Chris Mallo
Great River Regional Library
405 St. Germain
St. Cloud, MN 56401
(320) 650-2500
chrism@grrl.lib.mn.us
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From: Sharon Dudeck <sldudeck@yahoo.com>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: stumper
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Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:42:10 CDT
Hi All,
I have a patron whose friend remembers a book being
read to her about 40 years ago. She would like to
find the title of the book, locate a copy, and buy it
for her friend. Here's what the friend remembers:
The main character's name is Irene Irene Levine (sp?).
The main character is a ballerina doll.
There is a character named Bubba.
The kids enter a magical playland through a closet.
She remembers the story containing the phrase, "Oh
tell me dearest playmate that we will never part. Oh
pick me up and hold me close or you will break my
heart."
The friend of this patron had originally received the
book as a gift from her sister who has passed away, so
she'd really like to find out the title and search for
a copy to give her friend. Ring any bells out there?
Sharon Dudeck
Head of Youth Services
Frankfort Public Library District
Frankfort, Illinois
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From: Zaklina Gallagher <zgallagh@dcc.govt.nz>
To: "'PUBYAC'" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Stumper
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Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:42:34 CDT
Hi there!
Please can someone help us solve this stumper!
Children's chapter book about 3 sisters who are brought up by their
grandmother in England.
She raises them as Victorian children - they are dressed in old fashioned
clothes and live in a big house, very isolated.
Then they come to discover the outside world (20th Century) and have to
learn how to cope with the modern world.
It was read more than 30 years ago - our customer would like to share it
with her daughter!
I have tried various subject searches, used the Children's Catalog but
haven't had any luck!
Please send possibilities to me via email (my address is below)!
Thanks in
anticipation!!
Cheers
Zak
Zaklina M. Gallagher
Young Adult Librarian
Dunedin Public Libraries
PO Box 5542, Dunedin
Ph: +64-3-4743626
Email: zgallagh@dcc.govt.nz
WWW: http://www.CityofDunedin.com
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