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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, October 12, 2001 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 578
PUBYAC Digest 578
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Re: National Children's Book Week
by Library Lovers <LibraryLovers@calibraries.org>
2) Re: First library cards
by Library Lovers <LibraryLovers@calibraries.org>
3) Re: First library cards
by Patrick Jones <connectingya@yahoo.com>
4) Re: Favorite Reference Tools for Kids
by Janet Oslund <joslund@colosys.net>
5) RE: INTERNET FILTERS: A PUBLIC POLICY REPORT
by "Karen Stanley" <kstanley@rosenberg-library.org>
6) Offering certain periodicals in the library
by Traci Moritz <moritztr@oplin.lib.oh.us>
7) Re: boys and non-fiction
by Janet Dickey <doubledog@core.com>
8) Re: Stumper - Three Little Pigs
by "Lois" <lmeade@execulink.com>
9) Intellectual Freedom Manual 2001 Sixth Edition: Projected Pub
by "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
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From: Library Lovers <LibraryLovers@calibraries.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: National Children's Book Week
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Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 10:06:30 CDT
At 10:12 PM 10/11/01 CDT, you wrote:
>What is everyone doing for Nat'l Children's Bk Wk.
>C. Johnson
You can find lots of ideas at
http://www.cbcbooks.org/html/book_week.html
Stephanie Stokes
"Library Media & PR Online"
http://www.ssdesign.con/librarypr
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From: Library Lovers <LibraryLovers@calibraries.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: First library cards
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Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 10:07:09 CDT
At 10:24 PM 10/11/01 CDT, you wrote:
>To the collective brain,
>
>Does anyone give (small) incentives to children when they apply for
their
>first library card? We've considered just a sticker that says
something
>like "I got my library card today!" We also considered
giving out badges
>because we could make our own. However, if a company already had
such
>items, they might be more attractive. If anyone has such a
program, do you
>include something for parents on the importance of reading aloud or
other
>information? You can email me offline and I'll post the
information if I
>think it would be helpful.
>
Susan Dailey
Demco Products has a sticker with Authur holding
a library card with the copy "I got my library card today!"
(cut and paste this URL
http://www.demco.com/CGI-BIN/LANSAWEB?PROCFUN+LWDCWEB+LWDC025+PRD+ENG+FUNCPA
RMS+ZZWSESSID(A0200):10949221000075840693+ZZWNAVPAG(A0100):PRODUCT+DATESEQ(A
0140):1012200101213
Stephanie Stokes
"Library Media & PR Online"
http://www.ssdesign.con/librarypr
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From: Patrick Jones <connectingya@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: First library cards
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Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 10:07:36 CDT
I'm not taking credit this because it is not my idea,
instead just passing it along.
In reseaching a book abbout library card campaigns
(due out in the spring from Neal-Schuman), I found a
library that doesn't so much give an incentive when
kids first apply but goes one better: gives them an
incentive every year: they send them a birthday card
from the library.
This does three things:
1. In many library card campaigns, you always get
lots of folks who sign-up but then don't use the card:
this helps remind people we are out there. So it helps
boost circulation
2. For a child or young person, it gives them
something very personal from the library (I don't
think the library did include a certificate for a
birthday present, but that would be a nice value add)
- it helps develop the relationship. So it helps build
relationships which are the key to positive youth
development.
3. It is direct mail marketing which we don't do a
lot of in libraries save maybe "program" newsletters.
As we build these databases, we can better promote our
programs: moving beyond - "well, I put out the flyer"
-
If the library who did this is out there, please step
forward and take those kudos: richly deserved -
PS: happy teen read week everybody!
pj
3. For the library
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Patrick Jones - Connecting Young Adults and Libraries - Workshops, special
projects, and coaching -http://www.connectingya.com
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From: Janet Oslund <joslund@colosys.net>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Favorite Reference Tools for Kids
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Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 10:08:12 CDT
Hi Janet,
I am also interested in any bibliographic references you might have run
across in the library literature regarding reference service to
children. I have turned up a few articles using FirstSearch, but not a
lot
in book format. I hope to present a program to our staff, and maybe
later
on, during a regional retreat, because I find that this type of reference
service is not only challenging but very much misunderstood and even
sometimes dismissed as easy. I would like to emphasize the particular
skills that are needed to be successful in working with children at the
reference desk and would be interested in hearing your main points.
Janet Oslund
Montrose Library
Montrose, Colorado
joslund@colosys.net
At 10:10 PM 10/11/01 -0500, you wrote:
> Dear Fellow PUBYACers,
> What is your favorite reference
tool - whether book or CD or video
or
>website? I am compiling a list of "Librarians Favorite
Reference Tools for
>Kids (grades 1 to 12)". My goal is to feature this
compilation as a part
of
>a workshop on basic reference for chidren. In addition, I will
include a
>summary of the compilation of this list within my regional library
systems
>newsletter titled WRapper*. Please send me your recommended
title(s), a
>sentence or two about the title, and your name and library at
>jeckert@wmrls.org. I promise to compile your recommendations and
share
them
>with this list. Many thanks for your help.
>Sincerely,
>Janet Eckert
>Youth Services Consultant
>Western Massachusetts Regional Library System
>jeckert@wmrls.org
>WRapper is available via the web at http://www.wmrls.org/wrapper/index.html
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From: "Karen Stanley" <kstanley@rosenberg-library.org>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: INTERNET FILTERS: A PUBLIC POLICY REPORT
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Actually I have worked at two different libraries that offered
"Playboy" and
"Playgirl." And they both were read by enough patrons to
make it censorship
had we decided to cancel or not renew the subscription.
Karen Stanley
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From: owner-pubyac@prairienet.org
[mailto:owner-pubyac@prairienet.org]On
Behalf Of Frances Easterling
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 10:20 PM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: INTERNET FILTERS: A PUBLIC POLICY REPORT
Mr. Wood,
I have never seen a library with "Playboy",
"Playgirl", "Penthouse" or
anything along that line of magazines on a library shelf. Why would we
want
to offer it off the internet? I would not use them as a reference
material
in the first place. So why not block that kind of material out?
Respectfully, Frances Easterling
Don Wood wrote:
> INTERNET FILTERS: A PUBLIC POLICY REPORT
> http://www.ncac.org/issues/internetfilters.html
>
> "We hope that Internet Filters: A Public Policy Report will prove
a useful
resource for policymakers, parents, teachers, librarians, and all others
concerned with the Internet, intellectual freedom, or the education of
youth. Internet filtering is popular, despite its unreliability, because
many parents, political leaders, and educators feel that the
alternative-unfettered Internet access-is even worse. But to make these
policy choices, it is necessary to have complete and accurate information
about what filters actually do. Ultimately, less censorial approaches such
as media literacy, sexuality education, and Internet acceptable-use training
may be better policy choices than Internet filters in addressing concerns
about young people's access to 'inappropriate' content or disturbing
ideas."'
>
> __________________________
>
> Don Wood
> Program Officer/Communications
> American Library Association
> Office for Intellectual Freedom
> 50 East Huron Street
> Chicago, IL 60611
> 1-800-545-2433, ext. 1 + 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
> Free People Read FreelyŽ
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From: Traci Moritz <moritztr@oplin.lib.oh.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Offering certain periodicals in the library
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 10:09:09 CDT
Ms. Easterling,
When I attended a small Mennonite college in Ohio in the mid 80's, we
often turned to Playboy for articles dealing with current events. In
this case we did read just the articles. The interviews were often
compelling and were needed for our papers. I realize this is a college
library and not a public library, but I was always greatful to have that
resource available to me. Granted I had to ask for it at the reference
desk, but it was no big thing.
Traci Welch Moritz
Youth Services Coordinator
Putnam County District Library
Ottawa, OH
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From: Janet Dickey <doubledog@core.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: boys and non-fiction
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Hi, all!
My son is also no lover of fiction (he's 25). It came to me that maybe
we could try selling the non-fiction information contained in many good
fiction books. I'm thinking of interviews with authors who talk about
how much research they did for their historical novel or their
gardening-based mystery.
This would make a good project for someone: an age-level list of fiction
books that, because they contain a sizeable amount of non-fiction
information on a subject, would appeal to those who normally do not
choose to read fiction.
Any takers? I'd offer to compile a list from your suggestions, but I am
full "up to the gills" right now.
And, we might all be thinking of what we could offer, approaching it not
as "this is an exciting adventure," but "in this story there
is a very
complete look at how a veterinary hospital operates". We all know of
non-fiction that "reads like fiction." The opposite is true, too,
isn't
it?
Janet Dickey
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From: "Lois" <lmeade@execulink.com>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: Stumper - Three Little Pigs
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Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 10:24:00 CDT
I am also trying to find a 3 little pig story for pre-schoolers. The
one I
have chosen is by Asch. It is cute because the three little pigs trick
the
wolf into blowing into the sail of their raft. No one is injured or
eaten.
----- Original Message -----
From: "R Smith" <read2yourbunny@yahoo.com>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 11:27 PM
Subject: Stumper - Three Little Pigs
> Greetings, all.
>
> A pre-K teacher came in asking for a version of The
> Three Little Pigs that is as close as possible to the
> original (i.e. no major variations, additional
> details, or parodies, etc.) but doesn't have the wolf
> eating the first two pigs. David McPhail wrote a nice
> one a few years back, but it seems to be out of print.
> I was hoping someone might be able to recommend
> another well-written version. In the pig tales <grin>
> by Galdone, Marshall, Ziefert, and others, only the
> third pig survives, and the teacher is worried that
> some of the children might be a little disturbed by
> that.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> =====
> 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: "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
Subject: Intellectual Freedom Manual 2001 Sixth Edition: Projected Pub
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Intellectual Freedom Manual 2001 Sixth Edition: Projected Pub Date Oct. 22
Bookmark ALA Editions at
http://alastore.ala.org/SiteSolution.taf?_UserReference=3DE4688FDEAAA46A2D3=
BC70645&_sn=3Dcatalog2&_pn=3Dsub_category&_op=3D30
for the latest information on this new edition and other intellectual =
freedom-related books.
See also
Intellectual Freedom Manual
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/intellectualfreedommanual.html
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