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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, October 24, 2001 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 591
PUBYAC Digest 591
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) storytime kits
by "JANET AKE" <akejl@ci.farmers-branch.tx.us>
2) comic books -- shelve in children's room or elsewhere?
by "Piowaty, Deanna" <DPiowaty@ci.west-linn.or.us>
3) Re: How do you select children's materials?
by Eric Norton <enorton@scls.lib.wi.us>
4) Halloween
by "Marge Tassione" <tassione@sls.lib.il.us>
5) great easy idea for Halloween craft
by "JANET AKE" <akejl@ci.farmers-branch.tx.us>
6) RE: Halloween objections
by Beverly Bixler <bbixler@sanantonio.gov>
7) "book buddies"
by "Brendle Wells" <bwells@mail.sacramento.lib.ca.us>
8) Re: Word Processing
by Brooke Compton <creekslip@yahoo.com>
9) Re: Halloween Complaint
by "Beth McFarland" <BMCFARLAND@cml.lib.oh.us>
10) compilation of quidditch ideas
by "S. Fichtelberg" <sfichtel@lmxac.org>
11) RE: Teen Programming (Brief Survey)
by "Heather Clark" <hclark@cumberland.lib.nc.us>
12) RE:Halloween complaints
by Donna Slaton <misspockets3@yahoo.com>
13) Re: How do you select children's materials?
by Toni Reese <treese@monarch.papillion.ne.us>
14) Re: stortytime name
by Toni Reese <treese@monarch.papillion.ne.us>
15) daily statistics
by "JANET AKE" <akejl@ci.farmers-branch.tx.us>
16) Halloween
by "Karen Holz" <easternlibrary@smithville.net>
17) YA lock-in
by "DAWN PUCKETT (SHELLY)" <_shellbells@excite.com>
18) Captain Underpants Program
by "Beth McFarland" <BMCFARLAND@cml.lib.oh.us>
19) RE: Subliminal?? Little Critters Construction
by HFL_LISA@stls.org
20) Re: Booktalking Egroup
by Brenda Deever <bdeever@mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us>
21) Re: Halloween complaint
by HFL_LISA@stls.org
22) Books for Remembrance/Veterans Day
by "Heather Robinson" <heather@elgin.net>
23) Lazy Boy Stumper
by Gail Moore <gailsuemoore@yahoo.com>
24) Read Alouds for 3rd/4th graders
by "Heather A. Thompson" <hthomps@ascpl.lib.oh.us>
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From: "JANET AKE" <akejl@ci.farmers-branch.tx.us>
To: <Pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: storytime kits
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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 14:44:53 CDT
Hi Barbara,
We have had storytime kits for check-out for about 7 years now and they =
continue to be very popular with teachers and parents. We make our own
=
kits and they contain several books, flannelboard stories, copies of =
fingerplays, a video, sometimes a puppet and a notebook with ideas for =
crafts, activities and other books to read. All the kits are
themed-based.=
We try to put everything in them that a teacher could use to present
a =
storytime. They check out for 3 weeks. At last count we had 55
different =
kits. Hope this helps.
Janet Ake
Farmers Branch Library
Farmers Branch, TX
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From: "Piowaty, Deanna" <DPiowaty@ci.west-linn.or.us>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: comic books -- shelve in children's room or elsewhere?
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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 14:45:15 CDT
Hello All!
Our children's librarian would like to house the juvie comic books in with
our YA graphic novel collection which I house in our general fiction room (I
have been interfiling all our YA novels for ages 15 & up in with our
general
fic collection for the past year now). Where do the rest of you keep your
juvie comics?
-Deanna Piowaty
Youth Services Librarian
West Linn Public Library
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From: Eric Norton <enorton@scls.lib.wi.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: How do you select children's materials?
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 14:45:35 CDT
Ashley,
to answer your questions:
For example, do you select books based on review
>sources, preview copies, or both?
In general, we buy books from reviews. We get Kirkus, SLJ, Booklist
(this
year I started springing for a subscription for childrens so we dont have
to wait forever for adult to finish), Horn Book, Bulletin of the Center for
Children's Books and VOYA. We rarely do previews but we occasionally
have
vendors come to the library.
>Do you order the
>books before they are published or after?
That depends on the review source and the time of the year. Kirkus
tends
to review pre-pub while others tend to be close to publication date (SLJ,
Booklist) or after. I also tend to do my ordering a few times a year
(beginning of the year, pre-SLP, back-to-school/holiday titles, end of the
year) so that affects whether what I am ordering has been published or
not. For certain authors or for series, I tend to order the next few
titles (after all, you know that there will continue to be a demand for
Lemony Snickett or Left Behind: The Kids) at a time.
>How do you
>handle requests for materials you don't already own?
In general, I buy them. Unless something is old, grossly inaccurate,
markedly substandard or simply marketing a brand rather than attempting to
fill any real book need, I spend the money. We only get a request or
two a
month so the money is a drop in the bucket, especially considering the good
will this generates.
>How do you handle series?
I'm not sure what sort of information that you are looking for here so I'll
just mention a few things. We have a seperate section for paperback
series
where we shelve by series title rather than author (handy for those
multi-author series like American Girls). This section has the series
that
are open-ended rather than short series like the Dark is Rising or
Time-Warp Trio. Series, either in pb or hb tend to be the titles that
I
order in advance.
Hope that helps,
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: "Marge Tassione" <tassione@sls.lib.il.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Halloween
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 14:45:52 CDT
C'mon people,
Diversity is what this country is all about. Let's drop the religion =
stuff. I never cared for Halloween as a child, but my own kids loved =
it. I, personally, don't do the whole turkey thing because my children
=
are vegetarian--that's a personal choice. We are way off base here.
=
Where is that kinder, gentler nation we are supposed to be? Let's move
=
on, already.
Margaret Tassione
tassione@sls.lib.il.us
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From: "JANET AKE" <akejl@ci.farmers-branch.tx.us>
To: <Pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: great easy idea for Halloween craft
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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 14:46:10 CDT
Hi All,
A friend shared a great idea for a Halloween craft today, so for those of =
you still looking for something easy for younger children, here it is.
Take a large orange paper plate and cut 1 1/2 inch deep slits around the =
rim about 2 inches apart. Using white yarn, criss-cross it thru the
slits =
around and across the plate until it resembles a spider web. Fasten 1
=
black plastic spider ring onto the web. And that's it. Sorry I
don't =
have a measurement on how long the yarn should be cut. You'll have to
=
play with it to figure it out.
Janet Ake
Farmers Branch Library
Farmers Branch, Tx
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From: Beverly Bixler <bbixler@sanantonio.gov>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: Halloween objections
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Just a point of information. Jehovah's Witnesses are not, by definition, a
Christian church because they deny the Trinity.
Beverly Bixler
San Antonio Public Library, TX
-----Original Message-----
From: Smith [mailto:lsmith@suffolk.lib.ny.us]
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 6:20 PM
To: PUBYAC
Subject: Halloween objections
I decorate, put out book displays, and incorporate Halloween into
storytimes. Most families like it and the ones who don't do not seem
to
be militant about it, at least in my area.
However, I think the "multi-cultural holiday" mention has left
some
impression that people who object to Halloween are immigrants. In my
experience the people who object to Halloween as being Satanic and evil
have been both American and Christian. Jehovah' Witnesses, for
example,
do not celebrate holidays such as Halloween and Christmas.
Lisa Smith
lsmith@suffolk.lib.ny.us
(The compromise I worked out with myself: I decorate for Halloween,
Thanksgiving, and Valentine's Day. In December I do winter and in
April I
do spring. Ditto with craft programs.)
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From: "Brendle Wells" <bwells@mail.sacramento.lib.ca.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: "book buddies"
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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 14:46:44 CDT
For Teen Read Week, the young adult librarian and I
coordinated to put
on a "book buddies" program where teen volunteers would read
picture books
to children in the library each afternoon during the week. We had had
teens
asking to do this for some time and we found an ALA description of the
program somewhere.
The program, while not a failure, was not exactly a
success. It may
just have been a slow week, but I am not sure. Many kids, when asked,
were
reluctant to listen. Those who did listen were happy with the program. I
should add at this point, that we have a very successful year-round
preschool storytime. Perhaps it would have helped if the whole week was more
festive in general?? We certainly did plenty of programs for all of
October.
We already had plans and publicity in the works to
repeat this program
during Children's book week so...in the interest of making it more
successful come November, I was wondering if anyone else had done a book
buddies program and if so, what suggestions and tips might you have for us?
Any thoughts or ideas would be appreciated.
TIA
Brendle Wells
Youth Services Librarian
Carmichael Regional Library
Sacramento Public Library
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From: Brooke Compton <creekslip@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Word Processing
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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 14:47:03 CDT
We use a program called Pharos. When a patron prints a
file, it goes to a middle man computer- the with
Pharos on it, and that is where the patron goes to
retreive his document. He does this by using a print
card that is purchased in our library and by using a
password. The document is saved in Pharos for a
limited time...maybe 2 hours. This keeps us from
having to handle money. As far as saving documents to
the hard drive, we have that problem, but not too
often. Doesn't cause a problem. We encourage them to
save to a disk. Our major problems are related to kids
needing help with Word. Good luck.
Brooke Compton
Columbia, SC
--- lrogers@sdln.net wrote:
> I'd really appreciate your thoughts and experience
> with this.
> We will soon have four computers with Word 2000 and
> educational games in our
> YA
> section. I'd like to hear from those of you who
> provide word processing for
> your patrons. What kinds of problems have you
> encountered? We plan to have a
> guide telling them how to start (new or download
> from floppy), save to a
> floppy, and print. Other than that, we will provide
> a "Word for
> Dummies" type reference book. We are hoping for the
> Librarian equivalent
> of "Life Guard NOT on Duty". Do you have problems
> with documents
> "disappearing"
> onto the hard drive instead of the floppy? Do you
> keep those documents for
> a
> day, week, month? Any and all information welcomed!
> Thanks, Lala Rogers
>
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From: "Beth McFarland" <BMCFARLAND@cml.lib.oh.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: Halloween Complaint
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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 14:47:21 CDT
We have never had a parent complain about any ST theme we've done, in that =
we area very fortunate. We have however found a way to inform parents of =
upcoming program themes and book selections simply by posting a flyer with =
the theme for each ST and a short bibliography of books to be read. We
=
have a couple of Home school families that come to ST that like to know =
what we're reading. Sometimes they even use ST as a jumping off point for =
entire units of study! Hope this helps.=20
Beth McFarland
Youth Services=20
Westland Area Library
Columbus Ohio
>>> nreader@snap.lib.ca.us
10/23/01 12:32PM >>>
I personally enjoy Halloween, but I also respect
the right of parents to raise their children as
they see fit. Why on earth, if you already know
the titles and subjects of the books you are
planning to read, would you be "vague" or
otherwise conceal this information from parents?
Families who lead a non-mainstream lifestyle may
be inconvenient for us, but we shouldn't try to
stand in their way or undermine their parenting
philosophies, whether they object to books
featuring holidays, violence, or just family
tension. (I used to warn one storytime mom
whenever I read Rosemary Wells' "Noisy Nora,"
since she hated for her kids to hear Nora's big
sister ask sneeringly, "Why are you so dumb?")
Clearly you can't offer a disclaimer before every
storytime, but if a parent cares enough to ask you
what you're reading, he or she deserves an honest
answer.
N.
------------
Nicole Reader
Head Youth Services Librarian
Benicia (CA) Public Library
nreader@snap.lib.ca.us=20
www.ci.benicia.ca.us/library.html=20
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From: "S. Fichtelberg" <sfichtel@lmxac.org>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>,
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Here's a cut and paste of the quiddith ideas I received.
We've played a version with balloons. The kids are pre-sorted into teams.
One team stands on either side of an area in two rows facing each other.
Depending on size, about 10 feet apart. They are given long skinny balloons.
The other team sends its players one at a time through the gauntlet with a
big round balloon (12") being propelled by a skinny one like a ball and
bat.
I twist their skinny balloon into a sword of sorts for stability. Usually
we've had 10 - 12 kids on a team so there is some space between the players
in the rows. The first team waves their balloons wildly (acting as
bluegrass) to prevent the second team from keeping their balloon on course.
The second team must put the balloon through a hula hoop at the end of the
row to score a point. If the round balloon hits the floor it is the next
person's turn on your team till everyone has tried. We do this with all four
teams and then hold a playoff. Great fun.
. Our Quidditch game was a lot simpler because we
a very small room. We "sorted" the kids into the 4 houses.
We had
"magic wands" with a magnet on the end, (hidden in all the
Christmas tree
tinsel that was glued on), and "snitches" (styrofoam balls covered
in
gold glitter with tinsel wings and a paper clip sticking out of the top).
Two houses competed in a relay type race. The first child in line had
to
mount a "Nimbus 2001", gallop across the room, pick up a snitch
with a
magic wand, gallop back and hand broom and wand to the next child in
line. Then he had to go to the back of the line and sit down. The
first
house to finish with everyone sitting (important in our little space)
won. Then the two winning houses competed. The prize for all?
What
else, but Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans. We were also VERY lucky to
have someone from the Chemistry Club at a local university come and do
wonderful demonstrations for the kids. She knew and loved the Harry
Potter books so she really had fun with this. She wore a lab coat
decorated with stars and moons and chemical abbreviations. She did a
variety of experiments designed to elicit oohs and aahs from everyone,
including something with luminol, which she waved her magic wand over and
yelled "Luminos!" as the cylinder began to glow with an eerie blue
light.She also brought enough safety glasses for everyone to use. Then
she made "slime" with all the kids. Try contacting a local
college, or
even high school, and see if you can arrange something like this. She
was the absolute hit of the program and a great intro to chemistry for
these upper elementary school kids.
Marilyn Schlansky
Reed Memorial Library
Carmel, NY
First of all, I divided the kids up into four
houses. I mapped out the
quidditch field on the carpet using electrical tape. It sort of resembled a
hockey field. At either end of the field, I placed two laundry baskets
turned on their sides for the goals.
Two kids (or more depending on your turnout) from
each team stood on
the field with brooms. They were the chasers. The other members of the team
were the beaters and stood outside the field lines with giants pieces of
cardboard. I then released a bunch of balloons onto the field. The chasers
had to sweep as many balloons as they could into the laundry baskets. The
beaters job was to use the cardboard as fans and keep the balloons from
going into the baskets. Believe it or not this worked quite well. The team
with the most balloons in the basket won the game.
I didn't bother with a seeker (since everyone wanted to
be one) or the
golden snitch, but the kids enjoyed it all the same. We played elimination
rounds and the winner got the house cup (which were plastic Harry Potter
cups I bought at a party store).
Good luck and have fun!
Connie
Warminster Township Free Library
Warminster, PA
We did an earthly version of quidditch here at Novi Library.
We divided up into teams and played a relay type game. Each
player had to ride on a broomstick and carry a quidditch on a small
plastic spoon. The quidditch was made out of a styrofoam ball,
spray painted and stuck with feathers. If they dropped the
quidditch, they had to start all over at the beginning of the relay line.
The winning team won a prize.
Seems simple, but the kids loved it.
Let me know what other versions you received. I would love to
compare.
Good luck and have fun. Margi.
Marjorie Karp-Opperer, Head of Youth Services
Novi Public Library, Novi, MI.
karp@tln.lib.mi.us
I divided the group (of about 25) into two teams; one team I divided in
half and had them line up about6 feet apart , facing each other. Then
the other team walked through one at a time carrying a styrofoam ball on
a teaspoon . Meanwhile the first team threw balloons and attempted to
knock the styrofoam ball off the tsp. as they "ran the gauntlet".
If
they dropped the ball, they had to start over They got points based on
how many balls were knocked off the tsp. You can decorate the
styrofoam
ball like a golden snitch if you want. It worked ok, but you have to
be
flexible to see how far away they should stand to make it challenging
but not impossible for either team.
Thanks again to everyone who shared their ideas!
Susan
sfichtel@lmxac.org
Woodbridge Public Library
Woodbridge, NJ
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From: "Heather Clark" <hclark@cumberland.lib.nc.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: Teen Programming (Brief Survey)
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Sarah,
Last year, we averaged about 1 program per week for at least 2 of the 4
major branches of our library system (doing around 120 programs). This
did
not count the outreach visits to schools. For our summer reading
program
this past summer called Teen Read, we had 28 programs within 7 weeks with a
1 week "breather" break during the 4th of July week.
This fiscal year, however, due to staffing issues and budget cutbacks we
have time for only about 40 programs total, and I'm also allowed about 20
outreach visits. I do not schedule them according to 1 per month/week,
but
rather according to the need of the teens. For example, we had 4
programs
to celebrate teen read week a couple of weeks ago (with some promotional
visits to the schools. I also taped a video of a fantasy booktalk and
a
brief overview of the programs being offered that week and distributed
copies to each middle and high school where they showed it on the
cable-in-the-classroom feeds. I'll have 1 in November (pen pal program
in
connection with Thanksgiving...you know, connect with your roots from the
old country type of thing) and then 3 in December (a journaling workshop for
the new year and 2 Civil War 'show-and-tells' where I go through everyday
life for the women and children of the that time period as this is the month
when most of the schools get to that sort of thing). I'm also planning
3 in
January at different branches to review term papers resources as that is
when most of the classes are gearing up for this assignment.
As for the ages, all of my programming is geared toward grades 6+ except for
the term paper workshops which are advertised as grades 9+. I try to
pick
topics that would appeal to a broad age group, but there are special times
when I believe it's appropriate to break down the ages. When
developing a
homeschooling program, we provide programs for K-3, 4-8, and then 9-12
simultaneously so that the mother's can have something for all of the
children to do.
Hope this helps.
Heather Clark
Young Adult Coordinator
Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center
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Behalf Of Sarah Prielipp
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 7:21 PM
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Subject: Teen Programming (Brief Survey)
Hi. I am looking for information about teen programs from other
libraries.
My questions are listed below:
1. What age ranges do you serve for teen programs? (E.G. Do you have
programs for 12-14, 15-17, 12 and up, etc.?)
2. How often do you offer teen programs (1/mo.or 2/mo., etc.)?
Thank you in advance. I will compile results to the list, so please
respond
directly to me at seprielipp@hotmail.com
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Sarah Prielipp
Youth Services Associate
Veterans Memorial Library
Mount Pleasant, Michigan
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From: Donna Slaton <misspockets3@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: RE:Halloween complaints
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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 14:48:21 CDT
"Everyone" in the neighborhood and your own community
standard should be the ultimate goal we all try to
serve. If I worked in a branch library in "little
China" community of a large city I would certainly
celebrate the Chinese New Year and any other Holiday
secular or religious that the MAJORITY of my clientele
would appreciate. But since I do not work in such a
community I serve my public, which in this area is
overwhelmingly Christian, Right not left (sorry
whoever thought I took a left turn...I do not do that)
Flag Waving and wearing, Americans.
If or when one person would object to whatever is the
local standard, yes that would be an attempt at
censorship and I could politely explain that I respect
their opinion so long as they do not expect me to "do"
anything about it as I do not expect them to
participate in a celebration they do not want to
...just not interrupt it.
And to clarify...I do not personally consider
Halloween a religious holiday, have given history
talks on the All Hallows Eve aspect of it several
times as programs and explain that however it started
out the way the MAJORITY of American children
celebrate it has nothing to do with the Nov. 1 holiday
or evil spirits, but just fun, even the scary
costumes.
As for Christmas we decorate and celebrate, AND we
also have book displays of titles for Hannukah and
Kwanzaa, and as many events for which we have
material.
Donna Slaton
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Donna Slaton
Children's Programmer II
Muhlenberg Co. Public Libraries
Central City Public Library
108 E. Broad St.
Central City, KY 42330
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From: Toni Reese <treese@monarch.papillion.ne.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: How do you select children's materials?
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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 14:48:43 CDT
Ashley,
My main fiction sources are School Library Journal and Horn Book. For
teens I also use VOYA. All my ordering is done through Ingram, unless
it's a book I really want and it's not available through Ingram. Then
I
will go directly to the publisher. I work with a couple of salesmen
who
know us and our library to keep our non-fiction collection in good
shape. They bring preview copies and we choose from them.
Usually the
fiction books I order through Ingram have already been published; the
non-fiction books through our salesmen are often ordered pre-pub.
Ashley Larsen wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm on a task force for our county libraries to help
> redesign the selection process for juvenile materials.
> In order to make our process more efficient, we'd
> like to look at examples of how other public libraries
> evaluate and order books for children. Would any of
> you be willing to send me a brief description of how
> this works in your library?
>
> For example, do you select books based on review
> sources, preview copies, or both? Do you order the
> books before they are published or after? How do you
> handle requests for materials you don't already own?
> How do you handle series? Any information you can
> give me will be helpful.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Ashley
>
> Ashley Larsen
> Community Services Librarian
> Woodside Library
> 3140 Woodside Road
> Woodside, CA 94062
> 650-851-0147
>
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From: Toni Reese <treese@monarch.papillion.ne.us>
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Subject: Re: stortytime name
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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 14:49:03 CDT
I call my weekly programs for 1st-3rd graders "Stories &
Such."
Toni
Toni Reese
Youth Services Librarian
Sump Memorial Library
222 N. Jefferson St.
Papillion, NE 68046
treese@monarch.papillion.ne.us
Mar Mar wrote:
> hi gang!
> looing for a catchy phrase for a new storytime in our area. We
are
> targeting grades k-2
> We already have tots and pre-school for our other programs.
> Any help is greatly appreciated!
> Thanks
> Maryann Ferro
> Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library
> Hewlett, NY
>
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From: "JANET AKE" <akejl@ci.farmers-branch.tx.us>
To: <Pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: daily statistics
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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 14:49:23 CDT
Hi all,
Someone asked about collecting statistics. (sorry I can't find the =
request) This is what we do here at Farmers Branch. We keep
track of six =
types of patron assistance. They are: Personal Assistance
Reference, =
Personal Assistance Directional, Telephone Assistance Reference, Telephone =
Assistance Directional, Program attendance and Electronic use. Our
daily =
sheet is divided into six vertical columns and 12 horizontal columns for =
the number of hours we are open. Each hour we make slash marks in the =
appropriate box. At the end of the month everything is added together
and =
we get a pretty good picture of what is happening hourly, daily, weekly =
and monthly. Hope this helps.
Janet Ake
Farmers Branch Library
Farmers Branch, TX
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From: "Karen Holz" <easternlibrary@smithville.net>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Halloween
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 14:49:44 CDT
In the past, I used to do a Halloween Party type thing for the preschool =
set in the area at my library, but due to some objections I had stop =
doing it. This year for whatever reason my parents, grandparents etc.
=
asked if I would arranged it again with their help as the mall in the =
area is not doing one due to the terrorist concern, but really want a =
safe, friendly, happy place that the little ones can go and show off =
their costumes. I've agreed I personally love Halloween and will be =
telling stories for the Youth Service Organization also.
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From: "DAWN PUCKETT (SHELLY)" <_shellbells@excite.com>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: YA lock-in
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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 14:50:04 CDT
We are having our first YA lock-in in January, and i would like some ideas
on themes, games etc.
Shelly,YA Librarian
MC Public Library
_shellbells@excite.com
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From: "Beth McFarland" <BMCFARLAND@cml.lib.oh.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Captain Underpants Program
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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 14:50:22 CDT
Greetings ya'll and Happy fall! :)
First let me say that I love this list! It's great to read all of the
=
wonderful program ideas that you all have. I'm suffering form
'programers =
block' at the moment so this has been a wonderful resource.
That said, =
I wanted to share a cool program that we just presented this past Monday. =
=20
Captain Underpants is immensely popular here. One of our regular young =
patrons sugested that we needed to have a program just for the 'Captian' =
so we decided why not? It was a BLAST! =20
After the kids arrived the first order of business was to have them fill =
out nametags, with there 'new and improved' names'. We made three
charts =
from the model in the book (bk. 1 I think) and had the kids find their new =
names, (which we called them by for the duration of the program!) they =
also had goofy glasses they had to wear. =20
We then devided the kids in to 2 teams the 'Georges' and the 'Harolds', =
(the Geroges had neck ties so we could tell the teams apart) We
and =
played several games. The first one was 'How Far Can You Fling'?
The =
kids had to fling a pair of underpants (like shooting a rubber band) the =
team with the most flings over 6 feet won. The next contest was
the =
'Toilet Jammer' where the kids had to toss underpants into a couple of
=
homemade 'talking toilets'. =20
After the games we took a break with some "Anti Evil Zombie Nerd
Juice" =
(rootbeer) and Green slime cupcakes. While they were eating we
tested =
their Captain Underpants knowledge with some trivia q's. After this
they =
had one more contest, we had printed a 'cafeteria menue' on a large piece =
of paper and had the kids rearrange the letters to spell goofy stuff.=20
We sent them home with blank booklets so they could make their own
comic =
books and plenty of handouts of how to draw Captain U. P. and flip o'rama
=
We also displayed other Pilky titles and had his web site up and running =
on the computers. 50 kids registered for this event and we even took 6
=
extra! Like I said it was a blast! I just thought I'd share it with
you =
all! :)
Beth McFarland
Youth Services=20
Westland Area Library
Columbus Ohio
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From: HFL_LISA@stls.org
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: RE: Subliminal?? Little Critters Construction
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 14:50:39 CDT
I have only one response to this...omg.
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From: Brenda Deever <bdeever@mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Booktalking Egroup
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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 14:50:58 CDT
Hi,
I got an e-amil recently about booktalks that could be suscribed to.
The booktalks were to be sent through e-mail every week or so. I tried
to subscribe and failed and now have lost the information, but I am
pretty sure it was connected to your group. Can you give me any help?
Thanks Brenda
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From: HFL_LISA@stls.org
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Halloween complaint
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 14:51:18 CDT
As a New Yorker who lost a dear friend at the WTC this type of rhetoric
abut God and Country, people from other cultures etc, makes me very
uncomfortable. This is not the time, and this is certainly not the
place to vent this type of view. What our founding fathers were
doing years ago-even as Christains-were establishing a country
based on freedom..of all kinds. The 'God thing' is not quite
the point. Please lighten up and let us consider this an
unfortunate spiel of personal opinions that had no place in the
list serve. To keep responding only divides us at this time.
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From: "Heather Robinson" <heather@elgin.net>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Books for Remembrance/Veterans Day
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 14:51:44 CDT
This is a question that never fails to stump me. Every year we are =
asked for books for young children (JK/SK) that could be used to explain =
Remembrance or Veterans Day. Do any of you have titles of books that =
you recommend for the younger set? =20
Thanks, in advance, for your suggestions. I can be emailed privately
at =
heather@elgin.net and would be
pleased to post a compiled list for =
others who find themselves in the same dillemma.
Heather Robinson
St. Thomas Public Library
St. Thomas, Ontario
heather@elgin.net
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From: Gail Moore <gailsuemoore@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Lazy Boy Stumper
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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 14:52:03 CDT
Okay. I give up. A patron is looking for a picture
book about a lazy boy who invents a machine to get him
up, dressed, and fed. But one night there's a storm,
and the machine goes haywire.
Help!
Gail
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From: "Heather A. Thompson" <hthomps@ascpl.lib.oh.us>
To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Read Alouds for 3rd/4th graders
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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 14:52:22 CDT
Hi everyone,
I have several school visits coming up and I need some ideas for good read
alouds. The children are in 3/4th grade and are doing library units.
Does
anyone know of any fun or good read aloud for this age group. Thanks.
Heather
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