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From: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and Children"
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To: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and Children" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 782
PUBYAC Digest 782
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Re: Window Decorations
by pcarlson@lbpl.org
2) 50's stumper
by Selma Levi <slevi@mail.pratt.lib.md.us>
3) Help needed with picture bingo!
by FOHRELL@main.morris.org
4) Shy Teens
by PeggyLISList@aol.com
5) September 11 storytime
by "connie lyons" <brindla@hotmail.com>
6) Re: Teen Summer Comic Book Program
by "Karina Barszewski (Canandaigua)" <kbarszewski@pls-net.org>
7) Re: Teen Summer Comic Book Program
by Joan Olson <joan.olson@nsanpete.k12.ut.us>
8) Janway bags
by Kathleen Pine <KPine@epl.ca>
9) WRITTEN YA selection policies
by Denise Matulka <DIMatulka@ci.fargo.nd.us>
10) postcard exchange
by "elizabeth robinson" <elizabethrobinson352@hotmail.com>
11) Re: YA paperbacks
by "Marge Tassione" <tassione@SLS.LIB.IL.US>
12) Re: Book party and state craft help
by lisajo@nwlink.com (Lisa Anderson,
Children's Librarian)
13) Position available
by "Alex Duncan" <aduncan@timberland.lib.wa.us>
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From: pcarlson@lbpl.org
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Window Decorations
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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 14:35:21 CDT
I have used Lakeshore's Washable Glitter Paint in the past and it works
very well.
Pam Carlson
Los Altos Neighborhood Library
Long Beach Public Library
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From: Selma Levi <slevi@mail.pratt.lib.md.us>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: 50's stumper
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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 14:35:28 CDT
Hi, A patron is looking for a series of books she read in the late 50's
about an African American girl who dances ballet. She says they are not
picture books; she read them in the 3/4th grade. Since she got them from
a library other than ours, I'm not even sure we have them. I've checked
our local Children's Rare bookstore; Rudine Sims Bishop's Shadow and
Substance: Afro American experience in contemporary children's fiction;
Dorothy Broderick's Image of the Black in Children's Fiction-all with no
luck. Please help. This is driving me crazy! Thanks in advance.
Selma K. Levi
slevi@epfl2.epflbalto.org
voice # 410-396-5402
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From: FOHRELL@main.morris.org
To: PUBYAC@PRAIRIENET.ORG
Subject: Help needed with picture bingo!
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 14:35:34 CDT
I'm putting together a picture bingo program, which I thought would be a
breeze, but am having trouble finding templates I can use and/or modify.
Does anyone know of a website that would allow me to print up
boards? I'm
thinking there might be something akin to puzzlemaker (which does not have
bingo). Any ideas? I need to come up with 5 separately-themed sets. Any help
will be much appreciated! You can reply to Melinda at
fohrell@main.morris.org.
THANKS!!!!!
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From: PeggyLISList@aol.com
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Shy Teens
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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 14:35:41 CDT
I'm doing a project where my target group is shy teens, those who are too
afraid to join in anything. I'm looking for books to help them, self
help
as well as good YA novels or even to just show them they are not misfits.
I
want to do some sort program with them also as part of my project...any
ideas? I have a few but just seeing if anything has ever been done for
this
group of kids who can't get out of their shell. How to target them and
which
projects or programs would help them out.
Thanks for anything you can give me.
Peggy Lepsig
Weddington High School
NC
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From: "connie lyons" <brindla@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: September 11 storytime
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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 14:35:47 CDT
I want to say thank you to the many of you who so kindly responded to my
question about a topic for a September 11 program. There were suggestions
for programs about peace and compassion and about heroes as well as crafts
and books on these themes and patriotic themes. All of them were worth
considering and helped me to plan. I have decided to do a program about
firemen and policemen as one of you suggsted and to mention in passing that
they were the heroes of September 11. I'll let you know how it turns out.
In the meantime, thanks so much.
Connie Lyons
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From: "Karina Barszewski (Canandaigua)" <kbarszewski@pls-net.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Teen Summer Comic Book Program
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I am hosting a graphic novel workshop, where a local comic book writer and
artist are going to show the kids how to make a mini-comic.
Karina Barszewski
Young Adult Librarian
Wood Library
Canandaigua, NY 14424
(585)394-1381
kbarszewski@pls-net.org
>
>From: gretchen@chamberlin.com
>Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 17:37:34 CDT
>To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
>Subject: Teen Summer Comic Book Program
>
>To All,
>I am putting together some summer programming for teens
>and we would like to do a session--one time, about 1-2
>hours, related to comic books and graphic novels. We
>have a guy who runs a thriving comic book store who is
>willing to come in but wants to know what we want him
>to do! Has anyone done something like this? I know we
>could have kids swap comics but are there some other
>types of interactive ideas you've tried out? Looking
>forward to hearing from you!Thank you!
>Gretchen Chamberlin, Assistant Director
>Tredyffrin Public Library,
>582 Upper Gulph Rd., Wayne, PA 19087
> gchamberlin@ccls.org or gretchen@chamberlin.com
>
>
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From: Joan Olson <joan.olson@nsanpete.k12.ut.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Teen Summer Comic Book Program
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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 14:36:01 CDT
I would enjoy hearing how this is run and how it works.
Joan
Janmarie Chatlosh wrote:
> I would like to hear what you do. It sounds like something the 5th
through 8th grades would really enjoy.
>
> >>> gretchen@chamberlin.com
06/11/02 18:44 PM >>>
> To All,
> I am putting together some summer programming for teens
> and we would like to do a session--one time, about 1-2
> hours, related to comic books and graphic novels. We
> have a guy who runs a thriving comic book store who is
> willing to come in but wants to know what we want him
> to do! Has anyone done something like this? I know we
> could have kids swap comics but are there some other
> types of interactive ideas you've tried out? Looking
> forward to hearing from you!Thank you!
> Gretchen Chamberlin, Assistant Director
> Tredyffrin Public Library,
> 582 Upper Gulph Rd., Wayne, PA 19087
> gchamberlin@ccls.org or gretchen@chamberlin.com
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From: Kathleen Pine <KPine@epl.ca>
To: "'PUBYAC@prairienet.org'"
<PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Janway bags
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Hi,
A few months ago I asked the group about shelving for book/tape sets and a
large number of people recommended Janway bags. I have ordered these now
but several staff have come to me expressing concern about customers not
returning the sets in these bags. We are part of a large system (16
branches) and will be the first branch to put their sets in Janway bags
rather than clear plastic bags. Staff also seem concerned that customers
will return to another branch and that the bag will end up staying at that
branch rather than being returned back to us. Have any of you had any
problems with customers losing the bags? If so, do you charge for them?
Or
do you put a sticker on the front of the bag asking customers to return the
set in the same bag?
I would appreciate any suggestions you may have.
Thanks in advance!
Kathleen
Kathleen Pine
Youth Services Librarian
Southgate Branch
48 Southgate Centre
51 Avenue & 111 Street
Edmonton, AB T6H 4M6
Tel: (780) 496-8339
Fax: (780) 496-7007
kpine@epl.ca
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From: Denise Matulka <DIMatulka@ci.fargo.nd.us>
To: "'PUBYAC@prairienet.org'"
<PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: WRITTEN YA selection policies
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Hi:
Is anyone willing to share WRITTEN young adult selection policies with Fargo
Public Library? Our YA section is new (4 months) and was created on the fly
so we would not lose grant money for YA programming/collection development.
Additionally, I am new to the FPL system, so this was done before I came
here.
Titles with YA spine labels were pulled from YS and relocated to a separate
area in the adult room. But that was really the extent of the reassignment.
Also FPL has not really spent much time or energy in development of YA
materials until the last year.
PUBYACKER experiences and ideas would be great but I really looking for
WRITTEN SAMPLE YA SELECTION/COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICIES.
Thanks...
_____________________________________
Denise I. Matulka
Youth Services Librarian
Fargo Public Library
102 N 3rd Street
Fargo, North Dakota 58102
(701) 241-1491
dimatulka@ci.fargo.nd.us <mailto:dimatulka@ci.fargo.nd.us>
http://www.imaginarylands.org <http://www.imaginarylands.org/>
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From: "elizabeth robinson" <elizabethrobinson352@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: postcard exchange
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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 14:36:19 CDT
Hello!
I'm writing to ask your help with a project I have planned at our library.
Our summer reading program theme this year is "Reading Road Trip
U.S.A.".
The project would involve primary-grade children who would send one picture
postcard to you, and in return, you would send a picture postcard of the
area or state in which your library is located. After the children have
shared their postcards from around the U.S.A., we will make a display of
them. I would appreciate your help with this project very much.
Please send a message to elizabethrobinson352@hotmail.com
to let me know if
you can help us out and include your library's address. Thank you in
advance.
Happy Reading,
Liz Robinson
Alexandrian P.L.
Mt.Vernon, IN
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From: "Marge Tassione" <tassione@SLS.LIB.IL.US>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: YA paperbacks
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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 14:36:26 CDT
I was just wondering...we also have a very active group of fifth, sixth
graders moving on who are real library users. Something in the water that
year?
M. Tassione
tassione@sls.lib.il.us
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From: "Penney Betsold" <pbetsold@yahoo.com>
To: "pubyac" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 2:31 PM
Subject: YA paperbacks
> My Director asked me to pass this along to PUBYAC.
> This year we have been actively courting the sixth
> graders. Next year they will be at the middle school
> and we are hoping they will remain library
> patrons...and that they will bring their new friends
> with them. In preparation for the onslaught of young
> adults we are weeding our very old, outdated and
> unused YA paperback collection. When we are done
> weeding there will be approximately three books left
> on the shelf. So we are looking for inspiration.
> What paperbacks should we buy to fill up our YA
> shelves?
> Thanks, Deb
> Deb Kern
> Director
> Dickinson Memorial Library
> 115 Main Street
> Northfield, MA 01360
>
> 413-498-2455
> dmemlib@cwmars.org
>
>
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From: lisajo@nwlink.com (Lisa Anderson,
Children's Librarian)
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Book party and state craft help
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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 14:36:33 CDT
Dear Richard,
Our small library ( population 8,000 people) offered three afternoon book
discussion groups one in the Fall, Winter and Spring to gradesl 4th - 8th.
The library had established a partnership with the Burlington School
District before I arrived almost 3 years ago. Bonnie Campbell, Coordinator
for After School Programs , is instrumental in helping to promote,
advertise, and get all the preliminaries such as arranging transportation,
collecting signed permission slips, etc. done. This year I ran three
sessions. The most popular session was our Fastasy & Harry Potter Fans
Delight with 13 students and more students pleading to be able to enroll
after the deadline. I stuck by my deadline to be fair to everyone and not
to get catch in a slippery situation of how come such and such got to sign
up but I didn't. The two books I selected for the first book discussion
were: The Lost Years of Merlin by T.A. Barron and The Hobbit by J.R.R.
Tolkien. Our participants got to build a wax castle, bake & decorate
treasure cakes, and host a Make Reading A Hobbit Party. I chose three
major
scenes from the Hobbit: Gollum's Lake (Chapter 5), Attack of the Spiders (
Chapter 8), and Wood Elves Castle and typed up three scripts. I pulled the
script directly from the book and gave full credit to the author. The book
discussion group build an elaborate tunnel for our guest to crawl through
before they encountered Gollum. Our guest then had to answer several riddles
before they could safely aboard their boat ( a huge onion bin that Costco
gave us and we attached wheel underneath it). Our weary travelers ( guests
who included friends of the book discussion group, city council members,&
library board members) then had to pull themselves across the lake using a
rope that we tied to the pop machine that was in our lobby. Guests were
then sprayed with silly string and captured by the spiders. Students then
performed their second reader's theater. Then our poor travelers were
captured by the Wood Elves and tied up in a chain gang fashion and lead to
the Wood King where the final reader's theater was performed. Our guests
finally were able to escape by rolling down the river in gunney sacks(
compliments of Skagit Farmers Supply-Cenex) which we subsitute as barrels.
We then invited our down trodden travelers into our conference room for
refreshments. The book discussion students cut and served their treasure
chest cakes filled with gold bars (gold foiled chocolate) and candy
necklaces. We invited our two local newsapers the Burlington Argus and The
Skagit Valley Herald and were esclatic with the pictures they chose to print
in their newspapers.
I hope this helps. If you would like a script I would be happy to
mail or
fax you copies.
Lisa Anderson
Children's Librarian
Burlington Public Library
Burlington, WA 98233
>
>Hi! I needed some help with my book parties (discussion group for
9-12s)
>and would appreciate any and all ideas.
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From: "Alex Duncan" <aduncan@timberland.lib.wa.us>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Position available
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 14:36:39 CDT
Librarian I - Youth Services
Timberland Regional Library - Centralia, WA
Application Deadline: 7/26/02 (application review begins 7/8/02)
Creative Librarian wanted with the energy to work with youth in an
active library. Join an innovative team that embraces change at the
Centralia Timberland Library, a branch of the Timberland Regional
Library. If you have the zeal to reach all youth, assist patrons of any
age, the ability to think and work independently yet work with a team,
are tech-savvy, but can still find special meaning in Goodnight Moon,
then you belong with us. Opportunity to work with diverse community
groups, community college programs and area schools. We want an avid
reader with a passion for good public service and an ability to turn
creative suggestions into action. MLS and WA State certification
required.
POSITION CODE: CE411050-03
Position:
Librarian I (Youth Services) - Centralia, WA. Grade 41 - 40 hrs/wk -
1.0 FTE. Some evening and weekend hours required. Schedule subject
to
change depending on library needs.
General Statement of Duties:
Provides a wide variety of customer-centered reference, research,
reader's advisory, and programming services to library patrons; does
related work as required.
Distinguishing Features of the Class:
This is responsible front line library public service work involving the
performance of reference and reader's advisory services, and
programming duties for library patrons. The employee may be assigned
any of the following responsibilities: collection development, training
of other staff, training of scheduled groups of patrons, programming for
patrons, compiling bibliographies and/or pathfinders for the library
and/or local media, or community outreach. The work is usually
performed under the general supervision of a department or building
manager but considerable leeway is granted for the exercise of
independent initiative and judgment. An employee in this class does not
normally exercise supervision over the work of other employees but may
supervise the activities of library volunteers. In the absence of the
supervisor, an employee in this class may be assigned temporary
supervision of Public
Services activities. In the absence of a building head, an employee in
this class may be assigned temporary supervision of library operations
and the building.
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Thorough knowledge of library policies, processes and procedures;
commitment to customer-centered public service; thorough knowledge of
reference and readers advisory sources, literature for children, teens
and/or adults and materials in both print and electronic formats; may
require specialized knowledge of, and experience with, youth; thorough
knowledge of the Dewey Decimal System of classification; thorough
knowledge of electronic resources, Internet searching strategies, and
search engines; good knowledge of computer software for library
applications; thorough knowledge of systems such as Dynix WebPac,
Internet, and CD-ROM educational software; good knowledge of business
arithmetic and statistical preparation and presentation methods and
procedures; good knowledge of office terminology, procedures and
equipment; good knowledge of library circulation and interlibrary loan
processes and procedures; some knowledge of emerging library technology;
skill in the use of computers and electronic resources; ability to
identify patron information needs and apply appropriate resources
through a customer-centered reference interview; ability to concurrently
perform a variety of customer-centered reference and/or readers
advisory and other patron service tasks under the pressure of short-term
deadlines; ability to demonstrate the effective use of the Model
Reference Behaviors after training (such as those developed by
Transform, Inc.); ability to provide positive and high quality,
customer-centered public service to library customers and library
colleagues; ability to develop, plan, organize, implement and evaluate
effective and age appropriate library programs; Ability to provide oral
and written instructions in a clear and concise manner for library
patrons and co-workers; ability to communicate effectively, and to
develop and maintain effective working relationships with other members
of the library staff, other libraries and the general public; ability to
demonstrate creative and constructive problem solving skills; ability to
handle and move library materials in the library; ability to process
books and library materials; ability to attend selected training and
meetings at other library locations; ability to travel to another
Timberland Library location for work; ability to travel to schools
and/or other community locations to facilitate and conduct library
programs or outreach activities; skill in conducting customer-centered
public service with tact, patience and courtesy.
Acceptable Experience and Training:
Possession of a Master of Library Science degree issued by a library
school accredited by the American Library Association and State of
Washington Librarian Certificate; some library or work-related
experience demonstrating positive public service experience with
children, teens, or adults.
Benefits:
Employer will pay full premium for employee's choice of medical plans.
Employer paid dental vision, life and long term disability insurance for
employee.
(Dependent coverage available at employee's expense.)
Washington State Public Employees Retirement System
Deferred Compensation (optional)
Employee Assistance Program
Paid Sick and Vacation
13 Holidays
Salary Range:
$2,738.70 - $3,680.58 per month
Hiring Salary:
$2,738.70 per month
Application Closing Date:
July 26, 2002 (Application review begins July 8, 2002)
Position Available:
July 1, 2002
Position Code:
CE411050-03 (Include on your application and envelope)
Obtain Employment Application:
· Online at http://www.timberland.lib.wa.us,
· At the Administrative Service Center, 415 Airdustrial Way SW, Olympia,
WA
· At your local Timberland Regional Library, or
· Call our message line at (360) 704-4564.
Submit Application, Resume and Cover Letter to the Administrative
Service Center. Resume not accepted in lieu of Application.
Timberland Regional Library is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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