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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: Saturday, August 17, 2002 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 836
PUBYAC Digest 836
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Stumper Solved
by <asears@teaneck.org>
2) Re: toys & a clean up hint
by Martha Simpson <msimpsonmls@snet.net>
3) Re: volunteers
by Mildred Bernstein <tomildred@yahoo.com>
4) Re: BWI Bound books
by Martha Simpson <msimpsonmls@snet.net>
5) toys
by "L.Marsh" <lmarsh@nstc.library.ns.ca>
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From: <asears@teaneck.org>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Stumper Solved
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 08:56:55 CDT
Boy you guys are great! Thanks to Jen Marin, Andrea Johnson and Vicky
Smith
for the answer, I haven't double checked with the patron but it certainly
sounds like it
The book seems to be HOW LITTLE LORI VISITED TIMES SQUARE
by Amos Vogel, ill. by Maurice Sendak, 1963, 1991And nobody has heard from
them since..."
Thank you so much for the answer.
Amy Sears
Head of Children's Services
Teaneck Public Library
Teaneck, NJ 07666
asears@teaneck.org
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From: Martha Simpson <msimpsonmls@snet.net>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: toys & a clean up hint
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 08:57:03 CDT
We have toys in a separate Play Area, near the picture books and Easy
Readers. The Duplo Table is very popular. Also a rug that looks like
a
street scene and plastic cars and trucks to go with it. We bought a
beautiful doll house, but unfortunately the 10 dolls we put out with it
were stolen within the first couple of weeks. We are thinking of
putting up a sign asking parents to ask for the dolls at the desk and
maybe leave their library card until we get them back.
We have teen volunteers wash off the toys as needed.
A few years ago, we put up a sign telling kids that we will give them a
sticker for putting the toys away. It works like a charm! Some kids
refuse to leave the Play Area until they clean up because they want that
sticker! It's much better to reward kids for good behavior than getting
mad at messy kids (and parents who don't care.)
Martha Simpson, Stratford (CT) Library
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From: Mildred Bernstein <tomildred@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: volunteers
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 08:57:11 CDT
I had 36 volunteers this summer for the SRC. When I interviewed each one,
I
showed them their sign-in sheet and told them that this was like a job and I
needed to keep track of their hours. In order for them to get credit for
the hours they worked, they would have to sign in on a daily basis. Many
of
the volunteers are High School kids who are required by the school district
to volunteer as part of community service. I did not have one person
complain about signing in nor did I have one person forget to sign-in.
Our program is over now, so I added up the hours and prepared a simple form
letter which I will be mailing to each of the volunteers. In addition,
those that volunteered 14 hours or more will be getting a pen with the
library name on it as a thank you.
"Keener, Lesa" wrote:I know this has been discussed but we have
never had
luck with volunteers.
This summer I had 23 volunteers with 20 being young adults! At least 7 were
steady and did a lot of work. We want to reward volunteers in the future but
need some system to keep track of their hours. We had many children who
came in once or twice and worked maybe an hour and we never saw them again.
While we appreciate any help we can only afford to reward our steady
workers. Any ideas. p.s. I have a nine yera old putting away picture books
for the second day and she is doing a perfect job.
Lesa Keener
Mildred Bernstein
Head, Children's Department
The Smithtown Library - Commack Branch
3 Indian Head Road
Commack, NY 11725
(631) 543-0998
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From: Martha Simpson <msimpsonmls@snet.net>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: BWI Bound books
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 08:57:17 CDT
HI,
I love BWI bound books. They are attractive and sturdy. Plus, if a
book only comes in paper and you want it in hardcover, you can request
to have it in BWI binding. It costs a little more and takes 12 weeks to
do a special order, but it's worth it. I ordered all the Mercer Mayer
Little Critter books in BWI binding. And since I'm totally fed up with
the cheap spines on the Eyewitness books, I get all those in BWI
binding, too.
BWI guarentees their binding and will replace the book if the spine or
binding falls apart. And their customer service is great.
Martha Simpson, Stratford (CT) Library
Theresa Hadley wrote:
>Hello all,
>I'm wondering about the quality and durability of BWI's prebound picture
>books. They call them BWI-bound books. I've seen samples, and
they
>look pretty good new, but I'm wondering how they look after a couple of
>years of steady circulation. If your library has been buying
these for
>a while, would you please comment. Do they stay shiny? Do they
keep
>their coloring? Do the spines dent? Do you prefer them to a Bound to
>stay Bound book with a book jacket? We're thinking of switching to BWI
>as our primary picture book vendor, because we like the Title Tales
>website so much, but I wanted to do a bit of research on the quality of
>their product.
>
>Thanks very much,
>
>Theresa Hadley
>Youth Services Librarian
>Whatcom County Library System
>5205 Northwest Rd
>Bellingham, WA 98226
>(360)384-3150
>thadley1@qwest.net
>
>
>
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From: "L.Marsh" <lmarsh@nstc.library.ns.ca>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: toys
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 08:57:24 CDT
Hi everyone,
I am enjoying the discussion about toys in the library. I have to agree
with everyone, they are necessary and a headache. We have waffle blocks,
wooden puzzles, stuffed toys and an art cart. We also have a doll house
and if you want to know what goes on in families behind closed doors the
children have no inabitions when acting out their play in the house. I was
worried though about the little fellow who wanted to throw the baby out the
window:) The greatest problem with the doll house is the breakage and
loss. We went to buying playmobile people (sturdy plastic, good size for
little hands) They can be broken (I don't know how!)and get lost. We
bought the victorian nanny and baby with carriage. Within the a month the
baby was gone (says something about that nanny's abilities:) A while later
the nanny's hat was broken off leaving a hole in the top of her head which
upset a little girl no end. The tractor and farm family lasted longer (we
still have the cow) and a little boy wrote what he liked about the library
was the broken tractor. My favourite toy is the talking Arthur doll.
If
I'm feeling down I press his tummy and hope that he asks to be my
friend.(he has lost his glasses). The only advise I can give is to keep a
good humour about it.
M.Lynda Marsh
Administrator Youth Services
Colchester-East Hants Regional Library
754 Prince Street
Truro, Nova Scotia
B2N 1G9
Telephone (902)895-1625
Fax (902)895-7149
"What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not
knowledge in pursuit of the child." George Bernard Shaw
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