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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: Thursday, January 30, 2003 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 1004
PUBYAC Digest 1004
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Re: photos of cavemen/general cluelessness
by Toni Reese <treese@monarch.papillion.ne.us>
2) circulating puppets
by "Christine Brobst" <cbrobst66@hotmail.com>
3) STUMPER: Boy Blinded by Firecracker
by moustakas@bccls.org
4) RE: the 1000th pubyac digest
by "Susan Dailey" <obldailey@wellscolibrary.org>
5) Re: Library Humor
by "Kim Dolce" <kdolce@co.volusia.fl.us>
6) Juvenile comic book titles
by "Phoebe Carter" <pcarter@weberpl.lib.ut.us>
7) Re: book ends
by "Kim Dolce" <kdolce@co.volusia.fl.us>
8) Books and Babies Help
by "Phoebe Carter" <pcarter@weberpl.lib.ut.us>
9) Re: DVDs
by "Carol and Gary Levin" <cglevin@access4less.net>
10) (no subject)
by Tina Sizemore <tina5652@yahoo.com>
11) Re: photos of cavemen/general cluelessness
by "M. Mills" <mmills@leaguecitylibrary.org>
12) AD: David Williams: OH, THE ANIMALS, children's
by Danjo53@aol.com
13) RE: another humorous moment
by "Carol Edwards" <edwarc@mx.pon.net>
14) RE: Thanksgiving around the world
by "Beverly Bixler" <bbixler@sanantonio.gov>
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From: Toni Reese <treese@monarch.papillion.ne.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: photos of cavemen/general cluelessness
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Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 15:05:08 CST
Okay, okay, I've stayed out of this, but I gotta relate this story. And it
was my misunderstanding, not the patron's!
A lady comes in with her 11 or 12-year old son. She has a slight speech
impediment, and she asks, "Do you have any books on crabs?" The
only thing
that pops into my mind are not the kind of crabs that live near the ocean,
and I can't imagine she wants her son doing research on that topic. So I
assume she's asking for books on crafts. I take her to the craft section,
and she thanks me.
Later, I see her leaving after she has checked out her books, and I ask if
she found what she wanted. She says, "Yes, but the books were in a
different place." Then I notice that she has in her hands a couple of
books on crabs -- the ocean-dwelling kind.
All that I learned in library classes about conducting a proper reference
interview come flooding back into my mind and I retreat to my office with a
red face!
Toni
Toni Reese
Youth Services Librarian
Sump Memorial Library
Papillion Nebraska
treese@monarch.papillion.ne.us
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From: "Christine Brobst" <cbrobst66@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: circulating puppets
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Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 15:05:17 CST
Hi all,
Is there anyone out there that allows the public to check out puppets? We
would like to start a program, and have purchased 10 folkmanis puppets. We
are unsure what is the best way to store them and check them in and out.
Do
you allow kids to play with them in-house or do you keep them behind the
counter? Do they have barcodes somewhere on the puppet? Do you charge for
damage? I would be grateful for any information that's out there.
Please
send directly to me at cbrobst66@hotmail.com,
and I will post a compilation
if anyone is interested. THank you very much.
Chrissy Brobst
Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library
cbrobst66@hotmail.com
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From: moustakas@bccls.org
To: PUBYAC@PRAIRIENET.ORG
Subject: STUMPER: Boy Blinded by Firecracker
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 15:05:24 CST
Dear PubYac-
I have a stumper. A patron in her late 30s/early 40s is wondering if she can
find the title to a book that was read to her by her teacher in 4th grade.
It's about a boy who she thinks is named "Mike," who was playing with
a
group of boys who were playing with firecrackers. One of the firecrackers
explodes in his face and he is blinded. The story is about how he deals with
being blind and his eventual forgiveness of the other boy(s) for making him
blind. She thinks there might be something in the story about
a guidedog as well. Does this ring a bell with anyone? If so, please drop
me an email at moustakas@bccls.org
Thank you!
Elaine Moustakas
Children's Librarian
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From: "Susan Dailey" <obldailey@wellscolibrary.org>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: the 1000th pubyac digest
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Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 15:05:33 CST
Shannon,
I'd like to add my congratulations also. And my sympathy... When I didn't
get any postings last weekend, I thought you were somewhere exciting--like
ALA Mid-Winter. I didn't realize you were wrestling with computer viruses.
Yikes! Shannon, please know you are appreciated and that the postings were
missed.
Susan Dailey
librarian, speaker and author of A Storytime Year (www.susanmdailey.com)
Ossian Branch Library, Ossian, Indiana
260-622-4691
<mailto:obldailey@wellscolibrary.org>
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From: "Kim Dolce" <kdolce@co.volusia.fl.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: Library Humor
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Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 15:05:42 CST
As frustrating as it is to find "real" photos of fairies, it's so
sweet to =
encounter a child who really believes. It's the clueless adults that drive =
me nuts:)
Kim
Kim E. Dolce
Children's Librarian
Port Orange Regional Library
Port Orange, FL 32129
kdolce@co.volusia.fl.us
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From: "Phoebe Carter" <pcarter@weberpl.lib.ut.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Juvenile comic book titles
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 15:05:49 CST
Forgive me if this has been discussed recently, but I am curious to know =
if any libraries out there circulate children's comic books--and what they =
are. We subscribe through EBSCO to comics such as Spider Man and the X =
Men, but we make them available as young adult material. I am looking for
=
something we can subscribe to as a periodical that would be appropriate =
for the Children's Division.=20
Any ideas are welcome.
Thanks,
Phoebe Carter
Youth Services Manager
Weber County Library
Ogden, Utah
pcarter@weberpl.lib.ut.us
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From: "Kim Dolce" <kdolce@co.volusia.fl.us>
To: <jrines@ocln.org>,<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: book ends
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Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 15:05:57 CST
We have some of the hanging bookends too, and they CAN be a pain in the =
children's room (or even in the adult section with small paperbacks!). We =
seem to have had good luck with the cork. All of our shelves are metal, =
HTH,
Kim
Kim E. Dolce
Children's Librarian
Port Orange Regional Library
Port Orange, FL 32129
kdolce@co.volusia.fl.us
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From: "Phoebe Carter" <pcarter@weberpl.lib.ut.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Books and Babies Help
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 15:06:06 CST
I am looking for examples of infant/parent literacy packets that other =
libraries have produced. We do a Books and Babies program here at the =
Weber County Library, where packets are taken to area hospitals for =
newborns. I am reevaluating the program, because we don't get much return
=
but spend thousands of dollars each year. If anyone is willing to share =
what they do and what their packet looks like, I would be very grateful!
Thanks so much,
Phoebe Carter
Youth Services Manager
Weber County Library
2464 Jefferson Ave.
Ogden, Utah 84401
pcarter@weberpl.lib.ut.us
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From: "Carol and Gary Levin" <cglevin@access4less.net>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: DVDs
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Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 15:06:15 CST
Just a note: Midwest (www.midwesttapes.com)
is now providing an inspection
and scratch repair service for DVDs using an industrial-strength machine.
Cost is $4 per disk, with a minimum of 25 disks sent per order. They claim
80-90% of scratched (not broken) disks are repairable...
Carol and Gary Levin
Enjoy Life! This is not a Dress Rehearsal!
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From: Tina Sizemore <tina5652@yahoo.com>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
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Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 15:06:23 CST
Had a boy last week who wanted to know, "Where are
your good books?"
Tina Sizemore
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From: "M. Mills" <mmills@leaguecitylibrary.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: photos of cavemen/general cluelessness
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Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 15:06:31 CST
How hilarious! Great detective work, Dawn Sardes!
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From: Danjo53@aol.com
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: AD: David Williams: OH, THE ANIMALS, children's
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 15:06:39 CST
David Williams, performer, ALA award winner, OH, THE ANIMALS,
bluesy,jazzy tunes about animals of all kinds, also national cartoonist, and
children's author Random House (Grandma Essie's Covered Wagon); now setting
up library programs for the summer: two new CDs coming out soon! "Williams
works magic," NEWSWEEK magazine.
Contact: davidwilliamsmusician.com
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From: "Carol Edwards" <edwarc@mx.pon.net>
To: pubyac listserv <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: another humorous moment
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Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 15:06:48 CST
I thought I had the most difficult reference question ever when a patron
wanted a photograph of Aesop. After the explaining went on and she left,
deeply disappointed in the inadequacies of the library and my reference
skills, I found a painting by Velasquez that would have made her happy,
because it looked like a photograph. Sigh!
When I recited this woeful tale to a colleague, she topped me. She works in
a a busy business department and she had gotten her firt phone call of the
day. The question was, "Do you have a phone there?"
Ciao, Carol
edwarc@pon.net
Carol Edwards
Sonoma County Library
Santa Rosa, CA
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From: "Beverly Bixler" <bbixler@sanantonio.gov>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: Thanksgiving around the world
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Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 15:06:55 CST
On the first question, maybe the teacher meant harvest festivals and was =
equating them to Thanksgiving (I'm giving the teacher the benefit of the =
doubt here), and the child just picked up on the word "Thanksgiving."
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And you are probably correct about the confusion of the students on the =
second question.
Beverly Bixler
bbixler@sanantonio.gov
San Antonio Public Library, TX=20
-----Original Message-----
From: Amber McCrea [mailto:mccrea.amber@als.lib.wi.us]
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 12:31 AM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Thanksgiving around the world
Hi all,
At my previous job I had two really good questions. The first was a=20
young boy who brought his assignment sheet to the reference desk. The=20
sheet stated in all seriousness that the child was to write a report on=20
how Thanksgiving is celebrated in various places around the world.=20
(this one really scared me)
The other one was fairly innocent. A teen came in looking for=20
information on the witch hunts that took place in the 1950's, you know=20
the ones in Salem (apparently the teacher compared the salem witch=20
trials with the Red Scare and the students got slightly confused)
Amber McCrea
Beloit Public Library
Beloit WI
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