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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: Sunday, March 09, 2003 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 1050
PUBYAC Digest 1050
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Re: Need Advice on Confidentiality
by "M. N." <mellifur@cox.net>
2) RE: value of libraries
by karen maletz <kmlib@yahoo.com>
3) RE: Need Advice on Confidentiality
by "Andrea Johnson" <ajohnson@cooklib.org>
4) job interview questions
by Susan Creed <screed@spokanelibrary.org>
5) Have your book reviewed
by TEACHINGTALES@aol.com
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From: "M. N." <mellifur@cox.net>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Need Advice on Confidentiality
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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 12:54:45 CST
In our system, users can create a PIN. So in addition to knowing the bar
code of a patron, you need to know their PIN.
M. Neiman
neiman@glasct.org
Welles-Turner Memorial Library
Glastonbury, CT
http://www.wtmlib.com
The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of my organization.
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From: karen maletz <kmlib@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: RE: value of libraries
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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 12:54:54 CST
Re your comment about the general ignorance of the
public as to just what we do (besides recommending
books). Our local library has been closed for the past
2 months since their boiler broke & there is no heat,
but the staff has been working in the newer section of
the building where the offices and community room are.
---My friend questioned what work they could possibly
be doing. I tried to explain about reading journals,
ordering, planning new programs, hiring performers,
typing up newsletter info. I could go on & on. I'm not
sure that she realized how involved our jobs are.
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From: "Andrea Johnson" <ajohnson@cooklib.org>
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Subject: RE: Need Advice on Confidentiality
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Our patron records on the internet can be accessed with a library card =
number and a password. In our GEAC system, a password is always =
required to access patron information. I don't know if your system =
allows for this, and it doesn't really answer the question of what to do =
when the patron comes in to the desk with card in hand, but it does make =
a difference in terms of confidentiality via the internet.
Andrea Johnson
Cook Memorial Public Library
Libertyville, IL
ajohnson@cooklib.org
> -----Original Message-----
> From: caes@openaccess.org [SMTP:caes@openaccess.org]
> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 11:03 AM
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> Subject: Need Advice on Confidentiality
>=20
> Oh Wise Ones,
>=20
> I need help. Do any of you have confidentiality policies for =
children's
> records? If a parent wants to know what books their child has checked
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out,
> do you tell them? <snip>
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From: Susan Creed <screed@spokanelibrary.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: job interview questions
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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 12:55:10 CST
I hadn't been paying too much attention to the posts about job interview
questions but read the compilation just today and couldn't resist
expressing one of my pet peeves--bulletin boards! In every Children's or
Youth Services Librarian position that I've had in my 20+ years doing this
work, I have always been in charge of the bulletin board(s) and yet never
have I been asked in any job interview if I have any interest and/or talent
in this particular aspect of the job. As you can probably tell, I don't!
My favorite bulletin boards have always been the ones where I got art from
local schools. But I've come to believe that if this is a major (and time
consuming) aspect of the Children's Librarian job, it should be mentioned
in the interview. Why should it be assumed that someone good with kids and
a good storyteller would automatically be good at bulletin boards?
Thanks for listening!!!:)--Susan
Susan Creed
Youth Services Librarian,
Shadle Library
Spokane Public Library
2111 W. Wellesley
Spokane, WA 99205
screed@spokanelibrary.org
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From: TEACHINGTALES@aol.com
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Have your book reviewed
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 13:00:15 CST
Hello all,
Passing some information along.
warm wishes,
Karen Chace
BOOK NOTES
Send NSN your new books, or ask your publisher to send a review copy!!
Beginning in the July/August issue,
Storytelling Magazine will run a Book Notes column, with brief reviews
of new publications about stories, the storytelling art, and
applications of storytelling in such areas as healing, education,
business, and mediation. Books to be included should be mailed to Jo
Radner, Book Notes Editor, P.O. Box 145, Lovell, ME 04051 (UPS address:
House #1, Fire Road 5, Lovell, ME 04051).
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