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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: Monday, May 12, 2003 11:03 AM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 1107
PUBYAC Digest 1107
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Styrofoam crafts?
by "Natasha Forrester" <nforrester@wpl.org>
2) re: Dept of Ed's Summer Reading Program
by Jennifer Baker <jbaker93711@yahoo.com>
3) Re: Teen urban legend program
by Dawn Sardes <Dawn.Sardes@euclidlibrary.org>
4) Re: Teen urban legend program
by Jones Taylor Edwards <ya_core@yahoo.com>
5) Re: Teen urban legend program
by "Mike Wessells" <mwessell@timberland.lib.wa.us>
6) RE: story time name tags
by "Christine Neirink" <c.neirink@vlc.lib.mi.us>
7) Re: story time name tags
by "Kim Dolce" <kdolce@co.volusia.fl.us>
8) Re: story time name tags
by Laura Matheny <lauramatheny@comcast.net>
9) Recent Virtual YA Index Requests
by "Tracey Firestone" <tfiresto@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
10) Re: story time name tags
by susie <srrlys@neflin.org>
11) Craft idea help
by <dscinta@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
12) Re: story time name tags
by "Margaret Borchers" <mborchers@biblio.org>
13) Re: story time name tags
by Hegquist <dhegquis@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
14) "Great Illustrated Classics"
by OdonLibrarian@aol.com
15) FW: kids accessing porn sites--help!
by "Beverly Bixler" <bbixler@sanantonio.gov>
16) Library Program on Teen Finance or Entrepreneurship
by vickie beavers <beenethereonce@yahoo.com>
17) Re: No Child Left Behind
by MzLibrary@aol.com
18) Re: story time name tags
by Marisa Treglio <lilac_girl99@yahoo.com>
19) Re: story time name tags
by JillWCT@aol.com
20) Re: story time name tags
by Toni Reese <treese@monarch.papillion.ne.us>
21) No Child Left Behind Summer Reading Program
by LouAnne or Jay Krantz <krantzjl@centurytel.net>
22) Mother's Day
by "Richard Quiring" <richard_quiring@hotmail.com>
23) stumper dolls
by "C. C. Thoeny" <reesect@u.washington.edu>
24) YA book suggestions
by "Natasha Forrester" <nforrester@wpl.org>
25) Stumper - Blue heron
by "BALIS/PLS/SVLS Reference Center, SF Branch"
<srcsf@mindspring.com>
26) Names for YA Lit Course Responses
by Mary K Chelton <mchelton@optonline.net>
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From: "Natasha Forrester" <nforrester@wpl.org>
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Another craft request - we get lots and lots of thin 6"x9" Styrofoam
rectangles from Baker and Taylor with our book orders. I keep saving them,
thinking they will be perfect for a craft, but I have yet to come up with
any craft ideas. Please send your ideas to me at nforrester@wpl.org
and I
will post a compilation to the list.
Natasha Forrester, Children's Services Librarian
Winfield Public Library
605 College Winfield, KS 67156
(620) 221-4470
"When in doubt, go to the library."
~ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J.K. Rowling
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From: Jennifer Baker <jbaker93711@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: re: Dept of Ed's Summer Reading Program
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Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 10:37:44 CDT
Jennie Stoltz wrote:
Maybe it would have just been nice to get a little
recognition for the SRP/SLP that> we've all been doing
or so many years, right?
--
Yes! i thought the exact same thing when i saw the
press release a few weeks ago. pilot program?!?! it
was almost like reading that someone had discovered
sliced bread. HELLO! public libraries have been
promoting summer reading for over 100 years!!!
~j.
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fresno co. public library
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From: Dawn Sardes <Dawn.Sardes@euclidlibrary.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Teen urban legend program
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I'm doing one in which I read acouple examples, talk about the qualities
that make a good one (real local landmarks, plausibility, etc.), then share
one I made up about the library. Then have them create their own.
Dawn Sardes
Teen Services Librarian
Euclid Public Library
Dawn.Sardes@euclidlibrary.org
216-261-5300, ext. 138
"Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the
general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the Structure of a
government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public
opinion should be enlightened."
>From the 1796 Farewell Address of George Washington, 1st President of the
United States
----- Original Message -----
From: Cynde Suite <cyndecat@yahoo.com>
Date: Friday, May 9, 2003 12:15 pm
Subject: Teen urban legend program
>
> I got talked into doing a teen urban legend program for later this
> summerand I need your help on how to present it other than just
> picking out a few
> to read or tell and having the teens share the ones they know. Help!
>
>
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From: Jones Taylor Edwards <ya_core@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Teen urban legend program
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Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 10:38:01 CDT
Cyndi -
I would be happy to share a power point that I used to
do this: just email me directly.
All -
I would recommend using AV: for example, scanning and
showing some of the comics from The Big Book of Urban
Legends. Using photos from the AP Photoarchive.
Using the web, for example the fake photo of the plane
going into the towers or some of the other urban
legend (snoops.com). Or do the presentation with a
live internet connection and "tour" some urban legend
sites.
There is also a great chapter in Hanging Out at Rocky
Creek by Evie Wilson Lingbloom on presenting urban
legends program.
You might consider showing a "clip" from the movie
Urban Legend, which I don't think would be a violation
of copyright if you don't show the whole of the work.
(but there are copyright experts among us, who also
might object to scanning and showing photos).
While there is great power in words, with this topic
the other media is so strong and powerful, I would be
a shame not to use it.
--- Cynde Suite <cyndecat@yahoo.com>
wrote:
>
> I got talked into doing a teen urban legend program
> for later this summer
> and I need your help on how to present it other than
> just picking out a few
> to read or tell and having the teens share the ones
> they know. Help!
>
=====
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From: "Mike Wessells" <mwessell@timberland.lib.wa.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
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I have used a couple of variations on the one-talking-head program.
One is to interject a round-robin story into the program (you start the
story and after a minute or two stop at a particularly suspenseful
moment and one of the teens picks up there and makes up the next
section then hands off to another etc.) I have also used creative
dramatics--I have told a story with a preselected pair of teens miming
it behind me--this makes for a hilarious icebreaker or comic relief,
but is hard to carry off as a serious effort.
My favorite is to add an instructional, how-to-tell-a-story piece to
the program. After some opening patter about storytelling as an art, I
ask them to tell me why this won't work--then I tell a gruesome part of
a story in a high-pitched sing-songy Sesame-Street kind of voice.
"Why
doesn't that work?" Then I do the same piece in an exaggerated
monotonous drone. "Why doesn't that work?" Then I ask them
to listen
carefully to the whole story and at the end we talk about what made the
story work and what I could have done better. Then I give my best
effort. We usually have an interesting discussion and I learn for
myself what does and doesn't work with this audience. Humbling but
fun. NOTE: Sometimes the group wants to try this with each other,
and
my rule is that with one another, you can only point out what works,
not what doesn't--the only one allowed to receive negative criticism is
me.
mike wessells
----- Original Message -----
From: Cynde Suite <cyndecat@yahoo.com>
Date: Friday, May 9, 2003 9:15 am
Subject: Teen urban legend program
>
> I got talked into doing a teen urban legend program for later this
> summerand I need your help on how to present it other than just
> picking out a few
> to read or tell and having the teens share the ones they know. Help!
>
>
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From: "Christine Neirink" <c.neirink@vlc.lib.mi.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: RE: story time name tags
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Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 10:38:18 CDT
I've find labels - plain old white sticky labels work best for all
ages (If I'm feeling particulary creative, I also put a small sticker
or two on the label).
Christine
---- Original Message ----
From: eburge@esls.lib.wi.us
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: RE: story time name tags
Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 11:17:02 CDT
>Hi All--
>
>I will be offering a two year old story time at my library for the
>first
>time this summer. For the older group (3-5 year olds -- not a new
>program)
>I make name tags that the kids wear around their necks so that I can
>identify them more easily. I started thinking that I may not want
>the
>string around the neck set up for two year olds though. I've noticed
>that
>the younger kids in my 3-5 story time are always pulling at their
>name tags
>and really don't seem to like them. Does anyone have suggestions as
>to how
>I can "label" the kids without using "necklace" style
name tags?
>
>TIA!
>
>Erika
>
>Erika Burge
>Children's Librarian
>Cedarburg Public Library
>W63 N583 Hanover Avenue
>Cedarburg, WI 53012
>
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From: "Kim Dolce" <kdolce@co.volusia.fl.us>
To: <eburge@esls.lib.wi.us>,<PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: story time name tags
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In the past, I've used name tags in various shapes cut out of construction =
paper. I would (or the parent would) write the child's name and then just =
scotch tape it to the child. Sometimes they got pulled off, but often they =
left them alone. Sometimes the mom would put the tag on the child's back:) =
Of course these were not permanent name tags, so with this method you'd =
need new ones each week.
Kim
Kim E. Dolce
Children's Librarian
Port Orange Regional Library
Port Orange, FL 32129
kdolce@co.volusia.fl.us
>>> eburge@esls.lib.wi.us
05/09/03 12:35 PM >>>
Hi All--
I will be offering a two year old story time at my library for the first
time this summer. For the older group (3-5 year olds -- not a new =
program)
I make name tags that the kids wear around their necks so that I can
identify them more easily. I started thinking that I may not want the
string around the neck set up for two year olds though. I've noticed that
the younger kids in my 3-5 story time are always pulling at their name =
tags
and really don't seem to like them. Does anyone have suggestions as to =
how
I can "label" the kids without using "necklace" style name
tags?
TIA!
Erika
Erika Burge
Children's Librarian
Cedarburg Public Library
W63 N583 Hanover Avenue
Cedarburg, WI 53012
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From: Laura Matheny <lauramatheny@comcast.net>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
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Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 10:38:35 CDT
I have name necklaces for both my preschool and toddler Storytimes. Only
one of my toddlers doesn't wear hers (she's eaten two so far). I make them
of colored index cards and string.
Laura C. Matheny
Children and Youth Services Librarian
Durham Public Library
Durham, NH 03824
----- Original Message -----
From: "Erika Burge" <eburge@esls.lib.wi.us>
To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 9:17 AM
Subject: story time name tags
> Hi All--
>
> I will be offering a two year old story time at my library for the first
> time this summer. For the older group (3-5 year olds -- not a new
program)
> I make name tags that the kids wear around their necks so that I can
> identify them more easily. I started thinking that I may not want the
> string around the neck set up for two year olds though. I've noticed
that
> the younger kids in my 3-5 story time are always pulling at their name
tags
> and really don't seem to like them. Does anyone have suggestions as
to
how
> I can "label" the kids without using "necklace" style
name tags?
>
> TIA!
>
> Erika
>
> Erika Burge
> Children's Librarian
> Cedarburg Public Library
> W63 N583 Hanover Avenue
> Cedarburg, WI 53012
>
>
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From: "Tracey Firestone" <tfiresto@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
To: "YALSA-BK" <yalsa-bk@ala.org>,
"PUBYAC" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Recent Virtual YA Index Requests
Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 10:38:43 CDT
Due to a major hard drive crash (all data lost), I have lost all of the
messages from folks who'd like their library's teen web pages added (or an
existing URL updated) on the Virtual YA Index - a listing of public library
web pages for teens.
If you have sent me a Virtual YA Index update that is not reflected on the
current site (http://yahelp.suffolk.lib.ny.us/virtual.html)
please resend
the
information (library name, direct URL to the teen section of the site and
your location) to me at tfiresto@suffolk.lib.ny.us
Thanks very much & I apologize for the inconvenience.
~Tracey
--
tfiresto@suffolk.lib.ny.us <mailto:tfiresto@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
AKA: Tracey A. Firestone, MLS
Young Adult Specialist
Suffolk Cooperative Library System
627 North Sunrise Service Rd
Bellport, NY 11713
Phone - 631-286-1600 x1352
FAX - 631-286-1647
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From: susie <srrlys@neflin.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: story time name tags
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Erika,
I usually stick labels to the kids. They tend to stay on better if you
stick
them on the backs of their clothes.
Just a thought,
Susie Johnson
Youth Services Coordinator
Suwannee River Regional Library
Erika Burge wrote:
> Hi All--
>
> I will be offering a two year old story time at my library for the first
> time this summer. For the older group (3-5 year olds -- not a new
program)
> I make name tags that the kids wear around their necks so that I can
> identify them more easily. I started thinking that I may not want the
> string around the neck set up for two year olds though. I've noticed
that
> the younger kids in my 3-5 story time are always pulling at their name
tags
> and really don't seem to like them. Does anyone have suggestions as
to
how
> I can "label" the kids without using "necklace" style
name tags?
>
> TIA!
>
> Erika
>
> Erika Burge
> Children's Librarian
> Cedarburg Public Library
> W63 N583 Hanover Avenue
> Cedarburg, WI 53012
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From: <dscinta@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Craft idea help
Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 11:34:38 CDT
Dear Collective Brain,
I am planning to do 3 special programs during our SRC and need help with
easy
craft ideas for "Tall tales", "Folk tales" and
"Fractured Fairy Tales". Any
help would be greatly appreciated.
TIA
Diane Scinta
Head of Youth Services
Cold Spring Harbor Library
dscinta@suffolk.lib.ny.us
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From: "Margaret Borchers" <mborchers@biblio.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: story time name tags
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Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 11:34:47 CDT
I use small squares of construction paper (all colors). The parents write
the names using a sharpie. Have the children use masking tape on the back,
and stick them on. They get mashed and smashed, but who cares, they are
just paper. For children who do not want to wear them, have the parents
were them. It really helps when you are learning new names.
Margaret
Monroe Public Library, CT
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From: Hegquist <dhegquis@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
To: Erika Burge <eburge@esls.lib.wi.us>
Subject: Re: story time name tags
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Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 11:34:55 CDT
Hi Erika,
For my storytime, I use sticky labels. We have fluorescent
colored labels that lend themselves very well to become name tags. The
kids just write their names on the labels with crayons and then stick them
on their shirt...voila! Instant name tags!!
--Dana Hegquist, Southold Free Library, Long Island, NY
===========================================================
"Don't cast your pearls before swine"
~~~
Dana Hegquist
Children's Librarian
dhegquis@suffolk.lib.ny.us
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From: OdonLibrarian@aol.com
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Subject: "Great Illustrated Classics"
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Hi all. I'm at a very small rural library. With our small budget,
patron
book donations contribute greatly to our collection.
A patron just brought us around a dozen adaptations of classic literature --
Tom Sawyer, The Wizard of Oz, Treasure Island, Oliver Twist, etc. The
books
are like new.
My question: How do you feel about simplified versions of classic
literature? Do you have them in your children's collection?
Personally, I have mixed feelings about them. The first time I read
"The
Three Musketeers", I had a paperback copy with me on a road trip. I
couldn't figure out how the book had managed to survive the tests of time.
It was disjointed and had huge holes in the plot. Then I picked up a copy
at a bookstore stop and realized that the "complete and unabridged"
guarantee on the cover of my paperback was a baldfaced lie. Even though I
had put much time into the first version, I bought the complete book and
started over. Ahh... classic literature. "The Three
Musketeers" truly is a
worthwhile read. IF you read the whole book.
Does introducing children to "dumbed down" versions of classic
literature
lead them on to the real thing or do they just begin to wonder why people
make such a big deal out of mediocre books?
For the record, although I'm very hesitant about dumbed down book versions
of classics, I found the PBS show "Wishbone" very good at giving my
kids
(and me) a taste of classic literature that lured us into finding the books.
That's where I discovered "Cyrano de Bergerac" and my daughters were
inspired to tackle "Pride and Prejudice". Has anyone found
adapted
literature similarly effective?
Thanks for any input.
Marsha
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From: "Beverly Bixler" <bbixler@sanantonio.gov>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: FW: kids accessing porn sites--help!
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Hi all~
In our branch library, which is only one floor, all of the Internet =
computers are on the adult side of the building. Anyone, child or adult =
can sign up for the Internet there and use it for research, email, chat =
rooms, games, or other reasons; as long as they don't violate our =
acceptable use policy, which prohibits accessing obscene web sites, =
among other things. There are 3 computers on the children's end of the =
building; 2 are on-line catalogs and one is a Gates game computer. So =
far, this works well in our library.
Beverly Bixler
bbixler@sanantonio.gov
San Antonio Public Library, TX=20
-----Original Message-----
From: Lorie O'Donnell [mailto:Lodonnell@midyork.org]=20
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 11:16 AM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: kids accessing porn sites--help!
Okay, I'll bite.
How about because it is a service in great demand?
Our teachers (as low as second grade) require their students to do at =
least
basic research in the Internet, as well as in books and other reference
materials. Several of our local teachers have their classes registered
online, and the kids can check the website to get assignments or to =
email
their teachers if they have questions.
Parents with children as young as 2 use the computers to access such =
sites
as PBSKids, Nickjr.com, SesameStreet.org, etc to use the online =
educational
activities and games.
Kids have email, too, and many of them have a web-based service they use
here.
Ours is a web catalog, and the kids need to be able to look up a book,
request items, manage their accounts, etc.
I guess what I really want to say is WHY NOT offer the Internet to =
children?
Lorie
Keeney, Scott said:
> I'm willing to risk starting a thread: why offer the Internet in the
> Children's Room at all?
> My Children's Room is a thriving, modern, well-furnished, 21st =
century,
> not-Luddite haven for kids of all ages, including scads of active
researchers
> and homeworkers.
> Neither library workers nor our patrons lament the absence of public
Internet
> service here. The staff computer is our only open surfing point in
Children's.
> Older kids who want to use the 'Net readily migrate across the =
building to
the
> Reference area.
>
> Scott
> _________________________________________
> Scott Keeney
> Children's Librarian
work 541-917-7591
> Albany Public Library
fax 541-917-7586
> 1390 Waverly Dr SE
> Albany OR 97322
skeeney@ci.albany.or.us
>
>
Lorie J. O'Donnell
Children's Librarian
Jervis Public Library
Rome, NY 13440
lodonnell@midyork.org
--
A librarian's life is the life for me
For there's nothing at all to do, you see,
But to sit at a desk and read new books,
And admire yourself, and think of your looks.
To questioning souls one can tartly say:
"I can't be bothered with you to-day,
For I haven't finished this novel. See?"
A librarian's life is the life for me.
--William Fitch Smyth, "A Librarian's Life" (1910)
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From: vickie beavers <beenethereonce@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Library Program on Teen Finance or Entrepreneurship
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Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 11:35:20 CDT
Hello all.
I'd like to pose a series of questions to you if I may
regarding library programming. For nearly two years we
have been offering Teen Entrepreneurship library
programs to our community here in Georgia with some
success. However, I would like to find out what
library systems (or even schools) have offered
financial literacy programs. If these questions, can
be answered, please forward your responses to me. (And
no, your library program does not have be implemented
systemwide in order for you to respond. If your branch
is the only one offering this type of program, I'd
like to hear from you too). 8-)
At a later date, I can compile some of the responses
and send it out to those who are interested.
1. Have you ever offered a (library/school) program on
teen entrepreneurship or investing?
2. If you've thought about offering this but had not,
what is your reservation in planning a program on
personal finance?
3. If so, did you use local community businesses,
non-profits or youth agencies for assistance in
offering the workshop?
4. What other teen personal finance programs have you
implemented as a (library/school) program?
5. How successful or unsuccessful was this financial
literacy program?
Thanks for your attention!
=====
Vickie Beene-Beavers
Young Adult Librarian
Atlanta Fulton Public Libraries
A librarian who loves her job!
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From: MzLibrary@aol.com
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: No Child Left Behind
Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 11:35:28 CDT
This is the reply I have received from the DOE:
Dear Ms. Rabbitt:
Thank you for contacting the U.S. Department of Education regarding the=20
summer reading program and school and public libraries. I am noting your=20
concerns in our comments database, which is periodically reviewed by=20
Secretary Paige and his senior staff. In the meantime, let me take this=20
opportunity to provide you with some information on this topic. Perhaps
most=
=20
importantly, No Child Left Behind provides a new funding opportunity=20
specifically for school libraries, entitled Improving Literacy through
Schoo=
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From: Marisa Treglio <lilac_girl99@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: story time name tags
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Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 11:35:36 CDT
What about using big stickers -- you can get printer
paper that's adhesive on the back, and cut it into
shapes (if you have an Ellison machine, this will be
even easier). You can write the names yourself or
have parents do it as they come in.
I used to use laminated Ellison shapes on a string for
my nametags too. I don't know if there's anything you
can do about them fiddling with any kind of name
tag... Usually our two-year-olds would hand the
"necklace" to Mommy to wear anyway. :)
--- Erika Burge <eburge@esls.lib.wi.us>
wrote:
> Hi All--
>
> I will be offering a two year old story time at my
> library for the first
> time this summer. For the older group (3-5 year
> olds -- not a new program)
> I make name tags that the kids wear around their
> necks so that I can
> identify them more easily. I started thinking that
> I may not want the
> string around the neck set up for two year olds
> though. I've noticed that
> the younger kids in my 3-5 story time are always
> pulling at their name tags
> and really don't seem to like them. Does anyone
> have suggestions as to how
> I can "label" the kids without using "necklace"
> style name tags?
>
> TIA!
>
> Erika
>
> Erika Burge
> Children's Librarian
> Cedarburg Public Library
> W63 N583 Hanover Avenue
> Cedarburg, WI 53012
>
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From: JillWCT@aol.com
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: story time name tags
Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 11:35:45 CDT
For our little ones, we use self-adhesive name badges. They're good for
one-time use only (you'll have to make new ones in subsequent weeks, etc.),
but they're great, because they stick right on the front (or back) of the
child's clothing. We do use name tags with yarn to go around the neck for
our 3- to 5-year olds, as you also mentioned, but for the smaller children,
the self-sticking tags seem to work really well.
Jill Tast
South Huntington Public Library
Huntington Station, NY
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From: Toni Reese <treese@monarch.papillion.ne.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: story time name tags
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Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 11:35:54 CDT
With a label! It's pretty easy each week to write a regular ol' mailing
label
for each child and just stick it on their clothes. (Their mom could do
it.)
I
used to do this with my 3-6 year olds and they got a big charge out of
trying
to write their names on their name label.
Best,
Toni
Toni Reese
Youth Services Librarian
Sump Memorial Library
Papillion Nebraska
treese@monarch.papillion.ne.us
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From: LouAnne or Jay Krantz <krantzjl@centurytel.net>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: No Child Left Behind Summer Reading Program
Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 11:36:03 CDT
I contacted No Child Left Behind with my concerns and received this
response:
May 9, 2003
Dear Ms. Krantz:
Thank you for contacting the U.S. Department of Education regarding the
summer reading program and school and public libraries. I am noting
your concerns in our comments database, which is periodically reviewed
by Secretary Paige and his senior staff. In the meantime, let me take
this opportunity to provide you with some information on this topic.
Perhaps most importantly, No Child Left Behind provides a new funding
opportunity specifically for school libraries, entitled Improving
Literacy through School Libraries (LSL). LSL promotes comprehensive
local strategies to improve student-reading achievement by improving
school library services and resources. The LSL program is one component
of the Department's commitment to dramatically improve student
achievement by focusing available resources, including those of school
library media centers, on reading achievement. LSL provides competitive
grants to eligible local educational agencies to improve student-reading
achievement by upgrading school libraries and media centers, and the
skills of school library media specialists. For more information,
please go to http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/LSL/index.html.
Regarding the No Child Left Behind Summer Reading Achievers Pilot
Program, please note that the Atlanta-Fulton County Public Library
System is one of the Contributing Partners in the program, and library
programs, along with programs run by other community and school groups
will be actively working with the participating students in Summer
Reading Achievers. Rather than intended as a replacement for local
programs run by libraries, this is intended to work in conjunction with
those programs.
The Summer Reading Achievers program is a pilot program designed to
encourage school children in grades K-8 to read actively during the
summer months and thus to help to mitigate the summer fall-off in
reading skills. If it proves successful, the program will expand next
year to schools nationwide. In that case, once again, we would expect
that public libraries would continue to play a vital role.
Once again, thank you for contacting the U.S. Department of Education
with your inquiry. If we can be of further assistance to you, please do
not hesitate to write us again, or call (800) USA-LEARN.
Sincerely,
Anthony Sepúlveda
Information Resource Specialist
Office of Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20202
www.ed.gov
_________________
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From: "C. C. Thoeny" <reesect@u.washington.edu>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: stumper dolls
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Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 12:02:47 CDT
Hi,
I am writing on the behalf of a patron who is looking for a poem or book
which starts with this line:
"A little bisque doll and a little rag doll and a doll imported from
France."
That is all the information he remembers. Do any of you recognize this
line?
Please email me directly at reesect@u.washington.edu
Thank you very much.
Cheresse Thoeny
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From: "Natasha Forrester" <nforrester@wpl.org>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: YA book suggestions
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I'm looking for some suggestions for funny YA books to booktalk at our Teen
Talk brown bag lunches this summer. I'm particularly looking for humorous
books that will appeal to boys, and for books that may be older than the
last few years, some "oldies but goodies." Any suggestions would
be
appreciated!
Natasha Forrester, Children's Services Librarian
Winfield Public Library
605 College Winfield, KS 67156
(620) 221-4470
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From: "BALIS/PLS/SVLS Reference Center, SF Branch" <srcsf@mindspring.com>
To: "Pubyac" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Stumper - Blue heron
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Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 12:03:02 CDT
We're trying to help a patron identify a children's book which was published
before 1935. The patron thinks the title is _Blue heron_, or something
like
that. The story is about a young girl on the streets of New Orleans (or
some southern city) around the turn of the century, whose mother died and
her only friend is a blue heron.
It's not _Blue heron_ by Avi. We've also ruled out the following:
_Dream
of the blue heron_ by Barnouw; _Isla heron_ by Richards; _Flight of
the
heron_ by Broster; _Longlegs the heron_ by Burgess; _Marie the
orphan &
other tales_; _Pollyanna_ by Porter; & _Susan Spray_ by Smith.
Does anyone recognize this story? Many thanks for any help or suggestions!
- Catherine Sylvia
BALIS/PLS/SVLS System Reference Center, SF Branch
c/o San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street, 3rd floor
San Francisco, CA 94102
tel: (415) 552-5042 fax: (415) 552-5067
email: srcsf@mindspring.com
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From: Mary K Chelton <mchelton@optonline.net>
To: Open Lib/Info Sci Education Forum <JESSE@LISTSERV.UTK.EDU>,
YALSA-L@ala.org, pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Names for YA Lit Course Responses
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I recently posted a request for suggestions for an alternative name
for a course called "Literature for the Young Adult" that would
better reflect the realities of public library YA collections to
JESSE, YALSA-L, and PUBYAC, with a promise to summarize the
responses, so here they are. Thanks very much for responding.
Mary K. Chelton
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Associate Professor
Graduate School of Library & Information Science
254 Rosenthal Library
Queens College
65-30 Kissena Blvd.
Flushing, NY 11367
(718) 997-3790 office; 3667 voicemail
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RESPONSES TO POSTS RE TITLE(S) OF YA LIT COURSES TO JESSE, PUBYAC, AND
YALSA-L
Mary K. Chelton
INFO 684 RESOURCES FOR YOUNG ADULTS Acquaints prospective
professionals with the materials intended for use by and with young
adults. Provides an opportunity to develop basic standards for
evaluation of materials and to learn about recent research concerning
young adults and their information needs, reading interests, tastes,
and development. (Denise Agosto, Drexel)
"Young Adult Reading and Media Interests" (Larry Amey, Adelaide,
Australia)
LIBR 262. Resources for Young Adults
Materials for adolescents and preadolescents and methods for
incorporating these materials into library programs. Collection
development, needs assessment, and programming will be featured.
Information services for young adults in a variety of settings will
also be addressed. (Angela Boyd, San Jose)
My library school (FIS at U of Toronto) combined childrens' & YA
services/literature into one course called "Information Resources
forChildren", which doesn't truly reflect the content & scope of the
course. She suggested "How about: Something for Everyone: YA
literature for leisure and learning Getting your $10 worth on a $5
budget: YA Collection Development and Maintenance (alternate title:
Give the Teens What They Want Without Enraging The Parents) Know Thy
Teens, Know Thy Collection
I'm being a bit flip, I realize, but I believe the best way to
approach a difficult situation is with humor. At my library, YA has a
miniscule slice of the budgetary pie for YA materials, and we need to
use it to buy books & CDs that represent a satisfactory cross-section
of the high-quality *and* the popular. Students interested in
specializing in YA need to learn as much as they can about the teens
they serve including their tastes, interests, assignments, reading
and browsing habits-because they'll haveto use that information to
make tough acquisitions choices. It's not all about Best Books, but
about providing popular materials, (especially those that may well be
ephemeral trends) and about advocacy, too, for both the teens, and
for ourselves. (Sophie Brookover, Youth Services Librarian, Mount
Laurel Library, 100 Walt Whitman Avenue, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054)
Clarion's course is Libraries, Literature & Young Adults (Andrea
Miller, Clarion)
Hawaii's title is Books & Media for Young Adults (Diane Nahl, Hawaii)
We've just gone through this discussion. We had Q431 Library
Materials for Children and Q434 Library Materials for Adolecents and
Young Adults which was always referred to by the students as YA Lit.
After kicking around several possibilities and wanting something both
short and descriptive, the faculty settled on Q434 Library Materials
for Teens. (Linda Esser, University of Missouri-Columbia)
The course at the U of S. Carolina is The Evaluation of Materials for
Young Adults (Pat Feehan, USC)
I graduated from Rutgers University in 1995, and when I attended, the
course for Young Adult Literature was called Materials for Young
Adults, taught by Professor Kay Vandergrift. I think I remember
that you may have been a guest speaker when I took the class (or was
it Materials for Adults...I surenhope I'm not mixing up names and
that I remember you correctly.) I hope that helps, Jennie Schiller
Ferraro
What about calling it Young Adult Collection Development - it would
cover all material types, not just books & (by my definition anyway)
titles not necesarilly designated as "YA." (Tracey Firestone, Suffolk
Co.)
Teen Lit, Teen Reads, Teen Titles, Books for Teens...kids seem to
hate the term YA. I attended CUA; I don't remember a specific course
for teen collections/services, but then, I took Rare Books (hah--how
life changes!). Dr. Roggenbuck is the go-to person at CUA for
services for the under 21 crowd. Sandra L. Givens, Youth Services
Librarian, Chinn Park Regional Library, Prince William, VA 22192-5073
I graduated from the School of Information Sciences at the University
of Pittsburgh in 1999. The course was/is called, Resources for Young
Adults.I am currently the Teen Librarian for the Carnegie Library of
Pittsburgh. We have been calling things "Teen" for about a year
there. In my opinion, unless your course only talks about the
collection it could be called Teen Librarianship. (Robyn
Hammer-Clarey)
Why not call it "Teens and Reading". My library school class was
called "Young Adult Literature" but we all know that library jargon
and real world slang are worlds apart -- and it would be nice if we
brought them together. Since you'll probably cover more than books,
you could also consider "Teens and Libraries" or "Teens and
Information" but those are less clear. Good luck. (Amy Healey)
Here at Dalhousie we have just changed the name of our course from "Young
Adult Literature and Media Interests" to "Services and Resources for
Young
Adults." The Children's class has had a similar name change. We
changed
these course titles to make clear that the focus of the course is not only
on
literature, but upon a much broader range of issues, with literature being
one
important component. (Vivian Howard)
I'm an Information and Library Science student at Long Island
University and work at a public library in a Teen Services
Department. Our course here is called Young Adult Sources and
Services. But what about the following: Teen Sources and Services,
Teen Literature, Teen Sources. (K. Kalin)
In case someone else from FSU hasn't already responded: our course
at FSU is called "Information Needs of Young Adults."(Don Latham,
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs)
Our course at the U of Alabama is called Young Adult Materials and
Services. (Joan Atkinson)
"Reads" & "Literature" favor print and exclude other
formats. I like
theword "materials." Sharon McQueen, UWM)
We just changed all of our YA fiction to a call number of
TEEN/FICTION/AUTHOR. I feel this gives a more accurate description of
these
books written for junior high and high school students. "Young
Adult" is
really ambiguous. In most scenarios, a young adult is someone between 20
and 30 years of age. Our YA nonfiction is interfiled with the adult
nonfiction. We haven't yet made a definitive decision on how to mark the
spines of those books.(Roberta L. Meyer,Youth Services Librarian,
Helen Matthes Library, 100 East Market Ave., Effingham, IL 62401)
I am taking the class now and it is called "Books & Related Materials
for
Young Adults" here at USF. Quite wordy.and everyone still calls is
'YA Lit' when discussing it, but it does reflect more accurately the
fact that YAs do not focus solely on books or literature. (Marie
Miller USF Graduate Student)
I just had an applicant who is taking a course at the University of
Alabama called Young Adult literature and related materials. (Jeffie
Nicholson, Williamson County Public Library)
At LSU we offer Media and Services for Young Adults. (Beth Paskoff, Dean,
LSU)
We likewise have a fairly non-descript title for this course, but I
haven't done anything about changing it. Our course is designed to
be a specialty or topics course, rather than a survey of YA lit, so
in some ways a nondescript title works in allowing different
interpretations and permutations of the course. For instance, this
semester I taught an "age compression" theme -- based on the idea
that youth are dealing with more adult matters at younger ages,
looking at how this phenomenon was expressed in novels for that
audience. Next spring I'll likely teach a variation on the theme --
"teens in love," which will allow us to still consider topics like
sex and sexuality, teen pregnancy, homosexuality while introducing
some lighter works (this term my students were coming in talking
about crying while they read their homework, and I'm thinking this
can't be good for my teaching evals). I'm looking at including some
more popular fiction as well as mass market romance, graphic novels,
as well as some of the award winners in that course. I'll still call
it a seminar in YA lit. After all my years in English departments, I
have a definition/understanding of literature as a term encompassing
more than novels and works of literary art. Current syllabus and
update are attached if you are interested. (Jennifer Burek Pierce,
MLS, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information
Science, Indiana University at Indianapolis)
At the University of Iowa, the course is called Resources for Young Adults.
(Rebecca Platzner, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Library and
Information Science, University of Iowa)
Ah, one of my pet peeves. If the course outline is covering the
literature found in YA sections in many public libraries today, which
is middle school/junior high school-grades 6 or 7 to 8 or 9, then I
would suggest "Literature for the Young Teen." If is covering the
whole range between elementary school and adulthood, grades 6 to 12,
then how about "Literature for Teens." In any event, that word
"adult" needs to get out of there, IMHO. As someone pointed out
the
last time pubyac discussed this topic, the entire rest of the world
(or at least the U.S.) thinks of "young adults" as people in their
20s or even early 30s, NOT older teenagers. Just my rather heated two
cents. (Sue Ridnour, Children's Services Manager, Flower Mound (TX)
Public Library)
When I was in grad school at the U of M in the early 90s, the course was
called Reading Interests of Young Adults. (Mindy Schafer, Milford
Township Library, Youth Services Librarian)
I'm not sure how much Young Adult items are actually "Literature" to
begin with, so I would like to see it called Young Adult Materials,
especially if you cover more than books as my Young Adult Materials
class did. That way it's a bit more open to periodicals, graphic
novels, and anything else. (Brian Simons, Young Adult Librarian,
Manitowoc Public Library 707 Quay St. Manitowoc, WI 54220)
How about Collection Development for the Young Adult? That would cover all
genres, formats, interests, etc. (Stephanie A. Squicciarini, Teen
Services Librarian, Fairport Public Library, One Village Landing,
Fairport, New York 14450)
My course is called Survey of Young Adult Literature. Previously, it
was called Studies in Young Adult Literature. I think the current
title better reflects what goes on. We need to have literature in the
title because of our state school library competencies and the IRA
standards for NCATE. Students getting master's in reading take either
children's or YA lit in the library ed program, and the IRA wants a
literature focus, not a "practitioner" focus. (Holly Willett, Rowan
University)
At San Jose we offer Resources for Young Adults. (Blanche Wools)
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