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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: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 10:18 AM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 1115
PUBYAC Digest 1115
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Re: Summer jobs for media specialists?
by Paulalef@aol.com
2) Question: How does one do a book talk?
by Mary Stephens <booklady20042000@yahoo.com>
3) Re: Library Cat
by Susan Wizinsky <swizinsk@gfn.org>
4) Re: Racing Theme
by "Theresa Stoner" <TSTONER@vigo.lib.in.us>
5) Re: Summer jobs for media specialists?
by "Marlene Ashley" <ASHLEYMA@collier.k12.fl.us>
6) RE: is it time to canonize cleary?
by Nora Liederbach <NLiederbach@imcpl.org>
7) RE:Library Cats
by Dawn Sardes <Dawn.Sardes@euclidlibrary.org>
8) sudden library closing - ideas?
by Marcia Sarnowski <mes@lacrosse.lib.wi.us>
9) Re: Hawaiian Luau
by Christy Jones <xyjones3@yahoo.com>
10) Great party
by "Linda Fields" <linda@richfieldcity.com>
11) evaluation forms
by "Sue Baldwin" <sbaldwin@nngov.com>
12) Re: Recommended Summer Reading Book lists
by "Roger & Anne Hall" <annehall@mail.iclub.org>
13) help needed: inspiring book for teen boy
by Elaine Williams <williael@oplin.lib.oh.us>
14) Re: Question about neon signs
by Peg Burington <pburingt@mail.owls.lib.wi.us>
15) pubyac quiz
by Jennifer Baker <jbaker93711@yahoo.com>
16) RE: Top 10 reasons for a Librarian to Retire!
by "Tobin, Renee" <Rtobin@ci.rancho-cucamonga.ca.us>
17) info on author/Margery Bailey
by Leslie Auerbach <auerbachl@yahoo.com>
18) RE: PJ Storytime
by "Tobin, Renee" <Rtobin@ci.rancho-cucamonga.ca.us>
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From: Paulalef@aol.com
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Subject: Re: Summer jobs for media specialists?
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Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 10:41:43 CDT
Speaking only for myself, it would give me great pleasure to hire media
specialists for the summer. Since they usually are not available I've been
hiring teachers and training them, but obviously it would be a lot easier if
they came already trained. That said, the job of media specialist and the
job of public librarian are not the same, so there still would be a learning
curve.
Good luck!
Paula Lefkowitz
Parsippany (NJ) PL
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From: Mary Stephens <booklady20042000@yahoo.com>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Question: How does one do a book talk?
Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 10:41:50 CDT
Hello,
I am a grad. student who needs to do a book talk. I don't know how to do
one. Can anyone help me?
Thank you,
Mary Stephens
booklady20042000@yahoo.com
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From: Susan Wizinsky <swizinsk@gfn.org>
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Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 10:41:59 CDT
In my experience, staying away from kitty doesn't help. People have closed
the cats up in another room and vacumed
like crazy anticipating my visit and it doesn't matter...my eyes still
swell shut! (And I don't really have any other bothersome allergies-just
cats!)
Susan
On Mon, 19 May 2003, Stacey Irish-Keffer wrote:
>
> >>> "Anita Palladino" <apalladi@ansernet.rcls.org>
05/14/03 01:39PM
> >>>
> > If you stay away from kitty because you are allergic there shouldn't
> be >any >more of a problem than you dust trapping puppets, rugs,
drapes,
> >etc. -and >boks & papers are notorious for dust & dirt.
>
> Sadly, those of us who are allergic may have more problems than just
> sinus allergies. I have a skin sensitivity to cat hair or saliva that
> makes it impossible for me to touch cats for very long or to live with
> them. My skin becomes irritated, red, itchy, and then develops a
> burning sensation that only intensifies the longer I am around cats.
I
> had to relocate my old cat that I grew up with to my parents house
> because I could not live with her any longer.
>
> Although I love cats, I would find working with a cat in the same
> environment unbearable and would be forced to look for a job elsewhere.
> I know my allergy situation is unusual, but it makes me think that
> having a cat live in a public building is not the best idea for everyone
> and could cause a library patron to be unable to use the library. I
> would hate to have a young child be unable to participate in library
> activities because he or she was severely allergic to the library cat.
>
> Just my own thoughts and not in any way reflective of my library
> administration.
>
>
>
>
> Stacey Irish-Keffer
> Denton Public Library
> 502 Oakland
> Denton, Texas 76201
> 940.349.7738
> slirish@cityofdenton.com
>
--
Susan E. Wizinsky, M.S.L.S.
Children's Librarian
Genesee District Library
Grand Blanc-McFarlen Branch
515 Perry Road
Grand Blanc, Michigan 48439
810-694-5310
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From: "Theresa Stoner" <TSTONER@vigo.lib.in.us>
To: <slambert@milford.lib.in.us>,
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Hi, here are the ideas I recieved on the race car theme. For our program =
we had a guest speaker who brought in a real midget reace car for the kids =
to sit in( he took the fuel and oil out before he brought it into the =
library.) He also brought in racing flags and other racing gear. We read =
the story The Berenstain Bears and the Big Road Race (The only question =
any of the kids had about the book was why Mama is wearing a nightgown =
outside). For a craft we make a traffic light (kids glued on red, green, =
and yellow circles onto a simple black rectangle). I also made a car shape =
using red construction paper. Kid then used small paper plate for the =
tires and then decorated their car however they wanted.=20
Hope this helps!
Theresa Stoner
VCPL
Terre Haute, Indiana
Hi Theresa,
www.crayola.com has a race car to print
out.
We enlarged ours on construction paper
and let the children paint their designs.
Hope this helps. M
Marietta Cole, Children's Librarian
Millinocket Memorial Library
5 Maine Avenue
Millinocket, Maine 04462
http://www.millinocket.lib.me.us=20
marietta@millinocket.lib.me.us=20
My two and half year old loves cars! He was Jeff Gordon for Halloween last =
year. My husband and I made up a song to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle =
Little Star: Zooma Zooma Red Race Car, I wonder just how fast you are. =
Round and Round the track you go, How many records will you blow? Zooma =
Zooma Red Race Car, I wonder just how fast you are. His favorite car books =
are probably a little young for your purposes: My Car by Byron Barton Zoom =
City by Thatcher Hurd Daniel Kirk has a transportation theme book out that =
comes with a CD of songs. The title is GO! Sounds like a fun program! Good =
luck! Margaret=20
=20
one fun craft would be making paper plate steering wheels, then having the =
kids "drive" with them through a story, or a made up story/poem/etc
about =
a race, complete with sound effects, horns, vroom vroom etc etc. have fun! =
Sounds great! I've actually seen this paper plate steering wheel used with =
an adult class, and they had a great time!
Debra Bogart, M.L.S. dbogart@ci.springfield.or.us
Youth Services Springfiel=
d Public Library Springfield, OR=20
Some ideas for crafts-- A traffic light. Cover a milk carton with black =
construction paper. Cut out red, yellow and green circles and glue them in =
place.
License plates. Use foam produce trays (or cardboard cut in rectangular =
shapes). Decorate with glitter, sequins, macaroni, dried beans/peas, =
buttons, foil, yarn, beads, trims, stickers, etc. Punch holes at each end =
of top and string yarn through.=20
Stop/go sign. Stop on one side, go on the other. Use 2 paper plates or =
circles/ octagons with a craft stick in the middle. Use colors (green, =
red) or write out the words.
Racing flag. Make out of construction paper and attach to a stick or paper =
towel tube; or, buy cheap handkerchiefs/fabric and cut out.
Songs/rhymes-- The Wheels on the Car, to The Wheels on the Bus--wheels go =
round and round all around the track; driver goes up and down; wipers go =
swish swish swish; horn goes honk honk honk; lights go blink blink blink; =
wheel (steering) goes turn turn turn; brake goes rump rump rump. Let's =
ride the bumps (bounce up and down) as we drive in the car (turn wheel). =
Now let's stand up and touch a star (reach up high). Let's all be jumping =
jacks, and then Let's all stand still and sit down again.
to "Did You Ever See a Lassie?" sing Did you ever see a blue car, a
blue =
car, a blue car, Did you ever see a blue car that looks just like this?
(child's name) drives a blue car, a blue car, a blue car, (child's name) =
drives a blue car that looks just like this. for cars use different =
colors; striped car, spotted car, fast car, slow car, etc.
Ann W. Moore Schenectady Co, NY Public Library scp_moore@sals.edu=20
=20
My favorite is "In the Driver's Seat" by Max Haynes. I give the kids =
apaper plate to use for their steering wheel. For our craft, they =
candecorate their wheel with markers, stickers, etc.LisaDayton OH
=20
Two books that come to mind are My Race Car my Michael Rex and the =
newBarton book Car. We did a family storytime about cars about a year =
agoand had a good turnout. We had an artistic staff member draw a =
giantcar that the group decorated together as a collage. It was lots of =
funand made a great bulletin board after the program. It could also =
beused as publicity. Our staff member copied a VW Bug from a book, butyou
=
might be able to use a race car.Kathy RichterJefferson Park BranchChicago
=
Public Librarykrichter@chipublib.org=20
=20
You didn't say what ages your storytimes are, so I will include everything:=
=20
I especially recommend In the Driver's Seat! A favorite with all ages, =
especially when you give them a "steering wheel" (paper plate.) Hope
this =
helps!
Elizabeth Murphy=20
Youth Librarian=20
Austin Public Library=20
elizabeth.murphy@ci.austin.tx.us=20
Cars Storytime
Books=20
Barracca. Taxi Dog (P)=20
Burningham. Mr. Gumpy's Motorcar (P)=20
Calmenson. Zip, Whiz, Zoom (PS)=20
Coy. Vroomaloom Zoom (PS)=20
Haynes. In the Driver's Seat (B,T,PS)=20
Jordan. Albert Goes to Town (PS,K)=20
Maccarone. Cars, Cars, Cars (PS)=20
Mendoza. Traffic Jam (PS)=20
Schade. Toad on the Road (T)=20
Watanabe. I Can Ride It (T)=20
die cut: race car=20
Flannels=20
Five Little Toy Cars see below)=20
Puppets / Props=20
Paper Plate steering wheels (use with In the Driver's Seat)=20
Crafts=20
Paper strip highways - put out paper strips about an inch wide and show =
the kids how to glue them to paper like bridges or loop-the-loops or =
stairs. Use with car stick puppet
Folded car to customize (I'll fax you the pattern if you are interested - =
this requires photocopying to cardstock and much pre-cutting)
Die cut stick puppets - glue or tape car die cut to craft stick=20
Shape car - create a car or truck from cutout shapes glued to paper=20
Fingerplays / Action Rhymes=20
My Little Racecar=20
My little racecar has wheels so fine.=20
Two in front, and two behind.=20
I steer it left, and I steer it right,=20
Then I drive so fast I'm out of sight!=20
Auto, Auto, May I Have a Ride?=20
Auto, auto, may I have a ride?=20
Yes sir, yes sir, climb inside.=20
Pull into a gas station,=20
Pour in the gas.=20
Vroom vrooom, away we go,=20
But do not go too fast!=20
See Our Cars=20
See our cars, all in a row.=20
Starter says, "Ready, set, GO!"=20
Down the street, and up the street,=20
And down the street again.=20
Who has the fastest car?=20
Let's see who will win.=20
The Car is Big=20
The car is big, the car is fast.=20
The car can blow its horn - HONK!=20
The car goes fast, very fast.=20
Now the car is gone - HONK!=20
Driving=20
Driving our car straight ahead,=20
We have to stop when the light turns red.=20
Waiting, watching, through the windshield clean.=20
We can go now, the light's turned green!=20
See Me Drive, Drive, Drive=20
See me drive, drive, drive, at a slow pace.=20
See me drive, drive, drive, at a fast pace.=20
See me STOP, and freeze in place.=20
See me turn, turn, turn at a slow pace...=20
See me bump, bump, bump at a slow pace...=20
Cars Honk=20
Bees buzz, motors roar,=20
Tea kettles hiss, people snore.=20
Dogs bark, birds cheep,=20
But cars and trucks go beep, beep!=20
Here is a Car=20
Here is a car, shiny and bright.=20
This is the windshield that lets in the light.=20
Here are wheels that go round and round=20
I sit in the back, and don't make a sound!=20
Five Little Toy Cars (flannel)=20
Five little toy cars, zooming across the floor.=20
One drove underneath the bed, and now there are four.=20
Four little toy cars, starting with a key.=20
One ran out of gas, and now there are three.=20
Three little toy cars, red yellow blue=20
One crashed into a wall, and now there are two.=20
Two little toy cars, racing toward the sun.=20
One raced right out the door, and now there is one.=20
One little toy car, alone is not much fun.=20
He parked himself in the garage, and now there are NONE!=20
Crazy Traffic Light (with felt color circles)=20
There's a crazy traffic light=20
On a corner in our town,=20
It has the normal colors,=20
Your know, yellow means slow down,=20
And green means go=20
And red means stop.=20
It's all the other colors=20
That make your mouth drop.=20
When you see a pink light,=20
It means hop like a bunny.=20
When the light is purple,=20
Make a face that's funny.=20
When the light turns orange,=20
You should bark like a dog.=20
When the brown light shines,=20
You can oink like a hog.=20
When the light is white,=20
You should give a loud roar.=20
When the light turns blue,=20
Fall asleep and snore.=20
Songs=20
Twinkle Twinkle=20
Twinkle, twinkle little star,=20
Daddy bought a motor car.=20
Push the button, pull the choke,=20
Off we go in a cloud of smoke,=20
Twinkle, twinkle little star,=20
Daddy bought a motor car.=20
The Wheels on the Car=20
The wheels on the car go round and round...=20
The driver in the car goes left and right...=20
The horn on the car goes 'Beep, beep, beep"...=20
The wipers on the car go "Swish, swish, swish,"...=20
The seatbelts in the car go "Click, click, click"...=20
The race car at the track goes vrrooommm, vrrooommm, vrrooommm...=20
All around the track.=20
I Stop, I Look, I Listen=20
(tune: Bear Went Over the Mountain)=20
I stop, I look, I listen,=20
I stop, I look, I listen,=20
I stop, I look, I listen,=20
Before I cross the street.=20
I buckle up my seat belt,=20
I buckle up my seat belt,=20
I buckle up my seat belt,=20
Before we drive the car.=20
Old MacDonald Had a Garage=20
Old MacDonald had a garage=20
EIEIO=20
And in his garage he had a bike...=20
...With a pedal, pedal here...=20
...car...honk, honk here...=20
...bus...bump, bump here...=20
...train...whoo, whoo here...=20
...plane...zoom, zoom=20
Do you have the book My Race Car by Michael Rex? When I saw this book, I =
thought it would be a great Storytime book so I'd love to see what =
responses you get. I might broaden the theme to "cars" and use Car
Wash by =
Sandra and Susan Steen. I used this book with a "cleaning up" theme
for =
the preschool classes that I see each month. For that group, I made a =
tunnel out of cardboard for the "car wash." First I blew bubbles on
each =
child and then they crawled through the tunnel. At the end I hung an old =
towel that I'd cut into strips. The kids loved it! Hoping you get a lot of =
great ideas,=20
Susan Dailey librarian and author of A Storytime Year (www.susanmdailey.com=
) Ossian Branch Library, Ossian, Indiana 219-622-4691 <mailto:obldailey@wel=
lscolibrary.org>=20
My favorite book is In the driver's seat / by Max Haynes.
=20
Hi
The book, In the Drivers Seat by Max Haynes, is a good one for=20
Race Car storytime. The kids used paper plate steering wheels=20
while I read the book and then after storytime they decorated their=20
steering wheels and drove around the children's room following a=20
winding dotted line I put down with yellow tape. (Wasn't a race=20
track though because I didn't want to encourage speeding through=20
the library) I made a car wash they could crawl through and a gas=20
pump. It was fun!
Heather McCutchen
Forsyth County Public Library
=20
Try In the Driver's Seat by Max Haynes. It's about a race car
drivingthrou=
gh the countryside. Very funny!Stacey Irish-KefferYS LibrarianDenton =
Public LibraryDenton, TXZoom city by Thatcher Hurd (largish board book) is =
very cute as is My Little Red Car by Chris Demarest--abt. fast cars, if =
not race cars.
=20
My Race Car by Michael Rex (2000)Debbie
My Race Car, by Michael Rex- A simple presentation of a race car and how =
it is used and serviced during a race.
Beep Beep, Vroom Vroom! By Stuart Murphy- From Booklist=20
Like all Murphy's MathStart titles, this lively picture book uses a story =
from a child's daily world to teach a basic math skill. Here the math is =
pattern recognition, and the story combines sibling rivalry with hands-on =
play. Molly loves playing with cars, but her brother, Kevin, tells her =
she's too young. He lines up his 12 cars--four red, four green, four =
yellow--in special order on the shelf and tells her not to touch them =
while he's gone. Of course, she does play with them (Vroom! Beep! Crash!), =
and every time someone comes in, she lines up the vehicles in different =
sequences, until, finally, she gets her own sets of cars to add to the =
game. At the back are practical suggestions for adults and kids to find =
patterns on the pages and make their own patterns with pebbles, buttons, =
coins, and kitchen utensils. Demarest's clear, simple pastel pictures =
express the fun of playing with cars as the vrooming action reveals the =
patterns in everyday things.
Bryce, Richard" <bryce@palsplus.org=20
Books: In the drivers seat by Max Haynes Tooth-gnasher superflash by =
Daniel Pinkwater=20
Song: Car Song (tune BINGO)
Look at my bright shiny car=20
I'm driving it today-o C-A-R (beep) (beep)=20
C-A-R (beep) (beep) C-A-R (beep) (beep)
I'm driving it today-o=20
I recently did something similar. For the toddlers, a good book is "Vroom =
Vroom!: A pop-up race to the finish by Steve Augarde. It is a toy and =
moveable and was very popular. For a craft we dipped inexpensive matchbox =
cars into tempera paint and made tracks on white paper. They had a blast. =
Laura Gruninger, Youth Services Librarian Mercer County Library System =
Lawrence HQ Lawrenceville, NJ=20
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Nadine Lipman
Head of Children's Services
Waterford Public Library
49 Rope Ferry Rd.
Waterford, CT 06385
email: read2kdz@yahoo.com=20
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Have the children drive matchbox cars through tempera paint and roll
around on pieces of construction paper for race car art.
Stacey Irish-Keffer
Denton Public Library
502 Oakland
Denton, Texas 76201
940.349.7738
slirish@cityofdenton.com=20
When I asked about car crafts, one that came back to me a lot of times was
using hot wheels cars with tempera paints. You roll the wheels through a
shallow container of paint and then roll the wheels across paper, creating =
a
fabulous work of art! I think this would work great if you have a
relatively small group or if you are doing the program only one time or =
have
lots of helpers, because it will get messy!!
HTH,
Katrina
Katrina Neville
Librarian
City of Moreno Valley
25480 Alessandro Boulevard
Moreno Valley, CA 92553
t. 909-413-3880
f. 909-247-8346
e. katrinan@moval.org=20
w. www.moreno-valley.ca.us
how about a race car steering wheel made from a paper plate? =20
In Finger Tales by Joan Hilyer Phelps, there is a section on race car
program with fingerplay with felt mitt figures, songs, book suggestions, =
and
a craft.
Susan
I was going to do a race car storytime myself. The craft was going to try
was to draw a raceway and then have the kids sticker racecar stickers on =
the
raceway. You can get racecar stickers from Oriental Trading. Then have the
kids color the rest of the raceway.=20
Or have racecar coloring sheet and have them use stickers to decorate the
car. (Check out ivyjoy.com for coloring sheets.)
Can you tell I like using stickers :-)
Hope this helps.
Michelle Ford
Broome County Public Library
Binghamton, NY
>>> "Shari Lambert" <slambert@milford.lib.in.us>
05/16/03 11:12AM >>>
Hi, Theresa,
My library is doing "Race into Reading" for our summer reading
program.
I was wondering if you might share the ideas you received or used from
PUBYAC. Our program begins on June 9th. Thank you so much for your
help. If there is anything I can do for you, please let me know!
Shari Lambert:)
Milford Public Library
Milford, IN=20
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From: "Marlene Ashley" <ASHLEYMA@collier.k12.fl.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: Summer jobs for media specialists?
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Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 10:42:17 CDT
I do not do libray work in the summer..I work at summer camps. The camp
is school based, so I stay at the same school with a lot of the same
kids. It is a great chance to really get to know the kids and spend the
summer doing all those fun kids things like arts and crafts games and
hanging out. You could also work at a speciality camp like computers,
art, dance, etc. whatever your talents are. I know our county has
camps, as well as the girl scout day camps, private day camps, etc.
>>> wireman@helios.acomp.usf.edu
05/19/03 11:14AM >>>
When I graduate, hopefully, I will land a job as a school media
specialist.
I
was wondering what sort of job I could do in the summer for extra
money.
How
common is it for media specialists to work temorarily in summers as a
youth
librarian in a public library? I thought that maybe summers would be
busier
since kids are out of school, and there might be a greater need for
this
position at that time. What is your experience with this, and are
public
libraries pretty open to allowing a media specialist to do temp work in
this
manner?
Thanks!
Paulette
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From: Nora Liederbach <NLiederbach@imcpl.org>
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Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 10:42:26 CDT
I think the best definition of classic I ever read was this: A classic is a
book that is so good that people want to read it again and again...I just
don't remember who said it. So in this vein, books like Tales of a Fourth
Grade Nothing and the Betsy-Tacy books, The Great Brain, and so on are
classics, along with the traditional classics.
Nora Lee Liederbach
Riley Room, Children's Division
Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library
nliederbach@imcpl.lib.in.us
-----Original Message-----
From: Jennifer Baker [mailto:jbaker93711@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 11:28 AM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: is it time to canonize cleary?
this whole illustrated classics thread makes me wonder
what exactly constitutes a "classic"? sure authors put
a lot of work into their creations. maybe some try
harder than others--one assumes that even series
authors agonize to a point. some of the items that we
consider classics today were nothing more than popular literature when they
were originally published. the three musketeers is a perfect example. dumas
wrote for profit and this book and many others he churned out were just the
1844 equivalent to star wars or anne rice.
we have a "classic" genre label that we started using
this year and we've gotten pretty liberal with our
definition and use of the sticker. we put it on things
like "tales of a fourth grade nothing" and "charlie
and the chocolate factory" because we've decided that
our definition of classic is "everyone, given time and opportunity, should
read this book".
what do you guys think?
~j.
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~jenniferbaker
fresno co. public library
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From: Dawn Sardes <Dawn.Sardes@euclidlibrary.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: RE:Library Cats
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I have to agree that people with allergies shoud be accommodated, but some
people are allergic to any furred or feathered creature. Back when I
taught, my school had a student who was allergic to plants in the school
library.
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
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From: Marcia Sarnowski <mes@lacrosse.lib.wi.us>
To: PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and Children
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: sudden library closing - ideas?
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Greetings, I'm looking for some suggestions for a small public library
in our system which has had to close suddenly, due to possible
structural problems. The staff and public are unable to access the
building. The summer library program has been planned, with plenty of
activities scheduled at the library - and now it appears these must be
changed and/or relocated, at very short notice. And of course, all
other regular library services are suspended for the near future.
I'm wondering if those among you who may have gone through a similar
experience might have words of wisdom to offer for the staff: what to
do immediately, what not to do, innovative ways to reposition events and
inform the public, how to use outreach programs or techniques to provide
some services, and how, if possible, to put a "positive" spin on the
situation.
Please reply directly to me at mes@wrlsweb.org.
I would very much
appreciate any suggestions.
Thank you,
Marcia Sarnowski
Library Consultant
Winding Rivers Library System
800 Main St
La Crosse WI 54601
608/789-7137
mes@wrlsweb.org
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From: Christy Jones <xyjones3@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Hawaiian Luau
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Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 10:42:52 CDT
There are two videos that I used when my library did a
luau. "Be a Hula Girl" and "Hula for Children."
I
just showed a brief clip from one of the videos in my
program, but I, personally, used them to learn how to
dance the "Hukilau," which I in turn taught the
children. It was lots of fun the kids really enjoyed
learning the dance.
Christy Jones
Children's Librarian
--- Marsha Parham
<parhamm@mail.spalding.public.lib.ga.us>
wrote:
> I know I've seen some ideas for doing a Hawaiian
> Luau here but I can't find
> the most of the info in my files.
>
> I am making flower leis with construction paper and
> pieces of straw and we
> are reading LUKA'S QUILT and A LEI FOR TUTU.
>
> But I need some other ideas. The programs is going
> to last about 1 1/2
> hours, and is for children 6-12. Does anyone know
> of a video that teaches
> the HULA?
>
> Thanks
> mmp
> **************************************
> M. Marsha Parham
> Flint River Regional Library
> 800 Memorial Dr.
> Griffin, GA 30223
> (770) 412-4770
> (770) 412-4771 (fax)
> parhamm@mail.spalding.public.lib.ga.us
>
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From: "Linda Fields" <linda@richfieldcity.com>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Great party
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Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 10:43:00 CDT
What a great 90th birthday party we had, due to so many ideas I've gotten
from pubyac. We opened with a skit about Carnegie and how we received
$10,000 to build this building. Entertainment by community members,
altered
songs I'd made up about books, a puppet play about T-rex who collects
pennies from his animal friends for a new building, a skit with the
reallllly ooooollld librarian and the kids who asked her dumb questions and
ended it with the local cheerleaders who did the library cheer by Garrison
Keillor. Many thanks to all who contribute great ideas.
Linda Fields
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From: "Sue Baldwin" <sbaldwin@nngov.com>
To: "PUBYAC \(E-mail\)" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: evaluation forms
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Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 10:43:08 CDT
Hi,
We are thinking of using a different evaluation form for our children's
professional and paraprofessional staff. If anyone has something they use
specific for children's/YA staff I would love to see a copy. You can e-mail
or fax it to me. Thanks in advance.
Sue Baldwin
Supervising Librarian
Main Street Library & Outreach Services
Newport News Subregional Library
Newport News, VA 23601
757-591-4858 voice
757-591-7425 fax
sbaldwin@nngov.com
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From: "Roger & Anne Hall" <annehall@mail.iclub.org>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: Recommended Summer Reading Book lists
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Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 11:17:37 CDT
Does anyone have lists of recommended summer reading for the various
different grades? I can no longer find my own and would appreciate anyone
who would be willing to share theirs. Thank you.
Anne Hall
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From: Elaine Williams <williael@oplin.lib.oh.us>
To: PUBYAC-L <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: help needed: inspiring book for teen boy
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Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 11:17:45 CDT
Hello,
I have a patron who wants to buy his 13 year old grandson a book that will
"inspire him to greatness." This would be a nonfiction book.
The
grandfather had just read a biography of a man who was poor and made
something of himself. If anyone has any ideas, please send the title and
author to me at williael@oplin.lib.oh.us
Thank you so much!
Elaine Williams, Youth Librarian
Lynchburg, OH
www.highlandco.org
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From: Peg Burington <pburingt@mail.owls.lib.wi.us>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Question about neon signs
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Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 11:17:53 CDT
We have had our sign since 1998. I can't remember hearing a buzz. It
hasn't interfered with other lights and we have never had to change the
bulb. The kids love it in the YA Room and it does really add something
to the space.
Stacey Irish-Keffer wrote:
>We are considering having a special sign designed for our teen area and
>like the idea of having it be a neon sign. However, we are extremely
>concerned about several things. If you have a neon sign in your
library
>or just have experience with them, please answer the following
>questions:
>
>Will the sign make that horrible ZZZZZ-sound?
>Will it interfere with flourescent lights?
>Will it cause problems with computers or other types of technology?
>How expensive is it to replace burned out bulbs?
>Is it worth having?
>
>
>Thanks for your assistance.
>
>
>Stacey Irish-Keffer
>Denton Public Library
>502 Oakland
>Denton, Texas 76201
>940.349.7738
>slirish@cityofdenton.com
>
>
--
Peg Burington
Assistant Director/Young Adult Coordinator
Waupaca Area Public Library
107 South Main Street
Waupaca, WI 54981
Phone 715-258-4414 Fax 715-258-4418
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From: Jennifer Baker <jbaker93711@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: pubyac quiz
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Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 11:18:02 CDT
hello all!
since i'm between semesters right now i've been
thinking of a fun project that might be of interest to
all of you. i've often wondered who exactly uses
pubyac so i thought i'd do a short survey to find out.
now i don't know how many of you are out there
(probably the moderator could tell me) but i know that
it's probably more than 12 but hopefully less than
12,000. and i don't want to get swamped with responses
all at once. so...
IF YOUR LAST NAME STARTS WITH A, B OR C please respond
now. i will send out requests for the rest of you over
the next few weeks.
please copy the questions into a new message and send
answers to jennifer.baker@fresnolibrary.org
please do
not hit reply because that will get the afore
mentioned moderator mad at me.
thanks guys! it may take me a while to compile results
but i promise to post.
Pubyac Survey:
1. Are you a public librarian, school librarian or
something else (please designate)?
2. Which of the following age groups do you fall into?
under 30
30-40
40-50
50+
3. If you are a public librarian, how many branches
does your system have?
only one
1-5
5-10
10-20
20+
4. What's the size of your service population?
less than 20,000
20-50,000
50-100,000
100-500,000
500,000+
5. Do you consider yourself a children's librarian,
young adult librarian, youth librarian or some other
specialty (please designate)?
6. Are you a man or woman?
7. How long have you been in your current field of
work?
less than 5 years
5-10 years
10-20 years
20+ years
8. How do you use pubyac?
I'm a lurker--just looking for ideas
I occasionally respond directly to stumpers or other
requests
I will jump in on something that I think is really
important
You can't shut me up--I live for a good debate
9. What part of the country is your library in?
New England
SouthEast
Deep South
SouthWest
MidWest
Pacific
Outside of the US (please designate)
10. Are you the only person in your library that uses
pubyac?
11. How long have you been using pubyac?
12. What is the name of your library?
=====
~jenniferbaker
fresno co. public library
"If an item does not appear in our records, it does not exist."
~ Jocasta Nu (librarian from "Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the
Clones")
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From: "Tobin, Renee" <Rtobin@ci.rancho-cucamonga.ca.us>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: Top 10 reasons for a Librarian to Retire!
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I moved to a town and a library 50 miles away from where I worked from
1978-1986. Last year a young woman with two small children came in.
After
sitting near the children's reference desk for a time she came up to ask a
question. When she heard me speak (my voice still sounds like a
15-year-old) she said she recognized me as the librarian when she was in
elementary school in that other town. It's the second time it's happened.
One of our college age clerks is from that same town and he was too young to
remember but his mom remembers me from storytime when he was little.
When I had my practicum at the Iowa City Public Library in 1976, Hazel
Westgate had been the children's librarian for many years. She told me
about patrons she knew as children who were bringing their children to the
library. I rather like that--it means we help grow library users.
Renee Tobin
Rancho Cucamonga Public Library
-----Original Message-----
From: Frances Easterling [mailto:machild@cmrls.lib.ms.us]
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 8:13 AM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Top 10 reasons for a Librarian to Retire!
Here is another one:
You know it is time to retire when someone you used to check out comes back
after so many years and says "YOU ARE STILL HERE??
My branch manager got that one this week.
Frances Easterling
Magee Public Library
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From: Leslie Auerbach <auerbachl@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: info on author/Margery Bailey
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Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 11:18:19 CDT
Bob Kanegis asked about Margery Bailey, whose story
collections he admires. Margery Bailey (1891-1963) is
better known as a Shakespeare scholar & Stanford U.
professor, much admired by (among others) John
Steinbeck. Stanford has an endowed chair in her name.
Southern Oregon U. has a collection of her Renaissance
materials, originally willed to the Oregon Shakespeare
Festival; see
http://www.sou.edu/library/Techserv/coldev/specol.html
for a brief biographical note. A former student
remembers her vividly ("She had a great impact on
anyone who could adjust to her draconian ways. Miss
Bailey, who looked and sometimes dressed like a
latter-day Samuel Johnson...") at
http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2003/marapr/classnotes/bailey.ht
ml
(you may have to cut & paste this long URL)
There's at least one additional book by Bailey &
Prston:
Whistle for good fortune (1940)
--Leslie Auerbach
Santa Cruz Public Library
(which is fortunate enough to have Tails & Trails back
again this summer)
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On Mon, 19 May 2003, Bob Kanegis wrote:
I have an absolutely marvellous book of tales by
Margery Bailey,
illustrated
by Alice Bolam Preston. copyright1921 by Little Brown
and Co.... The
LIttle
Man with One Shoe. These are some of the most
tellable tales I've
found in
a long time, but I can find nothing about the author,
either through
reference to children's book authors or a google
search. Is there
anyone
out there with any knowledge of Margery Bailey? This
is feeling like a
quest! She did another book called Seven Peas in a
Pod.
There are wonderful phrases such as ..."for after all,
the best way to
squeeze the wine out of luck is to dance on it with
ready feet."
Thanks! And Good luck all!
Bob Kanegis-Tales and Trails
Executive Director
Future WAVE
Working for Alternatives to Violence Through
Entertainment
Santa Fe, New Mexico
stories@peacepath.org
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From: "Tobin, Renee" <Rtobin@ci.rancho-cucamonga.ca.us>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: PJ Storytime
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But it's not stale to a new generation of kids. This is what Disney has
figured out and why they re-release videos every few years.
Renee Tobin
Rancho Cucamonga Public Library
-----Original Message-----
From: Sharon Castanteen [mailto:scastanteen@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 8:13 AM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: PJ Storytime
This idea may be stale, but how about a Stuffed Animal Pet Show. Each
child
can tell the group their stuffed animals name and any events or
characteristics. Each stuffed animal gets a ribbon with something
appropriate like "Most loved" "Most
adventurous" (like if the toy got
lost), etc. Helpful to have someone writing out the ribbons as the
children speak or just generic superlative awards. Sharon
April Mazza <AMazza@minlib.net>
wrote:Hi all,
Anyone have any "fresh" ideas (crafts, fingerplays, books,
games...whatever!) for Pajama Storytime?
We're planning a big one during our SRP and I'd like to make it special :)
Thanks in advance!
April Mazza
Youth Services
Wayland Public Library
(508) 358-2308
AMazza@minlib.net
Sharon Castanteen
Director of Children's Services
River Edge Public Library
River Edge, NJ 07661
scastanteen@yahoo.com
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