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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: Friday, August 15, 2003 11:01 PM Subject: PUBYAC digest 1184 PUBYAC Digest 1184 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Captain Underpants by "Terri Norstrom" <tnorstrom@fremontlibrary.org> 2) RE: movies at your library by "Alissa Ulrich" <aulrich@pekin.net> 3) programs by "Bonnie Wright" <bwrighty@northnet.org> 4) Re: Disney by "Beverly Kirkendall" <bkirkend@ci.hurst.tx.us> 5) Sources of/for bilingual English/Bengali children's books? by crandalll@cadl.org 6) Two questions Spanish and copyright by Jackie Hannick <jhannick@yahoo.com> 7) Movie Nights for Teens by "Tatar, Becky" <bltata@aurora.lib.il.us> 8) Re: book swap--advice? by "Elgin Public Library" <ElginPublicLibrary@mail.elgin.k12.or.us> 9) Re: Public Domain Children's Music by "Rob Reid" <reid@ifls.lib.wi.us> 10) Re: re movies at library by Jackie Hannick <jhannick@yahoo.com> 11) RE: re movies at library by "Alissa Ulrich" <aulrich@pekin.net> 12) Mystery programs for middle school by Julie Ann Rines <jrines@ocln.org> 13) Video Projectors by nadine <wpl_nadine@yahoo.com> 14) Re: YA Signage by Diane.Tuccillo@cityofmesa.org 15) How safe are we? (was Noticeboard safety) by Eric Norton <enorton@scls.lib.wi.us> 16) Re: Disney by "Sherry Collins" <hfl_sherry@stls.org> 17) RE: Disney by "Tobin, Renee" <Rtobin@ci.rancho-cucamonga.ca.us> 18) Re: movies at your library by jmaskell@sover.net 19) Performers Showcase by Julie Linneman <juliel@wichita.lib.ks.us> 20) RE: YA Area & Signage by "Kris Chipps" <kchipps@ald.lib.co.us> 21) RE: Noticeboard safety by Jennie Stoltz <jstoltz@esls.lib.wi.us> 22) Re: re movies at library by nadine <wpl_nadine@yahoo.com> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Terri Norstrom" <tnorstrom@fremontlibrary.org> To: "PUBYAC (E-mail)" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Captain Underpants MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable content-class: urn:content-classes:message Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 12:13:52 CDT I will be hosting a Captain Underpants Party in September. Any great = party ideas would be appreciated!! Thank you, Terri N. ------------------------------ From: "Alissa Ulrich" <aulrich@pekin.net> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: RE: movies at your library MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 12:13:59 CDT Ann, The Pekin Public Library recently switched umbrella licence providers. We now use Movie Licensing USA, we find their list of producers more inclusive for the type of film programing we do. We previously used MPLC. Movie Licencing's website is www.movlic.com Alissa Ulrich Public Relations Coordinator Pekin Public Library 301 South Fourth St. Pekin, IL 61554 309-347-7111 ext. 226 aulrich@pekin.net ------------------------------ From: "Bonnie Wright" <bwrighty@northnet.org> To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: programs Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 12:14:07 CDT I wonder how I can predict how many people will come to a children's program, short of a crystal ball. People rarely sign up, and when they do, the ones that come are mostly those who didn't sign up. I had two programs that were well-attended, followed by a third where no one showed up. The program was well-publicized and everything, but no one came. I wasted a cake and punch-there was no one to eat it. Staff took some, but that was it. Bonnie ------------------------------ From: "Beverly Kirkendall" <bkirkend@ci.hurst.tx.us> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Re: Disney Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 12:14:15 CDT <<Many of our patrons have been amazed to hear that the first Disney movie = based on an original story was The Lion King.>> I'm not blasting Disney--okay, maybe a little. But watching some of their = movie adaptations, it's hard to believe they based some of their movies on = books. It seems that the names are the only thing to remain the same = while everything else is totally different! IMHO, of course! I was tickled = that Holes was so true to the book. But then look who wrote the screenplay.= ... Beverly K. ------------------------------ From: crandalll@cadl.org To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: Sources of/for bilingual English/Bengali children's books? Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 12:14:23 CDT Hi all, Today, a patron came in looking for sources of bilingual children's books in English and Bengali. She had found a couple companies on the Internet that produce them, but won't ship to the US. I've looked at Milet online, as well as Powell's Books, but I can't determine if they ship to the US. I've looked some on amazon.co.uk and know they ship to the US. Do any of you know of any other sources of English/Bengali children's books that ship to the US? The patron is interested in purchasing them for herself. Thanks for any help you can give. Lisa Crandall Youth Services Librarian Holt-Delhi branch Captial Area District Library Holt, MI 48842 (517) 694-9351 crandalll@cadl.org ------------------------------ From: Jackie Hannick <jhannick@yahoo.com> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: Two questions Spanish and copyright Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 12:14:32 CDT Hi All, I have a patron who is interested in finding Spanish language web sites for her preschooler. We found Bob the Builder in Spanish, and she would like more that are similar (games, educational, etc.) Right now she wants just Spanish, but she is also interested in bilingual sites when her son starts to learn English. Also I was wondering how many of your library systems circulate CD-ROM's. What are the parameters, and do you have any trouble with copyright issues? We do not circulate them in our system. I came from a library where we circulated and ordered them freely without concern for copyright. Thank you, Jackie Hannick Volusia County Libraries Deltona, FL ------------------------------ From: "Tatar, Becky" <bltata@aurora.lib.il.us> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Movie Nights for Teens MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 12:14:40 CDT We want to try movie nights for teens this fall at our main library. What I would like to know is if you have movie nights - what night (or day) and time do you have these? Do you have good turnouts? Do you have these for teens after hours? Do you show PG, PG-13 or R rated movies, and let parents decide on whether their child should attend? We have a license, so showing the films is no problem. This last year, there was a great article in VOYA, but I was wondering what anyone else did. Thanks in advance. Becky Tatar Unit Head, Periodicals, Audiovisual Aurora Public Library 1 E. Benton Street Aurora, IL 60505 PHONE: 630-264-4100 FAX: 630-896-3209 www.aurora.lib.il.us E-mail: bltata@aurora.lib.il.us ------------------------------ From: "Elgin Public Library" <ElginPublicLibrary@mail.elgin.k12.or.us> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Re: book swap--advice? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 12:14:48 CDT Constance, We have a paperback book exchange once each month. It is held on the one = evening that we are open late. The books for the exchange are duplicates = and donations of new and gently used paperbacks and are in good shape. = The attendance varies greatly each month. One of our board members = oversees the transactions. Hope this helps. Theresa Theresa Chandler Director Elgin Public Library PO Box 67 Elgin, OR 97827 541-437-2860=20 >>> vanswolc@SLS.LIB.IL.US 08/14/03 12:39PM >>> We are thinking about hosting a book swap sometime this fall. I know some of you out there have done this. Any words of advice or other suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance. Constance VanSwol Chicago Ridge Public Library ------------------------------ From: "Rob Reid" <reid@ifls.lib.wi.us> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Re: Public Domain Children's Music MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 12:14:56 CDT While not a totally reliable source, sometimes you can check at the ASCAP web site to see if a song is credited to a songwriter or not: http://www.ascap.com/ace/. The trouble with this site is that a lot of times a song that is truly in the public domain is listed in this site under a songwriter for what I believe is the "arrangement" of the song. That said, I do know that "Happy Birthday" is copyright protected, but I believe "Down by the Station" and "Hokey Pokey" are in the public domain and safe to put on a CD. Rob Reid Youth Services/Special Needs Coordinator Indianhead Federated Library System 1538 Truax Blvd, Eau Claire, WI 54703 715-839-5082, ext. 14 Fax: 715-839-5151 reid@ifls.lib.wi.us ------------------------------ From: Jackie Hannick <jhannick@yahoo.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: re movies at library Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 12:15:04 CDT Hey Julie, I think that most videos do not have public performance rights, but some do. We have had some luck with calling the companies and asking permission. Also some web sites have forms that allow you to ask for a one time public viewing. Also there are licenses that can be purchased to allow public performance rights for many of the big movie companies (WB, Disney, Fox, etc.) I was recently contacted by one of these companies. The cost for us would be $365brer branch. Here is the email address for further info: mail@movlic.com . I hope this helps! Jackie Hannick Volusia County Libraries Deltona, FL "Clark, Julie" <JClark@fredco-md.net> wrote: I would be interested in knowing about showing movies at libraries. We can't do it due to copyright laws. Julie Clark Frederick County Public Library Middletown, MD ------------------------------ From: "Alissa Ulrich" <aulrich@pekin.net> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: RE: re movies at library MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 12:15:14 CDT We bought a public performance license and a popcorn maker and have been showing free movies with great success over the last year. You're question confuses me, as I don't understand why you want to know if you can't show them. All you have to do is buy an umbrella public performance license and make sure the movies you show fall under the license. visit www.movielic.com for more information. We switched to Movie Licensing USA this summer has they have more production companies to choose from. Alissa Ulrich Public Relations Coordinator Pekin Public Library 301 South Fourth St. Pekin, IL 61554 309-347-7111 ext. 226 aulrich@pekin.net -----Original Message----- From: owner-pubyac@prairienet.org [mailto:owner-pubyac@prairienet.org]On Behalf Of Clark, Julie Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 3:47 PM To: 'pubyac@prairienet.org' Subject: re movies at library I would be interested in knowing about showing movies at libraries. We can't do it due to copyright laws. Julie Clark Frederick County Public Library Middletown, MD ------------------------------ From: Julie Ann Rines <jrines@ocln.org> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Mystery programs for middle school MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 12:15:22 CDT Hello all, I know this has been asked before but I have either put the responses away in such a safe place I can't find them or never saved them in the first place. We are going to make a pitch for our first after hours program for middle school students and would like to make it a mystery program. Since this is the first I want to use a tried and true program does anyone have a favorite? I have the new Upstart catalog with the Anyone's Guess kits listed, these used to be offered by Doubledog Press, and they look like fun but I would like to hear from someone who has used one how well they worked. Also one of our middle schools has a great theater group that might be interested in playing roles as suspects if anyone knows of a good scenario we could use. We don't have the time to write our own this time around but it might be something we'll do in the future. Julie Rines jrines@ocln.org ------------------------------ From: nadine <wpl_nadine@yahoo.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Video Projectors Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 12:15:30 CDT Hi, Please excuse cross-posting... Can anyone recommend (or NOT recommend!) a specific machine that can be used to project videos and DVDs onto a "large" screen? The room we would be using it in seats approx 200 at the max (100 on one side of the room, 100 on the other). At some point also, we may be looking at the same unit to use with a computer. One thing to take in consideration--we don't have a lot of money (like under $1000) to spend. Are we being realistic in thinking we can find something? We borrowed a unit this summer from the school system (not sure of the brand), that could be hooked up to either a VCR or DVD player and was fairly easy to use, but cost in the vicinity of $5000 when new, and replacement bulbs are about $300. Thanks for any help you can provide... Nadine Lipman ************************************************************* Nadine Lipman Head of Children's Services Waterford Public Library 49 Rope Ferry Rd. Waterford, CT 06385 e-mail: WPL_nadine@yahoo.com ------------------------------ From: Diane.Tuccillo@cityofmesa.org To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: YA Signage MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: textbrlain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 12:15:38 CDT Regarding the question about naming a YA section and signage: we just expanded and remodeled our teen area, which had likewise "creatively" been called "Young Adult Room" up to that point. We asked our Young Adult Advisory Council (YAAC) members to nominate and vote on a new name for the new area. They thought of some very good ones, and the winner was "Teen Realm." As part of the remodel, we were told we could have a neon sign to grace the area, in a color and style of the YAAC teens' choosing. They selected neon blue, and asked for Teen Realm to be written in old English style letters. It looks really nice, and you can't miss that this is the teen area! We also have lots of bulletin boards to promote programs and for the teens to put up their own designs. We are also planning a "grand opening" celebration this fall for the Teen Realm, with 2 bands, on a Saturday afternoon. The Teen Realm has a door leading directly to the large Youth Activity Room, so the bands and food will be in there and the teens can explore their new Teen Realm area before, during and after. Diane Tuccillo City of Mesa Library, AZ ------------------------------ From: Eric Norton <enorton@scls.lib.wi.us> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: How safe are we? (was Noticeboard safety) Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 12:20:18 CDT At 02:40 PM 8/14/2003 -0500, Anita Palladino wrote: >how many young kids are lured places & attacked and/or raped >every year? I think Ms. Palladino meant this as mostly a rhetorical question but I would be interested to know if anyone happens to have figures like this at their fingertips (yeah, yeah, we're all librarians with a world of information at our fingertips but you know what I mean). I don't mean to suggest that there aren't people who are threats to kids' safety and lives out there (I don't think that I would publicly display minors names and contact info, either) but I wonder if this fear, like so many others, is artificially heightened by media both supposedly true news media and various entertainment formats. I would rather convey the message to my child and those children that I work with that danger exists but it is often possible to avoid or protect oneself from it rather than live in low-grade fear. Eric Norton Head of Children's Services McMillan Memorial Library Wisconsin Rapids WI 54494 715-422-5130 enorton@scls.lib.wi.us "Very senior librarians...once they have proved themselves worthy by performing some valiant act of librarianship, are accepted into a secret order and are taught the raw arts of survival beyond the Shelves We Know." Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards! ------------------------------ From: "Sherry Collins" <hfl_sherry@stls.org> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Disney Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 12:21:31 CDT Yes, there is a credit in the trailer also. Interesting that they chose to= do this one again--originally filmed in the 80's. Sherry Collins children's librarian Horseheads Free Library Horseheads New York *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 8/14/03 at 2:40 PM Barb Read wrote: >There is a credit to Mary Rodgers in the opening credits of the movie. It >is the only credit on the "page". I bet my son it was based on her book >and >thanks to the credit won - Baskin and Robbins hot fudge sundae! Really= can >not blame Disney for the reviewers miss-take. >Barb Read >Marysville Public Library >----- Original Message ----- >From: Nancy Bonne <bonne@noblenet.org> >To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> >Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 10:06 AM >Subject: Disney > > >> Speaking of Disney, and their aggressive tactics if they think their >> copyright is being infringed, there was a review in the Boston Globe= last >> week of the latest film version of "Freaky Friday". Wonderful review, >> Jamie Lee Curtis great comedienne, etc. etc. and no mention ANYWHERE of >> Mary Rodgers. I could see it if the title were changed, but it's >> not...talk about Irony! Nancy Bonne, bonne@noblenet.org >> Nancy Bonne >> Children's Librarian >> Beverly Public Library >> bonne@noblenet.org >> ------------------------------ From: "Tobin, Renee" <Rtobin@ci.rancho-cucamonga.ca.us> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: RE: Disney MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 12:21:54 CDT Perhaps this is a recent development with Disney. I remember reading Dodie Smith's 101 Dalmations as well as Lisa and Lottie (The Parent Trap) and Emil and the Detectives by Eric Kastner after seeing the Disney movies as a child. Renee Tobin Rancho Cucamonga Public Library -----Original Message----- From: Margaret Siebert [mailto:psiebert12508@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 1:49 PM To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Disney I've noticed this about MANY Disney movies. Many of our patrons have been amazed to hear that the first Disney movie based on an original story was The Lion King. When you think of all their previous movies, that's a lot of neglected authors. I've always guessed that the deal they make with the authors allows them to exclude the author from any credit for the movie. Take a lesson - DON'T ever sell your story to Disney. It will never be yours again. Peg Siebert Blodgett Library Fishkill, NY Nancy Bonne <bonne@noblenet.org> wrote: Speaking of Disney, and their aggressive tactics if they think their copyright is being infringed, there was a review in the Boston Globe last week of the latest film version of "Freaky Friday". Wonderful review, Jamie Lee Curtis great comedienne, etc. etc. and no mention ANYWHERE of Mary Rodgers. I could see it if the title were changed, but it's not...talk about Irony! Nancy Bonne, bonne@noblenet.org Nancy Bonne Children's Librarian Beverly Public Library bonne@noblenet.org ------------------------------ From: jmaskell@sover.net To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: movies at your library MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 12:22:01 CDT My library bought a site license about a year ago and have since had a blast showing films (a great TAC project). The license was bought through Movie License USA http://www.movlic.com/library.html . It allows us to show films from Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, Warner bros., Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures, Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Universal Pictures, Sony Pictures, United Artists and a number of the smaller movie houses - pretty much anything we want. The license that we purchased is a site license, which basically means that it doesn't leave the library facility. There are some restrictions on the license: *You can't publicize the name of the film you're showing. The purpose is to not create competition between libraries and movie theaters/video rentals and to not infringe on copyright. However, we have found ways to work within it, for example we would put in the press that teens would be reading "The Princess Diaries" and then would watch the movie. Usually we say "family film" or "horror flick". *You aren't allowed to charge ticket fees. They will allow you one fundraising film for which you can have an entrance charge as a fundraiser, but the movie must be free. Our TAC sells refreshments during the films, which is perfectly acceptable. *You can show an unlimited amount of films with the license ~Sam ************************* Samantha Maskell, Youth Services Librarian Rockingham Free Public Library 65 Westminster Street Bellows Falls, VT 05101 802.463.4270 ------------------------------ From: Julie Linneman <juliel@wichita.lib.ks.us> To: klcy@nekls.org, <KANLIB-L@ku.edu>, <SCKLS@lyris.kumc.edu>, <pubprgms@ala.org>, <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Performers Showcase MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXTbrLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 12:22:15 CDT (Please excuse any cross-postings.) ANNOUNCEMENT: The Wichita Public Library's Performers Showcase is coming up on Saturday, September 13, 2003. This will be held from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in the DeMattias Performance Hall on the Newman University Campus, 3100 McCormick Avenue, Wichita, KS. This is your chance to see some of the best children's performers in a 4-state area demonstrate a 7-minute sample of their work. Puppeteers, jugglers, musicians, magicians, historical re-enactors, dancers, a yo-yo master, and of course storytellers (including bilingual Spanish/English) will be among the 40 featured performers. Artists are from Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. All of the artists are available for bookings, and attendees will receive a handout with contact and program information for each performer. The event is free and open to children's librarians, school librarians, teachers, principals, PTA presidents, parks & recreation staff, cultural arts agencies, museum staff, festival organizers, youth organization representatives, event planners, and anyone involved with planning and scheduling performers for youth. You are cordially invited to attend. Please share this information with others who may be interested in attending as well. Please contact me if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing you there. Thanks. -- Julie Linneman Coordinator of Programs and Outreach Wichita Public Library 223 S. Main Wichita, KS 67202 (316) 261-8590 fax: 262-4540 juliel@wichita.lib.ks.us ------------------------------ From: "Kris Chipps" <kchipps@ald.lib.co.us> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: RE: YA Area & Signage MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: textbrlain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 12:22:33 CDT When we built a new larger library, we polled our teens for names for their area, put the top 10 on a ballot, and chose the winner from there. The result? "Teens". The younger teens were a bit more willing to have something different, but the vast majority of our teens said to just call it what it is. After all, one said, you don't identify the adult section as "Geezer Place"... Just food for thought! Kris Chipps Teen Services Smoky Hill branch Library Centennial, Co. -----Original Message----- From: owner-pubyac@prairienet.org [mailto:owner-pubyac@prairienet.org]On Behalf Of John_Maunderbrittwater_Council@pittwater.nsw.gov.au Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 2:48 PM To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: YA Area & Signage Hi everyone, We are opening a new Central Library in April 2004. We want to re-name our young adult area, which is imaginatively named "Young Adult Area". Outside of libraries, I'm not sure this term is used much anywhere. I'm considering running a competition for High Schools to see what cool names students can come up with. I don't trust myself creating a name that's cool in the 21st Century as I was a 70's teenager. (Teen Zone is the best I can do!) So I'm just wondering if anyone has done something different in this area, and would be willing to share their ideas? While I'm here, I would be interested in hearing from anybody that has experience in signage. Basically, I would be interested in hearing about how you went about it. I have been given the task of investigating signage for the entire library, considering choice of colour, images, lettering, pictorial genres, styles and themes. Even some examples of bad signage would be helpful. Thanking you in advance, John Maunder Children's & Youth Services Librarian Pittwater Library Service Sydney, Australia. ------------------------------ From: Jennie Stoltz <jstoltz@esls.lib.wi.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: RE: Noticeboard safety MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: textbrlain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 12:23:27 CDT Pam, What I did at one of the libraries I worked at in regards to baby-sitters (I used to teach the Red Cross Baby-sitting Safety class, so I had many of them) was I created a binder which I kept at the Reference Desk (or at the Children's Desk if you have a separate Children's service desk) and parents could come and browse through the binder for information on baby-sitters in the area. I actually created the form which the young baby-sitter's could fill out and it required a parent's signature below a paragraph stating that they approved of the information included on the sheet being put in the baby-sitter's binder. I also allowed the kids to create an extra "flyer" or advertisement page which I would then staple to the form. This allowed for more creative kids to differentiate themselves from the rest. Right after I created the binder I put a press release out and they ended up doing an article in the local paper and at least for the time I was there, parents did use it. Good luck, Jennie Jennie J. Stoltz Children's Coordinator/Webmaster Frank L. Weyenberg Library of Mequon/Thiensville, Wisconsin "The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them." - Mark Twain ----Original Message----- From: owner-pubyac@prairienet.org [mailto:owner-pubyac@prairienet.org]On Behalf Of Pam Gravenor Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 1:49 PM To: Pubyac (E-mail) Subject: Noticeboard safety We have a noticeboard for items of particular interest to parents or children. This works just fine, except for babysitters. Obviously parents would find it useful to have babysitters advertise on it. But we are uneasy about young people putting their names and phone numbers on public display. So far we have refused to take such notices, but we would like to if we can find a safe way to do so. What do other libraries do? Do you think getting parental permission for those under 18 would be ok? (Although I'm not sure how workable that would be) TIA Pam Gravenor Children's and Young Adults' Librarian Nelson Public Libraries Private Bag 41 Nelson New Zealand ------------------------------ From: nadine <wpl_nadine@yahoo.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: re movies at library Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 12:23:34 CDT Hi, A year or so ago, I posted the following to PUBYAC on my research for showing movies at the library. I have tried using Disney once, as well as a one-time license; we currently have a year-long Public Performance license, for which we were able to negotiate a reasonable (for our situation) fee. It IS nice knowing we can show almost any movie without worrying Nadine *********************************************** First of all, unlike public schools, it is very difficult to legally show a video without the license. According to the copyright law: *an instructor must be present during the showing of the video, *the video is used in the course of face-to-face* instruction, *no duplication of video tapes is permitted, *no admission / fee can be charged. Quoting from THE COPYRIGHT PRIMER FOR LIbrARIES AND EDUCATORS (an ALA publication towards which a very nice representative from steered me), the answer to question 79 about a book discussion group showing a video of the book they are reading meeting in a public library reads "This may be infringing because the library is open to the public, the audience would be a group larger than a family and normal circle of friends and the activity is outside a nonprofit instructional program. On the other hand, this use could be considered a fair use under Section 107 because it is for purposes of scholarship." So I guess it is a matter of interpretation, and how 'legal' one wants to be. There are various qualifiers for different types of book discussion groups, so.you would have to decide which one your group falls under, to determine if it really is an instructional group. I also received a call the day after my request appeared on PUBYAC from a representative of one of the two major companies who handle public performance licensing; she saw my request and was really helpful, answering all my questions (several times!) and explaining her company's policy. She also sent me to their web site--lots of information there. I ended up speaking with representatives of both companies. BTW the companies are Motion Picture Licensing Corp (http://www.mplc.com) and Movie Licensing USA (. They both carry several of the big companies; however, MPLC's prices were lower than MOVLIC, but they don't handle as many of the major companies.) Prices vary depending on your town's population and how many people have cards. You may also be able to get a license for a shorter period of time, 2-6 months, instead of getting it tor a full year. I found you are able to get a one-shot price also. One librarian who uses MPLC suggested a)either alternating between the two companies so one year you have all the companies and the next, you save money, or b) going with the lesser priced company, and then purchasing rights on a one time shot, if needed! By getting a year-long license you have more flexibility with using videos for your programming, such as storytimes and a movie of the week/month group (you can take them from your shelves, homes, or even rent them at Blockbuster, etc); another plus is you are covered (hopefully you will have the right company!) if a group using one of your community rooms shows a video for which they do not have a public performance license i.e a scout group showing Old Yeller. Of course, if you purchase videos with public performance rights already (we already own several) you don't have a problem. A couple years ago, I received an email about Buena Vista Non-Theatrical , Inc which at that time handled Disney; they only charged $25 for a showing!!! I did check it out at the time, but the number is no longer in service, though I am still trying to track them down. Success!!! The new phone number for Disney Non-Theatrical Inc is (818)567-5058. You can get a one-time license to show a Disney video to no more than 50 children with NO advertising (other than a "call us to find out the name of this week's movie")still for only $25. How important is it to get a license? I guess it is up to each library, but the impression I get is that they do check!! As I mentioned earlier, at least one of the companies does monitor this list so be careful what you say in any public forum. The opinions expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of my employers. ************************************************************* Nadine Lipman Head of Children's Services Waterford Public Library 49 Rope Ferry Rd. Waterford, CT 06385 e-mail: WPL_nadine@yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of PUBYAC Digest 1184 ************************* |
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