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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: Saturday, September 06, 2003 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 1202
PUBYAC Digest 1202
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) RE: touchy question
by "Cheryl D." <whirlee@hotmail.com>
2) Input requested
by <kalayjia@bellsouth.net>
3) Boys at Teen Board?
by "Katie" <kmckeever@alphapark.org>
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Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 10:13 AM
To: sborgman@hcpl.net; pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: RE: touchy question
Stephanie,
Well said! You have brought up several important and valid points!
We need
to respect everyone's rights, including members of the list! Thank you!
Cheryl Donahue
Canton (CT) PL
*Please do not use this public forum to attack other list
members. If you can't resist the urge to "flame" someone at
least do so
privately.
*My basic rule is no individual gets to ruin
the experience for everyone else.
*I hope we never lose our creativity and ability to innovate and accommodate
for all of
our customers
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From: kalayjia@bellsouth.net [mailto:kalayjia@bellsouth.net]
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 10:13 AM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Input requested
Hello Pubyac folks,
I'm a library science student who's been "lurking" on the list, just
getting
educated so to speak, but now I need y'all's input on something.
The other day I was sitting in the children's part of our library, book in
hand, purse on table, quietly reading while my kids were on the
educational computers nearby. A teenager was ambling by, then
suddenly reached over the table, grabbed my purse and was gone!
Cops got him (and his buddy) and my purse was recovered and *most* of
the contents. (Cell phone gone & one set of keys) I'm very
grateful, of
course, to get my wallet, ids back etc. One of the kids is still in
custody
(he's 17) and one was released (he's 16).
Here's my question -- found out, *after* this happened, that this is the
third
incident over the last several weeks at the library! I go there at least
once
a week, more like twice, and I thought I knew what was going on up there.
But, even though I know some of the staff by name and we chat, no one
had warned me.
After what happened to me, today I went up to visit the branch manager,
and suggested that a sign be placed at the Circ. desk that would
basically describe very briefly the type of incident and advise caution and
that folks should be *especially* vigilant given the brazen nature of these
incidents.
Evidently that was already suggested, and the head library person says
no! I can't understand this, especially when these purse snatchings have
been so in-your-face. (One incident involved the purse being snatched
from a patron *as she was checking out books*, the other patron was
accosted in the parking lot and her purse grabbed.
What am I missing here? Shouldn't patrons be warned in a specific way?
I can't help but think if I had known about these incidents, maybe my purse
would have been in my lap or over my shoulder.
What do you all think about this???
thanks,
Marcia S. Kalayjian
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From: Katie [mailto:kmckeever@alphapark.org]
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 10:13 AM
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Boys at Teen Board?
Hi PUBYAC'rs,
I am a new subscriber to the list and a first time poster, so please accept
my apologies if this question has been recently raised. At my
library I
have an active teen board with one simple problem--no young men! Do
any of
you have suggestions as to how to attract boys to our monthly meetings? A
few (maybe 2) young men attend the scheduled events for the teen board, but
they never attend the meetings where these events are planned. I would
appreciate any suggestions that you all may be able to provide.
Please
email me off the list at kmckeever@alphapark.org.
Thanks :)
Katie McKeever
Youth Services Librarian
Alpha Park Public Library District
Bartonville, IL
knmckeev@alphapark.org
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