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From: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and
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To: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and Children"
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Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 10:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 1245
Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Homework Center by Paula Childers <pfcfcl@yahoo.com> 2) response to Beth and AR shelving by Terrill <trumpeter2@shaw.ca> 3) Re: Graphic Novel standing orders by INOUE Yasuyo <yinoue@dokkyo.ac.jp> 4) Thank You - Teens and Closings by melissa a gabrielle <melgabby@juno.com> 5) How to arrange series books? by Cathryn Clark-Dawe <cathryncdlib@yahoo.com> 6) Re: Series of Unfortunate Events by "Melissa MacLeod" <mmacleod@sailsinc.org> 7) Re: AR lists by "Patricia Hull" <phull@slco.lib.ut.us> 8) Gross out factor - answers by "Wiest, Terri" <twiest@city.newport-beach.ca.us> 9) cut hours in children's department? by "Stephanie Zaslav" <szaslav@ci.escondido.ca.us> 10) STUMPER Solved: Ghost named George by "Cassie Veselovsky" <veselovskyc@cadl.org> 11) Character Education Booklists by "Katie Klopp" <kklopp@jcplin.org> 12) Picture book help - Bear on moon by "Laurie Rose" <lrose@orono.lib.me.us> 13) I Need sources for parenting books by Catherine Outten <cstruett@yahoo.com> 14) Milton's Book Festival for Children Nov. 3 by Janis Marshall <janis.marshall@mpl.on.ca> 15) Stumper by <steve.webber@dc.gov> 16) Stumper: Tiki-Tiki-Tiki-Room by "Elizabeth Andresen" <e.andresen@vlc.lib.mi.us> 17) Stumper: girl in a jungle eating breadfruit by Lu Benke <lubenke@julip.fcgov.com> 18) Children's Book Stumper - Boys on canal or river in Midwest 1930's by "Shawn Howes" <showes@hcpl.net> 19) Mysterious or Vanishing Island stumper? by karen maletz <kmlib@yahoo.com> 20) PUBYAC - Halloween story using projector by "Stephanie Borgman" <sborgman@hcpl.net> 21) Need a children's author/illustrator by "Sharon Castanteen" <sharoncast48@hotmail.com> 22) Stumper- Five Little Chickens rhyme by <laanders@bellsouth.net> 23) Stumper by Katy Obringer <katyobringer@juno.com> 24) Radio Frequency IDentification Chips and Systems (RFID) by "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org> 25) Re: Graphic Novel standing orders (LONG) by "Kristin Fletcher-Spear" <KFletcher-Spear@glendaleaz.com> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Paula Childers <pfcfcl@yahoo.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Homework Center MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 18:03:18 CDT My library is thinking of having a homework center. I wanted to get feedback from other libraries that have a homework center. My questions are: How long have you had the center? Is it maintained by staff or volunteers? What is the hours of operation? How many hours per day and what time of day? What type of materials do you have for the center? Where in the library is the center located? Any problems with having a homework center? What age or grade do you have to be to use the homework center? Did you set-up your homework center through a grant or regular budget? How many people do you use to run the center? How supportive is your library staff of the center? Please provide any helpful tips for a homework center. Thanks, Paula Childers Children's Librarian Florence County Library __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com ------------------------------ From: Terrill <trumpeter2@shaw.ca> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: response to Beth and AR shelving MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 18:03:40 CDT My thoughts on this Beth, to shelve according to the AR levels .... a difficult situation to do and to maintain. Our public library divides its childrens materials into Picture books, Easy Readers, Juvenile, Young Adult. Each age level has a distinctive sticker. Maybe you could shelve books as any library should, but work away at putting some kind of sticker coding for the different levels. I believe that children and parents should learn to use libraries as they are intended to be. That is the joy and eternalness of library! What they learn as children will stand them in good stead as adults. If we do it different for kids, then the continuity that adults enjoy and the skills they used from the time they were young, could cause that 'aversion to libraries' syndrome to take hold. If an adult went to the library as a kid, felt comfortable in learning how to use it, maybe they will remember and know that no matter what library they go into, it is all the same, and they can feel comfortable being there and making use of it.Maybe that is the message for parents. It is good for youngsters to learn the library, but maybe some volunteer parents will help put reading level stickes on for you!!! Ah, the joy of compromise! Good luck, Terrill Scott Fraser Valley Regional Library Chilliwack BC Canada "Let us read and let us dance, two amusements that will never do any harm to the world." - Voltaire ------------------------------ From: INOUE Yasuyo <yinoue@dokkyo.ac.jp> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Graphic Novel standing orders MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-2022-JP Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 18:04:10 CDT Hello, I am a Japanese participant here. I am teaching librarianship on children's and Young adults at university in Japan. I feel so interesting to read what you American librarians are talking about MANGA here. And I have a question about how do you American librarians divide MANGA between targeted for boys and girls? In Japan, Maisson Ikoku is targeted for only boys same as Ranma 1/2. But some girls enjoys them, but very few. Mars is read by only girls and boys never read it. Before thinking of doing standing order, wouldn't you need to establish the guideline which Manga is suitable for low teenagers and high teenagers? Many Mangas are regarded as 'bad and harmful' by law in Japan. Mangas should be divided into suitable for children, teenagers and adults. One of the definition for boys and girls is which Manga magazine firstly published the Manga. Manga journals are divided into for boys, girls, SALARY MAN(men), and ladies in Japan. Another definition is whether the Manga includes three elements which boys like to read and girls don't. Manga for boys shows these three elements. Some girls like to read these elements, so they read Manga for boys in Japan. I don't know about American teenagers. How do you decide which Manga is suitable and adequate for teenagers? Yasuyo Inoue, Dokkyo University, Saitama;Japan > >While I am only an MLIS student at the University of Pittsburgh, and I >don't have to worry about standing order plans, I can give good examples on >what may be checked out more often than not. My personal manga and graphic >novel collection is extensive. I would recommend adding Mars, >Revolutionary Girl Utena, Maisson Ikoku, and Battle Angel Alita. The first >three are considered to be shojo, aka girl's comics, while the last one is >really targeted to the boys. Maisson Ikoku was created and written by >Rumiko Takahashi, the same artist as Ranma 1/2. Another I would recommend >is Art Spigelman's Maus. It is a graphic novel about the Holocaust with >the main characters as mice. It is an evocative look at this historical >event. Based on your standing order list, all of them are good graphic >novels. I know I would have a hard time trying to cut back. I highly >recommend Ragnarok as well based on the inclusion of Rebirth on your list. >I own both, and I find them similar to each other. > >Good luck. >Aki Munnell, MLIS student, University of Pittsburgh > ------------------------------ From: melissa a gabrielle <melgabby@juno.com> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: Thank You - Teens and Closings MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 18:04:40 CDT Thank you so much to all who responded to my question about Teens and Emergency closings. Your guidelines were very helpful and I appreciate the time you spent to answer so quickly. Below is a list of the responses for those who were interested. Thanks again! Melissa Gabrielle YA Librarian South Country Library We don't have policies for what to do with leftover teenagers after an emergency closing, but we do have a policy for leftover young people after a closing - regular closing or special event closing. Two staff members - the professional on duty and at least one other person - must stay with any child 16 years old or under for 30 minutes after the library has closed. After 30 minutes, the professional on duty then calls the police and we hand the child over to the police. We've had to use this policy many times both with "regular" closings and closings for special events. At Atlanta-Fulton Public Library's system, they stay for children under 15 years. After 15 years, they are on their own (although many librarians will stay anyway). One manager & 1 other staff person stays. They're required to stay with the child 15 minutes, then call the police to get the child. Usually the parents show within the 15 minute period, which gives the library staff an opportunity for a mini lecture on not leaving children alone in the library, this is a public place, we close at such & such a time, we would have been forced to call the police, etc....Usually the parent is apologetic and doesn't repeat the action. At least this is what I understood of the policy when I was there once. Our library's policy is to call the police when minors are left after hours, do not have a ride coming, and we can not get in touch with a responsible party. My own personal feeling is that if you stay after with the kids you should have another staff member present. Anything could happen and there is strength in numbers. The Ventura County Library policy is not to assume parental responsibility for any minors due to liability issues. We would offer the kids a free phone call to a neighbor or parent to get a ride. If it was at night, we would call the police and ask if they would be able to assist the kids. In the past, I've told the waiting kids that I was just going to sit in my car and listen to the radio (so they wouldn't get weirded out). But I would not tell them it was to keep an eye on their safety even though that was really what I was doing. Our library's policy is that if we have a child or children age 15 or under we ask them if they have a ride at closing.(I don't know why age 15 was chosen!) We encourage them to call their parents and tell them the library is closing. We have a sign posted that we are not responsible for unattended children but we still hang around for awhile to see if someone comes for them. If a parent or ride hasn't shown up within 30 minutes we call the police. The police come and take the child to the police station until parents can be tracked down. It rarely comes to that. The police and parents often get here at the same time. The child, of course, goes home with the parents after a reminder from us of our hours and the policy regarding the police. This whole procedure is handled by the Librarian in Charge for the day and the Building Supervisor. ------------------------------ From: Cathryn Clark-Dawe <cathryncdlib@yahoo.com> To: PUBYAC <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: How to arrange series books? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 18:07:54 CDT Hi, I'm wondering how you arrange series books that have prequels and offshoots. Two examples are the Redwall books by Brian Jacques, and the Ender books by Orson Scott Card? Do you arrange them so they follow the storyline chronologically, or arrange them as published? Thanks for your help. Respond to me individually, and I'll post your answers to the group, if there's interest. Cathryn Webster Free Public Library cathryncdlib@yahoo.com ------------------------------ From: "Melissa MacLeod" <mmacleod@sailsinc.org> To: <Caren.Koh@QueensLibrary.org>, Subject: Re: Series of Unfortunate Events MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 18:08:20 CDT I know I have Ersatz Elevator in paperback, and the biography plus books 2 and 3 appear on Amazon.com in paperbacl so I think they do come out with them in paper at a later date. Good luck, Melissa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Koh, Caren" <Caren.Koh@QueensLibrary.org> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 4:12 PM Subject: Series of Unfortunate Events > I am just taking a moment to vent and ask if the collective mind agrees. > > Does anyone else out there feel that A Series of Unfortunate Events should > have also been published in paperback? The librarians in my system are > constantly lamenting that they cannot afford multiple copies and would > definitely buy more if they could purchase Lemony Snicket's books in this > format. > > I now step off my soapbox. Thanks for reading (and hopefully agreeing)! > > Caren Koh > Youth Services Materials Specialist > Queens Borough Public Library > Jamaica, NY > caren.koh@queenslibrary.org > > "Opinions are mine, mine, mine, and not those of Queens Library." > ------------------------------ From: "Patricia Hull" <phull@slco.lib.ut.us> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Re: AR lists Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 18:09:33 CDT We have the same problem, but as we train parents when they come in they seem to understand. We have 15 schools that have different lists and not all the same books are on the lists. Also we have schools that do not do AR and those books would be inaccessible for those patrons. Also often 1 book in a series is on the list while others are not, do we separate the series??. We try and explain that we are a library and thus catalog and shelve books correctly so all patrons can find them not just for the convenience of a small group of people. It is a frustrating situation. Our big probrlem is getting updated AR lists from the schools every year. Trish Kearns Utah ------------------------------ From: "Wiest, Terri" <twiest@city.newport-beach.ca.us> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Gross out factor - answers MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 18:20:15 CDT Hey all, Here are the responses I have gotten so far for the 'gross out' spooky laboratory for our scavenger hunt. Thanks so much. The kids are gonna love it!!!! * I did this for my son's birthday (which is at the end of October) and the boys loved it! We called it "Autopsy" and had a script to read from as we passed around paperbags with the items inside. (I didn't trust them to keep their eyes closed so the bag kept the items hidden. Also, I was able to label each bag so I wouldn't get mixed up as to what was what. I don't have what we said here at work, but it was a rhyme and I thought I got it off the internet. * Jello makes a great heart or liver, candy corn works for teeth, a baby carrot left out so it gets somewhat soft is a terrific finger, and a dried apricot (from the bulk department) is shaped like and really feels like an ear. * You might find some other ideas by looking in a book with Halloween party ideas or do an internet search for "Halloween parties" - I bet Family fun has something on their site. * One year I had the the witch's cat who had fallen off her broom and now rested in peace - cat's tongue was a pickle ( sliced the long way), a rabbit's foot was the cat's foot ( kind of gross but it was one that I have had since I was little) and a rabbit's fur was of course the cat's fur. Hope this is helpful. * Call a butcher & get some pigs feet, liver or other slimy animal parts. I've seen people use pitted olives as "hatched tarantula eggs", and jello always has a nice grossness factor! * Canned peaches for gold fish. * Dried apricots make good ears. * Seem to remember baking soda???? in water. can form it into a ball while in the water but, when you try to pick it up it dissolves. * You can make really cool slime with water, borax, and elmer's glue! <http://www.parentsoup.com/specialevents/halloween/articles/0,,187411_266180 ,00.html> * A rubber glove with warm water and tied at the end feels like a real hand. Kernels of corn in the dark feel like teeth. Bread dough shaped like fingers and baked feel like old dried up fingers. * How about Gak, Blobber, Flubber, Slime, whatever you call the solution made from glue and borax (I am cleaning it off my hands still, having just finished a program in creepy spooky science....) ------------------------------ From: "Stephanie Zaslav" <szaslav@ci.escondido.ca.us> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: cut hours in children's department? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 18:20:44 CDT Like many children's departments, we have too few staff; when vacations, illnesses, whatever come up, we scramble to fill in or beg from the rest of the library. But now, we are at the breaking point. If any of you have children's departments that are open fewer hours than the rest of the library, I'd like to know what your schedule is? Have you shifted staff to have more bodies in the open hours? Is the non-children's staff supportive? How have patrons reacted? Please respond off-line. The beleaguered thank you. szaslav@ci.escondido.ca.us ------------------------------ From: "Cassie Veselovsky" <veselovskyc@cadl.org> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: STUMPER Solved: Ghost named George Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 18:38:30 CDT Holy specters Batman! Judging by the number of responses in my mailbox = this morning, I think I was the only person on the listserv who did not = know the answer to this stumper! The book is indeed Georgie by Robert Bright. Thank you all!!! Cassie *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Cassie Veselovsky Youth Services Librarian Main Library=20 Capital Area District Library Lansing, MI 48933 (517) 367-6302 ------------------------------ From: "Katie Klopp" <kklopp@jcplin.org> To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Character Education Booklists content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 18:40:58 CDT Dear Pubyacers, =20 I have just became a member of a committee for the local public school = systems called, Community Involvement in Learning. As part of this team = I am to come up with booklists to have at the library covering the = following character traits: =20 Honesty=20 Initiative =20 Integrity =20 Perseverance Respect Responsibility Does anyone know of somewhere that I can order bookmarks or booklists = that cover these character traits? This just seems like something that = someone has probably already done. They would need to be geared to = elementary aged children. If anyone has any ideas please pass them on. = You can email me off the list. kklopp@jcplin.org. Thanks in advance, Katie Klopp Johnson County Public Library Franklin, IN 46131 =20 ------------------------------ From: "Laurie Rose" <lrose@orono.lib.me.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Picture book help - Bear on moon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 18:55:27 CDT Hello all I have a patron looking for a picture book about a bear who is hibernating. He wakes to find snow all around and thinks that he has gone to the moon. Any help? TIA Laurie Laurie Rose Youth Services Librarian Orono Public Library Orono, Maine 04473 lrose@orono.lib.me.us ------------------------------ From: Catherine Outten <cstruett@yahoo.com> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: I Need sources for parenting books Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 18:55:54 CDT I'm doing a collection development project with our parenting collection and am having trouble finding bibliographies or even reviews of parenting books. Anyone have any good sources for selecting parenting books out there? ------------------------------ From: Janis Marshall <janis.marshall@mpl.on.ca> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Milton's Book Festival for Children Nov. 3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 18:56:10 CDT Milton's Book Festival for Children is set for November 3 - noon to 4:30 p.m. Headlining this year's event is Kenneth Oppel, author of the Silverwing, the popular fantasy bat series. Also making presentations will be Barbara Greenwood (historical writer for children), storytellers Aubrey Davis and Mary-Eileen McClear, illustrators Werner Zimmermann and Janet Wilson and craft writer Mary Wallace. Turkey Rhubarb will provide musical entertainment. Rounding out the event will be sales of books, puppets and refreshments. Tickets are $5.00 for adults and $2.00 for children. Advance tickets may be purchased at the Milton Public Library and the Halton Hills Public Library (Georgetown). Tickets will be available at the door. The event is taking place at the Milton District High School, 396 Williams Avenue (off Commercial Street north of Derry Road). For more information e-mail me at janis.marshall@mpl.on.ca Janis Marshall Milton Public Library Milton, Ontario, Canada ------------------------------ From: <steve.webber@dc.gov> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Stumper MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 18:56:28 CDT I have someone who remembers reading a series of books around 1974. They were sea adventures, and the only character name he remembers is Andy, the cook. There was also a parrot who was in constant conflict with Andy's pet monkey. Does this ring any bells? ------------------------------ From: "Elizabeth Andresen" <e.andresen@vlc.lib.mi.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Stumper: Tiki-Tiki-Tiki-Room MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 18:56:46 CDT Dear Collective Brain, We have searched the usual sources and are stumped. A patron who is about 12 remembers a cassette and book kit from her preschool days. We think the refrain goes: Tiki Tiki Tiki Room She rolled her eyes and stomped her feet and said she didn't like it. It was a picture book she thinks. Thanks a gazillion! elizabeth ------------------------------ From: Lu Benke <lubenke@julip.fcgov.com> To: PUBYAC <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Stumper: girl in a jungle eating breadfruit MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 18:57:07 CDT The girl might have long blond hair. Probably published before 1980. Chapter book. Not known if the jungle was in South America or Africa. Thanks for any help you can offer. Lu Benke email: lubenke@julip.fcgov.com Lead Librarian phone: 970.221.6678 Children's Services fax: 970.221.6398 Fort Collins Public Library 201 Peterson Fort Collins, CO 80524 ------------------------------ From: "Shawn Howes" <showes@hcpl.net> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Children's Book Stumper - Boys on canal or river in Midwest 1930's Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 18:57:24 CDT Dear Colleagues, I had a older gentleman come into our library asking for a series written during the 1930's about boys and their adventures on a canal or river. He thought the author's last name was Lee or Leigh. The story is either placed in Illinois or somewhere in the Midwest. Does this sound familiar? I have done some preliminary searching, but have not found the book. Thanking you all in advance. Sincerely, Shawn Howes Please respond to: showes@hcpl.net ------------------------------ From: karen maletz <kmlib@yahoo.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Mysterious or Vanishing Island stumper? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 18:57:43 CDT I have a patron who recalls a book she read in the mid-to-late 50's when she was a child. It was about 2 children who were exploring a strange island that their parents had absolutely forbidden them to go to. She thinks it had a 2-word catchy title and that "island" was 1 of the words--i.e. Mysterious Island, Vanishing Island, etc. Does this sound familiar to anyone? TIA. K. Maletz, Hicksville Pub. Lib. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com ------------------------------ From: "Stephanie Borgman" <sborgman@hcpl.net> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: PUBYAC - Halloween story using projector MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 18:57:59 CDT At least 10 years ago, I remember seeing a story and instructions for accompanying visual effects in a book intended for librarians or teachers. Of course, I no longer remember the name of that book or story or even how big or what color the volume, although just like our customers I can remember almost exactly where it sat on the shelves of my old library. What I do seem to remember is that it was about a witch cooking up a brew in a cauldron. The lights were dimmed and a transparency sheet was used on an overhead projector. Different shapes were placed on the transparency as the story was told. It seems like eventually drops of two liquids were placed on the sheet and that when stirred along with the heat from the projector there was a chemical reaction causing what appeared to be fog. Does this sound familiar to anyone? I would like to have either the citation for the source or the text and instructions for the story. Thanks in advance for the use of the collective brain. Steph Stephanie Robinson Borgman Juvenile Specialist Harris County Public Library Houston, Texas (713) 749-9000 sborgman@hcpl.net ------------------------------ From: "Sharon Castanteen" <sharoncast48@hotmail.com> To: BCCLSYOUTH@LISTSERV.BCCLS.ORG, pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Need a children's author/illustrator Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 18:58:14 CDT A patron is asking about the "lookalikes" ...picture books where objects are used to construct figures, it's photography....anyone have an author for these? THANKS IN ADVANCE!! Sharon Sharon Castanteen Director of Children's Services River Edge Public Library 675 Elm Avenue River Edge, New Jersey 07661 201-261-1663 _________________________________________________________________ Need more e-mail storage? Get 10MB with Hotmail Extra Storage. http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es ------------------------------ From: <laanders@bellsouth.net> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Stumper- Five Little Chickens rhyme MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 18:58:30 CDT Hello everyone! I have made flannel board characters for what a site on Google calls a nursery rhyme, Five Little Chickens. I believe that there is a picture book version, but I've been unable to find it. The rhyme goes as follows: Said the first little chicken, With a queer little squirm, "I wish I could find A fat little worm. It continues with four more chickens and a bug, meal, a leaf, and a stone. Finally, the mother hen says, Now see here, said the mother, >From the green garden patch, If you want any breakfast, Just come here and scratch! I have looked at our catalog, as well as several books of Mother Goose rhymes. If anyone knows the title and author of this book, I would greatly appreciate your e-mailing me. Linda Anderson Hermitage Branch Library 3700 James Kay Lane Hermitage, TN 37076 laanders@bellsouth.net ------------------------------ From: Katy Obringer <katyobringer@juno.com> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: Stumper MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 18:58:46 CDT A patron is looking for a picture book she read some 20 years ago to her son. All she remembers is that there was a black bear in the story called Jonathan Blackberry or perhaps Jonathan Blackbeary. She does not remember the plot. She made her son a stuffed bear based on this character and now wishes to make another bear and needs the pictures from this book. Hoping that someone will remember this story. Thanks for you help. Send responses to katyobringer@juno.com ------------------------------ From: "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org> To: <stateifc@ala1.ala.org> Subject: Radio Frequency IDentification Chips and Systems (RFID) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 19:05:20 CDT Radio Frequency IDentification Chips and Systems (RFID) http://www.ala.org/oif/ifissues/rfid from RFID and the Public Policy Void (August 18, 2003) Testimony by Beth Givens (Privacy Rights Clearinghouse) before the Joint Committee on Preparing California for the 21st Century California Legislature, Senator Debra Bowen, Chair "If ever there were a technology calling for an in-depth multi-disciplinary holistic analysis involving all stakeholders, it is RFID. Yet this technology has sprung upon the scene with little attempt so far to address its many probable adverse impacts upon society." _______________________________ Don Wood Program Officer/Communications American Library Association, Office for Intellectual Freedom 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611 1-800-545-2433, ext. 4225; Fax: 312-280-4227; dwood@ala.org http://www.ala.org/oif ------------------------------ From: "Kristin Fletcher-Spear" <KFletcher-Spear@glendaleaz.com> To: <yinoue@dokkyo.ac.jp> Subject: Re: Graphic Novel standing orders (LONG) Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 19:06:07 CDT Hi, I'm going to try to answer some of your questions, but before I forge= t I have one question. In Japan what is considered the three elements boy= s want to read about? I'm doing a presentation on Graphic novels in Decem= ber and I'd love to include it. And I have a question about how do you American librarians divide MANGA between targeted for boys and girls? We don't divide between the manga that marketed towards boys and girls. O= ur Young adult graphic novel (as well as our children's GN collection) is= in alphabetical order by the author's last name.=20 In Japan, Maisson Ikoku is targeted for only boys same as Ranma 1/2. But some girls enjoys them, but very few. Mars is read by only girls and boys never read it.=20 In America it's a little different. The majority of GN readers are still = boys, but there are strong growing numbers of female readers and much of = that is due to Manga. I have all of Maison Ikkoku. I loved it and my husb= and did too. Rumiko Takahashi has a strong following here, and I think it= 's a fairly equal number of boys and girls. MArs is definitely more a gir= l title, but guys are more open to reading it. I reason that it's because= it's manga. They identify themselves as manga readers, so it's okay to r= ead a romance, as long as it's in manga form. Give the same story in a no= vel form and I doubt the boys would ever pick it up. Before thinking of doing standing order, wouldn't you need to establish the guideline which Manga is suitable for low teenagers and high teenagers? Many Mangas are regarded as=20 'bad and harmful' by law in Japan. Mangas should be divided into suitable for children, teenagers and adults. We do divide between children and young adult titles. Our library doesn't= have an adult GN collection, but I would love for it to eventually. We r= ely heavily on reviews and personal evaluations of the GN titles. Otherwi= se, inappropriate titles may be ordered. Many of the companies put an age= rating on their titles, so that helps a little. Of course, I'm sure the = lovemaking in Mars Volume 10 surprised some librarians because it was sti= ll rated 13+ by TokyoPop. I read it and felt it was fine for a YA collect= ion still. When adding anything, GN, novel, nonfiction or magazines, to a= collection you chould always take in to consideration the content and yo= ur community standards. I don't know about American teenagers. How do you decide which Manga is suitable and adequate for teenagers? I think I answered this with the previous question already. I think our m= anga market is so small, it is easy to get a feel of the titles with rela= tive ease. It helps that you enjoy to read GNs already though. In Japan, = since the manga market is so large, this may not be the case. Once you ge= t a feel of the titles, then it may be best/easiest to do a standing orde= r for GNs. We're just beginning ours, so I can't say that I have complain= ts. I do have concerns that we'll end up with surprises like Paradise Kis= s Volume 3 or Mars volume 10, but hopefully I'll be up to date on the tit= les as they come out. Sorry this is so long! Kristin Yasuyo Inoue, Dokkyo University, Saitama;Japan > >While I am only an MLIS student at the University of Pittsburgh, and I >don't have to worry about standing order plans, I can give good=20 examples on >what may be checked out more often than not. My personal manga and=20 graphic >novel collection is extensive. I would recommend adding Mars, >Revolutionary Girl Utena, Maisson Ikoku, and Battle Angel Alita. The=20 first >three are considered to be shojo, aka girl's comics, while the last=20 one is >really targeted to the boys. Maisson Ikoku was created and written by >Rumiko Takahashi, the same artist as Ranma 1/2. Another I would=20 recommend >is Art Spigelman's Maus. It is a graphic novel about the Holocaust=20 with >the main characters as mice. It is an evocative look at this=20 historical >event. Based on your standing order list, all of them are good graphic >novels. I know I would have a hard time trying to cut back. I highly >recommend Ragnarok as well based on the inclusion of Rebirth on your=20 list. >I own both, and I find them similar to each other. > >Good luck. >Aki Munnell, MLIS student, University of Pittsburgh > Kristin Fletcher-Spear Young Adult Librarian Foothills Branch Library 19055 North 57th Avenue Glendale, AZ 85308 (623) 930-3840 kfletcher-spear@glendaleaz.com ------------------------------ End of PUBYAC Digest 1245 ************************* |
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