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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: Thursday, November 06, 2003 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 1261
Topics covered in this issue include: 1) All day outreach by "Wanda Jones" <wjones98@hotmail.com> 2) Re: trauma bibliotherapy by "Jenny Sullivan" <sullivje@oplin.org> 3) Baseball Stumper by "Ackerman, Marilyn" <M.Ackerman@BrooklynPublicLibrary.org> 4) Stumper by "YPS Reference" <yps@barringtonarealibrary.org> 5) Tiny little Dads Read! compilation by "Suzanne Klein" <SKlein@EBPL.org> 6) Cat Stumper by Connie Charron <cvcharron@yahoo.com> 7) Re: copyright information and radio programs by "Jamie Holtsclaw" <jholtscl@in-span.net> 8) Dragon / Fiddle Stumper by "Miss Karen" <kidslib@plattsburghlib.org> 9) revisiting the clean YA by Terrill <trumpeter2@shaw.ca> 10) TAR: Pacific northwest tale by Robin Shtulman <shtulman@erving.com> 11) computers-to schedule or not to schedule? by "Kelly Czarnecki" <kczarnec@illinoisalumni.org> 12) Historical fiction for boys- PUBYAC by "Bryce, Richard" <bryce@palsplus.org> 13) RE: xy magazine by "Mitchel, Ruth" <Ruth.Mitchel@ci.corvallis.or.us> 14) computer scheduling software by Jean Gullikson <JGulliks@stout.dubuque.lib.ia.us> 15) call for contributors/internship book by Cindy Mediavilla <cmediavi@ucla.edu> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Wanda Jones" <wjones98@hotmail.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: All day outreach Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 02:15:06 CST Hello fellow Yaccers, Very soon, I will spend one day a week at an elementary school that does not have a school librarian. Normally the programs I do are for toddlers and infants. I'm just fishing for helpful hints or tips on doing storytime for older kids. During the last story time I did for older kids, I was caught off guard when the kids talked back. I'm used to a babbling-wide-eyed-drolly-mouthed audience. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Also, how important are voices when reading aloud? I don't have many, but tips on voice would be helpful too. Thanks-a-bunch!!!! Wanda Jones Children's Librarian Georgetown Neighborhood Library Washington, DC 20007 wjones98@hotmail.com Don't pretend to be happy when you aren't. That only works in Hollywood.--Josiah, age 8 >From Children on Happiness by David Heller ------------------------------ From: "Jenny Sullivan" <sullivje@oplin.org> To: <enorton@scls.lib.wi.us>, <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Re: trauma bibliotherapy MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 02:15:53 CST Eric, The State Library of Ohio has a wonderful website at www.helpingbooks.lib.oh.us that has been designed with lists and descriptions of books for the purpose of bibliotherapy. Check it out! Jenny Sullivan Greenville Public Library Greenville, OH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Norton" <enorton@scls.lib.wi.us> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 1:10 AM Subject: trauma bibliotherapy > Folks: > there is a meeting in my town this weekend of a group that will be training > people in how to provide care for children in disaster relief > situations. They have asked me to bring some books and make up a booklist > both of books for kids and books for parents and other adults. The topics > that they are asking me to address include death & dying, adversity, > assurance, feelings, cultural diversity, and violence and trauma for kids > and then books to help adults work with children dealing with these issues > as well as stress in children, comforting kids and the like. I'm sure > somewhere in the archives are great posts following 9/11 but I'm not adept > at dealing with such things so I'm hoping you'll share your favorites on > these topics. I'll compile suggestions and repost to the list (although it > may take me a few days). Thanks for all your help. > > 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: "Ackerman, Marilyn" <M.Ackerman@BrooklynPublicLibrary.org> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Baseball Stumper MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 02:16:35 CST Does anyone recall a baseball series for children or young adults that featured a Buckets Maloy (possibly Malloy)? Any help would be appreciated. Please e-mail be at m.ackerman@brooklynpubliclibrary.org. Thanks. ~Marilyn Ackerman ------------------------------ From: "YPS Reference" <yps@barringtonarealibrary.org> To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Stumper Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 02:20:23 CST Here's another stumper for everyone! A patron remembers a picture book from the late 60s/ early 70s about chickens in a henhouse. The story involves a fox (of course!) and she remembers a picture of the inside of the henhouse that shows rows and rows on hens. =20 The best clue we have is that she remembers a line: "Chicken and chick, come quick! Come quick!" Thanks for any light you can shed on this! Amy Mackey Barrington Area Library Barrington, IL ------------------------------ From: "Suzanne Klein" <SKlein@EBPL.org> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Tiny little Dads Read! compilation MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 02:20:49 CST Pubyac Friends, Thank you to everyone who responded to my question about programming for = children and their dads. Here is my original post, followed by the = responses I received. Hi, everyone! Are you of you doing (or have any of you done) a program = with the "Dads Read!" initiative? I'm interested in planning something = and would love to know if anyone has done any great programs with it. Here's more info about "Dads Read!"=20 <http://www.walkeryoungreaders.com/2003/wbcontent/books/mount_olympus/dad= s_read.html>=20 Thanks!=20 -- Suzanne=20 Suzanne M. Klein=20 Youth Services Librarian=20 East Brunswick Public Library=20 2 Jean Walling Civic Center=20 East Brunswick NJ 08816=20 Phone: (732) 390 6789=20 Fax: (732) 390 6796=20 E-mail: sklein@ebpl.org=20 I did a "Dad and Me" program last night. I have attached the books I = used and two of the songs we did. We also sang the Five Little Ducks = with the ending "when the Daddy duck said quack, quack, quack - five = little ducks came waddling back." I live in a military community. Our division soldiers just returned from = Iraq. We had a duffle bag and backpack relay. The kids raced to unpack a = duffle bag and put on a uniform and pair of boots. The parents raced to = pack a backpack with school supplies. We also put together a race car = craft from www.thebestkidsbooksite.com = <http://www.thebestkidsbooksite.com/> (click "storytimes", the click = "fathers" the click on the "spectacular sports car" under the craft = ideas). I only had 14 participants but they all enjoyed it.=20 Sheri Lewis Liberty County Children's Librarian Hinesville, GA This year I did Super Saturday on the day before the Super Bowl. I had a = variety of activities including miniature golf, football tossing, = crafts, showing a Football Follies video, craft projects, and = "manly"snacks - soda, pretzels, chips, and M&Ms. Small attendance, but a = lot of fun - and pretty easy to set up. I didn't do a story as it was a = drop-in program. The year before we did a Survivor themed program aimed = at dads and they were good sports about having to do some of the = challenges. Enjoy whatever you decide to do. Pam=20 Pam Carlson, Children's Librarian Los Altos Neighborhood Library Long Beach Public Library We've been doing a "Daddy, Read to Me" program for about a year. It came out of a program called Fathers Reading Every Day (FRED) that the Texas A&M Extension Services developed. It's been very successful. It's actually done at one of our branches that serves a very affluent population. Many of the dads travel a lot, work a lot, etc. so they have appreciated the time they can spend with their kids at the library. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Jeanette Larson Youth Services Manager Austin Public Library P.O. Box 2287 Austin, TX 78768-2287 512-974-7405 larsonlibrary@yahoo.com ------------------------------ From: Connie Charron <cvcharron@yahoo.com> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: Cat Stumper Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 02:21:08 CST A patron is looking for a book she read when she was a little girl (probably in the 70's or 80's) although she claimed it was an "old" book then. A homeless striped cat lives on the street and survives many cat fights. A little girl finds him and feeds him tuna fish. He comes to lives with her where he has a good life and isn't as wild. It is not Ginger Finds a Home by Charlotte Voake (a fairly new copyright which reminded this patron of the book in the first place). If you can help, please E-mail me directly at cvcharron@yahoo.com. Thanks! Connie Charron Children's Services Librarian Haggard Library Plano, TX ------------------------------ From: "Jamie Holtsclaw" <jholtscl@in-span.net> To: "Pubyac" <Pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Re: copyright information and radio programs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 02:21:29 CST Hello, All! I apologize for taking so long to reply with the information about reading stories over the radio. It looks like I was wise to ask for input! Reading stories over the radio or even into our dial-a-story requires a release from the publisher of the material. It can take up to 6 months to get permission, so there is a lot of advance planning required. (Way more trouble than I want to mess with!) Thanks to all of you who responded -- and saved me from a lawsuit!!! Jamie Holtsclaw Children's Librarian Greensburg Public Library jholtscl@in-span.net www.greensburglibrary.org ------------------------------ From: "Miss Karen" <kidslib@plattsburghlib.org> To: "PUBYAC" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Dragon / Fiddle Stumper Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 02:44:57 CST Hi, All! I have a book title stumper for the PUBYAC collective brain! =20 A patron asked me this evening if I knew the title of a book that is set = by a body of water where the people keep throwing in their shoes! There = are a brother and sister in the story and the brother plays the fiddle = which the sister loves hearing! A dragon/sea monster comes out of the water lured by the brother's = fiddle playing and wearing one of every pair of shoes tossed in the = water. The patron remembers hearing the story read to him when he was in = college in the late 80's and early 90's. He also said the illustrations = reminded him of the ones in "The Fool of the World & the Flying Ship". I can't wait to hear the answer to this one because I know someone out = there is sure to recognize this and come through with the answer. You = are such a knowledgeable and reliable group! E-mail me directly please and I will post the answer to the list. = Thanks! Karen Ricketson kidslib@plattsburghlib.org Karen Ricketson Children's Services Plattsburgh Public Library=20 19 Oak Street Plattsburgh NY 12901=20 518-563-0921 ext. 29 / VoiceMail ext. 76 kidslib@plattsburghlib.org ------------------------------ From: Terrill <trumpeter2@shaw.ca> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: revisiting the clean YA Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 03:08:00 CST I've been reading with interest the discussion on clean YA material and = then sorted back through the many messages of this wonderful board to = find the original message on the request for clean YA material. I have to admit that the fact that the reader was grade 5 slipped by me. = I was distracted by the term YA and in my head, YA addresses the age = group of at least 13 year + (though the genre YA contains material much = more mature than that at times in my opinion). Please excuse my = oversight, as I can see that the material in a YA section would be way = beyond a grade 5er in its content. Guess I should practise my listening = skills! Even though the reader is reading at the grade 6 level, it seems to me = that the YA section is the completely wrong section to approach on this. = Perhaps the rating system is different in the grand U. S. of A. but I = would not even leave what we call the Juv section. When you think there = is such books as the Narnia series, the Royal Diaries series, Matt = Christopher sports stories, Eric Wilson mysteries (ooops, Canadian = content!), that would seem to satisfy the reading level of a grade 5/6 = child in both ability and content that is suitable to their life = experience. When I was a young girl, an avid reader and beyond my = ability, I read a lot of biographies. The content challenged my = intellect, and often a non-fiction type book offered more of a = heightened reading level for accomplished readers. To pass along the = most popular 'shelf area' for my grade 5/6/7 group, I have found the J = 940.53 has been very satisfying to my young patrons. It started with my = own reading of 'Hana's Suitcase' (the CLA 2003 Book of the Year for = Children). I recommended it to a few young patrons, they loved it and = came back and asked me for more of the same. This is what I would call = the true war story experiences of children. Dramatic yes, but many are = done with compassion and a sense of consideration of the age group when = being written. The other endlessly popular group of reading material is = the animal stories. I'd also like to add, that for the advanced reader, = there are times when a hop to the adult section can help. There are some = animal stories there, and possibly some biographies that are simply = written and may be suitable. Some teens come in asking for 'Chicken Soup = for the Teenage Soul' books too, which are catalogued in adult sections. = This of course takes additional effort on the part of the librarian to = aid in this, and I always try and touch base with the parent and show = them the books I'm thinking of, to run it by them first. They usually = appreciate this help, as shelves and shelves of books are intimidating = and we do know a few tricks of the trade! So, please forgive my exhortations on the angst of the teen .... thank = heavens the grade fiver isn't there yet!=20 Terrill Scott (willing to revisit any topic and grovel!) Fraser Valley Regional Library British Columbia Canada "Let us read and let us dance, two amusements that will never do any = harm to the world." - Voltaire= ------------------------------ From: Robin Shtulman <shtulman@erving.com> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU Subject: TAR: Pacific northwest tale Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 03:37:56 CST Hi: I'm resending this, as I am hoping someone out there can help. I'm pretty sure it is based on a Pacific Northwest tale. Thanks! Begin forwarded message: > > Does anyone out there know the book that the new Disney movie, > "Brother Bear," is based on? > Thank you so much! Robin Shtulman Librarian Erving Elementary School Erving, MA shtulman@erving.com http://www.erving.com/library/erving_library.htm ------------------------------ From: "Kelly Czarnecki" <kczarnec@illinoisalumni.org> To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: computers-to schedule or not to schedule? Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 03:38:40 CST I work at a public library and we are getting ready to start using the CybraryN software. One of the decisions we are going to make is whether to schedule appointments for computers (using the automated CybraryN software) or just having computers available on a first come first serve basis without appointments. If anyone has had experience or would recommend one over the other, please let me know. Thanks! Kelly Czarnecki Young Adult Librarian Bloomington Public Library ------------------------------ From: "Bryce, Richard" <bryce@palsplus.org> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Historical fiction for boys- PUBYAC Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 03:39:06 CST Hi, there! A recent 5th/6th grade assignment has students looking for historical fiction novels excluding WWII and the Holocaust as that is done later in the year. We have lots of books with female characters but not too many with male ones. Besides the My America books, can you recommend some of your favorites? I'll post a list. Thanks in advance. Enjoy the rest of the week. Richard Bryce West Milford Township Library bryce@palsplus.org <mailto:bryce@palsplus.org> 973-728-2823 "All it takes is one good deed to change the world for good."- Rabbi Menachem Schneerson "So many things have made living and learning easier. But the real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and to be cheerful and have courage when things go wrong."- Laura Ingalls Wilder ------------------------------ From: "Mitchel, Ruth" <Ruth.Mitchel@ci.corvallis.or.us> To: "Ruth Shafer" <rshafer@fvrl.org>, Subject: RE: xy magazine Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 03:39:43 CST The Corvallis-Benton County Public Library has XY in our YA Magazines = collection. It has been challenged twice; both times the patrons wanted = it to be in the Adult Magazine collection. After the review processes = for each, we have retained it in the YA Magazine collection. Feel free to contact our library director if you'd like more = information.=20 Carolyn Rawles-Heiser 645 NW Monroe Ave. Corvallis, OR 97330 (541) 766-6910 Carolyn.Rawles-Heiser@ci.corvallis.or.us =20 Ruth H. Mitchel, Youth Services Librarian Corvallis-Benton Co. Public Library 645 NW Monroe Ave. Corvallis, OR 97330 (541) 766-6784 Ruth.Mitchel@ci.corvallis.or.us=20 -----Original Message----- From: Ruth Shafer [mailto:rshafer@fvrl.org] Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 9:36 PM To: Pubyac Subject: xy magazine Do any of you carry XY? We have it shelved in our Teen Mags section but wonder where you all shelve it....YA or Adult. Thanks Ruth rshafer@fvrl.org ------------------------------ From: Jean Gullikson <JGulliks@stout.dubuque.lib.ia.us> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: computer scheduling software MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 03:40:19 CST Hello All- I am seeking ideas from libraries that are using computer scheduling software, such as Pharos or Cybrarian, to monitor use of your public terminals. Our library will be installing software on our networked word processors, internet computers, and CD-ROM stations to help limit the amount of time patrons spend on the computers so everyone can have a turn and to assist us with the recordkeeping. A valid library card will be required to gain access to these terminals. How do you handle the young people who do not have cards for one reason or another - parent won't let them get one, child lost the card & can't pay for a replacement, child too young to get a card (our patrons have to be able to print their first name to get a card), etc.? I am also looking for creative procedures for handling the distribution of "guest cards" for children who will be using once or twice (if they are here on vacation or visiting relatives). Please respond off-list to me. Thanks in advance! Jean Gullikson Children's Services Manager Carnegie-Stout Public Library Dubuque, Iowa jgulliks@stout.dubuque.lib.ia.us ------------------------------ From: Cindy Mediavilla <cmediavi@ucla.edu> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: call for contributors/internship book Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 03:40:54 CST please feel free to post widely Dear Colleagues, I have been contracted by Scarecrow Press to edit a monograph tentatively entitled _Public Library Internships: Advice from the Field_. The book would incorporate approximately 25 articles on various aspects related to the public library internship experience across the US. The intended audience includes public librarians, library managers, and library educators. Topics include: Developing effective public library internship programs from the library perspective Developing effective public library internship programs from the student perspective Internships in children=B9s departments Internships in reference departments Internships in branch libraries Internships in technical services Internships in public library archives and local history collections Internships as a recruitment tool for librarians from diverse backgrounds Developing a mentor relationship If you have expertise in any of these areas and would like to contribute a chapter, please contact me at cmediavi@ucla.edu. Deadline for chapter submittals: March 2004. Cindy Mediavilla cmediavi@ucla.edu ------------------------------ End of PUBYAC Digest 1261 *************************
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