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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: Monday, December 01, 2003 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 1279

    PUBYAC Digest 1279

Topics covered in this issue include:

  1) Read Across America
by "Betsy Johnson" <bljohnson@hdpl.org>
  2) Re: poetry slams
by "Sean P. S. George" <seanps@george.net>
  3) Re: Reading Motivation and boys
by Mermaid787@aol.com
  4) story phone
by deb bodner <d_bodner@yahoo.com>
  5) Re: Tom Hanks in Polar Express
by Rebecca Smith <read2yourbunny@yahoo.com>
  6) CD-ROMs and Public Library Circulation
by Renee Christiansen <reneechr@lancasterlibraries.org>
  7) Stumper answers - videos on character developement
by "Robin Benoit" <rbenoit@mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us>
  8) ?Fantasy Story
by "Shari Haber" <shaber@mcls.org>
  9) Re: Tom Hanks in Polar Express
by Lorie O'Donnell <Lodonnell@midyork.org>
 10) Youth Services job in Santa Monica, CA
by "Ellen Braby" <ellen-braby@ci.santa-monica.ca.us>
 11) Stumper: Fairy Tale Book
by "Martha Lund" <mlund@columbus.rr.com>
 12) ?Story @ Prince
by "Shari Haber" <shaber@mcls.org>
 13) RE: Tom Hanks in Polar Express
by "Tobin, Renee" <Rtobin@ci.rancho-cucamonga.ca.us>
 14) RE: poetry slams
by Sarah Cofer <scofer@worthingtonlibraries.org>
 15) Madonna question
by Robinson Public Library <robpublibyouth@yahoo.com>
 16) Biracial Help
by Rebecca Smith <read2yourbunny@yahoo.com>

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From: "Betsy Johnson" <bljohnson@hdpl.org>
To: "Pubyac@Prairienet.Org" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Read Across America
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Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2003 23:03:48 CST

In honor of Dr. Seuss's 100th birthday, our library would like to do
something special.

We are looking for a public library on the East Coast interested in doing a
joint Read Across America program with us via teleconferencing.  We are in
Nevada on Pacific Time.  Ideally the program would be held on March 2, 2004
at 4:00 Pacific, 7:00 pm Eastern.

If you are interested and have teleconferencing capabilities please contact
us.

Thanks,

Betsy Johnson
Head of the Children's Department
Paseo Verde Library
Henderson District Public Libraries
280 S Green Valley Parkway
Henderson, NV 89012

bljohnson@hdpl.org (702) 492-6581

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From: "Sean P. S. George" <seanps@george.net>
To: jhoffman@suffolk.lib.ny.us
Subject: Re: poetry slams
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Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2003 23:05:36 CST

Well,
We had a partial slam (i.e. we allowed reading of published work as well
as original material) for Teen Read Week and, due to popular demand, we
have done for our standing Thursday afternoon program slot about every
other week since then. I have to say that, while many of the kids/teens
are not the most animated readers, they obviously love poetry.

Hope this is what you were looking for.

--Sean

<><><><><><><>
Sean P. S. George, Senior Librarian- Youth Services
Memphis/Shelby County Public Library & Information Center
Raleigh Branch Library
3157 Powers Road
Memphis, TN 38128
901-386-5333
georges@memphis.lib.tn.us
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Views expressed by the author do not necessarily represent those of the
Memphis and Shelby County Public Library and Information Center.

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From: Mermaid787@aol.com
To: MyCutiepie@verizon.net
Subject: Re: Reading Motivation and boys
Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2003 23:05:58 CST

Hello,
I am currently a library student and I just wanted to respond on this topic.
I used to be an English teacher, and I held a book club for boys.  We used
to
read about things of their interest like sports, dectective stories,
adventure, science fiction, time travel etc. I highly recommend doing a book
talk for
the kinds of books I mentioned.  I am not sure what age group you are
looking
for but I hope this is a little helpful. Good luck.
Melissa

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From: deb bodner <d_bodner@yahoo.com>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: story phone
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Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2003 23:06:14 CST

Hi all,
I know a while back the topic of story phones or
dial-a-story came up. unfortunately I didn't save
those postings. I'm looking for any information about
story phones. If your library has one I would be
interested in knowing how it works, etc. Please e-mail
me directly.

thanks in advance,

deb
d_bodner@yahoo.com

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From: Rebecca Smith <read2yourbunny@yahoo.com>
To: wjones98@hotmail.com, PUBYAC <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: Tom Hanks in Polar Express
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Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2003 23:06:32 CST

Oh yes, now I remember Chris Van Allsburg
mentioning this last November at an author
appearance. The Houghton Mifflin webpage didn't
work for me, but I just found the movie info
website (see below, it may not load for older
browsers) and watched the movie trailer. I have
to admit, it looks like it's going to be a
marvelous, magical movie, and it'll be hard to
wait til next November to see it!

http://www.empiremovies.com/movies/2004/the_polar_express.shtml


Rebecca



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Children's Librarian, at large
read2yourbunny@yahoo.com

"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are,
far more than our abilities."
--Albus Dumbledore ( J.K. Rowling)

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From: Renee Christiansen <reneechr@lancasterlibraries.org>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: CD-ROMs and Public Library Circulation
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Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2003 23:07:36 CST

To the Collective Mind:

If your library provides educational CD-ROMs for circulation/borrowing
by patrons -- do you have a disclaimer of some kind in the CD-ROM
packaging that states that a patron must 'un-install' the software after
use?   When a patron borrows the CD-ROM software and has to temporarily
install it on their home computer, they truly aren't the owners of the
license of that software, and thus after use, a patron would need to
'un-install' the software so as not to violate license.
I'm most interested in learning what you may have done to safeguard
license violations for this type of software.  I thank you all in advance.

Kind regards,
Renee
A Librarian who has a Need to Know



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From: "Robin Benoit" <rbenoit@mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us>
To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Stumper answers - videos on character developement
Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2003 23:10:46 CST


Thanks!  I have already had some suggestions for videos for nursery
school children that will teach character development.  The PBS for Kids
"Adventures From the Book of Virtues",  and "Jay-Jay the Jet Plane" have
been suggested.  I will post a complete list as I get more.  Thank you
all so much!

Robin M. Benoit
Children's Librarian
Fairport Public Library
1 Village Landing
Fairport, NY 14450
585-223-3648 ext. 36
rbenoit@libraryweb.org

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From: "Shari Haber" <shaber@mcls.org>
To: "Difficult library reference questions list"
Subject: ?Fantasy Story
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Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2003 23:12:05 CST

I hope everybody had a good Thanksgiving. I have a story that sounds
vaguely familiar, but it is eluding me. Here is how our client explained
it:

It's a children's chapter book, with black and white illustrations, and
concerns a man in what might be a middle eastern marketplace. Some
street performers put a spell on the man and, "in a split second," the
man "lives a whole separate life." She read the book around 1978. Any
ideas? TIA.

Shari Haber
MCLS Reference Center
shaber@mcls.org

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From: Lorie O'Donnell <Lodonnell@midyork.org>
To: <wjones98@hotmail.com>,
Subject: Re: Tom Hanks in Polar Express
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Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2003 23:12:26 CST

Here's the website for the movie:

http://polarexpressmovie.warnerbros.com/

Lorie


Lorie J. O'Donnell=20
Children's Librarian
Jervis Public Library
Rome, NY   13440
lodonnell@midyork.org

--=20
To read a book for the first time is to make an acquaintance with a new
friend; to read it for a second time is to meet an old one.
=8B Anonymous, Chinese saying

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From: "Ellen Braby" <ellen-braby@ci.santa-monica.ca.us>
To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Subject: Youth Services job in Santa Monica, CA
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Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2003 23:13:50 CST

Santa Monica Public Library in Santa Monica, CA is currently recruiting =
for a Youth Services Librarian I.  The position requires an ALA accredited =
MLS.  For the application information, including the supplemental =
application (required), please check out the City's Human Resources =
webpage at http://santa-monica.org/hr/jobs/index.htm

For anyone who is interested, just a little background.  Santa Monica is =
currently building a new Main Library.  Many of our current children's =
programs are being held in City Parks and other off-site locations.  The =
majority of the Youth Services staff are now in cosy (read cramped) =
quarters in one of the branches, along with most of the non-fiction =
collection and much of the picture books and easy readers.  There are also =
2 other branches with good collections of children's materials.  There is =
a temporary Main Library but with extremely limited space, so there is =
only a small collection of children's books there.  Most of the children's =
videos and DVDs are housed in the temporary location, however, along with =
most of the YA collection.  When the new library opens in about 2 years, =
we will have a state of the art building with an exciting collection and =
programming.  This is an opportunity to get in on the ground floor for an =
exciting new library!

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From: "Martha Lund" <mlund@columbus.rr.com>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Stumper: Fairy Tale Book
Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2003 23:14:10 CST

A customer is looking for the name of a children's fairy tale book.  Two =
of the major characters (animals) are Kit (or Kitt) and Trueheart (may =
be two words).  It's at least 30 years old.  He is told it's a classic, =
but that's all he knows.  Can any of you help us identify this one?  =
Thank in advance.
Martha Lund
Assistant Youth Services Coordinator
Columbus Metropolitan Library

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From: "Shari Haber" <shaber@mcls.org>
To: "Difficult library reference questions list"
Subject: ?Story @ Prince
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Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2003 23:14:40 CST

Here's another children's chapter book query from the same patron who
asked about the book that Robin ID'd as the Lukas-Kasha book.  It's
about a young boy who is raised by a poor family. The boy is meant to be
a prince some day, and the story is about the wisdom he gains through
his travels. We have ruled out "Prince Caspian," "Little Lame Prince,"
"Little Prince," and the "Prince and the Pauper."

Any help that you can give will be greatly appreciated. TIA.

Shari Haber
MCLS Reference Center
shaber@mcls.org

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From: "Tobin, Renee" <Rtobin@ci.rancho-cucamonga.ca.us>
To: "'wjones98@hotmail.com'" <wjones98@hotmail.com>, pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: RE: Tom Hanks in Polar Express
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There is a little info from Internet Movie Database as well, www.imdb.com

Renee Tobin
Rancho Cucamonga Public Library

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From: Wanda Jones [mailto:wjones98@hotmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 9:35 PM
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Tom Hanks in Polar Express


I found this vague blurb about Van Allsburgs book hitting the big screen at
http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/booksellers/press_release/polar/index.sh
tml

WJ************************************************************************


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

Children on Happiness by David Heller

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From: Sarah Cofer <scofer@worthingtonlibraries.org>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: RE: poetry slams
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Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2003 23:16:39 CST

Hi Jane,

During Teen Read Week we held a poetry slam at a local coffee shop (our
first one)
We had 5 poets show up. None of them had participated in a slam before. I
went around to each of them and had one-on-one conversations with them about
participating in the slam and how painless it would really be and that it
was just for fun. To my surprise each of them agreed to participate! So we
held a slam of 2 rounds (5 poets the first round, 2 the second) We had three
judges from the audience. It was absolutely amazing and all the poets were
fantastic. We gave everyone a TRW notebook and a pen. Several of them wrote
poems right there on the spot and then got up to read them out loud.
Everyone had a great time and a couple days later a parent came into the
library to thank us for hosting the slam. She said her daughter could not
stop talking about it and that this was the first time she had ever read her
poems out loud. Though we did not have a large turnout, it was very
successful.

Sarah Cofer
Young Adult Librarian
Northwest Library
2280 Hard Rd.
Columbus, OH 43235
scofer@worthingtonlibraries.org
(614)645-2656

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From: jhoffman@suffolk.lib.ny.us [mailto:jhoffman@suffolk.lib.ny.us]
Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 12:34 AM
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: poetry slams


Hi! I am a library student doing a paper on poetry slams for young adults.
I have
quite a bit of useful information but am lacking testimonials from libraries
who
have actually tried it.  Would anyone be willing to share their successes or
failures on this suject with the collective ear?

thanks,
Jane Hoffman
Sayville Library
Sayville,NY

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From: Robinson Public Library <robpublibyouth@yahoo.com>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: Madonna question
Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2003 23:17:07 CST

Can anyone give me the specific date Madonna was on Letterman?  My sister
needs it for a paper she is writing on celebrity authors!  Thanks

Megan Schrey
Youth & Program Librarian
Robinson Public Library
Robinson, IL

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From: Rebecca Smith <read2yourbunny@yahoo.com>
To: PUBYAC <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Biracial Help
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Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2003 23:26:37 CST

Bonnie was having problems posting to PUBYAC, so
I'm posting the following query for her.
Please respond to her directly: kinglet@sover.net


From: Bonita Dundas
Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 10:31 PM
Subject: biracial help

I have a mother with a four-year old son (mother
white, dad black) and divorced. There is a South
American dark-skinned  man in the picture with
the mother.
The child is having difficulties with his
identity, Who is he? Where does he fit? They are
looking for books about children like him. I
don't think they are looking for "black is
beautiful" kinds of books. I'm not sure they
really know what exactly they are looking for.
Remember he is four!

FYI - We live in Vermont and there are not  large
populations of people of any color except white.
The fact that there are not many people in their
situation is probably part of the problem: not
having others to talk to.


Bonnie Dundas    kinglet@sover.net
Bennington, VT

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