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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: Saturday, December 13, 2003 2:00 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 1287
Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Donna exposes ballad of the bold librarian by Terrill <trumpeter2@shaw.ca> 2) carryin on with Mari-on by Terrill <trumpeter2@shaw.ca> 3) query: cataloging felt board sets, puppets by aheide@crdl.org 4) stumper by Judy Looby <jrlooby@yahoo.com> 5) Re: Max's chocloate movie? by "Kim Dolce" <kdolce@co.volusia.fl.us> 6) Stumper-house by "Nancy Mobley" <NMobley@imcpl.org> 7) Thanks for Max help by "G Gallagher" <gglibrarian@hotmail.com> 8) Stumper: problem-solving by Ellen Heaney <eheaney@nwpl.ca> 9) Electronic newsletter by "Theresa Maturevich" <theresam@ocln.org> 10) Stumper: 70's title, mentally challenged neighbor by Joanna.Nigrelli@ci.austin.tx.us 11) Series book program ideas by "Melissa Depper" <mzdepper@ald.lib.co.us> 12) Re: YA Nonfiction Substance Abuse Series by nkoebel@birchard.lib.oh.us 13) Re: Max's chocloate movie and a note about classic Weston Woods by "Carol and Gary Levin" <cglevin@access4less.net> 14) query: paging/tracking down patrons for callers - procedure/policy? by aheide@crdl.org 15) African American Romances by "Brenda Evans" <evans@madison-jeffco.lib.in.us> 16) Stumper - Short story - "Thankful straws" (?) by "BALIS/PLS/SVLS System Reference Center, SF Branch" 17) holiday poem by "April Mazza" <AMazza@minlib.net> 18) Loaning of Laptops - Long by "Janet Coulas" <jcoulas@post.library.on.ca> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Terrill <trumpeter2@shaw.ca> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Donna exposes ballad of the bold librarian Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 14:54:14 CST What a great night for mail ..... do I even ask where thou dost found this wee ballad? The treasure found in the library! Thanx Donna! Terrill "Let us read and let us dance, two amusements that will never do any harm to the world." - Voltaire ------------------------------ From: Terrill <trumpeter2@shaw.ca> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: carryin on with Mari-on Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 14:54:35 CST Its great to have this kinda fun .... what a great memory, Rob, right up there with Marions 5 other Marions! There must be a book in here! Thanx for the smiles, Terrill "Let us read and let us dance, two amusements that will never do any harm to the world." - Voltaire ------------------------------ From: aheide@crdl.org To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: query: cataloging felt board sets, puppets Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 14:54:58 CST Hello! Please excuse cross-posting. Do any of you catalog your puppets, felt-board sets, or any other kiddie realia for circulation? If so and you'd be willing to share how you've made records for these items, we would be very interested. Thanks! Anne Anne Heidemann, MLIS Youth Services Coordinator Librarian Chippewa River District Library System Mount Pleasant, Michigan aheide@crdl.org 989.773.3242 x14 ------------------------------ From: Judy Looby <jrlooby@yahoo.com> To: Pubyac pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: stumper Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 14:55:16 CST I have another stumper that I hope someone can help with. As usual, I don't have much to go on. Here is the description the patron gave: People living on an island--they outgrow it, start dredging, building canals, enlarging the island. The patron read it when he was 15 and thinks it was new in the early 80s. It's an oversize book with lots of pictures. If anybody has any ideas, reply to me offlist, and I will post the answer. Thanks. Judy Looby Young People's Librarian Charleston, IL jrlooby@yahoo.com ------------------------------ From: "Kim Dolce" <kdolce@co.volusia.fl.us> To: <gglibrarian@hotmail.com>,<pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Re: Max's chocloate movie? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 14:55:39 CST >>> "G Gallagher" <gglibrarian@hotmail.com> 12/11/03 21:21 PM >>> Does anyone know if Rosemary Wells' Max's Chocolate Chicken has been = animated?=20 Yes, it was done by Weston Woods, and is available in our library system. = Try this link for Scholastic. It seems that the film is still available. http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/westonwoods/searchresult.asp Kim E. Dolce Children's Librarian Port Orange Regional Library Port Orange, FL 32129 kdolce@co.volusia.fl.us ------------------------------ From: "Nancy Mobley" <NMobley@imcpl.org> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Stumper-house Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 14:56:07 CST Hello all, =20 A patron remembers a book that she read several years ago. A family wants to sell their house. Several potential buyers like the house but they don't buy it because the house is lacking a feature. The family add the feature. This keeps happening. The family likes all the improvements that they made and decide to keep the house. Any suggestions what the title might be? =20 Nancy Mobley Interim Central Library Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library nmobley@imcpl.org ------------------------------ From: "G Gallagher" <gglibrarian@hotmail.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Thanks for Max help Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 14:56:27 CST Thanks to everyone who let me know that Weston Woods had made Max's Chocolate Chicken into a film. I should have known! Happy holidays to all of you! Genevieve Genevieve Gallagher Youth Services Librarian Orange County Public Library Orange, Virginia _________________________________________________________________ Tired of slow downloads and busy signals? Get a high-speed Internet connection! Comparison-shop your local high-speed providers here. https://broadband.msn.com ------------------------------ From: Ellen Heaney <eheaney@nwpl.ca> To: PUBYAC <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Stumper: problem-solving MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 14:56:48 CST Help. I've been looking for some time for a book for a patron.She works with promising, but "difficult" children. They have leadership potential but do not know how to channel it. She wants: wild animals working together under a leader to solve a problem, suitable for 9 year olds (I rather think boys), and I think it would be a combination of reading to them and having them read themeselves. With thanks Lynne Close New Westminster Public Library ------------------------------ From: "Theresa Maturevich" <theresam@ocln.org> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Electronic newsletter MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 14:57:12 CST Hi all- My library has been awarded some grant money to develop an electronic newsletter highlighting library events that patrons could access via our website. Does anyone out there have any experience in creating pdfs for this purpose? Which application did you use? Any links you can send me to your own library newsletters would also be helpful. Thanks so much, Theresa Maturevich Children's Librarian Norwell Public Library Norwell, MA 02061 (781) 659-2015 ------------------------------ From: Joanna.Nigrelli@ci.austin.tx.us To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Stumper: 70's title, mentally challenged neighbor MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 14:57:36 CST Hi, Everyone, I would appreciate any help regarding this patron request for a book she read as a kid shortly after the death of her grandmother in the mid-1970s. Here is what she remembers: ---cover of the book is the picture of a neighborhood with a little girl playing hopscotch on the sidewalk ---the girl's neighbor is a mentally challenged woman named Anna who lives with her parents. she is friends with the neighborhood kids and becomes ill and dies at the end of the story ---the title may have something to do with neighbors, neighborhoods, or the name of a street I've looked through Best Books and WorldCat. Thanks for helping us out! Joanna Nigrelli Wired for Youth Librarian www.wiredforyouth.com joanna.nigrelli@ci.austin.tx.us ------------------------------ From: "Melissa Depper" <mzdepper@ald.lib.co.us> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Series book program ideas Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 14:57:58 CST Hi, PUBYAC-- Just as many of you have done already, my library has decided to put together some programs based on popular series books for this winter and spring. I have just recently started reading PUBYAC again and as a result my personal archives is still very skinny! If anyone has a saved idea compilation on any of the following series, and can send it along to me, I would greatly appreciate it. We are looking to do Captain Underpants, Lemony Snicket, A to Z Mysteries, and Frog and Toad. If there is not a compilation for one of these floating around, I would be happy to put one together. Thanks for your help! Melissa Depper Youth Services Librarian Koelbel Main Library Arapahoe Library District Centennial, CO mzdepper@ald.lib.co.us ------------------------------ From: nkoebel@birchard.lib.oh.us To: amom124@yahoo.com Subject: Re: YA Nonfiction Substance Abuse Series MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-language: en Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 14:58:19 CST We keep YA level nonfiction in our Adult collection. Some of the publishers and series that we like for middle school age students on this topic are: Opposing Viewpoints - Gale/Greenhaven Drug Abuse Prevention series - Rosen Junior Drug Awareness series - Chelsea Coping series - Rosen Drug Library series - Enslow Current Controversies series - Gale/Greenhaven Drug Education series - Lucent Just the Facts series - Heinemann Twenty First Century books (no series title) Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Drugs - Chelsea Impact Series - Watts I also saw some we classify as J series by Children's Press and Watts, so you might want to check the reading levels. Most of these series are continually revised to keep them current. Our copyrights for most are late 90s and 2000 and newer. Nancy Koebel Birchard Public Library of Sandusky County nkoebel@birchard.lib.oh.us ----- Original Message ----- From: ann chapman <amom124@yahoo.com> Date: Thursday, December 11, 2003 9:51 pm Subject: YA Nonfiction Substance Abuse Series > Dear Collective Brain: > > We had a suggestion from a middle school student that we should > have more > books on substance abuse/addiction for student reports. Our reference > librarian has been looking for a good YA series on the subject > with no luck. > Any ides out there? > > Thanks, > Ann > > > > "The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, and all the sweet > serenity of > books." > Longfellow > 'Morituri Salutamus', 1875 > > > > Ann Chapman > Marshall District Library > Marshall, MI > > ------------------------------ From: "Carol and Gary Levin" <cglevin@access4less.net> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Re: Max's chocloate movie and a note about classic Weston Woods MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 14:58:46 CST NOTE: Pubyac readers may be interested to know that Scholastic has recently released many of the WONDERFUL Weston Woods videos on compilations for the home market (they can be found at Amazon.com under "Scholastic Video Collections") A/V selectors should be aware that the video versions and the DVD versions of the titles differ. Each DVD contains 2 or 3 "bonus" stories -- some of which I have used over and over in my (public performance versions) for storytime -- e.g. "Changes, Changes." Videos list for $9.95; DVD's for 14.95, but Amazon is selling all 11 DVDs for $92.40. Baker and Taylor doesn't sell them but Newsound/Allegro does. Any library that circulates home videos/DVDs and doesn't already have these stories in the old "Children's Circle" collections should definitely think about acquiring them -- they are gems! Regarding "Max's Chocolate Chicken" -- I looked at all the title details in Amazon and it looks like it has not yet been released in this new series. It was included on three compilations from Weston Woods/Children's Circle videos and is probably also available in a public performance version directly from Weston Woods (I write this from home so can't check the catalog on my desk). Title More holiday stories [videorecording]. Pub info Weston, Conn. : Weston Woods ; c2001 Contents One zillion valentines -- Sam and the lucky money -- Max's chocolate chicken. Title The Rosemary Wells library [videorecording] / Weston Woods. Pub info Weston, Conn. : Weston Woods ; [New York] : Scholastic, c1998. Noisy Nora narrated by Mary Beth Hurt ; Max's chocolate chicken narrated by Clayelle Dalferes ; Max's Christmas: voice, Jenny Agutter & Rex Robbins. Title Max's chocolate chicken [videorecording] : and other stories for young children / Children's Circle. Pub info Weston, CT : Children's Circle Home Video ; Distributed by Wood Knapp Video, 1993. Contents Max's chocolate chicken / Rosemary Wells -- Each peach pear plum / Janet and Allan Ahlberg -- Picnic / Emily Arnold McCully -- The circus baby / Maud and Miska Petersham. Hope this helps. Carol Levin Juv. A/V Librarian Somerset County Library Bridgewater, NJ Enjoy Life! This is not a Dress Rehearsal! ----- Original Message ----- From: "G Gallagher" <gglibrarian@hotmail.com> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 9:22 PM Subject: Max's chocloate movie? > Does anyone know if Rosemary Wells' Max's Chocolate Chicken has been > animated? I checked on her website, but there wasn't any information about > animated films of her books. > Thanks, > Genevieve > > > > Genevieve Gallagher > Youth Services Librarian > Orange County Public Library > Orange, Virginia > > _________________________________________________________________ > Shop online for kids' toys by age group, price range, and toy category at > MSN Shopping. No waiting for a clerk to help you! http://shopping.msn.com > ------------------------------ From: aheide@crdl.org To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: query: paging/tracking down patrons for callers - procedure/policy? Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 14:59:08 CST Hello! Please excuse cross-posting. We're wondering if anyone out there has a policy for how to handle callers who ask library staff to page or track down patrons in the library. A potential cause for concern is the case of an estranged parent who tries to locate a child by calling around town - the library staffer would have no way of knowing that this caller is bound by a restraining order or etc. We also do not offer baby-sitting or in any other way keep track of the patrons in the library and do not want to further the impression that we do. If anyone has a policy for this kind of thing, we would appreciate your response! Thank you! Anne Anne Heidemann, MLIS Youth Services Coordinator Librarian Chippewa River District Library System Mount Pleasant, Michigan aheide@crdl.org 989.773.3242 x14 ------------------------------ From: "Brenda Evans" <evans@madison-jeffco.lib.in.us> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: African American Romances MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 14:59:31 CST Hi, I want to thank all of those who sent me information on African-American Romances. I am sorry that I have not had time to really organize these, but here is the list: Beverly Jenkins' Josephine & the Soldier. Another way to dance" by Martha Southgate is only partially about romance (a high school girl deals with a challenging summer session in the American Ballet Theater as well as her parents' divorce), there is a very sweet boy in it. Since you're addressing middle school age, I'm not sure if these are appropriate, but BET publications called Arabesque. They're more on the adult level, but are more similar to Harlequins, so the degree of romance can vary. What I like about them is that the females tend to be career-types, so they would offer a more positive role model than the typical YA stuff, which I agree is very negative. I also found a religious teen series with an African-America female character named Payton Skky, published by Moody. If your teens are inclined that way, you might check them out. They're a lot about abstinence and that kind of stuff. I don't believe she's a ghetto character, either. These are more adult but Tracee Lydia Garner has Come What May, and a new one due out in February. She has a website with links to other romance writers, both black & white. Teegarner.com I have a list of African American Romances on my website -- ATN Reading Lists. http://nancykeane.com/rl/524.htm There is also a list of books with a positive portrayal of African American girls. http://nancykeane.com/rl/704.htm Nancy African American Romance Belle and the Beau features an African-American couple. Jenkins, Beverly. Born in Sin, by Evelyn Coleman Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes Come a Stranger" by Cynthia Voigt (This book involves characters from Voigt's "Tillerman" books - "Dicey's Song," "The Homecoming," and "A Solitary Blue-" but features Mina Smiths with a romantic African-American storyline.) Crystal, by Walter Dean Myers Darkness Before Dawn, by Sharon Draper Drive By written by Lynn Ewing Forged by Fire, by Sharon Draper If You Come Softly by J. Woodson. It deals with a bi-racial romance, she is white and he is black. Keesha's House by Helen Frost Like Sisters on the Homefront, by Rita Williams-Garcia. Good for teens, not recommended for under 13. Making Waves by Applegate, Money Hungry, The Skin I'm In, by Sharon G. Flake, excellent for middle schoolers. Othello: A Novel - Lester, Julius. Romiette and Julio, by Sharon Draper Spellbound, by Janet McDonald Tears of a Tiger, by Sharon Draper The Bluford Series. The books are printed by Townsend Press Brenda Evans, Children's Librarian Madison-Jefferson County Public Library 420 West Main Street Madison, IN 47250 (812) 265-2744 evans@madison-jeffco.lib.in.us ------------------------------ From: "BALIS/PLS/SVLS System Reference Center, SF Branch" To: "Pubyac" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Stumper - Short story - "Thankful straws" (?) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 14:59:57 CST A patron is looking for a story that they saw several years ago in some Sunday School material, that may have been called "The thankful straws". The story was about a modern shepherd family, headed by a grandfather, with two parents and three or four children, who (possibly) lived in a trailer. Grandfather had a special nativity scene he set up each year that he had brought home for his wife years before. They had a tradition of placing straws in the manger every day before Christmas for things they were thankful for. There was a recurring phrase throughout the story; something like "...because grandfather was always patient and kind". The Sunday School where this story was seen is Protestant, but not necessarily a specific group such as Baptist, etc. The patron still attends the church and has asked about it there, but without success. The story was not in a book, but printed as a couple of pages in some old Christian education materials. We've been able to find descriptions of this tradition of placing straws in a manger during the advent season (for good deeds done, or things to be thankful for), but have not found this particular story. Does anyone recognize it? Or have any suggestions as to where we might find it? Please send any replies directly to us at srcsf@mindspring.com, as we are not subscribers. Thank you! - Catherine Sylvia BALIS/PLS/SVLS System Reference Center, SF Branch c/o San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin Street, 3rd floor San Francisco, CA 94102 tel: (415) 552-5042 fax: (415) 552-5067 email: srcsf@mindspring.com ------------------------------ From: "April Mazza" <AMazza@minlib.net> To: "PUBYAC" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: holiday poem Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 15:00:21 CST Hope you all enjoy this holiday poem written by a colleague of mine. He writes a brilliant one every year! April Mazza (Wayland, MA) Dear Gang: To herald the holiday season, I am sending you all my newly-penned, hot-off-the-presses, freshly-minted poem that I hope will liven up your library day. (Although everyday is a holiday in the library world!) 'Twas the Night Before Christmas - The Sequel 'Twas the night before Christmas To say more there's no needing For not a creature was stirring We were all in bed reading But with three raps on the roof To the tree we were scurryin' When down through the chimney There came.....a librarian She brought a sack full of books That she held strong and steady And she announced to us all To go and get our cards ready She handed me "Dr. Seuss" While full of laughter and zeal She gave dad "Robert Parker" And mom the new "Danielle Steel" She said, "I'm waiving your fines Now I must go, I can't stay" Then she stamped all our items And got back on her sleigh And then I heard her exclaim With her sled's skyward streaks "Take good care of those books They're due back in two weeks!" Happy holidays: Mark A. Malcolm Maynard Public Library ------------------------------ From: "Janet Coulas" <jcoulas@post.library.on.ca> To: "PUBYAC" <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Loaning of Laptops - Long Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 15:00:44 CST Here is a compilation of replies regarding the loaning of laptops. Thanks to everyone who replied. This information will be a tremendous help to us at the Petawawa Library. This list is long. Cons From: Janet Graham [JGraham@city.barrie.on.ca] Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 5:51 PM To: Janet Coulas Subject: RE: Loaning of Laptops We do not loan laptops. Barrie Public Library From: Barry Church [bchurch@town.grimsby.on.ca] Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 8:39 AM To: Janet Coulas Subject: RE: Loaning of Laptops No. 1. they are way too expensive in my view. Are you prepared to take people to small claims court to recover them? 2. we have enough problems trying to keep public pc's in the library working. Laptops would have the software screwed up constantly. Just my 2 cents. Barry From: anceo [anceo@on.aibn.com] Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 9:33 PM To: Janet Coulas Subject: Re: Loaning of Laptops We don't have any laptops or other computers to lend out. I don't think it is a good idea myself. So many virus etc. The cost of repairs... Rachel MacGillivray CEO/Librarian French River Public Library From: Gogama Public Library [glibrary@onlink.net] Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 2:09 AM To: jcoulas@post.library.on.ca Subject: Re: Loaning of Laptops Hi Janet, The Gogama Public Library does not have laptops at the moment. The library board talked about the loans of such items a few years back. We decided that it would be a very bad idea, the system would come back (who knows how?) it what kind of shape, only knows. The system might not even come back at some point. It would be a very costly lost or even infected with viruses and such. Hope this helps Sue Primeau Volunteer Head-Librarian Gogama Public Library P.O. Box 238 GOGAMA, Ontario P0M 1W0 705.894.2448 glibrary From: Amy Mans [aperrier@andrew.cmu.edu] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 9:56 AM To: jcoulas@post.library.on.ca Subject: Re: Loaning of Laptops Hi Janet, I know that the University of Pittsburgh loaned laptops a few years back, then they stoped and now I think they're moving back to loaning them out again. I remember reading an article written by them discussing the pros and cons of the service but I can't for the life of me remember where it was I saw the article. Your best bet would be to contact them directly (412) 648-3330 (Hillman Ref Desk). I probably came across the article in one of thier online databases during one of my visits to the library. I did find another article in library lit (which I have access to from home). I included the citation below. I bet there are alot of other articles out there as well about this sort of service. Hope the information helps. Take care, Amy Mans A Wireless Laptop-Lending Program: The University of Akron Experience. Source: Technical Services Quarterly v. 20 no2 (2002) p. 1-12 Journal Code: Tech Serv Q Additional Info: United States From: molly stcavish [mstcavish@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 3:46 PM To: jcoulas@post.library.on.ca Subject: Re: Loaning of Laptops we tried this. Damage was not the problem as we loaned all in leather cases. The problem was people trying to use them by installing software for various printers, scanners. This made out limited hard drive space screwed up and then some programs wouldn't run. I suggest a firm firewall between the public and your innards. ===== mstcavish@yahoo.com From: Jan Leak [jmleak@niagarafalls.library.on.ca] Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 4:50 PM To: jcoulas@post.library.on.ca Subject: Replying off list... Hi Janet, I'm replying off list as this is just of the top of my head and not much thought given to it. Playing devil's advocate my arguments against would be 1. Security not damage - is someone on staff going to throughly check each laptop when it comes back for viruses, spyware and to make sure that a patron hasn't left private files on laptop , then the library will be liable for passing on someone's personal information ? 2. What if the patron uses it for something illegal e.g. child pornography ? is the library liable ? 3. what if spyware is installed by someone who later checks out the laptop again and is able to retrieve personal information ? 4. Do you have a written policy or agreement in place that a user must sign before borrowing, what's to stop someone from formattng the hard drive and erasing all data, 5. Being used by many people could lead to a really messed up machine and keep in mind that if parts are needed laptops generally go back to manufacturer 6. Who in the library is going to be giving support if needed. My assistant here and myself spend a lot of phone time giving support to patrons who can't use the catalogue properly can't use our electronic databases cos their cookies aren't set right or their machines are set up wrong. My theory is that if it's something we provide then we will also give the support for said object. But it's a lot of time and expertise. 7. As you might be gathering I am not a fan of the idea. I am going to be hopefully buying a laptop for a branch head here who works in 2 branches on a regular basis and even she is going to be asked to sign a document laying out what can and cannot be done and laptop will be returned to IT for checking every 2 months. 8. Are you going to charge the patron the full amount if it's lost? I have trouble getting $28 for a book sometimes I can't imagine trying to get payment for a laptop. :-D Jan Leak, Systems Administrator Niagara Falls Public Library 4848 Victoria Avenue Niagara Falls ON L2E 4C5 Phone: 905-356-8080 Fax: 905-356-7004 HYPERLINK "http://www.nfpl.library.on.ca"www.nfpl.library.on.ca Pros From: Angie Woodson [awoodson@mail.greenwood.lib.in.us] Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 8:17 AM To: jcoulas@post.library.on.ca Subject: Re: Loaning of Laptops I know of an Indianapolis inner city branch who loans laptop computers to kids. The laptops have to stay in the building and to rent one, the kids simply give the librarians one of their shoes! I don't think they've lost a laptop yet :) From: Larry & Tania Guyer [theguyers@pacbell.net] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 12:45 PM To: jcoulas@post.library.on.ca Subject: Re: Loaning of Laptops 12-05-03 Hi. In a recent article by Walter Minkel in School Library Journal, he writes about laptop loan programs. A HS librarian is discussed in this article. She barcodes the laptops, and lends them to students for a 24 hour period. The article was written between September and November; check on Proquest, or whatever periodical database you have access to. Tatiana Guyer Library Coordinator Mayfield Junior School Pasadena, CA From: nkoebel@birchard.lib.oh.us Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 9:52 AM To: jcoulas@post.library.on.ca Subject: Re: Loaning of Laptops We don't loan laptops, but when we started loaning e-book readers, we had to institute strict policies in case all of the parts weren't returned, so you might want to think about that as well. We had to make patrons sign a specific agreement when they were borrowed that assured they were responsible for any damage to the readers, and since they were worth about $300, that could be expensive. Also, you may want to make sure a product like Deep Freeze is installed so patrons can't change (add or delete) the programs you have on the laptops. Deep Freeze would be run probably when they are returned and would restore the laptop to it's original settings. Nancy Koebel Birchard Public Library of Sandusky County nkoebel@birchard.lib.oh.us From: stai [stai@vineland.lib.nj.us] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 3:36 PM To: jcoulas@post.library.on.ca Subject: RE: Loaning of Laptops Dear Janet, We received an ACE grant with the local school district and used the money towards purchasing 50 i-book laptops. Twenty-five were used in the library and 25 were allowed to be taken home. All you needed was a library card. Children were allowed to take out the computers because they were purchased by the schools. However, lending wasn't limited to just children. Computers had internet access and word processing capibilities. Patrons who took home the computers could plug them into their phones to access the school's internet network. Patrons were able to take the i-books home for a week. Patrons would have to save projects to the hard drive. We had detachable floppy disk drives that we would use to save their projects on computer disks, but we didn't give them to the patrons or let the patrons use them. All the computers were hooked up to print to the reference desk, but they'd have to bring the computers back to the library in order to print. The program began in late 2000 and was very popular. Because of high usage of computers, inevitably some were damaged. Right now we have about 11 in working condition and they are only able to be used in the library by students in grades 3-12. We received another ACE+ grant where the schools will purchase 11 laptops (IBM) but these will only be allowed to be used a select group of students who use KidBidz. This is a new grant so we are still working on it. There is an article about our i-book laptop program at the following address: http://www.webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=1004188. If you have any questions, please let me know and I can refer you to our Head Reference Librarian. Hope this helps. Sincerely, Samantha Tai Children's Outreach Librarian Vineland Public Library 1058 East Landis Avenue Vineland, NJ 08360 stai@vineland.lib.nj.us From: Stephanie Borgman [sborgman@hcpl.net] Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 9:55 AM To: jcoulas@post.library.on.ca Subject: RE: More on Loaning Laptops Harris County Public Library (suburban Houston and the provinces) has wireless connectivity in all of our branches. In addition to allowing any user with their own laptop free access in our buildings we also supplement our fleet of desktop pcs with laptops that can be checked out for in library use. I believe the loan period is two hours, but I'd have to check on that. I can tell by reading the October 2003 System Report that there were more than 1100 laptop checkouts across our 26 branch system. All of our public computers, laptop or desktop, are equipped with the complete Microsoft Office Suite. As you might expect the laptops are most popular in our less affluent communities where home computer and internet access is not the norm. We initially began using wireless laptops in some of our most crowded facilities where we literally could not squeeze in any more desktops. They were so well received that we pursued grant funds in order to be able to offer wireless access and in library loans of laptops in all of our branches. Comparing usage patterns on our laptops with public sessions initiated from patron owned laptops makes interesting reading, but no solid patterns yet. Good luck, Stephanie Borgman Stephanie Robinson Borgman Juvenile Specialist Harris County Public Library Houston, Texas (713) 749-9000 sborgman@hcpl.net From: Tasha@greenlakelibrary.org Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 8:16 AM To: jcoulas@post.library.on.ca Subject: RE: More on Loaning Laptops We have a group of 5 laptops for use in the library. We have had them for almost a year now and the program is a great success with no damage to any of the laptops. We also run a program that erases any changes when the laptop is shutdown and have had no problems at all with people monkeying with them. We have them connected via wireless, so they all have word processing, Internet and printing capabilities. We also reserve them for groups to use in our meeting room as a lab. I'd be happy to answer any questions you have. Tasha Saecker Caestecker Public Library Green Lake, WI From: EWillRead@aol.com Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 6:32 AM To: jcoulas@post.library.on.ca Subject: Re: More on Loaning Laptops How wonderful. I'm in an elementary school here in Northern Virginia. Some of our students are severly limited by their family's income level. Often near project time we stay open to give students additional time on computers. Do you have information from Microsoft and Sherif to share. We might be able to get grant monies to help with this project. Thanks Emma Williams From: OdonLibrarian@aol.com Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 7:02 PM To: jcoulas@post.library.on.ca Subject: Re: More on Loaning Laptops In a message dated 12/6/2003 1:17:43 AM US Eastern Standard Time, pubyac@prairienet.org writes: One more question - Does anyone currently loan laptops for in library use? We just started recently. The laptops are actually owned by our local school corporation. They received a grant to purchase them and put them in the public library. (It's part of "No Child Left Behind".) We have a wireless internet connection for them and they print on the library printer. It's actually very wonderful. We're a very small library and generally only offer internet access on two of our three public desktop computers (reserving the other one for young children). The five laptops are often all checked out. I put a 2-hour circulation time on them but no "overdue" fee. They're to remain in the library at all times. Right now the kids can access their school e-mail at the library but the school tech guy is still working on getting them set up so that they can access the files they've saved at school and do more work on them at the library. We're not technically monitoring how they're being used, but one popular activity is to grab one of our few DVDs and pop it into the laptop to watch. We have a couple of sets of headphones to help with the noise level when several get to watching at once. This goes beyond your question, but the school also has laptops that they send home with 4th- and 6th-grade students. I'm not sure how that's working out. Because of the library involvement in the grant for the laptops, I was at the school board meeting where this was first discussed. I found it ironic that another agenda item that same evening proposed that the school get out of the business of loaning out calculators because so many of them had been lost or broken. No one else seemed to notice any connection between those two topics. Marsha Marsha Lynn Odon Winkelpleck Public Library Odon, Indiana Magazine Articles Articles courtesy of Tatiana Guyer Library Coordinator Mayfield Junior School Pasadena, CA Loaning laptops School Library Journal New York Jul 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Authors: Walter Minkel Volume: 48 Issue: 7 Pagination: 30 ISSN: 03628930 Subject Terms: Portable computers Libraries Education Abstract: The 26 laptops assigned to the heavily Hispanic and African-American Wakefield High School, which has 1,600 students, have circulated more than 1,200 times over the past school year, largely to students without home computers. Although the school libraries have an overnight checkout policy in order to give everyone an opportunity to borrow the laptops, the librarians have an option to be flexible. Copyright Cahners Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier, Inc. Jul 2002. The wireless student & the library School Library Journal New York Summer 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Authors: Bill Drew Supplement: Net Connect Pagination: 16-17 ISSN: 03628930 Subject Terms: College students Wireless networks Portable computers Library science Companies: Company Name: State University of New York at Morrisville NAIC: 611310 Abstract: To participate in the laptop program, faculty must demonstrate how the laptop would improve the learning process of the students involved. All participants receive an IBM laptop and Raytheon wireless card. The student laptop for fall 2001 was a ThinkPad A22m with a 800 MHz Pentium III processor, 192 MB of memory, 20 GB hard drive, 56K internal modem, 4MB ATI Rage video card, 24X CD-ROM, 12.1 " LCD, and a 3'/2" floppy drive. Copyright Cahners Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier, Inc. Summer 2002 Product pipeline School Library Journal New York Fall 2002 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Authors: Jenny Levine Supplement: Net Connect Pagination: 10-11 ISSN: 03628930 Subject Terms: Library science Product introduction Personal digital assistants Abstract: For Librarians? As wireless connectivity becomes more pervasive and storage capacity increases, patrons who access our services will be able to take more and more information away with them. Assuming, of course, we're prepared to send digital files to their devices, whether they are cell phones, PDAs, MP3 players, or laptops. Librarians need to start talking to vendors and publishers now in order to prepare to serve patrons who will carry their entertainment in their pockets. Copyright Cahners Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier, Inc. Fall 2002 Tablet rasa for schools School Library Journal New York Feb 2003 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Authors: Walter Minkel Volume: 49 Issue: 2 Pagination: 30-32 ISSN: 03628930 Subject Terms: Portable computers Personal digital assistants Abstract: The tablet looks like a laptop screen without the keyboard, which means it's about half the weight of a typical seven-- pound laptop. The 13 companies that currently market tablet computers-including Fujitsu, Acer, Toshiba, and Hewlett-Packard-offer ways to attach a keyboard and CD-ROM/DVD drive to the device, and a few, such as Acer's model, come with a permanently attached keyboard. Copyright Cahners Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier, Inc. Feb 2003 Janet Coulas Children's Librarian jcoulas@post.library.on.ca Petawawa Public Library 16 Civic Centre Rd. Petawawa, ON K8H 3H5 ph: 613-687-2227 fax: 613-687-2527 ------------------------------ End of PUBYAC Digest 1287 *************************
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