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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"
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Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 1305
Topics covered in this issue include: 1) restrictions on library cards by Terrill <trumpeter2@shaw.ca> 2) Mock Newbery results by Melody Allen <melody02888@yahoo.com> 3) RE: Library card restrictions by "Tina Shelton" <Tina.Shelton@cityofcarrollton.com> 4) Answer to my search for Teen Author by "Stacie Barron" <sbarron@pelican.state.lib.la.us> 5) compliation of software suggestions by Jaclyn Malach <jaclynmalach@yahoo.com> 6) Last Call for Wilder Nominations by Janice Del Negro <delnegro@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu> 7) dragons programming by susanna.holstein@kanawha.lib.wv.us 8) Re: Library card restrictions by "Jennifer Murphy, Head of the Children's Library" <murphyj@uhls.lib.ny.us> 9) Compilation: Death and Dying - Sibling by "Jennifer Lindsey" <jlindsey@mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Terrill <trumpeter2@shaw.ca> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: restrictions on library cards Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 01:28:51 CST Hi Ellen et all ......... HNY! Regarding restrictions, the only restriction our regional library system = will exercise is a limit on the number of materials. We do this by = putting a note on the patrons card that comes up when they check out = books. (we use Innovative Innopac/Millenium). This is based on the = financial aspect, as the parent/guardian is financially responsible for = the library debts of the child in the eyes of the law (in Canada) up = until age 19. Following that, a financial contract cannot be binding = with a person under age 19 (in Canada). Even though children get library = cards, and the parent/guardian name is on them, we do maintain the right = of confidentiality of the card holder. If they want to read about AIDS, = incest, or date rape ... that is their business. It would be too = difficult to police and the exercising of ones judgement over what = another's youngster reads is not in our domain as library workers ..... = in my humble opinion. Its one thing to make things easier for parents, = but it is another to take away their influence and part in their = childrens life. I for one am pleased to have the opportunity to NOT = judge what a person reads .... which includes my young patrons as well = as the adults. My new two bits worth. Terrill Scott 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: Melody Allen <melody02888@yahoo.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Mock Newbery results MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 21:11:31 CST 19 teachers and school and public librarians voted on the Rhode Island Mock Newbery award and chose Gregor the Overlander as the winner and gave honors to The Way a Door Closes, Olive's Ocean, and Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia. ===== Melody Allen melody02888@yahoo.com ------------------------------ From: "Tina Shelton" <Tina.Shelton@cityofcarrollton.com> To: <Pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: RE: Library card restrictions content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 21:11:48 CST The only restrictions a parent can place upon their children's cards is whether or not the child can check out videos or dvds and whether the child can have no internet, filtered internet or full internet access. The parents fill this information out on the child's library card application. Then, once those choices are put into our system the restrictions are in place. We are constantly letting parents know it is their responsibility to check their kids reading material out. Tina Shelton Youth Services Librarian Carrollton Public Library @ Frankford Village 3030 N Josey Ln #130 Carrollton, Tx 75007 (972)466-4824 tina.shelton@cityofcarrollton.com "Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings." Heinrich Heine from his Play Almansor (1821) ------------------------------ From: "Stacie Barron" <sbarron@pelican.state.lib.la.us> To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Answer to my search for Teen Author MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 21:12:02 CST I started writing individual thank you's to all the people that responded the my question. However, this was just too many to do. So I want to say I really appreciate all the help everyone gave in finding an answer to my question. Everyone said I was looking for Eragon by Christopher Paolini. We currently don't have this book in our system. However, I'll be sure to order it and the books that follow. Stacie Barron Youth Services Librarian Livingston Parish Library P.O. Drawer 397 Livingston, LA 70754 ------------------------------ From: Jaclyn Malach <jaclynmalach@yahoo.com> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: compliation of software suggestions Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 21:12:19 CST A BIG thank you and <smile> to all of you who sent suggestions to me for software ideas for older youth. Here is the compliation. Jaclyn Malach Rowlett Public Library Rowlett,TX Software Recommendations for Older Youth Sim City 2000- teens The Logical Journey of the Zoombinis by Broderbund-an educational game that teaches math logic, but it looks more like a game than anything educational. The story is that the Zoombinis were captured and you have to help them escape by leading them through a series of puzzles that involve sorting and other skills. As you get more Zoombinis to their new home, the difficulty of the puzzles increases. Children from preschool through high school use the game. Although until 6-8 they may need some help. There is a way to practice the puzzles. They go from relatively simple, once you figure out the logic to quite complex. Zoombini games -Zoombinis Logical Journey, and Zoombinis Island Odyssey Oregan Trail 5, fourth grade age range, boys and girls Yukon Trail, around age 10 Disney's Tarzan game, 1st grade-middle school (and dads!) intermediate grade students-backyard sports (backyard baseball, backyard football, backyard soccer) Star Wars Droidworks, but it's pretty involved and kids usually have to leave before they get a whole droid built. I Spy Treasure Hunt and Fantasy, ages 6-10 Harry Potter games, Carmen San Diego, Math Blaster and Reading Blaster for 2 age groups, 6 - 9, and 9 - 12 Pre-K to 5th grade SIM Theme Park or Zoo Madeline Thinking Games Deluxe Magic School Bus Explores the Ocean (or any other Magic School Bus game) Any I Spy game Reader Rabbit Math Adventure ages 6-9 Math Blaster Fisher Price Rescue Heroes Disney’s Princess Magical Dress-up Jump Start Spanish Any Nancy Drew game Any Clifford Game Any Dora the Explorer Scooby-Doo Disney’s Learning Toddler Any Thomas the Tank Engine game Adventure Workshop Grades Preschool-1st Dr. Seuss Finding Nemo, Nemo’s Underwater World of Fun Cat in the Hat ------------------------------ From: Janice Del Negro <delnegro@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu> To: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults & Children" Subject: Last Call for Wilder Nominations MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 21:12:37 CST To ALSC Members: Last Call for Wilder Nominations The 2005 Laura Ingalls Wilder Committee is calling for nominations for the 2005 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award. Administered by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, the award honors an author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made, over a period of years, a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children. Criteria and terms for the award can be found at: http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/ALSC/Awards_and_Scholarships1/ Literary_and_Related_Awards/Wilder_Medal/Wilder_Medal_Terms_and_Criteria4/ Wilder_Medal_Terms_and_Criteria.htm Nominations from ALSC members can be sent to the committee chair via e-mail at delnegro@uiuc.edu, or mailed to: Janice M. Del Negro, Director The Center for Children's Books 501 E. Daniel Street Champaign, IL 61821 Nominations will be accepted until midnight January 5, 2004. Thank you. Janice M. Del Negro, Director delnegro@uiuc.edu The Center for Children's Books http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/~ccb GSLIS/University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign http://www.lis.uiuc.edu ------------------------------ From: susanna.holstein@kanawha.lib.wv.us To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: dragons programming Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 21:12:49 CST This theme is a little limited, certainly. I did a program on dragons once and found that for the most part in mythology and folklore dragons are not friendly creatures. It was difficult to come up with books and stories suitable for my program-and that was just an hour-long program. Here are some suggestions: Castles-lots of kids connect dragons with castles, so perhaps stories featuring castles, make a castle as a craft. There are lots of patterns for this. My favorite is the one with tubes interlocked to build the castle. Some sort of knights/chivalry/dragon contest? Could be a scavenger hunt,= perhaps. This one is obvious, but you could celebrate Chinese New Year during the= summer. Explore the various Chinese calendar animals and their attributes, find out which one each child was born under, etc. Make a dragon sock puppet, use to tell a story like There's a Dragon In My Sleeping Bag by James Howe Make dragon masks, act out a story. This website has a good listing of dragon stories: http://www.dalton.org/libraries/fairrosa/dragon/ Jack and the Fire Dragon is an interesting story, in that there are Appalachian versions. So that could lead to a program of Jack tales. Design-a Dragon contest.=20 Make dragon kites. Jack Prelutsky's book The Dragons Are Singing Tonight has lots of great poems. It could start a program on writing poetry about scary things, or= a program exploring all his work, or a creative writing prompt on what you would do if you had a dragon, or art projects creating dragons=85. Popcorn Dragon by Jane Thayer is older, but could be made into a flannelboard story or puppet show. And of course everyone could eat popcorn. I wonder if one of those Air poppers could be disguised as a dragon? Okay, enough for now. Susanna Holstein Branch Services Manager Kanawha County Public Library Charleston, WV ------------------------------ From: "Jennifer Murphy, Head of the Children's Library" <murphyj@uhls.lib.ny.us> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Re: Library card restrictions MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 21:13:02 CST Hi Ellen, The only restriction my library places on Children's cards is that they can't borrow feature videos or DVDs. I think it's a hold over from when videos were so expensive. We didn't want kids to be liable for expensive items if they lost or damaged them. Personally, I think it is a regressive policy and hope it gets changed soon. But I am concerned that your library is getting involved in parental censorship at all. Why do you have to do either thing - set automatic restrictions on borrowing, or verbally tell kids they can't borrow things? Why not expect parents to stand there in line with their kids if they are so concerned about what gets borrowed?!?!?! Perhaps you could promote awareness of the ALA Freedom To Read concept. Jendy Murphy Albany, NY "Eifert, Ellen" wrote: > Hi and Happy New Year! Restriction questions have come up in my library > system and I would appreciate any feedback from the list. Do any other > libraries place restrictions on children's/minor's cards at the > parent's/guardian's request as to topic (i.e. no wicca materials to check > out to the minor) or format of materials (i.e. no dvds or cds to check out > to the minor). If so, how do you handle the restrictions? > > Our discussion has been a split between wanting to provide information to > everyone vs. parents putting us in the role of "parents" by making it our > job to tell kids at the circulation desk that they cannot check out certain > materials. > > Thanks for your help! Ellen > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Ellen Eifert > Department Head, Children's Services > Voorhees Regional Branch > Camden County Library > 203 Laurel Road, Voorhees, New Jersey 08043 > Phone: 856-772-1636 x3360 > E-mail: eeifer@camden.lib.nj.us > Web: http://www.camdencountylibrary.org ------------------------------ From: "Jennifer Lindsey" <jlindsey@mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us> To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Compilation: Death and Dying - Sibling Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 21:13:16 CST Hello everyone, Thanks to everyone who responded to my request for books about how to explain dying and death of a sibling. As promised here is the compiled list. I tried to include as much information that I had at my fingertips: Jenny Angel by Margaret Wild Morgan's Baby Sister by Patricia Polin Johnson (Resource Publications, 1993) Stacy Had Little Sister by Wende C. Old ( Albert Whitman, 1995) (About SIDS) When I Die, Will I Get Better? By Joeri Breebaart (Peter Bedrick, 1993) You and a Death in Your Family by Antoine Wilson (Rosen, 2001) Healing the Hurt, Restoring the Hope: How to guide Children and Teens Through Times of Divorce, Death and Crisis with the RAINBOWS Approach by Suzy Yehl Marta (Rainbows Inc.) Dancing on the Moon by Janice Roper Molly's Rosebush by Janice Cohn (Stillborn infant) The Empty Place by Roberta Temes Waterbugs and Dragonflies: Explaining Death to Young Children by Doris Stickney (082981180X) Never Too Young to Know by Phyllis Silverman Handbooks of Childhood Death and Bereavement by Charles A. Corr Recovering from the Loss of a Sibling by Katherine F. Donnelly That Summer by Tony Johnston Rudi's Pond by Eve Bunting This Book is for All Kids, but Especially My Sister Libby. Libby Died by Jack Simon Today My Sister Died by Ronee Christy Domske (To order write: Addie and Co., 534 Kathryn Street, New Wilmington, PA 16142 or call 319-653-4313 but the info is from 1990 so I'm not sure how current it is) Where's Jess? (No author but it is a paperback from the Centering Center, 1531 N. Saddle Creek Road, Omaha, NE 68104. ISBN 156123009X, 1982) When Dinosaurs Die by Laurie Brown Let's Talk about Going to a Funeral by Johnston Sad Isn't Bad: A Good Grief Guidebook for Kids Dealing with Loss by Michaelene Mundy Thanks again for helping with this difficult task. ~Jenn Lindsey Jennifer L. Lindsey Children's Librarian Chili Public Library Rochester, NY 14624 jlindsey@libraryweb.org ------------------------------ End of PUBYAC Digest 1305 *************************
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