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Today's Topics:
1. child left alone in library (Mary K Chelton)
2. Summer Reading Collaborative: "Discover New Trails @ Your
Library" (Stephanie Stokes)
3. snack ideas for music (Lorraine Getty)
4. Response Theresa Maturevich's Request for Braille Books Order
Source, PUBYAC V. 10 ISSUE 48 (M. Mills)
5. PUBYAC Password coming (PYModerate)
6. Animerica magazine ad (Christine L. Tyner)
7. Re: Fairy Houses Program (Grace Slaughter)
8. Job Announcement (Jenny Worth)
9. Patron with Alzheimer's (Robin Watters)
10. ?"In Disgrace" (a poem) (Shari Haber)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 15:04:23 -0500
From: Mary K Chelton <mchelton@optonline.net>
Subject: [PY] child left alone in library
To: sjones@ci.pleasanton.ca.us
Cc: pubyac@prairienet.org
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Just a reminder that the first edition of Latchkey Children and the
Public Library, written by two committees of ALA divisions-one from
PLA and one from ALSC is now over 10 years old and still answers many
questions about policies concerning kids left alone in the library.
Mary K. Chelton
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Mary K. Chelton Ph. D.
Professor
Graduate School of Library and Information Studies
254 Rosenthal Library
Queens College
65-30 Kissena Blvd.
Flushing, NY 11367
w (718) 997-3667 direct; 3790 office; 3797 fax
h (631) 286-4255
mchelton@optonline.net
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 11:59:23 -0800
From: Stephanie Stokes <stephanie@ssdesign.com>
Subject: [PY] Summer Reading Collaborative: "Discover New Trails @
Your Library"
To: pubyac@lists.prairienet.org
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Hi PUBYAC folks,
For those of you who struggle with Summer Reading Program
promotional materials, programing ideas, booklists, puppet
plays, video and audio PSAs, and artwork, then wish you had
the artwork in digital format to customize your own flyers
and stuff you should check this out!
This National Collaborative Summer Library Program organization
is the greatest thing since sliced bread -- now if it would only
sweep my kitchen floor!
It's time to share the fun! Drum roll...
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California discovers new trails by joining 27 other States
in the National Collaborative Summer Reading Program!
When Lewis and Clark launched the Corps of Discovery on to
the trail west they took with them a knowledgeable guide
and everything they could possibly need on their journey.
This year, public libraries, The California Center for the Book,
Huell Howser, Sunset Magazine, lii.org, and others have begun
a journey of discovery guided by a 500 page manual and
graphics CD, provisioned with the work of famed artist Mark
Buehner and packed with everything needed (including Spanish
materials and resources!) on the march to the "Discover New
Trails" summer reading program.
Now is the time to plan your expedition to next year's summer
reading program "Dragons, Dreams, and Daring Deeds @ Your Library."
The journey begins at the California Summer Reading Program
Collaborative Web site at http://www.casummerreading.org
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So lace up your boots, throw your pack over your shoulder
(with the manual graphics CD inside) and hit the trail to
a successful, fun and value-packed summer reading adventure
for your library patrons.
The 2005 Manual/Graphics CD, Teen Manual, full color
Product Brochures featuring 50 plus promotional
materials and incentives will ship this August 2004.
# # # #
I will be flying to Madison, Wisconsin mid-April for the National
Collaborative Summer Reading Conference and will come back with
lots and lots of info to share. I am very excited!
______________________________________________________
Stephanie Stokes, Coordinator
California Summer Reading Program Collaborative [CA-SRPC]
phone: 818-980-7476
e-mail: stephanie@casummerreading.org
URL: http://www.casummerreading.org
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 12:27:11 -0800 (PST)
From: Lorraine Getty <lgetty1969@yahoo.com>
Subject: [PY] snack ideas for music
To: PUBYAC <pubyac@lists.prairienet.org>
Message-ID: <20040326202711.61649.qmail@web40412.mail.yahoo.com>
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Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 18:02:41 -0600
From: Frances Easterling <mabm@cmrls.lib.ms.us>
Subject: [PY] snacks
Frances,
How about...
1. popcorn, incorporating listening to it pop (might
not work for a large group!)
2. trying to make music blowing into pop bottles
filled with diffrent levels of liquid
3. making percussion shakers out of sunflower seeds,
nuts or similar snacks - eat some and make a little
instrument out of some
4. serving butter or sugar cut-out cookies to appear
as notes or instruments
Lorraine Getty
Forsyth, IL
Can anybody think of some snack ideas for music? Our
theme this year is "Read to the Beat". Outside of
using white chocolate and dark brown chocolate
brownies for a piano board I cannot think of anything.
Frances Easterling
Magee Public Library
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 16:09:18 -0600
From: "M. Mills" <mmills@leaguecitylibrary.org>
Subject: [PY] Response Theresa Maturevich's Request for Braille Books
Order Source, PUBYAC V. 10 ISSUE 48
To: pubyac@lists.prairienet.org
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20040326160325.00a6ece0@10.92.0.254>
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I have ordered Braille books of different kinds from Seedlings Braille
Books for Children Catalog, P.O. Box 51924, Livonia, MI 48151-5924 (13967
Farmington Road) 800-777-8552
email seedlink@aol.com
Once I received the editions, I contacted Lighthouse for the Blind in the
Houston area. They bound all the different editions using a bracket-type
system of binding, most of the items unless board books were 8 1/2" X
11"
and up to 5" thick for middle school fiction, for instance. The
Lighthouse
specialists also placed braille lettering on clear plastic covers for each
title. I sent them a nice thank you....
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 16:39:18 -0700
From: "PYModerate" <pymoderate@pallasinc.com>
Subject: [PY] PUBYAC Password coming
To: <pubyac@lists.prairienet.org>
Message-ID: <000501c4138b$9100b0e0$4674a9cd@jeffcolib.org>
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PUBYAC is set so that a reminder of your password should be sent to you at
the end of each month. Since we haven't been in operation for a month yet,
I am taking that on faith.
However, it is important that you keep this first password reminder. You
may need it to go to your Options and clear out a Bounce score.
Also, many of you have a Welcome message that has the wrong password in it
because you were subscribed twice, and you didn't receive the 2nd
Welcome message. Many of you have reported that you never received a
Welcome message at all during the migration. You need the password to
access the Prairienet archives and to change your options.
Most importantly, I will be asking all of you to check your subscription and
see if you have a high bounce score. We all received high bounce scores
when PUBYAC was going through its migration woes. The scores are supposed
to
reset, BUT for some reason that the IT people cannot figure out, they are
are not resetting. The problem is that, for many of you, IF your e-mail
bounces just one more time, your subscription will be disabled and you will
have to go into the Options and re-enable it anyway.
To reset your bounce score:
1. Click into the PUBYAC Info page.
https://mail.prairienet.org/mailman/listinfo/pubyac
2. Accept the Security Alert. This is a good thing.
3. Scroll all the way to the bottom.
4. Enter your e-mail address into the box next to the Unsubscribe or Edit
Options Button.
5. Hit that same button.
6. Enter the password and hit Log In.
7. At the top of this page, you MIGHT see a paragraph that says something
like: "We have received some recent bounces from your address. Your
current
bounce score is 7.0 out of a maximum of 8.0." If you get this, you
need to
clear the bounce score, so keep following these directions. If you don't
see this, there is no problem and you can quit out.
8. Scroll down this page to Your PUBYAC Subscription Options and the large
grey boxes.
9. The first option, Mail delivery--Postpone or Restart, is the one you will
need to reset a bounce score.
10. Click Disabled, then scroll down to the bottom and hit the Submit My
Changes button.
11. Scroll down to the grey box again and click Enabled, then scroll down
to the bottom and hit the Submit My Changes button again.
12. Check the top of the page. The paragraph about the bounce score
should
be gone.
13. Log out.
That's it. I will send out these directions again after the passwords get
sent out to everyone, but if you do have your password, you can take care of
this right now.
Shannon VanHemert
PUBYAC Moderator
pymoderate@pallasinc.com
PUBYAC website: www.pallasinc.com/pubyac
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 14:44:27 -0800 (PST)
From: "Christine L. Tyner" <tynercl@yahoo.com>
Subject: [PY] Animerica magazine ad
To: pubyac@lists.prairienet.org
Message-ID: <20040326224427.3253.qmail@web20905.mail.yahoo.com>
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Hello. Awhile back I requested suggestions regarding
purchase of an anime/manga review magazine to add to
our periodical collection and received several
recommendations for Animerica. Well, our first issue,
April 2004, came today and I noticed a provocative ad
(to say the least) following page 78. I had ordered
this for our teen magazine area but am a little leary
now. For those who have it, is this ad typical of the
magazine? Where do you shelve it in your collection?
We just have one magazine area with the teen magazines
grouped together and the childrens magazines grouped
together (next to the teen ones). Much of the content
is going to be attractive to children (such as Astro
Boy and Sailor Moon) but the "adult" material makes it
inappropriate (even dicey for teens). Any feedback
would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Christine
tynercl@yahoo.com
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Christine L. Robinson
Betty Warmack Branch Library
Grand Prairie, TX
972-237-5773
972-237-5779 fax
tynercl@yahoo.com
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 17:15:38 -0600
From: Grace Slaughter <gslaughter@bham.lib.al.us>
Subject: Re: [PY] Fairy Houses Program
To: Sylvia LEIGH Lambert <leighpubyac@yahoo.com>
Cc: pubyac@lists.prairienet.org
Message-ID: <4064B99A.348CD04D@bham.lib.al.us>
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What's wrong with gender specific programs? Next time have a program
specifically for guys! Just keep the opportunites.
Patrick Jones has advice about targeting programming for specific
audiences. The specifics might be grade level, might be gender, might
be a particular interest.
g
Sylvia LEIGH Lambert wrote:
> Hi All, I'd like to plan a "Fairy Houses" program ala the Tracy
Kane
> book(s) and video--see http://www.fairyhouses.com/.
(This site
> mentions a few schools and libraries that have had successful "Fairy
> House" programs; I'm thinking of writing them with my concerns and
> questions.) Has anyone out there done such a program? How did you
> 'handle' the possible 'gender-fication' of it--that is, did you just
> 'go with' the fact that a program like this attracts more girls than
> boys? What did you try to do to appeal to boys?--or to make it 'more
> acceptable' for them and their concerned parents?--I'm thinking of
> possibly trying a related craft of "fairy wands and troll
poles"--the
> latter to connect with more boys--not sure what a troll pole would be
> exactly--perhaps just a more 'masculine' version of basic fairy
> wands. I also welcome ANY 'fairy' programming ideas--not just those
> related to fairy houses. I know there are some good fairy craft books
> and even a recipe book for the likes of mudpies, etc. Storytime lists
> welcomed, too. Thanks in advance,Leigh
>
> Sylvia LEIGH Lambert, MSLS Student
> University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
> School of Information and Library Sceince
> leighpubyac@yahoo.com
> sllamber@email.unc.edu
>
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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 15:08:25 -0700
From: Jenny Worth <jworth@jefferson.lib.co.us>
Subject: [PY] Job Announcement
To: "'PUBYAC@prairienet.org'"
<PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Message-ID:
<95F27A5127AE5043A0895E33C2B01266027FE354@amber.jeffco-lib.org>
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POSITION: Librarian III-IV (Children's Services) #24-131
Part-time 20(hpw), Columbine Library, Jefferson County, Colorado
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 4/29/04
QUALIFICATIONS: Requires a Master's degree in Library Science. Must be
flexible to work occasional evenings, weekends, and minor holidays.
DUTIES: Position will provide reference assistance in the Children's Room to
children, care-givers, and other individuals working with children.
Additional responsibilities include providing reference assistance using
community, manual, and electronic resources, including online searching;
conducting tours and story times; creating displays; developing special
programs; assisting with the development and delivery of children's programs
and patron education; reviewing and recommending materials and collaboration
on collection development. Reports to the Head of Children's Information
Services.
SALARY: $19,100 to $20,500 (20hpw) Annually (depending on years of
experience) BENEFITS:
* Excellent benefits package including health, dental, vision, and
retirement.
* Vacation, holiday, sick leave, and personal days.
* Training Opportunities.
* Relocation expense reimbursement possible.
APPLY: A current resume and Jefferson County application must be completed.
Applications are available online at http://jefferson.lib.co.us,
click on
"Join Our Team." Please return to Jefferson County Human
Resources Dept.,
800 Jefferson Pkwy, Suite 140, Golden, CO 80401; 303-271-8400.
Jefferson County Public Library makes employment decisions without regard to
an individual's race, color, religion, creed, sex, age, national origin or
disability.
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Message: 9
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 13:11:33 -0800 (PST)
From: Robin Watters <robinw53@yahoo.com>
Subject: [PY] Patron with Alzheimer's
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Message-ID: <20040326211133.73413.qmail@web10411.mail.yahoo.com>
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Hi All,
I have a patron who recently told me he has
Alzheimer's. I have been aware he's a bit "high
maintenance" but haven't given it more thought than
that.
The other night, though, his adult daughter dropped
him off with her two children (perhaps 5 and 6 years
old) while she went to a class.
I don't know much about how Alzheimer's progresses,
but I can't help but be concerned that these children
are being left in his care in my building. This seems
like a situation that bears watching.
Does anyone have any knowledge of the progression of
Alzheimer's a/o the appropriateness of young children
in the care of someone with Alzheimer's? Are my
concerns unfounded?
Robin Watters
Fort Bragg, CA
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Message: 10
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 14:03:36 -0800
From: "Shari Haber" <shaber@mcls.org>
Subject: [PY] ?"In Disgrace" (a poem)
To: "Difficult library reference questions list"
<STUMPERS-L@LISTSERV.DOM.EDU>
Cc: pubyac@prairienet.org
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Here's one for the "oldies and moldies" file. I have a patron who is
desperate (she's asked the same question of two different libraries) to find a
1935-vintage poem which is probably titled "In Disgrace." It was
written by a M. Leona Harig to accompany the Bessie Pease Gutmann picture of the
little girl who is hiding her face in a corner while her little dog (Rusty)
stands beside her. The poem begins something like this: One day my little
dog and I, Rusty is his name/
You can read a little more of this poem, and its history, at the following Web
site:
http://www.bessiepease.com/prints/In_Disgrace.html
This is just a guess, but the poem may be in Gutmann's book, "Nursery Poems
and Prayers." Unfortunately, I do not have access to this book, so I cannot
check it. (Between the originating librarians and I, we've checked Gutmann's
other books.) Can anyone out there in E-Mail land check this book, or do
you know where I can get the words to the poem? I am rapidly running out of
options. TIA.
Shari Haber
MCLS Reference Center
shaber@mcls.org
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