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PUBYAC Digest, Vol 10, Issue 7
Today's Topics:
1. Re: Laura Ingalls Wilder Program... (Melissa MacLeod)
2. Looking for books about rain for toddlers (Elaine)
3. RE DVD restriction questions (Tatar, Becky)
4. Stumper - Cumulative Story (Rob Reid)
5. bit my tongue (teresa lamorte)
6. Library literacy programs have positive influence,
study
finds (Rockingham Youth Library)
7. the day Teresa bit her tongue! (Terrill)
8. Nancy Tafuri visit (Penney Betsold)
9. Carol Weston visit (Carrie Silberman)
10. Library Card Holder Craft (Chris Gibrich)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 11:40:51 -0500
From: "Melissa MacLeod" <mmacleod@sailsinc.org>
Subject: [PY] Re: Laura Ingalls Wilder Program...
To: <barbarascott@hotmail.com>,
<PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
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We just had a Little House on the Pairie Party as well. On February 21 we
had 30 children and their families for stories, tea (iced) refreshments and
activities. I read two of the Little House picture books then sat them for
tea and cookies. After that we put on some traditional folk music, lots of
fiddle and square dancing stuff, and they participated in different activity
stations or did dancing. We also made paper quilts from card stock,
construction paper and patterned scrapbooking paper. We made paper dolls
from the accu-cut machine. The dolls were made out of cardstock and we
punched around the top of the head with a small punch and looped in yarn for
hair, used buttons for eyes and had fabric clothes glued onto separate
cardtock jumpers and shirts. We bought sticky back velcro so the clothes
could come on and off the dolls and they could change outfits - big hit! We
also made prairie journals and felt and ribbon headbands based on the crafts
found in Inside Laura's Little House by Carolyn Strom Collins.The only real
cost was the velcro and food, minimal cost was felt, ribbon, fabric and
patterned paper, which we had a lot of in scraps, and we threw a party for
30 (prepped for 36 with some last minute cancellations) for under $15. The
kids looked great, they dressed up in bonnets, jumpers, prairie skirts and
such and everyone had a great time. I'll do this one again!
Melissa MacLeod
Carver Public Library
2 Meadowbrook Way
Carver, MA 02330
(508) 866-3415, ext. 17
Fax: (508) 866-3416
mmacleod@sailsinc.org
www.carverpl.org
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 08:50:19 -0800 (PST)
From: Elaine <mailforsilver@yahoo.com>
Subject: [PY] Looking for books about rain for toddlers
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Message-ID: <20040302165019.39550.qmail@web20422.mail.yahoo.com>
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I'm planning a toddler story time program for the spring about rain/umbrellas.
I'm having a hard time finding very easy/basic picture books about this theme.
Please pass along your recommendations to mailforsilver@yahoo.com.
I would truly appreciate it!
Thank you!
Elaine
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 20:12:14 -0600
From: "Tatar, Becky" <bltata@aurora.lib.il.us>
Subject: [PY] RE DVD restriction questions
To: "'pubyac@lists.prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@lists.prairienet.org>
Message-ID:
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After having restrictions - 18 and over, then HS and over, except for R
rated titles, we now have no restrictions on videos or dvds
Both have the same policy/procedures:
No check out limit - only as many as patrons' wallets want - titles are $1
each
2 week check out
$1 per day overdue fines, no grace period
Patrons fined $1 per item for any av returned in bookdrop. Our fine range
is 30 days, so the fines top off at either $30 or the cost of the tape. So
anytime a tape is more than 10 days overdue when returned, we are always
checking prices. Of course, for most patrons, this only happens once.
Patrons are responsible for damage to tape (of course, unless the tape is
Dumbo, or Annie, etc, that has circulated about 200 times!)
Hope this helps!
Becky Tatar
Unit Head, Periodicals, Audiovisual
Aurora Public Library
1 E. Benton Street
Aurora, IL 60505
PHONE: 630-264-4100
FAX: 630-896-3209
www.aurora.lib.il.us
E-mail: bltata@aurora.lib.il.us
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 07:45:30 -0600
From: "Rob Reid" <reid@ifls.lib.wi.us>
Subject: [PY] Stumper - Cumulative Story
To: <pubyac@lists.prairienet.org>
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I'm passing on this request from one of my system member libraries:
"I had a patron in this am that would like to check out a book that she
found here a few years ago for her older children. Some of the story goes like
this: "There's a moose on the loose, and a bad tempered goose, and a pig
that is big..." She said that each page added another animal,
etc."
Please reply directly to reid@ifls.lib.wi.us
if you know the book. Many thanks - Rob
Rob Reid
Youth Services/Special Needs Coordinator
Indianhead Federated Library System
1538 Truax Blvd, Eau Claire, WI 54703
715-839-5082, ext. 14
Fax: 715-839-5151
reid@ifls.lib.wi.us
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 10:52:08 -0500
From: "teresa lamorte" <imtess0@lycos.com>
Subject: [PY] bit my tongue
To: pubyac@lists.prairienet.org
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Dear Yackers,
Father and his son and came in looking for the
"famous women". I couldn't resist--I said "don't you see them,
they're everywhere". We all chuckled. Then later on, as I was helping him,
father suggested Martina Navritilova, I said "great". Father
then says, "she's kinda half and half!" Wanted to slap him for
his narrow-minded views and for example he was setting for his son! I just
mumbled "whatever" and walked away. The more things change... So much
for awareness. Has anything similiar happened to anyone?
---Teresa LaMorte
Youth Services
Half Hollow Hills Community Library
Dix Hills, NY
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 12:32:19 -0500
From: "Rockingham Youth Library" <bfyouth@sover.net>
Subject: [PY] Library literacy programs have positive influence,
study finds
To: <pubyac@lists.prairienet.org>
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Greetings!
If you haven't seen this yet, I recommend checking it out. You can find
the full article at
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2001865570_literacy26m.h
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Library literacy programs have positive influence, study finds
By Linda Shaw Seattle Times staff reporter
Librarians have long believed they provide more to their youngest
patrons than a good time and an engaging story. Now they have more data
to prove it.
A study of two dozen library literacy efforts released yesterday at the
Public Library Association's conference in Seattle concluded that such
programs motivate parents to spend more time reading to babies and
preschoolers and helping them learn about letters, words and books.
The study was one of two reports released yesterday at the conference,
which is expected to draw more than 8,000 librarians and others.
Both reports set out to document the value of libraries to society at a
time when many library budgets across the nation are shrinking.
The second report, sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,
started with good news: Free access to the Internet is now available in
95 percent of libraries nationwide, compared with 28 percent in 1996.
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Samantha Maskell, Youth Services Librarian
Rockingham Free Public Library
65 Westminster Street
Bellows Falls, Vermont 05101
802.463.4270
bfyouth@sover.net
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 09:49:55 -0800
From: Terrill <trumpeter2@shaw.ca>
Subject: [PY] the day Teresa bit her tongue!
To: pubyac@lists.prairienet.org
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Oh, my ... there are weeks my tongue had blisters Teresa! Your example is a good
one ... one of mine? A parent of quite a large family, looking in the
non-fiction section of the childrens books. I only overheard this, so my tongue
biting was a private affair .... children kept picking out books, ran them by
the mother, upon which she said more often than not, "no, not that
one" ... her reasons varied from, too many pictures, information might be
wrong (said in the dinosaur part of Dewey), I don't like that one ... and on and
on. I don't mean this to sound judgemental, and bravo for her being there with
her kids, but, gee ... there must be something useful in the library! They did
leave the branch with a couple books .... guess it turned out okay for them in
the end. And thats the main thing, right??
One is tempted but doesn't actually say things ... the father in your story?
Would you like to have had him explain loud and clear just what half and half
means? Innocently of course, "Oh, what do you mean by that sir?"
Good thing there are people that are thrilled at most of what we say and do! A
community survey for us recently came back that showed a 93% satisfaction rate
with the service they got in our library. I have no trouble extrapolating that
to many libraries out there. Cheers to us all, and just keep the listerine
coming for those sore tongues of ours!
Terrill Scott
Fraser Valley Regional Library
British Columbia Canada
www.fvrl.bc.ca
"Let us read and let us dance, two amusements that will never do any harm
to the world." - Voltaire
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 12:21:09 -0800 (PST)
From: Penney Betsold <pbetsold@yahoo.com>
Subject: [PY] Nancy Tafuri visit
To: pubyac@lists.prairienet.org
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We are thinking of inviting Nancy Tafuri to our library for an author visit.
Has anyone else had her as a speaker? If so, how did it go? Also,
could you give us a ballpark figure on how much she charged for the visit?
Thank you,
Penney Betsold
Dickinson Memorial Library
Northfield, MA
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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 15:24:29 -0500
From: Carrie Silberman <csilberman@nysoclib.org>
Subject: [PY] Carol Weston visit
To: "'pubyac@lists.prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@lists.prairienet.org>
Message-ID: <F1146CAF78216947B678708F959DB284023627@nyslpdc.nysl.org>
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I am posting this message on behalf of author Carol Weston, who is
interested in visiting libraries to share her newest Melanie Martin
adventure, "With Love From Spain, Melanie Martin" (Knopf). You may
also
recognize Carol as the popular author of "Girltalk" and "For
Teens Only," as
well as "Dear Carol" from Girls' Life magazine. Carol is interested in
visiting libraries in and near New York City, but is happy to travel further
if transportation is provided.
Carol has spoken at my library on several occasions, and has an amazing
connection with children and teens. Her "Diary" program is
particularly fun
and inspiring--in addition to talking about Melanie, she also shares diaries
from her childhood and adolescence and encourages kids to keep them as well.
She also does wonderful programs for older teens and parents. I can't
recommmend her highly enough!
For more information, you can contact Carol at carolwords@aol.com
<mailto:carolwords@aol.com> .
Her website is melaniemartin.com.
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Message: 10
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 21:10:09 +0000
From: "Chris Gibrich" <library_groupie@hotmail.com>
Subject: [PY] Library Card Holder Craft
To: pubyac@lists.prairienet.org
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Good afternoon!
After over a year of renovations, my library branch is reopening at the end
of April. We wanted to have a relatively simple craft that the kids could
do without too much staff assistance, and be able to take home and finish if
they wanted to. We hit upon the idea of making library card holder
necklaces, and I was wondering if anyone had any experiences they would like
to share, and if they had any patterns/directions/suggestions.
Thanks in advance!
:) christie
Christie Gibrich
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