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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Just curious. Someone could ask this. Well, they could.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Title>How many roads must a man walk down?</Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What are the best graphic novels for a 7-year-old?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Title>Graphic Novels for Early Readers</Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Owly&lt;/em&gt; by Andy Runton&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Back in the late Seventies or early Eighties when I had a lot more hair I read a YA paperback with a plot that I vaguely remember as follows:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Aliens are invading a human-occupied planet&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Three teenage humans discover that they have psychic powers. It might be telekenesis, telepathy, and teleportation.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;(SPOILER ALERT) Using their powers and their quick wits they manage to fight back the alien invasion and win the day&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What is this book?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;UPDATE: We have an answer! But I can't seem to check it as the correct answer!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Title>Book from 70s or 80s about teenage mutants fighting aliens</Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In no particular order...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-The Bone series by Jeff Smith&lt;br&gt;
-The Peach Fuzz series by written by Lindsay Cibos, illustrated by Jared Hodges&lt;br&gt;
-The Amulet series by Kazu Kibuishi&lt;br&gt;
-Babymouse series by Matt and Jennifer Holme&lt;br&gt;
-Any of the Teen Titans Go! collections from a few years back (various authors)&lt;br&gt;
-Jellaby series by Kean Soo
-Owly series by Andy Runton&lt;br&gt;
-Amelia Rules series by Jimmy Gownley&lt;br&gt;
-The World of Quest books by Jason Kruse&lt;br&gt;
-The Courageous Princess by Espinosa&lt;br&gt;
-The Warriors series by Erin Hunter (graphic novels published by Tokyopop)&lt;br&gt;
-Dodgeball Chronicles series by Frank Camuso&lt;br&gt;
-Sardine in Outer Space series by Sfar and Guibert&lt;br&gt;
-Sticky Burr series by John Lechner &lt;br&gt;
-Magic Pickle (the graphic novel, not the chapter books, though they're good, too) by Scott Morse
-the Little Lit series&lt;br&gt;
-To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel by Siena Cherson Siegel with artwork by Mark Siegel&lt;br&gt;
-Fashion Kitty series&lt;br&gt;
-Lunch Lady series&lt;br&gt;
-Otto's Orange Day by Frank Camuso&lt;br&gt;
-Time Warp Trio graphic novels&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Just changed this into a community wiki so that you can edit the entry, if you have enough rep.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't have enough rep to vote for questions or answers.  What do I do?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;After creating your account, you need to ask some great questions and have them upvoted.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The answer to this is in the &lt;a href="http://answers.unshelved.com/FAQ" rel="nofollow"&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Here's how it works: if you post a good question or helpful answer, it will be voted up by your peers: you gain 10 reputation points. If you post something that's off topic or incorrect, it will be voted down: you lose 2 reputation points. You can earn up to 200 reputation per day, but no more. (Note that votes for any posts marked "community wiki" do not generate reputation.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You only need 15 points to upvote other people's questions and answers, so you only need to ask or answer two questions, and have them upvoted, to gain the power to upvote. So just contribute and wait for others to recognize your brilliance.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It seems like this should be a feature of Unshelved Answers, but I can't see how to do this.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Title>Can I comment on a question or answer?</Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You can comment, but only after you have &gt;50 reputation points.  See the &lt;a href="http://answers.unshelved.com/faq" rel="nofollow"&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;When you have achieved enough reputation, an Add Comment option will appear below questions and answers.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't like the manga I've seen (Yu-Gi-Oh, Bleach, Dragonball), but I want to find some that I'll enjoy.  Any advice?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Title>Manga for manga haters</Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'd like some help putting together a comprehensive list of wordless (or nearly wordless) graphic novels for kids of all ages (preschool through late teens).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How did you know children's librarian was the perfect job for you?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Title>How did you know you wanted to be a children's librarian?</Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Grade school:&lt;br&gt;
Owly books.&lt;br&gt;
Polo books by Regis Faller&lt;br&gt;
Bow-Wow Bugs a Bug by Mark Newgarden&lt;br&gt;
Chicken and Cat by Sara Varon&lt;br&gt;
Gon by Mashasi Tanaka &lt;br&gt;
Flotsam by David Wiesner &lt;br&gt;
The Snowman by Raymond Briggs &lt;br&gt;
The Red Book by Barbara Lehmen&lt;br&gt;
Korgi series by Slade&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Middle School:&lt;br&gt;
Mister O by Lewis Trondheim.&lt;br&gt;
Mister I by Lewis Trondheim.&lt;br&gt;
A.I.L.E.E.E.N. by Lewis Trondheim&lt;br&gt;
Robot Dreams by Sara Varon&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
High School:&lt;br&gt;
Fox Bunny Funny by Andy Hartzell &lt;br&gt;
The Arrival by Shaun Tan &lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <HistorySummary>8 revisions, 3 users&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Gene Ambaum&lt;/b&gt; 90%</HistorySummary>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How did you know you would enjoy being a Teen Services librarian?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It seems like there's a real push to get many reference librarians to become adult services librarians.  Are there still reference librarians out there who don't do programming?   Or is everyone involved in programming and/or outreach to adult patrons?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Title>Are reference librarians becoming adult services librarians?  </Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;At what point should a library (or library system) confine its energy to serving the patrons it already has in the building?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Title>How much outreach is too much?</Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What's a good measure for successfull programming?   I always thought of it in terms of dollers per attendee, but I'm not certain if that's the best measure.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What services shouldn't libraries provide?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Title>Libraries shouldn't....</Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm thinking about public libraries-- &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Tax help&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Massage Therapy&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Legal help&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Manicures and pedicures&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Showers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Driving Lessons&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;medical diagnoses&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;dating services&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I often recommend the &lt;strong&gt;Yotsuba&amp;amp;!&lt;/strong&gt; series by Kiyohiko Azuma to friends who don't think they like manga.  Yotsuba is a clueless 10-year-old girl who lives with her father.  The art is simple and spacious (none of those confusing fight scenes found too often in other manga) and the stories are easy to follow and very funny.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What takes up most of your manager's time (or your time if you're a manager)?  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Title>Management time sucks?</Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In my library, most if it seemed to be taken up by scheduling and attending meetings.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'll add :&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Babysitting&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Cleaning up after your dog&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Any ideas for a fun YA book display? Currently I have "Spy-Fi"...trying desperately to avoid more vampires.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Title>Young Adult Display?</Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would be remiss if I didn't suggest using the &lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/bookclub.aspx" rel="nofollow" title="Unshelved Book Club"&gt;Unshelved Book Club&lt;/a&gt; to suggest reading material to your teens. The books fly off the shelves, or so I am told.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Items circ'd per attendee is another way of viewing it, though it seems a bit harsh.
I'd have to say that customer feedback is probably the best way to determine success, but not always easy to measure impartially.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What are the best web sites out there to answer copyright FAQ's?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Valet Parking 
and
Pet Sitting.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The real question I see is what services should library &lt;strong&gt;staff&lt;/strong&gt; provide and what services should libraries provide some form of access to but house but actually provide the service. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One of our branches provides free tax assistance through volunteers during tax preparation season.  The library is merely a conduit for this service and both the volunteers and folks that use the service know that the library is providing access to the assistance in order to serve the community, but is not actually providing the service.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;While there are some things that today are not seen as traditional library things, libraries or all types need to have flexible and adaptive structures in place to look at service and business opportunities quickly and concentrate on having &lt;strong&gt;something for everyone not everything for somebody&lt;/strong&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Adding:
Secretarial Services (no I will not type your paper!)
Laundry Services (yes a mom actually washed a poopie diaper in the womans room sink!)
Psychological Services&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Don't have enough rep to add yet, so I'll just say "The Arrival" Shaun Tan comes immediately to mind.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I always consider it a success if the program has impacted at least one person enough to incorporate and use what they have learned.  They will then share their enthusiasm with others.  Word of mouth is very powerful.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Starting the list:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;General: &lt;a href="http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Music Librarian: &lt;a href="http://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/copyright/Resources/FAQ" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/copyright/Resources/FAQ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you've got enough rep please add on!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I always loved helping people learn &amp;amp; discover new things &amp;amp; it's nice being a resource that doesn't have to wipe noses and tie shoes!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It's not so much the services I think we shouldn't provide, save for ones that we are not trained/legally licensed for (anything legal, tax, or medical).  I think it's more of what services should we provide "on demand."  Case in point: computer literacy.  There still exists a multitude of people who know nothing at all about computers, and librarians tend to be somewhat computer savvy.  However, they got that way over years and years of learning; is it reasonable for us to have to sit down and teach the patron everything we know?  Even answering specific questions (how do I set up an e-mail address) can be time-consuming--and thus a disservice to your other patrons--if a person is scared of a keyboard and mouse.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The solution: workshops.  Explain to patrons that know, we cannot sit down with you for an hour and hold your hands whilst you set up an e-mail address or type up a resume, but we will gladly sign you up for the basic computer skills class that we have every week.  Not having a computer skills workshop?  Then have one.  Even quarterly workshops is better than none, and it gives staff something to offer the patron in lieu of personalized direction.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm just a clerk but I can tell you what a lot of the kids check out. Zombies are still big, why I don't know. Marvel Zombies especially. So is Anime and Manga. Especially fairy tale based ones. I don't actually see a lot of vampire ones. I do see some kids whom are old enough for YA books go back to things like Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys - the old originals, not the new ones. (I was always most fond of Alfred Hitchcock's Three Investigators, myself.) Also graphic novel versions of classic books do well. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;One library in the system I work for tried to have a speed dating night, but the insurance people said no. They thought it would be too dangerous to have people constantly switching tables in a place full of books. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A lot of parents seem to think we're free babysitters. Or in my case, a psychic babysitter! &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think we're pretty covered on services we should offer as it is. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Now I don't know about anyone else, but some people seem to think I'm their therapist. I've heard more problems then many bartenders!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Edit: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So while on behalf of myself I say we're not there to be therapists, on behalf of my attractive single female coworker - we're not there to be your dates either! (Or in my case, be stalked by your creepy self.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;With the economy like it is - people complaining about their fines. If it's something the supervisor can't do or she's not there that day, the manager ends up dealing with it. You'd be surprised how long people will argue about a &lt;em&gt;quarter&lt;/em&gt;! I had one woman whom agreed she owed 25 cents, she just didn't agree on what it was for! Even after I showed her on the computer what it said. She insisted it was for a different book. Between my manager and me it must've taken close to a half hour to satisfy her. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And she had already paid the quarter. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;While I can understand someone trying to get a forty dollar or more fine lowered, I'll never understand the people whom owe less then $20 trying to get out of paying. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It's not a perfect fit, but it reminds me of Sleator's Interstellar Pig.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I believe you've crossed Marvel's New Univers &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psi-Force" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psi-Force&lt;/a&gt; with John Christopher's Tripod Books &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tripods" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tripods&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Do you know of the Halo video game series?  There has been quite a few books and comics based on said games.  Order up a bunch of them, decorate your display with some screenshots from the games (GIS "Halo screenshots" or some variation) and maybe a couple of action figures/toys (they have those inspired by the game as well).  Teenage boys will eat this up.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There is no concrete way to measure the success of a program.  Sure, you'll want to keep attendance and circulation stats, but the only way to really know if the program was great or not is to talk to your patrons and observe how they treat the library afterward.  Did somebody who has never come to the library before come to your program, and now they are there every day?  Did only ten people show up, but they all had a great time?  Is it something patrons are begging for again?  You have to interact with patrons to know if the program was a success or not.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I remember what it was like being a teen.  It seemed as if nobody was on your side when you made a mistake (because you were expected to act like an adult) and nobody respected your opinion (because you were still regarded as a child).  If there was ever anything stressing you out or getting you down, you were told to grow up and stop being so starved for attention.  Nobody took your stressors--friends, school, homework--seriously, because everybody thought they were easy.  I've long since been a teen advocate; actively working with teens, providing for them services they enjoy and materials that help them grow, just seemed liked the next logical step.  Plus, I have yet to socially mature since I was 17 so adults still confuse and baffle me.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I want to do a Halo 3 tournament at our Library, where we have been doing gaming programs for four years running now.  Unfortunately, Halo 3 is rated M by the Electronics Software Ratings Board--the rough equivalent of an R rating for movies.  I don't want to make it an adults-only event, because I know so many of our teens play the game and love it, but our admins are wary of freely allowing teens into an event using Mature material (even though I personally vouch that the game's M rated is ill-gotten).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Help?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I know there's some classic novels that have been written as manga. And there's some Star Trek (classic) manga as well. It can kind of help ease you in, in my opinion, since it's already something you enjoy, in a format you don't care for, yet. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;At the very least it should help you get comfortable with it without making you love it. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But I'm just a clerk. I could be wrong. Love comic books myself, though I prefer old fashion Marvel stuff. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Is it feasible to get their parents to sign a note saying it's okay? Or is that completely lame?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I know I'm not the only one whom experiences this, but I seem to be the biggest magnet for it. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm talking about problem patrons. Ones whom yell over a twenty five cent fine. Ones whom expect you to drop everything for them. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Or worse, the creepy male patron whom won't stop staring at you, pretending he's looking at something when he's really watching you. (And what makes it worse is your coworkers think this is funny and call him your boyfriend.)*&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;How do you keep your cool? As the youngest of four and the only girl my first response is to yell back. As a fat woman whom was a fat kid and teenager and therefore, along with other reasons, was bullied a &lt;em&gt;LOT&lt;/em&gt;, I want to burst into tears. It's super hard to keep calm and professional. Especially when they're yelling at you over a quarter. And yes, it's happened, many times. For various reasons. One guy yelled about our 25 cent hold fee, claiming Los Angeles libraries didn't do that. (Are there any LA county library workers here? Is that true?) One whom felt we shouldn't charge for holidays. And many others who feel they shouldn't be charged over dues because we "didn't call them." &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One time I had a guy whom couldn't accept that you cannot renew seven day items, like movies. I informed him West Side Story was four days late. He not only yelled at me, he called his wife on the phone so she could yell at me too. I had it from both ends. I nearly lost it. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;*(Okay, lately he hasn't been in the library when I'm working, we had a big schedule change. But I came in one day to show my coworkers my new dog - I recently adopted a miniature maltipoo from a shelter - and as soon as he heard my voice, he was hanging around where I was.) &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I just need some tips on staying calm and professional without resorting to sneaking burbon in a flask like Mrs. Slocome from &lt;em&gt;Are You Being Served?&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There is nothing wrong with the bourbon in a flask.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;With that being said: problem patrons just happen and it's something you have to harden yourself against.  That doesn't make it any easier, and it's perfectly understandable to be upset by their actions.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It takes time and a WHOLE LOT of that bourbon, but eventually you just develop your armor and it doesn't even phase you--or it takes a real hardcore case to phase you.  When you feel yourself losing your cool or when you feel the tears come, just walk away.  Go to the break room.  Go to a staff work room.  Library staff tend to be understanding if somebody gets to you, especially considering that there is rarely such a thing as the one-time problem patron.  Problem patrons tend to have a history.  So just tough it out, do whatever it takes to keep your emotions in check along the way, and one day you'll be able to face that patron and not even feel a sting.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And when in doubt, ask them if they want to speak to a supervisor or other administrator.  They will usually say yes and then--POOF--they're gone.  Of course, they may try to drag you into the mix again, but at least you've got somebody to take some of the heat.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Finally, just know that you're not alone.  I've worked in a public library for 7 years, and I still feel all kinds of bad things when a patron decides to go berserker on me.  We're all human.  It happens.  The professionalism falls from time-to-time.  Sometimes, you may yell back.  You may walk out in a storm.  You may slam doors and drop F-bombs.  I have done all of those things because of a patron.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As long as you're a good worker, your admins will forgive the occassional outburst, especially if it's somebody they know is a troublemaker causing it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And if all else fails, take up paintball and/or first-person shooter video games.  Works for me.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Everyone here at Wayne County is, though some Ref. Librarians do more programming than others.  I'm Teen Services Coordinator and I still work in Reference, so I'm criss-crossing like, three wires there.  I think we can thank staffing issues; if there were more warm bodies on this side of the desk, we could have Ref. Staff and Adult Services Staff.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you enjoy Teen Lit, can name the hottest characters in the latest books, don't flinch at the sight of multiple piercings, yet don't try acting like a teen yourself, you MAY be a Teen Librarian.  Like others have said - just remember what it was like being a teen - AND how you felt about adult interference back then!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Kingdom Hearts series is very popular with that age group.  Whether or not it deserves to be is the subject for another discussion. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Fashion Kitty (Charise Harper) is so cool that even boys read it!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Phonics Comics (Brent Sudduth) have the benefit of being on the 7-year old reading level.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Luke on the Loose by Harry Bliss&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Knights of the Lunch table series  - Frank Cammuso&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Depending on the 7-year old's reading ability, the Capstone Graphic Biography and Graphic History collection are exciting and very educational!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Amelia Rules by Jimmy Gownley&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I originally wanted to be a children's librarian so that I could play against type a bit when looking for a job.  But then my professor showed us a finger play (I'd never heard of finger plays) and I KNEW that wasn't the path for me.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I wanted to be a librarian because I grew up in the library (and NASA didn't want me). But I don't think it occurred to me how much the library had meant to me as a teen until I stopped and thought about in class, after reading Hanging Out at Rocky Creek by Evie Wilson-Lingbloom (who also visited my class, unless I'm post-hallucinating). I realized:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The library treats teens and adults as equals, and I wanted to be part of that.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The only exception to 1. seems to be programs (including role playing, back in the day), and that was a pretty cool exception.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I'd be reading adult books for work.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I'd be reading comics and graphic novels for work.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I'd be valued for bringing my interest in pop culture, TV, movies, video games, etc. to bear on my work.  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;...and 6.  No finger plays!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Jami,
It sounds to me like your central question is how to stay calm and professional, which I interpret as, "How do I depersonalize conflict with problem patrons?"   &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think your issue with the creeps who stare at you is a separate issue -- I hope your library's HR department is open to you reporting harassing behavior on the part of patrons.  No one should have to put up with that.  (And if they won't respond after you've complained, I'd talk to a lawyer.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I learned to depersonalize conflcits in a few ways that helped me:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I know when someone is yelling at me over a fine, it has nothing to do with me. Even after I'd finished dealing with one person over an issue like this, I always knew there was another waiting in the wings (if not next in line). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Since you know it's not about you and you know it's coming, be ready.  See yourself in your mind's eye dealing with it with finesse and grace. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Breathe.  The counselor that helped me deal with my fear of flying (but not banish it) taught me this. By controlling my body's reaction to stress, I was able to stay calm when the spit was flying, even if it was flying into my face from a patron screaming at me.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Remember that, at the end of the day, the story you're crafting based on this interaction will make someone else laugh. Then share your stories. Friend will buy you drinks in bars, you'll rule the Thanksgiving dinner table, and you'll help others start sharing their stories, too.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(The hardest part for me after I depersonalized was not laughing at the extremely childish behavior being exhibited by certain library patrons. I've mostly got that under control now.  I think.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I spend a lot of time booktalking (mostly novels) to adult librarians. I want to perfect my craft and channel my excitement better.  If you could offer me only one tip, what would it be? What MUST I do while I'm booktalking? Other than Nancy Pearl - what other booktalking gurus would you recommend that I reach out to for advice?  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;NEVER read.  No not even a section of the book.  Certainly not from your notes.  (My second piece of advice is never to memorize anything, because this also makes you stilted in much the same way.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I've spent a lot of time assessing librarians's booktalking skills as part of a job interview process, and I've only ever seen one person pull this off.   It is the road to ruin.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Talk about why you liked the book.  Don't worry if you get a name wrong.   (If you can't remember what you liked about the book, you probably didn't like it.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm a junior in college and am planning on getting my master's in library science after I graduate.  I would like to be a young adult librarian.  What classes or general skills do you think will help me be a better candidate for grad school or just help me prepare for being a librarian.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Answering e-mails! I'd MUCH rather be out of my office, away from my computer, and interacting with people face-to-face. Who's with me?? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For primary school:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Owly&lt;/em&gt; books by Andy Runton&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Robot Dreams&lt;/em&gt; by Sara Varon&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bow-Wow Bugs a Bug&lt;/em&gt; by Mark Newgarden&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Adventures of Polo&lt;/em&gt; by Regis Faller&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Chicken and Cat&lt;/em&gt; by Sara Varon&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Reading through this the online course materials here was helpful for me: &lt;a href="http://shapingoutcomes.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://shapingoutcomes.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It's not just about numbers, but about setting up the goal of the program before the program happens, and seeing if that goal is met. If your goal is to entertain, you ask everyone if they were entertained. If the goal is to educate on a topic, you measure what they learned. It's not that complicated, but it goes way beyond counts and circ stats.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My students love the &lt;em&gt;Babymouse&lt;/em&gt; books by Jennifer and Matthew Holm.  They're currently the most popular books in the library, even among boys. The &lt;em&gt;Owly&lt;/em&gt; books by Andy Runton are very popular, too, and the kids find them intriguing because they're wordless.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Take a deep breath - it's amazing how helpful this simple step can be (that's why I repeated it from Gene's answer).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Try to see things from the patron's side - if they think you are agreeing with them it goes a long way to diffusing confrontation. Especially since you're probably not the one who came up with the .25 fine rule, or only one renewal, etc.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Set up Instant Messaging at work so you can contact co-workers for help without interrupting the ranting patron - pretend you're "checking something" for them and get reinforcements. This has helped me several times, to suddenly have a co-worker appear and help deal with a situation.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I live for displays!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;With &lt;em&gt;The Road&lt;/em&gt; coming out in theaters, I'm going to use the next two weeks to do a book/movie display. I have my doubts that teens will be stampeding to check out &lt;em&gt;The Road&lt;/em&gt;, but they might like some of the Star Wars books, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Push, Princess Diaries, Narnia series, Princess Bride, etc. If your library lets you you can even display DVD and books side by side (for the ones on DVD)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanksgiving is tough for the teen crowd, but I like to do mixed concept displays. Put Native American craft books next to a range of cook books (traditional to vegan) next to the less musty looking pilgrim stuff next to the Chicken Soup books&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Right after thanksgiving, I do a display I call "tis the season for giving (and shopping)":&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For teens, mostly craft books they can use to make presents, but also our one book on budgeting, and whatever I can pull from the adult section that doesn't look horribly boring about consumer affairs.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In the larger adult display: crafts, novels about shopping, consumer reports, fraud protection and warranty stuff, stories about shopping&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Then the second week of Dec you're well primed for traditional holiday displays.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;After the new year, I'll pull out my "let it snow" display. Books about and involving snow and the things that live there: Climbing everest, alaska travel guides, snow leopards, penguins, weather books...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If your college offers a young adult lit class, I'd take it--partly to see if you enjoy it! Even if you take YA lit again in grad school, the courses will be different coming from different professors. Also, I think education classes can be useful, if you have time or inclination to take one. I came to libraries from being a teacher, and a lot of the same skills are used. Oh, and volunteering at a school or public library is never a bad idea to get some experience. Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm not YET a children's librarian (I'm an evening reference librarian so I can be a child minder during the day!), but I still WANT to be one some day. Here's how I knew: I went to library school JUST so I could take children's lit courses.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What are some fun programs or services that would translate well to an academic library setting?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Some good indicators -- you still love to read children's books, you don't mind the occasional arts and crafts project, you have lots of patience, and most important, you just feel comfortable around kids, enjoy talking to them, and want to spend time with them.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Have at least one book that you barely booktalk, leave 'em wanting more.  For me it's Love Curse of the Rumbaughs by Jack Gantos.  I simply say...I don't think any of you are ready for this...it's the most twisted depraved book I've ever read...I'm just going to put it away...I always get the most questions and people write down the title.  But don't pick a book that won't deliver make sure it is actually disturbing.  Also, learn to spin books on your fingers, that gets people's attention every time.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Don't worry so much about classes.  Get real world experience working with teens.  Join Ameri-Corps or work at the local teen center.  Not only will you learn about how to work with teens, but you'll also learn whether you actually want to work with them.  And read read read.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We shouldn't provide anything our customers don't want from us.  And provide everything they do want from us.  Too often we as an institution say we don't do this or that, but really the more we say "no" to customers the more irrelevant we become.  If nothing else, we should be getting our customers to the people or agency that can help them.  Every time we can't fulfill a customer's needs we hurt libraries as an institution not just our own branch or system.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't think we should ever confine our energies to just who is in our building.  People need and want to access the library in different ways.  We need to be willing to meet those needs so we can serve as much of our community as possible.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Definitely read a lot. It's impossible for one person to keep up with all the YA books out there, but definitely keep your finger on the pulse. This sometimes means reading books you wouldn't normally pick up, but sometimes those books are amazing. Don't be afraid to broaden your horizons.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I would suggest contacting your local public library's teen librarian and telling them you want to volunteer because you want to build job skills. They can almost certainly use a gofer, and you just might learn a thing or two about what the position can involve.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Another thing you could do to build your library skills is to volunteer at a local high school or junior high school library. There (probably) won't be as many programs going on as in the public library, but you can get a good idea of what teens and tweens are reading and how they pick books. You might also get some practice at figuring out what book they are talking about from a description such as "Well, it's got a boy on the cover, and he's holding a baby" or "I know it was about a horse, but I can't remember the author's name, it was really weird. I remember what the cover looked like, though, can you show me where those books are?" :)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Something I've been doing in my middle school library is a "If you like R.L. Stine" display. (I have approximately 75 R.L. Stine books, I think 7 is the most I've had actually in the library at one time since the beginning of the year.) I go around the library and pick out other creepy/horror books. Some of my die-hard R.L. Stine readers have even picked up a book or two by another author! :)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When I couldn't think of anything else, I would do a display based on a color. For Christmas you could do a display featuring books with red or green covers. One time I did one with all blue covers: "Don't be blue. Read a good book!" Or a yellow and orange one for summer: "Sunny Summer Reads!" Cheesy, but effective. I particularly liked to do the color displays just before I leave for vacation. That way if a non-teen services staff person is keeping the display filled for me, they only have to look for a book in the teen section with the right color on the cover.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You should definitely work in a library before heading to library school. You'll be so much more prepared for classes. See if you can work for a year as a library assistant in a middle school or high school library and then while you're in library school try to work part-time as a shelver in a public library. This real-world experience is the best preparation for a library career.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If neither option is workable, then at least do as much volunteer work as you can with teens, in a library if you can. Help with programs at the local public library, shelve at a local school. Talk with the librarians about their jobs and their experiences with teens. You won't always get a rosy picture, but that is important. You'll be able to see what library work with teens is really like. (Hint: mostly wonderful!)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As for teen literature, the best advice is to READ. Read ever teen book you can get your hands on: fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels. Ask teens at the library what they recommend. Hang out in bookstores and spy on what teens are looking at on the shelves. Read book reviews of teen titles. Read!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Know when you've lost your audience with that book and know when it's time to give up and move on to another book. I'm so enthusiastic about books that it's hard to stop talking even when the book is not the right fit for that person. If you can, practice doing booktalks on reluctant reader 13-year-old boys. They are the harshest critics I know when it comes to booktalks!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I knew that I wanted to be a teen librarian when I was waiting for my interview for a library assistant position at a public middle school. I was looking at the stacks and a 7th grader came up and asked me for help. She was just a normal kid, but the feeling I got from helping her was so much better than the feeling I got helping adults or younger kids. I don't know that it's something I can explain in words. I just love working with teens. They don't scare me, even in large groups. I think they're fun to be with (without needing to be their friend). I don't have to limit my natural tendency towards sarcasm when I talk to teens. I tend to like to read what they like to read and they are respectful that I do not care about the music that they listen to. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Every good teen librarian I have worked with over the years is unique, but they all have one thing in common: they &lt;em&gt;like&lt;/em&gt; teenagers. That's the key, I think.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Frankly, I've never been convinced that most the programming we do is actually what we should be doing. Programming takes up sooooooo much money, staff time and effort and rarely pays off in patron library usage. We're not the YMCA or a social organization. But I think I'm pretty firmly in the minority here.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Many parents I deal with are extremely defensive when you tell them how poorly their child has been behaving in the library. They blame everyone else but their child and themselves, often at the top of their lungs. What's a good way to approach them to keep them calm? Any advice on how to let a parent know their child has been behaving badly and needs their attention?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Anyone know a good, solid, comfortable chair that's stackable and affordable?  I'm thinking this would be useful for a library on a budget trying to replace old meeting room chairs, but I want these for home for game night.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you stop paying attention  to the people outside the building, they will eventually stop coming into the building!  The balance needs to be determined by your staffing, the resources you have to support outreach and the percent of your area who are not being served in any way by the library.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gamingwithchildren.com/2007/09/25/gamerdad-to-esrb-why-is-halo-3-rated-m-mature/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.gamingwithchildren.com/2007/09/25/gamerdad-to-esrb-why-is-halo-3-rated-m-mature/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There seem to be a lot of comments online wondering why Halo 3 received the M rating.  With a bit more searching, perhaps you could find an authoritative source that disagrees with the ESRB rating enough to have your library director and/or board evaluate the game for themselves.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It really bothers me that many library systems (mine included) heed the ESRB ratings like this without an evaluation, when, in the name of intellectual freedom we (rightly, I believe) allow anyone to check out anything, regardless of the age rating or "for mature audiences" language on the covers (manga, comics, movies, CDs). &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I can understand why libraries in conservative areas might fall into the trap of enforcing all ratings just to avoid community-wide conflicts, but it feels like we're all following these ratings when it comes to video game programming instead of letting parents parent. In my opinion, the only person who should be able to keep a child out of a program is that child's parent -- I don't think we kick kids out of adult programs (if they're behaving) with the exception of video game programs.  (I feel that &lt;a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/statementspols/statementsif/interpretations/accesschildren.cfm" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/statementspols/statementsif/interpretations/accesschildren.cfm&lt;/a&gt; applies to programs as well as to materials.) &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;"That's a great blouse! Also, your kid has the manners of a rabid wolverine."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I knew I wanted to be a librarian the first time I saw "Party Girl" and realized that not all librarians were incredibly boring.  I didn't know I wanted to be a &lt;em&gt;teen&lt;/em&gt; librarian until I was working at my first public library job, in a very small branch, and the manager put me (at a tender 22 years old) in charge of the teen book group and teen summer reading.  I started reading teen books, talking to the teens who came in, and realized I couldn't really see myself doing anything else.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I had a basic permission slip with parental contact information.
I should think that would be sufficient. If they forge it, that's for the parent &amp;amp; teen to deal with, the library should not be responsible for double-checking forgeries.  I would find out what the local school system policy is regarding "permission forms" and then take that to the administration.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When I'm interviewing someone for a job in teen services, I'm much more concerned about their attitude and willingness to work with teenagers than I am with the coursework they took in library school.  I'd recommend finding &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt; way to work directly with teenagers, whether or not it's at a library.  I'd also recommend staying very on top of teen interests -- read teen books (yes, even the ones about vampires) or, at least, read SLJ, VOYA and the "new releases" section of Amazon; be aware of what music teens are listening to and TV shows they're watching; and even if you're not in love with all things pop culture at least be able to appreciate them nonjudgementally.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That said, library experience (as Snow said) is very, very helpful.  But working in a library alone will &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; prepare you for working with teens.  You can learn the skills you need for working in a library (and coursework like reference resources, cataloging and information technology will help with that), but learning to love teen services is harder.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You also should learn as much about technology and gaming as you can.  Can you edit a MySpace page?  Do you know what Super Smash Bros. Brawl is?  How much Rock Band have you played?  Ever done any video editing, or at least uploaded a video to YouTube?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Libraries in general are embracing--no, GOBBLING UP--technology and gaming, and teen/YA librarians are the early adapters.  Know about these things.  They will be valuable job skills and sound great in an interview.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You know how you would talk to a friend when you recommend a book to them?  Just do that.  I've seen librarians try to make a book talk too structured, and it comes off as a bad infomerical.  Just fly casual.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I find it best to kill them with kindness, and meet with them in an office if possible (away from other patrons!) Mention how much you love that "Little Satan" is spending his free time here, and that we don't want to discourage him/her from using library services, but when s/he's here library etiquette needs to be followed so that all patrons can use our services. 
Also - document, document, document &amp;amp; get other librarians to back your statements so it doesn't become a "You hate my kid" situation. I would keep a running record of complaints &amp;amp; disruptions for this child, so you can go into that meeting with the parent and say "look at all of the times we've had to correct this behavior".  You also may want to set up - with or without the parent- some kind of incentive for the child to follow good behavior.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How are you defining "outside the building" in this question? People who don't have library cards?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Might help if give us some examples of what you enjoy reading in a prose/poetry form, comic books, what you like to watch on tv, or so on?  I mean, manga is a form of communication, not a genre in of themselves.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Or just link to a librarything library or similar mechanism ;).  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In other words, imagine what would happen if you walked into a library and asked the following?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"I keep trying to give this novel thing a try, but I've read War and Peace, Moby Dick, and Pride and Prejudice.  I just can't get into them.  I'm going to give it one more try, what do you think I should read next?"&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Or....&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"I keep trying to into this tv thing.  I've already watched episodes of "Project Runway", that O'Reilly show, and "Spongebob Squarepants".  I just can't figure out what people are talking about.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think you see where I'm going ;).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Would I be right in guessing you like humorous reading?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I know you do more adult book talks - but I am fortunate to work with one of the best book-talkers for children &amp;amp; ya on the planet. Barb Langridge has her own show on our local news station, and she interviews big teen &amp;amp; children's authors all of the time! She is a such a great resource!  Check out her website at &lt;a href="http://www.abookandahug.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.abookandahug.com/&lt;/a&gt;  She also helped me refine my book talking skills...she would probably be happy to help you as well!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've seen in bookstores these awesome Viz &amp;amp; TokyoPop spinners, and I totally have spinner envy! How &amp;amp; where do you house your Manga in your library? If you use spinners, where did you get them from? And then my other question would be do you shelve your Manga &amp;amp; Graphic Novels interfiled, or do you separate out your Manga from your regular Graphic Novel collection? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Ok, my more generic version of the answer above, didn't want to make Bill Barnes's comment become confusing ;).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So my generic response would be to first talk a little with the person about what literature and tv they enjoy.  Do they like fantasy?  Vampires?  Historical fiction?  Medical dramas?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There's "Top 100 manga" type books as well as books on the history of manga.  Both could be useful reference material for this type of thing.  There's websites galore out there as well.  Been browsing Otaku USA lately, although I'm not really into the manga scene enough yet to understand all of it. It's a good place to get an idea of what's out there that's new, but it does tend to fall into genre lines.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But let's do some exmaples off the top of my head...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Like historical fiction?  Lone Wolf and Cub and other series by Kozure Ōkami might work well.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Medical drama?  I'm reading Black Jack, which tends to be moralistic but the character keeps reminding me of House at moments.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Sci-fi/serial killers/detective on a verge of a breakdown?  MPD Psycho&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;EC comics/horror stories? The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service or Museum of Terror.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Historical romance?  Emma  (I think, didn't get far into this one, not a romance reader)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I booktalk more with teens, but I think this would work with adults, too...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Get the audience involved. I start by talking about "judging a book by its cover," and how you can tell a lot of information by the cover - the author bio, the cover blurb, the art - then I ask a volunteer to look at the covers of the books I've brought with me and pick the one &lt;em&gt;they&lt;/em&gt; want to hear about.  This gets them invested in the book - and also gives me a better idea of what they're interested in.  If nobody picks one of the books I've brought with me, I know I can scrub it from my list.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm a new library director of a small library, and one of the things that has surprised me the most is how vendors don't take no for an answer.  I realize they are in sales and have to sell, but how do I make them realize that after I say no, all they are doing is ruining the chances of any future sales (and, incidentally, get them to stop taking up my time).  This is mostly over the phone, and it applies to both book vendors and supply vendors (we have one light-bulb vendor who has insisted on telling me we can't possibly have any lightbulbs left after our last order despite my telling him we have a box and a half in the basement!)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I don't think I'm especially wishy-washy sounding, but maybe...  How do others handle making people understand that a no is a firm no?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Also for littlies to teens, Gon by Mashasi Tanaka, the tale of a small, occasionally vicious dinosaur. It can be violent, so will depend on parents' sensibilities. Very little children will love it though.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Its a hard question to answer, but one resource I haven't seen mentioned yet is the New York Times's best seller list.  They do a list of best selling graphic novels that is divded in to hard cover, paperback, and manga.  The manga list has brief descriptions and you could see if anything appeals to you from that list.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I definitely agree with the criticism sandwich approach; find something nice to say, then get your complaint in, then say something else nice.  Approach it from the "can we work together to fix this?" point of view.  I also agree with doing it in private, as suggested.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Another point I'd like to make is that, while I've only had to use this on misbehavior once so far, I'm not above pointing out that the library, while a public institution, is a privellege, not a right, and that I'm willing to take that right away if the behavior does not improve.  That's not always possible in every library - I'm the director and have a board that would not second-guess my decision on that, but not every library worker is so empowered.  However, if it is possible, it tends to be effective because either they want to keep using the library, in which case they will shape up, or they don't, in which case they will not darken your door again.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I like these manga because of the clean and spacious layouts, the character-based storylines, and the art (people look more real than most shonen and shojo manga I've seen, but are not as real looking as characters in most superhero comics created in the U.S.).   Know of anything else I would enjoy?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think the key thing is to be clear on the mandate for your library, and how services do or don't fit into that, so you can explain that to your patrons/community.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So my library service (which is not in the US), defines that very clearly as providing information access and skill development; which includes running basic technology classes, offering wifi and internet PCs, and lots of early reading programs to develop literacy. It doesn't include offering enough bandwidth to be a free ISP for the entire community; or offering facilities to operate small businesses out of, for example.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I will say that as my library service has become more automated, programming and reader advisory services have taken centre stage more than before, and that has been good for everyone. Seminars based around sustainability have drawn very large numbers of new patrons in, and the early childhood programs have attracted outside funding and support. And the work got more interesting :)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My mentor during a middle school library internship did a neat display with captivating first-lines. I think hers was just a poster with the line, book title, and author, but you could easily display the actual books next to the first lines.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It may be too late to get it started for this month but November is the month of Nanowrimo, National Novel Writing Month, and so a "youth writing" display might be in order.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Paperwork.  I'm not trying to be flip, but the sheer amount of things that must be filed in order to keep this library going is mind boggling.  The government wants requests for money they've already agreed to give, grants want proof their money is being spent wisely, patrons want letters explaining the answers to their questions, the board wants documents showing the direction of the library, vendors want information on your librarys needs... I can't even take the time to clean my office of old information because of all the new information people want.  All of it is vital, to the person asking, but taken in whole its just... overwhelming.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But I am new in the job, perhaps as time goes on things will get smoother.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(edit: I forgot "drafting policy in writing so that all staff are on the same page)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;One service that sometimes hovers on the line (in my opinion, and for academic, NOT public libraries) is writing help. We are happy to help with citations, but that can quickly morph into help with constructing a sentence, paragraph, paper outline. I do refer patrons to the university's writing center, but they are often booked up! Some academic librarians specifically get trained to offer this sort of help, but I have not, except for my prior-life teaching experience (3rd grade!). I don't mind offering the help, when the reference desk is not busy with reference questions, but I try to let students know that that's not our primary service and I always make sure that I am guiding them, not suggesting things to write. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I don't think it's realistic for public libraries to provide this service at all--they are just too busy to begin with--but I do think this can be an important part of a school library's service.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is not necessarily useful for FAQs, but it's fascinating.  Lawrence Lessig talk about the problems and issues with current copyright law in an hour-long lecture, "It is About Time: Getting Our Values Around Copyright" at &lt;a href="http://blip.tv/file/2827842" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://blip.tv/file/2827842&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"EDUCAUSE09 keynote, November 5, 2009, Denver, a remix building upon lecture at Tokyo University"   &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I also love film studies professor Eric Faden's A Fair(y) Use Tale which uses dialogue and characters from Disney movies to explain copyright (and it's fair use):  &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJn_jC4FNDo" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJn_jC4FNDo&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Step by time sucking step on how to get on the computer...then search out recipes for copyrighted food (ie Auntie Anne's pretzels...they publish their recipes online, I KNOW IT), then forwarding spam email back to everyone on the previously sent list which appears on that email, then showing people how to print when there are frames on the page...I DID NOT GO TO SCHOOL TO BE A COMPUTER TEACHER!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It always helps to try to put yourself in their shoes (the parent of the little darling can't have it all that easy!) and to empathize with them.  "I know that Johnny is an active little boy, but here at the library....".  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;An ally is easier to convince than an enemy.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;LOL...I take advantage of the economy and tell them that the budget for that item has been spent until next year!  Few vendors will waste time talking to someone with no money to spend!&lt;br /&gt;
Unfortunately, most of the time it's true!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have taken to kindly advising pushy vendors that their time would be better spent with a different customer.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My mom was a children's librarian (no joke) and after fighting it for a few years I realized I was happiest "performing" for little ones, medium-sized ones, and even big ones, since I refer to myself as a Youth Services Librarian, really.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Sounds like you're being a bit too polite. I think after your well-mannered no, it's fine to say goodbye and hang up the phone.  It's not like they won't take your call when you have $$ to spend later.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Was it The Tomorrow People? &lt;a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069647/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069647/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There was a '70s TV show, &amp;amp; spin-off books. It sounds like the plot would fit pretty well. They definitely had the books at my friend's middle school in the early eighties. But it was a series... but they did have the three "T's" according to: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%5FTomorrow%5FPeople" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tomorrow_People&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There's a YA novel I remember reading in 3rd or 4th grade, so it would have been 1981-1983, or thereabouts. The story centered on two kids who would sneak out of their rooms at night, and discovered a gnome/elf/dwarf type creature that lived in an underground world (sort of a hollow-earth world, not a series of caves), and the tunnel to that world was in the kids' backyard.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I don't remember much of the plot, unfortunately, but I have a sense that there was some sort of war going on in that world, and that the kids chose to participate. The boy, I remember, had to actually BECOME one of these subterranean dwellers, and there was a very descriptive passage about his transformation - the description of his skull splitting inside his head and his eyes growing wider apart has stuck with me through the years.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There was also a passage where the boy and girl were whispering to each other outside at night, and the girl insisted they pronounce their 's'es as 'th'es, because it was a softer sound and they could talk more quietly.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Obviously, I can't remember the title of the book, but I'm thinking that it was very short, maybe a single word, and that it had something to do with that underground world - either it was the name of that world, or the creatures who lived there.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I've been trying to find this book again for years, and nobody's been able to help me. I wish I could remember more of it...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any ideas?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;At the law library I work at, we always celebrate library week with drawings that feature prizes from local merchants, school logo gear, westlaw and lexis nexis swag, and other donations. (Last year there was an ipod shuffle in the grand prize.) The reference desk puts together sessions on research methods especially to take to their jobs after graduation. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;During finals week(s), we put out coffee and hot water for tea and usually some cookies to treat the students while they study. Our policies allow food in the library including helping the pizza delivery people find different groups. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Mostly, we operate under the principle that law school is stressful enough; the students need the library to be a haven of sorts. We try to provide them with a comfortable environment (couches to stretch out on, study rooms for group work, noise machines to cover up distractions). We don't charge many fines (mostly for overdue class reserves and lost book replacement fees). &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also unique to our library, we allow the students to have 24/7 access to the library managed by a card-swipe system. It's strictly controlled--no guests, no exceptions. And it's part of their law school honor code that they will keep resources in the library unless they are checked out during the hours we are open. But we've had very few problems and the students really appreciate being able to keep their own schedule--especially during those late night finals study sessions. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;However, I do think a lot of this is workable because of our size (about 400 students in the law program). The main university library does not have the 24/7 access policy or the fine policy we do.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;That sounds a whole lot like Luc Besson's movie "Arthur and the Invisibles".&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm interested in what off-the-shelf Content Management Systems libraries are actively using for their websites and/or intranets, e.g. WordPress, Expression Engine. This is essentially a poll, and I might ask further questions after we gather some data.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm NOT interested in talking about custom solutions, or using client software like Dreamweaver or (shudder) FrontPage which generate static web pages, except insofar as they might work together with a CMS.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Please answer in the form "Mallville Public Library uses WordPress for its public website  www.mallville.org" and I'll aggregate the answers in a wiki below for convenience. Or, if you have enough reputation, go ahead and edit it yourself.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Michigan State University Libraries is investigating using Hannon Hill's Cascade Server for its public website.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Groton Public Library uses Dreamweaver for our Website - &lt;a href="http://www.flls.org/groton/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.flls.org/groton/&lt;/a&gt;
Groton Public Library uses Wordpress for our Blog - &lt;a href="http://grotonpubliclibrary.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://grotonpubliclibrary.wordpress.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Boston Public Library is migrating to Drupal.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The University of North Texas Libraries use PLONE for our public website  &lt;a href="http://www.library.unt.edu/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.library.unt.edu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm working on turning my office from the previous directors space in to my space.  She kept many years of library publications such as Library Journal in her office book shelves.  I'm not sure of the utility of keeping these publications for as long as she did.  How long do you keep such magazines in a readily accessible space in your library, and then what do you do with them?  (Archive?  Recycle?  Other?)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We've had a number of entries from academic libries in Unshelved's Pimp My Bookcart contests, including last year's winner.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Malmo University Library (Sweden) uses EpiServer for our public and internal website.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Most, if not all, of these magazines will probably be available to you electronically if your library has a subscription to EBSCOHost or other electronic database. My vote is to recycle them.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If it's a product or vendor I know I'm not interested in, I say "I don't want to waste your time--thanks for calling" and then I hang up.  I'm sure it sounds a bit abrupt on the other end, but I expect at least some of them do appreciate not spending a lot of time on a dead end.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You can always ask for a catalog.  Tell them that the Board has to approve any purchase, so you need to see a catalog.  Usually they'll take your information and send it away.  Of course, then you have to worry about throwing away junk mail, but I'd rather throw away junk mail and deal with pushy people.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://hclibrary.org" rel="nofollow"&gt;Howard County Library&lt;/a&gt; uses &lt;a href="http://maiacms.sourceforge.net" rel="nofollow"&gt;Maia&lt;/a&gt; for our homepage (our IT department like invented it or something) &lt;a href="http://www.joomla.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Joomla&lt;/a&gt; for our staff &lt;a href="http://intranet.hclibrary.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;intranet&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="http://wordpress.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Wordpress&lt;/a&gt; for our &lt;a href="http://www.hclibrary.org/highlyrecommended/" rel="nofollow"&gt;staff blog.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For the record...it's scary to attempt readers advisory to someone who is so respected &amp;amp; well read! Here goes nothing &lt;em&gt;gulp&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;by the same...&lt;/em&gt;
You like &lt;em&gt;Emma&lt;/em&gt;? Did you read Mori's &lt;em&gt;Shirley&lt;/em&gt;?
*it's not a new series, but collection of shorts written before Emma...Mori has currently not made up mind on whether to write beyond the first volume...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Azumanga Daioh&lt;/em&gt; (Azuma) - the omnibus (which has extras) is always checked out of my library - I haven't read it myself but have heard pretty good reports...okay so you've probably read this...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What a &lt;em&gt;Wonderful World&lt;/em&gt;!, Vol. 1 &amp;amp; 2 (Asano) were released this October and are pretty great.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Others (you've also probably read) &lt;em&gt;sigh&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Maison Ikkoku&lt;/em&gt; by Takahashi - romantic comedy, cute &amp;amp; very clear layouts &lt;br&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Hikaru no Go&lt;/em&gt; by Yumi Hotta - very well drawn!&lt;br&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Aria&lt;/em&gt; by Amano - don't judge this book by it's cover...it's truly a moment of Zen &lt;br&gt;
and I have to plug &lt;em&gt;Me and the Devil Blues&lt;/em&gt; by Hiramoto...amazing...I was going to put it in your Manga for Manga-Haters before you closed the topic.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am enthralled with this website! When do you expect it to be out of beta?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It's been live since last week. We'll be announcing it in the &lt;em&gt;Unshelved&lt;/em&gt; site shortly.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Here are the aggregated answers. Feel free to add your CMS here by clicking "edit".&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hannonhill.com/products/index.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Cascade Server&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Marin County Free Library &lt;a href="http://www.marinlibrary.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.episerver.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;EpiServer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Malmo University Library (&lt;a href="http://www.mah.se/library" rel="nofollow"&gt;public&lt;/a&gt; and internal websites)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.drupal.org" rel="nofollow"&gt;Drupal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Piscataway Public Library intranet&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.joomla.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Joomla&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Howard County Library staff intranet&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href="http://maiacms.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Maia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Howard County Library &lt;a href="http://hclibrary.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;homepage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href="http://plone.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;PLONE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The University of North Texas Libraries &lt;a href="http://www.library.unt.edu/" rel="nofollow"&gt;public website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.textpattern.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;TextPattern&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Madison-Jefferson County Public Library &lt;a href="http://www.mjcpl.org" rel="nofollow"&gt;main website&lt;/a&gt; and new &lt;a href="http://www.mjcpl.org/historyrescue" rel="nofollow"&gt;History-Geneology site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wordpress.org" rel="nofollow"&gt;WordPress&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Groton Public Library &lt;a href="http://grotonpubliclibrary.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Howard County Library &lt;a href="http://www.hclibrary.org/highlyrecommended/" rel="nofollow"&gt;staff blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Multicultural Aged Care Library blog&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library &lt;a href="http://www.mfrl.org/wordpress1" rel="nofollow"&gt;staff blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The sad part is I actually remember reading the book but for the life of me I cannot remember the title.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Definitey scheduling. Our director constantly wants us to increase programming, and everyone is expected to be on various committees and attend meetings. Sometimes there isn't a single body available for our poor assistant director to schedule on the reference desk.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I didn't at first. I didn't even know it was an option. I grew up in a community without it's own library, and the county library hated kids. I knew I wanted to work with kids because I had taught Sunday School for years and worked for parks &amp;amp; rec when I was in college. At first I tried elementary education, but knew it wasn't quite the right fit for me. By then I had moved to a community that had it's own library. When I quit teaching, I started working at the circ desk at my library. The children's librarian asked me to help her with programs and encouraged me to go to library school. I graduated about the time she retired, and was offered her job. Librarianship offers so much more variety than teaching, and most people are there because they actually want to be there not because they have to.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have a school library that has mold issues (newly discovered).  Does anyone know of any resources with more information on how to deal with it, etc.?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't think there is a set percentage of time that can be alloted to outreach. Rather we should judge various outreach activities on a case by case basis whether they are serving the needs of the community. One of our adult librarians spends quite a bit of her time visiting a local nursing home. We don't get a lot of new patrons from these visits, but the service is desprately needed by the residents. On the other hand I and most children's librarians I know have cut way back on the number of school visits we make because most schools have made it abundantly clear that we are not welcome. We go to back to school nights and kindergarten round-ups to sign-up kids for library cards, but the teachers don't want librarians visiting their classrooms so most of us have redirected that time spent into other activities (mostly within the library.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;the Quest books by Jason Kruse.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Jill and Eustace have a similar conversation about whispering in The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have one pushy vendor with whom I've already tried several of the tactics mentioned above and she still calls constantly. So now every single time she calls I tell her I have a program about to start. Even if it's a really oddball time like 1:13. She still hasn't taken the hint yet.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The only librarians who don't do programming at our library are the director and the subs.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Madison-Jefferson County Public Library uses Textpattern for our host of sites including our main site and our new &lt;a href="http://www.mjcpl.org/historyrescue" rel="nofollow"&gt;History-Genealogy records&lt;/a&gt; sites.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In the 80's I remember reading a ya series abut a pop metal band. The first book has them still in high school and by the final book they are the biggest band in the world. Then the lead singer quits to form his own band (Oscar and the Babysitters if that helps).  In the end the band breaks up.  Anybody have any idea what the books were in this series?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My son adores the Superfriends books and Tiny Titans from DC.  Both of them are superhero books from DC that are just younger.  He also likes the younger marvel books that they publish (I belive they are put out under the imprint Marvel Heroes).  If your child likes superheroes some of the older books are good also.  Secret Wars has a lot of the heros and is not dark or gritty as an adult book would be today. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rock and Roll All night and Read everyday.  Use a background of rock and roll sheet music and put up picutres of various rock bands.  Scatter ticket stubs throughout the display (printed from google images now) and I hang old concert t-shirts in the display.  Throw in books about rock music or rock bands and you have a display that catches their eye.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Comics and comic books.  I use my sons action figures to make this a 3D display. Kids love watching superman fly and spidey crawl the wall.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A few years ago the NYT Book Review published a map of Manhattan with literary addresses marked.  I hung the map used pins and sting and showed the kids where the books took place. The rules were that the address had to be verifiable (ie Eloise lives in the PLaza which has a true address).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am a librarian who took on the electronic resources coordinating in my library about 2.5 years ago.  I am amazed at the unprofessional vendor sales out there!  A few of them are as bad as used car salespeople.  I am really annoyed at how difficult it is to get pricing on their products, too. It would be so much more helpful for them to just post their pricing scale or price somewhere easy to find, like their web page. So, my advice is that if they are ramping up their "pushiness", then feel free to push back.  They are wasting your valuable time and theirs as well.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That said, I have had really good results by using the "out of money for the year, etc" excuse.  Also, for medium-annoying sales reps (for products I am possibly interested in), I have been successful at the "call me back on a future date" excuse. I push a lot of calls to the next fall semester.  Just tell them to call you back after beginning of fiscal year, and this usually works (half the time they don't).  Vendor sales reps have high turnover it seems. Also, I always insist on them emailing or snail-mailing their info. Since they seem to always want to get you on the phone (where you are vulnerable), this might slow them down a bit.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A take off on the ALA read is to get prominent people who use your library to pose with their favorite books.  Instead of just holding the book have them hold the book open covering their faces. Have the patrons guess who!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There really isn't any need to be polite to vendors. If they are cold-calling you, they really shouldn't expect you to be happy to hear from them. I always hate the utility ones that call such as for lightbulbs, copiers, etc. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I would just tell them that you are not interested, thank them, and then hang up. I don't think there is a way to get them to stop calling unless you request it from the company to be taken off their list. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think that you will probably throw out most of the stuff from the old director. It's a rite of passage for the new directors :) You definitely shouldn't keep old periodicals; your office should not be an archive. I remember finding all kinds of old things when I took on the director duties at my last library. It almost all went into the trash, and the stuff I kept I never used or needed. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Even if they aren't on ebscohost, most of the articles are online. Library Leadership and Management Association has all of their content from the journal online. I also know most of the book jobbers put reviews through the ordering page so Booklist, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, and other book reviews are all in one place when you order.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The library having a strategic plan and clear objectives can help immensely in what you shouldn't do. At my last library, the strategic plan was formed with staff and community members. When someone requested a new service, I can show the plan and what are focus was. Staff didn't go off in a bunch of different directions from anyone who had an idea about what we should be doing. As long as the library is dedicated to providing the service the particular community needs, they won't be wasting their time with what they shouldn't be doing. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There also should be coaching with staff so they know when it safe to stop helping someone. Knowing where to draw the line in helping someone with technology is one of the hardest in libraries. (don't write the resume for them, refer them to a computer class, etc.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I had to research this recently. Not sure if these chairs are comfortable, but they are cheap, durable and stackable. Hope's ok to post vendors here. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Brodart&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.shopbrodart.com/shop/cb/product.aspx?pgid=4358&amp;amp;catnum=67017001&amp;amp;attvalueid=36051&amp;amp;attid=17181#prodGrid_bookmark" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.shopbrodart.com/shop/cb/product.aspx?pgid=4358&amp;amp;catnum=67017001&amp;amp;attvalueid=36051&amp;amp;attid=17181#prodGrid_bookmark&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;OFM Rico Chairs, $56 each, comes with stacking dolly, stacks 15 high.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Polypropylene seat and back 
Silver powder-coated steel frame holds up to 250 lbs. 
Stackable up to 15 high 
Ganging bracket for fast and easy linking (armless chairs only) 
Seat dimensions 17 3/4"H x 18"W x 16 1/4"D; arm height 26 1/2"; arm length 9" 
Transport Dolly holds up to 15 Rico chairs; silver painted steel frame 
Set of four Chair Casters sold separately below
Assembled. Ships from manufacturer via truck.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think there is a great deal of hat-wearing for many librarians. I think the trend for reference librarians is both programming, computer classes, and technology reference. Most of the reference questions are increasingly of a technological nature. Most libraries that are not blending this job description are either very big, or there may be union issues with the job description. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Repost from when I did not have an actual account.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Rock and Roll All Night and Read Everyday.  I cover the background with rock and roll sheet music then put color pictures of rock bands and singers (all types from Elvis the Beatles and other clssics to new groups like Dropkick Murphies and The Killers).  I then scatter concert stubs around (if like me you lost most of yours you can find many scans on google images) and hang up old concert t-shirts.  If you have young kids these days they might have smaller rock shirts to hang up. Put out books about rock and roll in general and bands specifically.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;2.Comic books is a great one.  I use old Sunday comics as the background then "borrow" action figures to make the display 3d.  The kids love seeing superman fly or spidey climb the wall.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;3.A few years ago the NYT Book Review published a map of Manhattan with various literary addresses marked. These were not where F. Scott Fitzgeral lived but rather the Plaza (where Eloise lived) or the address given for Kreizlers Institute in the Alienist. I posted the map then using sting connected the passage in the book giving the address (blown up) to the actual address.  This also works with other maps.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Repost from before I had an actual account &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My son loves The Superfriends and Tiny Titans from DC. Both are younger takes on the DC superheros and he adores them.  He also loves the Marvel Adventures series which is Marvel Heroes written for a younger crowd but not as childish as Superfriends.  Also some of the older comics are a good call depending on what you like. He loves my old Secret Wars trade and I have no problem as it was written before the dark and gritty entered comics so it is kind of just goofy fun.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Definitely Babysitting.
and:
phone rings 15 minutes before closing. I answer it.
Me: City Library, may I help you?
Dad: is there someone there who can look up books on a topic, put them together and type up a paper on a subject?
me: um ... no, that's not a service we provide.
Dad: But my son has to turn it in tomorrow morning.
Me: I'm sorry ....
Dad: I'll pay!
Me: I'm sorry we don't provide that service. If you come in we can show you where the books are on the topic.
Dad: I'm calling the mayor first thing tomorrow morning!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;True story.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When I was younger I read a trilogy of books dealing with a rock and roll band. They were supposed to be a pop metal band that formed in high school (in the first book they were at some prep school in Manhattan) and by the third book they were the biggest band in the world.  They then break up and the lead singer forms a band called Oscar and the Babysitters (after they hit single). Anybody have any idea what this series is or the titles?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You have to have a pre-set goal when it comes to programming. What do you want to accomplish? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you want to increase the exposure of the library through programming, that's a good goal.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It can be measured by surveys (did you know about the library before this program?), stats (attendees per program), return on investment (cost per attendee, that's more performanced based budgeting and it would be best to compare that to all library services cost per unit), or community enrichment (improved quality of life by simply providing the program, that's a bit vague but works for many grants). &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think you need to reshape the question to include what is the goal of the program? Is the goal to get people in the door which is a measurable goal. Is the goal to double the amount of library cards in circulation? Or is the goal to create that ever elusive buzz?  Some programs have goals that are measurable and others you are just going to have determine through your gut or what you see going on.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;At our two-year college library we open every library workshop with a trivia question.  This gets the attention of the students and we try to make it fun.  The answer is usually a year and the winner is the student who guesses closed to the correct year, it doesn’t have to be the exact right answer.  The prize is a choice from a bag with things like a pack of gum, a candy bar, a highlighter, or a pack of post-it’s.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We have a PowerPoint for each question and try to relate the question to the students we are teaching.  For instance, for a class of automotive students we might ask: In what year was the first fatal automobile accident?  We give the answer and the citation of where we found the answer (1869 is the correct answer for this     question).  For an accounting class we have asked, In what year did the oldest surviving accounting record in the English language begin? (Answer: 1130).  We have about 100 questions already prepared and add a few new ones each year.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Rowland chair works well and is comfortable. They even make them with padding now. Similar to the Gaylord chair that "stacks 40 high", but if you search for "40/4 chair" you'll find more color and style options. The downside is that you do have to buy a special cart to store them, so it is a commitment.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I can't imagine doing anything else!  I went from being a teacher to library school....so I knew what I was getting into.  I LOVE "performing" characters and reading to children, and can manage to get them very excited about books, so I think it's a good fit.  Having the teacher background helped me immeasureably.  Emergent literacy is near and dear to my heart, and I can point kids and their parents in the right direction.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have used Copyright Clearance Center for my corporate library.  Here's their link: &lt;a href="http://www.copyright.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.copyright.com/&lt;/a&gt; They have a lot of free materials, it's not limited to paid customers. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Good Book Display: Start off with some you like and encourage teens to take a book and leave a book. Self filling display is a great thing!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've done displays of:
&lt;br&gt;
 &lt;strong&gt;"Animal Books"-&lt;/strong&gt; any books about animals or those in which pets play a large role.
&lt;br&gt; &lt;strong&gt;"Books to Movies"&lt;/strong&gt; - it's amazing how many of these there are from which to choose.
&lt;br&gt; &lt;strong&gt;"World War II Books"&lt;/strong&gt; - anything set in that time period, not just 'war' books.
&lt;br&gt; &lt;strong&gt;"... Mysteries"&lt;/strong&gt; - pick a sub-genre to highlight: romantic, sci-fi, fantasy, etc.
&lt;br&gt; &lt;strong&gt;"Books of Mythical Proportions"&lt;/strong&gt; - books that include some sort of Roman or Greek mythological character - ex. Percy Jackson
&lt;br&gt; &lt;strong&gt;"Never Bored @ Boarding School"&lt;/strong&gt; - tons of series to choose from for this one!
&lt;br&gt; &lt;strong&gt;"Away to Faerie"&lt;/strong&gt; - any faerie books 
&lt;br&gt; &lt;strong&gt;"Fairy Tale Redux"&lt;/strong&gt; - the "Once Upon A Time" series along with any other retellings of classic stories&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;email, budget, and meetings for me. I try to keep up with email rules to sort incoming email and delete junk, but there's still so much to track. And of course if those meetings are out of town, which they often are, then I'm even farther behind when I get back. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've always referred colleagues to the &lt;a href="http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Copyright Information Center&lt;/a&gt; at Cornell University.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;...brig&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For U.S. Federal libraries I use CENDI.  Here is their frequently asked questions page.
&lt;a href="http://www.cendi.gov/publications/04-8copyright.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.cendi.gov/publications/04-8copyright.html&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;At an NJLA Adult Services Forum, Allan Kleiman presenting Outreach 101 said "If you brainstorm programming and outreach with your staff, and they sit zip-lipped, you have Reference Librarians and not Adult Services Librarians".&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Laverne Mann, Branch Manager/Outreach Librarian,
Piscataway Public Library &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Great Core Collection and Collection Development resources
&lt;a href="http://comicsnj.pbworks.com/FrontPage" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://comicsnj.pbworks.com/FrontPage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Graphic Novel Collection Development for Adults, Young Adults &amp;amp; Children&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;* What are the best graphic novel collection development resources for librarians?
* What titles would be contained in basic graphic novel collections for schools and public libraries?
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When my younger son began kindergarten, I began volunteering at his school library.  It made me realize how much I enjoyed being there and helping children find just the right books.  It was worth the years of going back to school for my MLIS, as I have been working as a middle school librarian for the last eight years.  When I was younger, I couldn't even imagine that I could be smart enough to be a librarian.  They seemed to know everything!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.orangebeachlibrary.org/orange" rel="nofollow"&gt;Orange Beach Public Library&lt;/a&gt; is currently using Joomla and is migrating to Drupal.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Piscataway Public Library migrated to Drupal with tons of Google Docs for our intranet.  Schedules, Calendars, Staff entitlements, Request for Leave spreadsheets!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Flotsam is an amazing wordless children's book (and award winner).&lt;br /&gt;
Also, the Arrival by Shaun Tan, and Robot Dreams by Varon. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The series is called Animorphs.  They briefly also had a TV show by the same name.  Recently, Rennaisance Learning has been publishing AR quizzes for some of them.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am looking for a US EPA report EPA-600/1-77-025.  I have searched Google scholar, EPA's site, and used my local library's catalog to no avail.  The report is titled "Speech levels in various noise environments" Pearsons, KS, Bennett, RL, &amp;amp; Fidell, S (1977).
Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Title>How do I find an old EPA report?</Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Quite frankly, I think a branch library where dogs can bring their human friends for an outing would be very popular.  The Barkibrary.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts in Philadelphia has a &lt;a href="http://ccaha.org/publications/emergency-resource-guide" rel="nofollow"&gt;mid-atlantic resource guide&lt;/a&gt; that covers all types of preservation emergencies, including local contacts. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works has a Resource Center that includes "Disaster Response and Recovery" as well as help for finding and selecting conservators. www.conservation-us.org&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you are the director, also make sure you are using your staff as a resource.  Make sure that when staff takes a call for you, they get the vendor's name and company.  You can then tell them to take a message if you don't feel like talking to the person.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, I agree with the others who said to say, "Thank you, I'm not interested," and then just hang up.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Vendors just like librarians have a limited amount of time.  They will understand no with a reason.  The no money reason works but I feel the "not in the process of buying" reason better.  Everybody says they have no money but sales people understand process.  I am new to librarianship but very very very old in sales. I like to tell them politely no and then refer to them a date and time they can call back.  Normally 6-9 months hence.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Whenever you are looking for a government document like this, I would contact the federal depository library closest to you.  Just go to &lt;a href="http://www.gpoaccess.gov/libraries.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.gpoaccess.gov/libraries.html&lt;/a&gt;  and click on "Federal Depository library Directory"  Also note that unfortunately, many depository libraries own titles that aren't in their online catalog--particularly the older ones.  This is especially true of large collections.  So, most depository libraries need to physically check their shelves to see if they have it.  Also, many states have separate listservs and national listservs that can post questions, so probably the depository nearest you could post a query about tracking down this document.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You can also search for this title in Worldcat by going to www.worldcat.org  Unfortunately, the 4 records don't show a lot of libraries owning this, but your ILL people can request this item.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I will also check my collection and get back to you if my Library owns this title or not.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Multicultural Aged Care Library uses Dreamweaver for their &lt;a href="http://www.mac.org.au" rel="nofollow"&gt;main site&lt;/a&gt; but are migrating to Joomla, and wordpress for their news blog&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Was it the Planet Builders series by Robyn Tallis?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Warriors graphic novel series written by Erin Hunter.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It's early 90s, but the book that came to my mind was Underrunners by Margaret Mahy.  It's been a long time since I've read it so I can't confirm the conversation about whispering, but here's the synopsis:  "Tris and Winola find the underrunners, a vast network of tunnels, the ideal place to escape their unhappy lives and act out their fantasies, but the tunnels become a dangerous place when invaded by an unseen stranger."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How do you deal with censorship in your library?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Particularly censorship&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;at or before the point of aquisition?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;aimed at younger readers?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;against books requested by patrons?   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;[Edited question - specific question answered well, thanks!]&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Courageous Princess by Rod Espinosa&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I had a paperback trilogy in which three kids discovered their psionic powers (and each other's existence) at a shopping mall. I'm pretty sure the word or prefix PSI was in the titles. Each book was supposedly written by one of the teens, and the teens were actually listed as the authors on the book covers. Unfortunately, I can't come up with titles.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'll agree with the multi hat wearing. Last I checked I was Local Studies, Outreach, Reference, Computer Liason, Checkout Chick and Token Male and that's when we've got our full compliment of staff on the floor. I don't think we can sit back and just wait for people to come and ask questions anymore with the push for libraries to provide more as the "most qualified" it's gonna come down to the librarians.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Graphic Spin series of timeless fairytales &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Series ISBN: 9781434217950 &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Edited to add Graphic Spin is a series of fairytale graphic novels with titles like Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, Three Pigs.  It's for reading levels 1-3 and has alot of visual appeal plus being familiar fairytale stories.  It is published by Stone Arch Books.  Hope that helps.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I find it interesting that you feel libraries shouldn't offer programming.  I am a solo librarian at a special library, my primary function is to facilitate and increase awareness of our organization.  As such it is extremely important that we offer programming, to help foot traffic for our organization, and to provide awareness of our services. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As to things we should not be doing, I have to say I don't think libraries need to be competing with bookstores by selling items. We don't need to open our own coffee shops or sell more souvenir paraphernalia. Honestly, unless its the LOC or the Smithsonian, I don't want something that has First Street Library stamped all over it, and as a librarian I am more than happy to support my local library.   &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think we also have to limit how we target our materials.  I am all for diversity and supporting different cultures, but I really don't have the budget to buy a single book in five or six different languages, especially when the local area is predominated by two languages.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Ok, I've become possessed with finding this book. This one sounds too fantasy-ish, but try The Ring of Fire by Shirley Rousseau Murphy, read an &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ring-Fire-Children-Ynell/dp/0380471914/ref=sr%5F1%5F1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1258432241&amp;amp;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow"&gt;Amazon customer's review&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Space Winners by Gordon Dickson, has three teens on a planet, and aliens, but not sure if they have psychic powers, read customer review on Amazon- I'd add the link but I'm limited to one.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That's all for now... have you thought of any other details?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What are the best games (video and board) to offer for a teen game night?  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Tricky situation. I'm assuming that since you refer to her [i'm assuming 'her' based on the female preponderance in the library profession] as a colleague, that you're not her manager. And this is really a management issue.
I guess that I'd start off by talking to her about the issue. "I've noticed lately that some of the book suggestions from the kids aren't getting through, can you tell me why that's happening?" Trying to be as non-confrontational and non-judgemental as possible. Let her explain her reasoning to you. Explain that all suggestions (no matter how inappropriate or out-there), need to go through the selection process; and how important it is for the kids to know that their suggestions are being seriously considered. Try to brainstorm some ways for her concerns to be addressed during the selection process (maybe take this to a wider group)-- perhaps an annotation on the suggestion might work? 
If none of this works, then it becomes a performance management issue, and needs to be formally dealt with by her manager.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What is the best way to quickly learn Cataloging?  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I just started as a solo librarian and am having to switch our library to a national standard.  I do okay with copy cataloging but I am really struggling when I have to do original cataloging.  I would appreciate any hints, resources or signs pointing the way.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks for your help.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A stand alone title, Rock n Roll Nights by Todd Strasser (1982), has a band in it called "Gary and the Coming Attractions Plus Oscar."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It sounds rather like Power of Three by Diana Wynne Jones, although it did not have "aliens" -- though the psychic powers and three kids, plus fighting off of an invasion, sound right up the alley. The races could easily be remembered as alien species. Plus, a publication date of 1977 puts it perfectly in place for this timeline.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_of_Three" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_of_Three&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Would like to hear about successful teen programs?  What has really worked for you and why do you think it was successful?  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Have recently taken on youth services and the teens seem to be nonexistent at the library.  Would like to change that.  Any advice appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Not an exact fit, but maybe The Dark Green Tunnel by Allan W. Eckert (1984). Main characters are twins, boy and girl, but the tunnel isn't in their backyard, it's in the Florida Everglades. There are magical creatures, not sure about the boy turning into one, though.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A Manhattan boy walks through a broken fence in his backyard and ends up in New Amsterdam.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The boy is about 10 to 12 (if I remember correctly).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This is for children's librarians and old farts like me.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I sort of... fell into it, really. Growing up, I was always that kid who was at the library constantly and talking to the staff about new or interesting books. A couple of months after graduating High School, the Assistant Librarian (who'd been preaching the virtures of library school to me for years) heard I was looking for work and offered me a spot on the circ desk. As I was the only other person on staff familiar with the children's/teen books, I began assisting the Juvenile and Teen librarians.
It's been five years, I now have my Library Tech diploma and have taken over Teen Services. And I absolutely love it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I don't fully understand the question as I'm not sure what copy cataloguing is?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'd suggest getting hold of Concise AACR2, acts as a good reminder.
I'd also check to what level of cataloguing you need to go, do your patrons/staff only require basic cataloguing (which is what you many have already) or do they need full catalguing- which national standard do you need to reach?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Sorry to ask more questions....&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;IKEA has some good stackable chairs. Don't know how cheap they are compared to others in the US, but here in Norway they are the cheapest we can get.:-)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Christopher Harris and Brian Mayer run a game lending library through their school library system.  They list the games they have by grade level, monetary investment, and playing time.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Brian also has a blog with great information on games for libraries: &lt;a href="http://librarygamer.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow" title="Library Gamer"&gt;Library Gamer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I use games with my intermediate students (a little younger than teens) and they love Scattergories, Taboo, MadGab, ThinkBlot, and Racko.  If you don't mind quite a bit of noise, Hillarium is a free for all charades with noises matching game that is, in fact, hillarious.  I've used all of these also with teen groups outside of libraries.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you're looking for something different from traditional games, though, you should check the above links.  Many of their games are "Designer" board games or "European Style" board games.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For video games, I suggest taking a look at Wii titles. Many of them are designed with a multiplayer component. You'll want to be sure that as many people as possible can be playing at one time. Wii Sports, any of the Super Smash Brothers or Mario Kart games can be multiplayer. Guitar Hero and Rock Band are also favorites, but the controllers can be expensive, so you may want to borrow those.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Here is a web site I use to assist me: 
&lt;a href="http://staff.library.mun.ca/staff/toolbox/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://staff.library.mun.ca/staff/toolbox/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Apples to Apples is a pretty cool game that in a large group has a lot of laughs.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For video games anything with a multiplayer component like Guitar Hero, DDR,etc. The teens at my library are not much into board games but all ages &lt;em&gt;love&lt;/em&gt; bingo!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I stumbled into the perfect career when I was trying to get my foot in the door at my local library, the only position open at the time was in the youth services section. I'd always liked kids but it was a totally different experience performing storytimes and seeing the kids pick up concepts. Plus it helps that I LOVE children's and young adult literature. Since I was just starting library shcool when I was hired, I was lucky in that I could use my real work experience in the library to guide my curriculum. Luckily a position opened for a Youth Services Librarian a year into my schooling and I got an early promotion! I love my job and I truly look forward to each day.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Sometimes the teens I work with like to go old school.  That can be one of two things.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The classics like scrabble, monopoly, stratego, risk etc.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Really Old school is young games like candyland, chutes and ladders, sorry, hungry hungry hippos.  Teens hate to admit it but they love playing games that bring them back to their younger days.  If you do it in the evening depending on your crowd throw in a pajama aspect and play some disney movies in the background.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Tony and the Wonderful Door&lt;/em&gt;, by Howard Fast
&lt;a href="http://openlibrary.org/b/OL6140464M/Tony_and_the_wonderful_door" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://openlibrary.org/b/OL6140464M/Tony_and_the_wonderful_door&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would try NSCEP/NEPIS - EPA's Gateway to Free Digital &amp;amp; Paper Publications (i.e. EPA's service for old documents). &lt;a href="http://nepis.epa.gov/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://nepis.epa.gov/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I tried searching with your publication number, but had no results. I wondered whether the 1 in the publication number might be an 'L', since that position is usually occupied by a letter. I couldn't find it using that variation either.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I did a title search with the full title in quotes, and it turned up 216 documents. I haven't sifted through them all.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;EPA's web librarians are excellent, and I think you'd get good help from them.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;EPA does not do that much on noise issues.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When you say you do OK with copy cataloging, do you mean that you understand the MARC fields and tags when you see them in the record you're copying? If so, and if you're a typical public library without much original cataloging, it's often helpful to copy a record for something that's close to what you need and then change only the parts you need to.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For instance, at our library a patron donated a self-published history of county land grants. On WorldCat we found the record for a similar history, of a different county, at a library in another state. The cataloger used that record as a template, changing the relevant information and constructing the correct Dewey number for our location. Much faster and easier than having to look everything up in AACR 2!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I also like displays to highlight my sports books -- "Tackle A Good Book" and I put up Football books, "Shoot for a Good Book" and up go the hockey books -- Of course with these displays I also can put emphasis on my favourite sports teams (Posters, Slogans, Clippings) which often gets a rise out of the students.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A couple of libraries have started to offer "Silent Library" as a teen program (Japanese Game Show). I can send you a set list I proffered from another library. We're going to offer it in the spring.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am trying to locate a printable copy of Frederic Morton's article "Kristallnacht" which was in the 10 November 1978 issue of New York Times. Thanks! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would highly recommend getting a subscription to CatExpress through OCLC (&lt;a href="http://www.oclc.org/catexpress/default.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.oclc.org/catexpress/default.htm&lt;/a&gt;). The initial set-up charges are minimal and there is no charge for searching the database. You can import records directly into most ILS's for some ridiculously low price like $1 per record. You select the specific records you want and if, for some reason, you need to reimport a record (or put it in your queue a second time by accident), you are not charged for the duplicate. This won't eliminate your need for original cataloging all together, but it should reduce it significantly. Because of the vast number and variety of libraries that are part of OCLC and CatExpress, there are records for all media and genres. Of course, you can always search WorldCat or other online catalogs and cut and paste, but for a buck a record, CatExpress will save you in labor what you pay in per-record fees -- and eliminate errors in the copying. Worth every penny!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Libraries should cease or not offer those services that have a low "return on investment" based on:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;how frequently they are or would be used by what portion of target audiance&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;overall cost to provide (staff, materials, supplies)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;how well they fit into the Library's mission&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;whether they are offered elsewhere in the community&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the relative balance of each of these&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So, there may be some programs that are only attended by a handful of people and cost more to provide than, say the ubiquitous story time, but if they fit tightly with the library's mission and fill a need/want that would otherwise be unmet in the community, it may be on the "keep" list, while a popular and relatively cheap program that can be found elsewhere (i.e. crafting workshop) might be dropped.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I found a pdf of the article... what's your email address? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Pictureka is probably the most loved board game we set up for our gaming programs, and Connect Four is a classic that has never lost its luster.  Street Fighter IV is another great game; it looks amazing projected onto a big screen, it's very action-packed so it catches peoples' attention, and it has great pick-up-and-play controls.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you're willing to brave the dangers of bringing a Mature-rated game into the library, I can't recommend Halo 3 and the recently-released Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 enough.  I have not yet quite gotten there, but your mileage may vary.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Plus, if at all possible, set up a library Dungeons and Dragons group.  D&amp;amp;D has been undergoing a resurgence in popularity, so now is a good time to get kids in playing it.  Plus, if you know 3-4 other co-workers that want to play, it will give you a good excuse to put your own group together.  Hey, you've got to learn how to play somehow, right?  :)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I got the pdf as well so you now have two people who can send it.  But for future reference The New York Times archive is online and to search it is free if you are subscriber to the paper. I do believe this can be worked if your library subscribes as well. Plus as a subscriber I can access 100 premium (read as pay for) articles a month for free.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How do you encourage your Library Board to get involved in active decision making and advocacy for the Library, rather than just show up for meetings and go through the agenda almost by rote?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Gaming programs are a big hit.  There are all kinds of ways to get one going, and you don't have to spend a lot of money.  You can ask around to other staff members, see if anybody has an Xbox 360 or a Nintendo Wii you can borrow and go from there.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A Twilight-themed party would also be a good idea; encourage teens to dress up as their favorite characters, serve vampire-themed snacks and drinks, make available some of that stuff that makes you sparkle (it's a type of lotion or something; I think you can make your own).  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What seems to be your main issue though, if teens are non-existent, is marketing.  Talk to your local school systems (including private schools and homeschool organizations) and see if they'll help spread the word; send them fliers and press releases.  Make sure this is okay first though, don't just send them anything on spec.  Most public school systems have very strict rules about distributing materials from outside organizations.  Also, remember your local paper.  Teens won't read it as much as their parents will, but the parents can be trusted to pass the word along if it's a good program.  Does you library have a MySpace yet?  That's a great way to advertise programs once you have a following.  And don't forget to advertise programs at other programs; I usually have a flier for the next program on hand at each event I do.  Once you establish a core group, you can rely on word-of-mouth, but right now get them in the door so you can get them interested.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi. Before you start creating the programs you need to find those teens! You say they're not in the library? Go where you know they are and find out why! Specifically, make contact with the school librarians, English teachers, etc., and find out if you can do school visits, e.g. booktalks, database presentations, or offer library tours, etc. Once you make it into the classroom, that's when you ask them about what they'd like to see at the library that would inspire them to come around more often :o) Book clubs? Video games? Writing workshops? SAT prep? And make yourself accessible to teens by giving them your email address or other social networking info you and your library are comfortable with. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It takes time to build up a teen presence in a library if there isn't much history of programming and services specifically for them. I had a very similar situation, and it was all about networking with the teens, homeschooling groups, and even their parents (gasp!) to make them aware that the library is interested in them. If you're library doesn't already have a an area devoted to teens, or it does and it isn't decorated/visually interesting, put word out that you are looking to create a teen advisory committee (or similar group) to help re-envision the teen area.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As for programming, there is much trial and error working with teens. My number one rule is "have food and they will come," but food will only get you so far. Investigate what teens in your community are interested in and work with them to develop library-appropriate activities.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you aren't already, I recommend you join the YALSA listserv ya-yaac, read more about it and sign up &lt;a href="http://lists.ala.org/wws/info/ya-yaac" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Good luck and don't get discouraged- they will come, you just need to remind them that you're there!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Get a new library board.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Invite the Board to attend library programs and see for themselves the impact the library and staff are making. Plan a "field trip" of the library on a day when there is a story time or book group or homework help, something that shows them what the library offers and how the community responds to it (or in some cases, doesn't respond).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, can staff attend the Board meetings? I'm thinking more along the lines of them providing a brief presentation about what they're doing and how the Board could make it that much better. Also, if you have a teen advisory board, see if you can get a representative teen to attend and give a quick spiel about teen services and programming and what that means to them.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If they are by the book agenda followers and won't budge from the meeting room, why not include advocacy issues on the agenda? Make it a discussion point, or a "homework assignment" of sorts.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Sometimes everybody needs a little motivation ;o) Is the Board acknowledged for its current work? For example, if they provide the budget for snacks for a program, is that fact included in the publicity? Is there a picture of the Board visible in the library? Or plaques on anything in the library that were made possible by the Board? (e.g. on a display case, for artwork, that kind of thing). It sounds a little underhanded, I know, lots of folks like to be recognized for their work.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Or, you could go with Bill's suggestion!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Gaylord Library Furnishings&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gaylord.com/adblock.asp?abid=16915&amp;amp;search_by=desc&amp;amp;search_for=stacking%20chairs&amp;amp;mpc=WW" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.gaylord.com/adblock.asp?abid=16915&amp;amp;search_by=desc&amp;amp;search_for=stacking%20chairs&amp;amp;mpc=WW&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;$55 each, stacks 40 high&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Chairs, Stack, NPSC, 8500 Series, Plastic Seat &amp;amp; Back, Steel Sled Base&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Lightweight and compact&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Demco&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.demco.com/CGI-BIN/LANSAWEB?PROCFUN+LWDCWEB20+LWDC225+PRD+ENG+FUNCPARMS+ZZWSESSID" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.demco.com/CGI-BIN/LANSAWEB?PROCFUN+LWDCWEB20+LWDC225+PRD+ENG+FUNCPARMS+ZZWSESSID&lt;/a&gt;(A0200):42472172261603177893+ZZWNAVPAG(A0100):PRODUCT+ZZWBTRKID(A0120):BST0000+DATESEQ(A0140):109109104921&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Plastic Stacking chair $84 (different vendor, stacks 40 high)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Contoured Stacking Chair&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Demco&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.demco.com/CGI-BIN/LANSAWEB?PROCFUN+LWDCWEB20+LWDC225+PRD+ENG+FUNCPARMS+ZZWSESSID" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.demco.com/CGI-BIN/LANSAWEB?PROCFUN+LWDCWEB20+LWDC225+PRD+ENG+FUNCPARMS+ZZWSESSID&lt;/a&gt;(A0200):42417472441603317892+ZZWNAVPAG(A0100):PRODUCT+ZZWBTRKID(A0120):BST0000+DATESEQ(A0140):109109104942&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Contoured Stacking chair $56 (again from Rico, same dolly, stacks 15 high)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The publication date is 1991, but how about the Rowan series by Anne McAffrey?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I can't believe how many "psychic powers defeat aliens" books are out there!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We had a very successful Improv Workshop that brought many teens we had never seen before to the library. We hired Chicago Improv Associates for about $400 which I know is a lot, but we have been leaning towards more exciting well-attended programs every few months instead of a lackluster program every single month. We also had a well attended and very fun live clue game in our auditorium.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The boys in my teen gaming group loved &lt;strong&gt;Risk 2210 AD&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_2210_A.D" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_2210_A.D&lt;/a&gt;.), particularly the nuclear weapons and devastation markers.  &lt;strong&gt;Chess&lt;/strong&gt; was a distant second. (I bought a lot of games from &lt;a href="http://www.funagain.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.funagain.com&lt;/a&gt; because of the reviews and the information they have on the time it takes to play a game. The teens would try these games and then go back to Risk.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Some multi-player Nintendo video games (gamecube, wii) are easy to pick up, family friendly but fun to play, and allow players to get beter and better as they play. (I believe Eli Neiburger referred to these games as "deep" in a presentation I attended.)  They also don't rely on having an awesome TV or sound system like most Xbox 360 or PS3 games. These  allow up to 4 players to use one monitor/TV at the same time, so they're economical (I'm sure there are others as well):&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Mario Party 8 (wii)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;MarioKart (wii or gamecube)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Super Smash Bros. Brawl (wii) or Super Smash Bros Melee (gamecube)&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I typically avoided video games for &amp;lt;4 players or anything that required an individual to save her progress (most RPGs).  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I wish I could have had a Halo tournament for teens, but all of our video games had to have a T for Teens rating or lower.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Boys from ages 10 to 18 love Madden NFL, either on PS2 or Xbox. It's easy to run a one-day Madden tournament and offer a Best Buy giftcard or something similar as a prize to the winner. I've also done many Monopoly board game tournaments, and Hasbro provides rules and even free board games for use in their tournaments; go to &lt;a href="http://www.hasbro.com/monopoly/en_US/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.hasbro.com/monopoly/en_US/&lt;/a&gt; for details (although the site is down as I write this, hopefully up again soon).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Over the past two years, I've found this &lt;a href="http://www.oclc.org/bibformats/en/default.shtm" rel="nofollow"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; and the accompanying pages to be the most helpful as I've learned to catalog. Yes, the guide is specific to OCLC, but it follows AACR2 standards.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Quick easy popular programs that worked for me when starting out doing teen programming: duct tape crafts, pizza taste-off, Monopoly board game tournament, and any kind of videogame program.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;One of our professors in library school said that we should not be a children's librarian if we were more childish than childlike.  Having met many children's librarians over the years, I'd say that is true. ;-)
Another bad reason to do this job is as an excuse to read kids books, if that is the only reason.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The best children's librarians I have ever met consider themselves advocates for kids. They put kids first. Liking to perform is not something I see as an essential. Anyone can perform to some extent or another.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What is your favorite Unshelved story or strip? Is there one that felt like it was "ripped from the headlines," i.e. from your library?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Not story lines but two of my favorite strips are where Dewey is waiting for the patron to hang up the cell phone and the patron says I am waiting for the threat.  And my all time favorite (actually have a signed print of it somewhere) is when it is explained that it takes the village people to raise a child. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here are the links as demanded by Bill(who you think could have provided them)
&lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20081113" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20081113&lt;/a&gt;  (Cell phone strip)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20030115" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20030115&lt;/a&gt;   (Village People Strip)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My favorite was the reading advocacy chicken. Many of the lines from that series arc I think I probably have said as a director at a time when I was too obsessed with numbers. I love how the arc backfires. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070212" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070212&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070215" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070215&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070216" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070216&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070217" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070217&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I second the recommendation for Apples to Apples; it's good for any number of people, and players can enter and leave at any time. Similarly, you could try any version of Fluxx.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Can you support why you should have it by showing other, similar schools who have the book? Or finding a good book review ("Such and such" won the &lt;strong&gt;_&lt;/strong&gt; award this year. We should really consider ordering it). You're lucky to have avid readers who requests books!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The manga that I've traditionally heard recommended for people who don't like manga is &lt;em&gt;Eyeshield 21&lt;/em&gt;, a school football story. But if you like clean lines and character-driven plots, you might be better off going for some older shojo titles, like &lt;em&gt;They Were 11&lt;/em&gt;, found in the anthology &lt;em&gt;Four Shojo Stories&lt;/em&gt;, or &lt;em&gt;Basara&lt;/em&gt;. If you're just after visual realism, you could try something from Naoki Urasawa, author of &lt;em&gt;Monster&lt;/em&gt; and a few other titles. You might also enjoy &lt;em&gt;Oh My Goddess!&lt;/em&gt;, a sort of fantasy told in a realistic setting. What sort of stories do you like to read?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My local library ran a popular biweekly anime program a year or so ago until they ran out of funds. Some companies will send promotional materials that can be given away as contest prizes.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have a special place in my heart for the Secret Origins of Buddy the Book Beaver.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Do your libraries offer support for library workers without MLS degrees to go back to school and get that degree?  If so, is it financial support?  If so, how much of the cost do they cover?  (Another piece of useful information would be what kind of library you are, if such support is provided)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My board would like to know what other libraries offer.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I knew back in kindergarten that I wanted to be a librarian - one of my hobbies was hanging around the library and leading other children to books I thought they would like.  Kindergarten is also when I started getting to school early so I could shelve library books.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(I wasn't a total geek in Kindergarten - it wasn't until 1st grade that I put pockets in all the books in my bedroom and arranged them by the Dewey Decimal System.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This is all sadly true.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I found that my college computer classes were really helpful when I got to library school, and they're still helpful now.  You want a class that covers all the basics, Microsoft Office software, webpage creation (with software and HTML), and using databases.  All of these will help you with programming and with behind-the-desk work.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm in an academic library.  We do not offer financial support, but we will allow you to shift around your schedule to allow for classes, tests, etc.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In my previous library (also academic), they gave students a few hundred dollars a term to go towards library school costs, but this was discontinued quickly after 2 students used it a few terms in a row.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Yes, our city has tuition (and books) reimbursement for this and other educational pursuits. This must be budgeted in advance. Also, in California we have a program that support staff can apply to that helps with the pursuit of an MLS through the State Library.
Darla
Lincoln Public Library
Lincoln, CA &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am working at a secondary school library currently doing my Masters in Teacher Librarianship. Teacher Librarians are pretty thin on the ground in my part of Australia and although my school is not paying for my qualification, they are supporting me with the cost of text books (which are then added to the collection) and a paid study day per subject.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;LibraryThing has a group that works like this one but is only for questions like this. Tons of people read it. You might have more luck there.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The most successful YA display I've ever done was non-fiction.  YALSA's annual Best Books for Young Adults lists always have lots of non-fiction titles.  Teens also love books with lists like Guiness Book of World Records and the Ripley's Believe It or Not, or things like the Darwin Awards&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In production (but not completed), Marin County Free Library &lt;a href="http://www.marinlibrary.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.marinlibrary.org/&lt;/a&gt; is using Hannon Hill's Cascade Server.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;[Sorry about starting a fresh post Bill, but I didn't see how to link this to your comment in the the original post about Michigan State University Libraries investigating that product.]&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;"The Misperception" has got to be one of my all-time favorites. It was actually traced from a snapshot taken one quiet Tuesday morning at my small urban branch:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20050206" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20050206&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The more I have this conversation the harder it is not to give Dewey's answer. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Could it have been Flight in Yiktor by Andre Norton?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The start of the book club is my favorite&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/?strip=20050404" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.unshelved.com/?strip=20050404&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When this was published, I was a very new computer tech and librarian, with a brand new (and cranky) public access network. This has remained a favorite for all these years . . .&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20050709" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20050709&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Copy cataloguing is to download or copy part or all of a record off of a database like OCLC or in Canada AMICUS.  Or anywhere else for that matter.  There are great examples of records on the OCLC and AMICUS (link below).  I learned to catalogue on the fly so I'm glad to help someone with their learning process.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/amicus/index-e.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/amicus/index-e.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Also, the YALSA-BK listserv--it's produced by ALA's YALSA, but I think anyone can join...definitely any member of ALA (&lt;a href="http://lists.ala.org" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://lists.ala.org&lt;/a&gt;). I've also seen librarians on there ask "Stumper" questions for patrons or non-librarian friends.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My favorite display is "Books You Can Judge By Their Covers" because you can show off all your great covers and put up a wide range of books.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I agree with Paige about the non-fiction as well.  Teens like it but when it's hidden between all of your educational non-fiction, they don't always know it's there.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I love the Library vs. the internet series between Dewey and Merv. It starts &lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070625" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and ends five days later, on the thirtieth. My favorite out of the series is the &lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070629" rel="nofollow"&gt;Adult Content strip&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I also really love this &lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20090326" rel="nofollow"&gt;one&lt;/a&gt;, it proves extremely true for me as I am slightly scatterbrained to begin with.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I refound this &lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070721" rel="nofollow"&gt;one&lt;/a&gt;; I had to add it, as it is another of my favorites.  I love that we are in a profession where we are celebrated for our uniquneness and the silliness of a tickle war breaking out is fairly okay. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Congratualtions on making the commitment to deal with a historic problem!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It sounds as though you're familiar with MARC standards &amp;amp; AACR2 -- since you're OK with copy cataloguing -- that's a good beginning.
I'd suggest getting in touch with librarians at other similar libraries to yours. You may find that they already have in-house cataloguing manuals, 'cheat-sheats' or other helpful tools. These 'boil down' the standards into the elements which are most important/helpful for the cataloguing issues that you're likely to encounter in your specialised collection.
Try checking out their catalogues &amp;amp; when you find one with similar material &amp;amp; where you like the quality, contact the librarian.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You might even find a cataloguing mentor -- someone who works in a similar library, and is up to speed on cataloguing problems you're likely to encounter.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'd also suggest taking a hard look at the national standards, and make sure you spend your (very valuable) time, on the elements that add most value to your users. [Some of the standards code for elements that (so far as I'm aware) have never been used for searching in any library OPAC]. Subject access and keyword access (contents notes &amp;amp; subject summaries) add far more value for your end users than does getting the publication details absolutely correct to the last comma.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You might also get the Board involved in your annual and strategic planning process.  If they've had contribution into the direction that the library is going, they're much more likely to become 'active'.
A major function for Boards can also be fundraising and providing linkages to other non-for-profit organisations that the library can parner with.  It's a great idea to link this through to your strategic plan, so that fundraising ties directly into an 'end result' that provides even more motiviation to continue.
Finally, look at who's on your board -- is it mostly comprised of 'dead wood'? Can you get them to look at succession planning -- look for gaps in their current areas of expertise and consider how to recruit to fill these.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Do you use LibraryThing? I've seen it come up a couple of times already here, and was wondering if you use it personally? professionally? How's it working or not working for you? Does your library use it? Pros, cons, suggestions for using it more effectively?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have given more thought to your question after I answered last night and here are some ideas on where to look for original cataloguing information.  For quick subjects, try the WorldCat site (see next post).  From the comment I just read, your collection is mostly medical.  You could also try PubMed for subject ideas as well.  Or use the link below for MeSH.  &lt;a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I hope this of some help to you.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Here's the worldCat one:  &lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.worldcat.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Again I hope this helps.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Always curious what is everybody else reading here?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Scratch that. Was reading the Munson biography but not liking the style so now am rereading Reply by Ken Grimwood. Also just finished the first two books of The Millenium trilogy and waiting for the third which comes out in the US around May. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Babymouse for girls
Toon series
Warriors series
Dodgeball Chronicles for boys
Sardine in Outer Space
Sticky Burr
Magic Pickle&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Just lucked upon Diana Gabaldon's latest release An Echo in the Bone: A Novel on the Xpress table.  I dove right in last night, she's such a great storyteller!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Just started book 6 in the Ranger's Apprentice series. How great is it that reading good YA books is part of my job? lol&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I prefer shelfari since it lets you organize books as read, reading and plan to read.  It really helps me keep track of the books I want to read.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have put a lot of my own books into LibraryThing and for the moment they are just sitting there.  Though I consider it a good inventory should I need it one day.  I wish they did CDs and DVDs as well.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I also introduced it to a small library in Nicaragua as a simple way to catalog their books.  They have a version for non-profit organizations that allows for more records at a reasonable price and last I knew were developing their LibraryThing for Libraries.  As I mentioned though, I have not poked around in a while to see how the additions and improvements are coming along.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi! &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm new on the forum and a fairly new librarian. The school library that I'm in charge of has never been weeded, and so that daunting task is on my shoulders now!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I've looked at many different policies and advice regarding weeding; but my main problem is with non-fiction books. I don't know everything about every subject, and I'm not sure how I can make the decision of "the information in this book is too old" or "the information is still good". &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm the only staff in the LMC;  I've asked teachers to help me (art teachers with art books, etc...) but I don't want to do this all the time. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Experienced librarians, HELP! &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thank you :)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The first step is exactly what you did. Ask for help from people who know.  Some sections are weedable even if you do not know them. For example I just agreed to weed the library in my synagogue and so obvious titles to go were The New Antisemitism which was published in 1971 (that is now the old or at very best medium Anti-Semitism) and books dealing with the current plight of Jews in the Soviet Union (we are looking for books on the Russian Jewish experience as a whole now).  Use a little common sense and you can figure them out.  There are going to be books that are to "professional" for you to know the answer but you will be surprised how many books make it easy. And also don't forget to check circ records (a book that has not been checked out for 40 years becomes a good candidate for weeding) and general appearance to.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The rule of weeding that I follow is no information is better then misinformation.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hope that helps.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I use LibraryThing, but I find that I read at a faster rate than I purchase books. I migrated over to Goodreads to keep track of what I am reading. I still use LibraryThing, but most of my activity is over at Goodreads. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We are in the process of using it as a "New Books" list. LT also has a lovely widget that we are going to include on our new web page. The widget displays the book covers of the new books (pulled from Amazon, I believe). You can click on a book cover and read more about it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You can also create RSS feeds for new titles on any tag, such as nursing or cosmetology (yes, I am at a community college library), so that instructors or anyone can see new titles related to his/her interest will show up in a feed reader.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There are lots of possibilities. We do not use it in lieu of an online catalog, but it certainly makes a much more pleasing New Books list than simple text of titles and call numbers.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The two sources I mostly have used are:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Collection Development Training from the Arizona Libraries, Archives, and Public Records
&lt;a href="http://www.lib.az.us/cdt/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.lib.az.us/cdt/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;and the Crew method from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission
&lt;a href="http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/pubs/crew/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/pubs/crew/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For my guidance you can also look at Awful Library Books:
Awful Library Books
&lt;a href="http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Those are good starting points to get a feel of what you should weed and why. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm reading California by Kevin Starr and listening to The Man Who was Thursday by G. K. Chesterton via Librabox. The California book is the primer for California history. The Thursday book is quite fun. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Not YA, but &lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/233029440&amp;amp;referer=brief%5Fresults" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Big Rich: The rise and fall of the greatest Texas oil fortunes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Bryan Burrough, the co-author of &lt;strong&gt;Barbarians at the Gate&lt;/strong&gt; is a very good read.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I use LibraryThing for my personal collection and my Church Library.  It is very easy to add books to your collection, it basicly takes information from the Library of Congress or Amazon, or whatever library you pick from its list.  Then its very simple to add information about the specific copy that you have, down to copyright, number of pages, and a scanned image of the cover!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Once added to your collection, it is simple to add tags, which allow you to add subject terms not already attached, note where you physically have the book, or even give the book an individual number.  There are also features on LibraryThing that allow you to keep track of if you have read the book, rate the book, write a book review, or add to a "collection" of books on a wishlist of books you want to get.  You can even interact with other members who have a certain book, and view their collection.  You can even get a list of recomended books and other members based on what is in your collection.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This is just a breif overview, LibraryThing is full of neat gadgets that help you find books to read, places holding book events, and other readers like you.  Enjoy and be aware, its addicting.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The document is available at some of the regional EPA libraries:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Library   Call Number Additional Info Location Date Modified 
EJAD  EPA 600/1-77-025  Region 3 Library/Philadelphia, PA 01/14/2000 
EOAD  EPA-600/1-77-025  Region 8 Technical Library/Denver,CO 03/11/2005 
ESAM  EPA 600-1-77-025  Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 04/11/2003 &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Others regional libraries that have not been shut down might have it as well.  Check OCLC number 41168322  for a bib record.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have attempted, and mostly failed due to various time/moving factors, to catalog my personal collection on Library Thing. The social networking aspects, particularly "meeting" others with similar books to my more-unusual ones is the main attractor to me. I helped a gardening club set up a catalog of its books with it, which is, as others have said, very easy, and meant all members could see the available reference material online.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My library also uses Library Thing for Libraries, and the various associated widgets. Given that topic searches work fairly badly on our OPAC, the tag clouds have become a popular way for both customers and staff to search for "steampunk" or even "chick lit". The comments and reviews are less popular and well used, based on  our experience so far.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Also, as you're weeding, keep in mind books that are circulating well but have outdated information in them; you'll want to order updates on those and weed what you currently have when the new editions come in.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Most of all though, don't be afraid to weed.  If it needs to go, it needs to go.  Some librarians like to hang on to as many books as they can, but then that's just more clutter to sift through.  Sure, there may be that one patron who needs that book on Ukrainian aquatic basket weaving, but the likelihood of that patron coming in your library: next to none.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Most of what I read is comics, and the series I'm following right now are: Batman, Batman and Robin, Batman: Streets of Gotham, Batman: The Widening Gyre (Kevin Smith writing Batman for the win!), everything involved in the Blackest Night crossover, Green Lantern, Green Lantern Corps, Captain America, Captain America: Reborn, Wolverine: Weapon X (old-school Wolverine awesomeness), The Unwritten (probably my favorite right now), and Marvel's rotating Halo miniseries'.  I also pick up other miniseries' here and there, and the odd one-shot that catches my interest.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As for novels, I've been slowly plodding away at Halo: Contact Harvest since last month.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Keene Public Library is migrating its old Dreamweaver site to a new Drupal one. We hope to launch in Jan.2010, but it is a slow process!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We do have coffee for Finals week and the week before, we have longer hours for both.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For the past couple years, just after spring break, we have been collecting food and toiletries in exchange for fines, for the local food pantry.  The second year the program went above and beyond expected, collecting 5000 plus items in a week, and not all of those were for fines.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We do a large number of displays.  Some are traditional, relating to the holiday.  But we also do informational.  The current one relating to the Lincoln Highway.  The previous one was dedicated to Breast Cancer Awareness Month and was in conjunction with a 5k awareness run and homecomming activities.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I became an elementary school assistant librarian after first volunteering and then substituting and finally got the job. I also volunteered and worked in classrooms and when I started saying "no" to the classroom jobs and "YES" to the library jobs I knew I was hooked.  I LOVE the library work and have always loved kids books.  Like someone else said...I wish I had known this was even an option when I was younger. There is nothing like getting kids excited about reading, and the look on their face when they come back the day after reading a book you have recommended to them-priceless.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As a kid I was lucky enough to live down the street from the public library and visited there often, coming home with armloads of books.  When we have money to buy new books I get to do the same thing here.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Is a hold fee exactly what it sounds like?  I do find it strange to charge to place a hold.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But to answer another part of the question, I calmly remind the patron that the fine is there to encourage the timly return of the item.  Our fines are larger for DVDs because they are a smaller collection with a good amount of circulation, so we want them back for the next patron to be able to use them.  We also have the fine schedule printed out as a handout at the front desk.  So between showing the fine schedule, and showing the patron record for date checked out, date due, and date returned, there is no arguement about how the patron got the fine.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm also in professional counseling, that helps a great deal in realizing what Gene said about its not about you, but the fine.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Finally, my boss takes the hard punches.  As head of circulation, she has the power and poise to deal with the hard ones.  Can you do that with your boss/supervisor?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Best wishes.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm reading &lt;strong&gt;Highest Duty: My Search For What Really Matters&lt;/strong&gt;by Chesley (Sully) Sullenberger. This is a fascinating read if you are the least bit interested in flight.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Currently listening to &lt;strong&gt;Friday Night Knitting Club&lt;/strong&gt;.  It's light and enjoyable and has gotten me excited about knitting again and even other creative, crafty projects!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Just finished "Shade" by John B. Olson as I had the fortune of acquiring an ARC for the sequel titled "Powers". I basically liked the first one, although the ending was a little bit cute for me...so I'm anxious to see what turns this one takes.  (Christian SciFi - along the lines of Peretti and Dekker)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;When I'm done with that one, I'll continue my read through Ursula LeGuin's Earthsea Cycle - Tehanu (book 4) is sitting in wait. Not sure how I missed these when I qualified as a 'young adult', but I'm liking them now!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Since I, too, wasted time looking on Novelist and LibraryThing without luck myself, I asked in a post on the SciFi group on LibraryThing and here's the only response I got:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(from user pjfarm): "I read a similar book (probably late 70's) though I don't recall the name or author. The plot as I recall was that they were veterans of the war with the aliens and were being sent back home for various reasons. The teenage girl had telekinesis and was a spoiled brat, the military needed her, just not that badly. There was a slightly older guy, maybe early twenties, with teleportation who didn't want to be there and made himself annoying enough to get sent home, and there was an older guy in his forties with telepathy who burned out. He had lost his wife on a mission, she was tortured to death and he felt all of it in his mind.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;They were shipwrecked on an unknown barely industrial planet, the only survivors. That was the first two chapters, the rest of the book finds them working in the circus until the aliens find the planet and these three decide to organize a resistance.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It sort of reminds me of a Lester del Rey type of book but I don't know if he was the author. Sorry I can't help you further."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I would have thought you might have mentioned a circus if that was it....but Lester del Rey might be an author to take a look at. Seems to be similar to Norton, mentioned by youngwhippersnapper.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm almost finished with Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld and I've got Hound by Vincent Mcaffrey and Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving next up, and I'm listening to Triple Cross by Mark Sullivan (imagine Die Hard set in a ski resort). I try to get a mix of YA and adult, with some non-fiction sprinkled here and there- I recently finished and highly recommend Zeitoun by Dave Eggers.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Just finished rereading "Turn Coat" by Jim Butcher and will be reading "First Lord's Fury" the moment is it in my hands next week.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In the meantime, I am reading "Boneshaker" by Cherie Priest.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also the Eberron Player's Guide for 4th Edition D&amp;amp;D, Outlaw (a graphic novel about Robin Hood) and hoping my head clerk finishes processing the two Mouse Guard, 3 Batman, and one Green Lantern book I ordered before she takes a week and a half off.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Just started The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Pox Party by M.T. Anderson.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I had a woman ask me about a book/series about a young girl who ran away from home and spent the winter with a group/herd of talking horses in the Hamptons.  She remembers the horses being white, and possibly possesed of other magical powers as well.  Does anyone know more about this story?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm on a werewolf kick right now.  (Don't judge me!  I was reading teen horror long before Twilight!)  I just finished Eclipse, I'm in the middle of Shiver by maggie Stiefvater, and next I'm due for another reread of Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Last year I was new in my libraries, and, like you, my libraries had not been weeded for decades.  I found it was helpful to utilize some online collection development services (several book companies will now analyze your collection online).  I used Follett's Titlewave for analysis.  This software offered guidelines for age sensitivity and provided lists of aged titles.  It also showed estimates of about how many books each Dewey category should contain for the size of my libraries.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Of course this didn't give me all the answers, but it did give me a list to start from.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When I was in elementary school (early 1990s) I read a book about a boy and a dragon.  I think it was a fairly old book then.  The dragon's name was Mahagony.  It is not My Father's Dragon.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I loved this book, but every librarian I've asked about it always says "My Father's Dragon."  Can anyone help with the title?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It was a short chapter book with some pictures.  All I remember about the plot was that there was also a boy and the dragon flew with him.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am looking for a good customer service program or training techniques for library staff. I attended the Unshelved program at the California Library Association and was impressed with the amount of customer service techniques passed on at the program (and thus buried in the Unshelved Comic). Does anyone have suggestions for programs, techniques, or trainers in this area?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A friend who's a high-school librarian had a Sob-o-Meter display.  She made a poster of the Sob-O-Meter Guage complete with red arrow.  Next she made three display tissue boxes - one tissue box sized that read "Sniff", the next larger that read "Weep", the third very big that said "Sob".  She arranged a variety of tear-jerkers, both fiction and non, between the boxes.  It was very popular with teens and adults.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Every once in a while I think of a book I read when I was a kid, sometime around 1971-1974. I can't remember the title. I've tried for many of my adult years to identify it - with the internet, with knowledgable children's librarians, and other strategies. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I read it somewhere between 4th and 6th grade. It might have been purchased in Canada, since that's where I spent those grades. It was the story of a white boy who was raised by Indians, in fact as part of the chief's family. The first part of the story is about the rite that will take him into adulthood. He has hidden furs that he plans to take to a town and buy a horse so that he can return to the tribe riding the horse, but it turns out that buying your way out of the rite is not allowed and crosses a taboo, and he is sentenced to death in another ritual, which had a name that I don't remember, though "Circle" might have been part of it. He gets no food or water ... when it rains, a buffalo skin is held above his head so that no rain falls on him, but he gets water by eating/drinking the mud that forms where he is lying. Somehow, he survives - partly there is a decision made by tribal leaders - but he has to leave the tribe.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;He then grows to adulthood and becomes more of a white man, and I don't really remember much from that part of the book.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Some specific lines (approximate) that I remember: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"He stroked his father's arms from the shoulder to the elbow, four times, in love and respect and friendship." (Or it might have been "kinship".)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Said of a louse (later in the book): "I have been chasing him all night. He has many wallows in my scalp."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There was also an Indian friend in the first part who had saved up the following for the main character's important day of the ritual: "&lt;strong&gt;__&lt;/strong&gt; rolled his right eye far to the right. Then he rolled his other eye far to the left." [you get the idea that both are done at once.] Someone, probably the main character, says in response: "That is a marvel!"&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It ISN'T: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Light in the Forest&lt;br /&gt;
The Last Captive&lt;br /&gt;
The Boy Captive&lt;br /&gt;
Sign of the Beaver&lt;br /&gt;
The Forest and the Fort  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A final note: there wasn't the sense in the beginning of this book that the main character was a captive. There was no struggle to survive captivity, because it wasn't seen by anyone in the Indian community, including the main character, as captivity.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Collective Wisdom,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We are in the early stages of implementing MeeboMe reference services as an embedded widget on our upcoming release of our new website.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have been playing around with the widget, and Meebo, but so far I can't seem to figure out a way for two librarians to be logged in at the same time to field messages (in case one is helping another person and can't see the notifications).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I just found out about Unshelved answers, and thought someone else may already know the mysteries of Meebo / MeeboMe.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any tips are greatly appreciated!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Elizabeth&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am so freaking sick of the dogs!  Literally!  I am allergic to all of them, it is the spit, not the dander!  Not to mention I don't want fleas to infest the carpet at my library.  Fake service animals make it worse for those who actually need them.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What we called the "Dusty Books List" (List of items which have not circulated in the last year) can really help you pick off the low hanging fruit -- things that it's clear either don't belong in your collection, or need a heck of a lot more promotion!
Your LMS should be able to collate and print off a list -- arranged by shelf order (classification for NF &amp;amp; alphabetical for fiction).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Pulling the books for evaluation is a great task to give to student library assistants. Divide up the list &amp;amp; get them to search out the remote areas of the library. Then you can review their catch.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You'll also find (or more accurately, not find) a lot of missing titles during this process. Consider these (cautiously) for repurchase -- stolen items are often popular ones.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As you go through, start putting together some 'weeding rules' for each section, based on your own experience. e.g. Computer section, weed anything older than 5 years; Biology, pull anything older than 7 years &amp;amp; review with Biology teacher. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'll second the recommendation for &lt;em&gt;Azumanga Daioh&lt;/em&gt; - if you like Yotsuba&amp;amp;!, there's a good chance you'll like this as well.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you like characters with a somewhat less "manga-ish" look to them, give &lt;em&gt;Planetes&lt;/em&gt; a try. On top of that, it's a great sci-fi story with some enjoyable characters; it's basically about garbagemen (and -women) in space.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'd also second the recommendation for &lt;em&gt;Aria&lt;/em&gt; (and its predecessor, &lt;em&gt;Aqua&lt;/em&gt;) - beautiful artwork,  enjoyable characters, and a leisurely pace.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think you might also enjoy &lt;em&gt;Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service&lt;/em&gt; - it's a horror series with a deft comedic touch and characters that aren't drawn in the typical shonen/shojo style.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Oishinbo&lt;/em&gt; is a food manga - it's about a food writer who's enlisted to create the "Ultimate Menu" in honor of his paper's 100th anniversary. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you've been enjoying &lt;em&gt;Pluto&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Monster&lt;/em&gt;, you should try Urasawa's &lt;em&gt;20th Century Boys&lt;/em&gt; (group of childhood friends discover someone's using the club they created as kids to bring about the end of the world as we know it).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One more - there's a single-volume story called &lt;em&gt;Sexy Voice and Robo&lt;/em&gt;. Kind of a collection of  short detective stories featuring a "telephone dating operator".&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Unshelved Answers&lt;/em&gt; works best when the community actively votes on questions and answers. Think about wading through hundreds or thousands of questions, many of which will have dozens or hundreds of answers - we need a way to find the highest quality information.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In order to vote you need 15 reputation points - you get reputation points by having your questions, answers, and comments voted up by the community. In other words, a minimum amount of good judgement need to be established before you can vote. See the &lt;a href="http://answers.unshelved.com/FAQ" rel="nofollow"&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt; for more information on reputation.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;h2&gt;Questions&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Vote &lt;em&gt;up&lt;/em&gt; a question&lt;/strong&gt; if you think it's a valid question that will make someone's life easier. A good rule of thumb is: if you are answering and/or are interested in the answers to a question, vote it up. If a question duplicates a previous question, vote it &lt;em&gt;down&lt;/em&gt; and leave a comment letting them know it's a duplicate (include the URL of the original).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Vote &lt;em&gt;down&lt;/em&gt; a question&lt;/strong&gt; if it is a poor fit for &lt;em&gt;Unshelved Answers&lt;/em&gt;. This isn't a discussion board, so we shouldn't have questions like "How was your day?"&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;Answers&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Vote &lt;em&gt;up&lt;/em&gt; an answer&lt;/strong&gt; if you think it is correct and/or useful. A good rule of thumb is, if you're nodding at an answer, or learned something from it, vote it up. If an answer duplicates a previous answer, vote it &lt;em&gt;down&lt;/em&gt; and leave a comment letting them know it's a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Vote &lt;em&gt;down&lt;/em&gt; an answer&lt;/strong&gt; if it is factually incorrect, or if you vehemently disagree with it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;Comments&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Vote &lt;em&gt;up&lt;/em&gt; a comment&lt;/strong&gt; if it helps clarify things.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Vote &lt;em&gt;down&lt;/em&gt; a comment&lt;/strong&gt; if it makes things murkier. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Most libraries have set it up where there is either just one logged in at a time, or that there is another meebo account set up and are active at the same time.  In some cases, this also makes a the service more personable where they know which librarian they are chatting with. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The entries are a bit dated, but Sunlink's Weed of the Month can still provide some guidelines for weeding specific sections:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sunlink.ucf.edu/weed/default.aspx" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.sunlink.ucf.edu/weed/default.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I recently attended a customer service seminar put on by &lt;a href="http://www.skillpath.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;SkillPath Seminars&lt;/a&gt;, they're based in Kansas but I'm in MA so obviously they travel to different places. I thought it was a pretty good seminar, the instructor went into various psychological reasons for some of the more annoying aspects of patron behavior. It definitely gave me some ideas of things I need to work on.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you asked a question you should take special care to vote on the answers you receive. It's a simple way to reward people for taking the time to help you.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm reading &lt;em&gt;Last Night in Twisted River&lt;/em&gt; by John Irving at the moment. It's got all the usual Irving themes: icky sex, New Hampshire, absent parents, Phillips Exeter, wrestling, struggling writers, and so on and so forth. It is an interesting plot once it gets going and gets through the All About Logging in Northern New Hampshire parts.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I use LibraryThing both personally and professionally, and highly recommend it as a flexible and always-growing service. Personally, I have uploaded about 1/3 of my collection, and I've recently started using it to keep track of books that I've read (but not purchased) as well. I enjoy the social networking aspects of LibraryThing that allow me to see what books I have in common with my friends, as well as the collaborative environment and cool features, such as the libraries of people like Susan B. Anthony. I enjoy the communal atmosphere that allows me to add information about the books that I love.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My library participates in LibraryThing for Libraries, which I find intermittently helpful when I am trying to find similar books for patrons. I get the most functionality from LibraryThing as a tool for readers' advisory. The ability to enter a search that is a string of tags (such as "young adult suicide" or "travel london") is extremely valuable when attempting to find books for people who have already read everything one author has to offer. Of course, the effectiveness of this kind of search is limited by the kinds of books that have been entered by LT users, but I've had more hits than misses with LibraryThing recommendations. I also use the LT book entries to get capsule descriptions of books that I am thinking of reading or recommending. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;To my knowledge only one person can be logged into Meebo at a time.  It was never intended for libraries (or other organizations with multiple users) and we are really stretching its designed purpose (for individuals to monitor multiple IM accounts!)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It works in libraries, but you have to be careful about trading the shift...  if I log in and a colleague is in the process of answering a question you loose the transaction!  Now the patron will still show up, so you can reconnect and explain the shift change, but this is clunky.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-George&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I use Library Thing for my collection at home!  It is fast and easy -- even my husband can enter books into it!  I love the book covers, that way I remember visually where the book is on my shelves (different rooms).  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://copyright.columbia.edu/copyright/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://copyright.columbia.edu/copyright/&lt;/a&gt; from Columbia is often plagiarized, so it must be pretty good.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Thank you for all the good advice!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have already run an analysis on Titlewave, and I also have copied all the archives of the "Weed of the Month" for reference when I tackle each section.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I've realized that I should focus on the Fiction section first; it's easier and it will give me some experience and some confidence before tackling the Non Fiction section.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The other problem I have encountered is that I am the first librarian in a good 4-5 years to actually care about the collection AND the students' reading habit. So when I looked at the circulation, almost 45% of the fiction books SHOULD be weeded (solely based on circulation numbers). Well I can't do that so I'm taking it slow (weeding books with 0 circ) and I will continue with all my efforts to encourage students to read more. Circulation has already been WAY up this year - I have to hope it will continue :)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;THANK YOU for your answers! And I'm still interested in more advice :)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm currently reading &lt;strong&gt;The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma&lt;/strong&gt; by Trenton Lee Stewart. It's the third installment in the series and so far it's coming along well.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As to what I read usually... well, it depends. A majority of the time, you can find me reading a juvenile/YA book, but I do "grow up" sometimes and read adult fiction and non-fiction. My favorite genres are fantasy, historical fiction/alt history, and science fiction.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I hope this is an appropriate subject of a question here at Answers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I was just wondering what Integrated Library System (ILS) are used amongst the readers of Unshelved. Here at the Henderson Libraries, we use Polaris and I personally have had no major issues with it so far.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;How about your library?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Sunlink now has weeding infor for 2009
&lt;a href="http://www.sunlink.ucf.edu/weed/ByDate.aspx" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.sunlink.ucf.edu/weed/ByDate.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also try the book Less is More: A Practical Guide to Weeding School Library Collections written by two librarians from Sunlink&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Boneshaker by Cherie Priest -- steampunk set in Seattle&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We use Voyager at the University of Montana.  I've had issues with it in various ways.  I came from a library that used Innovative Interfaces Millennium system.  The interactivity with the records and the ability to do searches is just not the same in Voyager.  I miss being able to do a simple search on a particular field in records.  This is mostly because I was able to do those types of searches on my previous system.  Those that have worked with Voyager for much longer here, don't seem to have the same problems that I do.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Are you a member of a regional organization that reviews books and other library materials?  There are two I know of in Washington.  Both have in-person meetings to foster discussion and publish written reviews to their members:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WASHYARG&lt;/strong&gt; (The Washington State Young Adult Review Group) members review YA books 
&lt;a href="http://www.kcls.org/evergreen/about_washyarg.cfm" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.kcls.org/evergreen/about_washyarg.cfm&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PSC&lt;/strong&gt; (Puget Sound Council for the Reviewing of Children's Media) does the same for a broader range of children's materials.  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any other groups out there like this?  I'd love a URL and a mailing address where publishers can send materials.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My last library used Polaris, but my current one uses Sirsi Dynix. I preferred Polaris better because it allowed more third party vendors and partnerships. I could do more with them than Sirsi Dynix. Rss feeds, multiple ways for staff to perform the same tasks, I could customize the webpage and do other neat stuff. I can't do the same with sirsi dynix. Both accomplish the basics and I haven't had any major barriers to do what I need to do with either, but my preference is Polaris. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Maybe:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;White Falcon by Elliott Arnold (he was captured but at young age, retelling of John Tanner story)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Wapiti by Monique Corriveau (couldn't find an annotation, but it's by a Canadian author written in the 60's and involves Native Americans and a boy...?)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Maybe the Secret World of Og by Pierre Berton? I read it in elementary school here in BC in the early eighties.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm reading Cory Doctorow's &lt;b&gt;Makers&lt;/b&gt;. Haven't wanted to go out and cobble together things from unused tech yet but after reading &lt;b&gt;Little Brother&lt;/b&gt; it was hard to look at anything without thinking about how it was connected and how I could break or change that connection. I'm sure it's only a matter of time. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Listening to &lt;em&gt;Along for the Ride&lt;/em&gt; (Sarah Dessen) since I can't seem to get to the book we picked up at BEA....
Finally reading &lt;em&gt;The Boy Who Dared&lt;/em&gt;, since I've wanted to read it for years...ever since Susan Campbell Bartoletti told us how she became enthralled with the story when she visited our school.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I tend to read J and YA stories so that I can promote them to the students, and since they have concise plots, clear characters, and no embarrassing scenes that I have to cover up in public places!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My favorite strip has to be the "put everything in the bookdrop" one.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20021211" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20021211&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In the library that I used to work at, the bookdrop used to be right next to the Circulation Desk and a good 25% of the questions were, "Can I put &lt;strong&gt;___&lt;/strong&gt; in there?". On the other side, the staff side, a printout of that comic still sits there today, a good four years (atleast) after it was printed.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I listened to this book on tape (unabridged) about 10 years ago:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Guy is recruited by the Russians to spy on the US, in the Air Force.  He's given some sort of experimental treatments that greatly extend his life.  Eventually it starts bouncing around in time, with some notable points being:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;He works at one point building a space elevator in S. America&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;He has an "adopted" daughter at one point&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;He has a close friend (guy) that later one turns out to be a woman that loves him (people can change appearance and sex via rejuvenation project) - this person may have been his handler?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A computer virus almost takes over the world as it learns to write itself on brains via the eyes and take over people.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The Russians are looping through time via spaceship/blackhole and rejuvenating over and over again (including the protagonist, unknowingly, I think?)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The protagonist is a mercenary at points&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Towards the end the plot is spiraling around the relationship between the protagonist and his (handler?) and the fight to overcome the computer viruses via the looping through time.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It's one of the books on tape I borrowed, listened to, and returned without paying much attention, but since then I can't find it again.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm now at my second school library, both of which have &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; outdated collections (as in average age of more than 20 years). At my first school I was the only staff member, and I found that the most efficient way for me to weed was to put aside any obvious "tossers" as I found them (or students brought them to me), then do a more detailed weeding as I did inventory. (If you're at a school that inventories the entire collection each year, you might want to draw yourself up a 10 year plan as to which sections you will concentrate on weeding and rebuilding each year). That at least allowed me to only have to read up on and think about a couple of areas at a time (perhaps you might find it easiest to start in an area that reflects your undergrad degree). &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also: Thank you to Wendy for the notice about the update to Sunlink!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;One of the hardest things I've found about weeding is knowing that funding to replace out of date books tends to be minimal at best.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Because of that, I generally do a light weeding rotation that takes a year or two to complete to get through the entire library--it's naturally taking less and less time to go through as more books are pulled--and choose one or two sections a year to do a heavy weed on. This section is then replaced as much as possible with that year's funding.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Books you will probably need to get rid of: All your computer books, old almanacs and other references, dinosaur books that mention brontosaurs, books about extinct animals that weren't extinct when the books were written, most of your health section, most of your music section, books on space exploration that don't mention the shuttle or the space station, and a positively terrifying amount of your 900's. Any biographies of deceased people that meet the "I've (the librarian) never heard of them" criterion are fair game.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Above all, don't be afraid to be ruthless: your library, if it is like mine was, could probably lose at least a third or more of its books and be all the better for it. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Oh, and one hint: when weeding the 800s and the reference section, I recommend wearing a dust mask. (One could plant potatoes on some of those reference books.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think there should be a three-part process:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Look at the publisher. Is it a reliable publisher? A university or one of the reliable publishers like Penguin, Viking, Random House, etc.? If not, maybe it's not worth your time.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Look at the author--who is he and how did he become an expert on the topic he's writing about? Are his credentials or real-world experience credible?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Look at reviews--how have other people responded to the book and what background info have reviewers dug up about the book? Do their responses and the book's context make it seem more or less reliable?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Possibly Time Enough for Love, by Robert Heinlein? Has some of the elements you mention: adopted daughter, longevity (lives 300+ years), sentient computers, jumping around in time, and the main character was in the US Navy. Don't know about the Russian aspect, though.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Stay calm - you never know what might ahve already gone wrong with their day. However....&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Don't take abuse - that's not part of the job description. There is a line between assertive and aggressive behaviour. Talk to your Health and Safety guy. And remember.....&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Going away to get someone else to help often calms people down enough that they are amazingly pleasant to your colleague! I have found many times in the past that walking away to get someone else to look at the situation calms both you and them down enough that the situation can be resolved.
Ultimately though, that's life in any job where you deal with the public!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Have you run a video gaming tournament? How did you set it up so that people weren't bored stiff waiting for their turn?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;No... unfortunately, that's not it.  It's not Heinlein... I don't think.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Stanthorpe Public Library would be using ModX, except their website has been swallowed up by council amalgamations and all that remains is this page on a community CMS that does use ModX (&lt;a href="http://www.granitenet.com.au/groups/cultural/stanthorpe-library" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.granitenet.com.au/groups/cultural/stanthorpe-library&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Here is something that was made for libraries.
&lt;a href="https://admin.libraryh3lp.com/docs/h3lp" rel="nofollow"&gt;https://admin.libraryh3lp.com/docs/h3lp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I was talking to a medical supplies delivery guy, boasting about how good I was at finding books given a vague description (I had recently answered quite a few at the Reference Desk).  He of course called my bluff, asking me to identify a book he had read about 40 or so years ago.  All he could remember about it was the main character was a boy who could run faster than a deer.  The boy may or may not be from another dimension, he wasn't sure.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I've searched for this book for about 3-4 years now without any luck.  Any ideas?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Libraryh3lp works very well in our library. We used to use Meebo, but switched to libaryh3lp because you can have multiple people on at the same time.  You can even transfer questions to another person.  Good for Ron for posting his answer.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I also want to give a shout out for Libraryh3lp.  When it launched in the spring of 2008 we ditched Meebo like a bad habit, precisely because our IM traffic was so much that one person on Meebo couldn't handle it all.  Go with Libraryh3lp - it's very affordable for libraries and was created with library and library issues in mind!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We often have more than one person logged into Meebo. When the second person logs in, a message will pop up saying that someone else is logged in, and to type '1' to log the other person out. But of course, we don't do that. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Here is a non-librarian comment (fiction and non-fiction): I belong to the King County library system and am often frustrated that books from previous eras are no longer available. Yes, that biology book from the 50s or 80s is obsolete for today. Yes, Helen MacInnes has been dead for a long while. Yes, there is no more Soviet Union. However, weeding out such books takes away the ability to read about what perceptions society had at that time. Of course, I am a fan of historical context, and I know that most students don't know enough to realize when a book's information is old (unless it pertains to computer and phone systems). With the ubiquitousness of cell phones, it is fascinating to me to read a suspense novel from the late 50s and to realize that at that time, one may have had to drive for miles to get to a town large enough to have a public phone (what the heck is is a public phone, may ask today's child), and how much differently the story would have gone had the bad guys been able to have real-time information on how their plans had gone wrong. It has also fascinated me over time to have look at an encyclopedia from 1913 and an economic geography text book from the 50s and to see how much room they have for some topics that modern such books wouldn't have because there was so much other information that needed to be included.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Just finished Street magic by Caitlin Kitridge and am going to be reading a british mystery anthology soon.  When I'm not so busy.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My library has a high volume of special needs patrons.  Some of these individuals are accompanied by mentors/chaperons, some are not; even those accompanied by a responsible individual are often left to their own devices.  I genuinely feel sorry for these patrons but they can't always fully comprehend our policies or socially acceptable behavior, so if they behave disruptively or ask invasive questions to the staff it's not their fault.  With that being said, I have two questions: do you ever confront the mentors or family members of special needs patrons at your library and ask they take more responsibility for the person's actions, offering assistance where is needed or helping to guide them on how to behave, and do you have any special procedures for working with special needs individuals who do not have somebody working with them (something as simple as a non-offensive, standard answer for when they ask a personal question--such as "Where do you live?  Can I go over to your house sometime?"--would be a big help).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070416" rel="nofollow"&gt;"weird bookmark"&lt;/a&gt; strip is a great example of truth being stranger than fiction. Everytime I'm faced with something bizarre between the pages I think back to it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;To the above, I would caution... while outdated books (such as the encyclopedia from 1913) can be fascinating, they do not belong on the shelves of a school library.  In a public library, they may find a place in a special collection or archive.  For the most part, though, I think those books need to be saved for academic libraries, used book stores, and digital collections.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm in 2 elementary libraries.  We have several series of books (American Girl, 39 Clues, Disney Fairies) that are written by several authors.  They are currently shelved by author as they were when I entered the library last year, but I don't think this is the ideal situation for my young readers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;How do you other children's librarians shelve your series by multiple authors?  Does your system work for you and your patrons?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've talked to the people accompanying a special needs patron before.  It generally goes one of two ways: deep apologies and some better monitoring that eventually slacks off again, or deep offense that we would complain about someone with special needs.  The former is better than nothing, the latter... well, I explain that we make every accomodation we can, but that there are limits, but also ask that if they have any suggestions on how to make the situation better for everyone, I welcome them.  In other words, use their expertise.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As for the latter, this may make me a terrible person, but if little white lies smooth things over, I'm fine with that.  I usually just say its against policy to share personal information with patrons, wether it is or not.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Just finished &lt;em&gt;Imager's Challenge&lt;/em&gt; (The Second Book of the Imager Portfolio) by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (Tor Books, October 2009, ISBN: 978-0-7653-2126-8).  The latest book by a great story teller (the second in a new series).  I didn't skip any paragraphs (pages, chapters, ...) unlike most new fiction that I read these days.  He creates characters that you know and want to follow.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also have &lt;em&gt;Fire and Ice&lt;/em&gt; (A Beaumont and Brady Novel) By J. A. Jance (William Morrow, August 2009, ISBN: 9780061239229).  She is another favorite author and I am enjoying this one.  Merging characters from two different series is interesting, although the switching back and forth from first person to third person depending on which character is the focus is a slightly off-putting.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The last non-fiction I read was, &lt;em&gt;The American College Town&lt;/em&gt;, by Blake Gumprecht (Univ. of Massachusetts Press, November 2008, ISBN: 1558496718).  Slightly academic (he is chair of a university geography department after all) but still a fascinating, almost anthropological, look at the kinds of places where many of us went to school.  It is of particular interest to those of us who are starting to think about where to retire.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I just reread Shutter Island by Lehane, I'm running a discussion session with some gifted hs students about it next week. Kinda trying to decide where to go next...I have a stack of Dan Silva novels waiting for me, but have a bunch of others and am not sure I want to start a whole series until Christmas vacation. Will probably just reread an old favorite between now and then!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am reading &lt;em&gt;Pride and Prejudice and Zombies&lt;/em&gt;.  The original book is one of my favorites, and the twist of zombies is fun.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I shelve the series together in a series section.  It is much easier for the kids to find and they are more likely to read the whole series.  The students love being able to find the books quickly. We have a label on the shelf identifying what series should be there.  If the shelf is empty, they know all the books for that series are out.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have pulled the series books and made a special series fiction section for the kids in the two libraries that I have been in charge of.  The kids seemed to appreciate finding their series in an easy access spot.  I usually shelved the in rough alphabetical order by series name or, when the space was really limited, I grouped them by type (ie. all the horror on one shelf, all the diary series on another, etc).  That depends on your preferences and the browsing habits of the kids.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Kim&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Definitely you can save interesting old things but not keep them in the regular collection. I've got a great science book from 1960 that has a marvelous chapter on the possiblities surrounding video taping shows off of television. Did you know that there might even be stores someday where you can rent your favorite shows or movies??&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You don't necessarily need to be an expert to weed non fiction. Look at content, try to find a specific fact or term you would expect to be in the book or not to be there if it were current. For example, I just chucked an education dictionary from 1959 - refers to "mogoloid children." Format is also important. Is it something that a current student would want to look at? Is it used frequently in your curriculum? I have several older case law books that I've kept because they cite earlier court decisions that aren't necessarily discussed in current books in much detail.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A good title to get for school library weeding is Less Is More: A practical guide to weeding school library collections (Baumback and Miller, ALA 2006). I've found it gives a good overview of what to keep and chuck in most sections.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I've weeded a goodly number of books in the last several years, same reason as you. My school library dates to 1882, and I have books from nearly that long ago! Oldest one was a copy of Shakespeare's Henry VI, printed 1884, entered into the collection January of 1902.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;www.nahslibrary.org&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am the librarian at a middle school (grades 5 - 8). At certain grade levels, I am having a hard time getting books back that were checked out way back in August. I am seeking any creative ideas on how to get books back. I cannot charge students fines. Like all other libraries, there is no budge to speak of this year. All ideas are appreciated!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When I was in school, back when dinosaurs walked the Earth, we couldn't "graduate" a grade until we had returned the books we had taken out.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;To vote on comments, mouse over the comment. You'll see a little gray arrow appear to the left of it. You can also flag a comment the same way.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The book sounds very similar to those written by the "Stratemeyer Syndicate" ( Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, etc.). I say this because I just repaired a 80% complete collection of the various series(s) for a friend and scanned them for his private use. I took the time to check on it, and the phrase "Faster than a deer" appeared quite often in the "Motor Girls Series" Specifically "The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake". I'm not quite sure if its too Young Adult for your request for "Childrens Books" but thats my two cents.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Reference: the 90+ hours logged looking at vintage children's books.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In one school district near me they don't send out report cards until all overdue books and/or outstanding fines are reconciled. Once the actions of the student gets the parents involved there tends to be a bit more motivation to turn them in!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There are some wonderful annotated bibliographies on &lt;strong&gt;Dragons in Children's Literature&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.ferrum.edu/thanlon/dragons/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.ferrum.edu/thanlon/dragons/&lt;/a&gt;
I did browse through them but did not find any books that featured a dragon named Mahagony.
Perhaps if you took a look something might register.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Literary works I have finished in the past few weeks: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;A Memory of Light:The Gathering Storm&lt;/em&gt; By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dark Lord: A Novel of Falconfar&lt;/em&gt; by Ed Greenwood&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Dresden Files Series&lt;/em&gt; by Jim Butcher&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Continental Drift&lt;/em&gt; by Russell Banks&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Brooklyn Follies&lt;/em&gt; by Paul Auster&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;World War Z&lt;/em&gt; by Max Brooks&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Rigante Series&lt;/em&gt; by David Gemmell&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Atrocity Archives&lt;/em&gt; by Charles Stross&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Books I am currently reading:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Anathem&lt;/em&gt; by Neal Stephenson&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Lost Symbol&lt;/em&gt; by Dan Brown&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo&lt;/em&gt; by Stieg Larsson (interestingly enough it's title in Swedish means "Men Who Hate Women)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Books I am critiquing:
&lt;em&gt;Twilight Series&lt;/em&gt; by Stephanie Meyer&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Abraham Lincoln: The War Years&lt;/em&gt; by Carl Sandburg&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Books on my "To-Do" list:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;First Lord's Fury&lt;/em&gt; by Jim Butcher&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&amp;amp; 3 more pages worth....&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Weeding non-fiction for accuracy and political correctness is always a safe and practical choice despite funding issues. When you can prove that you need current items, you have a clear and winning arguement for why you need funding to maintain a relevent collection My favoriate items to weeded in non-fiction to prove this point so far are:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Dictionary of Negro Biography -  copyright 1980 &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;History of the Negro  Rights Movement From 1900 to Present - copyright 1960-something (in this book Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was  not dead yet) &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Complete Equesterian Health Manual and Horsemanship Guide - copyright 1977&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Both these ladies give a good answer.  But to add to readermelly's answer, within our series area, we shelve by order in the series.  The kids are looking for "# 3 of . . . ." and they can pretty easily tell if it's there.  Our kids seem to like to read the series in order when possible.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Keep a few of the worst offenders to pull out when an administrator or teacher or parent questions your weeding. They do tend to back off when you show them the office education book that shows only typewriters or the space book that is still talking about 1980's technology. The worst comment I ever got was from a curriculum coordinator "but good teachers will correct the out of date information." &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have programs for teens and adults with our system, and we have had some success with offering old fashioned board games, cards, dominos, etc. to play while they wait.  We call it "Bored Games" and we supply some, but families and individuals are also encouraged to bring their own family favorites.  This way, there are games for all ages, the adults who may not know about tech games get to learn a bit, and they can introduce the kids to their favorite card or board games.  We've had great response with this approach.  Hope it helps.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It reminds me of a story that was included in one of my school reading texts, where a boy from another world falls through a cave, or something, and is taken in by a local family. While walking with the father through the mountains, he "lightens his feet" and leaps across a river. They might have named him "Lightfoot"? The whole family retreats through the cave to the other world when shady government(?) agents begin closing in. Sorry, I don't know the name or the author of that one either!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You folks are way too scientific with all the checking catalogs and collection development sources.  If you do all that you won’t have time to pull many books from the shelf.  Use your professional judgment.  Look at the physical condition of the book, check the publication date and publisher, flip through the pages, and look at the table of contents.  Assume you will make some mistakes and don't worry about it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Take out anything you think should go.  Keep them on a separate section of shelves (in the back room, if you have one) and arrange them roughly by the subjects taught at your school (math, American history, etc.).  Three or four times a year tell your faculty that you have pulled 75 books from the collection and ask them to review before you discard.  Few of them will and then when they complain that their favorite item is gone, you can remind them that they had a chance to look at what was going.  If any faculty comes to look, this is a great time to ask for suggestions for better titles to add (as you have funds).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As for replacements, purchase paperbacks that will be used over hardbacks that sit on the shelf.  Also, I spend several thousand dollars a year buying "used" books from Powells.com (notice if they say “student owned”).  The books I get from them are in about the same condition as they would be after one use in my library and they are a lot cheaper than new.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There is a nice video/book set put out by the Noel-Levitz company (see their website &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.noellevitz.com/Our+Services/Professional+Development/Connections+and+Adv.+Connections/" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;) that focuses on customer service on college campuses.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Some of the situations are set in a library but it would all be useful in any institution where there are multiple service points and offices with different responsibilities.  It does a good job of talking about specific behaviors and also reminds us that we all, even those not officially on the public service desk, have an impact (good or bad)  on the customer (in this case the student).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have always liked the &lt;em&gt;Conserve-O-Gram&lt;/em&gt; pamphlets put out by the National Park Service.  They produce practical easy to read leaflets for museums and archive collections aimed at places without a full-time professional conservator.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;At their website (&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/publications/conserveogram/cons%5Ftoc.html#collectionpreservation" rel="nofollow"&gt;NPS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;) &lt;em&gt;Conserve-O-Gran&lt;/em&gt; #3/4 is  "Mold: Prevention of Growth in Museum Collections" (2007).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Having a big game of Apples to Apples going can be great, because it is really easy for players to switch out...they just hand over their cards and can jump right in.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If someone answers your question correctly (not every question has one "correct" answer) then click the checkmark next to the answer.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Weeding Non fiction...
I am doing just that in the children's section of my library.
1)I have asked the powers-that-be to run a list of all non-fiction books from 1999 and earlier that have not gone out this year.
2) condiion of book: old, tattered, torn, shabby, worn &amp;amp; tired looking.
3) Accuracy of information. the computer, medicine, technology, "new" devlopments and inventions always need updating..
Basically, anything from the previous century that needs updating or getting a current copy of for library use.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It could be a Native American tale.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm a curmudgeon, I guess.  I shelve by author as the good Dewey intended, and then teach the students how to do a series search in the catalog. They seem to appreciate the empowerment.  Yes, I'm elementary, too.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our hardback books are filed strictly by author, so American Girls, etc, are scattered throughout the collection.  I don't have much say in the matter--our head cataloguer has made that decision.  However, we are freer in our paperbacks (and fortunately, most of the series are paperbacks) and those I put by series name or characters' name if there are multiple authors.  So American Girls are J Pap Ame, Mary-Kate and Ashley (whether New Adventures of MK&amp;amp;A or Two of a Kind) are J Pap Mar, Hannah Montana books are J Pap Han, and so on.  We don't worry about them being in either series order or alphabetical order on the shelf, they come in and out so frequently.  My manga, on the other hand, are filed by series name (One Piece, Naruto, Fullmetal Alchemist, Bleach, etc.) and are shelved in number order. (Then again, most don't have individual volume titles and that number is large and prominent on the spine.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;BTW, I am in a branch of a medium-size public library system.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't work in a library, rather I work in a used bookstore, but I think the best system that works for me is having a section devoted to Children's Fiction Series, then separate the section alphabetically by series title, and alphabetically within the series by Author. This gives children the ability to get a basic feel for organizational systems, and makes shelving the darn tiny books easier on clerks.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We are using it for a campus-wide book discussion.  It gives our online students an opportunity to participate.  So far, participation has been modest (around 30 posts), but I'm impressed that nearly all of that has been from our undergraduate students, who are not required to participate.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I teach family literacy classes through a grant at my library and I am curious about the intersection between nature experience and children's (or family) literacy. Specifically, I'd like to locate any studies indicating that nature experience supports literacy development. The best connections I've found so far include:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;reports indicating that time spent in natural environments improves children's ability to concentrate and otherwise succeed in school (eg. studies cited in Richard Louv's Last Child in the Woods)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;studies and articles pointing out that time spent in imaginative play correlates with school-success skills such as self-regulation (eg.  &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19212514" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19212514&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;articles indicating that natural environments are fertile ground for that kind of free-form, imaginative play&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I've trolled through No Child Left Inside's compendium of environmental education research and a variety of iffy articles I won't overwhelm you with here. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(I will post a related question about programs combining nature and literacy.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What I have not yet found are any studies linking nature experience directly with literacy development. Anybody seen such a thing? Or have any related leads?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Do you know of any programs in libraries (or elsewhere) that focus on a connection between nature and literacy? Some I've found include:&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;li&gt;Literacy Trails in Madison parks (&lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/yl9823x" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://tinyurl.com/yl9823x&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;StoryWalk from Vermont's Kellogg-Hubbard Library (&lt;a href="http://www.kellogghubbard.org/storywalk.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.kellogghubbard.org/storywalk.html&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;River of Words: a curriculum linking poetry &amp;amp; local watershed exploration (&lt;a href="http://www.riverofwords.org/about/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.riverofwords.org/about/&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Bookshop Santa Cruz Outdoors: nature hikes led by authors (&lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/ybwzzp3" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://tinyurl.com/ybwzzp3&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;various storytimes &amp;amp; storytelling offered by park naturalists&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks for your suggestions.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;One of the storylines that rang most true for me was the "Petition" that starts here:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20040920" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20040920&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Only in a public library!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I just finished 13 Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson and just started The Last Dickens by Matthew Pearl.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am a librarian who worked on "the dark side" as a vendor for a few years.  Here;s the thing - don't make excuses every.  Telling a vendor you're going into a program or saying you're not interested is not a NO.   Same as asking for information.  TI means  I might be interested and the vendor will follow up.&lt;br /&gt;
Be straight.  My observations from the other side taught me that most people, not just librarians don't give the straight forward response a vendor needs to hear to take you off the cold call list - if only for one year. 
KEep these things in mind too:
Many vendor sales reps are also librarians and are knowledgeable about how libraries function, some are professional sales types who may or may not get it. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Vendors have territories and competitors in their territories.  If you're in the vendors's zone you're gonna get pinged because that person is looking to increase business, to take it away from a competitor.  They'll call it see if your library's business is status quo - if there are changes of people, of money, of programme. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;SO.. bolttom line - if you are not interested in a particular product be straight - Thanks for the call.  We don't need/want/have any interest in your product at this time.  Please don't call back for at leat a year because I know this won't change.   NO I don't want your information yet  I know you have a web site and I'll check there. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Plug sockets to heat up your hair curlers - true story&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;On a different note there are many services that we do provide (computer tasters, baby rhyme time, the summer reading challenge, author talks) that some of our customers feel that we shouldn't just proving that you can't please all of the people all of the time!!!!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We do a "you saw the movie now read the book" display complete with popcorn boxes.  Mini reviews can be 'popping' out of books on book marks the shape of large popped kernels of corn.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Around the time of our annual Heart Break Cafe poetry slam we do a large display of poetry books opened to poems that match the theme of love and loss.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We used to do a display around "I hate, hate, hate this book" but our English faculty got mad because so many were on their required book list.  The interesting thing was that girls would stand and argue passionately about the books because for each hater, there was someone who loved the book.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I explain that our phone rings in the Library classroom and therefore we will not accept vendor calls because it disrupts teaching.  They are welcome to snail mail us but we will refuse all phone calls.  This works for almost everyone but the lightbulb guy.  He is a real dim bulb because I told him we don't buy bulbs, the building engineer does, and yet he calls regularly and I hang up on him every time.  If you have a real pest, simply tell them they will be put on the Library "Do Not Buy" list if they call again.  Snail mail only!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I also find it helpful when I go to a big conference to create a gmail account to give to vendors.  This avoids my library email inbox from overflowing with solicitations in the weeks following the event.  A month or so later, I can sit down and weed through all the emails at once, create rules to dump the vendors that I don't think I'll ever use, send a handful of vendors to my main email, and after six months close the account completely&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We use a Meebo chatroom so any number of librarians can be logged in at once.  It does work quite differently from the normal widget though - instead of having the widget on every page we have a link on every page to the chatroom page, and also there's no privacy by default (though people can shift to a private discussion with a single librarian if necessary).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For notification, a lot of us use Pidgin - I prefer it because the notification noises are louder than the Meebo web interface, among other reasons.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our secondary school had a relatively sucessful a jelly bean amnesty, where every book brought back earned students (and teachers)a jelly bean. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't think this it but you might look at Matthew's Dragon by Cooper.  She's the one who wrote the Dark is Rising sequence.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Libraryh3lp is the way to go. It will allow multiple librarians to monitor the same queue, it will also allows transfers, you can monitor multiple accounts just like meebo, desing a widget, etc.....&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://libraryh3lp.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://libraryh3lp.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Jason&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Do any of you have experience of allowing young people to choose book stock for your libraries.  I work in a public library in the UK and we have run a small scheme with 16-25 year olds but I'm looking for some tips for working with 8-14 year olds.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi, great opportunity to ask about a book I've wondered about for decades.  I read it around 1988, and it was probably new at the time.  What I remember most clearly are the dragonflies or "darning needles" that, we learned as a major reveal, can serve a healing function as dna splicers.  The book is set on the moon of a much larger planet, and moon or luna may have been in the title.  As I recall, the moon's environment and lifestyle were rather idyllic, with lots of water, but it was threatened by increasing contact with the much rougher, busier civilization of the parent planet, which was not aware of the significance of the dragonflies or the women who knew how to use them.  The book had a feminist cant. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A librarian I met recently told me that at her school, the kids aren't allowed to go to the end of the year dance unless all of their books have been turned in at the the library. The downside is that the librarian had to stand outside the door like a bouncer with a list of offenders and approve entry student-by-student.   &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Seattle's Pike Place Fish Market guys do presentations and workshops about customer service:  &lt;a href="http://www.pikeplacefish.com/philosophy.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.pikeplacefish.com/philosophy.html&lt;/a&gt;  I've never been to one, but would go if it was possible. I have seen one of the videos they produced (&lt;a href="http://www.enterprisemedia.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?talent=Fish%20Philosophy&amp;amp;gclid=CIyRoLzKoZ4CFRlcagodyVQLkQ" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.enterprisemedia.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?talent=Fish%20Philosophy&amp;amp;gclid=CIyRoLzKoZ4CFRlcagodyVQLkQ&lt;/a&gt;) and would say they're well worth the value in terms of empowering and motivating employees.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I notice a lot of new users are treating this site like a traditional message board. Namely there are a lot of "me too" duplicate answers. This is completely natural, but the site will work best when used as designed, with people voting and/or commenting instead of adding duplicate answers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One problem is that new users can't vote answers up until they have 15 reputation, or comment until they have 50. So there's an incentive for me to add a new answer instead of waiting until I have enough reputation to use the system "correctly." Unfortunately we don't have any control over that part of the site.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So I end up making lots of comments on answers, telling people they're doing it wrong. Which could scare people away, which is not my intention.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any ideas on what we can do better to help people learn the system?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Thank you for addressing this. It was tough when I first started since all I could do was answer a question. That leads directly to duplicate answers like you said. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That may change when more general questions exist that don't necessarily have a specific answer. Customer Service, problem patrons, weeding, comfy chairs all can have general questions with little duplication and no right answer. Those are popping up more and more so that problem may solve itself. What are you reading and favorite unshelved storyline also provide a nice way for people to answer, gain reputation, and not duplicate on more specific questions. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've asked one question so far, and thought I found the appropriate tags for it (although I had problems with that, too).  But one of the answers/comments said, "this should be tagged x".  I agree, but I didn't know that tag existed.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So I guess I have two questions:  What's the easiest way to find the appropriate tags for your question?  And is it possible to add more tags after the question has been posted?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You should be able to edit any part of your own post, including the tag. There's an "edit" link right under your question on that question's page.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As for choosing appropriate tags, best practice is to look around at similar questions, and then take your best shot. It's early days yet, so you can help establish good tags. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(Gene and I are doing occasional retagging when it seems helpful.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;From the DC AREA:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.capitolchoices.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.capitolchoices.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What is the division of labor at your library between degreed/non-degreed staff?  For example, do you have anybody at your library who works at the Circulation desk but has a degree, and does their workload differ?  If so, this is the norm or an exception?  Are there duties/projects that only MLS staff are allowed to work on?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;At a previous library I worked at, one major difference between a reference librarian (with the MLS) and a reference assistant (without) was the librarians were the only ones allowed to order books.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I honestly forget, but when you can't vote because of lack of reputation, does it tell you how to get reputation?  If not, can you add something like that?  "Go ask a question to earn reputation!"&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;That's a tricky question. It really depends on the library. Smaller libraries will typically have everybody doing a little bit of everything. Circulation will answer reference questions, plan programs, order books and other duties. There is no reason why that shouldn't happen. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;However, when the systems get bigger there is less time to have everybody do everything, it's inefficient. There will be separate librarians for ordering, reference, and the circulation clerks will just check out materials and handle patron accounts. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I would say major differences in general are dealing with the budget, spending money, and ordering books. The professional class for the employee allows them to do that. However, even that line is blurred in smaller libraries were not even the library directors have an MLS. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;At a circulation desk, the work shouldn't really differ other than the busy work they bring to the desk. A circulation clerk might bring a cart to check in or something similar, but a librarian might bring a collection development journal because of the nature and assignment of both of their jobs. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My only experience would be to have multi-player games. Wii Sports, super mario cart, raving rabbits, Mario Brothers Smash can allow four people to be on at the same time. I set it up at my last library to have three gaming systems and three screens so that a total of 12 people could be playing at any one time. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We had pizza and refreshments. We also had wifi in the room with laptops so those that were bored could use the internet. Whenever we did this, we had people playing, cheering on, using the laptops, or eating and socializing. You can also have one session doing rock band. It just depends on your space.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here is a link to an example of what I was doing there. &lt;a href="http://s105.photobucket.com/albums/m209/jdscott50/Gaming%20Program/?action=view&amp;amp;current=100_1777.flv" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://s105.photobucket.com/albums/m209/jdscott50/Gaming%20Program/?action=view&amp;amp;current=100_1777.flv&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hope that helps and answers your question. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've always heard good things about Zingerman's &lt;a href="http://zingtrain.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;ZingTrain&lt;/a&gt; workshops.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Would it be feasible/reasonable to say that repetitive answers will be voted down, and encourage those users who can vote to vote down answers that appear to be needlessly repetitive just to give an answer and try to be voted up?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, what about a way to get more reputation early on? For instance, give more reputation to people who create "about me" statements in their profile and/or upload a picture. Other users would need to vet these things still, and vote them up -- but I feel like someone who takes the time to create a reasonable profile is more likely to be a good contributor.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(edited: I just found another FAQ post which does say that users should vote down repetitive answers. I guess you're ahead of me! ;)  Perhaps you could try somehow to make it clearer to new users up front that repetitive answers will be voted down?)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I work in a branch of a small-to-medium sized public library system.  We have 3 MLS librarians--I'm the children's/YA librarian, we also have an adult librarian and a branch manager.  Then we have 2 non-MLS librarian assistants, one assigned to adult's and one to children's.  We all do reference (both children's and adult's).  The librarian assistants order paperback books, and do some programming.  I guess the biggest difference is that the assistants have to work closely with the librarian--I go over the children's paperback orders before they are submitted, and my assistant does her program planning under my direction and approval.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I do agree with Jeff that the division has a lot to do with the size of the library and the size of the library staff. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It's a stretch, but Multnomah County Library (OR) offers tours of its eco-roof:
&lt;a href="http://www.multcolib.org/events/ecoroof.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.multcolib.org/events/ecoroof.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The King County Library System (WA) is offering programming in conjunction with Ken Burns' latest about National Parks:
&lt;a href="http://www.kcls.org/nationalparks/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.kcls.org/nationalparks/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The University of Florida has a program about Nature and Literacy:
&lt;a href="http://www.sfrc.ufl.edu/plt/literacy_and_nature/index.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.sfrc.ufl.edu/plt/literacy_and_nature/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Jefferson County Public Library (CO) had a Globeology Biome Bonanza: 
&lt;a href="http://jefferson.lib.co.us/pdf/kids_Globeology.pdf" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://jefferson.lib.co.us/pdf/kids_Globeology.pdf&lt;/a&gt; and a really fun sounding program linked to the Animal Grossology Exhibition at a local museum: &lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/yzzjugm" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://tinyurl.com/yzzjugm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy (VA) has a monthly book club:
&lt;a href="http://www.loudounwildlife.org/Book_Club.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.loudounwildlife.org/Book_Club.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Oh, and my husband (a former science teacher) wanted me to add
The Bailey Museum Nature Study (MI):
&lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/ybfuumf" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://tinyurl.com/ybfuumf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;and a list of publications from the National Science Teacher Association:
&lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/yhsmcyb" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://tinyurl.com/yhsmcyb&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have a very successful book review program in the Northeast Region of Massachusetts. I receive books for review from roughly 15 publishers. My reviewers meet once a month to present reviews. They can also send reviews electronically to me. I blog the reviews at &lt;a href="http://www.nmrls.org/youth/ysbookreview/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.nmrls.org/youth/ysbookreview/&lt;/a&gt; and I send them to the publisher! We've been doing this for about 10 years.
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175 Andover Street
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978-762-4433 voice (ext. 17)
978-739-4537 fax
IM AOL: SusanatNMRLS&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When I   worked in a branch library of a large suburban library system it was very clear: librarians did reference, readers advisory, and programming.  The branch manager was a librarian.  Support staff did all the circulation and processing work.  Except for the manager, librarians had nothing to do with the running of the place.  When the manager wasn’t there the senior library associate was in-charge of the library and the librarians just continued with their professional duties.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;At a major university, library librarians were department heads, catalogers, bibliographers, and reference librarians.  Support staff never selected material, answered reference questions, or did original cataloging.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am now in a small college library with three librarians (one the exempt administrator) and three support staff.  Everyone does some time at our one public service desk.  That is where books are checked out, reference questions are received, and computer problems dealt with.  We don’t worry about who gets to answer a question since we get so few that are really heavy duty reference questions.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Support staff does most of the desk work, all of the materials processing, and most of the cataloging.  Librarians do three to 10 hours a week at the desk, answer questions referred by support staff, and handle particularly hard cataloging issues.  Only librarians select materials or teach classes (which we do a lot of).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The book mentioned by Kathy is called The Forgotten Door by Alexander Key.  It's definitely got a boy who runs faster than deer, and he comes from an alternative world.  Pretty interesting world!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What do you do with the books (or other materials) you have decided to weed? I hate to just throw them away, but I don't think there's a recycling program in the area. Are there better or more creative options?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My policy, at a high school, is that kids can't check out anything else until they've returned their overdue books.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Depending on the culture at your school, sometimes a no-questions-asked period works. If the kids have lost the book, maybe they feel terrible about it and don't know how to fix it. No questions asked if you return you book within 2 weeks. Or no questions asked if you bring in a suitable replacement, a new or nearly new best seller etc. Of course if you kids are brats, it'll be a much harder sell.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;On occasion, I've spent an hour calling parents. It seems to have about a 30% success rate for me.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Ah, the perpetual problem of discarded books. If you have the room, the ever-popular book sale cart/shelf is a good way to repurpose some of your discarded items. If you're in a very small library, a simple coffee can marked "Donations" and set out near the books should suffice and keep it simple and not taking up a lot of staff time. If you're in a larger facility or your community is used to the notion of library discards being for sale, you can post suggested donations, and/or ask them to bring their selections to the desk to pay.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you have a large number of books at one time, I'd recommend a "books by the bag" sale instead or in addition to an ongoing sale cart. Put the books all out in your meeting room, hallway, or whatever space you can find and sell them for a flat rate per paper grocery sack full. We started at $1 a bag when we did our first comprehensive weeding, in order to move as much stock as possible. As the quality of our weeds has improved and the quantity gone down, we've gradually increased to $5 per bag. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Be aware, though, that in some municipalities and/or states, there are laws about disposal of public property, including discarded library books. Your Board may need to adopt a policy allowing the books to be sold, giving them to the Friends of the Library for sale, or whatever. Likewise, the library may have to pay sales tax on proceeds of book sales.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There are also some organizations which accept shipments of used books, but in my experience, they are only a good option in place of, not in addition to, a local book sale, as they don't want the moldy, out-dated crap that doesn't sell at your book sale any more than you do :-)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For a different take on this question, one way to recycle the books would be to find an artistic use for them. Have local artists or high school students take the discards and turn them into sculptures, etc. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Or, something I've wanted to do since seeing the product at library conference -- host a "Make a Book Purse" workshop at the library. You could either do it as a free class by soliciting donated supplies or having participants bring what's needed (besides the old books), or could do it as a fundraiser. For some fee greater than your costs, they get instruction and supplies. If you google "book purses" you can find several examples, but one that has instructions and photos can be found at:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Book-Purse" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Book-Purse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;As per one of the comments above, make sure your books are still in usable condition.  If they are moldy etc, throw them out.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If they are still useful, some thoughts on places that may want books that are slightly older but still usable:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Prisons, Homeless Shelters, and Hospitals may all want material.  Prisons, especially, are looking for things, or so is my understanding.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The local gigantic booksale sends anything left to &lt;a href="http://www.booksforafrica.org" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.booksforafrica.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There's also the similarly concepted &lt;a href="http://booksforsoldiers.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://booksforsoldiers.com&lt;/a&gt; though I think they want more recent books.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am the book review chair for a San Francisco Bay Area regional group called BAYA (Bay Area Young Adult Librarians).Our association is composed of school and public librarians, teachers and library school students working directly with teens and books throughout Northern California. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;BAYA has been reviewing and publishing reviews for professionals serving teens in libraries and schools for over 25 years.  We review both fiction and non-fiction for readers in grades 6 – 12 and have bi-monthly meetings to discuss the profession and plan workshops. Reviewers serve both urban and small communities. Check out our website at &lt;a href="http://www.baya.org" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.baya.org&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Shawna Sherman,
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Maybe A Door into Ocean, by Jan Slonczewski? It's got a watery moon populated by pacifist women, a nearby planet/moon with warring men, there are insects involved called a "clickfly."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Everyone has great answers, but should your library not allow re-selling books and you're having trouble finding recycling options, if you've got a large used bookstore nearby (like Half Priced Books), they recycle books. I don't know what kind of volume you have and whether they'd take on a library's discards, but it could be a possibility. Also, contact your area garbage/recycling service provider and explain the predicament. Perhaps they can get you in touch with the right people, too.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;These aren't exact fits, but I did a basic PubMed search using MeSH terms "Nature" and "Education" and these four seemed kinda/sorta/maybe relevant? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;1). Psychol Sci. 2008 Dec;19(12):1207-12.
The cognitive benefits of interacting with nature.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Berman MG, Jonides J, Kaplan S.
Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1043, USA. bermanm@umich.edu&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We compare the restorative effects on cognitive functioning of interactions with natural versus urban environments. Attention restoration theory (ART) provides an analysis of the kinds of environments that lead to improvements in directed-attention abilities. Nature, which is filled with intriguing stimuli, modestly grabs attention in a bottom-up fashion, allowing top-down directed-attention abilities a chance to replenish. Unlike natural environments, urban environments are filled with stimulation that captures attention dramatically and additionally requires directed attention (e.g., to avoid being hit by a car), making them less restorative. We present two experiments that show that walking in nature or viewing pictures of nature can improve directed-attention abilities as measured with a backwards digit-span task and the Attention Network Task, thus validating attention restoration theory.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;2). Pneumologie. 2007 Jun;61(6):374-80. Epub 2007 Apr 20.
[Nature as a sanatorium and pedagogical place. The Waldschule and open-air schools and their development in the first half of the 20th century]&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;[Article in German]&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hansen-Schaberg I.
TU Berlin, Fakultät I: Geisteswissenschaften, Institut für Erziehungswissenschaften. hansen.schaberg@t-online.de&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;3). Isis. 2005 Sep;96(3):324-52.
Nature, not books: scientists and the origins of the nature-study movement in the 1890s.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Kohlstedt SG.
Program in History of Science and Technology, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455-0219, USA.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Scientists played a key role in the first systematic introduction of nature study into North American public schools in the late nineteenth century. The initiatives of Wilbur Jackman and John Merle Coulter, affiliated with the young University of Chicago, and Liberty Hyde Bailey and Anna Botsford Comstock, at Cornell University, coincided with the "new education" reform movement that found object lessons and experience-based education superior to textbook teaching. Educational psychologists and philosophers of the 1890s, including G. Stanley Hall, related curriculum methods to perceived developmental stages in children, with a focus on immediate experience. Putting these pedagogical ideas--gained in summer institutes, normal schools, and programs at Chicago and Cornell--into practice were administrators and classroom teachers in both urban and rural classrooms. By 1900, a consensus about the value of nature study among scientists, community leaders, and teachers established it as the recognized general method of studying the natural world in public schools across much of the United States.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;4). Psychol Rep. 2004 Feb;94(1):35-47.
Themes in the human experience of nature.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Pollio HR, Heaps C.
Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tennessee, 307 Austin Peay Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-0900, USA.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To identify themes in the human experience of nature, a three-part study was run. In the first part, 100 undergraduate students were asked to list three situations in which they are or were aware of nature and to describe one of these in detail. In the second part, 26 descriptions were selected from these responses, summarized to a 2- to 5-sentence format, and presented to a different group of 30 subjects who sorted them into groups on the basis of cross-item similarity. These groupings were then analyzed by hierarchical clustering and multidimensional scaling procedures to produce thematic meanings. In the third part, a qualitative analysis of themes was performed over the unabridged initial versions of the same set of descriptions. Results of both qualitative and quantitative procedures led to the identification of four themes--Power and Scale, Danger and Safety, Beauty, and Connection and Alienation --and to a smaller number of themes unique to each mode of analysis. All themes were related to the everyday meanings of nature and to the more abstract definitions of nature employed in scientific or aesthetic analyses of the human response to this domain.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And I found this dissertation abstract in PsychInfo:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Multiliteracies and design: Multimodality in the Appalachian Trail thru-hiking community. 
Aug 2002&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Author  Rush, Leslie Susan.
Source  Dissertation Abstracts International Section A: Humanities and Social Sciences. Vol.63(2-A), Aug 2002, pp. 543. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Abstract    This dissertation study, stemming from a theoretical framework of multiliteracies, literacy as a social practice, and ecological literacy, explores the multiliteracies and culture of the Appalachian Trail thru-hiking community as members of this community walked the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine between March and October, 2001. As a participant-observer, I joined this community and hiked 1400 miles of the Appalachian Trail during a six-month data collection period, collecting ethnographic fieldnotes and archival data and conducting interviews with thru-hikers and other members of the AT community. Analysis of these data showed not only the presence of multiliteracies that were unique to this community, but it also showed the use of "ecological literacy," the ability to interpret the natural surround. In addition, I analyzed the multimodal nature of these literacies through the construction of Multimodal Connection Maps and Design Charts for data excerpts. The Design concept (New London Group, 1996, 2000) is a description of a process of interpretation that involves both use of available patterns of meaning-the work of the social context-and individual creativity in meaning making. Through this analysis, I found that description of literacy as Design provides both a model for understanding how the values and traditions of the thru-hiking community were instantiated in its literacies and a useful tool for analysis. 
(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Checked out that Librarything group, and found that someone else was looking for what sounded like a very similar book. One of the titles mentioned in that search was 'The Gnomids' by William Chalk, which sounds very familiar to me. I've ordered a copy of it through interlibrary loan, and we'll see when it gets here. I've got a good feeling about it, though! Thanks for your help, everyone!&lt;/p&gt;

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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My library uses Innovative Interfaces Millennium system.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When I was a teen services librarian in a large public library system, we were able to choose books off of lists provided by our selector. I would  show the list to my book group and ask them what they thought the library should buy. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This turned into each of them marking the books she wanted to read, which was of limited value (I knew their tastes and could have done the same thing faster), but it did make them feel more involved. I did try to turn them into junior librarians and get them to consider the collection and the needs and tastes of other readers, but after a few attempts I realized our time together was better spent talking about the books we'd read.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;One of the problems you may run into is having to deal with the problem of the perception of throwing away old books.  You know that they're old and worthless, but patrons may be horrified to think that you could be throwing away actual books.  "They're no good.  You want them?"  "No, but you can't just throw them out!"&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I knew a school librarian who once put out a few boxes of books to be thrown away by the custodian.  Some well-meaning teacher was outraged that she could be doing this (books are sacred; taxpayer money; etc).  Despite her best explanations, this other teacher and the others she told about it could not be mollified, so she relented.  She put all the boxes of discards back in the library.  Instead, every night when she went home, she'd grab a book or two out of the discard box, put them in her purse, and throw them in the recycle bin at home.  After a few months, the box was empty.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When I started library school, I wanted to be a children's librarian.  But I soon realized that I didn't want to spend all of my time thinking like a preschooler or toddler.  The longer I worked in my library, I realized that the teens coming in were some of my favorite patrons.  They are enjoyable to help and talk to, and they really light up when you engage with them and show interest.  I also enjoy reading teen lit, and have an interest in pop culture and music, so that helps too.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There is a company called Better World Books that takes library discards, sells them online, and splits the proceeds with the library and various literacy nonprofits. I have no direct personal or professional experience with them, but if it works as advertised, it could be a great solution.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Bananagrams, Jenga, and Uno have all been popular with my teens.  And Twister!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Overdue fines (or "extended use fees" as we're supposed to call them) seem to be a good way to turn off patrons from returning to a library if they can't pay them. So what are some ways that you work with your patrons to get rid of those fines from their records?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For example: 
Right now, I'm offering students at my college $1 off their overdue fines per non-perishable food item they bring in to go toward holiday food baskets for a local organization. I'm sure I'll get lots of 6/$1 Ramen noodles, but that's OK - they can eliminate a $15 fine for $3 worth of groceries that won't go to waste! The point is to clear their records so they aren't "afraid" to come back to the Library. (This is a program that our whole public library system did a couple years back. Each library chose their own charity where the items they collected were given.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Do you have similar programs - or amnesty periods? Just curious and looking for some additional ideas to help out these poor college students who can't seem to keep track of when a book or DVD is due. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Children's and Young Adult Book Review Board of Missouri has been reviewing books for about 6 years. We have about 50 regular reviewers and receive books from over 20 publishers. Most of our reviewers are teachers or librarians. We try to focus on multicultural literature and series books that support the K-12 curriculum. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Our goal is to provide hands-on access to children's and YA literature; as such, we present as many book talks as we can for teachers, librarians, parents, and students in a number of venues. We also have a monthly "Series Review" group that meets to discuss and review individual series titles. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Find us at: &lt;a href="http://library.missouristate.edu/meyer/brb/index.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://library.missouristate.edu/meyer/brb/index.htm&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Cherri Jones&lt;br /&gt;
Curriculum Resource Center/Meyer Library/Missouri State University  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is scarterl, and apparently I don't have enough reputation to respond to my own question!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think Emily J has the right answer.  I'll know for sure when I get the book from another branch next week, but it sounds spot on.  The author, Jan Slonczewski [&lt;a href="http://biology.kenyon.edu/slonc/slonc.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://biology.kenyon.edu/slonc/slonc.htm&lt;/a&gt;] teaches some interesting biology courses at Kenyon College (including Biology in Science Fiction!), and the book appears well-regarded.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Kudos to Emily J - I'd give you points, but don't know how!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi all,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have a community educator who is looking for good curricula on sexual health to use with the adult male population.  I would appreciate information on where to locate curricula, &amp;amp; curricula reviews.  I have been looking and have not found much, I am hoping that I just don't know about this wonderful resource or database.  So, please help. :)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks for your help,
Etta   &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I posted a question "anonymously" without registering, under the name scarterl; then I registered through Google, but now I apparently have two accounts, and no clue how to put them together.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;On my return to my question, I was unable to respond to a correct answer with anything other than another answer - presumably I need reputation points to respond otherwise.  I'm earning reputation points with that question, but they apparently aren't linked to the registered account I now have.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any advice?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Let me know the specifics and I'll fix this for you. Just sent you an email at your contact address for this purpose.  There's nothing a user can do on their own to resolve this.&lt;br /&gt;
-Gene&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Looks like the Western Massachusetts Regional Library System has something similar to what Susan Babb posted: &lt;a href="http://www.wmrls.org/services/youth/cbr.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.wmrls.org/services/youth/cbr.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here's another one: &lt;a href="http://www.tristatereviews.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.tristatereviews.org/&lt;/a&gt; (PA, DE, NJ)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Southwestern Ohio Young Adult Materials Review Group: &lt;a href="http://soyamrg.weebly.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://soyamrg.weebly.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Three more: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative Book Evaluation Program: 
&lt;a href="http://www.sjrlc.org/bookeval/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.sjrlc.org/bookeval/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Alabama Library Media Online (reviews are online, not sure if they have in-person mtgs): 
&lt;a href="http://alex.state.al.us/librarymedia/BookAwards.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://alex.state.al.us/librarymedia/BookAwards.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Southern Maine Library District: 
&lt;a href="http://www.maine.gov/msl/smld/services/children.htm#review" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.maine.gov/msl/smld/services/children.htm#review&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Just got a response on YALSA-BK:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am a member of THE YOUNG ADULT REVIEWERS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA who review materials for teens grades 6-12, ages 12-18...
we meet monthly and would love more publicity and more items to review, as it's up to us to pound the pavement at the exhibits at midwinter and annual, getting publishers interested in sending us materials...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;website info is sketchy as we have been changing our affiliations- presently it's the following, with our reviews to be posted soon...
&lt;a href="http://www.socallibraries.org/reference" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.socallibraries.org/reference&lt;/a&gt;, go to age specific, and then YAR should be under that ...but it's not there right now! dont know why...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;address is Young adult reviewers of so cal
% inglewood public library
101 w. manchester blvd
inglewood, ca. 90301&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;i am the contact for publishers...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;drue wagner-mees
lapl
brentwood branch
wagndragn@aol.com&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I merged your two accounts. You should be able to log in now. If you can't, email me at bill@overduemedia.com and we'll sort it out.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've found that there is more interest in assessing the books that are in the library than suggesting brand new stock, esp. with the younger students. The younger students can be quite bewildered by the range of books available especially if they can't see and handle them. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;However, I ask my students, esp.the library club (UK High School 14-18) to recommend books for library stock, provided they can give more of a reason than just 'it's a good book'.  That's mostly books that they have already read outside school.  For new publications I use School Librarian and other reviewing journals/on-line sites with the students to choose new fiction.
I agree that asking students to suggest books does tend to result in books to suit their tastes and very few books for younger/less advanced readers but they do feel more involved-esp.as I have the full range of ages, on the other hand, I have found that some students respect the professionalism of their librarian- i.e. if I have put it into the library then it's probably worth reading (that's very rewarding when that happens).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We also run a 'this is a good book' system- so students can vote at Library Club for certain books- suggested by fellow students- to get Good Book or even Very Good Book stickers, with the year included, which are slipped inside the book jacket.  These are only given when at least 10 students in the club have read the book so we can discuss it before we vote. Most of these are fiction, but some are popular non curriculum books as well. This seems to work really well with the younger (yr9 age 13/4) students. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Library Club also sometimes helps with weeding fiction-which helps them think about 'good book for now or good book forever)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Library Club students also suggest books for our weekly 'Recommended Reads' which go on the website and school newsletter. We have both Adult and Student categories for those.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;8-14's is a big reading range, but getting them involved in 'owning' their library will always be worthwhile. At school we have a closed community-of course a public library has a much wider pool to draw from.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Running the Carnegie Shadowing Scheme may also be a step forward to helping them choose books for the library.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hope that helps,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Judith in England&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;www.betterworldbooks.com is a great organization that will take discarded library books and donated books. They then sell them online and will pay you 15% of the net price to your library and also a small percentage to a literacy partner of your choice. They will even send free boxes, tape and pay for UPS pickup. However, they have gotten much more picky as to what they will accept and that means prescreening every book - scanning the isbn to see if they will accept it. If you have a lot of books, this means a lot of volunteer and/or staff time. Our library has used them for a few years - but less since they started requiring prescreening.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This one was the one that got my library assistant reading Unshelved every morning:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20080916" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20080916&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;She'd just finished a really big 'clean and tidy' of the the Sports section when 3 yr10 (15 yr olds) classes came into the library... (and I was writing a budget bid that week)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Judith in England&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Another possible option: BookCrossing! It's a site where people can register and label books they're ready to part with, in hopes that they'll be able to find out what happens to the books as they travel. [For an example of a traveling book, as well as a pointer to the web site (and a shameless plug for both Unshelved and BC!), here's a copy of one of the Unshelved books that I released, and which got a nice catch: &lt;a href="http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5372688" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5372688&lt;/a&gt; ]&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;While the main idea of BC is to track one's own no-longer-wanted books, many BCers get addicted to wild-releasing and start accumulating books wherever they can find them. If there are active BookCrossers in your area they may be happy to take discarded books, and even if they don't want the badly-damaged or no-longer-relevant-textbook types any more than anyone else does, they may be willing to haul off a box or two and do the sorting themselves {wry grin}. [Some libraries have free book-swap shelves, and a few of those have created BookCrossing accounts of their own. And it's perfectly OK to include BookCrossing-labeled books in library book-sales, too.]&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In Phoenix, our friends sell the most valuable books online. You can see how much they're worth using &lt;a href="http://www.bookscoutpro.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.bookscoutpro.com/&lt;/a&gt;. We sell everything worth more than $5 on Amazon used. Entering all the ISBNs is done by TAB volunteers.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Read THE book on video gaming tournaments -- "Gamers in the Library?!" by Eli Neiburger and then use the book "Organizing Successful Tournaments" by John Byl to create the brackets depending on your format/elimination process.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm listening to "The Choice" by Nicholas Sparks and it is killing me -- who cares what condiments she puts on her hamburger?!
I much prefer to listen to non-fiction while driving -- maybe I'll learn something!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For many many years, my library district had "Food for Fines" in February. All month long, patrons could bring in canned food and non-perishables to clear their overdue fines and only their overdue fines - FFF couldn't be used for lost/damaged books or replacement cards. The food would go to a local shelter helping those in need.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My personal experience with that program was that patrons would keep their fines under the $6.00 threshold all year long and bring in one can of beans to pay off their account. We used to get a lot of old and funky stuff too (one can a few years ago must've been atleast a decade expired or more.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We don't do the program anymore because of financial issues with my district, but I can see it coming back in time.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Another possible option for books in good condition that are still current or at least recent is your local schools.  Our library keeps only three years of World Book Encyclopedia, but we found out that the local elementary school hasn't been able to update their copy since 2000!  Now, when we weed the encyclopedias, we rotate which school gets them so they can at least have a more up-to-date version.  Our local high school also takes many of our non-fiction titles relating to some of the more common research projects.  We are lucky to have a good budget that allows us to update our collection frequently, but apparently the schools are not as lucky.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, I agree with the book sale suggestion, but one thing our Friends group also does is let local preschool teachers, elementary teachers, homeschool parents, etc. come when the book sale is over and take any leftover books they want for their classrooms for free.  This allows the Friends to dispose of even more books without having to put them in the trash. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And of course, as a last resort, the trash is the final resting place for any moldy, yucky, or unwanted books.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Another possible option for books in good condition that are still current or at least recent is your local schools. Our library keeps only three years of World Book Encyclopedia, but we found out that the local elementary school hasn't been able to update their copy since 2000! Now, when we weed the encyclopedias, we rotate which school gets them so they can at least have a more up-to-date version. Our local high school also takes many of our non-fiction titles relating to some of the more common research projects. We are lucky to have a good budget that allows us to update our collection frequently, but apparently the schools are not as lucky.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, I agree with the book sale suggestion, but one thing our Friends group also does is let local preschool teachers, elementary teachers, homeschool parents, etc. come when the book sale is over and take any leftover books they want for their classrooms for free. This allows the Friends to dispose of even more books without having to put them in the trash. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And of course, as a last resort, the trash is the final resting place for any moldy, yucky, or unwanted books.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Awesome question because I did the same thing.  Email on the way!  Thanks for the answer, Bill!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We called it our own version of a "stimulus package" and held it as part of National Library Week. Since we can't have a program without rules:
1) For each canned or boxed food item donated, the library will waive $1 of overdue fines, 
2) $10 maximum, 3) Patrons who have processing fees or lost item charges may still make a food donation for forgiveness of overdue fines only. (in other words - no processing fees or lost item charges will be waived.) 4) Expired items cannot be accepted. 5) Since this is a one-time-only event, patrons are encouraged to regularly return items on time to maintain free borrowing privileges&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I attended a conference with a session on weeding presented by Pamela K. Kramer, and was provided with a rather extensive weeding matrix.  I'll provide for you some of the more useful (hopefully) information that was included in the handout, as well as a few interspersed suggestions of my own from my experience.  One thing we discuss at my (public) library a lot is that a well-weeded collection will allow the quality and popular materials to be more easily found and will increase their circulation.  Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;000 Generalities&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Encyclopedias - about 20% changes each year.  Keep 5 years or until a new edition is available/ordered.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;100 Philosophy&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Consider applicability to curriculum; keep/replace curiosities and wonders based on circulation.  Keep no longer than 10 years.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;200 Religions&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Should have basic information on many sects.  Weed items which are clearly propaganda.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;300 Social Sciences&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Almanacs and yearbooks - replace annually; keep no more than 5 years&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Politics and Economics - look for old addresses and contact information; keep no longer than 10 years&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Commerce and Career - does the career still exist?; are computers part of the career and represented?; are men and women both represented?; are the pictures outdated?; keep no more than 10 years&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Sociology, communities, classes, races - look at nomeclature, diversity of lifestyles, and issues; keep no more than 10 years&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Customs and Costume - look for diversity of cultures; are new holidays and/or costumes represented?; keep as long as permitted by material condition&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Etiquette/Manners - mention of emailing or texting?; look for kid friendly versions; are customs or practices outdated?; weed older editions&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Folklore - keep standard works as long as permitted by material condition&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;400 Language&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Check for change of language/vocabulary in dictionaries; are computers, DVDs, CDs, blogs, etc mentioned?; keep no longer than 10 years&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;500 Pure Science&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;50% of info changes every 5 years&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;look for unsafe, out-of-date, or unallowed science fair project suggestions or materials&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Math and computers - keep computer books current, but math books age slowly; keep logic and math books no more than 10 years&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Astronomy - stargazing does not change but planets and solar system change rapidly (goodbye, Pluto!); weed after 3 years&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Physics - try to get help from someone more knowledgable in this subject area&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Weather and Climate - books should discuss use of computers in weather prediction; hole in the ozone; global warming; carbon footprint; recycling; keep no more than 5 years&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Chemistry - make sure Periodic Table is up to date&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Geology - field guides date slowly; weed if term "continental drift" is used instead of "plate tectonics" or if the earth is not 4.6 billion years old&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Dinosaurs - "mentions feathered, warm blooded, meteor extinction"; are discoveries after 1980 mentioned?; look at illustrations for variety; no more "brontosaurus" - should be apatosaurus&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Zoology - should list 5 kingdoms and endangered species; weed anything prior to 1986&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Microbiology - should contain information on newest findings on viruses and bacteria that live in extreme conditions; keep no more than 5 years&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;600 Applied Science&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Medicine - AMA recommends keeping no more than 3 years; discussion of diets, nutrition, calorie count; look at pharmaceutical and illegal drug books; most are too old at 5 years; check professional organization (Amer. Heart Assoc., etc) for recommendations&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Agriculture - look at use of pesticides and illustrations of farm equipment&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Technology - use of computers, TV, radio, iPods, cell phones, digital cameras, etc.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Vehicles - some may have historical value; will kids recognize makes and models?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Manufacturing - "are guys stoking furnaces?"; use of computers and robotics; discussion of local and global trade&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Electronic Communication - discussion of computers and their many uses; cell phones, MP3 players, etc.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Space Exploration - do materials cover Mars and Venus exploration and ISS?; keep no more than 3-5 years&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Cookbooks - are microwaves mentioned?; are food handling and safety instructions mentioned?; are dietary concerns addressed?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;700 The Arts&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Photography - look for newer techniques, digital cameras, computers; keep no more than 5 years&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Sports and Games - get rid of out of date biographies; look at age and changes in rule books, coaching, equipment; replace as interests of the kids change&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Music - get rid of out of date biographies of pop figures; songbooks/musical scores are difficult to replace&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Art - basic histories do not date; look at illustrations; weed black and white illustrations in favor of color reproductions&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Architecture - keep local architecture books and those needed to support curriculum&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Sculpture/Painting/Drawing - look at techniques; keep if well illustrated&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Decorative Arts - price guides and interior decoration change quickly&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;800 Literature&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Anthologies/Criticisms - are authors in the curriculum?; keep based on need and use&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Plays/Movies - weed if popularity has waned; is it used for curriculum?; keep works by local authors&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;900 History&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;General and Old World - look for accuracy of facts and dated viewpoints (a la white man's burden); look at photos/illustrations for bias; is it a primary source?; check names of countries in country books; look for euro (the money); look at Berlin Wall, Soviet Union/USSR, Middle East, and Africa; what is the latest date covered in the book?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Travel Guides - prices and modes of transportation change&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;US History - look for accuracy of facts and dated viewpoints (a la colored, Negro, etc); look at photos/illustrations for bias; who is the last President listed?; be careful of generalities; keep no more than 5-10 years&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;State Seals/Flags - color illustrations?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Geography - watch for country name changes; look at how local customs are portrayed&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Atlases - keep one or two for historical purposes; keep no more than 3-5 years&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Biographies - keep if subject is of permanent interest; consider link to curriculum and demographic of users; update famous people with more current materials about them&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Fiction, Picture Books, and Story Collections&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Old fashioned, dated titles or illustrations or stereotyping must go; replace classics and heavily used titles if still used; check historical fiction for bias and accuracy; use circulation statistics and be ruthless!; market those worth keeping.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In Spokane, we let kids read off fines. I think it's a penny per minute. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We once had someone use bologna as a &lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20030531" rel="nofollow"&gt;bookmark&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We let children (and very occasionally adults) work off overdues. We generally have them clean book jackets, dust shelves, or some other such task that is nice to have done, but is rarely going to be made a priority for paid staff. We give them credit at roughly the current minimum wage. As with the other responses, we don't let them work off anything that represents a tangible loss to the library (i.e. lost or damaged).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;They always have the option of just paying the fines, but many parents whose children have perpetual overdue problems but no source of income of their own really appreciate this option, as it makes the kid be responsible for the fine. Most kids only have to spend one afternoon cleaning book jackets instead of playing with their friends to be convinced to remember to return their books on time. To my knowledge, we've never been so Dickensian as to have turned a kid off the library completely. We did, however, have one girl a few years ago that enjoyed cleaning books so much that I think she was letting her books go overdue just for the opportunity. We've since pointed out that she can just volunteer -- and that way she will likely also get a wider and more interesting array of tasks to do.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I love seeing the ideas!  Definitely get rid of the yucky ones.  But have you considered hosting a program with these?  Book purses or book art are great ideas, but depending on the type of materials what about these books as rewards?  We play book bingo and offer booksale books as prizes for programs--scavenger hunts, library trivia, etc.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I did try our regional collection but didn't find it.  It appears that the SuDocs Call number is  EP 1.23/4:600/1/77-025.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My favorite strip is the one where Colleen is explaining that "&lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20051103" rel="nofollow"&gt;It's a reference book not a printout of the internet".&lt;/a&gt;  I shamelessly use it (with attribution, of course) in my Freshman Seminar class to start a discussion on using the Library as a starting point for all research instead of Google.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm a big fan of &lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20030320" rel="nofollow"&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; about an unattended child.  We have stuff like this happen in our library all the time and this rang particularly true.  And I can't help but love the fact that Dewey says all the things I really want to say!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For customer service, we use a couple of different things at our library system (in MD.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;At first day orientation we present our new staff with a shortened version of our home grown customer service training and Maryland's Learning Libraries training.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Then at their full day orientation we do an hour of our internal customer service training along with learning libraries.  In addition we view the video &lt;a href="http://www.lvn.org/p-30-diversity-in-the-library-vhs.aspx" rel="nofollow"&gt;Diversity in the Library&lt;/a&gt; which really speaks to may different interactions between staff and people of different populations.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Then twice a year we do a Culture and Concepts training which focuses on many different organizational culture skills including the FISH customer service training philosophy (&lt;a href="http://www.charthouse.com/content.aspx?name=home2" rel="nofollow"&gt;official FISH home.&lt;/a&gt;)   &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I can't offer any specifics, but since nobody else has given an answer, I'm going to suggest that the person contact Planned Parenthood (or maybe some other local health organizations you may have in your area). They have educators who work for them and therefore, I would think they would have a curriculum or resources that they use to cover those topics. Perhaps they would be willing to share.  For all I know, you may be able to purchase books/resources directly from them.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am considering organizing a one day workshop for one person library staff.  Are there any reccomended reources? I may send out a needs assessment. I am looking for suggestions.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Is she sure about the Hamptons part?  Because the Valdemar series by Mercedes Lackey is a possibility, but they are in a land called 'Valdemar'...although the rest seems to sort of fit.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Arrows of the Queen was the first book...it's a pretty big series.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My college library was opened till 2a.m. During finals week, the library held a "Midnight Scream" event, where at midnight everyone just let out some stress by yelling at the top of their lungs. It appears that the event has now been moved outdoors (too many people, maybe?)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I was never in a one person library myself, but I've been in a 2 FTE library and have known many solo librarians. I think the need for training (or even just collegiality and time to share experiences and ideas) is there, but the very definition of the potential participants underscores what is perhaps the single largest barrier to attendance. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you could manage to find a way to provide no- or low-cost substitutes so the libraries don't have to be closed in order for the one and only staff member to attend, you'll probably be stampeded.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I just read &lt;strong&gt;Death's Daughter&lt;/strong&gt; by Amber Benson.  Really good!  It's about Calliope Reaper-Jones who is the daughter of the Grim Reaper.  Adventure and mayem ensue when she is asked to take over Death, Inc.  Ms. Benson played Tara, a well beloved character on &lt;em&gt;Buffy the Vampire Slayer&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have given workshops on one-person librarianship all over the world. Contact me offlist and we can discuss your using my materials.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;'For Whom the Bell Tolls" Hemingway.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Your question brought the Waldorf movement to mind immediately.  this is a blurb "When children relate what they learn to their own experience, they are interested and alive, and what they learn becomes their own. Waldorf schools are designed to foster this kind of learning."
 from one of the research atricles on their website  &lt;a href="http://www.whywaldorfworks.org/02_W_Education/index.asp" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.whywaldorfworks.org/02_W_Education/index.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In elementary school, during the 1980's, I read a richly colored, fantastically costumed, book about a family of bears. The son travels and on the way watches a goat try to winch a cow on top of her grass roof.  Ring any bells?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I just finished Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's "Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch". After reading "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman I decided I wanted to read more of his work, and Good Omens did not disappoint. Who would have thought that a book about the Armageddon could be so funny. I am going to start Lev Grossman's "The Magicians" tonight.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For the most part, I use LibraryThing (LT) for my personal use. Occasionally I will use it for book ideas when I am making a reading list. I can usually find what I need by searching our library's catalog, but sometimes a LT tag search will give me some books that did not show up in my catalog search. Certainly further research is needed to make sure the tag and the book is accurate, but it is a good starting point. I also enjoy reading people's reviews and use them to help choose my personal reading choices. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;EDIT: Per Bill's suggestion -- could you provide some examples of situations in which these kinds of skills have been useful to you or to your coworkers?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;[original post:]&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Everyone at my school is required to take a computer class that teaches basic Python programming, among other things. I'm also now taking a class teaching programming skills for website creation and Google App Engine. The courses are interesting but I'm having trouble figuring out if they're actually going to help me as a reference librarian.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So my question is: do you see a need for librarians with computer programming/website creation skills? Would you or your library be more likely to hire librarians with these skills? Or are tasks that require this knowledge relegated to a group of "techie" people at your library?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(If it affects your answer, I am looking at a career in public library adult services.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I use LT personally to catalog books I own. This is very helpful when at the bookstore -- I can go to LibraryThing on my phone and search my personal catalog.  Because that's the primary reason I use it, and it's more difficult to determine what category and tags are on a book when searching for it on a cell phone, I catalog those titles I've actually &lt;em&gt;read&lt;/em&gt; on a different service. I got a cuecat for ease of scanning (&lt;a href="http://www.librarything.com/cuecat" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.librarything.com/cuecat&lt;/a&gt;) which could work better, but is cute and helpful when adding a pile of new books.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Professionally, our teen department uses a LT account to keep track of new books.  Since our catalog doesn't allow users to search within the teen collection, we can use LT to search for titles about specific titles, and tag-mash comes in handy when developing booklists.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I work for a chain store. We shelve Childrens Series by their series title in section. So American Girl books are at the start of the section under American Girl as the author and smaller series are more adhoc though. While Garth Nix's &lt;em&gt;Keyes to the Kingdom&lt;/em&gt; series is filed under series title, his other series is filed under the author name.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am in the process of applying to MLIS programs. I was wondering if anyone has any advice on things to look for in a program? What things did you learn that you use today? What was your most important experience in your program? What do I need to be employable when I graduate? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Library customer wants to know the name of the band that recorded a single in the 1980's. He's quite sure the title of the song was "A.R.T. Art". Part of the lyric is as follows:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Andy Warhol and Jean Paul Satre know something of what you might call art,
Edvard Grieg and Rachmanioff got some of that art you can't get enough of."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The refrain was a a repetition of the word "art" and the letters "A.R.T."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm going to go out on a limb here and ask if this is a serious question. If so, I would strongly suggest improving your writing skills before attempting to enroll in a graduate MLIS program. Writing is such an important aspect of the program that most schools have a prerequisite for admission. So, bottom line, work on your skills before considering your application, then ask again.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think that, in general, computer classes are valuable for librarians.  You may never do any programming as a librarian, but by having had some experience in programming you will better understand how those databases work and how to make them do what you want them to do.  If you are ever in the position to work with a techie to create a database, you will better understand how to ask them to do what you need them to do.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I was in library school a million and a half years ago, when the "microcomputer" was just coming out.  Our online database class covered the old modems that you plugged your phone receiver into.  I took a class where we learned BASIC programming.  Even so, this foundation has made me the techno-geek of our staff and I am the one who gets to diagnose computer problems and either fix them or pass the information to our IT department.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Similarly, you may not be the person who designs your library's website, but taking a class in website design will help you if you wind up having to communicate to your designer what you want on your site.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And let's not forget that more and more libraries are offering computer classes for their patrons.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am the awards chairperson for the Kentucky Bluegrass Awards--our state's children's choice award.  Our award has been in existence since 1982, awarding books from grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12.  Each grade level committee reads and selects up to 15 books published in the past three years to nominate for our readers.  Votes are cast in April and authors are invited to attend our KBA Banquet (part of the Kentucky Reading Association Conference) in Sept./Oct. More information is available at &lt;a href="http://kba.nku.edu/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://kba.nku.edu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;kay.hensley@lincoln.kyschools.us&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A few things from my experience:
(1) Outside of the required core classes, look for opportunities to learn skills that you are unlikely to learn "on the job" (management, problem solving, in-depth technology)
(2) If possible, find a way to work or volunteer (in a serious way) at a library before or while you are in school.  That way you will be able to see more clearly how what you are learning can be applied in a real-world way.  It is the application of the knowledge that will serve you best - otherwise so many of the things we learn are easily forgotten.
(3) If considering online learning, check to see whether the classes that would benefit from personal contact (programming, presentation skills, etc.) have something built in to accommodate the different needs.  If an online programming class is only expecting you to describe how you would plan and do a program without a video or group presentation component, you won't learn what you need to know
(4) To be "employable" by my library, you will need to show a grasp of the basics, a strong personal commitment to service and the eagerness and capacity to be adaptable, learn new things and face challenges with excitement.  If you find a way to hone all of that while getting your degree, definitely let me know that in an interview.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This is all from the perspective of a small/medium public library director.  If you suspect your future interests rest in academic libraries, special libraries or large public libraries, you would be well-served by asking people in those situations as it can vary widely.  Good luck.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Try getting in touch with local artists, or the art department of a local college or university.  Many artists are constantly on the lookout for unconventional materials, and would likely be happy to take even the most worthless-seeming junk.  You might also see if your community has any businesses devoted to "upcycling".  I'm most familiar with the ones in California's Bay Area: "SCRAP" and the "East Bay Depot For Creative Re-Use", but I know that organizations like these are cropping up all over.  Also, you might try "Freecycle" or Craigslist.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I want to embed this tutorial library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/ into the SoftChalk lesson at www.richlandcollege.edu/library/infolit-ol/mlasl/.  Acadia sent me the following code, but SoftChalk says only widgets with embed code can be added.  Can the following code be rewritten to work? &lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Thanks,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Amy&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There is a lot of complaining online about how library schools don't provide enough tech training or programming classes. Most people would find it extremely valuable and a library would understand that you have a very powerful skill. Additionally, as a reference librarian you may be called upon for website duties. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Where I work the Branch Librarian/Head of Reference knows programming and it has been very valuable in using programs like Microsoft Access. It also helped for the webpage immensely. The programming skills reduced the turnaround time for collection development data. We can make decisions much faster now because of that knowledge. You are definitely learning a powerful skill that will help you.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The smaller the public library, the more likely it is that one of the librarians there will have to be the "techie" in addition to the other duties.  I find that, as an adult services/reference librarian having never taken any programming classes but being slightly more comfortable with computers than many of my coworkers, I've become the first line in "why doesn't this computer work" and "we need to update our website".  I wish I knew more about website programming beyond the basic HTML I've picked up here and at home, because there are a lot of things we could do if I (or someone else here) knew how.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As a small public library, we can't possibly afford a techie in addition to the other staff.  We contract with a local company to fix computers that go down, deal with our network, etc.  But the more we can do ourselves the less we have to spend on their services.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I would vote YES, these skills are entirely appropriate for a reference librarian to know in a public adult reference setting!  I wish I had more of them!!!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Absolutely!  Just look at the question I posted earlier today.  If I had more of a background in programming, I probably wouldn’t need help.  I am an academic reference librarian, but reference librarians in public libraries are also developing online instructional tools.  I can do some basic stuff, but I wish had had some more advanced classes in library school.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We recently hired a new reference librarian and technological skills played a major role in our decision.  Several of our interview questions revolved around technology and we were most impressed with the candidates that had technology skills that none of us had.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So yes, there is a HUGE need for librarians with computer programming/website creation skills.  Almost any library would love to have somebody with these type of skills.  In fact, many expect them from recent graduates.  In your job searches, these skills will give you an edge over those of us that don’t have those skills.  Even if you don’t use these skills in your first position, I encourage you to maintain them.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There is a "lifespan sexuality education curriculum" series called Our Whole Lives that has a curriculum for adults. I have used the teen module and it was successfully flexible and informative.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.uua.org/religiouseducation/curricula/ourwhole/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.uua.org/religiouseducation/curricula/ourwhole/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;From the site: 
Our Whole Lives helps participants make informed and responsible decisions about their sexual health and behavior. It equips participants with accurate, age-appropriate information in six subject areas: human development, relationships, personal skills, sexual behavior, sexual health, and society and culture. Grounded in a holistic view of sexuality, Our Whole Lives provides not only facts about anatomy and human development, but helps participants to clarify their values, build interpersonal skills, and understand the spiritual, emotional, and social aspects of sexuality. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also from the site:
Although developed by two religious organizations, Our Whole Lives contains no religious references or doctrine. (It was developed by the Unitarian Universalist Association [UUA] and United Church of Christ [UCC]).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Has anyone done a recent comparison of ebook services offered by Overdrive &amp;amp; NetLibrary? If so, will you share? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have both services here at our library.  We are part of a consortium for Overdrive so there is centralized selection of titles and we subscribe to NetLibrary on our own.  Our main reason for having both is that NetLibrary allows unlimited access to titles -- any number of users can have the same title "checked out" at one time so there are no reserve lists.  In addition, users can have 10 items checked out in NetLibrary and "keep" them for 3 weeks whereas in Overdrive they can only have 3 items for one week. For us, both services have about the same number of titles, though they have exclusive rights to titles so there isn't much overlap between the two.&lt;br /&gt;
Information about the two services (for our users) is available at &lt;a href="http://www.wigginml.org/downloadaudio2.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.wigginml.org/downloadaudio2.htm&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am reading Christmas Cake by Lynne Hinton.  Bookclubgirl is going to do a radio show interview with the author over this book tomorrow so I need to finish it quickly (December 2nd).  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I just finished Jo Dereske's series of books about a librarian detective named Helma Zukas and I am on the lookout for other mysteries with a librarian detective or set in a library.  I read on the authors website that she is starting a new Miss Zukas mystery so I have one more to look forward to but I need a few library themed ones to tide me over until that one is out.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Founded in the 1930s, the Association of Children's Librarians of Northern California holds monthly meetings. Members review books written for children and young adults. Contacts: &lt;a href="http://bayviews.org/contacts.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://bayviews.org/contacts.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'll say!  I did a postgraduate certificate over here in the UK before getting a job as a library assistant, and created Library Web, &lt;a href="http://libraryweb.info" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://libraryweb.info&lt;/a&gt; - a news aggregation site for the UK's public libraries.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have been searching for the archives of the Coastwatchers, or their reports to the US Army Air Force 1942-1943.  So far, no luck at any source I have checked.  Can any of you offer suggestions?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I took a quick look at SoftChalk. My guess is that they only allow you to embed actual HTML, but not PHP. &lt;a href="http://www.w3schools.com/flash/flash%5Finhtml.asp" rel="nofollow"&gt;Here's&lt;/a&gt; a tutorial about embedding Flash in HTML, which may be helpful.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I haven't worked at a library that has had both, but my last library used Overdrive and my current library uses NetLibrary. The main difference may be how we marketed the e-books. Overdrive had a separate page that you could link to from our homepage. It offered marc records in the catalog, but we didn't do that, we just provided and marketed the link and the website. At my current library it is in the catalog with marc records, but a separate link to go to all them altogether is provided.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In general, Overdrive provides more popular materials in fiction and non-fiction. The audiobook feature was used far more than the e-books. The main reason was that not that many people had readers and smart phones were not as common in my community. We mostly had affluent "winter visitors" that used it and loved it. It wasn't until the Sony, Adobe, and Overdrive change that allowed Sony Readers to be used with Overdrive books did we see a bit of a pick-up in that area. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Netlibrary may provide the books longer as opposed to Overdrive's two to three week check-out and drm, but the selection on Overdrive is far better and meshes with libraries better. (Plus if you know how to hack the system a bit you can have books out longer on Overdrive for both Sony Readers and for audiobooks. The trick is putting the date back on your Sony Reader to give you more time and if you purchase a cheap mp3 player or use an ipod there is no drm so you can use it longer.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In the event you have some fairly old books (pre-1923) which are no longer under copyright protection, please see if they are already listed on Project Gutenberg www.gutenberg.org and if they are not yet available on that site, the volunteers at Distributed Proofreading www.pgdp.net can convert them to e-books for PG.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For that matter, DP/PG and The Internet Archive would love to have scans of any old books you have! Local histories are particularly important since there may be few sources for those books.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Okay, I'm an ILL clerk in Dayton.  Sometimes I have books being sent 'back' to me that aren't even ours.  I usually can find their homes and return them to the correct library system, but I have one that's been sitting on my desk for at least three months.  Every library I found and emailed about the book says it's not theirs and suggests another library - who says it's not theirs, either.  It's from a Montgomery County Public Library [the confusion here? Our library used to be called 'The Dayton and Montgomery county Public Library], and there are at least 50 or so 'Montgomery Counties' in the U.S.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would say yes, it is important, as it helps provide some grounding in being able to answer questions that some patrons have about their 'black box' technologies.  A wider knowledge base is always better for a public librarian.  Personally, I think it also provides a way to think about problems that a liberal arts education doesn't always provide. If you are able to do programming, it is like being able to speak another language or have another tool to attack problems with.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Sometimes the best option is to weigh the time spent vs the actual cost of the book and give it up for lost.  After three months, the owner of the book will have either charged it off, or given it up for lost.  If the book came to you through your ILL system, it may have been 'found' by one of your member library patrons and returned.
You may have already run it through WorldCat and seen if any Montgomery Counties come up as an owner, but I pretty much think you have exercised due diligence and after three months...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ww2australia.gov.au/coastwatcher/doc%5Fpdfgallery%5Fcoastwatchers.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.ww2australia.gov.au/coastwatcher/doc_pdfgallery_coastwatchers.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"The Australian Archives in Melbourne holds a collection of Coastwatcher material. Some of the most interesting files contain the reports transmitted by the Coastwatchers in the field. They describe their day to day living conditions, their interaction with the local people and the problems of maintaining local loyalty in the face of the Japanese invasion; their difficulties with supplies; the loss or malfunction of their radios and of course, most importantly, information about enemy movements in their area."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Have you tried OCLC (Interlibrary loan)?  I just did a quick search, and came up with a book that 121 libraries own that might interest you.
The OCLC record info:
Descriptor: World War, 1939-1945 -- Oceania. 
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Australia.&lt;br /&gt;
Note(s): Map on lining-papers. 
Title: The coastwatchers Author: Feldt, Eric A Accession Number: 1292172 Year: 1946 
Hope this helps.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Does the barcode number give you any clue?  In our state, for the most part, public library books start with 3 #### XXXXXXXXX where the #### represents a particular library.  I just tried googling our library's barcode prefix and didn't get a result, and I don't know how your barcodes work, but if you have a prefix and you post it up, maybe someone will recognize it as one in their area.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Beyond that, if there isn't a stamp in the book with an address, perhaps the book had been withdrawn and was dropped off somewhere as a donation and someone just thought it was an ILL.  If it doesn't have a home address, I'm guessing no one is missing it.  Just out of curiosity, what's the title?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When a patron yells or otherwise makes a scene, the first thing I do is just stop what I'm doing and stand quietly &amp;amp; patiently in a 'listening' pose.  I give them time to finish throwing their tantrum. Remember that everyone else in the library will be looking at THEM as if they are off their rocker.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Once they have had their melt down, then I &lt;em&gt;WHISPER&lt;/em&gt; something like, "what can I do for you today?"  The idea is to get them to come back to the 'here and now' so that we can get the issue resolved.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Once I had the Community Crazy Lady threaten me with violence when I told her the cost of her computer prints. I used the above technique. It didn't work. So, using my quietest voice, I asked her if I needed to get back-up.  She turned white as a sheet and stuttered that she didn't wish to mess with the police, then left the building.  Funny she thought I was referring to cops, when all I was thinking about was nabbing a co-worker.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As for the leering patron, it's bad form for your co-workers to tease you about it. If I were you, I would totally ignore the creep. If he makes a point of coming to you to check items out, there is no need to engage with him in any way. Just treat him like a Walmart check-out clerk would... blank face, no chit-chat.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Just getting off this bizarre kick of what I call "people being harvested for their parts"&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Unwind- Neal Shusterman&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Unit - Ninni Holmqvist&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Never Let me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Will try some Robin Cook next&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Fun subject headings:
Human experimentation in medicine--Fiction.
Donation of organs, tissues, etc.--Fiction.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You absolutely need to document the leering. Start a formal log if you don't have something already in place. Sexual harassment is sexual harassment, no matter who it comes from. If anything escalates you'll have proof it's not an isolated incident, and more power to permanently ban the creep. And if he's really a nutcase and tries to complain about you, you'll be protected because your documentation will come before his complaint&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I was a temp librarian for a while, and a patron was harassing a page. I couldn't do any reporting, and I didn't have the system's full training for things like that. What I could do though was get her to trade assignments with another page so she wouldn't have to stand near him. And I could stand with her on the floor and help diffuse. The buddy system always helps.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My consortium is going to move to the open-source Evergreen ILS, and we're trying to generate a list of all the features we'd like our catalog to have.  I'd love to hear what other people like or dislike in the software you use.  Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Disclaimer: I've never heard of SoftChalk, so I don't really know what I'm talking about ;).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It looks like that page already includes a javascript library that might help (FlashObject). You might be able to do something like this:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;div id="flashcontent1"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;script type="text/javascript"&amp;gt;
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   fo.addParam("title", "You Quote It, You Note It!");
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&lt;p&gt;Here's the documentation I found for FlashObject, if you're interested: &lt;a href="http://blog.deconcept.com/flashobject/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://blog.deconcept.com/flashobject/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This may be obvious, but: Having used Millennium this summer at one internship, and using Horizon now at my current internship, one of the most important features of an ILS/OPAC that's been driven home to me by the contrast between the two systems is a flexible, powerful, and intuitive search interface. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Horizon is really awkward in terms of how limiters work. For instance, you can't limit to multiple collections at one time. This is annoying if you want to, say, search for books but don't care about whether they're in the adult or YA collections; in that kind of case, you have to perform two separate searches. And the ways you can further restrict a search you've started are weirdly unhelpful. You can't search within results for some obvious things like title or author keyword (I &lt;em&gt;think&lt;/em&gt; -- I am not actually at work right now so can't double check if these are the specific missing fields). You also can't search in multiple fields at once (e.g. title contains x and author contains y) unless you want to do a general keyword search. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I do think that it may be possible to do more flexible searching in Horizon using command language (? sorry if that isn't the right term, library school student here!), but I have not yet had the time to learn how to do that, and honestly, with a patron standing there wanting an answer ASAP, I'm not sure it's reasonable for me to try to construct a query in that time-consuming manner -- especially when they won't be able to understand what I'm doing.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So I would say it's probably a good idea to give the searching capabilities of the system a good road test before you commit. I have much more difficulty finding materials at my current internship than I did at my previous one, and I honestly think it is mostly due to the fact that Horizon is much harder to search in than Millennium.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;On a less pressing note, I often wonder if it is ever going to be possible to have an ILS that has a minimally attractive interface on the librarian's side.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am an elementary librarian and am in the process of grouping some of my series with different authors together; however, I don't like the idea of a whole area for series because my students would end up crowding around those shelves.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am filing them with the rest of fiction under something that relates to the series title (STA for Star Wars, AME for American Girl, DIS for Disney Fairies, and CLU for 39 Clues). &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I usually have a 25-cent sale in my elementary library at the end of each year, which helps wipe out any books I've weeded and generates some funds.  Our small, local public library has a cart of books by the checkout counter as a continual mini-sale.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One librarian I know has really high ceilings in her library and needed sound buffering, so she drilled holes in the books and hung them from the ceiling.  It gives the library a magical quality to see all of the floating books.  Of course, this wouldn't work in many libraries, but it is a fun idea.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What online event calendar does your library system use?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm the web manager for an 11 branch system.  We've had many patron requests for a better system to display our events calendars, but I can't seem to find one with all the features I'm looking for. I would like a calendar with some sort of tagging or category function so I can mark events as "children," "teens" or "adults" and also be able to mark each event with the branch location it belongs to. A drop down search where the patrons could then click on their location and age group to see all events that match both those categories would be great.  I also need to be able to embed a calendar of just a particular branch's events in a webpage.  So that if the patron goes to that branch's homepage, they can see the events for that branch, but are able to see the events for other branches with just a few clicks.  It seems like something like this should exist, but what is limiting me is most versions seem to only allow one category or tag per event, so I can either label it with the location or the age group, but not both. Or I can't embed a calendar with only selected events, it has to be all of them, all the time.  On top of that, there is some demand for rss feeds of events, but custom, so the patron could specify the particular branch and age group they want to get events for.  There is a neighboring library system that does all of this, but when contacted, they told me it was a proprietary system that was way out of our budget.  The solution I'm looking for doesn't have to be free, but reasonable. Any suggestions?  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;PS: If your calendar is part of a CMS, please still mention it, we're in the first stages of choosing a CMS.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Edit&lt;/em&gt;: Thank you so much for all of the suggestions.  I'm looking into them now. :-) &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would recommend looking at Plymouth Rocket (&lt;a href="http://www.eventkeeper.com/index.cfm" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.eventkeeper.com/index.cfm&lt;/a&gt;) which has a product called EventKeeper.  We can tag events with location and then 2 keywords.  I don't know about the RSS functionality for sure.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My main reason for recommending them is because they are a small, responsive company that has done many custom changes for us over time so I would guess that they could give you more tagging capability and also work with you to set up some RSS options.  Their pricing is very reasonable; we pay under $500/year for two products (events calendar and museum pass booking).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;One of the most common requests we get is from patrons wanting the whole list of our DVDs or Music CDs or Audiobooks.  While that is a fairly simple search for a librarian, it can be confusing to patrons.  I like to have some customizable visual search options on the main search page that we can set up so that patrons can get to searches like that (or summer reading lists, or holiday items) with one click and without needing to understand format or boolean searching.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've used E-vanced in two libraries. &lt;a href="http://evancedsolutions.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://evancedsolutions.com/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You can tag the events however you want and display just those events if you choose, even break it down by branch. You can also download the exact event into your google calendar with a map. It's pretty neat and affordable for most libraries&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;One feature that I would love is for an easy way for patrons to find books, for the system to recommend similar books, and for the catalog to provide rss feeds of new books, but be able to break that down by genre and subject. I would love to be able to show our patrons, here are our new Science Fiction Books or Gardening books, but break it down in rss. That way we could post those on to the webpage or have an automated email for interested patrons so they know about books they would like without the library having to do anything. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I really liked Polaris for some of these features. They did rss for new books, music, and movies and then patrons could go in and save a search and have new results emailed to them. It was a bit too cumbersome and I would prefer something where we could divide that rss ourselves so it can be automated and we adjust it to serve our patrons. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I agree with both previous answers - I think EventKeeper or Evanced offer the features mentioned in the question.  My library evaluated both, but went with Evanced because of a more streamlined room reservation process (we wanted both an events calendar and room reservation system).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, I recently posted a sort-of review of a few different calendar options for libraries.  It's not an exhaustive list, but hopefully it will be helpful: &lt;a href="http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2009/10/13/library-events-calendar-roundup" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2009/10/13/library-events-calendar-roundup&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I wholeheartedly echo Becki: &lt;strong&gt;yes&lt;/strong&gt;, programming/Web creation skills are helpful on the job and &lt;strong&gt;yes&lt;/strong&gt;, they will make you more marketable to a public library looking to hire a reference librarian. (I too speak from small public library experience.) &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As the reference librarian, I am the de facto technology coordinator responsible for computer maintenance as well as Website creation and maintenance. Almost every day I use something that I learned in Web design, Human-Computer interaction, Digital Libraries and Database design &amp;amp; creation courses (yes, all as part of my degree at the School of Information at UT Austin).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Many small public libraries are still just beginning to see the need and invest the interest in a real online presence, and your training could be what moves the library into a more active role in their community. (A real selling point during interviews.)
Also, reference services are increasingly virtual. Creating attractive and relevant pathfinders on the library Website as well as managing/hacking a Meebo/Text a Librarian-style widget are only likely to become a more important part of the reference librarian's job&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Try the National Archives in Washington, or their annex in Maryland (just outside the District).  The annex has operational records of WWII USAAC operational Bomb Groups, and a Historian at either of these installations may point you in the right direction.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We are a small library that also has several individuals who are special needs stopping by on a regular basis.  Most of our special needs patrons are unchaperoned, so we have started having them help with small tasks like sweeping the sidewalk, decorating for holidays, helping sort our recycling, and setting up rooms for programs.  Most of the time they just want to help or feel valued.  We do not ask a special needs patron to do anything that we ourselves would not do.  As for personal questions like 'where do you live' I try to keep it vague, but answer truthfully.  Usually I joke that if they want to come over to my house, I'll have to put the person to work and leave it very open ended without saying no.  If a special needs person is 'breaking the rules', we tell them the policy/rule, and redirect them to another part of the library.  Most of the time the patron knows they're not doing what they are supposed to be and are testing you to see what you or the staff will let them get away with.  Just treat a special needs patron like you would a regular patron.  You might have to repeat yourself a couple of times, but eventually, they will get it ;).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We are interested in developing text message reference capabilities at our library.  We have looked at some of the options listed on the Library Success Wiki and are primarily interested in LibraryH3lp since that would allow us to run our chat through the same interface.  What I was wondering is if anyone has experience setting up LibraryH3lp and where there might be step by step documentation.  Their website looks like it does this, but in reality there seems to be some gaps and that is were we are getting lost.  It might be something really obvious, but if anyone knows of some good resources out there to get it functioning smoothly with both chat and texting that would help us experiment with it.  Of course . . . you could also put detailed instructions in your answer here. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My library is experimenting with different forms of virtual reference.  One of the programs we are looking at is PHP Live.  Does anyone have experience using this program in a library?  What are the pros and cons from your perspective?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We tried something different in our library and grouped the books in the series together in brightly coloured baskets which then sat on the shelf so that the covers were facing front. It seemed to work very well, as the bright colours drew the children's eyes towards the books and we could rotate the collections in them very quickly, i.e. as a basket became empty, with only a couple of books left in it, we would shelve them appropriately and then fill it with another collection. It worked well to highlight series of books that might otherwise not be noticed, and we could even make them into 'subject baskets' with books by several different authors all about faries, or ponies or whatever! It worked well in my previous library which was a medium sized branch, and also in my current library which is the main Central Library of our city.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I just finished not long ago, an Unshelved Book Club selection, The city and The city by China Mieville.  And earlier this year I read a book which would make an excellent Book Club selection [in my opinion, anyhow...], The Good Humor Man (or calorie 3501) by Andrew Fox.
I  Mostly just pick anything off the shelves (or a ILL return) that looks interesting for me to read.  I enjoy a wide variety of genres, but it's mostly 'chick fic' that I grab for a fast read.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;....But right now, I'm knee deep in a Mercedes Lackey...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would think twice about "dumping" our discards on other nonprofit organizations, prisons or hospitals unless they are in pristine condition. However we are usually discarding because of condition, poor circulation, it is an old edition or the topic is no longer relevant. Booksales in the library are great whenever possible but, let's face it, discards are most often junk that are wanted only by people who love free books.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The only song I can think of that might be close is "Andy Warhol" by David Bowie.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.betterworldbooks.com/Info-Discards-Donations-Program-m-4.aspx" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.betterworldbooks.com/Info-Discards-Donations-Program-m-4.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Better World Books collects and sells books online to fund literacy initiatives worldwide. With more than six million new and used titles in stock, we’re a self-sustaining, triple-bottom-line company that creates social, economic and environmental value for all our stakeholders."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Books collected by Better World Books come from two primary sources: the over 1,800 college and university campuses on which we run textbook drives and over 2,000 libraries and thrift stores that send us discarded and donated books."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Better World Books offers a no cost program to help you manage your discarded and donated books. We make the most of your books by selling them on 21 online-marketplaces and sharing the proceeds with you and one of our nonprofit literacy programs."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Library h3lp has been mentioned before in other parts of the answers board.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://answers.unshelved.com/questions/301/two-people-able-to-monitor-meebome-guest-questions" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://answers.unshelved.com/questions/301/two-people-able-to-monitor-meebome-guest-questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The meebome question has two answers and you might want to contact those users Ron Miller and Jody. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;San Jose Public Library has just started Text a Librarian services as well: &lt;a href="http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/2009/08/san-jose-library-launches-text-a-librarian-service.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/2009/08/san-jose-library-launches-text-a-librarian-service.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That might be a good place to get more information. If you are in California and your library is a member of Califa, you could get a discount for that service.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am the librarian in a large middle school (800+ students). I started allowing the students to put holds on books partway through the first semester. It's worked out pretty well so far; I get holds for all kinds of books, not just Twilight and Diary of a Wimpy Kid (although those are my two most requested series). The only place where it seems to hit a snag is with notifying the students when their hold is in. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Currently, I email the student's Language Arts (English) teacher and ask them to notify the student. The problem is that some are not terribly prompt, which means some students don't find out that their hold is in until the day it expires and it goes to the next person on the hold list. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any suggestions for other ways of notifying students? If I see them in the hall, I let them know that their hold is in, but it's a big school and I'm still matching names to faces for a lot of them. I've considered having their names in the announcements, but I really don't want to have to write a new announcement every day. We don't have student email addresses, so I can't email them. I can't think of a better way, but I know there must be one.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you join the libraryh3lp Google group, and ask your questions there, there are many folks who are willing and able to jump in and help you get your service set up.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://groups.google.com/group/libraryh3lp?pli=1" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://groups.google.com/group/libraryh3lp?pli=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I haven't been able to find this song, but there are a couple of websites out there that collect songs about art, you might be able to ask them and see what they can find?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bigcrow.com/anna/journal/art_songs.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.bigcrow.com/anna/journal/art_songs.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.zoilus.com/documents//2006/000803.php" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.zoilus.com/documents//2006/000803.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When you say you don't have student email addresses, is that a school policy, or have they just not been recorded in a way you can access them?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If it's not a policy, and they're recorded somewhere in the school bureaucracy, then I'd see if I could get access to them.&lt;br /&gt;
Alternatively (if the policy is not to automatically give out student email addresses), then I'd ask the students for their email address (or better still mobile no &amp;amp; text them) &lt;em&gt;when they place the hold&lt;/em&gt;.  Once you have it, add it to their library account (or check it to make sure it's still correct), and you're set to go.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Texting is likely to get to them more quickly than email -- I've yet to meet the teenager who's not surgically attached to their mobile phone! And the text can be really generic -- "Yr bk is at the skl lbry get it 2day" which makes it quick for you to do as well.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In addition, contacting them directly is a better protection of their right to privacy than passing a message via a teacher.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;OK. This is not to be tried until you've exhausted all other options!
But, I can see no reason why you can't send a bill to the parents when something has been missing for a reasonable period and all attempts to retrieve the item(s) have failed. Usually worded. "X item has been borrowed from the school library by y student on z date and is now ddd (period overdue). Unless x item is returned within the next fortnight (give date) a bill of $ (cost of item, plus admin fee) will be payable by AAAA BBBB (parent or guardian of y student"
You'd have to get it past your school admin, but if you frame it in a "this has cost us x$ to acquire" you may have some success. 
It seems like a harsh option, but school budgets are &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; limited &amp;amp; there's no reason why one kid should effectively steal resources from others.
You're likely to have 2 responses from parents. 
1. Book re-appears with (or more likely without) any apology or explanation. 
2. Irate parent appears breathing fire &amp;amp; claiming that little Suzie would never do such a thing &amp;amp; threatening lawyers -- at least this gives you an opportunity to negotiate with said irate parent. And then (if negotiation fails) escalate the problem situation to the Head Teacher and/or Board. IME fire-breathing irate parents usually have kids with a &lt;em&gt;history&lt;/em&gt; at the school, and admin will likely have a large file on them.
You'll get a percentage of items back, a percentage of $ and a percentage of angry kids and parents.&lt;br /&gt;
It's your call if the whole exercise is worth it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is a huge question. When we were writing the RFP for our new consortia system, we spent many brainstorming hours on this topic &amp;amp; generated a &lt;em&gt;lot&lt;/em&gt; of specifications.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What it really boiled down to, is making sure that your system is as flexible and customizable as possible -- as it is never possible to predict what you'll want to deliver in 1,2,5 or 10 years time.
A good question at the demonstrations is "How could our customers change what they see? - can they limit the results (by what elements?) can they sort them? can they export them?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Another good thing to do is to brainstorm what sort of service you (as a customer) would like to receive from your library. [slightly off topic, but my experience has been that unless you have a really active and switched on customer panel already established, the librarians will come up with much more 'out there' recommendations than your customers will.] Do remember that your catalogue is your best outreach tool. What could/should you be doing to 'save the time of the user' (Ranganathan rules!)
It's also worthwhile looking at the customer experience of related resources. Try the websites of museums, galleries, and event centres -- what do they do for their customers that you could copy or adapt.
And then extend these ideas.  So you want RSS feeds of new books by genre. How about option for automatic holds placed by author, or subject or genre &amp;amp; then notify borrower (who can cancel if not required). [I would &lt;em&gt;love&lt;/em&gt; my library to offer this service!]  How about a customised "recommend a book" feature - suggesting titles the borrower might like, based on their reading history and demographic (market segmentation)
Start with a service, &amp;amp; then work backwards to the functionality you require to support the service.
It's also good to make sure that all of the modules interface in one place for the customer -- s/he should be able to check the status of items issued, holds placed, ILL requests, personal reading history, 'wish' list, recommendations for purchase &amp;amp; library events [just to cherry-pick a few] all from a single point.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Finally, make sure that the data that you need for your new bells and whistles services is reliably in your catalogue and/or your circulation database.  e.g. How do you identify your genre fiction? "Mystery" is probably a bit too broad for that new service possibility. Perhaps you need to have more sub-genres recorded "Cozy mystery" "Hard-boiled mystery" "Historical mystery", etc. If you want to recommend books 'on the shelf' in the local branch, do you have accurate home branch locations for your customers.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about posting a list of names outside the library? Just the student names, not the book names - it doesn't seem to be much of a privacy violation to let people know that a person has "a book" ready.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I usually deliver books by giving them to the language arts teachers before/after school, for them to distribute.  I think they are more likely to remember to give the student a book rather than a notice.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The only problem is this means the student might have an extra book checked out, but if it's a student who is fairly trustworthy, I let them have it and add a note with a reminder to return another book a.s.a.p. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We hold grade cards each quarter when students have overdue library books, but there are many families who do not care about this, so at the end of the year, I try to have a more exciting book round up.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Last year, I used a gumball theme.  Every student who cleared their record earned a gum ball.  Then, when a whole class cleared their records, their class name went up on a special bulletin board.  The first class in each grade to clear their records got an extra gumball.    &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I had about 700 students last year and spent less than $30 on gumballs.  I know there were some students who got their books in just to get their gumball.  It was well worth the money I spent.  The year before, I used a star theme and distributed Starburst candy.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Do your students have homerooms? I pass messages (and overdue notices) through the homeroom teacher, either by placing notes in the teachers' mailboxes (standard procedures at my school) or by taking the notices directly to the room during that period.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Currently I'm re-reading through Naomi Novik's "Temeraire" series, and simultaneously starting on "Shadow Magic" by Jaida Jones and Danielle Bennett, the sequel to "Havemercy". Yes, they're all about dragons (more or less). But I do have a vampire-werewolf-Victorian romance mystery called "Soulless" set aside on the shelf for after I finish these!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have been given access to the students' schedule, and so I look them up and call them in during class (I try to do so at the end of a period, especially when it's followed by a break/lunch). Otherwise, I have the front office page them through PA during lunch. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Would that be something that your school could do for you?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I keep the notices to teachers for overdue books only, as I do not want to give the teachers more work (and like you said, some don't really care anyways). &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Thanks to the amazing answers I got here regarding weeding (thanks ;) ), I now have quite a large stack of discarded books in my storage area. Those I would like to sell, first offering them to a company rep' (anyone had good/bad experiences with Budgetext?), then by organizing a book sale in the school. I think I could get more money from a company than from parents/students, so I'm going with them first.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;However, I have read in another weeding thread here that some cities/states have laws regarding discarding/selling library books. So here's my question: does anyone know if there are such laws in Sacramento, CA? I have been searching this for days but come back empty-handed. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Basically, as a school librarian in a charter school, am I allowed to organize a book sale selling discarded library books, and do I have to pay any sales tax?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would hold off on weeding sections where experience is useful--picture books, folk tales, fiction, and poetry are all sections where it's hard to know what is a gem and what is a dud, or what is written by a local author that you might want to hold onto much longer than usual.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But other sections are easy and should be tackled quickly--astronomy, country books, etc. Anything where incorrect information is going to lead a child astray no matter how much good information is in there with it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Weeding a really old collection is incredibly satisfying. I got to weed my sons' school library back in the late nineties where they had a book talking about how we might someday land on the moon, and another on Vietnam that predated the Vietnam War. Getting rid of stuff like that is really, really fun.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't know anything specifically about Sacramento. I believe that most of the laws have to do with inappropriately disposing of items bought with state funds. Most public school districts have policies about this. If your district doesn't have such a policy, since you're in a charter school, I THINK (emphasis there) that you'd probably be okay. But you might want to double-check with your administration.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you are seeking to be a school librarian make sure the program has both a strong understanding of the licensing requirements for your state.  You would be surprised how many times people come out of MLS programs ready to be school librarians but have none of the requirements needed for licensing.  In addition if you want school library check out the other end of it (the education department) to make srue it is what you want as well.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If only a catalog could offer more helpful alternate spellings, closer to Google's "did you mean" options when you misspell words in a search. Our opac does offer alternate spellings, but they are frequently gibberish and don't provide different/better/more search results, thus being as ineffective as the originally misspelled word. It's embarrassing but also a necessity to first look up what the patron is asking for on Amazon or with Google to get the correct spelling, then look it up in the catalog. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is an experiment in using this site to do a sort of a poll. A little self-serving, but then all the best experiments are, really.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm going to preload a few answers. Please vote for any or all that represent things you would buy if we sold them in our &lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/store.aspx" rel="nofollow"&gt;store&lt;/a&gt;. If you'd like to add details (e.g. specific slogans or images) do so as comments. And feel free to add any new kinds of merchandise not already listed, but please just one per answer so that the voting can be most effective. Don't forget to vote up the question itself.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And if you don't have enough reputation to vote or add comments, go ask some good questions and give some good answers elsewhere, then come back. It doesn't take long.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks for helping out!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mugs&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;These would most likely feature slogans (e.g. What Would Dewey Do?) but might also have a coffee-related comic strip, lord knows we have plenty.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cards&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The front would probably be something you'd find on one of our t-shirts, e.g. the Recycle Books design.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Posters&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;These could just be the same designs from our t-shirts, in larger, paper form. Or maybe the covers from our books.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Laptop Skins&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;These are the big stickers that go on the lid of your laptop.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Buttons&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Mostly likely featuring a selection of our most popular t-shirt slogans and designs.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Stickers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We already have bumper stickers, so we're talking about smaller stickers.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What should a person major in when they get their Bachelors degree, with plans to go after an MLS, and work at a public library? Best ideas? What did YOU major in, and at the time, did you intend to pursue the line of work you're currently in?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There is an article in todays paper (Dayton Daily News) about schools using social networks to connect with students.  Would this be an option for you? You could start a school library related FB page and encourage students to befriend you to learn about their accounts through that.
Here's the article:  &lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/yjzge5p" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://tinyurl.com/yjzge5p&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When I had the epiphany that I wanted to become a librarian I was Physics major.  Realizing that Physics probably wasn't the best thing to major in for my career path, I asked several advisors what I should get my Bachelor's degree in.  Many told me that Information Management and Technology would come in most handy, that's the path I decided to take.  It has definitely helped being able to understand the technical side of things and it opened up other possible career paths as well.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you want to be a children's librarian (like me!) an elementary education degree comes in handy.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Depends... if you want to do school media - better do education because otherwise you're stuck making up for it with an extra student teaching bit and (at least at the time) 9 more credits you've got to take... (I wanted to have the certification just in case until I realized how much more time it would take)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you want to work in the academic or special library fields, then I'd say whatever you're interested in - just recognizing that there may not be as many needs for some specialties than others, and that at least in the academic world, you may need to get a masters in that area as well.  For instance - in the case above - if she really loved Physics I would have suggested that she stick with Physics and see about jobs in academic science libraries or special libraries that need someone with a science background.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What you DO NOT want is a bachelor's degree in Library Science - there are a few still around - but everyone I've talked to has always said that you want your degree IN something, in order to make you a better rounded librarian.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One prof of mine ended up an English major because thats what she was told would be best for going to library school afterwards, and ended up working in special libraries (medical or science if I remember correctly) her entire career as a librarian before becoming a professor.  So in her case - the English degree really didn't help anything - but it didn't hurt anything either... &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Which is why my recommendation based on what I've been told is to major in what you are interested in.  What would you major in if you were NOT going to be a librarian?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;GIS, Information Systems, Sciences, Medicine, Law, frankly, anything to distinguish yourself from the morass of Humanities darlings that go to library school (yes, I am one).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'd highly recommend the sciences, and especially GIS, it's kind of a quirky field and there are a lot more opportunties in special libraries. Second, IT. You'll have to deal with computers and being good at it could get you a better place. Third, Medicine/biology/chemistry/physics, whatever you're interested in.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Of course, I'm a History Major with lots of classes in English, Religious Studies and Political Science who is now a Systems Librarian. You never know where you will end up.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Personally - as long as it is ALA accredited, still does teach cataloging, and you are willing to do your own part towards finding good experiences in library school - my answer would be: "the one you don't go into debt for" - I knew several people in my library school whom had moved from out of state to attend, and while in some of their cases they didn't ONLY move to attend, they had so recently moved that they had to pay out of state tuition.  Personally - based on my librarian friends I have now who went to different schools all over the country - I have not heard that much difference between the ALA accredited schools.  In this economy - price does have to be a factor - you don't want to be out of school and trying to find a job, and needing to pay back huge student loans at the end of your MLS program.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;cards and mugs :)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Engineering worked for me.  (Caveat - There were 20 years between the completion of my undergrad and the start of library school.)  An information systems background and data analysis experience helped me land my dream job in a special library (news industry).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I got a liberal arts degree with a big emphasis on literature and a major in philosophy. both turned out to be great toolboxes for working in public libraries.
it really depends upon the type of librarian you want to be. some would have rather obvious preferred undergraduate studies: law, medical, school media, special collections, or highly specialized academic reference.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Brett nailed it. You want a degree that distinguishes you from other candidates. I received my bachelors a few years back in the sciences and ended up being quickly hired as a science librarian (before I had even finished grad school).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Librarianship is a great career for generalists.  Any and all of the fields mentioned above would be useful (except, agreed, definitely not a bachelor's in library science).  As John notes, it really depends on what direction you want to go.  I've worked in public and academic libraries, in acquisitions, reference, and cataloging.  I can't think of anything I've ever studied that wasn't useful at some point.  Physics and engineering are great undergraduate degrees for librarianship.  It's often a challenge to find librarians with degrees in hard sciences.  I'm currently at a medium-sized academic library with about 30 librarians, and only 3 of those have science degrees.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I really liked the "contains printed matter" bag. But it is a bit to loose for laptops and netbooks. How about a more sturdy laptop bag?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Don't do it!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There are no jobs out there!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am just finishing my Bachelor of Technology (a new type of Bachelor's degree -- abbrev. BTech instead of BA or BS).   If you want any type of computer job in the Library world I recommend you go for this (I got hired in June even though I complete my coursework on Dec 18th [just 9 days left!!! w00t!!] and the library is willing to pay for me to get my Masters at some point [I want to wait a bit since I have been continuously attending college part time for the last 8 years -- due in part to transferring schools and family health issues]).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I will admit that part of the reason I got hired was also previous library experience -- I worked in two college libraries, a college computer lab, and two public libraries (one of them I volunteered and worked in from the time I was 10 until I was 24 -- and from the time I was 12 on it was about 15 hours a week), so you can see I had a lot of experience before I even applied for the job.   Additionally, I have a triple minor in Literature, Theater, and Psychology (too many credits didn't transfer to my major so I took the extra 5 classes I needed to finish all three minors) which means I can do storytelling, puppet theater, readers theater, and know my way around the children's and adult fiction collections very well.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Anyway my point is that the degree is important, but any additional experience can give you an edge over the "competition" when it comes to getting hired, sometimes over a candidate with a higher degree.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I majored in English and theatre and work as a secondary school librarian (not certified--perk of a private school.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have librarian friends who majored in classics (academic librarian specializing in classics), journalism (medical librarian), poli sci/history/philosophy (law librarian--also has JD).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think having a strong technology background is important. I don't think it's necessary to have lots of formal training (unless you want to go into systems), but definitely read up on trends and be comfortable with all types of technology. I use more of it than I ever dreamed I would.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The "good day to read" shirt in women's size would be excellent.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Is anyone currently using (or hoping to use) Google Wave for particular applications for a public library?  I'm trying to determine if there are specific applications either with colleagues or with the public that I should be considering.
Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Due to the restricted nature of the Wave preview, I don't have any plans for the near term.  I am using it as a daily activity journal and hope to roll it out to my public service staff as a replacement for the desk journal on a trial basis.  I could also see it as a tool for minutes for meetings conducted over Skype or some other video conferencing media.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As for the public, it may be useful for running distributed reading groups in a multi-branch system.  It would also make sense to have it available as a remote collaboration tool. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If I had it to do over, I think I would have majored in Education, English Lit or Technology.  Since my degree is so old that it predates technology, that was not an option at the time.  As many have said, it depends on the field of librarianship that you are pursuing.  You can really distinguish yourself among candidates with a strong background in the field in which you will be working, whether you prefer a legal, medical, university or school library.  For public librarians, a wide range of expertise is preferred!!  Good luck -- There ARE jobs out there!  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is a huge question, and one that we are working on over the course of years!  Our schools use the OPALS system, and appreciate the alternate spellings, as mentioned above, symbols for different material types so that CDs are quickly identifiable from books, and now our students can rate the books they read!  The one to five-star ratings show up in the item details, and comments can be viewed with one click.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also convenient is a direct link to databases and Internet sites on the same topic as the search.  One stop shopping for students doing research!  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I would love to have a link to audio clips and audio reviews in each listing, so that students could preview titles that are interesting.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Where I live most librarians end up in management positions.  If you really want to be a public librarian, I would say study plumbing, electricity, general construction with a good dose of psychology, sociology and theology thrown in!  Jobs are hard to come by but are worth the long hours and social work pay!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I haven't used it extensively, but considering the couple of articles I've read discussing its value for role-playing games, I could easily see this becoming an ongoing YA program.  They could either role-play their favorite characters in books, or you could work up a mystery story around it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I never intended to be a librarian.  I started working part-time in circulation while I was in college and just kind of ended up hanging around, progressively moving up the pay scale.  I've tried to leave the library field several times, but each time it always makes more practical sense to just stay.  I made one attempt at library school, dropped out, and am starting back in January.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I majored in English because I wanted to be a professional writer.  As for my recommendation for an undergrad degree for prospective librarians, I say whatever you want.  You'll need the MLS to get full rank, pay, and privilege anyway: spend the first four years of your higher education studying something that interests you personally if you know for sure you're committed to the MLS.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Action figures.  I want the entire cast of Unshelved on my desk way more than anybody should want anything.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Mugs - definitely mugs!  I'd like to see some of the library tips, especially #28&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I like the mug idea--but nothing coffee-specific.  (I use mugs for hot chocolate and caffine-free tea.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Three-quarter length (like a baseball jersey) or long-sleeve women's tee shirts! I tend to wear those way more often than short sleeves so it's hard to justify buying the tees.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Umbrella! I would love an umbrella with a classic Unshelved strip or the cast of characters.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Long sleeved Tees, and &lt;em&gt;whimper&lt;/em&gt; maybe a few in sizes larger than 3X? We used to be in the minority, but alas, no longer, according to the Surgeon General.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Consider majoring or minoring in a foreign language, especially Spanish.  It has helped me get all of my jobs, even when they did not say they were seeking a Spanish speaker.  And I know it was valued at all of my jobs.  I didn't plan to become a librarian.  I majored in Spanish and (Communications) Radio-Video-Photo.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;English. It teaches you to think and write, and doesn't go out of style.
Facility with literature is an asset. 
One should be adept in technology, but need not major in it. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What should I look for in Library School: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;--Classes that teach you efficent online database searching.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;--A basic reference class. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;--A reference speciality class. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;--How to handle difficult library patrons class, with legal options, a karate instructor, and instruction on the use and care of an AK-47.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;--How to fix your computer class--beginning, intermeadiate, &amp;amp; advanced. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;--How to hack into and overcome computer networks, useful when the IT people can't fix it in the first place. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;--Budgetting and money-management. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Long shot - the band Art in America, from 1983? Album of the same name - none of the song titles look promising, but you can listen to the entire album &lt;a href="http://www.virtualstudiosystems.com/artistPage.php?ArtistID=91" rel="nofollow"&gt;online&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would love to see a bag (like the "Contains printed matter") with the Intellectual Freedom Fighter logo!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Like everyone else has said, it depends.  It wasn't until the middle of my sophomore year that I decided I could afford to be a librarian (for some reason I had an impression librarians starved on the streets).  I had taken classes in a variety of departments and after compiling a very large spreadsheet, I decided I could graduate the fastest, and thus get my MLS faster, if I got a Computer Science degree. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I really wanted to become a cataloger but I got a reference practicum instead so I ended up being a reference librarian for almost a year.  I loved the variety of really odd questions one gets asked at the reference desk.  However, a sysadmin position opened up in our IT department and it paid better so I switched.  Somewhat to my surprise, this ended up being the perfect job for me.  I still get to answer tricky questions and work in a public library but I also get to play with fun technology :)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2009/google-wave-better-than-twitter-for-conference-chatter/" rel="nofollow"&gt;This blog&lt;/a&gt; suggests it might be useful at conferences.  I think it would be interesting to try but there aren't enough invites out there yet for it to be feasible.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It depends on what kind of librarian you want to be. Certainly get a degree in something you are interested it, especially if you do reference. Even though you don't have to understand the subject to find the answer, it makes it easier.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about using the same method notifying about overdues?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Presumably when they request a book there is some sort of form they fill in.  Can you edit it?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If so how about something like:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"When my book is available I would like to be notified by:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;[ ] Email, my email address is.........................................
[ ] A message for my Language Arts teacher to pass on (I have already agreed this with them)
[ ] Visiting the library not less than once per week from.............(Earliest possible date it may be available)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I understand that once the librarian has sent out the notification they have no responsibility to follow up and if I fail to collect my book in a timely manner (even if through no fault of my own) the book may be passed to the next person in line X days after the notification is sent."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That way they can select whichever method is best suited to them and you have made it clear that once you've sent the notification you're in the clear.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you want to consider the SMS option then I agree that a message from the private phone of a member of school staff to a students private cell would probably not be good.  Far too risky and open for misinterpretation.  There are, however, a number of options for sending SMS messages from a PC, either via a 3G dongle attached to the USB port on a 'SMS Only' or 'SMS/Data' plan or a connection over the web to the network's own servers.  Whilst this would cost money it does have the advantage of being useful in a variety of other situations.  I have heard of schools using it to notify parents of snow days or to remind them of events or meetings (mass or individual) in school..  I even recall hearing of a school that would use it to periodically send the current overall grade each student was getting to their parents to avoid the 'lost my report card' problem.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Stephen&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The system I work for uses Evanced. We have 12 branches and users are able to limit by branch. program type, and/or age group. &lt;a href="http://host2.evanced.info/lee/evanced/eventcalendar.asp?ln=ALL" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://host2.evanced.info/lee/evanced/eventcalendar.asp?ln=ALL&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There is a RSS feature that we use to post program lists to the individual library web pages. Some branches also use the online registration feature. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;YES. It's less valuable than it was 10-15 years ago, when it would guarantee a position, but being a go to person is always good. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'd like to see shirts that are a little more...subtle and could be worn to work. Not all Library Staff are able to wear t-shirts to work :) Maybe some cute ties too...either one's with strips, banned books, Sunday Book Club art, etc.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;English worked fine for me.  I got to read great books and poems for a couple of years and then went to library school.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;As another idea (I can't comment on Stephen's comment yet), why not make a Google Voice account (although it's a limited beta, you could probably get an invite for it) and use it for sending SMS messages? The only problem I see is that I believe it has to be linked to a real phone number (don't quote me, though), but you don't have to forward anything to that number. (Or just make it forward to the library number.) It has free SMS capabilities and gives a "real" number if, for whatever reason, someone would text you back.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I work at a large middle school as well (1100 kids) and we have a lot of kids putting books on hold, especially after I do booktalks.  We do end of the day announcements every day, so I just write a quick list of kids to call down to the media center.  I do have to do a new one every day, but it just says "Will the following students please report to the Media Center" and then a list of names.  I can usually get that done in a class break.  I think that would be much less time consuming than looking up who the student's language arts teacher is and getting them to pass the message along to the kid.  Plus it puts some responsiblity on the student.  Hope this helps.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You've indicated that you would like to work at a public library once you earn your MLS, but you didn't specify which area you would like to work in.  If you would like to work with children or young adults, I would consider an education degree.  It will give you knowledge of their psychology and development that you'll have to figure out on your own otherwise.  Plus, you'll have more doors open to you, since you could also get work as a school librarian (which is what I do) if nothing is available at the PL.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Other majors I would recommend are information technology, history, literature, business, or maybe communication; it's really dependent upon what your goals are once you enter the PL.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As for me, I have a BS in Environmental Science and Policy, which I do actually use when I teach science lessons in the library.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Do you have student assistants?  Maybe they could deliver the books to the students' classes?  I work at a large elementary school (800 students), but I don't have student assistants so I deliver books to the kids myself, especially ones they have ILL from another school, since I like to remind them that those books come back TO ME and don't go in the return.  If you were worried about confidentiality (which could be a concern), you could always use a manilla envelope to seal the book up, which is how I give the ILLs to the kids.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you want to suppliment what you learn while doing your MLS, consider night courses in your field and the Archival field.  I did my Archives Tech program during the day and after earned my Library Tech at night.  I found that the night courses were a bit more informative and discussion oriented. Also, you got many different points of view from the students and teachers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I hope this is of help to you.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I work in a TAFE Library in Brisbane, Australia. While we do email and / or SMS our students when they have books available, our smaller campuses also have whiteboards in their entry way (or near the Circ desk) on which they write something like "Could the following students please see the Library Staff" and then have a list of students names...  Smith, J; Black, K; White, M.... etc....  We edit this board once or twice a day when the new books are added to the reserves shelf, and wipe off names as they get collected...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Library Catalogue currently in use by TAFE Queensland, Australia, is called Spydus...  One of the most important features in this catalogue is from the Library Staff Member's perspective...  I can search for anything and everything...
As and example, I can start by looking at all the items which are &lt;strong&gt;on loan, overdue lost&lt;/strong&gt;. I can then look within that search for borrowers who have those items on loan, and within that search for the borrowers who have not yet been invoiced. 
Or, I can search for all equipment available to be borrowed, search within those results for equipment which has had a booking placed on it, refine that search to those that are booked for today, by campus. 
There is nothing that I can't search for, and find, within the Library Catalogue...  that I like. :)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There are a lot of great answers here, and I agree with the "it depends on what type of library" and the "something you enjoy" folks. I'll just add that while I didn't know I would end up in library science, my background in literature (emphasis on minority, children's, and young adult lits), my writing minors, and my handful of computer applications courses have served me very well going into the public library. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, there &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; jobs out there. Yes, things are tight right now (so are a lot of fields), but I just had a full-time position created for me and have several friends who aren't even quit finished with school secure full-time positions recently. And while the public library isn't the most lucrative profession at times, it &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; worth it if you love it. And I, for one, do. No regrets here.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I started out wanting to be a librarian, but I wasn't sure what to do for my undergraduate degree either. I started out as an English major, but found myself always taking social science courses, so I ended up with a Social Sciences degree. I took a real variety of courses which have all helped me, but the ones that seemed to have helped the most were the basic computer courses. Understanding how computers work and knowing a computer language has really given me a better insight into how all of the computer stuff works.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I love the idea of Dewey as a slick ladies' man:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20050507" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20050507&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If your OPAC allows students to log-in and check their accounts, consider subscribing to &lt;strong&gt;Library Elf&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.libraryelf.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.libraryelf.com/&lt;/a&gt;).  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This service lets the individual sigh-up to recieve e-mail notices of holds, overdues, and soon due items.  The patron gives their log-in information to the system and Library Elf polls the OPAC each day and sends notices if needed.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Library Elf is used mostly by public libraries and some college libraries.  From personal experience, believe that the Elf people would negoitiate a low price for a smaller institution like yours.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There are jobs out there.  Everyone has made some great comments but I have to say that with my BS in General Studies, I have found the MLIS was a perfect follow on for me.  Both are wide ranging and taught me about many different fields which has come in incredibly handy as a cataloger in a community college, a reference librarian in a public library system, and now as a branch manager for a public library system.  Go with what you FEEL is best, have fun and enjoy! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Julia has it exactly right!  Construction (because you may end up dealing with contractors), plumbing, social work--all necessary talents for a public librarian.  I majored, like many librarians, in English, which was not a bad choice.  When you are dealing with books (or literature in any format) it is a huge benefit to be familiar with classic authors, etc.  Learning Spanish, as suggested by someone, is a great idea, and as she said would make you much more employable in many areas of the country.  That said, every library really needs a scientist!  Our reference librarian has a Master's in botany, and she know things that none of the rest of us book people do.  It is very helpful having her around!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Never go to a school for any degree without talking to alumni of the school first.  If they tell you they had a horrible experience, STAY AWAY.  Had I done this, I would not have dropped out of library school the first time around.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've been wondering if it might be useful as a way for multiple people to work on suggestions for patrons in libraries that do form-based/remote readers' advisory.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If passing the responsibility up the chain of command is an option, do it - Our front line staff have been asked to do:  Do Not Engage the problem patron, and let them know that you need to have them speak to a supervisor (that'd be me).  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you are the supervisor, though:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Keep yourself safe - have another staff member around to keep track of the interaction, and keep a barrier between you and the patron (Circ Desks are great for this).  It's both a physical and a psychological barrier.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Let them yell themselves out - don't interrupt or attempt to argue with them - it just won't work - while they're arguing/yelling/explaining in a loud voice, assess and plan your response, but keep your "listening" face on.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Once they've yelled it out, clarify (if you need to) and/or explain the library rules, politely and firmly (even if all you want to do is yell back and tell them what a catbutt they're being).  Repeat the rules as necessary, and remember - you're really the one in control of this situation - you have something they want - a book, a DVD, computer time... and all they have to do to get what they want is to PLAY BY THE LIBRARY'S RULES.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Reread that last sentence if you have to - I think it's pretty darn powerful.  Just remember that with great power comes great responsibility.  I know that it helps me keep cool and collected in the face of great catbuttedness.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And then, after you've totally gracefully resolved the situation and coolly accepted the accolades of other patrons and your admiring coworkers (seriously, this happens - and it feels pretty good) - go back to your staff room and take that deep breath (or seven), and think about what an awesome story this particular butthead is going to make next time you see your friends!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You work in a large urban library?  I do.  Remember, rules are not laws--there are always exceptions. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You have 3 problems: The creepy guy, the 25 cent tantrum, and renewal row. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Dcoument and report the activies of the creepy guy to your supervisor and the security guard.  Make damn sure that you are never alone with said creep.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Forgive the 25 cent fine, but if possible put it on his record.   It's not worth the trouble, but report the behavior to your supervisor.  Such behavior can and should be tracked. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Explain the rules to the patron about renewals.  If the patron doesn't accept the explaination, call for your supervisor to deal with it.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Most importantly with all these situations, listen. As for supervisors giving you help with difficult patrons, it's part of their job to not only deal with problems, but to train you to do the same.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We recently purchased a &lt;em&gt;Wii&lt;/em&gt; and would like some ideas on preventing theft of the smaller parts. Ideally we would like to set it up at times in our loosely supervised Teen Room.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Constant supervision is the least obtrusive way of securing your equipment.  It's what we do at our big gaming festival each year, and while we have had one theft we've been doing it for four years, and our festival lasts several days with 100+ in attendance each day.  So, yes: one theft, but nowhere near as many as it could have been.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Security strips would work, but they might be too easy to remove and I'm not sure that they wouldn't interfere with the signal between remote and sensor bar.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Whenever GameStop had the Wii up for demos the year it came out, they kept the remotes at the counter and one had to leave a picture ID to use them.  That method might work, but then again so many teens won't have an ID.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You could possibly invest in some of those devices used at retailer to keep the bricked cell phones in place, but you're talking about some serious hardware installation there.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Whatever you do, do not encase your Wii in anything to protect it.  GameStop keeps their demo system in plastic bubbles, and they overheat CONSTANTLY.  You need plenty of room for ventilation, or you'll bust your console; no anti-theft measure it worth that.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm going to graduate high school this year, and have always spent to much time at my public library (hence why I like this comic). So I' wondering what schooling do you need? I really have no clue.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm thinking youth/teen librarian, I would talk to the one at "my" library but shes really busy&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I just had a patron come in looking for a book entitled either "47 Ninjas" or "57 Ninjas," as far as she could recall.    The librarian who actually took her question (I was consulted as the in-house Ninja expert) couldn't find anything in our catalog or on Amazon.com, and I am not familiar with this book, though if it is in existence I would like to be; does anybody know anything?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You've been given all the answers I would give you. But I'd like to reiterate that taking at least 1 deep breath while the customer rants is essential. It creates a sense in you that you are separate from the customer and diverts your mind for a second even though you are listening.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It concerns me that leering and sexually problem patrons are handled so casually in your library. Every library should have a policy in effect about what the limits are for staff and customer behavior. I sense that it would be difficult for you but you must sit with your staff in a meeting and calmly tell them how the customer and their responses make you feel and ask for their help. In the libraries I've worked in the solution would be for you to be replaced at the desk by another staff member until the guy moves on or leaves. He will get the message if he is focused only on you.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Keep up working on that armor that the others spoke about. It comes eventually if you work at it; they can only yell and make fools of themselves and you can learn to separate yourself from it with practice. Eventually you can develop a part of yourself that is almost laughing at them. "Oh boy, I've another live one here today."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If your library has customer service or complaint forms offering them one usually stops them because they want to dump on you rather than take time to fill out a form and they usually reveal their unreasonable requests in the form and let your bosses know who the problem customers are.  Best wishes, "been there and done that"&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The first thing that came to mind was The 47th Samurai by Hunter (&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/47th-Samurai-Swagger-Novel-Novels/dp/0743238095" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/47th-Samurai-Swagger-Novel-Novels/dp/0743238095&lt;/a&gt;), though without more information (genre at least?) of course it is hard to say.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Schooling requirements are dependent on exactly which position you want. I'd suggest seeking out someone who has a position that interests you and then asking how they got to that point in their career.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The library I go to has a teen D&amp;amp;D game (every other week) most of us had never played before but we love it, the other really popular program is a gaming night they set up a couple systems and have board games around the room. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In our elementary library we have put the most popular series (Magic Tree House, Series of Unfortunate Events, Junie B., etc) up on top of some lower shelves and many of them are in the same area. A few others are on racks (Boxcar). They go in and out so frequently that we don't put them in order.  What we did do was start a binder with the correct order for those who simply "have" to read them in order.  Also we note if we are missing any copies and kids seem to appreciate this.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;At my high school, if a book was overdue by a month, the child was banned from taking out books and  the child's name and the book title was passed on to the english teacher. Without library access it was virtually impossible to pass english since that was the only source of books for homework reading allowed by the school. A bit drastic, but generally effective as a last resort.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would buy shirts &lt;em&gt;with collars&lt;/em&gt;  [ polo style shirts]  I hate tees with round necks. Ones with collars would also be more acceptable to employers perhaps?  And subtle colours, not such a bright blue for instance!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Yep definitely "The Forgotten Door" I'm looking at it right now.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Come the new year, I'm revealing a new addition to the YA section of my library: Large Print for Teens.
I hope this will help/attract those kids with reading problems, or who just find the usual small-print daunting.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My problem is, I'm trying to think of how to successfully promote these lovely new books. Somehow, I don't think a giant sign saying "Great for Dyslexics!" is going to go over well. ;) Any ideas or suggestions, dear colleagues?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Keep in mind that not only teens read YA literature, and for circ stats and general awareness of their availability you should include adults in your promotional efforts. Perhaps a display like "Not just for kids anymore" or some other youthful slogan- YA large print books are fantastically popular with adults, especially the NYT bestsellers (e.g. Twilight and HP series, Meg Cabot, Hunger Games, etc.), award winners, and teen "classics." &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As for promoting to teens, don't emphasize LP books as for those with special needs, rather include them as yet another format for enjoying books. A display like "How do you want to enjoy your book today?" that includes one title in regular print, large print, foreign language editions, audiobook on CD/cassette, a Playaway if you've got 'em, and even the movie or soundtrack or what have you, depending on how many variations are available. Also, another way to avoid singling out teens who may prefer larger print is to interfile them with your regular collection. Not only does this make more copies of a particular title easier to find for all patrons, it won't make a teen feel different by picking the LP option from an entirely separate shelf or area that is removed from the regular sized print. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, I frequently promote LP to pretty much everyone as a way to bypass lengthy holds for the really popular stuff- rarely do folks think to place a hold on the LP of the next hot title ;o)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You should also post your question on the yalsa-bk listserv. It's chock-full of teen librarians and they've got lots of great ideas.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Good luck and have fun with it! (My favorite teen with LP encounter: he wanted the large print edition because it had more pages for his required reading assignment!)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would buy several of your shirts in INFANT (bodysuit), TODDLER, and YOUTH sizes.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(Examples: My favorite I would love to see: "Guess what I'm reading." I would definitely get one for my toddler, and for each of her cousins (aged 6 - 12) who are always trying to get us to guess what they're reading.  I would also love "Bibliovore," and "What happens in Storytime stays in storytime" in TODDLER sizes.  "Bibliovore" and "Read to me" in infant sizes (bodysuits) would make terrific baby presents.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't mean to be cold, but if you want to be a librarian you need to do the research to figure out how to get there. You don't have a clue YET! Katie has a good idea about talking to your local librarians who do what you think you want to do. If they seem busy it's probably because a) they are or b) they've worked there too long and are discouraged and bitter. A very smart teen librarian told me that "Bitter people do not become librarians. Librarians become bitter people." I've been a librarian over 30 years in the public sector and am not bitter, just practical.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you want to talk to a librarian about her/his job, ask for an appointment. They will appreciate your courtesy and will probably give you an earful of great ideas. I love it when students ask me if I can meet for a half hour to talk about ME!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm a middle school librarian in a 650 student school and I teach one class in the mornings.  I don't have time to read my email anymore!  Out of sight is out of mind, too.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What we do is have 1/4 page "blue slips" that serve as hold notices and passes.  When a reserved book comes in and the OPAC notifies us, we fill out two slips with the student name, LA teacher name, LA teacher period, and the date (one week later) by which they need to pick up the hold.  One copy goes in the book, and the other goes in the LA teacher's mailbox.  Some teachers tape the notices to the front of their desks so the kids can always see them.  [I hate to say it, but we don't really do much with privacy in our building.]&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;By now, the students who place holds and the LA teachers are all pretty familiar with the "blue slips" and are pretty good at getting them to the students who have books on hold.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You mentioned that this is your first year and that you have mostly worked with the LA teachers.  I think a combination of what other posters have mentioned would be best-- poll the LA teachers to see which method they'd prefer, and try that out for the next few months to see how well it works.  Asking the students which methods would work for them is another good idea.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You are going to need to make them aware that large print is just that. By that I mean if the lp book is not a hot title a lot of teenagers who have never heard of it are going to look at it and think it is a younger book.  It sounds crazy I know but as a high school librarian we pay very close attention to the layout of the books because kids do not want to be caught with a "baby" book.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Inviting them into the office is good because it takes away the public so that they do not feel so threatened. An old professor of mine said to always offer a drink to start (non alcoholic obviously) because it stops everything and reminds the person that you are a person to. I have found this technique to work over and over again. It need not be a drink even something as simple as offering them some candy slows everything down and makes everything stop. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Library policy is very helpful when dealing this - we have a "problem patron" policy and "unattended children" (which can extend to unruly children - obviously they aren't being attended to). A set policy, and training for all staff in dealing with this makes sure everyone is handling things consistently.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I know that some teens are required to read X pages per day/month by their teachers. Promote them based on the fact that it's less reading per page -- it will be easier to meet their reading goals, if they have them.  The kids who need the books will find out about them, and find them.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;probably too much info, but I'm feeling long-winded...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You need to get an undergraduate degree first.   Study something you're interested in (or several things). One of the greatest things about being a librarian is that you can bring your strengths and interests into play.  (You'll also need to develop other strengths and interests, but start with a major you're interested in.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;After that, you'll need to get into a MLIS program. Librarian jobs (usually) require a masters degree in library science or information science, and are usually called LIS or MLIS programs.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;When looking for a masters program, it's worth asking librarians who work in your community what they thought of their masters programs, but take their answers with a grain of salt and do a ton of research before choosing a school-- most of us went through programs that have changed significantly in the last few years (after we graduated). I'd also do a serious cost/benefit analysis on how much your degree is going to cost you (including interest, if you're taking out loans) vs. what your expected jump in income is after completing the library science degree.  In some places, you may come out ahead by working as a paraprofessional in a library, especially since many libraries seem to be moving away from hiring librarians and toward hiring more paraprofessionals.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What is the best source for software tutorials for your library users? I would prefer internet-based tutorials, but would also like to hear about other resources besides books that work for your users. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm looking for a third-party vendor that supplies a broad range of software tutorials appropriate (and priced for) ibrary users and the reasons you would recommend them. Please don't refer me to software company's websites or to books.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Bill, Gene, Sarah and ReaderMelly, thank you for your replies. After more unfruitful research, I just took it up to the school principal, who approved the book sale. I guess that will be good enough. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Bill, the reason I included the Budgetext question is because it was (still is) very secondary and minor. However, after your comment I would have loved to edit my queestion, but if I understand correctly, I cannot do so without creating an OpenID profile, and for some reason, I cannot make sense of the process to create one. (I looked in the FAQs but it didn't help me). &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Atomic Learning has great online tutorials for many subjects.  They break complex software down into small easy to learn segments.  We are currently only using it as a staff training tool but they say that they offer volume discounts that might make it affordable for the public. (See: &lt;a href="http://www.atomiclearning.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.atomiclearning.com/&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dictionary-Imaginary-Places-Updated-Expanded/dp/0156008726" rel="nofollow"&gt;The Dictionary of Imaginary Places&lt;/a&gt; is a guidebook-style compendium of entries describing the features of over 1,200 imaginary places from the world's books and stories (and occasionally other story sources, like music). So it's like a travel guide with short entries on places like Oz, Narnia, Lilliputia, Jurassic Park, Earthsea, The Shire, etc. (It happens to have more of a fantasy than an SF slant, and omits heavens, hells, places in the future, places outside the planet earth, and pseudonymous places.) &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My question: Does anyone know of a web site for kids and/or teens that does something similar? That is, a searchable, browsable site dedicated to describing many of the fictional places (especially those from books) that might be of interest to kids?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I couldn't find one all-inclusive website (but how awesome would that be!!? I hope someone finds it for you!), these may work. Not sure how kid/teen friendly they all are, but might be worth checking out:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://urbangeek.net/dictionary/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://urbangeek.net/dictionary/&lt;/a&gt;
The Dictionary of Imaginary Places was originally published in 1980, with substantial updates in 1987 and 2000. There are over 1200 entries in the book, ranging from Middle-Earth to Narnia, Oz to Earthsea, Hogwarts to Neverwhere. Despite the wondrous variety available, I was disappointed to see so many locales left out, so much uncharted territory. So I have taken it upon myself to fill in the gaps, and invite you to do the same.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Librarian's Internet Index has a few selected websites for "Fictitious Places in Literature":
&lt;a href="http://lii.org/pub/subtopic/1794" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://lii.org/pub/subtopic/1794&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://isbndb.com/c/Imaginary_Places/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://isbndb.com/c/Imaginary_Places/&lt;/a&gt;
ISBNdb.com project is a database of books providing on-line and remote research tools for individuals, book stores, librarians, scientists, etc. Taking data from hundreds of libraries across the world ISBNdb is a unique tool you won't find anywhere else. Please check the FAQ for more details.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;for that patron obsessed with all things Vermont :o)
A Gazetteer of Vermont Places: Real and Imagined: &lt;a href="http://crs.uvm.edu/community_data/gazetteer.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://crs.uvm.edu/community_data/gazetteer.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A really kid-friendly site is &lt;a href="http://www.storybookengland.com/index.php" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.storybookengland.com/index.php&lt;/a&gt; It's an interactive atlas of England that maps out books like the Alex Rider series, His Dark Materials trilogy, and even Winnie the Pooh! The music is a tad annoying but the site is fun :o)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For folks like me that don't work well with videos for computer how-to info, In Pictures Tutorials can be helpful: &lt;a href="http://inpics.net/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://inpics.net/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here's more info about it from the site:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"In Pictures tutorials began as part of a research study we conducted for the U.S. Department of Education. The goal: to make it easier for people with learning disabilities to learn computer subjects.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"As part of the study, we created simple, illustration-based tutorials. Everyone who tested them—not just people with learning disabilities—said the new tutorials enabled them to learn faster and easier than conventional text-heavy books."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;God help me and I might be thrown out of the secret librarians club for this but honestly Wikipedia is a great place for this.  I would never use it for hard research but for pop culture stuff like this (especially a little on the shall we say geeky side) it tends to be pretty good.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is the fourth year I have run an adult reading program from January to April.  In the past we have used 100 lbs of books as an incentive, 50 lbs (you would not believe how long it takes someone to pick out 100 lbs of books...) and guess the number of books in the pile.  Looking for new incentives.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The homeroom teacher distributed notices from the librarian at my (K-12!) school. These would have been overdue notices, as I don't think we were able to place holds on school library books. (Maybe we were, who knows? It was almost 10 years ago that I graduated from HS). &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am surprised your students are only allowed to have one book at a time, however. My background is in public libraries, so I have no idea if this a common practice, but I feel for the poor kid who has a book he/she wants to read for fun and wants another title for research purposes! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am more familiar with the term incentive to mean prizes awarded during the course of the reading program (gift certificates, coffee mugs, etc.). Are you asking for some ideas for weekly or monthly games to run during your program? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;One way you can explore this career while still in high school is obtaining a job or volunteering at your local public library, if positions are available. Fair warning: it is likely that the tasks you will be assigned (paid or not) will be boring and/or unpleasant because you will be at the bottom of the seniority ladder. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If a public library job or volunteer spot is not available in your area, any retail/customer service job will teach you a lot about working with the public. For example, I learned quite a bit by being a cashier at Target during my high school days. Maybe you can work a few hours per week at a bookstore. Others I know have gotten valuable w&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm a Youth Services Librarian and I would be happy to answer any (more specific) questions you have. I bet your local librarian would also be willing to sit down and talk with you about her job too, unless you already asked her and she said, "No." If someone were to ask me nicely, I would be thrilled! Most of the youth librarians I know love talking about their jobs. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have done a "Hardware Jewelry" program (I picked out one of the ideas from Hardware: Jewelry from a Toolbox by Hannah Rogge and picked up supplies at the local Meijer store. It cost under $10 for all the supplies (enough for 10 or 12 kids). The book is available from Amazon. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In February, I will be doing Camp Halfblood, a Percy Jackson party to celebrate the movie being released. Later in the spring I am hosting a Diary of a Wimpy Kid party (probably more of a tween program). Really you can celebrate any popular series of books with a library event. During summer reading, I plan to host another event for the 3rd Hunger Games. I will probably steal a bunch of ideas from this blog post: &lt;a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/660000266/post/1070048507.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/660000266/post/1070048507.html&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am a youth services librarian in a public library and I am wondering how others catalog their folk/fairy tale books. I think it would be great for the picture book versions of folk/fairy tales to be interfiled with the regular picture book and am currently converting them with my assistant's help. Does any libraries who shelve folk tales in the picture books (i.e. alphabetically by author instead of in the nonfiction) have any criteria we could use to guide our decision for each individual book? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here are some examples" 
Paul Galdone's &lt;em&gt;Puss in Boots&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What factors do you take into account when deciding where to place these? Our hope for moving them to the picture books section is that they will circulate more frequently. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What makes most sense to me is putting the folktale picture books next to the fiction picture books. They're on the same shelf, either before or after with a small sign "folktales" or something. Kids don't know the difference. And the collection is generally pretty small, so parents can easily find the specific title they're looking for.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm on the fence about ditching the dewey number altogether. But if you did, I'd probably go alpha by title. Also if you're interfiling you should probably have the book as a title entry.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Just to reiterate Anne's point above, unless "your" librarian is super mean, I'm sure she'll be happy to take some time out and talk to you. Librarians love talking about their profession.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, as a librarian it's our job to ask and answer questions all day long. Don't be shy about it, it'll give you good experience.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you have a large print adult section, I might put a note or bookmarks or something over there to let people who have read large print books at your library before that you now have some LP in the YA section. A lot of older people really like reading YA books one they get past that whole "I'm too old for this mentality."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I would be sure to post some information promoting the YA LP collection on your library's Website, Twitter, blog, etc.! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Ours are shelved on a book-by-book basis, either with the other JE books, or in non-fiction. Word count per page, and subject matter are the most common traits used to determine where they should go. And if our cataloger (namely, me) isn't sure about a particular book, the staff takes an impromptu vote. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Not sure how helpful this is, but that's how we do it. :)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;As a child, I read two books that stuck in my mind but I now can't recall the names of:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;1) One book was about a young orphan girl who discovered a glass bottle in a old woman's house. Inside the bottle was a mute little fairy/woman who was trapped inside the bottle. The fairy couldn't be freed until the little girl told her "I love you" (or something with the word love in it). If I recall correctly, the old woman was a bad witch (masquerading as the girl's grandmother?) and the trapped fairy was actually the little girl's mother.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;2) The other book was about a boy who was somehow tuned into a beacon coming from outer-space, to the extent that he even developed a physical lean toward the source. The family's name was Nagy, and when the boy grew up he changed it to Gany to preserve his anonymity (or maybe it was Gany first and then Nagy...). I remember one scene vividly, where the boy was placed inside an anti-gravity chamber, and his entire body lined up to point directly at that point in space where the beacon originated from.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know the title of either of these books?  Thanks for any help you can provide!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've been asked to help identify this book but I'm coming up with nothing so far, this is the description:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;can anyone think of a book I read in
  the early 80's, a book for teens in
  which a daughter was dying
  (leukemia?)&amp;amp; the mother made a quilt
  of all the clothes from the family
  (memories). I lent it to a friend then
  &amp;amp; would like to read it as an adult.
  An american author &amp;amp; she may have been
  called Alison too. I have done a
  ...search on Google but not come up
  trumps. There were 2 sisters in the
  story.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Any ideas? Thanks!
/anna&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our library system is looking into getting downloadable books. Since the YA audiobook hasn't been circulating very well, the idea was brought up that perhaps some YA downloadable books, especially classics, would circulate. The question is: do any of your libraries have downloadable books for YA or classics? Do they circulate well? 
Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am in a few online communities and this sort of question gets asked often.   There are many things you can look for; and certainly knowing what field of librarianship you want to go into after graduate school is a big help so you can select a school that is best geared towards that field, whether it be cataloging, school media, public librarianship, digital librarianship or what have you. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But no matter what, pick a school that has professors that have actually been in the &lt;em&gt;field as librarians.&lt;/em&gt;   There is nothing - NOTHING - more painful that sitting through classes that have professors that are versed in theories but only THINK they know how these theories and ideas could possibly apply in real life.  You want someone who can look at anything in an article or in a book and be able to lead a discussion on both the material and then be able to lead a discussion on "that is all well and good, but how exactly do you think that will work when you are facing x and y and z?" &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And know what is that is like because they have been there. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And its that type of instruction that will give you a solid foundation for any internship and work that may follow. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, make sure that if the program requires an internship or work placement to graduate, they actually have you do something with it.  Not just require hours, but actual have something in place to make sure those hours are meaningful.   Its far too easy for internship and work placements sites - because they are too busy or don't understand what the intership is for - to use any students they get as free labor.  So you can end up doing work that for them might be somewhat helpful, but for you, as a student who is trying to get learning experience for a job - not so much. You want to make sure that everyone is clear that your internship should be more of a job in training experience then a "lets through them in a room and give them the work that no one else has time to do" experience or worst yet - end up babysat to death.  If the school has the internship worked into the curriculum well, with this is much less likely to happen. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Leukemia and American author makes me think it might be a Lurlene McDaniel book. She was and is very popular with teens here in the U.S. Looks like she published a few books in the 80s, so that might be a starting point for you. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here is her official site: &lt;a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/features/lurlene/index.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.randomhouse.com/features/lurlene/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, I can't help narrow it down more specifically, as she has written over 40 books, and they tend to be very similar.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our local middle school has found Playaways to be extremely popular with the kids 6-8th grade.  They also have downloadable but the kids prefer the playaways for some reason.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Do you have money to spend? Because an Ipod touch or a Wii or something like that would definitely attract people.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You might consider outreach with local ophthalmologists and other eye doctors; maybe make up a simple flier (in large print!) with some of the latest titles and subjects, along with your libraries web address, physical address, and phone number. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you have online reserves, it might help to point that out on the flier - if someone has trouble reading small print, reading signage and book spines will also be difficult.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You can also co-promote audio books along with large-print.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In addition to eye doctors, check out your local organizations that help people with visual disabilities, and the local Lion's Club (they typically do a lot with vision-related charities) to find good ways of reaching out to kids who need and want large print.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hello!  I am currently working on a proposal to my Library Board and Director on how we will/should circulate video games (I am still in the early processes of gathering info).  We are a small library with a limited budget, and while my board is supportive of our selections, I feel like I'm going to have a hard time convincing some of the older members that Video games are something we should be collecting.  So far my only reasoning is that games are popular (especially when I bring in my Wii to let the kids play), I think they will circulate well and bring in more patrons who wouldn't normally come in, and while some of our neighboring libraries collect video games most of those libraries do not lend them through ILL.  I am sending out a mass email to ask for polices of neighboring libraries, how much they spend yearly on games, and what their lending policies/lengths are currently.  I'm sure I'm going to want more info than that, so what other information do you suggest I look into as well?  What are your experiences with circulating video games?  Is theft REALLY a problem or is it similar to DVD/VHS circ?  Do you circ mature games since the target is most likely children?  hit me with your best info! :)  TIA!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The library where I work currently does not circulate video games. But my previous library (I left about a year ago) did so I will comment on my experience there with them, so some of what I have to say might be a little out of date. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To me, the theft of video games was about the same or even less than DVD theft. We did not circulate mature games. As far as I can recall, games were bought at T or below. Theft was more limited to never returning video games more than actually stealing them while at the library. It was a small-town branch, so theft in general was not a huge problem. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Games were circulated for three weeks, with no renewals. They were shelved near the circulation desk so staff could keep an eye on them, but far enough that the staff was not breathing down anyone's necks. At the time, they circulated PS2 and Wii games, and were discussing adding XBOX 360 as well. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I suggest running a survey of patron interest before submitting your proposal to the Board (if you have time) to gauge what systems to buy games for and what type of games people would like the library to purchase (sports, action/adventures, Sims, etc.). That will most likely give you some positive feedback to pass onto the Board so they will not think that you are the only one who thinks it is a good idea. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I would start with a smaller collection (maybe 5-10 games, depending on how much you want to spend) and see how that goes. I would select this carefully as you don't want to purchase games that come with many (or any?) accessories, such as Wii Fit needs a Balance Board (which also needs 4 batteries). &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Maybe you can bring a Wii to a Board meeting so they can try it for themselves? A lot of seniors enjoy Wii bowling (not that I am saying all Board members are senior citizens!), and it is an easy one to get into as most people are familiar with bowling. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You could also come prepared with some statistics to dispel any stereotypes that the Board might have about gamers. Most gamers are not kids or teens, studies about violent video games are inconclusive at best, etc...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Don't take it personally. They are usually not really mad at you, just at the situation. Respond to them in the nicest voice you can. Sometimes just being heard and feeling like someone understands is enough to calm them down. Always call your supervisor if things seem to be getting out of hand.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You might also try your local school librarians and/or English teachers. They would know which kids to send your way.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The latter is "The Revolving Boy" by Gertrude Friedberg. It was one of my favorites as a child, and I still have it. In fact, it's right here in my hand - copyright 1966, published by Del Rey in May 1980, ISBN 0-345-28770-3.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A lady i met has told me about the first book she ever read and i'd really like to find it for her as she loved the book so much but she lost it as a child.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I believe this is a children's book about a girl who is sitting by a window, breaks a glass lamp and ends up in another world made of glass where wood is very valuable.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;She couldn't remember anything more than that!!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any ideas greatly appreciated as i would LOVE to find this book for her.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks so much :-D&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A Summer to Die by Lois Lowry (pub. 1977) involves two sisters, one of which is diagnosed with leukemia. The mother is making a quilt, but I couldn't find any specifics about the quilt.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I believe the first book may be "No Flying in the House" by Betty Brock (c1970.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When talking to an irate customer there are a few simple easy to follow rules... I believe... &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Keep your voice level, in both volume and pitch...  Let them rant and rave, but stay calm and speak normally yourself&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Keep both hands in view    as much as possible....  especially if you are standing with a desk    between you and them...  If you are sitting, your hands could be okay on the keyboard, or pick up a pen and make as though you are going to take notes.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Maintain eye contact as much as possible.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Acknowledge their side of the story, then explain the rules and state that you have to stick to them. (one of my favourites, is to say "I hear you when you say that you have returned this book, but I have to believe what the Library Catalogue tells me, and it says that you still have this item on loan. Shall we go and check the shelves?)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;If they continue to "be obnoxious" and cause problems.... then ask if they would like to speak with your supervisor...  most supervisors won't have a problem with taking over from you...  and if you have no other customers waiting for your assistance it could be advantageous to you, to stay and listen to what your supervisor tells them...  you could pick up a few ideas for the next time. And this also shows both your supervisor and the customer that you are interested in seeing the issue resolved. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How does your library handle programs around the holidays?  Do you shoot for all-inclusion, just avoid the situation all together by not having anything with even a vague holiday theme, or do you live in a community wherein having a Christmas (or any other religious holiday) program would not be a big deal?  Are there any suggestions you can give for holiday programming ideas that would be all-inclusive?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have no experience circulating games, but we are going to soon once our Verizon grant money comes through.  If you'd like, I can give a few suggestions on helping win the board over:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Video games are educational, even if not instructive--they fire the same neurons, so to speak, as solving math problems do; they offer up good stories in which gamers can interact and craft their own narrative, as opposed to passive observation; they are a gateway to larger literacies (using the Internet, writing fan-fic, reading books and magazines based on/discussing the games); many contemporary games directly rely on teamwork and coordination, building all important social skills.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Not all gamers are kids--statistically, most gamers are adults.  It's true.  Check out this study: &lt;a href="http://www.theesa.com/facts/pdfs/ESA_EF_2009.pdf" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.theesa.com/facts/pdfs/ESA_EF_2009.pdf&lt;/a&gt;.  In other words, go for those M-rated games; you might be surprised at how many adults in your community go for them.  With that being said, most adult gamers are more interested in buying their own games (I, for example, haven't rented a game in years).  So you don't want to spend more than 25% of your budget on M-rated games.  Definitely pick up The Big Ones of '09 (Modern Warfare 2, Uncharted 2, Assassin's Creed 2) and possibly Halo 3.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So, hopefully those two points will help get more board members on your side--and we know what that means: more budget in the future.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In keeping with community standards, as well as our staff desires, we do decorate the library for the holidays, but do not provide any specific themed programs (well, at least not in Adult Services).  In addition, we run a Food for Fines program, and a local society sets up a mitten tree for accepting donations of clothing.  The staff party is called the holiday party.  Decorations are fairly secular (one tree is decorated with library cards and book related ornaments, and another is decorated along a tea theme) and have not provoked response other than positive.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We give an entry "ticket" for prizes for each book read and find that a variety of prize baskets make for the most participation. Sports themed ones were popular with the men, and our local grocery chain has been very generous with gift cards. 
We've also marked some books as instant winners, where the person checking the item out gets to choose a small incentive like a pen or the ever popular chocolate.
The best incentive is a staff that encourages participation in the program. We've even incentivized (love the word) that by treating the circ staff if we reach certain levels of participation.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Looking for a series of books that featured a child named Herbert and his adventures. One adventure was collecting cans because of there labels another was when his family got a heated sidewalk. In one book I believe he went to another planet. Ring any bells?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I found books by Hazel Hutchins Wilson, written in 1950s-60s:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Herbert&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Herbert Again&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Herbert's Space Trip&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Herbert's Stilts&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Herbert's Homework&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have a Christmas tree decorated with traditional ornaments and lights. I tried to keep the rest of the decorations (bulletin boards) more seasonal, for my own comfort with public organizations appearing to promote religious holidays and also because it is a pain to put up a bunch of decorations and then take them down a month later. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As far as programming goes, the adult department hosted a craft program (not specifically Christmas-related, but the item in question would make a good stocking stuffer). Down in children's, we are making gingerbread houses out of school milk cartons. In the past, before I was hired, some years they decorated ornaments and cookies. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have had patrons ask if Santa is coming to the library, so maybe I will look into that for next year--call the North Pole and inquire about his availability. I think it would be really fun to have reindeer come visit (and stay outside, obviously), but our building is at the intersection of two busy state highways, so there is no good outdoor space besides using our own parking lot (which is a little small anyway). &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We have a movie license and are showing The Polar Express, but there is a local connection with our town and the movie, so I think people understand why we picked that one. And it is also based on a book, so bonus literary connection. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It is very tricky to find inclusive ideas. We are also hosting some programs that have nothing to do with the holidays (a puppet show) because it is a great time to get kids into the library as they are out of school for so long. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We have a staff Christmas party (potluck) and we also did a Secret Santa arrangement among the staff. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The art styles you mention liking are very different.  Have you considered Manhwa?  It's Korean comics, starting to trickle over here in smaller numbers than its Japanese counterparts, but the art style is a halfway point between American and Japanese styles.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For the sort of slice of life tales that you can find in Yotsuba&amp;amp;!, I'd suggest Yen Press's &lt;strong&gt;With The Light&lt;/strong&gt;, a massive series about a family struggling to raise an autistic child in modern Japan.  It provides interesting insights into family, work, and schooling issues in Japan, and is interesting to read for that alone.  The information about Autism is presented with all imaginable viewpoints, and is a handy answer for when young teens are presented with a relative or a new classmate affected by the disorder.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For clean, sharp art with a heavy emphasis on American-style detail, &lt;strong&gt;Hikaru No Go&lt;/strong&gt;, and &lt;strong&gt;Deathnote&lt;/strong&gt;, by the same artist, are very different stories.  The first is a boy who discovers a ghost in his grandfather's Go board, and learns the game.  It's a battle manga at its core, with all the associated powering up and rivals, and for the equivalent of watching someone play a board game, surprisingly interesting.  The second is a complicated moral story of a brilliant high school student who finds a way to rid the world of evil with the flick of his pen, and as you might imagine, it does not end up going well.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'd also recommend &lt;strong&gt;Kekkaishi&lt;/strong&gt;, about a boy charged with protecting his family's sacred ground from the hordes of monsters, spirits, and demons that would like to feed on the power there.  Three problems: the girl next door is better at it than he is, he really would prefer to bake castle cakes, and someone went and built a high school on it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Genshiken&lt;/strong&gt;, about the lives and struggles of geeks and otaku in modern Japan, has a clean, sharp visual style and likable, human characters.  It is heavy on the fanservice from time to time, and it's not for the younger crowd, but it is beloved by all my comic book reading friends for it's unflinching, and still kind, view of those who don't quite fit in.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kiichi and the Magic Books&lt;/strong&gt; is set in historical Japan, about a wandering librarian with the power to bring elements of books to life.  As you might imagine, librarians in this series are both feared and respected, and it's a nice little ego boost. 8)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Additional content (in answer to Ambaum's comment):
I haven't the reputation to answer directly, if possible, please edit this to reply to your reply.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Manhwa is, like all the comic forms, pretty fluid depending on the artist. Some are nearly identical, or very difficult to tell from manga, some lean more heavily towards American stuff. There are a couple of defining characteristics:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-Boy oriented stuff tends to have a more realistic musculature and body structure than its Japanese counterpart. The facial features are still exaggerated, and the eyes are accentuated, but whereas in most Japanese styles the body can be rendered in a handful of lines, manhwa places more emphasis on detail work. Clothing and backgrounds will be full of detail, and rendered in both screen tone and use of negative space. In manga, screen is used with less frequency in shonen comics.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-Girl stuff will have a very willowy structure, with very thin arms and legs, and an emphasis on height. Again, a lot of detail on clothing, a lot of emphasis on fashion and design, and a heavier use of exaggerated facial features, characters going from 'normal' to 'super deformed' and back again in the space of three panels.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-All Manhwa is written, and presented, right to left, the same as American books.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-Manhwa has lips. And defined teeth.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As with any other art style, creators will borrow liberally from the elements they like, and don't like, so telling one from another is sometimes easier said than done, but an experienced reader of Asian comics can usually pick out the differences.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We decorate the library with Christmas decorations. We even have a tiny nativity scene (I do celebrate Christmas, but I'm not entirely sure of my feelings for that). Our children's decorations this year are all Dickens &lt;em&gt;A Christmas Carol&lt;/em&gt; related. (New children's librarian who has a serious author-crush on Dickens, lol). We had Santa last Saturday, the Friends do that. But then again, this is a small Midwestern town.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would like to purchase a few mangas for my MS students, but I do not know the genre enough to know what to get. I don't have too much money for that purpose, so I cannot get a long series (I hate to have the first books of a series but not all... it's so frustrating for readers!).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any suggestions for "clean", short manga series for grades 6-8? And if it could appeal to both boys and girls, it would perfect :)  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hmm...A tricky question! A lot of what's out now is more high-school based, or pulls a "Harry Potter" and starts out perfectly appropriate before veering into darker territory or more adult situations. See if you can check out the first volume or so of these titles before you buy them. Some publishers, like Tokyopop, have preview chapers available online.
I like the series "+ Anima", about (mostly) children with some animal powers; it's 10 volumes total, so may be a bit too long for you.
"Angelic Layer" would be perfectly fine. It's about toy dolls (appeals to girls) that fight in action-packed tournaments (appeals to boys) and it's only 5 volumes long. From the same artists, you could also get "Clamp School Detectives" (3 volumes) or "Clamp School Defenders Duklyon" (2 volumes); both are humor titles. They also did "Man of Many Faces" (2 volumes) about a child master thief with two moms, somehow. (His dad shows up in volume 2.)
"Cowa" is from the guy who did "Dragonball"; it's one volume about a bunch of monster kids 
(vampires, werewolfs, mummies) playing/getting in trouble/going on adventures. You could get Dragonball or Dragonball Z, but they're pretty long and Dragonball has a naked kid Goku in it.
"Dinosaur Hour" is a very amusing and somewhat educational read. One volume?
One of the "Gon" volumes, if you could find it, would probably be well received. This title was also mentioned on the "wordless GNs" thread for beginning readers. However, the sheer brutality of the titular dinosaur makes it inappropriate for the very young, I feel. The animal kingdom is not a gentle place. 
"Happy Happy Clover" is exactly what it sounds like (cute happy forest critters). Three volumes so far.
"Ninja Baseball Kyuma!" is from a publisher that does manga specifically for kids. One volume so far; their other titles are also good.
If you want something a bit different, try "Shoulder-a-Coffin Kuro". It's got a bit of a dark undertone, but an overall light and hopeful feel. Told almost entirely in 4-panel style, 2 volumes so far. A little bigger, glossier, and more expensive title.
For cat lovers: "What's Michael" is a sure hit. It's made of unconnected short stories with reoccuring characters (mostly cats) so you could get any volume and not miss anything.
"Yotsuba &amp;amp; !" is sort of slice-of-life with a young kid; might appeal to those with younger siblings at home. Seven volumes so far.
You might get a couple volumes of some version of Pokemon; that's probably still going to be popular for a while. Same story for Yu-Gi-Oh, but that's got a lot more volumes, I think. You can also get Kingdom Hearts as a manga: four volumes.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Most manga from the major publishers (Tokyopop, Viz, and CMX especially) have very clearly labeled age tags on the back cover.  These can usually be trusted, and in many cases are extra strict; some series I consider ok for early teens are marked as older.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Many older Tokyopop volumes are now out of print, if you'd like the whole series, check on the availability of the whole thing before you commit.  Nothing worse than a four volume set where volume three is no longer available.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-&lt;strong&gt;Aqua&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Aria&lt;/strong&gt;- Gentle series where the concept of Venice and its gondoliers is transported to Mars.  Both are at three books a piece.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-&lt;strong&gt;Ultra Maniac&lt;/strong&gt; is a five volume set about a 7th grade witch who comes to the human world to try to improve her magic skills.  Gentle romance, clashes between friends, and a cute shojo style&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-&lt;strong&gt;Leave it to PET!&lt;/strong&gt; is a strange series about a recycled robot and the chaos he causes.  Currently at four volumes, part of Viz's Kids line.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-&lt;strong&gt;Legend of Zelda&lt;/strong&gt; series is a rewriting of all the Zelda games, with cute, kid-centric art and a range of stories.  There are seven of them now, but each story is self-contained, and each story runs either one or two books.  Adults, especially fans of the games, seem to get annoyed with the changes, but every kid I've handed them to loves the young protaganist, the bloodless action, and the tame romance between Link and Zelda in the ones where the main characters are older.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-&lt;strong&gt;Lapus Lazuli Crown&lt;/strong&gt;, two books, a sweet, fairy-tale sort of romance about a hidden prince and a tough, albeit reluctant female magic user.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I haven't the reputation to answer directly, if possible, please edit this to reply to your reply.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Manhwa is, like all the comic forms, pretty fluid depending on the artist.  Some are nearly identical, or very difficult to tell from manga, some lean more heavily towards American stuff.  There are a couple of defining characteristics:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-Boy oriented stuff tends to have a more realistic musculature and body structure than its Japanese counterpart.  The facial features are still exaggerated, and the eyes are accentuated, but whereas in most Japanese styles the body can be rendered in a handful of lines, manhwa places more emphasis on detail work.  Clothing and backgrounds will be full of detail, and rendered in both screen tone and use of negative space.  In manga, screen is used with less frequency in shonen comics.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-Girl stuff will have a very willowy structure, with very thin arms and legs, and an emphasis on height.  Again, a lot of detail on clothing, a lot of emphasis on fashion and design, and a heavier use of exaggerated facial features, characters going from 'normal' to 'super deformed' and back again in the space of three panels.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-All Manhwa is written, and presented, right to left, the same as American books.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-Manhwa has lips.  And defined teeth.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As with any other art style, creators will borrow liberally from the elements they like, and don't like, so telling one from another is sometimes easier said than done, but an experienced reader of Asian comics can usually pick out the differences.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I just tried the letter home excercise with my PreK-8 students. I got about 25% of the materials back (mostly without fines), 1 replacement check, and quite a few fire-breathing parents, at least one of whom went to my principal without even coming to me first. I'm discussing options with my principal, but I will most likely have to give up pursuing this any further. Has anyone had any success/backlash sending out a list of books that have gone mysteriously missing to ALL parents (despite the fact that little Timmy never even looked at that book and they even checked Grandma's house) and asking for goodwill donations to replace them? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Please read this question carefully...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Gene and I are having an ongoing discussion about the format of the Unshelved Book Club strips and we'd like some feedback. So, another poll:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What are your favorite &lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/bookclub.aspx" rel="nofollow"&gt;Unshelved Book Club&lt;/a&gt; strips?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;To the extent possible, please ignore your preference in books. In other words, don't just pick it because you love the book we mentioned. Pick it because you enjoyed the strip.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Please just one strip per answer (answer as many times as you like)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;As always, if your answer has already been given &lt;em&gt;vote it up&lt;/em&gt; rather than answering again. If you don't have enough reputation to vote, wait until you do.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;As always, if you like this question enough to answer it, or are just interested in other people's answers, &lt;em&gt;vote it up&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070610" rel="nofollow"&gt;Owly&lt;/a&gt;! Perfectly captures the spirit of the books with a love of reading. It warms the cockles of my heart, truly. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A Game of Thrones.  I had just finished the book before I read it and Merv's commentary on it made me laugh and laugh. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I keep recommending "The Stupidest Angel" to people with your comic; it explains the book so much better than I can.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;"Airborn" is another favorite. Beauty in minimalism!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have been trying to find the title of a picture book my dad used to read to my brother and I in the late 70's.  It was an alphabet book with monsters, one of which eats underwear (my brother and I found this very amusing). I remember the pages have a lot of black background and bold colors.  I can't help any more than that.  Any suggestions?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I remember getting a B in my general reference class with the prof getting flustered that I didn't use his superb list of resources.  My content was usually more current and more detailed than the answers he had in his notes.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;He worked a reference shift a month at the state library two decades before.  He hadn't answered a question from a live patron since.  His class was truly a case of trying to teach a pig to sing as a use of your time for both sides.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My science reference class was taught by a practitioner.  It was great.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My "Special Libraries" class included handouts that discussed Lexus and Nexus.  The University brought this person in from another school because there weren't enough PhD folk who had worked in special libraries in their circles.  The most useful time I had in the class was when I was waiting for a mandatory time out for an injection at the student health center to expire and I wasn't in class.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Take the Best Library School lists with a grain of salt.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Sometimes I remember the large central image, but not the title or the review, especially with "J-Bod" and "The Foreshadowing".&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The "King of the Mild Frontier" review makes me laugh, even though I haven't gotten around to reading it yet.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070527" rel="nofollow"&gt;Monkey Portraits&lt;/a&gt; by Greenburg is still my personal favorite.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I still can't tell which one is Bill without reading the captions.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I love the comparisons in &lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20050904" rel="nofollow"&gt;The Tipping Point vs. Freakonomics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060521" rel="nofollow"&gt;Gregor the Overland&lt;/a&gt; - classic&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Another place to look would be the local teen center, if you have one.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;When I was in high school, I loved the range of programming at Ann Arbor's teen center, the &lt;a href="http://neutral-zone.org/programs" rel="nofollow"&gt;Neutral Zone&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Some particular highlights:
* Poetry night
* Concerts (probably are already a lot of teen garage bands nearby)
* Digital photography (if you have a computer lab) 
* College prep / tutoring&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My library district has had our self check-out service for a few of years now, but we're trying to think of ways to get more folks interested in it and using it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Does your library offer anything like this? If so, do you have any words of wisdom or ideas for "prizes" for using the self-services?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I can't comment on the illustrations but the topic and dates match: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Mercer Mayer's Little Monster's Alphabet Book (1978)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Magic Monsters Act the Alphabet by Jane Belk Moncure (1980)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;ABC of Monsters by Deborah Niland (1976)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Alphabrutes by Dennis Nolan (1977)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't exactly remember when my library system started using them, late 2005 or early 2006, but they took a while to catch on- and some patrons will definitely need hand-holding / hand-selling. When a patron comes up to the circ desk, here are a few easy-to-implement approaches:&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;"Have you tried the self checkout yet? It's pretty easy and a time saver, let me show you how it works." Then walk patron to self CKO and take them thru the steps.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;To a patron who has waited in line several minutes to check out: "Have you tried the self checkout yet? It's just like at the grocery store and you won't have to wait in line!" And show 'em how to do it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Child/teen patrons: generally they like it- feeling of independence, doing something that grownups do at the grocery store. Again, walk them thru it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Basically, if folks don't know what the self checkout stations are, they won't stray from their routine of checking out at the circ desk. Encourage them to try it and many will like the ease, convenience, and quickness. some won't. That's ok, the grocery store has both kinds of checkout lanes, too!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the LA or clerk or whomever is usually at the circ desk has to step away for whatever reason, put up a sign that says something like "We have stepped away from the desk to assist another patron. If you need to check out library materials please step to the self checkout kiosk." &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In terms of actual incentives, I don't really know- how quick and easy they are to use should be incentive enough :o) but some folks like to visit when they come to the library and some are all business. Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20050828" rel="nofollow"&gt;Coraline&lt;/a&gt; because it's an actual booktalk with snarky commentary. You don't even need the cover to sell it!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070415" rel="nofollow"&gt;Toilets of the World&lt;/a&gt;, well, because it has toilets, and the book and strip basically sell themselves. And the potty on the pier is priceless :o)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20061119" rel="nofollow"&gt;Vegan with a Vengeance&lt;/a&gt; because it's non-fiction, and sells the book without re-telling the story. Plus it intrigued me enough to recommend it to a newly vegan friend.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My public library does it one of two ways.  At the main branch and the big branches (I live in Queens NY) they use self checkout as a kind of express lane.  Since those branches can have 10-15 minutes lines it is a heck of an incentive. Or you could do what they have done at my local branch which was eliminate the full service checkout.  You must use self checkout. They always have a page there to help people who do not know how to do it. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I read this book as a child, (born in 1957 New Orleans) it is a collection of short stories, folktales, camp fire  or scary storie. I remember witches three, and 
owls whoo whooo whooo, and maybe a version of 'stone soup' in the book.It might have said 'halloween' in the stories.
The book was 5"x 8" or so, not large. Some illustrations are owls, witches, dancing around a campfire. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It seems like every day I get a patron who is a Twilight lover ask me for suggestions as to other books. For the adults, I've gone with the Anita Blake series, and Sookie Stackhouse, but for younger readers, I'm stumped. I've recommended a few of the more popular YA series, but it still leaves many of them wanting more. Any ideas or suggestions? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi, 
No title but hope this helps narrow it down.  I can add on that I recall the teleporter dying so the telepath and telekinetic girl escape at the end of the book.  Yellow book hard cover. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.librarything.com/topic/77210" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.librarything.com/topic/77210&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I read a similar book (probably late 70's) though I don't recall the name or author. The plot as I recall was that they were veterans of the war with the aliens and were being sent back home for various reasons. The teenage girl had telekinesis and was a spoiled brat, the military needed her, just not that badly. There was a slightly older guy, maybe early twenties, with teleportation who didn't want to be there and made himself annoying enough to get sent home, and there was an older guy in his forties with telepathy who burned out. He had lost his wife on a mission, she was tortured to death and he felt all of it in his mind.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;They were shipwrecked on an unknown barely industrial planet, the only survivors. That was the first two chapters, the rest of the book finds them working in the circus until the aliens find the planet and these three decide to organize a resistance.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It sort of reminds me of a Lester del Rey type of book but I don't know if he was the author. Sorry I can't help you further.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sunshine-Robin-McKinley/dp/0425191788/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Sunshine by Robin McKinley&lt;/a&gt; has vampires romance in a world not too different from our own. I remember in the opening, vampires grab Sunshine (bakery girl) and try to get the handsome vampire Constantie to eat her or die.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Two ideas that occur to me (and that I'll probably put in a strip soon):&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;1)  Put a sign up that says "Check Out Your Books, Keep Your Secrets." or something to that effect. Bonus: position a few staff nearby to talk about what they've seen people check out.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;2)  Hook self check-out stations up to candy dispensers.  If you've ever been beaten by a chicken at tic-tac-toe at a county fair, that's what I'm thinking, but instead of a handful of corn the person who has successfully checked out books gets a handful of M&amp;amp;Ms or the like.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Two ideas that occur to me (and that I'll probably put in a strip soon):&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;1)  Put a sign up that says "Check Out Your Books, Keep Your Secrets." or something to that effect. Bonus: position a few staff nearby to talk about what they've seen people check out.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;2)  Hook self check-out stations up to candy dispensers.  If you've ever been beaten by a chicken at tic-tac-toe at a county fair, that's what I'm thinking, but instead of a handful of corn the person who has successfully checked out books gets a handful of M&amp;amp;Ms or the like.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The ability to change gender sounds like some of John Varley's work . . .&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Reduce your staff until the point where everyone is incredibly overworked. Lines will be long and everyone will be grumpy. Patrons will be thrilled to use self-service.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I really enjoyed &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0738713708/overduemedia-20" rel="nofollow"&gt;Lament&lt;/a&gt; by Maggie Stiefvater.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(Full disclosure: she sponsored &lt;i&gt;Unshelved&lt;/i&gt; earlier this year.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi all. I've come to pick your collective mind once again.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;While I've never participated in it, I love the idea behind NaNoWriMo and think it would be a neat source of programming during the slower month of November.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Has your library ever had something like this to encourage those to write during that month? Was it geared towards adults or just kids and teens? How was turnout for those programs?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I work in circulation and therefore don't really do programming and so I wanted to clear it first here to see if it's been done and how it went.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Shiver-Maggie-Stiefvater/dp/0545123267/ref=sr%5F1%5F1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1261588828&amp;amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow"&gt;Shiver&lt;/a&gt; by Maggie Stiefvater, perhaps. (Full disclosure: I haven't read it) &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For years, Grace has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house. One yellow-eyed wolf--her wolf--is a chilling presence she can't seem to live without. Meanwhile, Sam has lived two lives: In winter, the frozen woods, the protection of the pack, and the silent company of a fearless girl. In summer, a few precious months of being human . . . until the cold makes him shift back again.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Now, Grace meets a yellow-eyed boy whose familiarity takes her breath away. It's her wolf. It has to be. But as winter nears, Sam must fight to stay human--or risk losing himself, and Grace, forever. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, keep an eye out at  &lt;a href="http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/&lt;/a&gt; as Ms. Meyer often posts books she has enjoyed. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Some of the Twilight fans here have been able to get into other popular YA authors like Ellen Hopkins, although they are not quite as diehard as they are with Twilight. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Fallen by Lauren Kate is a pretty good one along the same vein of Twilight except with fallen angels.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you want to stick with vampires the Cirque du Freak series or the Demonata series which has demons and werewolves both written by Darren Shan.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I haven't read it myself, but I know of several &lt;em&gt;Twilight&lt;/em&gt; fans that have: &lt;strong&gt;The House of Night&lt;/strong&gt; series.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;From, gasp, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House%5Fof%5FNight%5F%28series%29" rel="nofollow"&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;House of Night is a series of vampire-based fantasy/romance novels by American author P. C. Cast and her daughter Kristin Cast. It follows the adventures of Zoey Redbird, a sixteen-year old girl who has just become a fledgling vampire and is required to attend the House of Night boarding school in Tulsa.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Here's a list of Twilight readalikes for teens from KCLS:
&lt;a href="http://www.kcls.org/teens/booklist.cfm?booklistid=57" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.kcls.org/teens/booklist.cfm?booklistid=57&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There are also readalike lists on the YALSA-BK listserv. You can search the archives, &lt;a href="http://lists.ala.org/wws/info/yalsa-bk" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://lists.ala.org/wws/info/yalsa-bk&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here's a compiled list from the listserv on their wiki for vampire reads (not all are for Twilight fans, though): &lt;a href="http://wikis.ala.org/yalsa/index.php/Vampire_Reads" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://wikis.ala.org/yalsa/index.php/Vampire_Reads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For the forbidden love aspect:
&lt;a href="http://wikis.ala.org/yalsa/index.php/Forbidden_Love" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://wikis.ala.org/yalsa/index.php/Forbidden_Love&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you're stuck and need recommendations right away, google "if you like" Twilight and voila! Someone, some library, somewhere out there has already done all the work for you :o)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Is it Kaleidoscope Century, by John Barnes?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Several of Clarke's books have space elevators, frequently set in South Asia though, not South America.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There's a wikipedia page that has a list of various works that mention space elevators, maybe one of them might jog the memory?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_elevators_in_fiction" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_elevators_in_fiction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Honestly, I would attend the one most convenient and affordable for your lifestyle and your budget. I would not worry about rankings, as long as the school is ALA-accredited. Your work experience in the field is going to be far more crucial to getting a job than what school you attend. Don't go far into debt to be a librarian! &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Some of this depends on what kind of librarian you are. My advice here is skewed towards my public librarian experience. If you want to be something more technologically innovative, then you should certainly look at programs that focus in that direction. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I just read Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzgerald, and I would definitely recommend to it Twilighters. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have to concur with those who have said look for a school that still offers cataloging.  Find one - and TAKE THE BASIC CLASS even if no longer a required course for graduation.  Yes, I know, it's out of style with the meta-data bunch, but frankly I don't think these watered down "organization of information" classes are going to hold you in good stead should you suddenly be forced to actually catalog something or, even more importantly, make decisions about an online system and what tags should be indexed (you don't want to leave those decisions to support staff) - and being able to use subject headings and classifications is good for everyone who is doing public service as well as technical - it's easier to use on that end if you understand how it got that way to begin with.  If you end up in a smaller or medium-sized library chances are you will have to wear more than one hat - and if you have the cataloging I'll guarantee you that a lot of Directors would hire you over someone who didn't take it.  I know because I'm one of them (at a small university library).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;That sounds a little like some of John Barnes work, but I couldn't say which title.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I like to recommend The Reformed Vampire Support Group by Catherine Jinks if readers indicate a willingness to explore a totally different take on vampires. It's also got suspense, werewolves and a bit of bit of romance, too.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I didn't know I was going to be a librarian until I applied for the job of circulation clerk. I had a bachelors in history, and I knew that I didn't want to spend my life checking books in and out. If I had known this is what I was going to do, I would have focused on computer courses and general studies. Computer systems and websites are always changing, so those jobs are usually in demand. This type of knowledge would make you indespensible! I wish we had staff members whose sole training was technology. We may not have the problems we do with our new ILS system, servers, and so on. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Depending on what type of librarian you want to be, you should focus on that subject area. Being a history major enabled me to help patrons find information on events like the Civil War, Industrial Revolution, and anything else because history covers a wide variety of areas. Study something that you know is going to be valuable for someone else. When looking at a library school, see what courses are offered and what 'track' they focus on.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I can't answer your question exactly, but I did NaNoWriMo this year and would have LOVED some programming at our local public library geared toward participants. Specifically, something that provided a designated space for a meet-up, with the acknowledgment that a lot of people would be holed up there for quite some time, would have been really nice. Something that provided snacks or coffee would have been even nicer. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Promotion in the library or on its Web site the month before NaNoWriMo could create a sort of library team -- maybe something in the library, with a designated weekly time and space for writing. You could work with the local liaison. Promoting the free wireless and the free use of computers for those who don't have them (and maybe extending hourly limits for NaNoWriMo-ers?) would be welcome.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, one of the nice things about my local meet-ups this year was that they drew people of all ages that I never would have met otherwise... it's been a long time since I hung out with a high school student while we worked away at similar projects! Creating a program for all ages in your library might build the same sense of community. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A very popular series is the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris. The show True Blood is based on this book series. Set in Bon Temps, Louisianna, Sookie is a waitress who is not 'normal.' She has the ability to read people's thoughts. She also falls in love with a vampire named Bill. Harris also has another series called the Harper Connelly series where Harper and her stepbrother, Toliver, solve crimes using Harper's gift. She sees how a person dies. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I remember the first book, I think. As I recall, the fairy was trapped in a mirror and her daughter was being raised by an old witch (as you said masquerading as her ?grandmother?) The little girl wanted to go to school so she washed her clothes and cleaned herself up to go to school and meet the other children.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It would have been around 1973 (give or take a couple of years) when I read this. I thought it might be one of the works of author Ruth Chew, but I haven't found one of her books that quite matches what I remember. Chew wrote a large number of books that featured witches and/or magical items.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Don't know if this helps, but good luck searching!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I thought I'd see if I'd have better luck than the guy looking for info on an old audio book he's trying to find.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I read this book (may have been a trilogy, actually) years ago.  Here's what I remember about it.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;li&gt;Two protagonists, a guy and a girl, somehow get transplanted in another world.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;It's a sword &amp;amp; sorcery type thing but the woman becomes a warrior and the male a sorcerer (or shaman or somethign similar).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The king of this world is crazy and (I think) is absent for most of the work.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The guy has a relationship with the queen which causes a problem whent the king comes back.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The land is caught up in a climate change of some sort (a coming ice-age).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Power struggle between Bishop like character and the monarchy.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Newcomers find evidence of:  a) previous technically advanced cultures and b) previous climate change (which church strongly refutes against all the evidence)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;One scene that stands out is when the young shaman-in-training tries to escape captivity by disguising himself as some common Earth insect.  He gets caught because that insect is not common where they are.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I hope that somebody can find this title.  I really enjoyed it and would like to read it again.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Title>Fantasy Novel -- can't remember title or author</Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Here are two possibles and I am not sure either is it.
Trapped  by Bill H. Doyle&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Tangible Ghosts by L.E. Modesitt Jr.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We subscribe to the database World Book Online. On their reference center site it offers online tutorials for using email, computer basics, and searching the Internet. Computer basics covers a wide variety such as saving and deleting files, differences in hardware and software. Then if goes on to discuss web browsers, social networking and blogs. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It might also be Harry Harrison.  Perhaps the Stainless Steel Rat?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Can you remember any specific details such as the main character's name, any particularly witty (or something) phrase the author used, etc.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It sounds like Barbara Hambly's Darwath Trilogy. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Definitely not Heinlein.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Maybe Ian Banks' "Feersum Enjinn"?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Scene:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Suburban neighborhood/area outside of Chicago&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Theme: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Some kind of illness had run through the world killing every person over the age of 12.  Only the children were left.  The main character was an 10 or 11 year old girl, trying to take care of her siblings (there might have been 2 or more younger than her).  She was able to unify the children in her neighborhood to band together and share resources.  At the beginning of the book they built wood bridges to each others houses.  Later, when they were 'attacked' by another neighborhood of children, the girl convinced her group to move into the local elementary school and turn it into a community.  This happened just in time to keep everyone safe from a large attack from a group of children from downtown Chicago.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I can add a few more details about the kids learning to drive, finding gas, food, water and developing a way for lights and electricity in the homes.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I read it multiple times around 1976-1978.  It was part of a middle-school library catalogue.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks,
Mom2Two&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It might be a Robert Silverberg but I don't remember a title.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have found a book titled "The Innocent" by John Peel, part of the outer limits series.&lt;br /&gt;
Take a look and see if it is what you are looking for.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Outer-Limits-Innocent-John-Peel/dp/0812564553/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1261600659&amp;amp;sr=8-10" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/Outer-Limits-Innocent-John-Peel/dp/0812564553/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1261600659&amp;amp;sr=8-10&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;So reading the answers from someone else's question, &lt;a href="http://answers.unshelved.com/questions/472/what-should-i-look-for-in-a-library-school" rel="nofollow"&gt;what to look for in a library school&lt;/a&gt;, has left me with a great idea of what a good MLIS program is, but no idea how to find it. I am a second-year undergrad right now, and I'm starting to look at library schools. When evaluating the LIS programs, how can I find out if professors have had real-world experience? How do I know if the required internship is useful or useless? Do library-school rankings have any relation to the worth of the program? Are there any warning signs that might say "this is a BAD course, don't even apply!" ? Finally, are there any library school programs that you have particular praise or warnings about? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is a long shot, I know...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Back in the early '80s, I was attending a British school and we read a science fiction book for our English class that was a "best of" compilation for whatever year it was (1982-1983?). I later loaned it to a college friend who promptly lost it! I have searched for it ever since then because of one particular story that I found fascinating. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here's all I can remember:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A priest/minister is sent to a new planet to convert the native population to Christianity. The natives are simple creatures, somewhat humanoid and with some degree of intelligence but do not have any advanced technology - more rural farmer-type folk. They decide that because this man is a representative of his religion, he should be able to do what his god does...so they crucify him! They are just following the "directions" that the bible explained, apparently. I seem to recall that the planet was very wet - Venus, maybe? Lots of rain all the time seems to stick in my head. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lynda.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Lynda.com&lt;/a&gt; is a wonderful resource with online tutorials for basic computer stuff as well as for more advanced topics, e.g. Maya. The tutorials are usually divided into little chunks so users can go through it at their own speed. Some of the tutorials are free, but most of them are only available if you subscribe to the site. My library has about 10 "seats" which constantly circulate; there's always a waiting list for getting access to this site.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I can't get enough vampire/supernatural romance books to keep my teens happy, either, but here's what I've been circulating:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;House of Night series by PC &amp;amp; Kristen Cast&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Evermore series by Allison Noel&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Need by Carrie Jones (sequel comes out next year)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Sunshine by Robin McKinley&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Vampire Diaries by LJ Smith&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Blue Bloods series by Melissa De La Cruz&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Meridian by Amber Kizer&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Vampire Beach series by Alex Duval&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Morganville Vampires series by Rachel Caine&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Evernight series by Claudia Gray&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Vampire Kisses series by Ellen Schreiber&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In the same vein, we'll be getting the "Wicked Lovely" series by Melissa Marr and "Beautiful Creatures" by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl soon.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I really like &lt;strong&gt;Hikaru No Go&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;The Prince of Tennis&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You might also try +Anima by Natsumi Mukai.  It's about 4 children who have the power to shift parts of themselves into animal shapes.  It's cute, has characters of all ages that look more realistic than many (although the children are clearly traditional manga style) and much of the plot has to do with how the children deal with prejudice and traumatic events in their pasts.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I did NaNoWriMo in my two school libraries this year.  I invited all students and teachers to participate (though I focused on 3-5 grade, not so much K-2).  I provided some novel-planning worksheets from NaNoWriMo's YWP handbook to participating students.  I also let participating students eat their lunches in the library once a week beginning the last week in October and going until the first week in December.  At our lunch meetings we worked on plot planning (the plot roller coaster worksheet was a hit!), character development, and any other writing issues that had come up.  At our last meeting, students shared parts of their novels and we all ate cookies I brought.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The students loved the project and can't wait for Script Frenzy in April.  I had over 100 students in grades 3-5 participate, which is over 1/3 of my students.  Some of their stories were really wonderful.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A wonderful side-effect of the program was a large jump in students coming to me with reference questions or looking for information books.  They all wanted to research things for their novels!  Overall, it was a great success, however, next year I'd like to get more teachers involved (I was the only one).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've recently started self-checkout in my two elementary libraries (just not for Pre-K and Kindergarten) and the students love it.  It didn't take them long at all to catch on.  Maybe you could focus on educating your young patrons and getting them to self-checkout in order to encourage the adults around them.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Have you tried browsing this "Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections"? There are a few that seem to be from either 1982 or 1983.  &lt;a href="http://www.philsp.com/homeville/ISFAC/s184.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.philsp.com/homeville/ISFAC/s184.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about running a "Literary Idol" competition as a side-show?  (I'm being inspired here by &lt;a href="http://museumtwo.blogspot.com/2009/11/guest-post-top-40-countdown-at.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;something similar run at a museum&lt;/a&gt;.) Eg:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The first couple of weeks, for every book borrowed as part of the adult reading programme, the borrower can nominate one favourite book.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;From the books nominated, you compile a top ten list.  Put up a display showing the book covers - you could encourage people to write comments about what they like about each book and put these up as well.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In every subsequent week, for every book borrowed, the borrower can "vote out" one of those books.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(Or you could have a top forty list and vote out one every two days, or four every week, or whatever.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It could take a bit of organising, but it could get people really involved and invested into whether 'their' book wins.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you have no luck here, one of the best resources I know for identifying sf books is the hivemind on &lt;a href="http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.sf.written" rel="nofollow"&gt;rec.arts.sf.written&lt;/a&gt;.  Include "YASID" and some keywords in the subject header (it stands for something like "Yet Another Story ID").&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi everyone. With the passing on of several of the kids' magazines (Nickelodeon, etc.) we subscribe to, I am looking for suggestions for replacements. We have current subscriptions to: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;American Girl&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Boy's Life&lt;br /&gt;
Girl's Life   &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Highlights &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Kids Discover &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Kids Zone&lt;br /&gt;
National Geographic Kids &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Your Big Backyard &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Plays 
Ranger Rick&lt;br /&gt;
Seventeen&lt;br /&gt;
Sports Illustrated for Kids &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Stone Soup &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Teen Vogue&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We are a town of about 15-20,000 in the Midwest. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Girl Who Owned a City by O.T. Nelson?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_Who_Owned_a_City" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_Who_Owned_a_City&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I will have to agree with Ginny above, that sounds like &lt;em&gt;Kaleidoscope Century&lt;/em&gt; by John Barnes.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;That sounds like Harry Harrison's short story "The Streets of Ashkelon" found in &lt;em&gt;Stainless Steel Visions&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It looks like Crimson Moccasins by W.D. Dougherty - Google Books finds &lt;a href="http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=MEorjomQMqMC&amp;amp;q=%22stroked+his+father%27s+arms%22&amp;amp;dq=%22stroked+his+father%27s+arms%22&amp;amp;ei=J9gyS%5FKhG5nUkgS61YivAQ&amp;amp;cd=1" rel="nofollow"&gt;"stroked his father's arms"&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://books.google.co.nz/books?ei=J9gyS%5FKhG5nUkgS61YivAQ&amp;amp;cd=1&amp;amp;id=MEorjomQMqMC&amp;amp;dq=%22stroked+his+father%27s+arms%22&amp;amp;q=marvel#search%5Fanchor" rel="nofollow"&gt;"That is a marvel!"&lt;/a&gt; in it and the blurb seems to match.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Meg Cabot's &lt;strong&gt;Mediator&lt;/strong&gt; series is sharp, readable and clever, about a girl who sees ghosts and tries her best to steer them to their final rest.  She was doing fine until she moved and found her new bedroom was already occupied by a young gunslinger who'd been dead for about a hundred years.  Suspense, supernatural, family bickering (new step family) and the sort of high school problems that are unfortunately par for the course for a kid who seems to have lost her mind.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Wesley is correct: "The Streets of Ashkelon" by Harry Harrison, originally published 1962, collected (among other places) in &lt;em&gt;The Best of Harry Harrison&lt;/em&gt;, introduction by Barry Malzberg, ISBN 0-671-42426-2 for the Pocket Books edition.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Natural Environment as a Playground for Children: The Impact of Outdoor Play Activities in Pre-Primary School Children 
from
Early Childhood Education Journal 
Springer Netherlands 
ISSN 1082-3301 (Print) 1573-1707 (Online) 
Issue Volume 29, Number 2 / December, 2001 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Early Childhood Experiences in Language Arts: Early Literacy By Jeanne M. Machado
Wadsworth Publishing; 9th ed, 2009.&lt;br /&gt;
A section in Chapter 7 is called "Outdoor Play and Literacy."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You could get one of the monthly manga serials, like Shonen Jump or Yen Plus. They're more for a tweens-to-teens audience, though. Is Consumer Reports still putting out a kids magazine?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Probably not for the youngest in the YA range, but you might try Richelle Mead's &lt;em&gt;Vampire Academy&lt;/em&gt; series.  School/teen intrigue, "good," "bad," and mixed-breed vampires, unrequited (sort of) love, a little elemental magic thrown in.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm (apparently) from the "gammer's branch" of our Midwest library. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;First, as to your questions about how to justify, libraries aren't non-for-profit bookstores!  Your Mission Statement probaby includes such goals as enriching, entaintment, socialization, and being a cultural center of the community -- multi-media is part of todays society so providing such things goes hand in hand with your library's obligations to the 2010 culture.  You may also point out that a number of nursing homes are perchasing their own Wii.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Second, because video games (electronics of any nature) are more expensive and in high demand than your average library book -- I know our library is very careful about circulation.  Our cirrculation is a flat SEVEN days w/ a $1.00 late-fee/DAY (I've heard higher than that)  Plus, no one with a temparay card may check them out and patrons are only allowed 3 games at a time. We also do not allow holds or trasfers from one branch to another.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We also do video-specific programs:  We have one where patrons are encouraged to bring their hand-held devices so they can multi-play w/ one another; we hold Rock Band and Mario Kart contests throughout the year; we have two Wii programs which meets monthy (one for kids/teens and one for older patrons)    &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Ok this one stumped the fine folks at the Seattle Public Library. 
Can we do better?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The serial is at least 10 years old probably more. 
However it has to have been written after 1986 as one of the characters is an Imelda Marcos parody and she would not have been famous enough with the US general public before then.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I heard it on KUOW. The local college/NPR station. Unfortunately they have gone through some major changes and no one there remembers this.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Though similar to their work this was not a ZBS production. I asked them. They thought it sounded like a good idea but it wasn't theirs.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The plot as I remember it. 
A reporter is sent to a nameless island to get an interview with Imelda the wife of the mysterious dictator of the island. Many strange things occur resulting in the reporter being tossed into a tesseract shaped prison.  He then escapes freeing the cyborg the prison was built to hold in the process. The cyborg goes on to invent 'Perfect Television', a device allowing individuals to experience personal realities tuned to their liking. This brings about the end of the series where the island sinks as no one is paying any attention to it any more.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Other features. Every episode had an intro and an outtro done by the DJ of 'Island Radio' to set the scene. The DJ was also an important character in the story.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Island" is in the title. and the title is short. No more that 2-3 words.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This has been driving me slowly mad for years. Any help would be welcome.
Thank you&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm in my second year in Syracuse's LIS program right now, and my first piece of advice would be to talk to librarians at your current college or university, professors, students, admissions people, anyone who will give you some ideas about what a particular program is like. Remember that no one can give you a universal perspective -- all opinions like these are totally subjective, the stories will be anecdotal, and there will be outliers (some people who tell you the program is awesome because they're paid to say so; others who say the program sucks because they had a particularly bad class that day). Be open to lots of voices, and you might be able to piece together a general picture of a program. Names of schools that are regarded highly or that suit your particular wants and needs will probably start cropping up more and more.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As Anne suggested, you can also narrow your choices by figuring out what kind of program you want. If you want to do everything online, that's one kind of school; if you want to move somewhere and go in person, that's a different kind. I wanted to be able to combine in-person and online learning while I worked, so that automatically ruled out a bunch of schools.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, you can find out if professors have real-world experience just by looking them up. Try their professional bios on the school's Web site or just doing a bit of Googling. Most LIS professors these days should have a serious online presence and you'll be able to find their CVs, research topics, presentations at conferences, etc.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our highest circulating youth magazine is J-14. Those type of magazines do VERY well among the tween - teen set.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I remember reading several mystery books by an author a while back, but when I checked the library recently, I couldn't find them. The books were set in early 20th or possibly late 19th century London. The stories focused on a middle- or upper-class boy (he lived with his mother; I believe his father had died) and his close friend, a girl, who I believe was the daughter of the housekeeper and was named Sarah(?). The boy's mother had a friend who was a detective with Scotland Yard; he helped them catch some of the criminals, but the children solved the mysteries. The only plot I remember had something to do with John Donne's poem about "No man is an island" giving clues in a letter written by someone who had been kidnapped, and I think it was while they were on a trip to New York.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think the author was a man, if that helps. Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I need, NEED I tells ya, a "guy who gives good directions to the bathroom" tshirt and a "facilitator of delight and wonder" tshirt.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I was just named to the board of my local public library. I'm really excited about it -- I'm a second-year LIS student graduating in May, and I'm seriously psyched about the chance to volunteer in this way.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I read the question about &lt;a href="http://answers.unshelved.com/questions/221/library-board-passivity" rel="nofollow"&gt;board passivity&lt;/a&gt;, and it has some good advice about what not to do. But I'm wondering: What do public librarians or heavy public library users wish your board WOULD do? What would an ideal board member look like, other than someone who uses and understands the library and volunteers at the annual book sale?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My favorite series is the Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs. The main character is a mechanic who can shift into a coyote. She has a werewolf alpha and pack as her neighbors, a vampire who she calls a friend and she seems to get involved with the Seelie on more then one occasion. The first two books are pretty clean from I can recall, the last two books get a bit more mature (mentioned rape, sex) but I can't remember anything too graphic. There is also a side story the Omega series. Each book in the series focuses a bit more on the different types of characters. Book 1 more about wolves, Book 2 vampires, Book 3 seelie. etc. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Touch the Dark by Karen Chance - main character can see the future and communicate with spirits which is the undead are attractive too. Features lots of vampires. Currently three books in the series.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Midnight's Daughter by Karen Chance - a half human half vampire main character has her vampire family come back into her life. Features Dracula as her uncle and main bad guy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Night Life by Caitlin Kittredge - main character is a werewolf. Doesn't have vampires yet but more unusual characters including witches have been discovered so there is always hope.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ameila Atwater-Rhodes is an excellent author for vampire stories.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Once Bitten, Twice Shy by Jennifer Rardin - About a girl named Jaz Parks who works for the CIA and is partnered with a vampire named Vayl. Often the bad guys she goes up about are vampires. Currently six titles are slated for the series.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Deathwish by Rob Thurman - "Half-human Cal Leandros and his brother Niko are barely getting by with their preternatural detective agency when the vampire Seamus hires them"&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;P.N. Elrod has a series called The Vampire Files. The only book I've read in the series is called Cold Streets. The vampire Jack Fleming owns a night club, acts as a detective and fights with gangs. Intriguing series, with over six titles in the series.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Dhampir, by Barb &amp;amp; J.C. Hendee is about Magiere a half vampire, half human vampire slayer. With her partner Leesil, a half elf Magiere is ready to call slaying quits and have a quiet life. However a group of powerful vampires recognize her and they are willing to do anything to prevent her from fullfilling her destiny. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think Kim Harrison has a new YA series called Once Dead, Twice shy&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This website also has a lot of vampire fiction titles all aimed at young adults: &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/vampiresya.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/vampiresya.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I found this from What do I Read Next in a custom search -A:)&lt;/strong&gt;
The Case of the Murdered Players (1985) 	
Robert Newman
Two young people help a Scotland Yard inspector solve a mystery involving a murdered actress. Andrew Tillett gets a call from his friend, Inspector Wyatt at Scotland Yard. Two actresses have been murdered in the same way as three unsolved murders from ten years before, and Andrew's mother, the actress Verna Tillett, is clearly in danger. Can Andrew and his friend, Sara, and Scotland Yard, find the murderer before another victim is claimed?
Major Characters:
Andrew Tillett, Preteen
Peter Wyatt, Police Officer (Scotland Yard)
Verna Tillett, Actress, Parent (Andrew's Mother)
Fiction
Age: Young Adult;Children
Age Range: 8-12
Genre/Story Type:
Mystery
Subject(s):
Mystery and Detective Stories
Setting(s):
London, England
Time Period(s):
1880s - 1890s&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would DEFINITELY say that if you do not already have library experience, look for programs that require you to obtain practical experience or at least provide a lot of support for students who wish to do so (networking help, internship-related career counseling, etc.). I'm looking for my first job with one year of library experience, and I'm having trouble because many positions for which I'm otherwise qualified require more work experience than I have. Graduating with no work experience at all seems like career suicide to me. You can certainly get that experience no matter where you go if you're willing to look hard enough, but having support and advice from your school will make it much easier for you to land internships or part-time jobs.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Since you did ask about specific programs, I will add -- I attend the University of Michigan School of Information, and they are fantastic about this. We're required to get a certain number of "practical experience points" to graduate, and the career services staff is very supportive and helpful when students are looking for internships or part-time work. If you're interested in SI, please drop me a line (my profile here has a link to my blog, and from there click on the "view my complete profile" link on the right -- then there'll be a link for you to e-mail me) and I'd be happy to tell you more about my experience with the program!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Could be &lt;em&gt;The Voice of the Island&lt;/em&gt;, made by NPR in 1989. A &lt;em&gt;Library Journal&lt;/em&gt; review from when it came out describes it as "a farcical thriller conceived and produced by Brian MacQueen. Protagonists include the new President Forever Fabian, his wife Aurora, and the Perfectly Beautiful Woman Imelda. The Voice, an unidentified radio commentator, reports the events on the island and has a crucial role in the progress of the story."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't know if this would be possible for your library, but one library near me has the self-checkouts sort of circled around the circulation desk, so you can't checkout anything without first walking past them. This seems to catch a lot of people who don't want to bother walking the extra few feet to the desk, or waiting in the line.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Another library has completely eliminated the traditional checkout, and just has one or two people in the area to assist with the process. It's a recent change, and they kept the line in the same place, so some first time users don't even realize something is new until they get to the front of the line, and then a librarian helps them through the process. It seems to work fine.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm gonna throw out the idea that the program doesn't matter all that much, when it comes down to it you just need the MLS/MLIS in order to apply for jobs, I've never once been asked anything about my program, classes, etc. during an interview. Call me a skeptic, and you'd be right :o)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;HOWEVER, having said that, I think you do need to consider the following:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you go the online degree route, do you have the self-discipline to do the work without actually going to class? Do you learn well independently or do you prefer real face-to-face interaction? Will you ever need to go to the brick and mortar school? If so, how often, and how much will transportation cost?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you are going to an out-of-state school, do you want to establish residency to get in-state tuition rates? If you plan on staying in the area after graduation, are there jobs? If I had known or thought to look at the sheer saturation of librarians in the Seattle area before I started the program, I probably wouldn't have committed to moving here. Typically cities with library schools have more librarians than they know what to do with.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Due to the lack of jobs, or at least lack of jobs that pay a livable wage, does the program offer career placement services? I definitely agree with getting as much real world experience as possible before, during, and after school. When it comes to applying for jobs, they want to see real, quantifiable experience, and not lists of theory-based courses.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Sorry to be a Debbie-Downer, but these are questions I wish I had known to ask. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The ideal, dreamy board member would:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Be connected in the community. Know lots of people and local businesses to turn to for fundraising, support, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Have ideas and not be shy about sharing them. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Be a good listener to both sides of a situation. Board members aren't always right and neither are library staff.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Know people!! Can't stress this enough, especially for smaller libraries that depend heavily on volunteerism and local support (e.g. donations) for programming. And if you don't have lots of connections, now is the time to start making them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ask questions. Find out what the Board currently does and what they wish they could be doing. Ask library staff, patrons, and volunteers- what do they want improved, changed, discontinued? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Be approachable and keep an open mind.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Have fun!!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Looking for a detective series set in Great Britain during the Regency.  Detective is a former lady who is no longer socially acceptable because she ran away with her brother's fencing teacher (who then died before they married).  Detective is a master swordswoman and sometimes disguises herself as a man.  She lives with an older female relative who also disgraced herself and now runs a high-class brothel.  Fallen women are a recurring theme and "the Fallen" is repeatedly used to refer to women outside the bounds of proper society. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Book is closer to historical cozy mystery genre despite some social commentary on sexual mores.  I think there were at least three books in the series, but can't come up with author, titles, or main character's names. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Point of Honour&lt;/em&gt; by Madeleine Robins
&lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51304218&amp;amp;referer=brief_results" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51304218&amp;amp;referer=brief_results&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Here's one possibility:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ghosts and Goblins: Stories for Halloween&lt;/em&gt; by Wilhelmina Harper, 1965. You can search the snippet-view here at &lt;a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=HE3hAAAAMAAJ" rel="nofollow"&gt;Google Books&lt;/a&gt;. Looks like it has a story about owls "woo-hoo"ing and plenty of stories about witches. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Do you remember any other details? That's a pretty vague description. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I recently became an aunt, and have realized that if this little girl is going to have books, it's going to fall on me, a neither of her parents are much for fiction or 'story' books.  As my focus is YA through genre, I face a confusing realm of childrens' lit, and even the books I remember fondly from my childhood are from a later period.  My niece is under a year old, but I want to build a library that she can grow into.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So, for the youth librarians (and parents/grandparents, ect) out there, I am about to start a small youth 'library' from scratch, and would like some advice:  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-What titles do you think that every young reader should have access to?  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-Would you recommend picture books for a very young child, or should I stick with board books/cloth books?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As a stopgap measure, I've purchased some of the more simplistic Dr. Seuss books and a couple of Sandra Boynton books, which I grew to love from overhearing story time.  All other suggestions/advice would be appreciated!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You can't go wrong with Doctor Seuss. If she's under a year old, let's face it, you're going to need something sturdy. As she grows up, there will probably be newer things on the market, but if she was of reading age right now, good choices would include (In chronological order) Horrible Harry series, MacDonald Hall series, Harry Potter, and beyond. If you're the kind of cool parent/aunt who supports comics, seeing as you're on the unshelved website I'm guessing you are, you could also go with Owly, a comic that I thought was pretty cool. Unshelved did a book club on it, and the link is here: &lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070610" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070610&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;As far as I know, no libraries nearby circulate video games, but it is an idea that I have thought of.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The first advantage would be price. Most people playing video games are kids, no matter how many times the ones with 500-year-old NES systems try to deny it. Kids are on limited budget, so they can't just go out and buy any video game they want. Another option is renting, but that can also rack up the dollars, some rentals stores charging as much as $10 for a rental. Assuming that you plan to circulate the video games for free, I think that price-wise this is a wonderful idea.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But as with any new idea, there are always the obstacles of tradition and old people. You may be able to convince the latter by also finding a selection of retro video games, but tradition still stands. (Keep the idea of having some old retro video games, though).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A good way to slip past Tradition is to start with video games based on movies based on books, and have a bit of a promotion involving renting the book and the movie and/or video game at the same time. A good starter Harry Potter, even though the quality of the movies have been slipping (Must kill David Yates...)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And speaking of quality slipping, video games based on books and/or movies have a reputation of being bad. So while the book/movie based video games are a place to start, they definitely won't stand. You should then try and get some children's games, or at least childish looking games, then get into some more "mature" games, while still staying below the actual mature rating.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you have problems with parents complaining about inappropriate video games, you may want to keep an internet bookmark on the ESRB (I think that's the right acronym) website. ESRB is an excellent company that provides "appropriateness" ratings for video games, and they have a website that also includes the ratings as well as a paragraph or two detailing the inappropriate content in SOME games, not all. If they don't have a more detailed explanation of the rating, then just show them the standard rating on the back of the game case.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In my personal view, having video games to rent in the library isn't much different than allowing internet on the computers, so there really shouldn't be a problem.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;One possibility is finding a pleasant little noise that almost everyone will like to play every time a book is checked out with self-service.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Second possibility, get ridiculously cool looking self-checkout machines&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Third, pull an Unshelved, and have a record system to see from how far away people can check out books.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi, I'm thirteen years old, and inevitably, it's the stage where people MUST ask "So what are you going to do with your life?"&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have thought of four possibilities&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-Lawyer&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-Writer&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-Teacher&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-Librarian&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The first you may not have any advice on, but the last three? Any tips? Helpful contacts? Million dollar scholarships?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I like action figures, posters, and laptop skins, and I think Laptop Sleeves would be good too, I've been looking for a laptop sleeve since my laptop bag is pretty much twice the weight of my actual laptop&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm looking for the title and author of a book I read back in the mid-80s. The book was a paperback and was old- probably published in the 60s or 70s. It purported to tell the case history of a woman who was diagnosed with schizophrenia, but the twist was that it was helping her, not harming her life. The voices she heard told her to do things- move to a different town, go to a certain building, apply for a certain job- and when she did what these voices told her to do, it would improve her life. She eventually became a stable individual and her voices stopped. The author's name given was a woman's and it was supposed to be her own story.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If anyone can help me identify this book, I would be most appreciative.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about something advertising the Unshelved Answers site here? I'm sure a lot of my library coworkers would be interested if they saw it on a shirt or other supplies.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would see if you can jobshadow a librarian in your area for a few hours or a whole day. You might have to ask several before you find one that has the time available for it. There might be some concerns about patron privacy. 
Alternatively, you can try to schedule an informational interview where you go in and ask people about what they do for a living. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You should also do some career exploration reading. Learn what a librarian does, what sort of education you will need (at least a bachelor's degree and probably a master's in library/information science). Here is a link to get you started: &lt;a href="http://www.becomealibrarian.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.becomealibrarian.org/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I would also get some work experience (once you are of legal employment age) in a customer service setting (either in a library or not, a grocery store would work) so you can see if you like working with people. Almost all librarian jobs work more with people than books. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Sandra Boynton and Dr. Seuss are excellent starting points. Definitely get her some of Mo Willems' books, particularly The Pigeon books. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Honestly, I would stick with board books until she is 2, myself. You can always ask her parents how well she does with regular, non-board books. Touch and feel books are always popular with babies, as are books about babies! &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here are some books randomly pulled from our board book section that would make great gifts for a 1-year old: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Scanimation books by Rufus Butler Seder (Gallop, Swing, and Waddle)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Anything by Laura Numeroff&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Some Eric Carle (My Very First Book of Numbers, The Very Hungry Caterpillar)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Raffi has some board books&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Goodnight Moon&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Karen Katz's books&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;David Shannon's Diaper David series&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;books by Todd Parr
Karma Wilson's Baby, I Love You&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Helen Oxenbury&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Byron Barton&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Good Night, Gorilla&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Maisy books&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Freight Train by Donald Crews&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If the parents are into design or hipstery or otherwise cool with more modern things, there are many beautiful books put out by &lt;a href="http://www.blueapplebooks.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Blue Apple Books&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have searched for this off and on for several years.  I read it probably around 1984-1988.  A group of teens are sent away to camp and come to realize that their parents have sent them there to be killed. All of the kids have somehow disappointed their parents.  One of the teens was caught plagerizing an essay.  One teen manages to call home only to be told something like "I have no son/daughter".  I can't remember how it ends! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Could it be &lt;em&gt;Autobiography of a Schizophrenic Girl&lt;/em&gt; by Marguerite Sechehaye?
&lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31455685&amp;amp;referer=brief_results" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31455685&amp;amp;referer=brief_results&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Sounds similar to the plot of &lt;em&gt;Gates of Glass&lt;/em&gt; by Eric Houghton, but that was probably too recent. It was published in 1987. How old was the lady in question? Any idea when she might have read the book?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In addition to job shadowing a librarian, you might ask about volunteer opportunities at your library. Most really appreciate volunteers! Some libraries even have volunteer positions especially for teens. Your library might also have a Teen Advisory Board, which is a way for teens to give input to librarians and can also be a good way to learn about how a library works.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi,
I had a baby 6 weeks ago.  I'm not a children's librarian (I run a public library website and have a background in reference) and tend more toward YA and adult books for myself.  The books I've received so far that I like are:
Goodnight Moon (Board Book) - I actually received two copies of this.  Classic.
I Love You Stinky Face by Lisa McCourt (Board Book) - I hadn't seen this one before, but it's adorable.
Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney (Board Book) - This is one of my favorite books; I also have it as a picture book
The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Picture Book)
Brown Bear, Brown Bear (Board Book)
My First Christmas Touch and Feel - Not a classic by any means, but really cute and seasonal.  I think any touch and feel books are good, like Pat the Bunny.
We also received a few cloth books with plastic teething corners that look fun - no particular titles.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My inexpert opinion is that board books are perfect for little hands and mouths.  Also, I got my Goddaughter, who is now 11 months old, some plastic books that can be taken in the bathtub and mouthed, etc. when she was 6 months old.  They were a big hit.  We got one of these as a gift and it includes some bath toys as well. My feeling is that it gives them a feel for what a book is. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hope that helps.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It might be The Grounding of Group 6 by Julian F. Thompson (1983).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Amazon.com Review:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Parents get mad at their teenagers all the time, right? But what if your parents got so mad that they decided to have you killed?! That's what happened to the kids in Group 6, but they don't know it yet. They think that they've been sent to Coldbrook Country School in order to get straightened out. Sure, all of them admit to having caused their parents a few problems, but they're just normal kids. They have no idea that their parents hate them enough to kill them. Group 6 is about to find out exactly what's in store for them at Coldbrook. Will they survive? Hailed as groundbreaking when first published in 1983, this novel has been rereleased in hardback for a new audience. Robert Cormier calls it, "... an extraordinary novel, by turns harrowing and hilarious, almost relentless in its suspense ..."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I noticed that many of your more specialized selections are focused on Sports and the Outdoors. Have you considered an Electronics magazine? Nintendo Power is always a good choice...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You could try having a feedback box. If it's something like not charging on holidays, then you could just tell them to put their suggestion in their, and then completely ignore them in they keep complaining.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Mouse Guard Volume One: Fall 1152 by David Petersen&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I've only read the first volume, which has beautiful art.  There is a second volume out, too, Mouse Guard Volume 2: Winter 1152.  I'm not fantastic at judging what works for age levels, so I was wondering if age 7 could be a year or two too young.  However, the review from Publishers Weekly on Amazon.com states, ". . . The story is suitable for all ages, and kids in particular should enjoy this adventure."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Have you tried Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa?  (It's becoming popular enough now that almost feels to me like saying, "Have you watched Star Wars?")  It's set in a reality in which alchemy is a considered to be a science, but is something we'd consider to be magic born out of scientific knowledge.  It takes place in the early 1900's in a country governed by a military dictatorship which enlists alchemists as human weapons. Two alchemist-prodigy brothers perform a taboo alchemical experiment which goes horribly wrong and the story follows their resulting journey.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I wouldn't call the art realistic, but it's certainly not androgynous and characters are usually realistically proportioned.  The humor and resulting art can get a little goofy at times, though.  Even if the art style puts you off, overall it's such an excellent story with such a wealth of great characters that it's worth the read.  It quickly became one of my top 10, all-time favorite stories and the series is still being written.  I've yet to meet someone who has given it a chance and hasn't ended up loving it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you think you could be blending some details with a Narnia story, I agree that it could be &lt;em&gt;The Secret World of Og&lt;/em&gt; by Pierre Berton that you are looking for.  The original copyright is from 1961.  It was also turned into an "ABC Weekend Specials" cartoon in 1983.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Random House's description from &lt;a href="http://www.randomhouse.ca/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385659116" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.randomhouse.ca/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385659116&lt;/a&gt; is, "The series follows the five Berton children, Penny, Pamela, Peter, Patsy, and baby Paul (better-known as “The Pollywog”) as they discover and explore a vast,mysterious world of caverns and rivers hidden beneath a trapdoor in the floor of their clubhouse. In their subterranean adventures, they befriend the little green inhabitants called Ogs, share their worldly knowledge with them, and, at the same time, gain a little wisdom themselves."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I had been looking for this book for many years myself.  It's very hard to find at an affordable price and I recently acquired it through an Amazon seller.  Flipping through it, I'm not seeing anything about the whispering conversation.  They do paint one of the brothers green so he can pretend to be one of the Ogs, but I don't see anything about an actual physical transformation.  I'll try to read it in the next couple of days and give a better synopsis and look for your details.  Hopefully, a better synopsis will tell you if it is familiar or rule it out.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Edit:  Now that I’ve read it, it seems close, but I don’t think &lt;em&gt;The Secret World of Og&lt;/em&gt; is the correct book, but here is a synopsis just in case.  There are spoilers in it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ogs are child-sized green “people” who live underground.  The do make you think of gnomes, dwarves, elves, and other standard small humanoid creatures of folklore as you try to categorize them; however, they are a unique race.  Their world is one of vast underground caverns lit by a luminescent river and filled with colorful giant mushroom forests. The Ogs scavenge items in our above-ground world which are left out in people’s yards--mostly children’s belongings.  The only word in their language is, “Og,” but as the story progresses you learn that some of them have learned to read and speak English mostly from children’s comic books.  When they do speak English, they speak as pirates and cowboys.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One of the Og’s tunnels to the surface is under the children’s playhouse.  One day the year old baby, Pollywog, and the family’s cat are left alone in the playhouse for a few minutes and the Ogs take the cat.  The baby follows the Ogs into the tunnels so they take him, as well.  The rest of the children return to find the cat and baby missing, but one of them had seen an Og cut the trap door in the floor earlier and believes the green man she saw must have kidnapped their cat and brother.  The children then follow after to rescue them.  When the children interact with the Ogs they discover that the Ogs constantly play make believe games just like children and seem to have a hard time discerning fantasy from reality.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Some elements that match: The title and world fit your description well.  Peter has to paint himself green to blend in and pretend to be one of the Ogs.  The Ogs are afraid of the Snake People and think they are attacking toward the end of the story and the children tell the Ogs they will help protect them.  The attack turns out to be the Og’s over active imagination mixed with their fear of the unknown.  There isn’t actually a war, but to a child reader it could feel like a build up to one.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;However, the whispering conversation definitely doesn’t happen and Peter doesn’t undergo any actual physical transformation.  Also, the children never sneak out of their house.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Little Lit series  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Backpack Stories &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Johnny Boo: Twinkle Power  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Mo and Jo: fighting together forever, a toon book  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;To dance : a memoir (might be too wordy?) &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Benny and Penny in The big no-no! : a Toon Book  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fashion Kitty&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Lunch Lady series&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Otto's Orange Day&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Time Warp Trio graphic novels&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I hope none of these are repeats, but I apologize if they are!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In terms of treats/benefits for using self-checkout, depending on your budget you could offer reusable bags as an incentive, those are very popular these days and go along with the idea of self cko and self-bagging. Again, depending on your system's rules, you could waive a nickel or dime's worth of fines, kinda like using a reusable bag at the store and getting ten cents off.   &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm envisioning those reusable grocery-type bags with a catchy slogan, maybe "I checked myself out- did you?" :o)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Here's what our library system offered this year: &lt;a href="http://www.kcls.org/events/nanowrimo.cfm" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.kcls.org/events/nanowrimo.cfm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You may not have that kind of a budget, but I'm sure local authors in your area would be willing to participate in some way, offer workshops on creating character, plot, setting, etc., or have brainstorming sessions for writer's block, or just to keep motivation up. You could also team up with local bookstores and possibly piggyback on any author events they might have during the month, too. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The possibilities are pretty open, it seems like participants are generally grateful for a dedicated space to do their writing. I happened upon a bakery that had set aside one half of their space to NaNoWriMo folks and it was really impressive to see how they shared power strips for their laptops, passed sugar packets down the table- all working toward the same goal and helping each other in their own way. It was really great to see a local business get involved in that way- maybe a coffee shop or restaurant near you would want in on the action? Free publicity and business!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20081019" rel="nofollow"&gt;The Road by Cormac McCarthy&lt;/a&gt;- it's ok to not always take serious books quite so seriously, and I enjoy your guests' interpretations of book club, too.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm guessing that the book you are thinking about is &lt;em&gt;Sybil.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_%28book%29" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_%28book%29&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am the Senior Librarian for a large prison in Central California, and I am looking for suggestions for non-fiction books for our recreational reading collection. Most recently, I was told by an inmate "I want something uplifting, not more stories about the 'hood and people getting shot." The books also cannot describe how to make anything that would comprise the safety and security of the institution i.e. bombs or weapons. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any suggestions for non-fiction books that your male patrons on the outside have enjoyed/requested? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The cow on the grass roof is a fairly common one in Europe, it appears in a number of cautionary tales. Usually, the stupid farmer ties the cow to keep it from falling off the roof, and runs the rope down the chimney, tying it to himself. When the cow falls or jumps off the roof, the farmer is dragged halfway up the chimney and sticks there, and both he and the cow are trapped until the return of his wife. Given the richly illustrated and animals, I would have guessed Richard Scarry, but his take on this story, if I recall correctly, had pigs as farmers rather than goats.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;After taking off the old tape/stickers from book spines, we mostly use Goo Gone to try to remove the sticky residue. Not only does Goo Gone not always do a stellar job of removing the previous stickiness, new stickers and tape don't adhere nearly as well to the surface afterwards, even after a fair amount of elbow grease. Also, I have to admit that I start to get headachy after inhaling that orangey smell for long periods of time.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;When you need to re-label spines, how do you do it? To clarify: I'm fine with covering the first sticker with a second layer, I'm talking about books that already have several layers of book tape, scotch tape, two or three layers of various shelving/collection labels, etc., and you're removing it all to start fresh. And this seems to happen more often than you'd think!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't know the particular tastes of your population so not all of these will apply, but here are some possibilities: a mix of humor, inspiration, and animals:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America by Steve Almond&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Parrot Who Thought She Was a Dog by Nancy Ellis-Bell&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Freedom Writers Diary : How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We Bought a Zoo: The Amazing True Story of a Young Family, a Broken Down Zoo, and the 200 Wild Animals That Change Their Lives Forever by Benjamin Mee &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Rock On: An Office Power Ballad by Dan Kennedy&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Walking Ollie: Or, Winning the Love of a Difficult Dog by Stephen Foster&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography by Sidney Poitier&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Three Cups of Tea by David Oliver&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Pawprints of Katrina: Pets Saved and Lessons Learned by Cathy Scott&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog by Ted Kerasote&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Anything by James Herriot&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The first thing that came to my mind when I read the question was anything by T. D. Jakes or adventure books featuring realistic situations and settings. For example:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Into the Wild and Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer
&lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35559213" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35559213&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36130642" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36130642&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Never Cry Wolf, Farley Mowat
&lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1080233" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1080233&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I know I read this in the mid '80's but I think the book was from the 70's.  It was part of a series, although I only ever found the one book.  The main characters were a group of kids, something about the "AI Club" or "AI Gang" - their parents were all scientists, and they all ended up going to live on a secret island where their parents were doing some special work on Artificial Intelligence.  Two of the boys were twins and they had a robotic head they programmed to talk which they carried around in their backpack.  I recall there being a long bit about holograms, with some sort of holographic arcade game that one of the children knew how to re-wire.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The story was an action/mystery, with a bad guy who locked them in an underwater cage at the climax (?) but I don't remember anything else about the mystery they were actually trying to solve.  Someone trying to sabotage the super-secret research their parents were doing, perhaps?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;EDIT:  Ooh, ooh, that's it!  Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Here are some of my favorites for very young children:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Karma Wilson's "Bear" series (&lt;em&gt;Bear Snores On&lt;/em&gt;, etc)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Jane Simmons's "Daisy" books (&lt;em&gt;Come Along, Daisy&lt;/em&gt;, etc) &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Janet Stoeke's Minverva Louise series&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;My Car&lt;/em&gt;, by Byron Barton&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear,&lt;/em&gt;
by Audrey and Don Wood&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Snowy Day&lt;/em&gt;, by Ezra Jack Keats&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Corduroy&lt;/em&gt;, by Don Freeman&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Any books by Denise Fleming, Lois Ehlert, Rosemary Wells, Holly Keller, Anne Rockwell, Nancy Tafuri&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It probably is best to stick with board books while she is still a baby, but introduce picture books early also and teach her how to treat a book properly so that she appreciates the gift you are giving her, which is a love of reading.  Good luck and have fun choosing books!  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Whether your neice is ready for picture books (and not just board books) depends on whether or not she's a ripper or eater. My daughter did fine with picture books after about 9 months (if I remember right, and that's often a stretch).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;These are picture books she liked when she was quite young, and they're top of my list, when a kid is ready for them:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Little Pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Jen Corace (I think there's a board book set of their books that includes the follow ups Little Hoot and Little Oink that was just published, but they could be small versions of the picture books and not board books, I haven't opened the box.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Terrific by John Agee&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Adventures of Polo by Regis Faller (And any of the other Polo books -- they're wordless comics, basically, and Roaring Brook (?) just started publishing them in a nice, smaller format.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I love goo gone, but hate the smell as well.  I've found that I can get good results, especially on book spines, using different erasers.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I particularly like an eraser I have that is similar to the &lt;a href="http://www.demco.com/CGI-BIN/LANSAWEB?PROCFUN+LWDCWEB20+LWDC225+PRD+ENG+FUNCPARMS+ZZWSESSID%28A0200%29:63321153161779798449+ZZWNAVPAG%28A0100%29:PRODUCT+ZZWBTRKID%28A0120%29:ALL0000+DATESEQ%28A0140%29:12281097946" rel="nofollow"&gt;kneaded rubber eraser&lt;/a&gt; that Demco sells, though I'm not sure what brand mine is.  Great for removing some stains and especially dark sticky residue that's no longer sticky.  Won't damage the spine, either, even on books where thes spine doesn't have a coating. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Game Informer is very popular here; it's good for computer gaming, consoles, etc.  Switching flavors of magazine, Shonen Jump is always battered to death, too.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I do send books to various prison libraries here in Ohio, and the subject matter varies a lot. (In fact, I can't belive some of the stuff that prisons let their 'patrons' request!) More popular subjects that I send out are along the lines of woodworking, house upkeeping and upgrades (HVAC and additions), some inspirational books, self-help, agriculture and earth studies (rocks, ground foundations and topology) and boat and vehicle building.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One of the more questionable materials I've sent out to a prison was a book on how to be your own undertaker...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps a little anyhow... &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Part of the A.I. Gang series by Bruce Coville?  &lt;a href="http://www.brucecoville.com/books.asp?gid=20" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.brucecoville.com/books.asp?gid=20&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Thanks!  I think that's it!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Goo-Gone is a petroleum based product, but Citri-Solve is organic.  It does smell like oranges, but without the oil smell underneath it, and it's less greasy than Goo-Gone.  Water it down to a level you like (I use 1:10), or apply more concentrated for really sticky problems.  We used booksellers couldn't handle de-accessioned library books without the wonder of Citri-Solve! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It is possible to combine the last two and be a teacher/librarian. There are programs that will help you get qualified for that. I don't know what state you are in; so I'll use Texas as an example. I got my Bachelor's in Early Childhood Education. Then I taught for two years and earned my Master's in Library Science. I also got state certified as a School Librarian. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You might look into volunteering at a school library to see how you like it. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When you are old enough to hold a part-time job, apply for a job as a page at your local library.  This will give you experience in shelving books, which is extremely helpful in knowing how various collections are organized and also gives you a chance to peruse books you may not have seen otherwise.  You may also be able to speak with the librarians and staff about your plans and obtain advice from them.  I worked part-time at my local library while working on my undergrad degree and found it to be an invaluable experience in defining my own goals.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I wanted to add my comment to some existing answers, but I don't have enough rep yet. Offer them to schools. Teachers love just about anything that is free. The art teachers might appreciate them also. The covers or pages could be used for decoupage or other art projects. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Maybe you could host a craft night at your library and do the decoupage yourselves? Or create a large mural out of old book covers to decorate the walls? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have done Christmas programs and we have also tried programs that include something about all December holidays. I have found that trying to do all-inclusive programs, you get fewer people interested than when you do a Christmas program.  I don't think every program has to be for every patron, so as long as you advertise what the program is about, people can come or not as they choose. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As to decorations, I think you should not have religious symbols unless you include religious symbols from all December holidays.  We have Christmas trees and wreaths- which are considered mainly secular.  We do not put out a nativity or mennorah.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We do craft programs, storytimes, making gingerbread houses and movies this time of year.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For newborns up to age 2-3, board books are great.  Look for illustrations that are simple, with high contrast and not too much going on in the background.  Most for this age will have very few words, but pictures you can talk about.  Tana Hoban's Black on White and White on Black are good for newborns.  Picture books that can be read to her are also good.  You just wouldn't let her handle them herself until she is older.  Nancy Tafuri is an author that does wonderful books for babies and toddlers.  The illustrations are just right for this age and the stories are great too.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(Warning: I am getting on my soapbox)  Do not buy picture books that have been made into board books.  I don't know why publishers are putting 32 page picture books into board book format. They have to cut out some of the pages to fit the board book format and it ruins the story or the book is too thick for babies to handle.  Usually the story is too complex for babies and by the time the story is right for them, they should be using picture books.  Board books are developmentally appropriate for children birth to about 3.
(off soapbox)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In my opinion every child should have a Mother Goose book with most of the familiar rhymes in it from birth.  That is the gift I usually buy first for a baby in the family.  They will enjoy the sounds and rythms of the rhymes right away and they will be able read them early if they are familiar with them.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Some of the other answers give good suggestions (except for the picture books into board book format).   Good luck, I think you are a wonderful aunt who will help the little one develop language and literacy.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Thrift books based in Seattle.  All our good condition discards go there and we get a percentage of the sale price.   Pays for the shipping at least.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm reading "Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise" by Ruth Reichl. It's a great behind-the-scenes look at the NYT combined with my favorite topic: food.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Focusing on the white magical horses aspect, here are some possibilities:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;White Magic series by Caitlin Brennan, first book is The Mountain's Call&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Night Mare by Vicki Kamida&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Bella Sera series by Felicity Brown, first book is Bella's Gift&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Summer of Magic Quartet by Andrea Spalding, first book is The White Horse Talisman&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Did you ever find out if she's looking for an adult, teen, or children's book?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The two main ones are: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;*The small adventure of Popeye and Elvis* by Barbara O'Connor. 

*The evolution of Calpurnia Tate* by Jacqueline Kelly
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And I am also working my way through a HUGE stack of nonfiction. Sigh. Some great books though! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I just finished Ingo, by Helen Dunmore, and The Titan's Curse, by Rick Riordan (book 3 of Percy Jackson and the Olympians). After work today I'll start The Tide Knot, also by Dunmore, and The Battle of the Labyrinth (Riordan). &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Dunmore books are upper elementary/YA books involving mermaids/merpeople and the "air" adolescents torn between the two worlds.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I enjoy the humor in the Percy Jackson series. Also on my shelf are The Hunger Games and Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I haven't read it yet, but &lt;em&gt;The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind&lt;/em&gt; by William Kamkwamba seems as if it might appeal.  Here's the blurb from the MARC record: An enterprising teenager in Malawi builds a windmill from scraps he finds around his village and brings electricity, and a future, to his family.  The author was on The Daily Show a while back.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The patron has not been back in for awhile, however, the way she described it, it was for older children.  Maybe somewhere in the 4th-8th grade range?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am constantly being asked for "scary" books by my young patrons.  I feel a little uncomfortable recommending most horror fiction that I have read because of content.  I am never sure what will upset a child or parent, also, scary is different for different people.  Most of my querents are 10-14 years old. Does anyone have any suggestions or advice for me?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I like to remove labels with Undu.  It takes the sticky off and the label can sometimes be reused.  (Think about the self stick stamps you might have wasted.)  It also takes chewing gum out of clothes.  It can be found in scrapbooking sections of stores.  It doesn't leave a residue either.    &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The old Goose Bumps series is okay for 10-14 year olds.  They look pretty scary but always end up okay.  I had several 5th and 6th graders reading them when I was in the middle school.  The Watchers series by Peter Lerangis is pretty good too.  Do you have any William Sleator?  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Here are a few non-fiction titles that may appeal:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Highest Duty&lt;/em&gt; by Chesley (Sully) Sullenberger-The feel good story of 2009,the plane ditches in the Hudson river &amp;amp; everyone survives, told by the pilot.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Survivors Club&lt;/em&gt; by Ben Sherwood -How planning &amp;amp; training can help anyone survive all kinds of disasters.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;*&lt;em&gt;Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything&lt;/em&gt; by Stephen Leavitt  This is worth it for the chapter &lt;em&gt;Why drug dealers live with their mother&lt;/em&gt; which really analyzes the economics of crime &amp;amp; why it's a poor career choice from a financial point of view.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;A pearl in the storm : how I found my heart in the middle of the ocean&lt;/em&gt;  by Tori Murden McClure. The first women to row across the Atlantic Ocean tells her story.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Coraline&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;The Graveyard Book&lt;/em&gt; by Neil Gaimain could both work. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;People still love Alvin Schwartz's &lt;em&gt;Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark&lt;/em&gt; series, as well as R.L. Stine's YA books (obviously on the older end of the age range you gave us) or even Christopher Pike books, if your collection still has them. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Half-Minute Horrors&lt;/em&gt; is an anthology of very short, scary stories by an assortment of authors and illustrators including Chris Raschka, Joyce Carol Oates, Neil Gaiman, Jack Gantos, and Lane Smith. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Bruce Coville has several Book of Spine Tinglers that are popular here. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Perhaps Darren Shan's books would be of interest? Or Edgar Allan Poe's. If you have Jonathon Rand's books (American chillers), they would be appropriate for your 10-year old audience, especially reluctant readers. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I haven't read this one, but &lt;em&gt;The Seer of Shadows&lt;/em&gt; by Avi, sounds good: 
In New York City in 1872, fourteen-year-old Horace, a photographer's apprentice, becomes entangled in a plot to create fraudulent spirit photographs, but when Horace accidentally frees the real ghost of a dead girl bent on revenge, his life takes a frightening turn. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;When I was that age, I loved Mary Downing Hahn, and she is still churning out spooky stories. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Could it be &lt;em&gt;When Rabbit Howls&lt;/em&gt; by the Troops for Truddi Chase?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;She had multiple personality disorder, not schizophrenia, but your description seems to fit.
&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/When-Rabbit-Howls-Truddi-Chase/dp/0425183319" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/When-Rabbit-Howls-Truddi-Chase/dp/0425183319&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;At our middle school, the commons area (where lunch is served) and outgoing busses at the end of the day is supervised by adults - including the staffer who helps me out in the library. She always had a list of overdue books and holds on her clipboard; and she made a point of letting students know to return their books or stop by the library to pick up a hold.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;De-Solv-It is a Goo-Gone type cleaner but I've always found it works far better. 100% organic and non-toxic you can find at local hardware stores. Best to spray on and let it sit on the tape/label you want to remove for a few minutes before scraping off. You can use less remover (product) that way. And then we wiped away the De-Solv-It with a plain H20 wipe. If plain wipes didn't do the job (leave you with a clean, dry surface) a little "foamed" soap usually does the trick. Wipe to rinse off foam soap, dry and then let sit again for a few minutes before trying to put new tape/labels on the spine. Works for us.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We use this same technique to let students know books on hold are ready to be picked up (because in a school library, we don't have student email addresses or phone numbers for text messages): school staffer who monitors lunch room and bus/pick up areas has list of students with overdue books and holds. She just reminds students verbally when she sees them. It works for 80% of our overdues and all the holds students still want. Once we've tried verbal reminders, written overdues go to LA teachers and, eventually, letters home. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, students eventually are fined for overdues. We figure in a middle school environment, we're getting these kids ready to be responsible for themselves. We are &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; forgiving of kids who come talk to us , let us know what's happening, and follow through on getting things back. But the hardcore cases do eventually pay fines (5 cents per item per day but not assessed until 30 days overdue; up to $5.00 max).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series by Alvin Schwartz are very kid friendly yet still scary. Both elementary and middle school students check them out all year round.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The book is by John Barnes, but it isn't Kaleidoscope Century.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The one you're looking for is titled "Orbital Resonance." Kaleidoscope Century is the 2nd book in the series.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Actually, now that I think about it, It's possible you were listening to the entire series, which is called "Century next door" Orbital Resonance is the first book in the series.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My first recommendation would be ones by Christopher Pike.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There is also an Australian author named Paul  who writes some excellent scary/horrorish children/young adult short stories&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;At our school, they just don't let us check out books if we have any overdue books out&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have a sample form they give guardians who wish to deny Internet access to their minor children? Do you require a photograph so staff can identify these users? 
Anything else we need to know? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our library denies internet access to ALL minors, without a signed consent form. The same form / agreement we require all internet users to sign.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;No forms but maybe add a check box to the library card form?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;First of all Goosebumps are always good for that age, also look for books of scary camp stories and maybe some non-fiction books about ghost hunting, history of vampires that sorta thing. Also remembered for that age suspense is scary (but I still think suspense is scary and I'm 17).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I just ordered the Araminta Spooky books for my second-grade horror fans.  They're really tame, but they have all the traditional themes: vampires, ghosts, creepy old house, etc.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Buffalo public library, when they started self-checkout (about 3 years ago) put Wendy's coupons on the printed out receipt.  Fast food restaurants, it seems, love to give away coupons.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I should add that your review of "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" inspired me to actually read it! It was everything you promised: Russian, and short.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Though I never remember the title, the "Startide Rising" review hits all the right notes, I think. But it's &lt;em&gt;sexy&lt;/em&gt; dolphins in space! Should this really be pointed at children? :)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I liked the review of "Survival of the Prettiest". Tamara takes center stage! (Although I'm still not sure why not having had children is a better indicator of fertility than actually having children.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You might find a good replacement book in the more recent (1997) &lt;em&gt;An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness&lt;/em&gt;, by Kay Redfield Jamison. This book credits madness with inspiring creativity, and the author writes that her own manic/depression offered unexpected benefits in her own life.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm sorry, I don't know the one you're looking for, but I do know a very similar one. It is a younger YA book. The author is Michael Grant and the first book in the series is "Gone." Everyone under the age of 15 disappears from the town. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to find a way to encourage my 2nd graders to read more. My school doesn't use AR, but I've heard that &lt;a href="http://www.bookadventure.com" rel="nofollow"&gt; Book Adventure.&lt;/a&gt; has a similar set up. Has anyone ever used this to good effect in their classroom or library? I've got quite a few reluctant readers (boys) who are fairly competitive. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Some additional ideas:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Comic books, such as Looney Tunes, Cartoon Network Block Party (or whatever they are calling it this month), Scooby Doo, or Powder Puff Girls.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Mad Magazine and/or Mad Kids&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;New Moon&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;MAKE (more for teens and adults)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Wasn't there a Star Trek episode on that theme?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Talk to the administration about witholding grades and/or extracurriculars until/unless all items are returned.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Do you know what type of librarianship you want to go into?  If so, talk to people in the field.  If not, talk to librarians in different types of libraries.  Talk to librarians at your college, talk to the librarians at the public library.  Is there a law library at the courthouse?  A medical library at the hospital?  Does your college's Department of Education have a good relationship with the local public schools?  If so, see if they can put you in contact with the school media specialists in town.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I second getting experience--paid or volunteer.  Are you on work-study?  If so, try to get assigned to the library.  See about getting summer internships in libraries.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It's "The Girl Who Owned A City."  Great book.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have a real demand for manga in our teen community; we don't even quite have a grasp of how big the collection is because so much of it is always checked out.  This is one of our big draws for teens, because we're the one stop in town for free manga.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The problem is (isn't there always a problem?!?) that our budget is low (small library, low-income area) and that there is a low amount allocated for young adult, because it is a small area in the library.  Therefore, even though most manga is cheap, we can still only afford to buy so much.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We have to satisfy all ages of teen (preteenish to older teen), male and female, action fans and gentler readers, etc.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And, of course, we have to buy other teen books too.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My question is:  If you were in a situation like this, how would you buy?  Pick one series and stick to buying issues of that (up-to-date, but little variety)?  Buy several series but not be able to keep up with the series progression (very slow pace in getting new issues to the shelves)?  Both approaches would probably entail little room for replacements, but that might be the case however we went about it.  I'm a Bad Librarian not to know, but are there "short series" that span over only a few volumes?  I know of Miki Falls, but that's about it.  Things like Vampire Knight (popular here) seem to go on forever.  And what about manga / graphic versions of things like James Patterson's Maximum Ride series?  Should we have money ready to divert into those too, or stick mainly with the traditional manga?  My thinking for this particular library is traditional manga.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So, you're buying books.  What approach are you going to take?  Are there particular series that stand out in your mind?  Or do you have a general fiscal buying plan?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any help is MUCH appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;They're oldish, but how about the Foxfire books?  They may seem hillbilly, but some people find real comfort in reading about "simple" how-to stuff (one or more may describe how to make wine or moonshine, I'm not positive).  Lots of woodworking, handcrafts, leatherworking.  It's just good, practical knowledge, and the one with ghosts in it is great.  Plus it's told by "real" people, not by historians or linguists or whatever.  And there are a lot of volumes of it.  These remain popular.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Larry's Kidney is a bit oddball but ultimately uplifting.  Features mail-order brides!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There are a lot of new sports biographies out right now, Daryl Strawberry and Larry Bird / Magic Johnson and, um, some UNC basketball coach whose name fails to come to mind.  There have been a good many more in the past few months, but unfortunately, my sports knowledge fails me, and I can't name specific names-- the guy who owns the Yankees was one of them.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;James Patterson also published that non-fiction Murder of King Tut.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For the religious, there's a new graphic novel presentation of the ENTIRE book of Genesis that's reasonably priced, believe it or not.  Could be a nice change of format for readers, too.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Miracle on the Hudson for Flight 1549.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Guiness Book of World Records always seems to fascinate everybody.  Don't know why, but it does.  We have more people trying to check out the latest ed., which is ref, than any other item in ref., including encyclopedias.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I don't know how into politics-purchasing you are, but men here devour political commentary.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Someone mentioned some books up above, but I'll put in for "any moving, tear-jerker dog story."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That's all that comes to me right now . . . Sorry, I could do better with fiction!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi! It’s awesome that your library is getting manga for your teens. I order most of the manga for our city library system and boy can I sympathize.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I do several things: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I’ll often buy the first one or two of a series and see how it circulates before committing to try and buy the whole series.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I do lean toward shorter series. Some websites are pretty helpful in letting you know how long  a series is. Two of my fave references are www.animenewsnetwork.com (they review manga too) and I use www.rightstuf.com to check book numbers as well.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Longer series are good if they circulate well, but in my experience if you have a low budget, they’re kind of an exercise in futility because they get lost/damaged before you can get new ones, and a lot of the kids will get impatient and get the later volumes elsewhere. However, picking one or two really hot series that are longer may be a good investment for you.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To supplement the collection you could try some out fo the box ideas as well:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have hit up local bookstores for donations. Some will donate manga and if they sell used manga they’re even more likely to. You can try out new series this way and see if they work well and not spend a dime.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have many manga reading patrons who have been willing to donate their gently used manga for the collection.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As we are in Massachusetts and have several Anime conventions locally, some of them have helped us out by running donation drives for manga and anime at their cons for us.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Feel free to e-mail me directly and I’ll be happy to chat and share some of the series that have worked well for us! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;One of the places I go to for some age rating info is www.rightstuf.com. Its a online ordering site, but you can use their catalog for checking ages without actually ordering from them.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Its a little tricky to say whats "Clean" becasue as I'm sure you know, from one manga to another what may offend one parent is totally okay with another.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A great resource for schools looking to pick up Manga and Graphic novels that also focuses on all ages material (and makes it very clear if something their reviewing isn't that) is Comics in the Classroom. &lt;a href="http://comicsintheclassroom.net/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://comicsintheclassroom.net/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Some of the manga I’ve ordered for our own kid’s collection (ages 5-12) is:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Palette of 12 secret colors
&lt;p&gt;Hikaru No Go
&lt;p&gt;Sugar Sugar Rune
&lt;p&gt;Time Guardian
&lt;p&gt;Land of the Blindfolded
&lt;p&gt;Sailor moon (Older but still popular)
&lt;p&gt;Pokemon (Also older but still popular)
&lt;p&gt;Angelic Layer
&lt;p&gt;Beet the Vandal Buster
&lt;p&gt;Beyblade
&lt;p&gt;Card Captor Sakura
&lt;p&gt;Megaman
&lt;p&gt;Legend of Zelda
&lt;p&gt;Prince of Tennis 
&lt;p&gt;Happy Happy Clover
&lt;p&gt;Swan
&lt;p&gt;Sugar a little snow fairy&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Astro Boy is really good as well. The only thing with Astro boy is that it was produced in the 50’s and 60’s. Osamu Tezuka did a lot of his characters as caricatures. His African American characters with big lips and very stylized that has been seen by some as racist. However, he did ALL his characters with exaggerated features…. his Caucasian characters often had big noses, the Japanese characters look odd, etc. Each volume has a note in the front about the style and the fact that he did not intend to be racist, and indeed believed in the equality of all people. Its something some libraries have shied away from, but I have it in mine and the kids love it (especially with the new movie just out this summer).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If I may add Mushishi to the list. The storytelling is quiet and mythological, with a sort of medevial x-files feel to it. It has a very wonderful otherworldy feel,the characters are interesting, and the stories are full of the human condition. The art carries the otherworldly feel, while staying realistic. Its sort of like walking in the woods in July and stepping into a clearing to find its snowing there. Beautiful, but erie and strange.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Korgi is wonderful as well! Its by christian Slade&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I agree that you need to google your potential profs and see what they've been involved in and what they've published.  That doesn't tell you about their teaching, but it does tell you whether or not they're active and involved.  You don't want professors teaching you who are still bogged down in outdated methodologies and theories.  Check their website for their CVs and academic interests (do they match yours?  do you spot an obvious mentor?).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As for the internship, you don't have much but the course description to go on (read ALL the course descriptions and visit the academic calander for the past few years-- most sites have it posted through a few years back-- and see if those courses are actually being &lt;em&gt;taught&lt;/em&gt; or if they're just listed there-- also see who's actually teaching-- is it adjunct faculty or the professors?  You want to be taught by the professors).  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I would suggest some sort of library work, even as a page, before going all-out and enrolling.  That's what I did.  In my experience, that makes school a lot more tangible than it does for the people who've never worked in a library.  It also lets you observe more of the inner workings of the library, which are (hopefully) concealed from the public.  I really believe that experience before going on the job gives you an upper hand in a program because you're learning the theory, but you also KNOW the practice.  As others have said, it pays to have experience when you go out on the job market.  If you go with the distance option, it might even be possible to keep your job while doing school.  If not, there are internships out there, and there's summer work at a lot of the schools themselves.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As Gwen said, talk, talk, talk to librarians-- with a recent as possible MLIS.  What names keep cropping up?  Around here, practically everyone goes to the state school long-distance because it's the only accredited program in the area.  However, it's also very good and closes the distance gaps well, and people will tell you that.  For other distance programs, the answer from distance students may be that they were always out of the loop and last to know.  You'll end up with a list of pros and cons for each possible school.  Assume from the beginning that you'll have to make some sacrifices, because former students are always going to have complaints; no degree program is perfect.  Just hope they'll be level in conveying the positives and the negatives.  But ask librarians at the schools, who should have a MLIS, any local college librarians, and staff at your local public library.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And, if you already have an area of specialization in mind (entering as a generalist is fine, too), make sure you grill your question-ees about anything they might know about that, or be certain to speak over lunch to anyone who has that speciality.  If you've sighted out a professor at their school who looks like a good instructor and mentor, ask if he/she is available, open to student contact, actually teaches, etc.  That way, you could enter the school with an e-mail to that prof, introducing yourself and your interest in his/her speciality.  If he or she responds positively, then that's a "good" thing.  You could even do it before you apply and ask specific questions about that area of the program, and see how he/she responds.  That's another good test:  how interested is this prof in potential students?  That's very key all around:  you want to know how they respond to potential students.  If they blow you off, that's a bad sign, but you want to know in advance if they're potentially not going to be responsive to you.  They may warm up with actual students, but do you really want to be with a faculty that treats people like that?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My school is University of South Carolina, and I highly recommend them; I'm willing to give more information if you need it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Scotch makes an adhesive remover pen:  you saturate the sticky area, give it a minute, and the stickiness just kind of falls apart in your fingers as you gently rub it.  It won't saturate through tape, but it would remove any remaining sticker-bits.  Also, it's lightly lemon scented, a change from orange!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm a new middle school librarian struggling to provide research help/materials to students written at reasonable grade levels - particularly magazine/newspaper articles. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Common databases (Gale/Proquest) frequently don’t seem to have the content we need. Gale is usually too high a reading level; and usually provides too little or way too much detail. Proquest returns way too many results. Teen databases/websites tend to focus on topics of recreational interest not academic need. Dbs and websites for younger kids tend to have too little detail to be useful. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What databases/publishers of electronic reference materials do you find the most useful for supporting middle and high school curriculums? And are there search terms I can use to help narrow results by reading level or age-appropriate interest/context within large databases (e.g. Proquest).  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We just got Maps101 and love it so far.  The facts on file databases are very specific (American History online, modern world history online etc) are excellent.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have been a Research Librarian at a Molecular Biology lab with the Canadian Federal government for 30+ years.  Way back when I started I was encouraged to learn programming.  I took the 1st year university class in computer science &amp;amp; spent a lot of hours learning Pascal, Basic &amp;amp; Fortran (in the days of DOS computers where having this knowledge made a gigantic difference in just being able to use computers)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I was thrilled when of the 1,000 or so first year students I was one of the few allowed to go on to the 2nd year course of 400 students. I thought about switching careers since at that time people in computer science earned a lot more than librarians and by that time I was a single mom with an infant.  After a lot of soul searching, I decided that while I had the ability to be a good programmer I was already a great reference librarian.  Working as an embedded librarian in a research lab (my first degree was in genetics), my knowledge base, interests and personality were perfect for what I did.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So, I have never directly used the programming knowledge I worked so hard to learn BUT having such intrinsic knowledge of how computers and software work has been invaluable in my career.   As a reference librarian I spend a lot of time teaching researchers how to use bibliographic software and integrate their personal databases with their manuscript preparation.  Over the years, we have used several different packages (ProCite, EndNote) and many people here are now interested in in Mendeley compared to zotera.  I have worked to create specialized files for such software to link to our library resources.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The ability to quickly evaluate the different softwares, and to learn to use them at an expert level so that I can train and assist researchers, would not be possible, or at least not as efficient, if I did not have that software knowledge that I learned so long ago.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Dorothy Drew, CAL/London&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've been greatly enjoying Joseph Delaney's The Last Apprentice series.  It's perfect for that age range.  The first book is "The Last Apprentice:  Revenge of the Witch."  Set in a preindustrial era, the story follows a boy of around age 11 or 12 whose mother sends him to apprentice with an aging Spook.  A Spook is basically a supernatural hunter.  The books are scary enough that there are even a few moments that make me jump.  However, the scariness is metered somewhat through the knowledge and understanding of the supernatural that the apprentice is continually learning.  I can't think of anything inappropriate in this series at all. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As for scary in a suspenseful, bad and scary things are happening around us, the fate of everyone rests on our shoulders sort of way there are always:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Diane Duane's Young Wizards Series. So You Want to Be a Wizard is the first book.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Garth Nix's Abhorsen Series (Sabriel,
etc.)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Garth Nix's Keys to the Kingdom
Series (Mister Monday, etc.)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Garth Nix's Seventh Tower Series (The
Fall, etc.)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Philip Pullman's Dark Materials (The
Golden Compass, etc.)&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;While these are fantasy stories, they all have some elements of horror to them,  especially the Abhorsen Series.  Another good fantasy/horror mix is Paul Stewart's Edge Chronicles. Beyond the Deepwoods is the first book.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also springing to mind is Debi Gliori's Pure Dead Books (Pure Dead Magic), but from what I remember it's more on the funny, Addam's Familyesque side.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For classic ghost stories there were some Nancy Drew Ghost Story collections in the late '80s that were good.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Keep in mind that if you are talking about an age range of 10-14 and concerned about content, I was reading Stephen King at 13 and my husband enjoyed Dean Koontz when he was 13.  Many people are ready for more adult content at 13-14.  Also, for the 13-14 year olds especially, don't forget about other horror classics not yet mentioned--Dracula, Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Edit:  I completely forgot about The Ghost of Thomas Kempe by Penelope Lively which is about a boy having to deal with a ghost in his new home. It scared me enough as a child that I could never get more than a chapter or two into it.  I finally read the entire book around age 30 and wished I had finished it when I was younger.  It was first published in 1973 and is now hard to find, though. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We are investigating some new A/V shelving and I would like to know if there is a type that you have found works well in your library.  In general, spinner-type have not worked for us (though I am open to hearing why it works for you).  We would like to be able to efficiently shelve DVDs and CD Audiobooks while still having them be easily browsed by customers.  We are considering the dual-level A/V shelves for cantilever shelving that is sold by Demco; if you have any experience with that, I would be curious to hear it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I can't say if this will be applicable to libraries, but I've had good luck getting manga either used (lucky finds in used bookstores and even at Goodwill) or swap meets/online sites like Paperbackswap.com, where you pay to mail a book to someone else and you get a credit you can use to have someone else mail you a book. If you're able to justify the cost of attending, Anime Boston typically has the cheapest manga I've seen on the East Coast; some vendors have $2 and $3 book bins, and I've even seen some as low as $1 a volume. That's best for if you aren't looking for a specific title or volume; it's a very ecclectic mix! I know at least one of those vendors is native to Boston and has a store there year round, but I don't know what the prices are like at their physical store.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I can't say if this will be applicable to libraries, but I've had good luck getting manga either used (lucky finds in used bookstores and even at Goodwill) or at swap meets/online sites like Paperbackswap.com, where you pay to mail a book to someone else and you get a credit you can use to have someone else mail you a book. If you're able to justify the cost of attending, Anime Boston typically has the cheapest manga I've seen on the East Coast; some vendors have $2 and $3 book bins, and I've even seen some as low as $1 a volume. That's best for if you aren't looking for a specific title or volume; it's a very ecclectic mix! I know at least one of those vendors is native to Boston and has a store there year round, but I don't know what the prices are like at their physical store.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Depending on the rules of your procurement department, there are ways to stretch your budget.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;bookmooch.com will allow libraries to register as charities.  You can mooch items directly from people willing to donate the books and mail them straight to you.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;rightstuf.com runs weekly promotions on a particular publisher or studio, with free shipping over 60.00.  They're also helpful to check into the number of books in a series before committing.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And, as much as I hate to say it, Ebay can be your best friend, if your library allows such things.  Manga reads fast, and takes up space, and the average reader's eager to get the next big thing.  You can easily pick up a full run of a series at a fraction of the cover price, especially if you're able to cast a wide net over what your kids will read.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Mostly, if you don't know what to do, perhaps a survey or a vote among the readers.  Most teens know exactly how much this stuff costs, which is why they're getting it at the library.  Ask them if they'd prefer you stick with longer series, or get a taste of a bunch of shorter ones.  I had great luck by tucking printed 'bookmarks' into volumes that simply said, "What do you want to see here?"  If you get 50 people asking for Maximum Ride, it might be worth investing in, or a subscription to Yen+, where it's currently being serialized.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Have you looked at ProQuest's eLibrary? I've always liked this one because it uses icons to show media type (magazine, newspaper, map, website, picture, etc.) that can be selected to narow searches, and you can also limit by reading level: early elementary, elementary, middle, high, beyond. It covers US and foreign publications, and even includes audio/video sources and transcripts. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Gale Discovering Collection has worked well for me too because it uses icons to distinguish reading levels (basic, intermediate, advanced) and types of sources (reference, primary source, multimedia, etc.). Areas covered include Geography &amp;amp; Cultures, History, Literature, Biographies, Science and Health.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When I was a kid, I was completely terrified by &lt;em&gt;The House with a Clock in its Walls&lt;/em&gt; and other such books by John Bellairs.  He wrote a ton of them, and I think some are illustrated by Edward Gorey, which is also pretty awesome (very atmospheric, and a nice introduction to a great artist).  Not that the books are perfect - if I recall correctly some of them have some religious (Christian, probably specifically Catholic) lore associated with them, which I didn't really get since I wasn't raised Christian.  But I loved the books and read many of them.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;ETA: Also, middle school is a grand time for Michael Crichton - I read &lt;em&gt;Jurassic Park&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;The Andromeda Strain&lt;/em&gt; around that time and loved them.  Not all of his books are terrific, but some are quite decent.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hello all! I have just recently obtained my MLS and I am in the process of entering the scary world of the job application process. I currently hold two part time librarian positions (public - childrens) but I am well aware that the interview process will be more intense for a full time position. So in an effort to help myself and anyone else out there who is in the same boat - what are some of the interview questions that you have been asked? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We use and like Maps 101, too.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I also really like Encyclopedia Brittannica and netTrekker. The have the ability to narrow results by levels and are directed to use by students.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The library system locally has self-checkout.  The line is usually shorter than the manned checkout line--but it takes FOREVER.  The computer is slow moving from screen to screen (poor wi-fi?)  It reads RFID chips, and the self-checkout only reads one at a time, and each read takes a noticeable amount of time.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The manned checkout usually does 3 at a time, so is a lot faster and if you've got even more than just one book, it takes significantly less time.  Their computer also doesn't have the intense lag that the self-checkout does.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'd think making self-checkout appealing would involve making it &lt;em&gt;appealing&lt;/em&gt;--you know, finding reasons that people would WANT to use it.  I often do anyway because the library staff look so busy, but it leaves me frustrated and irritated.  And I see a lot of people walk right by it and ignore it (it's a large station you must pass to get to the manned checkout)--I'm betting they've tried it and got so frustrated that they're not interested in using it any more.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We are pushing self check at my library branch right now with three shiny new machines that actually work very well (not RFID yet, though). For the first few months with them we did the soft sell and that got us to about 45% of all circulation.  But as of late we have been using the hard sell--we have placed a staff member on the floor to direct people there.  Some techniques we have found that work are calling it "the checkout station", not asking if they want to use it but just saying "I can help you over here at the checkout station.", and when people get a new library card we show them the self-checks as the location for check out. In conjunction with this we have reduced the number of staff on desk so that if they don't use the self service option they are going to have to wait.  After about 8 weeks of hard sell we are up over 62% of circulation and the numbers are only going up.  We're now watching more and more people head directly to them instead of needing to be guided.&lt;br /&gt;
It took us a while to get to the successful techniques.  We initially tried offering candy or pens.  Patrons did not respond well to that, giving us odd looks and one woman told me, "I have enough pens."  We still get some folks who rant and rave at us about machines stealing jobs.  We try to answer that by telling them that by using self check they are helping us do our jobs, freeing us up to do other things, like checking in the reserves faster.  We never force anyone to use them, but emphasize that they might wish to learn "in case of an emergency"!  I think the key here is to not lose the personal service aspect of their library experience.  Even though staff won't be interacting with them at the desk, they can still greet them as they walk through the doors and browse the stacks.
Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I haven't interviewed in a while, but I have been on a number of interview panels in the last couple of years.  I can tell you that the most important questions you are going to be asked are in regards to your experience with technology (broad and creative applications are preferred) and your customer service skills (are you flexible, rule bound, do you have a positive attitude that sort of thing). Situational questions are also asked a lot, so you might have a couple of good stories ready to hand that involve something like difficult patrons or storytime experiences. That having been said, sometimes it isn't how you answer the questions, but the way you do it.  Candidates who are enthusiastic, curious, positive, and aware of the community and library they are interviewing for are always going to stand out no matter their experience level.  Good luck in your search!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I read this short story in an anthology in high school.  It started with the boy's childhood; he'd pretend to be a wolf, but since the other kids his age pretended to be dinosaurs or monkeys or whatever, no one thought anything of it.  He learned how to stalk and kill prey from his cat, and the rodent population in his neighbourhood dropped.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As he grew up, he started to research options -- ways he could actually turn into a wolf.  He found a spell book, and, with the help of his female best friend, underwent the ritual.  He drew a pattern on the floor, drank a potion, and said the magic words, and he was supposed to turn into a wolf.  If it went wrong, she'd do the counter-charm to turn him back.  And it did go wrong, several times.  He'd have a foot out of place, or mispronounce a word, or the moon would be in the wrong phase, and he'd turn into a fish or dog or an armadillo or something.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And then, one night, he got it.  He turned into a wolf, snarling fangs and all.  The girl looked at him, saw how fierce he was as a wolf, and considered turning him back anyway.  But she'd had a crush on him forever, and made her decision.  There was still some potion left, so she drank it, stepped into the circle, said the words, and turned into a wolf herself.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The story ended with them running off into the night together.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Edit: It was at least ten years ago, though the story certainly could be older.  The anthology wasn't a horror/paranormal type, it was a school-style anthology that had short stories on various subjects, and I think this one was only really categorized as an 'animal' story.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Of the books I've read recently, the two that best fit your criteria are:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Omnivore's Dilemma -Michael Pollan&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Animal, Vegetable, Miracle -Barbara Kingsolver&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have full self service at about 50% of our libraries now (25 of them).  No incentives needed for use - it's the only option!  Staff "floorwalk" in the area, and approach anyone who seems hesitant.  Some people don't like it and probably never will, but most are either happy or not bothered.  Their main concern when we started the programme was that staff didn't lose their jobs as a result.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I was interviewed a few years ago and these were the questions I was asked by the 2 panels (for 2 rounds of interviews). Each panelist contributed a set of her own questions, so they tended to reflect the issues deemed most pertinent to that person/branch. If at all possible, it's a good idea to do some background research into your prospective employers, get a feel for the organizational culture, and (I'm going to second akajill here) during the interview &lt;em&gt;be positive and enthusiastic&lt;/em&gt;. {For more questions and tips, be sure to check out the "&lt;a href="http://libraryinterview.pbworks.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Nailing the Library Interview&lt;/a&gt;" wiki}&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How does your experience, education and training help you qualify for this job? Are you interested in working with children/teens?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;When dealing with overwhelming tasks, how do you prioritize? Were you satisfied with the result?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What classes/training have prepared you for this job?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The role of the librarian is rapidly changing. What are some issues affecting these changes?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Give an example of a program that you developed for children/teens. How would you carry it out?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Name 1 or 2 trends in libraries and explain their effects.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Teamwork is an important part of this job. What do you bring to the environment?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How have you resolved a conflict with a teammember/co-worker before?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How has your sense of humor helped you?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What would you do when another librarian gives correct but incomplete information to a customer (who appears satisfied).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What 3 qualities do you bring to this position (3 adjectives to describe yourself)?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do you prefer a busy or quiet work environment? Why? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What do you do when a child/teen is disrupting a program? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What do you do when the youth services manager and branch manager both give you things to do and you don't have time for both?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In what ways do you measure success?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How do you respond to the changing role of technology and media in the library?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How would you begin outreach to a community not involved in the library?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What do you do when the people you've booked for your scheduled program don't show up?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;One new series I like is 100 Cupboards by N.D. Wilson--very spooky! I also regularly recommend Coraline or the Graveyard Book (which, btw, is &lt;em&gt;excellent&lt;/em&gt; on audio). Darren Shan's books are good (I can only vouch for the Cirque du Freak series; I haven't sampled the YA series Demonata), and of course Goosebumps, but if the kids are coming to you for help they've probably already read all of those.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A couple of the question's I've been asked are&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What do you do when you have several mothers talking loudly during storytime?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What are your greatest achievements?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Always be prepared to read a story or two during the interview. Sometimes a book is provided but bring one just in case.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It never hurts to bring examples of a successful program&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I agree with Wendy to always bring a story or two to read during the interview, as well as a favorite fingerplay.  If you have an example of a craft that fits with your story and fingerplay, bring that too.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Some other questions I've been asked:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Whats the most recent children's chapter book you've read and how would you book talk it to a middle schooler?  How would you book talk it to their parent?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A parent complains to you about a controversial book (pick one, Harry Potter, And Tango Makes Three, Heather Has Two Mommies) and wants you to remove it from your shelves.  What do you say to this parent?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A parent comes up to you and asks how to teach their child to read.  What reference interview questions would you ask them and what materials would you give them?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A group of middle schoolers are being noisy and disruptive.  When you ask them to quiet down, they rudely say their parents are paying taxes and therefore are paying your salary.  How do you handle this situation?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In CT, we have a yearly book award called the Nutmeg Book Award where a group of librarians read about 140 books (that fit certain criteria) and pick the top 10, and then the children of CT read those 10 and pick their favorite. (&lt;a href="http://www.nutmegaward.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.nutmegaward.org/&lt;/a&gt;)  If your state has something similar, make sure to know about it and be able to answer questions about promoting it and programming for it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;~Kimberly~&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We don't have a form, but children old enough to use the internet have to be able to tell us all the rules without looking at the sheet of paper.  The first side is for the children to look at, the second side is for adults if an adult is with them.  They sign up to use the computer with the librarian at the children's desk.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;GUIDELINES FOR CHILDREN ON SAGE CENTER USE&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Computers may be used by children 12 years and under.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To sign up for the computers, you must have a library card in good standing. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Computers are available for use by children of school age only at hours when school is not in session.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You may use the Internet by yourself if you are in second grade or above.  Younger children may use the Internet if accompanied by an eligible user.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;PRINTING: 
•   Ask library staff—do not attempt to print by yourself.
•   5 page maximum
•   Charges: 25 cents per page for black and white, 50 cents per page for color
•   For word processing, one page, black and white only, is free&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;RULES:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;•   No chat rooms.
•   No cheatcodes.
•   No inappropriate music sites.
•   No inappropriate game sites (newgrounds, miniclips, anything with violence)
•   No video sites (ex. You Tube, Google videos)
•   No sites intended only for users over 12 years of age (ex. My Space, Runescape, Facebook)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You are using these computers in a public area. We will ask you to change sites if we feel it is necessary.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you break the rules, you will not be allowed to use the computers for a period of time determined by the librarian.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Rules updated by New Britain Public Library Children’s Department
September 23, 2009&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;THE SAGE COMPUTER CENTER FOR CHILDREN&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;We offer computer services (games, the Internet, word processing) to children 12 years of age and under.  Children not yet in second grade must be accompanied on the Internet by an eligible user.
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Users of the Sage Center must observe these guidelines:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;•   Users must have a library card in good standing.
•   Computers will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis.  Reservations may not be made in advance or over the phone.  Users are limited to one 30-minute session per day on the Internet and two sessions per day on the game computers.  Length of time permitted on game computers may decrease during school vacation periods.  Computers are only available for use to children of school age at hours when school is not in session.
•   Users are limited to FIVE printed pages from the Internet or from the word processing computers.  We charge 50 cents per page for color printing and 25 cents per page for black and white printing.  For word processing, one page, black and white only, is free.
•   Children are required to demonstrate knowledge of our rules before each session on the Internet:  no chat rooms, no cheat codes, no inappropriate music sites, no video sites, no sites intended for users over the age of 12 (My Space, Runescape, Facebook), no inappropriate game sites (newgrounds, miniclips, or anything with violence).  Users must remain on web sites suitable for children.
•   Users who are seen viewing a site inappropriate for the Children’s Department will be asked to exit the site.  Internet privileges will be suspended for misuse or abuse of the workstation.  Duration of the suspension will be at the discretion of staff.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Parents or guardians of children under 18 are responsible for use of the Internet by their children.  The Internet offers unlimited global access to information.  While we expect children to follow our rules on Internet use, the New Britain Public Library does not filter library computers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Rules updated by New Britain Public Library Children’s Department Staff
September 23, 2009&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think it would be useful for committees to use.  I was on a statewide children's book committee this past year with about 15 people and every time someone had a question, everyone needed to give their own perspective.  It was hard because we only met 5 times over the year, so everything else was done through email.  I think google wave would be a perfect fit for this situation.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;All of our children's librarians and children's library associates at my library (urban public library in city of 75,000 in Connecticut) have been trained in ALA's Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library program.  There are other early literacy programs out there like Care to Read that we've also taken.  What other early literacy programs have you taken or created that have benefited your patrons?  Do you have incentives to get patrons to take early literacy workshops at your library?  Even though many patrons have requested help with early literacy, and no matter how often or when we offer these training programs, we still have a low turnout for all the effort and training we've gone through to offer these programs.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I got an BA in Liberal Studies and wanted to be an elementary teacher. It's a well rounded degree that gives you a great education on just about everything. I thought it was a great foundation for Library Science. I then went to San Jose State University for my Masters in Library and Information Science (MLIS) and actually moved to San Jose. The faculty is great. They offer a lot of online classes and a variety of internships. It was great to work in an Academic/Public library too. A great experience! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our clerks use rubbing alcohol and the tough papertowels from the restroom... seems to work from what I hear.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My suggestion is actually an alternative to shelving- one public library that I used had the DVD jackets in plastic sleeves in open bins in the library.  I can't help thinking that a binder would have been less messy, but it saved a lot of space out on the floor and probably kept the actual discs from getting lost/damaged/stolen as much.  The kids also seemed to like browsing this way as none of the collection was up too high to reach.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;All those from above are great, but I thought I would add that when they ask, "is there anything else you would like to tell us about yourself" be prepared with an aresonal of examples of things you have done. After I was hired, I asked my boss what she liked best, and she liked that I had actual examples on hand of things I had made, storytime outlines with craft examples, spreadsheets, training folders I assembled, ... basically a bunch of stuff I had used in Library School projects or when I volunteered at a library doing Children's activities and story times. It served as proof, in a way.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, just a suggestion, do some research on the library you are applying for... it helps to know a little bit more about the community and then how you can serve them. Interviewers love it when you are familiar and if you know what you are getting into.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Have you tried contacting the various companies and asking them about their offerings for middle school? I've found that getting free demo periods is fairly easy (at least through ProQuest.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Psychic and the Rabbi&lt;/em&gt; by Uri Geller and Shmuley Boteach, 2001. It's a series of letters between the two authors about just about everything.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values&lt;/em&gt; by Robert M Pirsig, 1981, an oldie but goodie. It's part adventure story, part medical story, part philosophy book.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Alan's War: The Memoirs of G.I. Alan Cope&lt;/em&gt; by Emmanuel Guibert translated from French by Kathryn Pulver, 2008. It's a graphic novel but it's a true story about Alan Cope's life before, during and after WW II. Actually, I would reccomend any Guibert books.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Braving Home: Dispatches From the Underwater Town, The Lava-Side Inn, and Other Extreme Locales&lt;/em&gt; by Jake Halpern, 2003. This is four stories about people who chose to live in remote and inhospitable areas, plus one about people living in California where there's a lot of fires. I think that the people portrayed here might especially appeal to the prison population, but I enjoyed this book a lot too.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;A Sense of the World: How a Blind Man Became the World's Greatest Traveler&lt;/em&gt; by Jason Roberts, 2007. Fits the bill of uplifting, but isn't particularly religous. It's the story of a man in the early 19th century who went blind (probably from arthritis) but continued his life as a knight and a traveler and was the first person to document himself circumnavigating the globe.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places on Earth&lt;/em&gt; by Eric Weiner, 2008. Pretty much what it says it is: the author goes to various places trying to figure out what makes people happy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Too Late To Die Young: Nearly True Tales From a Life&lt;/em&gt; by Harriet McBryde Johnson, 2005, a collection of autobiographical essays about disability in a political context by a woman with muscular dystrophy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Eat, Shoots, and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation&lt;/em&gt; by Lynne Truss, 2004.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer&lt;/em&gt; by Tracy Kidder, about Paul Farmer, a doctor who spends part of his time doctoring in the US making lots of money, and most of his time doctoring in places where a lot of people don't have access to medical care. Really different sorts of people have told me they liked this book for different reasons.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Everything by Oliver Sacks seems to be popular. He's a neurologist who has written some books about various people with neurological conditions, about certain neurological phenomenon, one childhood memoir, and one book about his own experience of illness.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Muses, Madmen and Prophets: Rethinking Auditory Hallucinations&lt;/em&gt; by Daniel B Smith, 2007, is a historical and current look at people who hear voices.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot: The Autobiography of a Dangerous Man&lt;/em&gt; by John Callahan, 1989, is the autobiography of a man who draws comics that get published in MAD magazine and elsewhere. He's also quadriplegic, and an AA member. As you might expect from a guy who writes comics, he's funny. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I second the James Herriot recommendation.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;After reading about the hard sell approach, it is clear why library usage is going down. The library is becoming just a service oriented as the Post Office. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Several people in our community received eReaders for Christmas and have now visited our library to see what content we can offer them.  Having no experience with any kind of eReader, and finding the help screens for our e-content providers unhelpful, I’m kind of at a loss.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The main eReaders around here seem to be the Kindle 2, Kindle DX, Sony Reader, and Nook.  The two sources our library and library system have for e-content are netLibrary and Overdrive.  Kindle won’t work with either, and Sony Reader will work with both (theoretically).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What I can’t find info on is the Nook.  Any idea if the Nook will work with Overdrive content and/or netLibrary content? Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Do you have security guards or any sort of backup? My local branch librarian calls the police and/or has patrons escorted out by security on a regular basis and it creates a somewhat hostile environment;
the regional branch, where I have been a volunteer for eleven years, does it less frequently but is good about making security visible (security guard is right next to the children's librarian's reference desk) and that helps too.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One way I've gotten better at dealing with my own anger when patrons ask me to break rules (by, for instance, enrolling their infant in the summer reading program for ages 3-14), is by getting backup sooner rather than later. The less time they get to harass you one on one, the better.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Mercer Mayer's frog series has no words and a fairly complex plot but might not quite fit as graphic novels:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A Boy, a Dog and a Frog (1967) &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Frog, Where Are You? (1969) &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A Boy, a Dog, a Frog, and a Friend (1971) &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Frog on His Own (1973) &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Frog Goes to Dinner (1974) &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One Frog Too Many (1975)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if this is more preschool or early grades. I would guess that 6 would be about the perfect age. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is along the lines of dealing with problem patrons, but as I was reading that thread I realized that I couldn't take many of the suggestions for this situation (getting a supervisor, using the buddy system, etc).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have two separate issues.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One, during a Family Story Hour where parents come with their children to storytime, the parents are loud and nosy in a very small room.  I try to do polite "do we all have our listening ears on" and try to engage the parents with singing songs with their children ("can all the parents help me sing this song", but it's just escalated.  The kids can't hear, so they lose interest, and they see the adults not paying attention so they think that's ok.  There's no other place to do this storytime, so I'm not sure what else to do.  I'm much younger than many of the parents and they don't see me as an authority figure, and my supervisor doesn't work that evening that I run the program.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm having the opposite problem when I do outreach to preschools and kindergartens.  Teachers are leaving me in charge of their classroom!  I don't know the kids, the rules, or school policies.  In preschool classrooms where there's multiple teachers, they will stand in a corner and talk and be loud, or set up for their next activity, but again, in a way that's distracting to the children.  Is it rude to say something to these educators about what behavior I'd like them to exhibit when I make a special visit to them?  I'm not sure I'd be brave enough to tell them how to behave though.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am much younger than the parents at my storytime also, so I understand where you are coming from, but it is your program and you are in charge. I would not involve your supervisor in this, because it is your program and you are in charge. You need to make your expectations clear to the parents at the beginning of each storytime. You may need to stop storytime momentarily when you notice people are talking while you are presenting. You may have to ask certain parents to leave the area if they continue to disrupt your program. I would inform your supervisor of the course of action you plan to take, but he/she should not solve this problem for you. If you are consistent the problem should work itself out. Leave time at the end of the program for parents and kids to socialize and play with toys, if possible. You could also encourage them to come early for the same purpose. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This problem I think can be solved by making your expectations clear with teachers when arranging visits. They should not leave you alone in a room with students. This is likely a liability issue. You should point out nicely exactly what you said here: " I don't know the kids, the rules, or school policies." Children's librarians are NOT babysitters. It is not rude to tell educators about what you are comfortable with. If they are talking to each other while you are trying to talk to the kids, I would stop talking and look at them pointedly until they realize they are being rude. They should be modeling better listening behavior to young children. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm an Upper Elementary librarian (ages 9-12), and my students love many of the books and series named in Anne's post.  I heartily recommend them as scary-but-age-appropriate books.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here are a few others:
*  Peg Kehret (she mostly writes mysteries, but she does have some ghost stories)
*  Eve Bunting has some ghost novels
*  &lt;em&gt;The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod&lt;/em&gt; and its sequels by Heather Brewer are good for those with interests in vampires
*  &lt;em&gt;Skulduggery Pleasant&lt;/em&gt; by Derek Landy has been flying off my shelves
*  Anthony Horowitz has a new series called The Gatekeepers
*  If your kids like the Scary Stories series, you might also look for &lt;em&gt;Short and Shivery&lt;/em&gt;
*  R.L. Stine has an anthology called &lt;em&gt;Beware&lt;/em&gt;, which is a collection of his favorite scary stories. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am not going to defend the parents because rude behavior is rude behavior. That being said try to remember that for some parents this is their adult interaction too.  Instead of socializing at the end of the program I would recommend opening the room earlier and letting parents arrive earlier so they can socialize.  Then when the program starts hopefully it is out of their system a bit and they can help with the program.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One other tip I learned from being in a classroom.  Set the rules and post them on the wall. For some reason people respond better to written rules the spoken ones.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Have you searched &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;nook overdrive /
nook overdrive support /
nook compatibility /
nook overdrive compatibility?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;and the same with "netLibrary" for Overdrive?  I did a little searching, and there's some stuff out there on Google.  Without hands-on experience, though, I hesitate to go through it and pronounce a verdict.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We use freestanding, shallow "short shelves" (~5 ft high) that we formerly used for new book display.  We display the EMPTY (theft, theft, theft) cases like books, lined up in a row alphabetically.  Seems to work for us.  People just browse them, same as books.  It's more of a Blockbuster thing than anything else.  If we have new stuff (which is not all that often, given our budget), we place those DVDs flat against the shelf (forward-facing) so that they're visible for the short time they stay on the shelf.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This way, if the case isn't there, the DVD isn't there; it's very clear what's checked out just from browsing.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The DVDs are in CD sleeves in CD holders behind the front desk.  It's not a fast operation to get them checked in and out, but it's fast on the browsing end.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We do not have experience with the shelving you mention; sorry about that.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You'll want to check out Overdrive's blog for the latest news:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.overdrive.com/library/post/2009/12/15/The-verdict-is-in-on-BNe28099s-nook.aspx" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://blogs.overdrive.com/library/post/2009/12/15/The-verdict-is-in-on-BNe28099s-nook.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For other devices, this wiki is a comprehensive list of eReaders of all sizes, makes and models and their specifications. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_Reader_Matrix" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_Reader_Matrix&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;One way you could find examples is to search for "early literacy" and "library program" in your favorite search engine and see what pops up. Here are some programs happening around me:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Early Literacy Parties in Spanish, &lt;a href="http://www.kcls.org/fiestas/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.kcls.org/fiestas/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Begin with Books Theme Kits for parents &amp;amp; caregivers, &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=audience_children_parents_themekits" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=audience_children_parents_themekits&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A Kindergarten Readiness Program via Mobile Services,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=audience_children_parents_themekits" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=audience_children_parents_themekits&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And these were the first two relevant hits with a Google search using the terms above,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.multcolib.org/birthtosix/earlyliteracy.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.multcolib.org/birthtosix/earlyliteracy.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.smcl.org/services/RAR/index.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.smcl.org/services/RAR/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In addition to the excellent suggestions above, are &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Tell me about a difficult situation and how you resolved it.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What is your favorite children's / teen book?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, be prepared to ask some questions of your own to show that you are interested in both the job and the libray to which you are applying.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've seen this reflected in the above answers, but not addressed directly.  I don't usually think about interviews in terms of the questions (they're too hard to prepare for as you never know the exact form they're going to take), but instead focus on putting together and telling stories (true, of course) about who I am and what I've done. I practice telling these stories on friends and family before interviews.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;1) Have at least one great story about how you've dealt with a tough change in a positive way.  I usually have two ready to go, one dealing with organizational change, and another dealing with technological changes.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;2) Have a story ready to go about winning over a difficult patron/customer. Most of mine don't end in a 100% postiive way, and I think that makes them more believable.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;3) Be ready to talk about experiences outside the library profession that have prepared you to be a better librarian. I've seen a lot of interviewees blow their chance at a good position by giving what I'll call "library school answers."  (Everyone knows those answers, and if that's all you've got, I think your chances of getting a great job are dimished.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm adding this bit for Anne, who requested it, though I'll try not to go on and on.  In regards to #3 I'll talk about:&lt;br&gt;
-How I learned about customer service as a paperboy.  Specifically, I talk about how I learned the value of putting the papers exactly where each customer wanted them, in plastic bags when it was raining, despite the extra time both took.  You can't always throw papers from the street and hope they're well received.&lt;br&gt;
-For a year I worked as a mechanic / gas pump jockey to learn to fix cars. My boss was tough and I had to do a lot of mopping, but the skills I learned helped me realize that, no matter where I am and no matter what I want to be doing, there's always unpleasant and dirty work to do, and the quicker it's done the faster I can get on to what I'd rather be doing.  Also learned a lot about cars, which doesn't hurt when you're trying to help someone with AllData or a car manual.&lt;br&gt;
-For two years I worked as a hotel desk clerk, too.  Customer service situations no longer scare me.  I'll talk about the time I gave the police my lunch sack so they could use it for evidence when they busted a crack dealer as he was checking out (I got him to pay his bill before he left).  Or the harrowing tale of working alone on a night when the airport closed down and how I handled  a full lobby, 3 ringing phone lines, filled the hotel, and tried to help the folks I couldn't fit in.&lt;br&gt;
Before becoming a librarian I also worked as a courier, English teacher, tutor, and operations manager. There are stories from each of those situations that help.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;That has to be it!  I've just ordered a used copy off Amazon. I've been waiting years to reread this!  If you don't mind my asking, how did you come up with the correct title?  I also originally thought it was a Lois Duncan book and diligently searched all her titles trying to find it!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is a chapter book probably written in the 1970's; I think I read it in elementary school.  There is some event in the girl's home (new baby?) that requires her to go spend the summer (I think) with a relative.  She does not want to go, and when she arrives at her destination (by bus, maybe) there has been some confusion and the relative does not pick her up. She runs away and hides herself in a thicket of some sort; she drinks from people's garden hoses (once a man yells at her for being in his yard); once she goes to church and a woman expresses concern at her bedraggled appearance and bruises.  I don't remember how she gets food.  I'm pretty sure at the end she is reunited with her family.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When my library was closed for renovation I did story times at our local community center. Many kids/caregivers had not attended story time at the library and did not know what the "rules" were so I made a flyer I would hand out before each story time.  It included basics such as: 
"Please arrive on time."
"If your child is not enjoying story time today please feel free to take the child outside and return to story time when you are ready."
"Parents and caregivers are encouraged to sit with their children and participate in story time." 
"Please turn off cell phones and refrain from chatting with other adults during the program."  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It was helpful to have these rules in writing when I would have to speak to an offender, which I would try to do quietly after story time while the group was engaged in their craft/free play time.  If the whole room has become chaotic I try a trick another librarian taught me:  put the book down, stand up, and say quietly:  "If you can hear me, put your hand on your head.  If you can hear me, touch your nose."  And so on, until hopefully they are refocused on you. I also do not have a problem with pausing in my reading and eyeing the guilty party until they shut up!  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Now if I can only figure out how to get the nanny to stop texting her way through all my story times....&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As for school visits, I make it clear before I agree to any school visit that I will not be left in charge of the classroom or the school library. It took me a few years to realize this, but it is okay to say no to requests that are unreasonable or that you simply cannot do!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I tie our early literacy program, Family Literacy University (FLU), in with our storytimes. At the end of each storytime I speak to the parents/caregivers about a pre-reading skill. The dialogue with the caregivers includes why each skill is important and tips for encouraging the development of pre-reading skills, as well as answering caregivers' questions and giving them time to share with other parents ways that they read with their child at home. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Since FLU directly follows storytime, I have a built-in audience. At the programs for children ages birth-36 months, I hand out developmentally-appropriate toys and board books for the kids to play with while we speak to the parents. At the programs for older children, I speak to the caregivers while the kids work on their crafts. The adults sign in each week and check off the skill they have learned (we cover 6 pre-readings skills). At the end of the "semester" (storytimes semesters run from Sept to Dec and Jan to May, with a break for special summer programming) the parents who have checked off all 6 skills graduate from FLU. I have a graduation ceremony after storytime with a special guest speaker where the families recieve a diploma, followed by a cupcake party for everybody. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The combination of built-in audience (storytime families) and reward (graduation, diplomas + cupcakes) make this a very popular + successful program at my library! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://justinemagazine.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Justine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (as in Just Teen, get it?)
it's a magazine aimed at teen girls that has fashion &amp;amp; beauty &amp;amp; social advice, but the models inside are more realistic and are culturally diverse.  Plus, it has a nice book club section, so how could you not love it? My daughter and her middle school librarian thought it was a great find and appropriate for grades 8-12.  And there's stories of teens and young adults who make a difference in their communities along with a smidge of profiles on college/working young adults to inspire girls to strive for more.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;*&lt;em&gt;Make&lt;/em&gt; - this is the best new do-it-yourself technology (yes, that means 
engineering!)  magazine produced by the O'Reilly computer books people.  I started a subscription at my
science-eng library for the undergrads; it definitely is a must-have for the public library or high
school library.  It's not your father's (or mother's) Popular Electronics, Popular Mechanics or Popular Science.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Highlights High Five&lt;/strong&gt; - for the preschool &amp;amp; kindergarten age group.  My niece loved this when she was 4 &amp;amp; 5 years old, and wasn't ready for Highlights yet.  There's not many magazines that are good for this age group other than the BabyBug, LadyBug and Click magazines from Muse (Cricket is the magazine most folks know about).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Loved the unattended kid with the borrowed yellow highlighter that ran Oct 25, 26, &amp;amp; 27, 2004.  The "you missed a spot" on &lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/2004-10-26" rel="nofollow"&gt;the Wednesday strip was especially funny&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Depending on the ways in which you intend to be useful to your future library, I would strongly recommend a background in Marketing and Political science. My degrees are in English and Political Science, changed from Theatre. I feel that English and Theatre give me the tools to be a better storyteller and provide better service to patrons, but that it's the ability to lobby for funding and successfully promote what I'm doing that make it all possible. I would definitely recommend looking into Management, Marketing, Technology - striking a balance between your talents in face-to-face patron service and talents in service to your library can only make you a more appealing job candidate.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;While this could easily have made a better comment, I don't have enough reputation yet to comment on another answer.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This will be my first visit to an ALA Meeting and I'm a little overwhelmed. I want to manage my time effectively. What would you consider an optimal breakdown of time for a first visit? Should a newbie spend most of their time at the exhibitors and pick one or two meetings to check out, or try to spend equal amounts of time at events/meetings/exhibits?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/2006-9-10" rel="nofollow"&gt;Nick &amp;amp; Norah's Infinite Playlist&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It's a catchy description of the book, and I love Dewey's response to the mother.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We adapted an early literacy program from the summer reading program theme, and had a different focus every week (alphabet, sounds, etc.) and ran it like a story time.  We also invested in a number of puppets.  We kept our enrollment pretty small (I think 10?), and that drove up desire with more.  I also always typed up a sheet with the different techniques and themes that we talked about for the session, as well as a "for further reading" list.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In response to Anne - it was the "Go Bananas" theme (2 or 3 years ago).  I was in a library in Northern Minnesota, and the whole system used the theme for the summer.  I remember we used Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, and a number of other monkey/jungle themed books.  We didn't co-op with any of the other library systems, I believe we asked but they weren't interested (it's a lot of distance to travel between branches up there!)  I'd have to do some more research into my files to see about other books, crafts, etc. :-)  One of the best puppet investments that we made was a baby - we would demonstrate good holding and reading techniques to better engage children.  As always, we had felt boards and the younger ones really loved being able to help tell the story.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I did many of those searches before it came out and after.  For the Nook:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/eBooks-Help-Board/Got-Nook-Try-Overdrive-Library/td-p/423847/page/3" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/eBooks-Help-Board/Got-Nook-Try-Overdrive-Library/td-p/423847/page/3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;However, keep this NYT review in mind: &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/10/technology/personaltech/10pogue.html?_r=3&amp;amp;pagewanted=1" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/10/technology/personaltech/10pogue.html?_r=3&amp;amp;pagewanted=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;CNET's review was a bit more favorable, but the video seemed to confirm the lag time on page turning. &lt;a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/e-book-readers/barnes-noble-nook/4505-3508_7-33786175.html?tag=mncol;lst" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://reviews.cnet.com/e-book-readers/barnes-noble-nook/4505-3508_7-33786175.html?tag=mncol;lst&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, don't forget that the &lt;a href="http://www.teleread.org/2009/10/28/que-e-reader-from-plastic-logic-to-go-on-sale-at-bn-and-allow-full-text-browsing-of-e-books-when-you-visit-local-stores-3/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Que&lt;/a&gt; should be released soon (perhaps an announcement at CES this weekend?).  Rumor has it that it will also be offered by B&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This really only covers the PDF and EPUB formatted ebooks, which are quickly becoming the standard, but many libraries have MOBI which is not as compatible with readers.  Check out the Matrix already posted above.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you are not on any committees, you will want to be careful choosing what to go to.  The Midwinter Meeting is just that, a meeting for the committees.  There are no "programs" at Midwinter.  If you have a chance, you will learn the most from the pre-conferences.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That being said, some of the meetings will be awesome and very educational.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, if you are interested in serving on a committee, make all efforts to attend that meeting as well as any divisional or sectional meetings where you can mingle with those who will be appointing new members.  If there is a happy hour for that section/division - go to it!  Those are often the first evening of a conference.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Talk to colleagues about what they are going to so you can maximize your time as well.  You can get more information that way.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Make sure the meetings you plan to attend are open to walk-ins.  Some meetings that are voting on grants or book awards can only be attended by members of the committee.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You should have plenty of time to hit the exhibits and some breakfasts/lunches and get in some maximum committee time.  Often, you will learn more from vendor demos at lunches than you can in some of the meetings.  This is a great way to keep on top of what is new and forthcoming for all branches of librarianship.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;EBSCO's Middle Search Plus allows you to limit by Lexile level (also their Primary product, but that is elementary level).  I have found this handy for helping limit to an actual reading level...once I have trained parents/teachers/students to use it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The description from their site:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Middle Search Plus provides full text
  for more than 140 popular, middle
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  articles included in the database are
  assigned a reading level indicator
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  historical essays. Middle Search Plus
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  105,786 primary source documents, and
  an Image Collection of over 453,000
  photos, maps and flags.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Sounds like &lt;a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=PH0aAAAAMAAJ" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Charley&lt;/em&gt; by Joan G. Robinson&lt;/a&gt;. It was also called &lt;em&gt;The Girl Who Ran Away&lt;/em&gt; when it was published in the United States. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think of hoops as a game you can play in prison. Here are some good basketball books.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Eagle Blue: A Team, a Tribe, and a High School Basketball Season in Arctic Alaska by Michael D'Orso.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;When the Game Was Ours by Larry Bird, Earvin Johnson Jr., Jackie MacMullan. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One Fantastic Ride: The Inside Story of Carolina Basketball’s 2009 Championship Season by Adam Lucas, Steve Kirschner and Matt Bowers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Breaks of the Game by David Halberstram.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Miracle of St. Anthony: A Season with Coach Bob Hurley and Basketball's Most Improbable Dynasty by Adrian Wojnarowski&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Heaven is a Playground by Rick Telander&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have reached critical mass in our audio section; we have nowhere else to go, nowhere else to shift:  something's gotta go.  As background, our audio collection consists of audiotapes and audio CDs; this town isn't ready for mp3 yet.  So basically, you know what kinds of cases and boxes we're looking at here:  big ones.  At present, we order audio CDs but no more tapes, and it's been that way for several years.  Tapes still get checked out regularly, though; however, CDs are the more popular format.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But we have to weed, and the tapes are going to be the things to go.  We've already done one weeding in which the low-circ tapes were removed.  In this one, things people still use will have to go.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;How are we going to decide what stays and what goes?  Usage will factor in to some small degree, but, as I said, people are still going to be listening to things we'll have to get rid of to accommodate the more-popular new CDs.  Should we pare down genres to most popular authors?  Get rid of the less-listened-to classics (ack!)?  Get rid of it if we have a CD of it?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm not 100% clear on why tapes still circulate as much as they do (where do you find tape players now?), but I know we have to get rid of them.  Advice appreciated!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What about SIRS Discover, owned by ProQuest? Ohio used to have it as one of our school library state databases until funding was cut this year. M.S. teachers/librarians loved it. It covers upper elementary/m.s. publications, has an encyclopedia and other reference tools. Quite easy to use, too. SIRS Researcher is for h.s. students. Database is from the SIRS family of publications. Emphasis is on contemporary issues. We old folks remember when the Social Issues Resources Series articles were in large three-ring binders. What a pain to manage. Indexing was a nightmare. So great when SIRS went digital.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Visit us at the Unshelved booth!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think this is it.  The description matches, though I had forgotten the part about the note with the address on it.  Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It depends what kind of librarian you are. If you're in Youth Services, there are great discussions to go listen to, and the announcements of the big awards on Monday morning is thrilling. No really, it is! I agree that attending vendor presentations is helpful, too.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think you're giving yourself good advice; the last bit, get rid of it if you have a CD for it, makes most sense to me.
The only extra advice I have that you didn't give yourself is to also check and see what other libraries in your system or that you have reciprocal lending agreements with have. You could decide to get rid of what they have (assuming they're not about to also get rid of their tapes). And if the issue is that they literally take up space, you might want to look and see which ones take up more space.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/2008-8-31" rel="nofollow"&gt;Bunnicula&lt;/a&gt; is one of my all-time favorites, and I enjoy showing it to my students when I'm pushing the mystery genre. The book talk is a great hook and the joke is funny even if you aren't a regular reader of Unshelved (particularly funny to those of us who deal regularly with children).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Tale of Desperaux and Ender's Game are two strips that I really enjoy because of the dialogue between librarian and patron. Sometimes a book talk is a two-way street. In the school library where I work it's usually a conversation, not a monologue.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It definately is. My daughter found a copy of when her school library was weeding a few year ago and loved it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Ringworld.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Love the book and husband works for Microsoft.  Again it is the patron interaction that makes the strip.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You can combine the first one with librarianship as well by becoming a law librarian.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The most important thing I can tell you is this. Try to remember that you are 13.  From the time I was 13 until I decided during college I considered the following jobs:
lawyer, teacher, emt, working in technical theater on the stage, designing lighting for theater, electrician, and finally working in Jewish communal work.  My point? Do not limit yourself because trust me there are jobs out there you have never even heard of. You might become one of the four jobs you listed above but do not decide that now. Keep them in mind do your research but keep yourself open.  Oh and the job that got away because I never knew it existed until to late?  Producing music cds for stores like the Gap. Turns out the company that does that is Muzak.  Who knew?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There are two suggestions I have both about placement and direction&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Children's area
Have you thought of putting it in the children's area, specially if you have children's area staff? 
Kids LOVE doing it for themselves and being independant
Harrassed parents like having the option of skipping queues. 
We find if you show them a couple of times kids will have a whale of a time doing it for themselves. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Near an enquiry point
I think it also helps that it is near the enquiry point (the place where you can ask questions but not check out) as people who accidentally ask you to check out can be immediately redirected and also get help without having a special person standing by to help with confusion over self service - multitasking it's the librarian way.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have a very determined young patron who is determined to read books about dogs. But the dogs have to be girls. While searching my favorite databases, I've mostly come across books about girls and their dogs. Any ideas?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You may want to consider supplementing the slow trickle of manga books with a subscription to Shonen Jump (&lt;a href="http://shonenjump.viz.com/index.php" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://shonenjump.viz.com/index.php&lt;/a&gt;), a manga magazine that publishes several ongoing stories.  It is geared more towards a male audience; the female equivalent is &lt;a href="http://www.shojobeat.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Shojo Beat&lt;/a&gt;.  Also, be sure to talk to a local comic shop; they may be willing to cut you a deal on bulk orders, or at least have some used trades you can pick up.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I did an Amazon search for Lassie, and a slew of books came up.  I don't know how many you might have in your collection now, but it's something.  You don't get much further in the girl dog department than Lassie.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We recently started a Reading With Rover program here at Wayne County.  Service dogs come in with their handlers, and kids read to the dogs.  At the end of the session, the dog signs the book with their paw print and the child gets to keep it.  We offer it to children who have especial trouble reading aloud.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Cynthia Rylant (Henry and Mudge) has a JPB about a girl dog called The Great Gracie Chase: stop that dog!
&lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44573518" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44573518&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Fancy Nancy is very girly, and this one is about her experience puppy sitting:
Fancy Nancy and the posh puppy, Jane O'Connor &amp;amp; Robin Preiss-Glasser
&lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/75087916" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/75087916&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This one has three dogs, one of which is a girl:
Otto runs for President, Rosemary Wells
&lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/157022549" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/157022549&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here are some other results from WorldCat using the subject dogs juvenile fiction:
&lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70408017" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70408017&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/180989425" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/180989425&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25164531" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25164531&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Does JE mean Juvenile and/or Easy readers? These are all J in our catalog except where noted:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Abby by Wolfram Hanel&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Puppy Patrol series by Jenny Dale (not all of them have female dogs, but many do, like "Abandoned")&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Annie and Simon by Catherine O'Neill&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The BossQueen, Little BigBark, and the Sentinel Pup by Sarah Clark Jordan&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Dog at the Door (Animal Ark series, #25) by Ben Baglio&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A Dog's Life: The Autobiography of a Stray by Ann Martin&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Goldie (Puppy Place series) by Ellen Miles&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I, Trixie, Who is a Dog by Dean Koontz (picture book)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Katie Loves the Kittens by John Himelman (another picture book, but a personal favorite of mine, I love Katie the dog's excitement!)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Martha Speaks by Susan Meddaugh (yet another picture book, but the pickings are slim!)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If I find more, I'l add them!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Major in something you love - and, an old love, at that.  Something you've been interested in for years and keep coming back to.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Librarians come from every background under the sun, and sometimes the job you get will have something to do with your background, and sometimes it won't.  What you study as an undergrad is relevant to your job only because you &lt;em&gt;did&lt;/em&gt; study as an undergrad - you have picked up skills and life experiences that can help you later on.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Besides, if it's something you love, you'll probably end up directing your library career in that direction anyway.  "Happy is the man whose hobby is also his career"&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You'll probably find the answer to "why do tapes still circulate so much" is driving down your street.  Older cars still have tape decks rather than CD players, and a lot of people listen to audio books during their commute.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm one of them.  My last three cars (including the one I'm currently driving) had tape decks but no CD player.  I never listen to tape cassettes at home, but I listen to them all the time in the car.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Very few people these days will &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; have tape players - and there are things you can use to play CDs through tape decks if you care to find them.  If you weed the tapes people like me will be annoyed and disappointed, but not surprised.  We expect it to happen, we just don't like it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I would suggest, though, that you look at whether or not the same range of genres/books on tape are also available on CD before weeding them.  I'm a fan of old radio serials, and when my local library got rid of most of its tapes, it also got rid of most of the radio serials.  The CDs didn't cover the same ground.  I was more annoyed by losing the genre than I was by loosing the format.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I borrow less audio material these days, and I think that's partly because I'm too lazy to work around the CD/tape deck problem, and partly because they don't have my favourite genres any more.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'd be interested to see if your CDs start circulating more after you weed the tapes.  It would be a good indication as to whether the tape users are still borrowing audio books, or if they just gave up after losing their preferred format...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Puppy Sister&lt;/em&gt; by S.E. Hinton is about a dog who turns into a human girl.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't know if you can get it where you are, but some of your readers may appreciate &lt;em&gt;The Dangerous Book for Boys&lt;/em&gt; by Conn and Hal Iggulden.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure where your institution would stand on some of the activities in the books (which are harmless in and of themselves, but may be misappropriated), but it should provide some "uplifting" inspiration for men who might not have had time to be boys in the past...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know of any graphic novels/comic books which would be suitable for students studying German?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I know the &lt;em&gt;Tin Tin&lt;/em&gt; translations (&lt;em&gt;Tim&lt;/em&gt;, in German) can be good for this, but I'm looking for "authentic texts" as well.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(P.S. I'd love to add "foreign-language" or "languages-other-than-English" as a tag to this post, but I can't.  If anyone else can...)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think the previous two answers gave very good advice.  I just wanted to add that my library system had a similar dilemma and a policy decision was made to discard all VHS and audio CAS.  I suspect my community is a bit different from yours, as the downloadable audio is very popular as are Playaways.  Nonetheless, we had expected that there might be a large fuss because the VHS and CAS still circulated.  We were prepared with talking points and everything.  The removal of the collection happened with very little complaint however.  People mostly asked if we were going to buy more DVD's and CD's and if we were going to buy some of the old titles in a new format.  We were able to respond that we were indeed going to do so and they were satisfied. I was very surprised at how smoothly the whole process went.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;As others have said, tapes still get checked out by commuters and the more reluctant technology adopters with old stereos/boom boxes at home.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In terms of weeding- it sounds like your collection circulates really well and is appreciated by your community, and it also sounds like space is your main problem.  Do you have space in your back room to store a cart with the overflow? Keep all items listed in your catalog, and put a sign up in the audiobook area saying "we ran out of room- please ask a staff member to browse the rest of the collection," and then roll out the cart, or even have it set up by the check out desk, and roll it back in at night. Does your tiny branch have any shelf space? Patrons who frequent the smaller branch might appreciate a collection, even a small one, to browse. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If there's a limit to the number of audiobooks that can be checked out to a patron, how about increasing the limit so more are regularly off the shelves- leaving more room for the rest? I admit to checking out 3, 4, or even 5 at a time, I just never know which one will appeal to me without listening first, and I always have one in my car, on my night stand, and in my Discman (yes, I still love 'em!). &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I hope you find a way to keep as many as possible, I'm a huge advocate of audiobooks and would hate to see their access limited or removed due to space. Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Because it is a "meeting-centric" working conference, yeah, definitely check out the committees you're interested in, but I think you should definitely go all out nuts in the exhibits- be prepared to lug huge bags of ARCs and promotional shwag and to mail them, courtesy of the impromptu post office set up in the exhibits hall.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think watching all the librarians swarm the exhibit hall doors, waiting for the "ceremonial" opening, and then rushing in with coupons in hand is just as thrilling to witness as the award ceremony :o) I'm serious! Anthropologists would have a field day observing librarians getting all pushy to grab free posters, pens, and ARCs. I love it, and will admit I, too, have rushed in for various books myself!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Most importantly, take advantage of all the events with free food. I know the ALA conference blogs used to have a section dedicated to such opportunities. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I did a tag mash search in LibraryThing and you're right, they're pretty much all translations (from what I could tell). If you're interested, take a look here:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.librarything.com/tag/german,+graphic+novel" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.librarything.com/tag/german,+graphic+novel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A search on Amazon found the Asterix series, plus another called Valentine by Alex de Campi and Christine Larsen.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;These websites might help (but since I can't read German, I don't know that for sure!):&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.graphic-novel.info/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.graphic-novel.info/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goethe.de/kue/lit/prj/com/enindex.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.goethe.de/kue/lit/prj/com/enindex.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you don't know why the tapes are circulating, you might think about offering a feedback form near the tapes asking the patron who use them what their preferences are.  You will get some "take nothing" responses, but you also might get some useful feedback as well.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In my case, our library shifted to an audio leasing plan which has proved very successful.  We cannot afford the quantity our audio listening patron segment wants, and studying our collection showed high initial usage that dropped off to nearly zero after everyone who wanted to listen to a work had done so.  By switching to a quarterly substitution of about half of our titles, we have a constantly new stream of titles that circ the maximum number of times we hold them.  We also offer a "keep this one" form for our patrons to let us know what ones they would like to hear again, giving us some permanent acquisition guidelines.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We have also moved solely to CD acquisition (no MP3 here yet either) and are letting the cassette collection die by attrition, but also buying CD versions of the high circ items. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'd recommend "The $64 Tomato" or anything by Dave Barry.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I understand your frustration with low attendance for the Every Child Ready to Read Workshops at the library.  I have found that partnering with local preschools and day cares has made the difference.  Last spring I sent a letter out to 40 day cares and preschools in the area thinking that they might be planning trainings and parent meetings for the next school year and I wanted to get on their calendar.  Well, within a couple of weeks I had about 15 classes scheduled to occur before the end of school.  Most were excited about the possibilities and wanted the training as soon as possible.  Many of the classes were for teachers and caregivers, but some were for parents.  Also, those that had the training for their teachers, had me come back and do one for parents later.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;All of our librarians introduce early literacy skills in storytime and give tips to parents as part of the program. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This is the best early literacy program that I have experience with.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have several old and largely useless computers and printers taking up space in my school library.  I know that disposing of weeded &lt;em&gt;books&lt;/em&gt; causes enough headaches.  How can I show that the computers and printers are not useful parts of my library, and what's the best way to get rid of them?  Is there any helpful criteria for technology in a library?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Several answers have suggested why tape circulation may be so high, but unless you actually conduct some sort of poll, you won't really know what's true for &lt;em&gt;your&lt;/em&gt; library. It doesn't have to be complex or time consuming, but it might give you a good idea of whether or not your patrons will be upset with the change or if they are likely to adapt. The poll could also be designed to help you figure out which items or genres can be weeded based on who actually uses the tapes.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You can always show some usage stats to show that they don't get used.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You can also recycle your old stuff, this site might be helpful, &lt;a href="http://www.epa.gov/waste/conserve/materials/ecycling/donate.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.epa.gov/waste/conserve/materials/ecycling/donate.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;At our public library, we put the monitors, keyboards, and mice out on a card with a "FREE" sign on them and let them go to good homes.  This works, even when the stuff is older.  Printers could go in this category, too.   Students might appreciate the spare parts, if income is a problem.  The parts always disappear right away.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I also work in a school library and when we get rid of technology we send it somewhere else in the building. We have discovered that unless the library is at the bottom of the list there is always someone who can use our older computers because they are better then what they have. Have you spoken to a school administrator about this?  Maybe there is a district policy as well.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm at a Middle School in the UK, 600 students. In the general info pack at the beginning of the year we send out a letter which gives the library borrowing rules. Children and parents have to return a slip to say they've read it. One rule is that if a book is lost or damaged, it must be paid for, and this does happen. We don't have fines at all, and books do walk, sometimes being returned by (unapologetic!) parents 3 or 4 years later.  I do get to talk to most students, so if a book is late I start with gentle enquiries, and gradually step it up until they are finally required to pay (with a letter to parents if necessary). If the book does turn up later, in a decent condition, their money is refunded.  They generally accept the fairness of the process.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have a suggestion for storytime in classrooms.  Ask to meet with the teachers at a separate time to let them know how you run your storytime and tell them that you will need their help keeping the students quiet and attentive.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If there are multiple teachers and they would like to use storytime to set up for their next activity, then it might be possible to have storytime in a different location.  Some of the teachers can stay with the students, and some can stay back in the classroom.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In this situation, the teachers need to learn what's expected of them during storytime as much as the students do.  Be brave, and you'll have a much better relationship with the teachers, and a much better storytime with the students.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Until I got ahold of our library website a couple months ago, it hadn't been updated since 2005. My main problem now is the tools that were chosen years ago to set up the site give me headaches.. they're way too idiot friendly, lol. 
So I'm going to be putting together a links page in the next few days, and aside from our system, databases, etc, are there any particular links you think I should include? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Anything interesting and relevant to patrons of a small library in a small town are more than welcome suggestions. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I only have a small suggestion to add to Emily J: you could create a section with just the cover art fora given book tape, in a plastic sleeve, that the patron could bring up and exchange for the actual tape being stored in the back room or behind the desk. That way  they could still "browse" the selection of tapes available. We find that most of our patrons go to the shelf instead of the catalog when looking for an audio book.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In my high school library, we catalogue and shelve by series.  For a Star Wars series it would be PD STA.  It seems to work for us.  As my cataloguing professor always told me, catalogue it so it makes sense to you and your patrons.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My library is the bottom of the pile -- my search stations are 486s and my research computers are 8 years old.  Our old broken stuff goes to recycling. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, small town library pages always seem to be idiot-friendly, because small town librarians seem to feel that the patrons are idiots. That's been the case in my library (I'm not one of the librarians, just so you know).If it's been made idiot-proofed- so that the IT people don't have to solve "problems" caused by those idiots who actually use the page, there's probably nothing you can do about it, because they've assumed you are one of the idiots. As a user, but not a programmer of library pages, I'd suggesst keeping the flashiness down to a minimum- not because it's idiot-friendly, but because it will be easier to keep up and sipler for everyone. Makke sure your catalog is complete and can be accessed from anywhere, and don't require a account number- especially if your library cards are 10+ digits. 
As for links - IRS and state tax pages, the homework help pages of your state library if applicable, links to larger libraies if they share your borrowing priviledges and  link to interloan library requests. People are capable of putting through their own - in spite of the idiot your library may have that "does it for you".&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We block accounts to students with overdue accounts.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;At the end of the year, we go knocking on teachers' doors looking for kids with overdue books.  Last year, after two weeks of aggressively doing this, we got 80% of our books back (and we had about $10000 worth of materials overdue)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We have arranged with our admin that students with overdue books will not be allowed to pick up their yearbooks or purchase prom tickets until their accounts are cleared.  This will be the first year this will happen.  I suspect the grade 12s will get their books in quickly as they don't want to miss the prom.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This question will not help anyone else with their job interview (at least I hope not!) but it is a story worth sharing.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;After exchanging "Good Mornings" the Human Resources Representative asked me:  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Did you have to drive through any animal fat to get here?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I was stunned, and for a moment thought the interviewer was losing it or this might be one of those stress questions I had read about.  Then my common sense kicked in. I reponded with a question, "Did something happen I don't know about?
She told me about the tanker filled with animal fat that overturned and spilled on the expressway. The interview went on from there. Whew!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The publisher "Cinebook" puts out a lot of translated European comics in English. I think they're originally French, but they're probably available in German as well. You can find them at &lt;a href="http://www.cinebook.co.uk/index.asp" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.cinebook.co.uk/index.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi everyone. 
A patron has requested help finding a chapter book she read sometime in the 90s, although she believes it is an older book than that. She gave the following clues: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The main character is a girl, who at the beginning of the story moves in with her grandmother or great-aunt or other older relative 
-The plot involves a mining or logging rights dispute regarding a nearby mountain. 
-A tree (presumably the one on the cover and probably one on the mountain) might host some sort of fantasy-other world inside it.
-Speaking of the cover, it has a big gnarled tree and she thinks a girl. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The one question, you should always be ready to answer is  "What do you see as your greatest weakness?"  It is one that I ask in interviewing, It shows me what kind of person they are.  And do they see faults in themselves and can express it.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Possibly:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Ancient One, Book 2 in the Kate Gordon Adventures, by T.A. Barron, 1992&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;a snippet from the SLJ Review:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"While visiting Blade, a town in southeastern Oregon, she is immediately embroiled in a battle between local loggers and her great-aunt Melanie, a retired teacher whose hobby is preserving the lore of a lost Native American tribe. At stake is a newly discovered crater containing several species of ancient trees. Events move swiftly as Kate accompanies her aunt to the crater to confront the loggers, who are determined to cut the trees down. Within the hollow of "The Ancient One," the forest's oldest redwood, Kate slips back 500 years."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our public library children's room finds that most kids come in asking for American Girl or Hannah Montana, rather than the author of a single one of those books, so series like Disney Fairies are all labeled &lt;em&gt;Disney Fairies&lt;/em&gt;, then sorted by title. The actual author is more or less ignored in shelving multi-author series. Books like American Girl are filed under &lt;em&gt;JFIC American Girl&lt;/em&gt;,  then by the sub-series (Felicity, Kaya, Kit, etc). This works for 39 Clues, High School Musical, Disney Fairies, and a variety of other multi-author series. The kids can quickly find the series they want. For an ordinal series, we add the number to the spine label if it's not already on the spine. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would also look to see if it is compatible with library use.  I know that the The Kindle did not support borrowing ebooks from libraries. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You may also want to poll users for what they would like on the site.  Check out NYPL's new site (as of today) and &lt;a href="http://nypl.org/audiovideo/new-nyplorg" rel="nofollow"&gt;their research methods&lt;/a&gt;.  Although they are FAR from a small library you may find some ideas that can scale to your site.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Our users are always looking for the catalog, fines, card info, hours, events/programs, and content created by librarians (yay!) (recommended book lists, etc).  If you have a way to accept donations online, that is also a good idea to link to from your main page.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would treat your links page as a FAQ. In other words, at what sites do your librarians most frequently end up pointing people?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I love Kelley Armstrong's "Women of the Otherworld" series.  Witches, sorcerers, werewolves, ghosts, necromancers, demons (and half-demons), good vs. evil, AND romance--what more could you ask? Better for the upper age range than the lower.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is a book that I would guess I read sometime in the early '90s; I was probably 10 or younger when I read it.  In it, there are several girls who write an epic-length poem about Barbie to try to set a Guinness World Record.  They send the poem to Alec Guinness (thinking he is somehow associated with the Guinness World Records people because the name is spelled the same), who sends it back with a note wishing them luck on their record attempt, which is lucky for them because they didn't make a copy of it before they sent it to him.  By the end of the book they have finished the poem, made a copy, and sent it in, and I believe they set the record.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm pretty sure this was not the main plot of the book.  I have no idea what the main story was, or anything about the characters.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;From what I could find, they started writing the poem in Stage Fright and finished/submitted it in Me and Katie (the Pest), both by Ann M. Martin. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm currently reading Paper Towns by John Green&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;As someone who regularly interviews people, I would agree with Gene's answer above.  But I would also say - it NEVER hurts to take a moment to reflect on the question and think "WHY are they asking this?".  Often someone gives a "textbook" answer, but hasn't really thought about what the question is about under the immediate surface.  For example, we ask potential managers what they would do if there was a crisis at the library on their day off.  Many assume we want to hear that they'll drop everything and go in to work, but the answer we hope for is one that understands there are different levels of crisis, that the other staff should be trained in what to do in certain common situations, that advice can be given by phone rather than by rushing in, etc etc etc.  Likewise, when we ask about a difficult situation and how it was handled, we hope for an answer that broadens out from one specific example and demonstrates a person who analyses a situation and applies an individual solution where applicable. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Basically working with the public is all about being 
a) friendly and non-judgemental
b) flexible and able to think on your feet
c) being able to multi task and take responsibility for what you do&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;so I advise staff who are going for interviews to have a series of examples from their work life that demonstrate these qualities, even if the question isn't overtly asking for them, that they can slide in wherever appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Oh yes and ALWAYS ask your current manager for help (both with application form and interview prep).  A good manager wants to see their staff blossom and go on to bigger and better things - not least because this adds to their own reputation!  And ask for feedback afterwards if unsuccessful - eg ask which question you gave the best/worst answer for, to improve for next time.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have one concern with what Kikishua says -- make sure you can trust your current boss not to purposely torpedo you to keep you from leaving.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Alternative suggestion to weeding -- allow unlimited renewals on your older format audio books.  You may find that those in your community who are slow to adopt CD players are willing to store some of their favorite titles at home (at least until they're requested by other users and can't be renewed).  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm reading &lt;em&gt;The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks&lt;/em&gt; by E. Lockhart, and enjoying it.  I'm also rereading &lt;em&gt;Wee Free Men&lt;/em&gt; by Terry Pratchett, and waiting to get my hands on &lt;em&gt;Shades of Grey&lt;/em&gt; by Jasper Fforde.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In my middle school library, library use was mostly done as part of a class.  This made it easy to send out monthly overdue reports to the teachers, who do a great job of motivating students to return overdue items. 
For the end of the year:
-I put a notice in the school newsletter about the final due date and that invoices will be sent out for books not returned by that date.
-2 weeks before the library closes for inventory, the final lists go out to teachers with a 2 week window to return items.
-When the final due date has passed, invoices are done up (automatically thanks to our ILS) and given to teachers to send home, giving a date to return the book or the replacement    cost.
-Finally, if there are still outstanding items, I pass on the list to the administrative assistant for the school, who deals with the financials of everything and the cost of an item may be recovered from the textbook deposit.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Things are easier at the high school level, as all textbooks are signed out through the library.  Students get a list of their books mailed to their house (can't say they lost it) including the item specific barcode, stating they are responsible for the specific items listed.  If they are not returned by the end of the school year, the cost of the items comes out of their book deposit, anything over deposit value and they get an invoice and cannot borrow textbooks the following year until their balance is paid.  Downside to this is the parents are the ones who pay the deposit, and it doesn't hold the students accountable, but we have found it is the most effective way to get books or their value back.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hello - &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I work in an academic institution where we have student workers. I happen to be in my 20s, but apparently I look even younger because people often act as though I'm a student worker and ask for the librarian. Sometimes it doesn't bother me, but other times it does, especially when the patron has an attitude about it. Any tips on how to distinguish myself from students or how to handle these situations, other than dressing matronly and flashing around my MLIS diploma? I'm not very good with witty comebacks, thought there might be some out there for me to borrow :-)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Wikipedia entry on Werewolf Fiction might be worth checking out:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werewolf_fiction" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werewolf_fiction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You could also try contacting your teacher who assigned the short story, s/he might remember the name of the anthology.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I doubt there's an easy answer for this one, but I agree I'd love to hear some suggestions! I'm a young adult librarian in my 20s and though I don't look like a junior high student, I'm often mistaken for a high school student when I'm working...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This problem will eventually go away.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Do you have a nametag with your position on it?  That would help.  Otherwise, I recommend taking the mistake as a compliment.  Whenever someone asks you for a librarian, just say, "You found her!" or, "It's your lucky day" or, if you're really irritated, just say, "Wait here a minute."  Then circle the nearest bookshelf, return to the patron, and say, "Hi, I'm the librarian.  How can I help you?"&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've been working in public libraries for thirteen years, eleven part-time as clerical staff, nine part-time as an associate youth services librarian, and two full-time as a young adult librarian. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I feel like I made a mistake fresh and desperate out of grad school when I accepted a job as a young adult librarian (sorry Dewey). I wanted to be training people on computers, building websites, designing databases etc. and thought I might be able to do this with teenagers. No, the teens don't care, and the computer classes I teach adults are of the very simple "how to use a mouse" and "how to format your resume" variety. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My MSIS is in Digital Information Management and I love working with things like database design, XML, SQL, Access, XHTML, CSS. I'm also interested intellectual property and copyright law. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I hear about a lot of accidental techies, but has anyone done this on purpose? What were the biggest changes you made in presenting yourself to be successful? What positions do librarians have in systems where there are librarians in the IT department? Are there any firms that are helpful in placing tech people with an information science background? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Thank you all so much for your wonderful suggestions.  I was amazed at how familar I am with most of these books, yet they never crossed my mind!  I hope I'm not losing my touch! :)  Not only am I familar with them, I have most of them right here in my collection.  Thanks again for all of your help.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Just finished biography of Sean Connery and am reading Grisham's THE TESTAMENT&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm re-reading various titles by Patricia Briggs and Kelley Armstrong.  They're a bit like comfort food for me, not too demanding but utterly enjoyable.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm reading the Iron Sceptre.Essential Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-man.Left Behind kids book 14.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You know your teens, so you're probably right to stick with traditional manga.  I just wanted to note that I have several reluctant readers who are unfamiliar with manga (and weirded out trying to read backwards), but they have really enjoyed other graphic novels such as &lt;em&gt;American Born Chinese&lt;/em&gt; and the graphic versions of Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And now I'm trying to figure out if I can count anime conventions as "professional development"...  :P&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm the ILS Sys Admin for our public library district.  My main responsibility is to make sure all aspects of the catalog are running well and look for ways to improve it.  However, I also spend significant time running reports (via both SQL and Web Reporter) for the district.  Before I went down to part-time, I also did minor updates to our website (though we contract out the actual development).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have a Bachelors in CS and a MLS.  I originally got a job as a reference librarian and loved it.  However, about a year after I started, there was some concern in the reference department about job stability (unfounded as it turned out).  About that time, our district advertised for the ILS sys admin position and I decided to apply for it and got the position.  What I think helped me:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I was an internal applicant.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I was a good librarian and the district knew I was smart.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The IT manager knew who I was because I often provided feedback on how the ILS system was working for us (we had just migrated) and sent suggestions for updates to the website.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I had a CS degree.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Some thoughts:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;From what I've seen, many city library systems use the city IT department.  There might be a small ILS sys admin position in the library but you often have other responsibilities as well such as being the tech services manager.  If you're specifically looking at website development, you probably need to look at the larger libraries.  Typically, it's the really big city libraries or academic libraries that have the budget to do custom work.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;You mention being interested in database design.  It might be worthwhile to play around with some of the open source ILS systems.  Both &lt;a href="http://koha.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Koha&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.evergreen-ils.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Evergreen&lt;/a&gt; are increasing in popularity and at least Koha is pretty easy to download and install in a limited capacity on a normal PC.  One of the things I mentioned during my interview was that I had installed Koha on my home computer for fun.  We're a Horizon library so it's not directly relevant but it showed I had the interest and motivation to work with an ILS even though I had no professional experience.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Does your current workplace have an IT department?  If so, make sure they know who you are.  Ask if they have any projects you could help with.  See if you could spend time shadowing someone in the department.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Make sure you are aware of the current technology trends in libraries.  However, don't limit yourself to just learning about technology in libraries.  When you hear about new technology in the larger world, consider how it could be adapted to work in the library environment.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Book Club strips are always fun, and have inspired me to buy quite a few books I'd never heard of before. Several of my favorites have already been mentioned, but I'd like to add a vote for Split Screen: Attack of/Bride of the Soul-Sucking Brain Zombies ( &lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/2007-3-18" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.unshelved.com/2007-3-18&lt;/a&gt; ). The panel reflected the dual-book format beautifully, and was both eye-catching and amusing. [For the sake of my budget I should ask you to make the book-club strips &lt;em&gt;less&lt;/em&gt; eye-catching, but I won't. {grin}]&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't know if these would count as "graphic novels" rather than "picture books", but I'll offer them anyway:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Peter Spier has done a number of beautifully-illustrated and mostly or entirely wordless books on a number of subjects; among my favorites:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Christmas! - images of the preparations for, celebration of, and aftermath of Christmas holidays in different cities and towns. No real storyline here, but it's fascinating.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Noah's Ark - the Bible story, charmingly illustrated in great detail.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;David Macauley's Short Cut does have words, but not many - a couple of lines per page, if that. Most of the story is told via the illustrations, with different plotlines intersecting in the details. Very funny! &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I see that David Wiesner has already been mentioned for Flotsam, but he has several other wordless or nearly wordless titles out, including Sector 7, Tuesday, and The Three Pigs (this one has more text than the others, but it's still pretty minimal). &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When I was in that age-range I adored the classic ghost/horror stories - M. R. James, E. F. Benson, Saki, etc. They probably wouldn't appeal to all your younger readers, but it'd be worth suggesting them anyway, and they have the advantage that by modern standards they're pretty "safe" - no bad language, relatively little explicit gore, hardly a hint of sex. But there's plenty of humor and more than enough nightmare-fodder!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A good way to introduce some of these authors would be via anthologies - the Creepy Classics anthology (ISBN 0679866922) includes Jacobs' "The Monkey's Paw", Saki's "Gabriel-Ernst" (a proto-werewolf story that might appeal to the "Twilight" fans), and M. R. James' "Lost Hearts" (which features a child as the main character), among other great selections.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There's also an anthology called The Haunted Looking-Glass, edited by Edward Gorey, who also did the distinctive illustrations. Some of the stories here have been favorites of mine since I discovered the anthology shelf in my library at age 11 or so...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I was reading Poe by that age....I also had &lt;em&gt;Haunted Houseful&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Ghostly Gallery&lt;/em&gt; which are anthologies by famous authors. I agree that the older stuff is usually pretty safe and I find them much better reads than some of the stuff the kids want now. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I did run into a situation at my elementary school library where two girls asked me about getting a copy of &lt;em&gt;Flowers in the Attic&lt;/em&gt; for them. I had read it and knew that it wasn't age appropriate and suggested they talk to their public librarian about it. After a bit of proding it came out that they had already tried that route and their parents had said no. Good thing I asked since it became fairly obvious they were trying to do an end run.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Sometimes talking to the parents about what stories they read when they were young helps that parents and kids come to an agreement about what would work for them.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As a librarian I have the hardest time deciding age level reading (I was reading college level books by the time I hit 5th grade). Mostly, I tend to look at the quality of the writing anymore along with the content. If I know the family, that can help since some will use a book as a start to a discussion about problems that might be facing their children. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Here are two of my favorite picture books: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I don't Want a Posh Dog&lt;/em&gt; by Emma Dodd and  &lt;em&gt;Who Wants to be a poodle? I Don't!&lt;/em&gt; by Lauren Child&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When I first started teaching, and a few years later when I first became a librarian, I was often mistaken for a student rather than a professional.  Here are some bits of advice, some given by other professionals, some learned the hard way:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;1) Always dress professionally, no matter what anyone else is wearing.  Wearing a blazer and skirt or dress with short heels and (gasp!) pantyhose will mark you as a professional to previous generations.  I realize pantyhose is considered old-fashioned, and but it's a clear signal to some that you mean business.  Even if those around you wear business casual, or more casual clothes than business casual, dress up daily.  (And for men reading this, a few nice suits or matching suitcoats &amp;amp; dress pants will go a long way.)  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;2) Wear your name tag.  Always.  If you're lucky, it will say Librarian as well as your name.  If you do not have name tags, wear your ID prominently on your lapel (on your chest if no lapel) and ask your supervisor or the administration if they would consider simple name tags that say "Librarian" or "Library Staff" appropriately.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;3) If you were ever thinking about getting a haircut, now is the time.  Shorter hair makes a woman look more sophisticated.  (For men, a "non-messy" haircut with the bangs out of the eyes works.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;None of these things are fair.  You are just as good of a librarian as others with time in the trenches. However, as you'll find out, so many things in life are about perception.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Does your library have a Friends group?  If so, what do they do?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Our Friends have always supported the Summer Reading Program. Choosing and hiring the coordinator each year, paying the performers, as well as buying the prizes and treats, etc. They also gift the library with a few newspaper and magazine subscriptions, as well as buying children's books.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Our library recently became a district, and got a HUGE leap in budget.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;At this point in time, we have a children's librarian, so the summer reading program is done by the staff now. A few of the members seem a little.. lost. So I'm just curious as to what everyone else's Friends group does.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I asked a question and received TWO answers that are very helpful.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;From reading the FAQ tagged questions, since the info wasn't in the FAQ itself (ahem), I knew to click on the checkmark to mark the question as successfully answered.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;However, since both answers are good in different ways (one has a more reputable source while the other has more information) and I'm having trouble choosing between them, I want to mark both of them with a checkmark.  Is that allowed?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't know what a "JE" book is, and after reading the rest of the answers, this may be a bit too old, but I'm putting it out there.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A great book with a female dog protaganist is "Fire, Bed, and Bone" by Henrietta Branford. ISBN 978-0763629922 .  Grades 6 &amp;amp; up but I think younger kids might be able to muddle through.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How wonderful to hear of a library with a booming budget in this era of shrinking budgets! Congratulations on becoming a district library!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Our Friends group holds an annual book sale on a summer Saturday. Proceeds go to the area's First Book program, basically the goal is to give each child a book of his/her very own. We hold an annual carnival-type event for the summer reading program and the Friends group covers the cost of game rentals from an amusement company. When possible, I think they subsidize the cost of the food as well. They also award a scholarship to a staff member furthering his/her education. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;At other libraries where I have worked, Friends have purchased Wiis, projectors, early literacy or billingual computers, or basically anything the Library staff has requested that just doesn't seem to fit in the regular budget, particularly technology. They also seem to love to do things that can benefit children, such as paying for extra performers for Summer Reading. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You could ask the Friends group to sponsor attendance at whatever library conferences you might want to attend, give a grant to train volunteers to assist in performing bilingual storytimes, basically whatever your staff has a passion for that would be justifiable. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Sounds like your Friends had some very hands on involvement with the Summer programming.  The few friends who seem lost may be missing that direct involvement.  Does your library use volunteers?  Perhaps certain friends could be invited to volunteer with the summer program in another direct fashion.  Some individuals enjoy direct service more than fund-raising.  Is there another way that Friends can be involved in planning and service?  If you choose something specific and time-limited it should provide the same opportunities that some miss from their past involvement.  It is always a shame to lose active supporters.  You might also just ask them directly if there is another activity they would like to be involved with and see what they suggest.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hmm. Second attempt at posting an answer here... I hope I don't get a double post.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This sounds like "The Little Witch" By Anna Elizabeth Bennett, 1953. The little witch in question is named Miniken (Minx for short) and the evil witch who is posing as her mother is Madame Snickasee. Madame Snickasee turns local people into potted plants when she gets annoyed with them. When she goes out at night, Minx experiments with her potions and powders. The fairy is in her mirror, not in a jar, and is freed when Minx says "I love you," to her. She reveals she's Minx's real mother, and the evil witch gets a comeuppance in the end (and is turned into something.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The checkmark is really for questions that have one-and-only-one correct answer, e.g. what is the title of this book. The truth is that most of the questions on Unshelved Answers don't really fit into this category, so you can just ignore it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It would be nice if the questioner could "bless" favored answers, but that's not a feature we're given by the engine we're using.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Edit: Thanks for all the great suggestions! I'm putting together book blurbs for the display now, and it looks like it'll be terrific!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This year, my Valentine's theme for the high school library is Love and Madness (people driven insane by love, or insane people in love).  I thought it'd be a great opportunity to get some of the classics, like Shakespeare and Bronte, out into circulation again.  Are there any other terrific books I should include in this display?  I'm going to put in a book order pretty soon and would love some ideas.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;That sounds like an interesting theme indeed! Maybe throw in some of the retellings of the classics? I know I've seen a modern teen versions of Shakespeare running about.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here's a couple of titles for you:
-&lt;em&gt;Impulse&lt;/em&gt; by Ellen Hopkins
-&lt;em&gt;Love in a Different Key&lt;/em&gt; by Marjorie Franco
-&lt;em&gt;Waiting for You&lt;/em&gt; by Susane Colasanti (more of an anxiety disorder than insanity, but still).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you know who your regular manga readers are, ask them what they want to see. Maybe get them fundraising for the collection (my teen advisory group loves that - hold a bake sale and then choose what books we buy with the money!).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As others have mentioned, get friendly with the local comic shop or any local conventions. Some vendors are thrilled to give you a discount if they can count on a library buying regularly. The staff/owners are also a great way to get title suggestions.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Twilight comes to mind.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Lips Touch: Three Times&lt;/em&gt; by Laini Taylor - 
Three tales of supernatural love, each pivoting on a kiss that is no mere kiss, but an action with profound consequences for the kissers' souls.  The second tale is a twist on a fairy tale in which the main character does not speak her entire life for fear of a curse.  The third tale involves fractured souls and some intriguing madness!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Best ever?!  Easy! &lt;em&gt;The Seven Stages of Falling in Love With an Author&lt;/em&gt;.  We have it hanging in the teen section of our main library and it has been in my office since 2006.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I don't remember the date, or I'd link it here.  If someone has the link, please edit it in!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm still trying to think of some good suggestions that are classics, but the first titles that came to my mind are more modern ones. In some cases it may be the plot that's more insane than the lovers, but perhaps some of them will appeal anyway. (How &lt;i&gt;romantic&lt;/i&gt; any of these are is a whole 'nother question, but you did ask for "insane"!)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/2006-2-5" rel="nofollow"&gt;Peeps&lt;/a&gt; by Scott Westerfeld is a funny/scary vampire story which opens with the hero having to track down his former lovers as they've begun to go mad. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/2007-11-18" rel="nofollow"&gt;The Professor's Daughter&lt;/a&gt; by Sear and Guibert is an entertaining graphic novel about a young woman who falls in love with an inexplicably animated mummy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070318" rel="nofollow"&gt;Split Screen: Attack of/Bride of the Soul-Sucking Brain Zombies&lt;/a&gt; by Brent Hartinger is two books in one, with differing/overlapping points of view on the same set of events, and featuring two sets of teen lovers in various degrees of confusion.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060604" rel="nofollow"&gt;The Stupidest Angel&lt;/a&gt; by Christopher Moore: not primarily a romance, but there are several sets of lovers and would-be lovers, some of whom definitely qualify as around the bend!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/2008-5-4" rel="nofollow"&gt;Life Sucks&lt;/a&gt; by Abel/Sorja/Pleece - a vampire-themed graphic novel with romantic complications; if one assumes that falling in love with the undead indicates a form of insanity in itself this might meet the theme {grin}.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Oh, wait - here's a classic that demonstrably includes some over-the-edge behavior: &lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/2005-10-16" rel="nofollow"&gt;Les Liaisons Dangereuse&lt;/a&gt; by Laclos. There's some very racy stuff in the book, however well-veiled by the epistolary format, and as there are several different film versions it's something the teens might be familiar with.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And &lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/2007-7-1" rel="nofollow"&gt;The Picture of Dorian Grey&lt;/a&gt; by Oscar Wilde; there's a betrayed-lover-goes-mad-and-kills-self subplot in there, and one could say that Dorian himself goes mad from narcissism...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;[Yes, I was browsing the Unshelved Book Club list for ideas; why do you ask?]&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;On the mental-disorders side, I can recommend "Kissing Doorknobs", about two teens with OCD who try to support each other. Well, mostly it's just about the girl, but there's a sort of romance in there (once they get over their fear of germs).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our Friends mostly provide financial support. They pay for some of the performers and other programs we have throughout the year and supplement our summer reading program budget.  Another project of which they have been very supportive is providing funds for a classic movies collection.  Once in a while they will run a craft program for kids.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Scott, for some reason I didn't get an email notification of your answer (or maybe I did and missed it in the holiday rush). Thank you. Yes, I think you and I have the same book in mind.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Lucy, I think that's it!  I'd forgotten about the evil witch turning neighborhood children into potted plants until I read your answer. And it was quite likely a mirror, not a bottle. My recollection was that the fairy was behind glass.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Both books that I asked about are out of print (darn!) but I'll definitely be looking for a used copy on the internet now that I know what I'm looking for. Thank you, everyone!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Maybe &lt;em&gt;The Only Alien on the Planet&lt;/em&gt; by Kristen Randle. That's a love story in which one character is being driven crazy by his elder brother. The main characters are high school seniors. Other Kristen Randle books fit your theme too, but not quite as well.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I would hesitate to put out books whose main characters have OCD, Asperger's, etc under the title of madness for fear of offending people.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The nook supports any content encrypted with Adobe Digital Editions, including Overdrive. Once you get a nook, you download and register Adobe Digital Editions software (free from www.adobe.com) at which point you can load books checked out.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't remember the title at all, but the author's name was the same as one of the more famous psychologists - Skinner, maybe, or Pavlov?  A behaviorist, I believe.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The book follows several children who are inexplicably stuck in a giant room that is made up entirely of stairs, with no way to reach or even see the walls, floor, ceiling, etc.  There are little food dispensers and water dispensers with red and green lights on them, and as the book goes on, the children realize they are being rewarded (given food and water) only when they are mean to each other.  They develop a very complex "dance" when they see the lights go on, to ensure they get food.  (Similar to training a rat to push a lever in a box.)  I don't remember how they get out or what happens, but something at the end mentions they finally are back in the real world and when they first see a streetlight, they all automatically go into the "dance."  I think the implication was this was all a big behavioral experiment, probably funded by those top-secret military people who keep funding this kind of thing in suspense/horror books.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;House of Stairs by William Sleator
&lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/724455" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/724455&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've really enjoyed using this site and would like to see our library do something similar for internal questions.  Is the software for this something you guys developed and/or is it open-source?  What does it run on?  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The librarian here before me always wrote the call number near the copyright information in each book as it was being cataloged and processed. We've continued to do this, but I don't really understand what the point is. Particularly with the computer catalog, even if a book lost its barcode and spine label, it would only take a minute to find this info in the computer. This procedure was never mentioned in my MLS classes (but then again, an awful lot wasn't!), so I don't know if it's a local thing or an antiquated procedure that has lost its usefulness.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So, this is a 2-part question: &lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Does your library do this?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why should it be done? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;It seems like a waste of time to me - especially since half the books have the LOC cataloging-in-publication info within inches of where we're writing in the call number.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What a great idea! 
I have one classic &lt;em&gt;A Long Fatal Love Chase&lt;/em&gt; by Louisa May Alcott and 2 newer books, &lt;em&gt;Confessions of a Serial Kisser&lt;/em&gt; by Wendelin Van Daanen, complete with a cover full of red hearts for valentines day, and &lt;em&gt;Addition&lt;/em&gt; by Toni Jordan, where the course of true love is derailed by the counting obsession of the main character.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We do write the call number inside the book, and for a couple of reasons that I can think of off the top of my head.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;li&gt;We don't always use (GASP!!) the provided LC number because it fits in our collection differently or we'd like it placed somewhere else.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;It helps for labeling - to make sure that the typed label from the computer matches what the call number for the book is.  Since I usually label away from a computer, it helps to make sure that actually is what the label is supposed to say.  Checks and balances, if you will.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I know you mentioned the computer searching, but it is nice just to have that information inside the book in case your system crashes, computers are down, etc.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If I think of anything else I'll let you know!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I need the help of a collective brain!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I've got a patron looking for a book - She's knows A LOT about it, but not enough for me to have any luck trying to find it. I've used NoveList, Amazon &amp;amp; Google, all to no avail.  I've also posted a request to Yahoo! Answers, LM-NET &amp;amp; YALSA-BK with no luck yet, either.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Anyway, I'm hoping someone will recognize the description and know what my patron is looking for. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It's actually a series of at least two books (probably historical romance) set somewhere in the ancient Middle East. She couldn't remember if it was Persia, Syria, Mesopotamia, etc.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The female lead runs away from a harem where she is being held prisoner. However, she's forced to leave her younger sister behind. She travels across the desert and eventually meets a man from another country, possibly Greece or Rome. I believe he becomes her love interest. The man has a "side kick/companion" who goes back to rescue the sister and they eventually become romantically involved, as well. The main plot deals with an elixir of immortality or eternal youth which is being kept in a golden box. The main villain is, of course, after this magic vial, and he has a whole army of "ninja-like" men he's trained to do his bidding. Eventually the 4 main characters get a hold of the everlasting life potion and use it on themselves.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;She equated these books to being on par with Diana Gabaldon, but not quite so thick; at least one of them is hardcover and possibly blue.  It’s also possible that she found them near the Gabaldon series on the shelf.  She says she checked them out within the last few years, however they were on the regular fiction shelf, so I don't have a publication date to go off of either.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Is this ringing any bells for anyone? My patron will be forever grateful for any help! Thanks in advance!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Owl Service by Alan Garner&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Owl in Love by Patrice Kindl&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I Heart You, You Haunt Me by Lisa Schroeder (I haven't read this one but it sounds spot-on)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;maybe Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Liar by Justine Larbalestier&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The software they are using is called &lt;a href="http://stackexchange.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;.  As I understand it, &lt;a href="http://stackoverflow.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;, a nice alternative to Experts Exchange, is the original site and the developers later spun off its capabilities into the Stack Exchange application. As an aside, if you're a techie librarian, Stack Overflow is definitely worth a visit.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My guess is that it is based off of stack overflow, given that it basically looks and operates the exact same.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also given some other comments and discussions I've seen about stack overflow, some of the comments I've seen about ability to modify the site here I'd guess it's a hosted service.  Further evidence of this is that the ip addy for this resolves to lbny-se.fogcreek.com, which is one of the companies involved in stack overflow.  Given fogcreek's other software, I'd be surprised if it's "open-source", at least in the more strict sense.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Jon Gorman&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It might be The Lion's Bride (1996) and its sequel, The Treasure (2008), both by Iris Johansen.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I Need You More Than I Love You and I Love You to Bits, Gunnar Ardelius&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Dreamland, Sarah Dessen&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I second retellings and graphic novel versions of classics, esp. Jane Eyre and Hamlet&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Wild Roses, Deb Caletti (mother of main character is married to musician with mental illness)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Everything Beautiful in the World, Lisa Levchuk&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And there are a ton of teacher-student relationship books out there (Boy Toy, Gone, etc) that some might think are quite mad :o)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;i use it in my school and i am a student................it works pretty good plus tell the parents to incourage the students..............my dad gives me $10 for every 200 points over the required................it helps&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I thought I'd give this another go, so here are some more for you to check out:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Children of the Lens, E.E. Smith (or another in his series)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;something by Poul Anderson?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;something by Wilmar Shiras (Children of the Atom?)?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I still think you need to take a look at Space Winners by Gordon Dickson (1965)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;maybe something by Andrew J Offutt?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You can also post your query here:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sfsite.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=16" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.sfsite.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=16&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My strategy was twofold:
  1) Grow a beard.  The greyer, the better
  2) Lose some hair. Bigger forehead = older, don't ask me why.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I was wondering what successful techniques school librarians have used for a book sale:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Book bags at a set price? Sell each book individually? Sale during the day/after school/during the weekend? etc...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Or if you've found that book sales were not the best approach, what did you do instead to weed, improve the collection and/or get money?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've never tried to have a book sale, because I hang onto my books until they disintegrate.  Instead, I highly recommend a book fair!  They take a ton of work, but they're usually worth it (especially if you have fantastic volunteers and an involved community).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Another fun fundraiser we did once was hold a Dr. Suess Day.  We did displays, had Suess storytimes and writing contests, wore silly hats and such, and offered students and parents the chance to "buy" one of our Dr. Suess books.  Then we put a nice nameplate in the front of the book saying that it was donated by whoever had paid money for it.  The elementary students enjoyed having their names in their favorite books, and we raised a surprising amount of money.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our library uses reserve stickers to designate our reserve books, however, it's been a while since we ordered them and can't seem to find a replication of the ones we have&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;They are in a large roll, yellow with red letters, and have a cloth-like feel to them.  They stick well, but peel off easily.  They are about 1 inch long by 1/2 an inch wide.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you use these, or have a good replacement for them, I would love to know about it and where you get them from!  We've tried a few others, but they end up tearing the book up when we try to remove them.  Thanks for your help!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Can anyone remember the name of the book about a family of white (polar) bears? One baby bear falls in black paint. Bears' names are eenie meenie miney moe and nig&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Title>50s-60s Children's Book about family of polar bears</Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A parent donated all 11 volumes of Will and Ariel Durant's "The Story of Civilization", and I'm not sure what to do with them: on one hand they seem to be still a good reference; on the other hand, I'm not sure that they would get checked out. For reference, I am a school librarian at a Middle and High School. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What would you do? Put in the collection or keep them out? (I wish I could make it a poll! :) )&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think it might be The Five Little Bears by Tamburine, but there appears to be some concern that it contains racist content.
&lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52711407" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52711407&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My library uses either Demco or Brodart for our labels orders. We ran into some trouble with stickers until they offered the removable labels. Brodart offers Reserve labels in a removable version at shopbrodart.com item #55520195. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We write the call number in pencil and the acquisition number on the front cover of the book above the stock card.  Quite often the cards get lost either when the book was on loan or during its trip through the book return bin.  Spine labels also get lost on the same journey.  Having both on the book ensures we know which copy of an edition it is and makes it quicker and easier to replace labels / cards without having to check on the OPAC.  Though it sounds as if you think checking on the OPAC is quicker....&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The use I could see would be for when the spine label is lost.  It would save having to look up the book.  I have seen books returned with the spine label missing through wear, sun damage, or from our book eating book drop.  Book jackets also go missing from time to time.  With that being said, all the automated libraries I have worked for, for quite a while have given up on this practice.  I only did this at the one un-automated library I worked for.  It was really useful there.      &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;One other use for this method comes from the dreaded 'Disaster Recovery.'  As we have discovered some of the labels and book covers disintergrate, fall off, or otherwise become illegible if soaked with water (or gods forbid, fuel).  A written location code can help id an otherwise unidentifiable book.  Of course, location is everything, so if the page it is written on is damaged then we have to use something else to make sure we are removing that particular item from records.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There's an old story that addresses this kind of situation.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Kimberly was a young bride who wanted to make a special meal for her husband's birthday. They had been to dinner at her parents' home and he always raved about her mother's pot roast, so she called her mother for the recipe. The first step stopped her: "Cut off both ends of the roast."  Kimberly asked her mother, "Why?"  Mom said, "It's the way Grandma taught me to make it. I'll ask her."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Grandma's response was, "Well, that's how my mother always made it, and it was always delicious! But now you've got me wondering; I'll ask her."  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Grandma called Great Grandma. "You know these young people are always wanting to know 'Why?' so I'm asking for Kimberly who wants to make your always-delicious pot roast - Why do you cut the ends of the roast?"&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"So it will fit in my pan!"&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We do this for the following reasons:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We are a tiny library, and don't process a large volume of books. Our spine labels are still typed (by work study students) rather than printed. The students use the written information to type labels, since they don't have a computer in front of them while processing books. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We use Dewey, and the CIP info obviously does not provide Cutter numbers or prefixes, plus we occasionally change numbers to fit better with our collection. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My library does follow this practice.
I have found that it is the easiest way to find the call number if the spine label comes off.  Yes, this information is also available on the OPAC, but then then a computer is needed....  If the information is in the book, the library aide can quickly create another label!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Seems like an antiquated procedure that is now an unnecessary use of time.  Just stop, then look around for other stuff like this in your Library.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you have space add them to the reference collection.  But speaking as a high school librarian who has just recently weeded upwards of a 1000 books from the collection be careful of falling into the "someone someday might use them" trap. If they are not being used and the space is needed they need to be weeded.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Yes we write in pencil the call number so the students can check to be sure the computer matches what the cataloger has written in the book.  Sometimes what is on the Bib record does not match the written notation, in which case the book goes back to the cataloger to clarify-it is a quality control. As mentioned before, we sometimes use a different call number than is on the verso.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you can not figure out the reason why something is done, then you probably do not need to do it.  "Because it has always been done that way" is never a good reason to keep doing something.  Dont waste time and materials doing something that does not need to be done.  All the time spent writing call numbers inside each book adds up to way more time then the few times one needs to look up the information on the computer when a spine label is gone.  When I started years ago everyone stamped each book at least three times.  Now we stamp once on top of the book (cannot be missed). If the book is too thin we stamp once on the title page.  The barcode also has our ownership information.  Why do more? We stopped doing a lot of thing which were being done because "it has always been done that way".   &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I loved it when a previous gig included the cost of the book "in case it was lost" next to the call number.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The practice probably predates the publication of CIP data on the verso.  About the only place where the practice is still useful is if a researcher needs to track down a source again and the SOP of copying the title page and verso was followed.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If your call numbers permit, include a .Z95 so you can know that the title is the first item to weed if space becomes an issue.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Of all the book drops in all the libraries, your spine label happened to fall off in mine.  Translated:  Add up the time it takes to hand write the information in every single book you handle, subtract the time it takes to look up the call number when a tag falls off (which is presumably a significantly smaller number of books).  And there will be your answer.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I used the Demco as a special order for the stickers in the past.  Make sure that the order form says "Reserve" and not "Reverse" unless you want to prank your favorite cataloger.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our clerk use lighter fuel... It works but it stinks!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Several of the older books in our collection have the call numbers written down in them. It is helpful if the spine label or barcode is missing. It is also helpful if the cover of the book has been removed by a patron trying to sneak the book out of the library. I have also discovered that it is helpful if you have multiple copies of a book and  the call number doesn not match the catalog record. You then can go back and edit the record and re-print the spine label.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We still use pockets (gasp!) and the pockets from vendors who provide processing have the call number printed on them.  We occasionally write in others when we change the number to fit our collection, but we have never done it as a matter of course, and there are very few times that it would have been useful!  We are a very small library, and I can certainly see that as the size of the library and the collection gets larger, the equation of the time needed to perform this task in relation to its usefulness would become more and more unbalanced.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In libraries that have books in languages other than English (and especially in languages not written in roman alphabets), having the call no. written inside the book (in case the spine label/barcode is missing) helps library staff who can't read the language to quickly locate the record so the book can be sent to the appropriate location or dept. for repair.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I work in a huge academic library.  (UIUC)  My unit is involved in various major transfer projects.  I can't count the number of times I've turned to that written-in call number because the call number on the spine is no longer legible.  And some of these items have never been barcoded, have lost barcodes, aren't listed in the Holding record, etc.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My library does this because one person does the cataloging and a different person types the spine lables.  Therefore, the person who makes the decision on what the spine label should be (the cataloger) has to let the typist know what to type on the spine label.  The easiest way to do that is to write the call number on the first page.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Gene asked:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And I hesitate to ask but are there libraries out there that still circ laserdisks and / or Beta tapes...?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Yes, though only ones that we were not able to replace on newer formats.  We are a huge academic library (UIUC), so these are occasionally needed for instruction.  We still have a couple players for each format in our viewing booths.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We did finally send our remaining CEDs to the remote storage facility, as those were not used for instruction.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Yes, our library does this. I'm the one who does most of it actually.  For years, our student workers used the written call number to type the labels. Now we are moving to an automated labeling program that pulls in the call numbers, but even then, it doesn't always pull the edition or volume information the way we want it printed on the label. And as someone else said, it's helpful for our students to have the written call number as a guide when applying labels, especially when a computer workstation isn't available at that time. When we typed all of the labels, we would also check them one by one against our OPAC, but now we're reconsidering this procedure since the call numbers (and locations) are pulled directly from the catalog.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our large, multi-branch system no longer handwrites but does place a label with call number and title on the front/first page, right above the ownership label.  Ownership and barcode labels are also on the back of the title page.  When I started in libraries [shortly after the invention of the printing press] we also wrote that information in the gutter of a special page [page 33 in my library] so that if the book strayed, had ownership markings removed etc., it was easy to prove ownership. Covers and labels disappear or are damaged, if the front of the book is so badly damaged that you can't read the call number, you need to withdraw the book.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Please vote up this answer if you would NOT include the books in your collection.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Please vote up this answer if you WOULD include the books in your collection. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The person assigning the call number is not the one making the label.  Rather than writing it on another piece of paper, we put the month and year of acquisition, control number, and call number on the first page after the cover.
Bonnie&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm amazed no one has responded with a "You've never had a book returned with the cover torn off?" reply.  I have.  More than once.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Gotta agree with the name badge.  Also if you're at a desk when this occurs, make sure you have your desk name strip sign (I'm drawing a blank on what they're really called.) in front of you.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I see this as a bigger problem though.  Maybe the student librarians need more training or they're in over their heads if clients are trying to bypass them and ask for a staff member.  I mean no disrespect but I was a student librarian for over 7 years, 4 in high school and 3 in college.  The university library had no problem with me helping at the general reference desk if they were backed up and I think I did pretty well. (I never heard any complaints from patrons or staff.)  I realize that I'm unique in that and most students are there just for work study but that's the first thing that came to mind.  Again no disrespect intended.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We only write the barcode number inside the cover, in case the barcode gets ripped off, and we have more than one copy of the book.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I don't like writing on the spine in magic marker, because I am not a neat printer and the computer is quicker.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;heh When I was a student librarian in my high school, it was the teachers with the problem of not returning books at the end of the year. :)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Not sure if you have access to the library budget but are replacement books a separate line item?  If they are, I would be pointing that out when told that you couldn't hold report cards.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our library ceates labels that are placed on the title page of the book. We encourage everyone who copies from books to copy the title page to. That way they have all the citation information as well as the call number that lets them find the book again when they need it. It cut down on the number of panic calls from patrons needing that final bit of information for their references.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our library does not use spine labels for any of its fiction (ya &amp;amp; adult), unfortunately. When we get new management and maybe a cataloging librarian instead of someone with no education or experience, this will change. Right now, without spine labels, we rely on the written call number for shelving purposes. It is written in the back with an ownership stamp and the barcode, above our date due slip. It really helps for authors with multiple names (e.g. McCall Smith) or and edited book. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our Friends have an ongoing used book sale in our lobby, with a few carts and bookshelves filled with various books they have to sell.  They have a big booksale, with their entire inventory, twice a year.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;They spend most of their time going through donations to see if they are recent (different number of years for different types - generally no older than 3-5 yrs old) and if so, they pass them along to the librarian in charge of that section.  If not, they get sorted and boxed up for the next big sale.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The money they raise goes toward programs and special items that staff would like (new paper cutter, new AV cart, etc.).  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;As for retellings and Shakespeare-- some of those are available as graphic novels.  Might be a good time to put those classics out in a new format.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Greets:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Just going to throw this out an yet another attempt to see if anyone remembers it.  It's an Apocalyptic setting where the main character, I believe a young female, is undergoing her adulthood trial which consists of climbing a mountain.  At the top she discovers aliens living there.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I remember it being a Science Fiction Book Club title as I received it in the same shipment as Nancy Kress' Beggars of Spain so that would put it 1993ish.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It's not Battlefield Earth which usually gets suggested to me when I ask.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks,
-drmike&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We don't write call numbers, but like another we do write bar code numbers inside.  I work at a high school library and we have several books every year that have bar codes or dust jackets torn off them.  The bar codes let us id the book, the call numbers we get from the OPAC.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have been putting together lists for adults, teens, and children as a response to the crisis in Haiti.  We have limited it to titles we own.  What books are you recommending to your patrons?  We have a mix of emergency and disaster relief titles, and some fiction, along with juvenile titles about Haiti.  We have noticed that we don't have much here.  We've also done lists of links to resources online, but are lacking in print.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Here are a few booklists that came into my Google Reader today: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thematic Book List - Earthquakes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://missrumphiuseffect.blogspot.com/2010/01/thematic-book-list-earthquakes.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://missrumphiuseffect.blogspot.com/2010/01/thematic-book-list-earthquakes.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Books on Haiti&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;a href="http://missrumphiuseffect.blogspot.com/2010/01/books-on-haiti.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://missrumphiuseffect.blogspot.com/2010/01/books-on-haiti.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My guess is that most children's collections are going to have more books on earthquakes, or international relief efforts, than on Haiti itself. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our library is huge.  Often we have more than one copy of a book, but they are kept at different locations.  If the spine label is missing, it would be very difficult to determine which copy it is by checking the OPAC to make a new spine label.  If the call number was not written on the verso of the title page, you would have to retrieve all the copies from the shelves to figure out which one your mystery copy was.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, the cataloguing department writes the call number in the book when they do their bit, then it gets passed on to the end processing department for spine labels and other things like covering and reinforcing, and it's easier to check the book for the information than the OPAC.  Writing the call number inside the book is just a handy communication tool.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I was discussing collection development with a colleague and we agreed that we give some weight to starred reviews in places like Library Journal, Booklist and the like. However, neither of us was clear how these book reviews get stars. Does anybody know how that happens? Is it the author of the review? The editorial staff? Are there criteria by which they decide when to dispense stars? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks for any information you can provide.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Andrea Mullarkey, Berkeley Public Library&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Edwige Danticat's books give a very good feel for the everyday struggles of life in Haiti.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Today my 2nd grade students discovered that our Children's Picture Dictionary has full page illustrations of a man and woman with the body parts labeled.  It caused quite a stir in the class, and the teacher came in after school to ask what would be done with the book.  I'm not going to get rid of the book, and it's on the Reference shelf, so it isn't able to be checked out, but I'm not sure what to do with it.  I don't want to commit censorship or restrict the information, but I also don't want to put my job in jeopardy for a picture dictionary.  This is a Pre-K through 5th grade school.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;How have other librarians dealt with similar issues, especially in a school library setting?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What do the stars accompanying some book reviews mean?&lt;/strong&gt;
A star is assigned to books of remarkable merit, determined by the editors of Kirkus. 
&lt;a href="http://www.kirkusreviews.com/kirkusreviews/about_us/faq.jsp" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.kirkusreviews.com/kirkusreviews/about_us/faq.jsp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;from &lt;strong&gt;Booklist Selection Policy&lt;/strong&gt;
A star indicates a work judged by a reviewer to be outstanding in its genre. Certain nonstarred reviews sometimes appear in the magazine in boxes; this special placement is not necessarily an indicator of quality but rather denotes an item of special interest--details about which are spelled out in the review.
&lt;a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/publishing/booklist_publications/booklist/insidebooklist/booklistpolicy/booklistselction.cfm" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/publishing/booklist_publications/booklist/insidebooklist/booklistpolicy/booklistselction.cfm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So, basically, it depends on the publication. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know a good source for free music that I could download &amp;amp; use to accompany our puppet show performances (we play music during scene changes, etc.) &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The play in question is an adaptation of &lt;em&gt;The Tortoise and the Hare&lt;/em&gt;, so we are looking for fast-paced music, preferably without without vocals. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What is the copyright date of this one?  You could investigate purchasing a new one (preview it first) if this one is out of date.  Then you could put this one aside for the older grades as needed and keep the new one out and more accessible.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Can you give us more info on the title and edition?&lt;br /&gt;
Have you checked reviews of this particular dictionary? They could help you respond to the challenge.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would just echo lots of the previous responses.  The cataloger writes the call number inside the book, which the processor consults to make the spine label.  The person who covers the books looks at it to verify that the spine label was typed correctly.  As a third &amp;amp; final check, the person who attaches the barcode looks at it also, to verify that the call number that was typed into the computer matches that written inside and on the spine.
As others have said, too, it's always beneficial to question why you do certain procedures.  Tessa123's answer does apply, in that you follow someone else's procedures without questioning the reason behind it, and when you do question it, it makes no sense for your situation!  We have eliminated other steps for obsolete reasons, once we examined why we were doing them.  If the person who started the procedure is no longer there to tell you why, it's time to stop doing it!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A Children's Librarian at my library wants to supplement their current programs by offering ones that will appeal to boys, specifically ages 6 - 12 or 13 or 14.  She is looking for hands on programs and they can run a single time or in multiple sessions.  The librarian has checked the few programming books she has on hand, and has found "nothing helpful" via the internet. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Right now, in addition to more passive programs such as storytimes and chess club, the Children's Department offers things like needle knitting for the older kids, finger knitting for the younger ones, and quilting, but they are mainly drawing in girls.  They have no problem drawing in boys for SRP (Summer Reading Program) or other activities that are passive, but they wish to expand the hands-on offerings for boys.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any suggestions would be appreciated.  Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There is a Quick book (patron info) that has a scene where the female character wears a white gown, yellow gloves, and red plumes on her hat while she walks matching chickens.  Does any one know which book this is?  Thanks in advance for any help!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I was wondering - what kind of "stir" did it create?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Anyways... I would take matters in my own hands: i.e. talk with the teacher and the principal. Hopefully you can get them to understand that kids WILL learn about this, and it'd be better for them to learn things from a reputed source, rather than from little Timmy who doesn't have all the facts quite right. Having them on your side will help present a united front to the parents, should there be any complaints.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I would also do some research about child development and what age is "normal" for a child to start learning about the human body. Again, having professionals' sources might help calm the parents down. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And if you really want to get stuff out of their hands in the library, maybe label it "grade y and up"? (y = whatever you and the principal/teacher think is appropriate). &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Greets:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm going to assume that this is the software you;re talking about:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.phplivesupport.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.phplivesupport.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We don't use this but some of out hosting clients do use it.  It works fine but there's two concerns that I feel the need to raise about your use of it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;1) Support of the software.  I'm not sure what you have for IT support but the company behind this doesn't offer any installation services.  At least I couldn't find any from looking at their site.  You or someone else from your staff is going to have to install the software and keep it updated when newer versions are released.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It doesn't look too hard (Along the lines of a regular Wordpress or other CMS install) but if someone has never done this before, that may be an issue.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;2) Hosting.  I'm sure you have a local network with some sort of cataloging software running not it.  Again, I don't know what your local IT situation is.  I know my local library system is run by the city's IT department.  They may have policies in place where 3rd party software may not be allowed on their boxes or at the very least frowned upon.  That'll be somethng you;ll have to review before installing.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And believe me.  IT folks guard their servers as much as librarians guard their books. :)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One thing to review is maybe a hosted solution.  I know my local library system uses QuestionPoint, a hosted solution.  It requires a fee which may or may not be budgetable.  I believe they supply their own staff members and not sure of they allow 3rd party operators.  Just throwing that out as a possible solution:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://questionpoint.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://questionpoint.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm sure there's other hosted chat providers as well. (I'm actually surprised PHPLive doesn't supply this.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps,
-drmike&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Greets:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Grouping of books in at least some sort of order.  Seems like every book sale I've been two, all of the books are at random.  I realize that patrons are going to move things around as the books get picked through but try to put all of the science fiction together, all of the fantasy together, etc.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It's nice to be able to scan through for titles I've not seen before but usually when I'm purchasing books, I'm looking for specific things.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And if you do the book bags, put some together for the niche subjects like science fiction.  My local library does book bags but they won't do niche subjects like fantasy and the like.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps,
-drmike&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The local teacher's union's website.  Give them some love. :)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Area sights of interest?  Local theater groups?  Any summer fairs you can promote?  Local rescue service or volunteer fire department?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Also found these lists online from &lt;a href="http://libwww.freelibrary.org/explore/viewlistExplore.cfm?topicTitle=haiti" rel="nofollow"&gt;Philadelphia&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We recently did a program we called Totally Irresponsible Science, based on experiments from The Book of Totally Irresponsible Science by Sean Connolly.  While a portion of the program was a staff member doing larger scale experiments (Mentos and Diet Coke anyone?), the rest of it was the kids doing simple hands on experiments such as cleaning a penny in hot sauce.  It was a bit messy, but everyone had an absolutely fantastic time. Besides, messy is one way to attract boys, isn't it?  We are already planning the sequel!  Also in the works at my library is a LEGO program/club.  This has become incredibly popular with our home schooling families who have a club that meets at the library.  We decided to jump on the bandwagon.  It can be useful for teaching scientific principles or it can just be constructive and destructive fun, both most excellent for boys. This program also has the great advantage of being low maintenance.
      I don't know if either of these would work for you, but I hope they are fruitful suggestions.  I can't wait to hear what others will suggest as we would love some new ideas ourselves.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You can't go wrong with a video game tourney, but I suspect that you may want something a little more social. You may want to try a building club, with something like blocks or Lego for younger children, and larger scale items for older teens like actual wood and glue or nails, or wire. We had something like this at our school one year, and it was really fun, both age groups had a great time. And I'm sure there's some books on building designs you could suggest.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If not, then Super Smash Bros or Mario Kart&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I did Nano last year, and I loved it, although I only got to 17000 words. I would suggest some brainstorming sessions in the weeks before Nano actually begins, and then regular writing sessions. It would also be really cool if you find an actual published author who started a book with Nano for tips.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you want your group or sessions to  be well known, the Nanowrimo website separates the world into city-like regions, and shows a list for all the events in that area. If you want to  have your event on that list, then you have to contact the person "in charge" of that area, I believe those people are called "MA"s, "Municipal Advisor", but I don't quite remember. Anyways, contact that person and let him, or her, know about your event, or better yet, sign up to be that person yourself!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Heavy machinary.  Boys in my programs love learning about construction equipment, trains, tractors, tanks, airplanes, etc.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For example - Airplanes.  View computer simulations of how airplanes fly.  Provide books about paper airplanes, physics, and engineering (reading level isn't as important as clear and accessible diagrams and pictures).  Make paper airplanes and experiment with design and seeing how far they can fly.  Maybe they can take what they learned to write a webpage or flyer about how to build the best paper airplane.  Also, see if you have a pilot or engineer who would be willing to come talk and bring some sample equipment (headsets, photos of plane stuff, etc.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Surprising as this sounds, boys love to cook.  They love measuring and baking and rolling and sprinkling.  Even if you don't have stoves or ovens available, there are plenty of no-cook things to make, like pudding, smoothies and milkshakes, sushi, and candy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The real trick is marketing your cooking program so that boys will come.  There are two Roald Dahl books of disgusting concoctions that might make a good theme.  Or you might want to call it something like "The Mad Scientist's Kitchen."  If you don't mind excluding girls just this once, you can use the magic words, "Boys Only."  Of course, I just called mine Cooking Club and half the participants were boys.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You will probably want to try to avoid allergens.  I would avoid peanuts altogether, and make sure you have dairy-free and gluten-free ingredients handy in case you need them (but get them shelf stable - you may not end up needing them yet).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I Can Hear the Mourning Dove&lt;/em&gt; by James Bennett.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We are holding movie release parties for the some of the upcoming adaptions of children's books. We are doing one for Percy Jackson in February, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid in April. I am planning something for the August release of the 3rd Hunger Games book as well. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A good source for programming ideas is Pubyac if either of you are not familiar with it: &lt;a href="http://www.pubyac.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.pubyac.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Pubyac archives are also extremely useful: &lt;a href="https://mail.lis.illinois.edu/swishe/pubyac.cgi" rel="nofollow"&gt;https://mail.lis.illinois.edu/swishe/pubyac.cgi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'd also suggest the &lt;em&gt;Galaxy of Fear&lt;/em&gt; books--basically &lt;em&gt;Goosebumps&lt;/em&gt;-style books set in the &lt;em&gt;Star Wars&lt;/em&gt; universe.  I first started reading them when I was around twelve or thirteen (I liked them as an alternative to the university-level stuff I'd been reading since grade four or five), I think it was, and they definitely scared me (and still do so today).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'd suggest &lt;em&gt;To Terra...&lt;/em&gt;, a set of three manga (that have been turned into an anime movie, &lt;em&gt;Toward the Terra&lt;/em&gt;, back in the early 80s, and a more recent TV series).  Humanity has long since dispersed from Earth, and is run by a massive computer system.  Come puberty, all the kids undergo an Adult Test (to weed out those with telepathy, MUs).  The trilogy starts with the Adult Test of one such teen, Jomy (or Jommy?  I can't recall off the top of my head), and branches off from there as the MU try to find a home of their own.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;First-time poster here.  I apologize that I don't have documentation for this other than personal experience:  Unlike &lt;strong&gt;Booklist&lt;/strong&gt; (per the policy Anne cites), &lt;strong&gt;Library Journal&lt;/strong&gt; starred reviews are determined not by reviewers but by editorial staff.  This may not apply to LJ columnists (??) (I spotted in an LJ interview: "LJ’s Spiritual Living columnist, Graham Christian, gave a starred review to Willis Barnstone’s The Restored New Testament..." - &lt;a href="http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6672105.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6672105.html&lt;/a&gt;).  But as a longtime reviewer, I've never bestowed a star nor been asked to, although my reviews are occasionally "starred". &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is a tough question! Here are some resources, but I don't know if they've got the kind of music you're looking for:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Creative Commons&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://creativecommons.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://creativecommons.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Creative Commons Mixter&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ccmixter.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://ccmixter.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Public Domain Music&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pdmusic.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.pdmusic.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Free Music Archive&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://freemusicarchive.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am trying to find a Western romance novel where the heroine lives by herself among wild horses.  A man comes to capture one of the horses, and the two end up together.  The heroine had disguised herself as male for the first part of the novel.
She was living with her father; her father died.  The book starts with her living on her own.  She had all his books. 
The man in the book is from a big family.  He brings her to his family to leave her with them when he goes to fight a bad guy with his brothers.&lt;br /&gt;
His sisters dress her up for a ball, since she had been living as a guy.  He comes back and sees her dancing with someone else and is cruel to her.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think there are books about his brothers as well.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Book is probably from the 1980s or 90s.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;As others have said, local info is important.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, are your patrons going to need to go the Social Security website?  How about filing for unemployment?  Job searching (local newspaper or universal sites) and big local employer HR websites where people file applications links might be helpful as well.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Beyond local, try not to re-invent the wheel.  Meta-sites are helpful here.  Internet Public Library (&lt;a href="http://www.ipl.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.ipl.org/&lt;/a&gt;), for example.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We used lighter-fluid at the bookstore (in sparing amounts) and wipe it clean with Windex to get rid of any excess lighter-fluid along with the smell.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hope that helps. :)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I was asked to write a recommendation for a staff member for library school.  I am fairly new to management and have never written a school recommendation before.  Any tips on how to proceed?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;As a high school teacher I was asked to write a lot of college recommendations (not so much as a high school librarian) and here is what I learned.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;If you cannot write a good one say no. Say it nicely but say no. And do not damn with faint praise.  In that case you should have said no.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Double check if the letter is a free form letter or a form you need fill out. You would be surprised how often people forget to mention these things.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ask the person for a list of things they have done or accomplished.  You want your recommendation letter to be as specific to the individual as possible.  If you fill your letter with general platitudes you might as well not have written anything.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Be honest.  If you think there are some weaknesses in the persons candidacy talk to them before you write the letter.  Let them know what you are going to say and see if they want you to proceed. Letting the reader know of weakness is not the same in my book as writing a bad recommendation.  A reader once told me that they appreciate and read those letters more carefully because they know that the writer is taking his job seriously.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Give your contact information if the reader wants to follow up. It has never happened to me but you never know.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our Friends group is mostly a source of financial help; their level of "sweat equity" is low. That said they will pay for just about anything I ask of them, from books, children's computers and software, support of the summer reading program, furniture for a new teen area. They also pay for all of our magazine subscriptions. You shouldn't be afraid to ask them for whatever you want. And if they want to help with labor - I would envious of your fortunes.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Two colleagues of mine (Molly Meyers &amp;amp; Amy Brown) developed a pair of wonderful programs, or maybe I should call them program frameworks, for K-6th grade, inspired by the theory of multiple intelligences.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The programs are called "&lt;em&gt;Book Trek&lt;/em&gt;" (for K-3; one-hour program incorporating sharing of books/stories, music, dance, crafts/hands-on activities, and sometimes food, around a specific theme, typically a "visit" to a country or a state of the US) and "&lt;em&gt;Bookopoly&lt;/em&gt;" (for 4th-6th; life-size board game with questions and challenges based on a book).  They and the other children's librarians at their library have done dozens of Book Trek and Bookopoly programs over the past ~6-8 years.  They are VERY popular programs!  A lot of boys turn out for these programs, which are highly interactive, physical, and varied.  And fun.  One note: it is very helpful, if not necessary, to have 2-4 adult helpers for a good-turnout Book Trek or Bookopoly, so get your Volunteens or adult volunteers to assist. (great volunteer opportunity too!)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here's the &lt;strong&gt;complete&lt;/strong&gt; how-to-do-it for Bookopoly:
&lt;a href="http://multipleintelligences.pbworks.com/Bookopoly:+How-To" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://multipleintelligences.pbworks.com/Bookopoly:+How-To&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And for Book Trek:
&lt;a href="http://multipleintelligences.pbworks.com/BookTrek:+the+Countries+How-To" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://multipleintelligences.pbworks.com/BookTrek:+the+Countries+How-To&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;While you're there, you may want to browse Molly &amp;amp; Amy's Multiple Intelligences wiki for more ideas.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How do you get the teachers to clue you in on what is going on in their classrooms? Do you ever join the grades during planning time? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;One of my favorite libraries, Kongsberg in Norway, has a &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnoHdh%5FrU%5FA" rel="nofollow"&gt;LEGO lab&lt;/a&gt; (sorry, Norwegian only). Based on the &lt;a href="http://mindstorms.lego.com/en-us/default.aspx" rel="nofollow"&gt;LEGO Mindstorms&lt;/a&gt; system children can build and program robots. It is popular among both sexes, but boys seems to be in a small majority. You could probably set up a fairly great lab system if you had a couple of laptop PCs and some sets of Mindstorms. The great part is that you can build and program basic robots pretty fast so you get a fairly quick satisfaction factor. The science factor is great and you can tie this into so many avenues as you like, movies, books, science education, and just the fun of creating something that obeys your commands:-)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We go to the teachers and ask.  We send e-mails around reminding them of what we can offer.  In general it works best with the liberal arts because they tend to lend themselves to research projects but it can also be successful with science and math with some planning. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The key to remember is teachers want your help but often are very busy and the library is the last thing on their minds. Change their mindset by coming to them.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In our weekly staff meetings I ask about upcoming projects and get the handouts the kids will use so I can help the students.  I have also come into the labs and taught specific research skills: citing in MLA or ALA format, using the online databases, etc.  My teachers like having me as a second resource in this way and will seek me out for other ideas or projects.    &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Recently, the publisher of these LGBT magazines decided that The Advocate would no longer be published as a stand alone subscription and suggested subscribing to Out instead.  So I just got our first monthly issue of Out and with it is an issue of The Advocate 'Out edition".&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Now I'm not sure if I should continue to catalog The Advocate as a separate serial or more like a supplement to Out. Ramifications are: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;1) listing it in the catalog separately or under Out &lt;br&gt;
2) shelving it with Out or separately in alphabetical order&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For example, when OutTraveler used to come with The Advocate, we would barcode it under 'The Advocate' and note in the volume field that it was "OutTraveler Fall 2008" and shelve it with The Advocate.  That's how I'm leaning with this situation.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Although ultimately, I'm curious as to why they didn't just combine editorially instead of continuing to publish both separately, but under a single subscription. Interestingly, there does not appear to be an ISSN listed in this new version of The Advocate, so I couldn't determine if that has remained the same from its previous life.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have a half hour free when I go visit different classrooms (in the elementary), just to see what they're working on and catch up with the teacher.  The students usually enjoy showing off their current projects and the teacher has time to let me know what they will be working on in the near future.  (This works especially well with the younger grades.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I also go to the weekly staff meeting, where I show off new books or materials I think the teachers might be interested in.  I am always specific when I offer suggestions.  I get a better response from "Oh, I saw a book about the civil rights movement that I thought you might be interested in" than "Let me know if you'd like some extra resources on that topic."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In the high school, the teachers are not nearly as reliant on the library.  I don't know about your school, but mine has a prep week before school starts, which I spend finding out what the teachers are planning on covering throughout the year and surveying their library needs.  Some of the teachers even have a college-style syllabus for the year, and I always ask for a copy of that.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Of course, I'm not above outright trickery.  Once I find out a teacher's favorite candy, I'll keep some on hand in the library.  Once they know I have it, they'll usually find excuses to come see me.  :)  A Snickers now and then can lead to a great collaborative relationship.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, the programs/grades meetings are held on Wednesday mornings (late start day), and since the library is THE place for students to go to before classes start, I cannot go to those meetings. It's a shame because that would be the best time for me to be visible, listen to what they are doing and participate/offer my help!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I try to keep the lines of communication open, ask questions, etc... I did a meeting with English teachers at the beginning of the year, but it didn't work out too well in getting their participation for some events (Teen Read Week, Banned Books Week and the like). However, this is my first year at this school, and hopefully things will improve with time. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I bought the gold account at audible.com and have used it to burn cds of classroom novels and popular books for the kids who want to read some of the larger novels but are intimidted by the size.  They have come to me asking for certain titles now.  A lot of my less motivated readers like having the option to listen.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Tracy Kidder's book &lt;em&gt;Mountains beyond Mountains&lt;/em&gt; gives an excellent account of one doctor making a difference in Haiti.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Along the candy idea, I had cookies every Thursday last spring: a wonderful way to get teachers into the library (including from subject areas where they wouldn't normally come to see us often.) I did some thematic cookies: for the week of Earth Day, I did a cookie with entirely local ingredients (except for salt and baking powder.) &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I find lunch time (if teachers eat lunch together) to be a fabulous time to jump into collaboration: I make a point of sitting with different people whenever possible. Either they'll say something and I can offer ideas on how I can help, or they'll often just ask since I'm handy. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I also pick up specific interests from there even when they've got nothing formally to do with a teacher's subject area: for example, we've got a Spanish teacher who's been very taken with Daniel Pink's work. When I can mention a new book that came in, or a recent podcast on our local NPR, etc. it's a lot easier to also ask about class materials, or she'll come in and ask on her own more readily. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When I have done this, I use specific examples from what I have observed of the person to illustrate why I believe they would be a successful student (attention to detail, curiosity, enjoys challenge, etc.) and why they will be a successful librarian after their degree.  Brief, but specific.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Babysitting problem employees takes up a huge amount of time.  Fortunately, once you get it resolved, it doesn't take up any time, but while it is going on, it feels like it is your only job.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My 8-yr-old nephew really enjoyed the Down Girl and Sit books by Lucy Nolan. Down Girl is the dog and she narrates the stories. They are pretty funny.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org_bks&amp;amp;q=down+girl+and+sit&amp;amp;fq=dt%3Abks" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org_bks&amp;amp;q=down+girl+and+sit&amp;amp;fq=dt%3Abks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I know this is a longshot, but something about your question reminded me of Madeleine Lengle's series, beginning with A Wrinkle in Time (which I've never actually read, but had to help one of my kids with a project on it a few years ago).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It is kind of funny but my library, high school is going back to typed labels.  We have an automatic printer but the labels fade too quickly so I will be going back to writing the call number inside the front of the book as I will be having volunteers doing the labels.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My predecessor used to write date of purchase, price, barcode and call number inside the book.  We gave up accession numbers years ago because our board has a combined database.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Noreen McKechnie &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cookross.com/library.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.cookross.com/library.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;As A librarian that works outside of the library world but is responcible for chat services... I work with a chat application called SightMax (&lt;a href="http://www.sightmax.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.sightmax.com/&lt;/a&gt;) they have all the options that you could want from purchasing the application and loading it on your servers but if server space is an issue they have hosted options as well. The user end of the application is customizable and the operator end is a nice dashboard that allows you to complete a task in multiple ways- which is good when you have people of different skill level operating the service.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Good luck with providing chat services, its an interesting task that we have found really fun &amp;amp; challenging but it seems to be working really well.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;www.allmusic.com is a great site that allows searching music on multiple levels, from album title, group/musician, song title, etc. Maybe the customer can dig around in the site and find what they are looking for?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A customer is trying to determine the ethnicity of the author Rose Blue. In any source I've checked (Something About the Author, Contemporary Authors, Literature Resource Center, etc) it doesn't mention her ethnicity. She's written quite a number of children's books, fiction and non-fiction. The customer ultimately would like to verify if she is African-American. Customer is a school teacher and is planning for African-American History Month. Many thanks if you can help.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I believe the book you're looking for is called The White Mountain by John Christopher.  It is the first novel of the Tripods quartet.  &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/White-Mountains-John-Christopher/dp/0689856725/ref=sr%5F1%5F1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1264111654&amp;amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow"&gt;Here is a link to the book on amazon.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think it's Reckless Love by Elizabeth Lowell. &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Reckless-MacKenzie-Blackthorn-Book1-Elizabeth-Lowell/dp/0373772521/ref=ntt%5Fat%5Fep%5Fdpi%5F10" rel="nofollow"&gt;Amazon Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;So, I'm looking for the title of a YA fantasy book from maybe the early- to mid-nineties. There is a character in the book who is originally described as a beefy man, but who is later revealed to be a cross-dressing woman. I believe this is a more secondary character, and I don't have much information about main characters or plots (except that there was some kind of quest, but I doubt that would really narrow it down much). The setting was medieval, and a tavern may or may not have had some significance. The title might have something to do with a leaf, or a feather, or a bird ... 
I realize this is pretty vague, but it's all I have to go on.&lt;br /&gt;
Any ideas? Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I wanted to add &lt;em&gt;Beautiful Creatures&lt;/em&gt; by Kami Garcia &amp;amp; Margaret Stohl.  It is about a Caster (witch) in South Carolina.  It's set to be a series, this being the first, and is also going to be made into a movie.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Sounds like Monstrous Regiment, by Terry Pratchett. The main character Polly used to work in a tavern, and they stop in taverns at several points in the story.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I didn't find it explicitly written down, but I did find a site with her picture. This combined with her interview insinuates it at about 99%. Hope it helps!
&lt;a href="http://www.authorsden.com/visit/author.asp?AuthorID=119834" rel="nofollow"&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Could it have been a novella or long short story in either the Asimov or Analog Sci-Fi magazines? I have no idea how to search the old stories, but those mags were popular in the 70s.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Her books are also listed at &lt;a href="http://creativefolk.com/toolkit/elem.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;African American History &amp;amp; Heritage Site in the Teacher Toolkit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Higgledy Piggledy Pop, by Maurice Sendak! It's wonderful. Jenny, a Sealyham terrier, has an upstairs bed, a downstairs bed, two different bottles of pills and even her own window, but, she feels "there must be more to life," and sets off to find it. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It goes without saying that the illustrations in this are fabulous.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We do it at my library because the labels are all still typed on a typewriter, as we cannot figure out which font the machine uses, and therefore can't match it in the computer.  The typewriter is also too far away from any of the computers too look up the call#.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our friends is just coming into existence.  We are forming it almost exclusively to create a "bank" for grants\donations, which were previously held by the city.  The City is in dire straights and has been floating the idea of appropriating ALL unused funds of the grants\donations sort that are not specifically ear-marked by the giver for specific purposes, which most people don't do.  They will also be asked to assist in summer reading programs, etc... but the primary purpose is the financial aspect listed above.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I was also wondering whether you have multiple copies, and abridged copies of items?  My library has a very large selection of audio books, about 1\3 of which were donated over the years.  Large portions of those were abridged audio materials, and when we need to make space, we weed out abridged first, especially if we have multiple copies of it, in any format, before any other weeding criteria.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There's also the "ask a kid" method: poll the best history students for each grade you serve, and see what their opinions are. If they won't use it, you know the less-enthusiastic students won't either. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, if you have a professional section for your teachers (and the room in it), that might be a good place to put it, with a note in the catalog that students are allowed to check that particular title out.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Is it possible in your ILS to create a record without an ISSN?  I'm not sure we can do it with our current system, but it is probably possible with some systems.&lt;br /&gt;
I would say they could easily be on the same record and simply shelved next to each other.  Patrons who read The Advocate are likely to also be interested in Out, so even if Advocate is no longer conveniently at the beginning of your periodical alphabet, hopefully its readers will still find it in the "O"s :)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Okay, here's a book that I read when I was a kid and sometimes wonder what the heck it was.  It was a baseball book, which wasn't my usual fare, but I probably saw it on one of those book TV shows.  The main character wanted to play baseball, but he didn't have a glove.  Then he found a lost baseball glove with the name "Tad" written in it.  (I remember that distinctly, because I thought that was an unusual name at the time.)  He blacks out the name and keeps the glove as his own.  He joins the baseball team and ends up meeting Tad himself, who is one of the other players.  They become friends, and our MC starts feeling bad about keeping Tad's glove, so he ends up telling Tad about it.  They eventually resolve their quarrel.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any ideas?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Stranger on the ball club by Alfred Slote:
&lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/96154" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/96154&lt;/a&gt;
Trying hard to adjust to a new town, Tim wants to return the expensive baseball glove he found before the real owner accuses him of stealing it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have heard from various reviewers of children's books that they often indicate when they would like a review to be starred, but the review publication does not always agree.  Reviews can take a much different form than that in which they are submitted.  Sometimes, I am told, a reviewer will read her review in SJL (or another publication) and hardly recognize it.  I think the editors have great power over what eventually ends up in their journals.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I remember picking this up at my local library when I was in junior high school (so in the late 80's). But I don't think I ever finished it, and can't remember the name of the book OR the author. Any help on either would be appreciated. All I remember about the book was it was about black panther like cats. The cats had golden markings on the face, along where tear lines would be, and I THINK they were telepathic. I want to say it took place in ancient times, or that there was a temple or something in the book, but it's been way too many years. I do remember it reminded me of the Wolfwalker books by Tara K. Harper, only with cats and all. Which is why I picked it up in the first place. Sound familiar to anyone?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For some reason this calls to mind Golden Witchbreed by Mary Gentle ... &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I work in a hs library where we get The New York Times, Newsday, and the Wall Street Journal.  Currently we put them all out with protective folders that have metal rods down the middle. That is fine for Newsday which is a tabloid but does not work for The Times and WSJ.  Any suggestions on better ways to put the papers out and protect them?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Title>How do you put out your newspapers?</Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We use wooden rods like &lt;a href="http://www.biz2bizonline.com/texwood/images/newsl.jpg" rel="nofollow"&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; at my public library. At my old public library, we just left them on a table by the magazine shelving. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I volunteer to deliver public library books to a seniors' home. As many of them have limited vision, they get a lot of audio books, tapes being the preference. With a cassette tape, you can just push the stop button and it "saves" your place. Some of these people may not be able to see the display on a CD player. They may also not want to learn to use "new" technology!
If you do a survey of users, as has been suggested, perhaps you could donate your discards to an organization that supports special users?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Are your students and faculty hard on newspapers?   &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If they are, what about going to online only access to each of them?   &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Students can still access the same information and probably can access them from their phones and text back or email answers to questions about articles.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Is that possible? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have two programs which mainly draw boys.  One is our "Guys Read" -- one of our male librarians does the program and it's main draw is for the boys to have a "guys only" type club.   They have snacks and chat and hang out, and there are always books and comics to read.  The second club is "Pokemon"  Pokemon and all the other trading card games are real games for that age-group and they like having somewhere to play.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I work at a school library and one of the other teachers came in today to tell us about the nook.  He got it because it has upgradeable memory and can be used to get books from the library.  Apparently the books are on the nook for 2 weeks (the checkout period) and then disappear.  Not sure if they are used through overdrive or not.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about contacting the author, or her publisher?  They may be willing to put you in touch with her.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Even if the author isn't African-American, but her stories are about AAs, wouldn't that be enough for African-American Heritage/History Month?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This definitely sounds like Tomorrow's Sphinx by Clare Bell.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I agree with Windvein, and also want to add the Named series (first one is Ratha's Creature) by Clare Bell.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is my THIRD try at answering this! I'm starting to get frustrated, since the Captcha seems to not be working. I'm just going to give up on you all, I swear.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The book sounds like The Ghatti's Tale, by Gayle Greeno.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;People called the Seekers Veritas are bonded, one to one, with giant, intelligent, telepathic cats called Ghatti. It's a series of several books, but I remember only liking the first one.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The story follows a woman named Doyce, one of these Seekers, and her bondmate Khar'pern, who are hunting for someone who is killing Seekers. Doyce herself is in danger. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Does this sound like the book you're looking for?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; be Sheri Tepper's &lt;em&gt;Shadow's End,&lt;/em&gt; except the young woman undergoing the adulthood rite in that one doesn't realize the beings are aliens until quite some time later, and none of the aliens gets a lot of screen time.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Sounds sort of like the "My Teacher is an Alien" series by Bruce Coville, although that wasn't so much an invasion, and it was more than one book.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm usually pretty good at picking out the books from descriptions, but this is one I read that I just can't figure out, so I figure I should try the brain power here.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Rememebered details:
YA, possibly Juvenille sci-fi book 15+ years old.
Main characters were a boy and a girl living in a controlled environment.  Dome?
They explore their surroundings and discover alien technology--including something that transforms the boy into one of these aliens.
Alien description: biological, tentacled--with tentacles having odd shaped appendages, single eye which circled the entire head giving them a 360 view.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Other bits I remember aren't useful to identification, I don't think, but I can try to fill in some more details if it helps.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;EDIT:  Updating with new information that might help identify as I've recalled more in seeing what is not quite right about the proposed answer so far.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The recollection of the dome, or otherwise controlled environment, comes from a passage indicating that the weather is controlled; it rains for a brief period each day, but the duration of precipitation is random.  The two protagonists are bicycling at the start of the story when the rain occurs.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The transformation occurs somehow, as noted above, causing the child to become one of these alien creatures, who they aren't familiar with.  The aliens are gone or dead (I seem to recall they come back at the very end--but how much is true memory is hard to say).  He uses his appendages to operate the alien machinery to do something.  The description I remember, but which might be wrong--so hopefully I'm not sending anyone on a goose chase--was that the tentacle had a triangular tip, which fit into receptors allowing the machinery to be operated.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I remember reading those as a kid (in the mid 80s to early 90s) but can't find the books anymore. Here are the clues:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-I believe the author was a woman, with a compound last name; not entirely sure but I think two of her initials were O (maybe "Olive" or something like it - first or last name though? no idea) and W. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-she wrote several novels, all about history, each set in a different country and time period. The characters were always kids/teens.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Now here's the twist: I'm French, and I was in France back then. I have no idea whether those books have been published in North America, nor what nationality the author is.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks for any help!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;After an absolute ton of research, the closest thing I can find is Galactic Rejects by Andrew Offutt.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Possibly Star Ka`at by Andre Norton?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A friend of mine, a 2nd grade teacher in NC, is using it in her classroom with good results. She did find that several boys got into it and read much more than before (she has a majority of Spanish-speakers and reading is definitely huge in her curriculum for them). &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A couple of friends of mine also use it for their kids in the summer, to get them to read and not just watch TV for two months. It's easy to use and a great program, and they have been recommending it. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi everyone,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm interested in improving my skills and knowledge in facilitating book clubs/discussions. What are your favorite resources for book group facilitators? I'll take just about anything -- books, websites, videos, resources about techniques, information on how to organize and run a book group, places to find good questions to ask, ...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;[Also -- sorry for the tag which isn't really a great reflection of the topic of this post -- I apparently don't have enough points to create new tags yet, and I couldn't find anything extant that really fit.]&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Based on my experience, buy a few Risk games (and/or their variants) and open up a meeting room for the boys to play in every week.  You'd probably get some of the boys in chess club coming for this, and I guarantee players would bring their friends.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The cynic in me has to ask about the amount of promotional material student will receive and see from Sylvan Learning, the provider of the program.  I help out on an educational blogging site with their help forums and what advertising and how often it is displayed is always an issue with many. (Not trying to spam for the points.  Seriously asking.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Please whatever you do, please don't staple it along the seam.  Our local libraries do that in some of their branches (The ones without the wood and metal bar systems as already mentioned) and they make them very hard to lay flat and read.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi - This story is about a young girl (army brat) who becomes friends with the cool girl and her brother at school and they take her through a portal in the backyard to a world where they are aristocrats. A war ensues and the door to their homeworld is blocked. They go through many worlds and there is a massive library at the centre of it where a council hires two spies to follow the group. There is a desert "amazonian" tribe where the leader has a love interest with the brother. In the third book the annoying sister is blind. I have no idea the author's name or series title. Can anyone help?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm looking for a book about a child who seeks attention from others by annoying habits which leads kids to avoid and ignore him.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Well, the beefy part doesn't match, but since the description's fairly vague...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Lioness Rampant&lt;/strong&gt; series by Tamora Pierce was first written in the eighties, but came back into print in the ninties.  I had struggled to find it in the late eighties, finally had to ILL the thing from two states away.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Female of a set of twins trades places with her brother to train as a knight.  The first person to learn about this, outside of a family retainer, is the King of Thieves, who holds court in the local tavern.  The tavern one of the central locations in the first book, "Alanna: The First Adventure."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Even if it's not right, it's a great book. 8)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This Book is probably from the 70s,
boys fathers is dead, mothers in a sanitorium across the country and he hasn't seen her in years. He lives with an aunt? and stepuncle? that he hates so he sleeps in the milkroom in the barn.
School lets out and the stepuncle gets thrown in jail. so the aunt decides to take off to find herself and leaves him alone.
instead he loads up a wagon he has and hooks it up to a donkey and starts across the country to see his mother.
thats just the opening of the book, most of it is what happens on the road.
taking a wagon with a donkey he only makes about 10 or 20 miles a day, so he gets to see a lot of the same people along the road (salesman and truckers) 
one episode, a trucker stops and asks him to make a hand signal at all the trucks going by because there is a portable weight scales set up. 
so boy on the road with a cart and donkey&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've been trying to find this series for ages, it's a really good read (that I remember)
I read the books in the mid 90's, I think they're intended for an audience of 13/14 years.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It's the story of a large family (8 or 9 kids, I think the ages are 5 - 17ish) set in America back when there were slaves. Probably set in the South. I don't know the exact time, but I think it was horses and buggies rather than motorcars.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Somehow the kids' parents die, and because they have no other family, and are poor, the children end up being auctioned off as slaves. Most get bought individually, however the youngest two, a boy and a girl, get bought by the same people.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;They way the series works is that there is a book of each of the children's stories, except for the tale of the younger two, which is treated as one. Some of the children end up in nice homes - I think the oldest girl becomes sort of a governess, the younger two are treated well, but there are others that just got treated as slaves. Their stories overlap - I think the oldest one manages to buy her freedom and comes looking for the rest of them. They use the underground railroad to rescue some of the children, the ones with bad owners.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If this rings any bells, I'd love to hear it - I keep asking librarians but no-one seems to have heard of it. I think the books were written before the 90's, but I don't know how much earlier.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Once I've picked a book, I usually just google the title and "book discussion questions," usually the pages that have the best questions are publisher's or library Web sites. I used to run a teen book club at my former job, and most of the questions were found this way.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Some authors have discussion questions on their Web sites, as well. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here are some other resources: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.litlovers.com/index.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;LitLoversl&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bookbrowse.com/bclubs/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Book Browse's Book Clubs&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.readinggroupguides.com/content/index.asp" rel="nofollow"&gt;Reading Group Guides&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I found this book of interest, both for setting up reading groups and for books-to-read suggestions:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What to Read: The Essential Guide for Reading Group Members and Other Book Lovers, by Mickey Pearlman&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And here's a web site about reading groups; I haven't used it myself but it was recommended by people I know on another book-related site, so I hope it's of interest:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bookbundlz.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.bookbundlz.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I've also seen quite a few discussions of book-group ideas in the &lt;a href="http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/6" rel="nofollow"&gt;Book Talk forum of BookCrossing.com&lt;/a&gt;, which is also very good for getting book recommendations. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NONFICTION&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;What about me? : 12 ways to get your parents' attention (without hitting your sister) /&lt;/em&gt; Author Eileen Kennedy-Moore ; illustrated by Mits Katayama.
Published Seattle, Wash. : Parenting Press, c2005.
ISBN:   1884734863&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dealing with showoffs&lt;/em&gt; 
Author  Vogel, Elizabeth.
Published   New York : PowerKids Press, c2000.
Summary Discusses why people show off, what to do if a showoff makes you feel bad, and how to change if you are the showoff.
ISBN    0823954129&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Let's talk about needing attention&lt;/em&gt; / illustrated by Maggie Smith.
Author  Berry, Joy Wilt.
Published   New York : Scholastic, c1996.
Summary Through interesting stories that kids can relate to, this book explains how children can handle feeling that they need attention.
ISBN    0590624245&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FICTION&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Anthony and the girls&lt;/em&gt; / translated from the German by Nancy Seitz.
Author  Könnecke, Ole, 1961-
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006.
Summary:    Anthony tries to impress two girls, who ignore him.
ISBN:   9780374303761&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Amber waiting&lt;/em&gt; / illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton.
Author  Gregory, Nan.
Published   Calgary ; [United States] : Red Deer Press, 2003.
Summary Amber has to wait for her Dad to pick her up from school and it's not much fun. Amber daydreams all kinds of wonderful adventures to pass the time.
ISBN:   0889952582&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Not sure what level books you need, but here are some possibilities:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Veronica the Show-Off by Nancy K Robinson (J fic)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Veronica's got two big problems...she doesn't have any friends, and she can't seem to stop showing off. And thanks to the second problem, she'll never fix the first! Every time she meets some girls she likes, she exaggerates and makes up stories, because she's afraid they won't like her otherwise. It's gotten so terrible, most of Veronica's classmates groan and walk away whenever they see her approaching.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Popcorn Dragon by Jane Thayer (picture book)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You could hardly blame Dexter, ordinarily a well-behaved young dragon, for showing off when he suddenly found that he could make clouds of smoke. The temptation is irresistible, but Dexter quickly becomes insufferable. First he watches his own reflection in the river in order to admire the smoke. Then he puffs it in the faces of his friends: the zebra, the giraffe, and the elephant. He even blows smoke rings around his own tail to prove how clever he is. Soon Dexter has no friends left. He is a very lonely dragon indeed, until quite by accident he discovers a way his talent can be used to win back his playmates.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Fox's Best Trick Ever by Dev Ross (easy reader)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Humorous tale of a fox who plays tricks on his friends until he's banished to an island.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Wolf Who Cried Boy by Bob Hartman (picture book)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;When his parents promise that if a boy shows up, they'll track him down and cook him, Little Wolf puts it to the test right away by calling, "Boy!" which achieves the desired result of ruining dinner two nights in a row. His parents catch on and decide to ignore their son just as a pack of Boy Scouts shows up, with one even invading the den, much to Little Wolf's despair. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Otis Spofford by Beverly Cleary (J fic)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A really hilarious boy who is a classroom comedian, a show-off and a pest. (PW)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;No, David! series by David Shannon, like David Goes to School (picture books)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;David, the out-of-control monster-child is back... and ready to disrupt the class. Young David shows up late to class, goes wacko at the blackboard, chews gum in class, yells answers out of turn, pulls pigtails, stares out the window, cuts in line, has a food fight, lingers at recess, and draws on his desk. (Amazon)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A Weekend with Wendell by Kevin Henkes (picture book)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Sophie and her parents count the hours until Wendell's weekend visit is over. Not only does he wreck Sophie's toys and dominate their games, but he also messes up the house and is generally a troublemaker.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The best thing I can reccommend that you do before your interview is to do your research. Find out the population of the town, the ethnicity percentages of the population, the education level of the population, and the age percentages of the population. Also, research how many schools are in the area (public and private) and how many daycare centers. If possible, go to the library the day before and look around without letting anyone know you will be interviewing soon. While you are there you can get a feel for the collection, get a copy of the calendar, look up a few books on the catalog computer and see how the staf interacts with patrons and one another. Make sure you come to the interview with some questions of your own as well (such as what kind of outreach to the community do the staff do, what areas of the department/collection do they feel needs the most work, and what aspect of the department/programming/collection do they NOT want to change--and why). Make comments that show your research such as "I noticed there are 5 elementary schools within 15 miles of the library....do we service all of these schools?" Doing these things can really set you apart as many applicants do not take the time to put in the background work. If you are not familiar with the city where the library is, arrive early if possible so that you can get a good feel for the community. I have done this successfully both in libraries close to home and with out-of-state libraries (I actually flew in a day ahead of time and paid ouf-of-pocket for an extra night hotel, rented a car and drove around the city for the day...it also is beneficial because you get to know the surroundings to know if you want to move there). &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have often taken "packets" of my work to interviews that included handouts from workshops, storytime plans, and calendars I have designed. I have also had pictures of bulletin boards as well as myself in costume doing programs. All of this helps sets you apart from the rest of the applicants. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, when you are asked what is your weakness, do not give a lame answer such as I work too hard, or I am too much a team player, or something they have heard 15 times already. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, I have been asked several times what was the best advice I was given by somebody who was my work supervisor. The worst question I was ever asked was what was the most beneficial thing I learned while getting my degree (hard because I do not use anything in my job that I learned while getting my MLS). &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have had this problem before and it got to the point where being nicve was simply not cutting it. Parents were very noisy and just continued to talk over me and the kids. This escalated during summer reading (where we often had to cram 200-300 people into a small area)and I started every program with a blanket statement concerning the issue. I would remind everyone that the time to visit with friends is after storytime is over. I would make comments during the storytime such as "boys and girls, lets remind ourselves and our parents that we have to wait to visit with our friends" if the noise got to be too much. And, I have also caught parents talking and asked them to be the "volunteer" for the story or for the fingerplay, song, etc. and make the same kind of comments I would if I was pulling a child to the front because they were too talkative ("Lets have this Mommy come and help us because it looks like she is having so much fun here today"). That usually nips pretty quick. Parents dont like being called out on their behavior.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There is a book I am looking for that I used in a storytime a few years ago. The book is about a little boy (named Billy??) who is having a birthday party. It seems like there was a lot of cousins at the party and they were fighting over his gift?? I think they might have even been monsters. I do not remember the author or when it was written. I do remember it was a cute story though. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have done a "GuysRead" program at our library and it was very popular. Each month, the boys got to decide on the next month's theme. We did topics such as dinosaurs, Rock-and-Roll, Egypt, and the Rainforest. Each month I had themed snacks, games, and activities. We talked about the books they had read that was about the subject (we all went and picked out some books after the end of each program for the next month). I found that I could get boys more excited with the non-fiction titles than with fiction titles so we concentrated on that. I would also sometimes have people come in that worked in a related field for a 15 minute talk.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Another popular program that I had just started before I changed jobs was a Magic Tree House Book Club. It was open to both girls and boys, but it drew a fair amount of boys 1st-3rd grade. Every month everyone would read the same book prior to the program (we started at the beginning of the series) and we would talk about the non-fiction side in the program (We had a great dinosaur program for Dinosaurs before Dawn). &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For older tween boys, Manga/Anime clubs or Graphic novel book clubs are also a huge hit!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Some of your description sounds like a John Christopher novel called The City of Gold and Lead. It is the middle book in a trilogy.  The first being "The White Mountains" the last "The Pool of Fire".    &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If your students are always taking apart the different sections, then why not just allow that? You could have the different sections laid out on a table, with some full newspapers for "hardcore readers"&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Sounds to me like the &lt;em&gt;Orphan Train&lt;/em&gt; series by Joan Lowery Nixon.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think it might be Orderland (2003), Outland ( 2004); Shadowland (2005) by Rhiannon Lassiter. This blog has the best summary of the books: &lt;a href="http://farah-sf.blogspot.com/2005/07/all-world-in-library-pt2-rhiannon.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;The Inter-Galatic Playground&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Maybe Lonesome Traveler by Weldon Hill?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here's a review from SLJ:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Clem Marlow, on his way from Eastern Oklahoma to visit his tubercular mother in New Mexico, isn't a very lonesome traveler. He has the constant, splendid company of Duke, his dog, and Pedro, his burro, besides the almost daily meeting of new people: Gaylord the black motorcyclist who turns up several times and shares Clem's most unpleasant experience of the trip; Ken Whittle, the truck driver who drops mail, doughnuts, and news from back home; Dixie, with whom he falls in love; and many others. Though a boy on his own trip is no new idea, Clem Marlow has an engaging personality, and his story is fun to read." &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A couple more websites:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.readinggroupchoices.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Reading Group Choices&lt;/a&gt; selects discussible books and suggests discussion topics for reading groups. The company produces a printed guide annually that is distributed nationally to libraries, reading groups, book stores, community book festivals, and individuals. Its popular website offers interesting, informative, fun, and interactive material of interest to book clubs.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://aalbc.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;AALBC.com&lt;/a&gt; (The African American Literature Book Club), is the largest and most frequently visited web site dedicated to books by and about black people. Founded in 1997, by Troy Johnson, AALBC.com is a widely recognized source of author profiles, book recommendations, active discussion boards, writer resources, informative articles, videos, and book reviews.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I also agree with publishers' websites, as well as authors' sites, and it never hurts to take a look at what the national book groups are doing (Oprah, Good Morning America), and I also recommend browsing blogs, posts on LibraryThing and the like. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Books:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Read it and Eat: A Month-by-Month Guide to Scintillating Book Club Selections and Mouthwatering Menus by Sarah Gardner&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Running Book Discussion Groups: A How-to-Do-it Manual by Lauren Zina John&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My two cents:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It's easy to become overwhelmed by the choices out there for how to run a book group, how to pick a title, etc., but I think it really depends on the members and what they want to get out of it. Some groups will be more disciplined and will stick to predetermined questions, require members to raise their hands to speak, etc., and others just want to socialize and chat, and then there's a whole spectrum between those extremes. Having led and participated in several book groups over the years, I've learned that you will become frustrated very quickly if you have one idea for how it should go only to find that your members have different agendas. The first meeting should set the tone for group, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with setting guidelines or ground rules for discussion (e.g. tangents may not go on longer than two minutes, you can't say whether you liked it until the end or pass judgement of good or bad, etc.).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There's a LOT of information out there about book groups and some is definitely valuable, esp. for suggestions that will generate discussion, debate, etc. (I think it's better for everyone to have despised a book than for no one to have anything to say at all!), but don't get bogged down with it. Generally, members who join book groups do so because they love books and want to share that enjoyment with others :o) &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Definitely visit book groups near you: at libraries, bookstores, even neighborhood groups! That way you can pick and choose what elements you think will work best for your audience. Have fun!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;From a patron perspective, I've had great luck with a small shelf tag, that reads "Looking for (blank)?  You can now find it shelved with (BLANK)!"  Most regular readers of the item don't care where it's shelved, but when they go to the 'usual' spot on the shelf and find no new issue, it's helplful to update them.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am going to say Escape to Witch Mountain by Alexander Key the book is totally different than the movies! Here is a summary: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape%5Fto%5FWitch%5FMountain" rel="nofollow"&gt;Escape to Witch Mountain Wikipedia entry&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi DesignatedReader. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks for your suggestion, that might be it! &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I've googled it, and the plot and covers look vaguely familiar. Also a web search of the library I used to go to when I was younger shows that they have the books. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Funny, I assumed the books couldn't be at that library, 'cause I've asked countless librarians there over the ages (amongst others).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Anyway, I'll see if I can get my hands on a copy, will let you know whether you've hit pay dirt or not, though I have a good feeling about this. It would be so awesome to be able to read these again!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about "Floss" by Kim Lewis? It's a picture book about a sheepdog called Floss. There are two follow-ups about her puppies, too - the first is called "Just Like Floss" and the second is called "A Puppy For Annie" which focuses on Bess, a girl puppy.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have heard multiple recommendations for the crime and thriller/spy novels of E. Phillips Oppenheim (1866–1946). Unfortunately, I am completely unable to find a list of his ~150 novels &lt;strong&gt;by genre&lt;/strong&gt;. Does anyone know if such a thing exists? I'd rather not have to do this the hard way, given the size of his œuvre.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(Incidentally, I'm not quite sure what to tag this sort of question; if anyone capable of doing so wishes to make a comment or change to that effect, they shall have such thanks as I am capable of giving. Personally, I favor "genres", but I'm a new user and can't invent tags.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think you should tell her she's a sexist and a speciesist and then hand her a book about a  male rhino.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;One Swell Pup, illustrated by Maurice Sendak.  Charming, funny, and while not for the K to 1st level of reading, it is still simple enough for beginning readers.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I just went ahead and cataloged the issue of Out that they sent, and decided to wait and see if we ever get another issue with the title of Advocate on it.  I thought it was a very confusing message from the publisher.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would recommend Ted Balcom's book &lt;em&gt;Book discussions for adults : a leader's guide&lt;/em&gt;.  It was published back in 1992, and there are quite a few copies available through WorldCat.  It has lots of good advice.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Master Architect thought we would want wood rods.  He thought they would be great for newspapers.  We prefer to use them to cane his effigy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Master Architect is also the one who didn't bother asking us, using the standard specification for our type of library, or a ruler to measure the height of binders.  We lost 15% of our shelving capacity because of about 1/8" per shelf.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We have the current newspapers at the reference desk.  In previous libraries, the rods were used with tape for the single pages.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It's not exactly a "library resource" but &lt;a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main%5FPage" rel="nofollow"&gt;The Gutenberg Project&lt;/a&gt; has thousands of books in dozens of language in various eBook formats. Most eReaders should be able to download them, so even if your library does not have any offerings that are compatible with the patron's device, you can at least still give the patron some free options.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My library doesn't have it, so I can't read through it to check, but my guess is that it is, &lt;em&gt;Seduction&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is kind of a tangent, but you might want to check with your local High School or University. If they have a web design class, you might be able to work with the teacher to have making your website (or a portion/framework) a project for one or some of the students.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Another possibility is Dreamsnake, by Vonda McIntyre --- in a far-future, post-holocaust Earth, a young woman healer named Snake travels the world, healing the sick and injured with her companion reptiles, the most useful of whom is the dreamsnake, whose venom(among other things) brings deep, pain-impervious sleep and pleasanrt dreams. But when a tragic misunderstanding kills her dreamsnake, her search for a replacement brings her to a mountaintop city, where she discovers that the dreamsnakes are actually alien creatures&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I had two solutions to share.  One is that if the parents are seeking their adult interaction time, build it into the storytime.  I started doing a short little craft at the end of each storytime, nothing fancy, just a color, cut, glue stick type thing.  That meant parents were guaranteed 10-15 minutes when I would occupy the kids and they could talk to each other without disturbing storytime.  Then they held their news until that time.  That also meant all the kids who wanted to share their story of the day, or tell me about their shoes, or share something else with me had a chance to do so as they knew I would walk around the table and stop by each one to say hi.  This of course assumes a managable sized group.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Second was I had a group of parents that just didn't get it.  I tried the handout, the "listening ears" (we all actually touched our ears), to no avail.  Then one day, I just shut the book in the middle and sat and stared at the moms in the back.  The kids in turn started staring at the adults, wondering what I was staring at.  As soon as they all shut up, I opened right to where I was and finished the story.  That held for a while, but would only work on a regular group of parents who would remember.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Your description is also reminiscent of one plotline in Tad Williams' 'Otherland', in which a young disabled teenager, Orlando, spends most of his waking hours playing an immersive fantasy virtual reality game in which his best friend is a beefy male warrior. This avatar turns out to be played by a young girl named Sam.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am looking for the title of a story (Russian author?) where a man is attempting suicide by jumping from a house. While he is flying down he sees into the windows on the different floors and captures the stories of the people which would prevent him from his suicide. Any help would be greatly appreciated!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Just on the off chance that somebody here can identify this book, even though I don't remember much about it.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It's a young adult romance/love story.  The girl has two potential love interests, one of which is a ghost.  It was definitely published before 1997 but probably earlier, during the 80s or early 90s.  It was set for what was then present day.  I don't remember any horror elements to it (no murders or grisly bits).  The ghost was a real nice guy, I think he was better than the living interest (or at least I liked him better), but being dead was a complication.  The girl was about high school age or so.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It was a smallish paperback, probably about 200 pages.  The cover (if I am remembering correctly) was a drawing of the girl in an 80s style.  Color.  I seem to recall a bluish background.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any ideas?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This website.  ;)  In reality, I'm the sole librarian (do I count as a manager?) and my time slips away with a thousand important nothings.  I enjoy most of it, except for the school meetings that I must attend, and that have so little to do with the library.  Organizing and supervising volunteers takes up another huge chunk of time, but I &amp;lt;3 my volunteers and can't complain about them one single bit.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hmmm, there is Buzzati's The Falling Girl, but obviously it's not a man attempting suicide.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our library is FINALLY automating. And as such, I'm trying to reduce the confusion of our children's department. How do you decide what does and does not belong in the YA category? Namely books published before there WAS a YA category. Help!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Honestly, we usually check the state union catalog and see if there is any kind of consensus. When in doubt, I usually stick it in YA on the theory that more kids will look in the YA than teens will look in the JFIC. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You could also look at recommended age groups on Amazon.com, Barnes &amp;amp; Noble or other booksellers sites. It is important to remember that you can always recatalog later, if you change your mind. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You can also skim excerpts of the book and look for anything that might have you decide to move the book into YA, content-wise. In a lot of cases, there is no "right" answer. I would just try to set some general guidelines for your library about what makes something definitely YA versus J. Maybe you're not comfortable with certain words or anything involving sex, and that would lead you to stick it in YA. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It's my birthday by Pat Hutchins. New York : Greenwillow Books, 1999. 
Billy is reluctant to share his birthday presents with the other little monsters, but then something happens to make him change his mind.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Publishers' marketing efforts make a book YA, but I know that doesn't help with books published before there was a category.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Publisher's ratings can make a book YA, particularly in the case of manga.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Librarians make a book YA.  (In the system I used to work for, it was cataloged as a YA book if it was bought with the YA budget.) This included some books that were also cataloged as children's and adult novels elsewhere in the library (and/or system), but which a librarian or two thought would find an audience in the YA section.    &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The age of the protagonists (13-21?) in the book can make it YA (but not always).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Teens can make a book YA by reading it in great numbers.    &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you search E. Phillips Oppenheim on IMDB you can list the film adaptions of his novels by genre. This isn't a comprehensive list (about 50) but at least it's a start.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A lot of large library systems have already done a lot of work you could link to in terms of finding useful websites.  You could link to some of these, depending on subject areas you think would be useful to your patrons. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(Obviously you'd want to avoid sites that listed databases your patrons couldn't access or local resources that aren't local to you.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here's an example of what I'm thinking of.  The King County Library System (where I'm a patron) selects websites that would be useful to students for their homework and organizes them by category:  &lt;a href="http://www.kcls.org/homework_help/index.cfm" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.kcls.org/homework_help/index.cfm&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Mainly I consider the age of the protagonist and content of the book in deciding whether to recommend it for the YA or juvenile collection.  Kids dealing with adult issues, graphic violence or sex, adult language, dark themes - these will place the book firmly in the YA section.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Understand, first of all, that I work in a smaller library, and we only carry 1\2 dozen papers to begin with.  We use the same wooden rods mentioned above, and did so in the old library as well.  We insert them along the vertical spine of the paper, and loose single pages are taped in, with scotch tape along the inner (spine) edge, which generally makes them appear to be a regular page.  It's worked for the decade I've been here, and the older staff must like it, as they asked for the same system to be carried over when we moved to our new library.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Some of my newer favorites include the books written by AJ Jacobs (My year of living biblically, etc...), which were hilarious, and harmless in the way you describe.  I also enjoyed Greasy Rider, by (I believe) Greg Melville.  In addition, several books have come out in the last few years written by male librarians, on their experiences working in libraries.  Both of the books I read took place in Southern California, but they were interesting and fun, and had almost zero objectionable content, to my recollection.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;One thing that might be worth looking at is the books &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexile" rel="nofollow"&gt;lexile score&lt;/a&gt;. Of course if it's a newer book it might not be rated yet, but lacking other means to determine where it should go the reading level might be useful to help make your decision.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;At my library, the adult summer reading program (which actually took place in the winter), was setup as follows:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;All patrons recieved a ticket for each book they read, which was put into a jar.  At the end of the program, which coincided with the Library Winter party, we would draw tickets for prizes over the course of the day of the party, and people were given a prize from the numbered prizes, which were given out in order by their numbers.  People who couldn't make it recieved a phone call about winning, and the prizes were held on the hold shelf.  The prizes were all donated by local businesses in the area.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That program nearly doubled the circulation for that time of year, due to people wanting tickets in the drawing...people who ordinarily checkout 1-2 books a week, were checking out double that, and people who ordinarily were very infrequent patrons would be in on a weekly basis, duing the winter, checking out materials.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you only wanted to set it up occasionally, then supervision is the simplest answer.  We got a projector in our new library, and Wanted to run movie nights.  A staff member was the host for each of them, and was payed to setup and moniter the crowd until everyone had departed, then takedown and store the projector equipment back in it's shelf.  If you want to check it out, then catalog it, but for in-library gaming, just have supervised game nights\afternoons once a week\month\whatever...staff members will do it, in exchange for getting to come in later, or have what essentially amounts to an extended lunch, which they simply have to take in a room while people playing video games.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm actually currently working toward the MLIS goal myself.  My school for my 4-year(EOU, La Grande, OR) doesn't offer any library science work at all.  My advisor suggested, and I'm working toward, a double major in English literature and Public administration(The P.A. portion is a program which combines Politics\Economics\Philosophy).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am 14 years old right now, and about to apply for a page job at my local library. At that library, 14 is just the minimum age required to achieve this position, and I'm afraid I might be a little out of my league. Any tips on how to get some edge over competitors to make up for my age?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I technically have some job experience, since I volunteered as a Library Monitor a lot at my middle school library (where I still go), and I can probably get a reference letter from the librarian there. Do you think that will help?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And also, one last thing, I know people who will probably see me working at the library. I don't want to be made fun of, so should I just hide, or what?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you are really excited about working at the library make sure you show it! Even though you are at the minimum age people shouldn't be surprised  you are applying - that age was picked for a reason. Other library experience is definitely a plus - get that reference letter! Maybe you can even get more experience at your school - talk to your school librarian about the public library job and see if they can help improve your skills.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Don't hide - be proud to work in the library! Always do the best you can. Learn as much as possible about the library - people will ask you all sorts of questions and it helps to be prepared with answers, or at least know where to send them for answers (you don't have to know everything, just know where to find the answer).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;First - if you can come across as well in an application, you're head and shoulders above a number of adults who've applied for positions I've hired for. Your questions are thoughtful and articulate, and those are great starting points. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Definitely play up your existing experience. Be specific about tasks you've done, and what being a library monitor at your school means. Compare it to the description of the page position. If there are things in the page job you haven't done, find a brief way to address them, or explain that you're comfortable with them even if you haven't done them there. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ask your school librarian. Librarians tend to know other librarians, so she may know someone at the public library, can give you an extra personal reference, or pass along other information that would help your cause. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;About your concerns about working in the library and being teased - it'd be lovely if people didn't do that, but we all know some do. Simply going about your business shuts some people up. If that doesn't work, librarians tend to look out for each other. Libraries can deal with some difficult personalities, so there's hopefully already some kind of practice in place to help make sure employees have support when they need to to deal with a problem. It's also often easy to find a task in a different part of the library when you need a break from dealing with a particular person.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi, I'm looking for a book on behalf of a borrower.  It's a fiction book that he remembers reading in the early to mid-nineties (here in NZ).  A boy makes friends with an artist (painter) who teaches him about art.  There are detailed descriptions of paintings and painters, the borrower particularly remembers Van Gogh.  There is an investigation into art forgery happening and it turns out that the artist is the forger.  He thinks it was published by Puffin so assumes the story was English.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(It's not "The painter" by Libby Hathorn or "The art fraud detective" by Anne Nilsen.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I majored in psychology for my BA, and quite often that is the most useful degree I have.  For public library work of any kind, lots of practice and knowledge on working with all sorts of people is a must.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Depending on space you have, if you are spread across multiple libraries, what about something readers add to a bulletin board, display, etc? I've found that kids openly check a board to see if someone has added more stickers to a rainbow, or gold coins to a pot, etc.  Adults do it on the sly, but they still check! For example, if you had a garden theme, and the board was a "garden" and for each book read a packet of seeds was added with the reader's name on it as in "Lucy has planted lilacs in the garden" and "Mr Thompson has planted sunflowers in the garden."  The packets of seeds could be just stapled to the board.  Then at the end of the summer, all the seeds themselves could actually planted in the library's garden, or given back to the reader for planting, or such.  If you had readers who weren't flower people, they could have a rock, or a bench, or a garden gnome?  Just thinking, but something like that that the community could watch and encourage friends to participate in?  I believe in using peer pressure when it works.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi all-
We just recently discovered an interesting problem with the relationship between Millennium and good old AACR2 :-)  We usually fill out the 710 author/title if the previous edition of the work was a different title, or a different author so the two different items are linked.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(i.e. - &lt;em&gt;710 1 0 Blow, Joe |t The way it is&lt;/em&gt;  when the &lt;em&gt;245 1 4 is The way it is now / |c Joe Blow (2nd edition)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;However, when the author is the same, but the title has changed, per example above, two different items show up for the same title when we only have one (two different entries for The way it is).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That seems like a lot of explanation to get to the question, but it is this: Has anyone ever encountered this before, and how have you fixed it?  We are considering just adding the previous title as a 730 entry, but we are unsure if this is going to cause some unforeseeable problems.  If you can think of any problems that would result from this change, let me know those as well!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you have any questions, be sure and ask as that was a slightly complicated introduction.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I always start off by talking very softly, quietly and smiling. Most of the time that alone will defuse the situation. However, there are times when that has not worked. I often remind them that although one child behaving badly, rudely, running amuck, etc. is not neccessarily a problem, lots of children doing this behavior definitly IS a problem. I remind parents that when one child does a behavior other children often do the same thing and it quickly escalates. (This also lets the parents to think their "spawn of ppure evil" has really done nothing wrong, it was the other kids, but see how everyone wants to be like thier child).  have even heard parents say later to thier kids "Don't run in the library, you know how everyone likes to copy you." Thankfully, I speak "parentese" very well as I was a Preschool teacher in my pre-librarian life. It might be helpful to ask some teachers (especially daycare/preschool teachers) what they do when they talk to a parent who doesn't believe that thier child could possibly do anything wrong.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I see that Jon Krakauer's work has already been suggested; definitely agree there. Along those lines, here are some marvelous books on adventure/exploration in wild places:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Touching the Void&lt;/i&gt; by Joe Simpson - one of those truth-is-stranger-than-fiction narratives, absolutely riveting. [There's a very good film version too, fwiw.]&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Worst Journey in the World&lt;/i&gt; by Apsley Cherry-Garrard - a classic of Antarctic exploration, told by one of the youngest members of the expedition; very readable, and definitely the kind of book that transports you to another place.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Last Place on Earth&lt;/i&gt; by Roland Huntford - a fairly recent book about Scott and Amundsen in the race for the South Pole, with lots of compare-and-contrast of their leadership and planning styles. Another of my favorite travel/exploration books.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Incidents of Travel in Yucatan&lt;/i&gt; by John Lloyd Stevens - another travel/exploration classic, this one from the 1800's, but I was surprised and delighted at how readable it still is. It describes some of the earliest expeditions into the Yucatan, and the re-discovery and mapping of many Mayan ruins. Lots of drama and humor along with the exploration, too.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The National Geographic site has a list from 2004 of the &lt;a href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/0404/adventure_books.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time&lt;/a&gt;, and I've read and enjoyed a good many of those. [Some of them may not be suitable - not sure whether &lt;i&gt;Alive&lt;/i&gt; would go over well, for example! - and there are a few that deal with escaping from captivity of some kind, but there are still a lot of fascinating books there.]&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Oh, and I don't see Bill Bryson recommended here yet - his &lt;i&gt;A Walk in the Woods&lt;/i&gt;, about his attempts to hike the Appalachian trail, is very funny, and &lt;i&gt;A Short History of Nearly Everything&lt;/i&gt; is informative and entertaining. [Was going to suggest his &lt;i&gt;In A Sunburned Country&lt;/i&gt; as well, about Australia, but that does have the settled-by-convicts aspect - perhaps a touchy point? {wry grin}]&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For non-travel-related non-fiction, there's the "biographies of things" category; Mark Kurlansky has written a few of these, including &lt;i&gt;Cod&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Salt&lt;/i&gt;, and &lt;i&gt;The Big Oyster&lt;/i&gt;. They're each a bit different in focus, but tend to mix some history with ecology - and the occasional recipe.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm also tempted to recommend &lt;i&gt;Between Silk and Cyanide&lt;/i&gt; by Leo Marks, a simply wonderful mix of personal memoir and history-of-cryptography-in-WWII - but while it doesn't teach how to make weapons it does discuss the creation and deciphering of secret codes, so perhaps not the best topic for prison inmates... But it is a wonderful book!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I second, and third, all of the answers that suggested you dress professionally whenever possible. Also talk to the person at your favorite make-up counter. Explain your situation and say that you are looking for a more polished look. Remember, you aren't looking to make yourself look older, just more professional.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, keep your sense of humor because your young looks will pay off down the road. The last time I got carded was at age 41.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I found her! &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Odile Weulersse&lt;/strong&gt; is a French author who has been writing a lot of novels for kids, including historical novels. I don't think her novels have been translated, however. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thank you anyways for those who tried to look her up!!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Drat, I just saw that -- it's also been made into a stage play and it was reviewed in the Vancouver (BC, Canada) entertainment paper just a few weeks ago. Let's see... no, can't find it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Offutt, Andrew J. The Galactic Rejects. New York : Dell Publishing, 1973. 
"The sad middle-aged man, the temperamental young girl, and the self-centered young man have special mental powers that had been highly useful in the war against the Zauli.  Now they were being sent back to Earth as worn-out casualties of that war.   When their transport is destroyed in space they are stranded on the planet Bor, whose population and technology resemble that of nineteenth century Earth.  Rinegar's telepathic receiving, Corisande's telekinesis, and Berneson's teleporting are special talents even on Earth, but on Bor they would be regarded as witchcraft.  The perfect solution is to join a carnival.  The strange trio are soon moving from city to city, amazing audiences with their carefully controlled powers.  Then the Azuli spaceship lands and brings the interstellar war to the peaceful planet.  Comfortable in their new lives, the renowned performers have to decide whether or not to become involved again in the deadly struggle from which they had been rejected as no longer useful.  But what can three humans do against an army of alien invaders?&lt;br /&gt;
The last time I read this was in 1979 and I thought it was good so kept it. Amazing I remembered it. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Looking for books similar to the Ender's Game series.
Loved the series, looking for more !&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What part of it did you like? The kids in science fiction? The space opera? The moral issues? The twist ending? The straight science fiction?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We would like to know if Follett Destiny has a setting we can put in so if a book is out on display it comes up in the catalog that way so we can find it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have always known that I wanted to work in a library. I have always enjoyed children's books and reading, and used to go to my hometown library all the time for the summer reading club, for movies, and just to go every week to get a new 5 books each week. the librarians were always pretty helpful. I knew that I wanted to work with children, but I didn't want to become a teacher. I felt that becoming a Children's librarian would be the best option for me. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I had absolutely no help from my high school guidance counselor. She didn't think it was a good idea to become a librarian. I did my own research looking up colleges that offered library science at the undergraduate level. I do have both my Bachelor's and my Master's in Library Science. I have worked in several states, and my current position I have held for 14 years!! I love my job and love introducing children and their parents to new and traditional books and stories. I enjoy helping students after school with their research projects and I enjoy helping the university students with their children's literature classes. It is a great field and we should all be proud of our profession!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Patty&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi, My name is Stephan and I am the teacher/librarian in a middle school in Cedar Rapids, Ia. I am looking for a replacement for "The Most Dangerous Game" in a unit for 7th grade LA that I coteach. We also use "The Lottery", by Shirley Jackson, &lt;em&gt;The Giver&lt;/em&gt;, by Lois Lowry, &lt;em&gt;The Hunger Games&lt;/em&gt; bySuzanne Collins, and &lt;em&gt;The Monsters are Due on Maple Street&lt;/em&gt;.  We are looking for a short story about 20 pages in length or less. It needs to be a character exemplar for students that allows some comparison and contrast within the characters. A dytopian world view or dealing with dopplegangers is a big plus. I have done some due dilligence and came up with "Harrison Bergeron" by Vonnegut and "All Summer in a Day" by Bradbury, but those don't seem to have enough characterization to really delve into. 
Thanks for your help! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about Amelia Atwater-Rhodes series starting with "In the Forests of the Night", David Klass' "Siver Kiss" and "Blood or Chocolate" and Schreiber's "Vampire Kisses" series?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Here are the different statuses that the Destiny I have (9.5) allows:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"The copy status describes the copy's availability for circulation: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Available&lt;/strong&gt; 
This status indicates that the copy can be checked out. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Checked Out&lt;/strong&gt; 
(displayed as Due: ) 
This status indicates that the copy has been checked out in Circulation. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In Transit&lt;/strong&gt; 
This status indicates that a district cataloger has created the copy for the school, but the school has not yet received it. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For library copies, the destination school can receive—and make Available—In Transit copies on the Receive tab of Update Copies in the Catalog. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For textbook copies, the destination school can receive—and make Available—In Transit copies from the Track tab of Transfer Textbooks in the Catalog. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If an In Transit copy already has a barcode, the destination school can just check it in or out in Circulation to receive it. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Loaned out&lt;/strong&gt; 
This status indicates that the copy has been loaned to a library outside of your system or within your system when not using the ILL feature in Destiny. 
When the copy is returned, check it in to make it Available again. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lost&lt;/strong&gt; 
This status indicates that the copy has been lost, either by a patron or by Inventory. 
If it is returned, check it in to make it Available again. You can also check out a Lost copy. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;On Hold&lt;/strong&gt; 
This status indicates that a patron has requested this copy. Depending on the request date, you may need to place the copy on the Hold Shelf and notify the requesting patron. 
Note: On Hold is for library and district media materials only, not textbooks. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;On Order&lt;/strong&gt; 
This status indicates that the copy records have been created, but the copies have not been received yet. 
When you receive it, check it in to make it Available. You can also check out an On Order copy. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Out for Repairs&lt;/strong&gt; 
This status indicates that the copy is being repaired or rebound. 
When the copy is returned, check it in to make it Available again."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I don't know what kind of library you are work in, but for example, I don't do a lot of loans with other libraries, so I could use the "in transit" or "on loan" statuses to mean something else - like "on display", in your case.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I do think "Harrison Bergeron" is a good choice if not this book looks interesting and might also have a story in it that you could use, &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Futureland-Walter-Mosley/dp/0446610739/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1264694609&amp;amp;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/Futureland-Walter-Mosley/dp/0446610739/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1264694609&amp;amp;sr=1-1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;As already mentioned, play up your strengths and past experience.  If your library monitor experience includes sorting and shelving books, you have a skill that they will not need to teach you from scratch.  You may need to do a sorting exercise as part of your interview, while they may or may not be looking for perfection, they are looking to see that you understand the basic concept, as sorting and shelving will make up the bulk of your job.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you aren't already familiar with the organization of the library, spend some time getting to know the collection: how they shelve their fiction, do they break it up into genres, what types of labels do they use to identify different parts of the collection, where do they shelve magazines, and music, etc.  Being a regular user is good because you will have an idea of the layout and organization.  You won't know everything, but you have a good start.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;They shouldn't be looking for someone to walk in and know the job from day one, but they will want someone who is friendly, eager to learn, and committed.  You have already shown an interest in libraries and commitment as a monitor, now you need to put your best foot forward, and show them you are the keen teen for the job.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As for being seen in the library, it is a part of the job, but the rest of the staff are there to support you, if someone is being bothersome at work, let them know.  Don't be afraid to be seen, a page is a job that pays, has decent hours (no late nights or early mornings), and is relatively safe (aside from the risk of falling books), you never have to worry about deep frying your hand or customers throwing change towards you.  You are working in an area you like, and getting paid, let them know you like what you do, if you stand up and are proud of it, they might bug you for a little bit, but when they see it doesn't bother you, they will move on to a different target that they can get a rise out of.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Lastly, good luck!  Being a page can be a fun and rewarding job, but a friendly caution, it has been known to lead to jobs in the library field down the road, that is how I started, 14 years ago.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What about &lt;em&gt;Martha Speaks&lt;/em&gt;,or &lt;em&gt;Sassafrass&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My students (PreK-8th Grade Catholic School) love to giggle over "gross" pictures. I don't go out of my way to point them out, but I also don't take any steps to prevent them from finding this information. I did have to speak to one third grade boy about walking a biology textbook found in the reference section around and showing it to his classmates, but I made an effort to distinguish the problem as being the harassment of his fellow students as opposed to implying the information was inappropriate to be interested in. I think it's important that students be able to find accurate information about biology when they're looking for it. Students hit puberty at different times and may not be comfortable asking an adult for advice, but they can be reassured by accurate health information in their library.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Cassandra Clare's trilogy, the &lt;em&gt;Cirque Du Freak&lt;/em&gt; series, &lt;em&gt;Vampire Academy&lt;/em&gt; series, and &lt;em&gt;Vampire Kiss&lt;/em&gt; series all seem popular with &lt;em&gt;Twilight&lt;/em&gt; fans at our library.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hello, MS/HS librarians!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I've been talking with my school principal regarding the overdue fee. It's at 5 cents per day per book right now, and students are NOT worried about it at all, leading to several students thinking that "it's no big deal to bring the books back late, since it's not going to cost that much". Result: they bring the books really late, and the library has lost a lot of books over the years (before I worked there). &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Now let me add: no, students cannot check out a book if they already have an overdue book or an unpaid fine; but I think that an increase in the fee would be a much better deterrent for students.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My school principal agreed to an increase, suggesting 25 cents per day per book. I think that's a little too much, so I'm coming here to get suggestions: &lt;strong&gt;how much is the overdue fee at your school?&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've enjoyed:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Honest-Goodness-Truth-Patricia-McKissack/dp/0689853955/ref=sr%5F1%5F1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1264696579&amp;amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow"&gt;The Honest-to-Goodness Truth by Patricia McKissack and Giselle Potter&lt;/a&gt; is about a girl who pushes away all her friends by telling "truth" that wasn't hers to tell. In the end she learns to distinguish between tattling and being honest.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Armadillo-Tattletale-Helen-Ketteman/dp/0590997238/ref=sr%5F1%5F1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1264696773&amp;amp;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow"&gt;Armadillo Tattletale by Helen Ketterman and Keith Graves&lt;/a&gt; is a fun pourquoi tale about Armadillo's tiny ears. None of the animals like Armadillo because he eavesdrops on their conversation with his big ears, but he eventually pushes them too far. In the end being taught his lesson works out great for Armadillo: he can run faster and drink all the fresh water he wants without his big cumbersome ears.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am at a middle school we had a one time 25 cent fine. The high schools have a 10 cent per item per day fine where they cap it at the price of the book and all fines must be paid before getting the diploma. Also, we all adjust our fines when the public library adjusts their so it scaffolds up. Our public library is 25 cents per item per day up to the cost of the book.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There is always Deep End by J.G. Ballard.  The earth has mined its oceans of oxygen and in the process, has made the atmosphere inhabitable, starting a mass extinction event.  The characters find a lone shark struggling in what is left of waters and vow to care for it.  They return the next day and find the pool where the shark was drained and the shark dying.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't know if there really is an ideal age range outside of the range of YA readers. 13 tends to look for 13 year old protagonists, while 14-16 tend to look up to 18 year old protagonists. 17 &amp;amp; 18 look to adult or college protagonists. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;At our public library, we have newspapers displayed on a simple rack - no folders or binders required.  Back issues (only a week's worth) live on shelves under our magazine display.
Admittedly, it doesn't "protect" them very well, but we figure that they're there to be read.&lt;br /&gt;
Noticed on an earlier response you mentioned that they get "taken apart" if they're not protected - if that's a major problem, could you keep them behind the desk and require that the kids ask for them if they need them?  (Kind of how we keep our SI swimsuit issue behind the counter - if you want to read it, you have to ask for it, because we know that it'll walk otherwise.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hopefully you have a materials reconsideration policy and procedure. If the teacher wants the book removed from the collection, the teacher has the right to ask for the book to be put through the procedure.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Kids need access to materials that develop good vocabulary, including vocabulary about the human body. Unless the pictures in that dictionary are graphically inappropriate, reference materials including the human body should not be censored from the collection.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There is a current fluttering over "bad" words in dictionaries. My take is adults should grow up and take time to listen to kids talking in the hallways, lunch room, and at recess. What is in the dictionary isn't going to corrupt the innocent children. A rich vocabulary is a good thing.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Reader's advisory databases like Novelist and Books &amp;amp; Authors (if your library subscribes) and even ones like Literature Resource Center can be really useful for finding information about the book or author, and that can sometimes spur interesting discussions.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In the most general sense that it involves someone joining a military force, going through training, learning about life, the universe, and everything, and making and losing friends and enemies, I would recommend John Scalzi's "Old man's war" and it's sequels, of which there are 3-4 total.  It's kind of like ender's game, except that ender is a kid and the main character here is a septagenarian(Spelling?) who thinks he's going out to fight off alien wimps, since the military he joins recruits exclusively senior citizens!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There is another series, called Orphanage, I believe.  It's about a man named Jason Wander, who, in the first book, is 17 and becomes orphaned in a war that planet earth was completely unprepared for.  The remainder of the series is his joining the military and his adventures in said military forces.  It's written by Robert Buettner.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Again with the general military theme: Robert Heinlein's "Space Cadet" was interesting and kind of fun. The Academy is located in Colorado, there is another part of the Academy in space. A semester (I think( in the asteroid belt and a first postin on Venus. I liked this as a kid in the late 70s. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Possibly:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Jilly's Ghost by Dian Curtis Regan (1990)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Still longing for her first kiss, fifteen-year-old Jilly finds relief from loneliness in the form of a ghost who haunts her backyard, but her nerdy neighbor is intent on exposing the ghost and ruining Jilly's new-found happiness.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;or&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Summer Lightning by Wendy Corsi Staub (1993)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;On her seventeenth birthday, a handsome ghost appears to Melissa, claiming to be her protector and offering her love, but she must then choose between this newcomer and her devoted boyfriend, Tripp.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;At our storytimes we emphasize early literacy, so at the start of every storytime I run through the patter about behavior, saying we are teaching good audience skills as well as early literacy so we "save talking, treats, toys and taking pictures for after storytime," as I pantomime the motions of talking, eating, stroking a toy and snapping a photo. It makes the message gentle yet emphatic and is understood by children and their adult caregivers. I have stopped with reading a story if noise or behavior is an issue, but that happens very rarely.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In Gale's Literature Resource Center I found an article that has a very very long ;o) list of his books, plus plays and a single title he edited. It doesn't break them up into genres, but maybe the article will help you distinguish?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if I can post it here; if you don't have access that database, please email me so I can send you the article.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It looks like an alternative can be purchased for less than $20.  Weeding, censorship and material selection are not interchangeable terms.  In this case, it might just be being prudent.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you end up with a complaint, you can let the powers that be know that the solution is in the mail.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My solution is similar to these others.  I usually will stop and say (in my most preschool-ish teacher voice) "mommies....mommies... moms in the back row....(until I get their attention and everyone is looking at them)..you need to be good listeners too during the story"  and then once I have their attention, I remind them that their child will participate and listen more if they do too, and to please keep their conversations for after storytime.  Often the grandmas and babysitters are worse than the mommies.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dragon and thief : a Dragonback adventure / Timothy Zahn
This is a series of 5 books.
14 year old orphan, Jack, is on the run for a crime he didn't commit.
He finds himself hiding out on an unoccupied planet, his only companion an artificial intelligence programmed with the personality of his con man uncle Virge. Jack unexpectedly meets Draycos, a dragon-like K'da (an alien species) , sole survivor of an advance team of K'da and due to circumstance the two must form a symbiotic relationship in order to survive and find out how to clear Jack's name and get the police off his back.
It is generally catalogued as Adult Science Fiction, but I think they are fantastic for teens who enjoy these types of exotic sci-fi stories.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If I have a situation like that, I take the book off the shelves for a couple of weeks (maybe a month) and then put it back again. Problem solved - out of sight, out of mind. Until the next time.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm in a YA Lit class at the moment, and Ender's Game is paired with Feed / by MT Anderson.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you really liked the Science fiction end of things, Isaac Asimov has some great reads, and some of his books have been made into movies (I, Robot, Bicentennial man.)  The guy practically created the genre.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Perhaps the teacher who wants to know "what you will do" can offer a suggested alternative dictionary which he/she knows is more appropriate for this age group, supported with reviews from reliable sources.  Enlish his/her help in selecting something. If there is more than one teacher at this grade level, engage all of them in the discussion.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A lot of the Poe titles would work well for middle schoolers. Tell-Tale Heart is straight prose, and creepy enough that most of them find it interesting. Cask of Amontillado is good for character analysis, and (sadly) most kids at the middle school level are learning about effects of drug/alcohol on personality outside of school, which turns it into another "teaching moment" for why you stay away from drugs.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Gift of the Magi by O. Henry is always popular, although you might be hard pressed to tie middle schoolers down to read it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain would likely net a bunch of stories for that age group; it's a collection of 27 stories that were published in magazines and newspapers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Depending on reading levels, Wayside School books are entertaining and focused entirely on character personalities, making them ideal for character contrast/comparison. They are a bit young, but you can always modify a lesson upwards. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I assume your school already has a mythology unit, but those tend to be short stories as well.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Playing up on the vampire craze, Ray Bradbury's The Homecoming is about a boy's tale of his family reunion of vampires.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Definitely talk with your principal about it but also have a plan to suggest.  I have found that sometimes removing the book for "repair", etc. and later reshelving the book later allows the interest to wane and solves the problem.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would look at other Library websites to get ideas.  I also like aslum's answer; I would check with your local High School to see if you could get some help.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I second the recommendations of John Scalzi and Timothy Zahn for good action adventure that is teen-accessible. I'd suggest, if you're looking for something with some "moral issues" in it, that you try "Little Brother" by Corey Doctorow, or "Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins. "Feed" is another strong book with political overtones. Lastly, if you want some aspects of computerized battle and war-games, you try "Epic" and "Saga" by Conor Kostick. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Another author whom I've found very interesting, but is probably not accessible to most teens, is Julie Czerneda. Her books are very strong in the biological sciences, and do a very good job of presenting truly "alien" aliens, and have some very interesting twists in the plot.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Try some of the Heinlein juveniles. "Tunnel in the Sky" and "Citizen of the Galaxy" are both dystopian and have good characters. They may be a little longer than you are looking for but are quick reads. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Revolt in 2100 and Methusaleh's Children is a collection of short stories that might be perfect for you. Here is the ISBN from Amazon. &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Revolt-Methuselahs-Children-Robert-Heinlein/dp/0671577808/ref=sr%5F1%5F1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1264720945&amp;amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow"&gt;978-0671577803&lt;/a&gt; 
Most of Heinlein's juveniles had male leads so that may even help with encouraging boys who are usually reluctant readers. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm at a high school. The library started last year and we had a 5 cents/day fee. I upped it to 10 cents/day this year. But, I have a 3 day grace period. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It doesn't make much difference for a few days overdue, but when the kids keep it for longer they really feel it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;At first the school didn't want any overdue fines 1) because they didn't want to bother with the accounting 2) we serve mostly kids in low income families. But I talked them into the fines.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you're concerned about 25 cents/day, reframe it as $1.25/week, then consider how it would affect your population&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As and aside:
I have some pretty supportive English teachers, and I get them to pass out my overdue slips and reinforce my message about returning books. If the kids think they're going to get in trouble with the people who grade them, they might be more amenable &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Thanks for the question, I'm dealing with issues myself and reading replies is helpful!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My boss heard of this...kids first read the NB from the year they were born, so not everyone is reading the SAME book, and after the "birth year" book is done, the kids can pick any NB winner. Haven't started it yet, have at least 10 kids interested. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Public library. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Anyone have experience?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'd add that anime and manga were popular in Germany decades before the craze hit here in the U.S., so if your students are into that sort of thing you could probably motivate them with a few popular titles in German translation. I can't guarantee that the translations are going to be good for students, but the series aimed at younger readers aren't likely to be overly complex or dense.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would also consider how long this teacher has been teaching.  Is it a case of their asking 'what's procedure'?  Or is it a difficulty with children seeing this?  Perhaps they are also asking for some guidance in how to handle the situation either with students or parents or what response to give if parents question the situation.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I second Heinlein, and Feed by Anderson.  Look at the books by William Sleator, though they are much shorter, but they feature a lot of teens being the smartest in the room to solve a technical and a moral problem in a science fiction setting.  The White Mountains by Christopher, if they can take a little darker and give up the action, but like the thematic elements.  Orson Scott Card also writes some urban based fantasy, and I especially liked Magic Street.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would say The Mediator series but the earliest of them was published in 2000&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would recommend the following titles:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In the Heart of the Sea: the Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex, by Nathaniel Philbrick. Excellent reading. (What happened to the Essex gave Melville the idea for Moby Dick.) And his other titles as well.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any book by Simon Winchester&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Isaac's Storm, by Eric Larsen&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Doctor On Everest, by Kenneth Kamler, M.D. It covers more territory than Into Thin Air (Kamler is briefly mentioned in it.) Also, his second book, Surviving the Extremes.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Between a Rock And a Hard Place, by Aron Ralston&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any book by David McCullough, Walter Isaacson, Robert Ellis. Good histories and biographies.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And if you would consider some fiction, try Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. They are by turns uproariously funny, very serious, and with thoughtful bits added in. Also: Good Omens, cowritten with Neil Gaiman. Imagine the Apocalypse as done by Monty Python. Need I say more?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Good fortune on your quest!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm looking for teen/young adult fiction books that center around lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender characters. I'm not thinking of a specific book.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thank you all, I'd never heard of most of those!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Praise for their child's other qualities, followed by what they or their child is missing by misbehaving in the library (If I have to keep your child from using the library, he won't get his homework done/finish his book report/be able to watch his brother/have a place to wait for you after dark).  What's in it for them?  Saying that you don't like spending time disciplining their child turns into "you don't like my child" or "you are saying I'm a bad parent" and that just makes the mommyclaws come out, and once the mommyclaws come out, you are toast.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Are you new to Milly? We were a bit startled to notice this the first time, too, but as far as I've been able to work out it's actually built in to the software to not take anything but the match into account in the browse indexes. :-(  I think of Milly as an over-excited labrador: Hey look! I found &lt;strong&gt;another&lt;/strong&gt; result! Can I have a cookie!?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;These things make pseudo-duplicates appear in Millennium results:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Added titles&lt;/strong&gt; which share the same beginning as other titles in the same record (when you search for the start of the title).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Repeated author fields&lt;/strong&gt; - eg. same author as main entry and as an author/title entry&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Repeated call number fields.&lt;/strong&gt; If your records have the call number in the Item record and there's more than one of them, searching for that call number in the WebPAC will bring up a "new" record for every single one of them! (Sadly, we have a lot of records like this from our previous library system. Our current practice is to put them into the bibliographic record instead.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any other two entries in one record which are basically the same and searchable through browsing. (ISBN, etc)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Happy Groundhog Day! I wish I had a cookie for every time a staff member came up and told me about these duplicate records they found. My favourite is when they tell me they found duplicate records and deleted one of them, and now they can't find any of them...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My biggies would be:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Effective basic keyword searching&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ability to set a lot of limits if you need to - esp. limiting by availability, format and location (my current OPAC is not doing this well at all)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ability to provide a good mobile phone-friendly interface - this is a growing area, and it's really handy to search the catalogue from within the shelves. This should also be compatible with screen-reader software.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ability to make cosmetic changes as you need to without too much pain - renaming things for clarity, change colours/logos when your organisation's marketing team have a change of heart.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Link to Google Preview - often allows readers to view the first chapter.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any tools you can think of to make things better for users: Alerting service for saved searches eg. weekly email of new titles, view borrowing history, save records to look for later....&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would definitely look into David Levithan's and Brent Hartinger's books. I especially like Boy Meets Boy and Geography Club. Also check out Alex Sanchez, and for middle school readers, Totally Joe by James Howe. I also really like the acceptance portrayed in My Most Excellent Year by Kluger. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You could try "Am I Blue?: coming out from the silence", a selection of short stories. While I've only read the title story, it was quite enjoyable!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Ugh, I don't understand why parents won't admit that their cherubs can act rotten at times.  Okay, I like to approach parents with other information first.  Let them know about an upcoming program or a service the library has that they might be interested in, anything to get a calm, helpful conversation started.  Then I turn the conversation to their problem child(ren).  "I don't think Michael will be able to participate in the summer reading club unless we can find a way to keep him from disrupting the other children."  Hopefully the parents realize by this point that I want their child at the library, and we can talk about the disruptive behavior.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Clearly this will not work with all parents, but having any sort of good relationship with the parents will help.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;At our high school--no prom unless your fines are paid.  Boy friends pay for the girl friends and vice versa!  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I want to find one of my favorite books as a kid.  There were three talking mountains.  They somehow got a mail order catalog and ordered lots of things and then got in trouble when the bill came.&lt;br /&gt;
This would have been late 1970's to early 1980's.
Any suggestions?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;YALSA's Popular Paperbacks Committee created a GLBTQ list in 2006:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/popularpaperback/annotations/ppya06.cfm#glbtq" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/popularpaperback/annotations/ppya06.cfm#glbtq&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The ALA Rainbow Project has an annual list of GLBTQ lit for children and teens:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://rainbowlist.wordpress.com/rl-2010/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://rainbowlist.wordpress.com/rl-2010/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Rainbow List also has links to two great blogs (on right hand side of page): &lt;a href="http://queerya.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Fiction for LGBTQ Teens&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.leewind.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;I'm Here. I'm Queer. What the Hell Do I Read?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You can also do an archive search of the YALSA-BK listerv, &lt;a href="http://lists.ala.org/wws/arc/yalsa-bk" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://lists.ala.org/wws/arc/yalsa-bk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;From the YALSA Wiki, here's a list of Transgender Titles someone compiled from YALSA-BK:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://wikis.ala.org/yalsa/index.php/Transgender_Titles" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://wikis.ala.org/yalsa/index.php/Transgender_Titles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm working at a community college library.  One of my supervisors wants me to look into how other academic libraries handle graphic novels.  We have a tiny selection at the moment, housed entirely on a display cart near the circulation desk.  She wants me to do some prelimanary work on developing a collection policy and I have a bunch of questions.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;How do similar libraries shelve their collections?  We have a browsing section near circulation but it is entirely fiction and not all the graphic novels are fiction.  Should we try to give them institution specific call numbers so that they can have their own section? How do other libraries keep track of new volumes in graphic novel series they are collecting?  What periodicals or sites are watched to find good graphic novels to collect?  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any hints, tips, or pointers would be appreciated.  Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Please Help.  I was talking with a patron this morning and he is reading some historical fiction set in the 19th century around seafaring folk.  It made me think of a series that I had read a few years back, but for the life of me I can not remember anything.  I thought that there were about 5-6 books in the series, I think that they are 1-2 word titles-I thought that two of the titles were along the lines of Kidnapped and Voyage, but I am not finding them under these when I search.  I know that in the first book a young man is pressed into service of the British Navy (maybe out of Scotland?) The rest of the series deals with his years in the service and his rise through the ranks.  I can picture the covers and know right where they used to be before my library reorganized, but cannot recall any titles or the author.  Anyone?  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;No experience, but WOW what a great idea!  I love it and I think I will read one from my birth year this weekend if I can.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Is it that series by Patrick O'Brian? The Aubrey/Maturin series?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The shape of our school - a long U with the library at one end and the intermediate grades at the other - is drastically affecting our circulation.  (4th and 5th graders typically only exchange books at their library classes in alternating quarters.)  To encourage circulation, and books in general, I'm transforming one of our book carts into a mobile library to the intermediate wing on certain mornings.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here's the thing - to get the kids (and teachers!) excited about this, I need a really cool name.  I was thinking of some type of acronym, but I'm open to any possibility.  (I was really thinking of how I could make TARDIS stand for something library related.)   Ideas?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Any chance you're thinking of the Thomas Kydd series? From the &lt;a href="http://www.julianstockwin.com/Kydd.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;author's website&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;The year is 1793 and Europe is ablaze with war. Thomas Paine Kydd, a young wig-maker from Guildford, England, is seized by the press-gang to be part of the crew of the 98-gun line-of-battle ship Duke William. The ship sails immediately and Kydd quickly has to learn the harsh realities of shipboard life. Yet despite all he goes through in danger of tempest and battle, gradually he learns to admire the skills and courage of the seamen. He comes to love the companionship he finds amongst his fellows and wants nothing more than to be like them. But will mere promise be enough to turn a raw youth into a true sailor?&lt;/blockquote&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Parts of the description and the cover images sounds like it could be one of Christopher Pike's books, but I can't think of any without horror and gristly bits.  So this isn't hugely likely to be the answer, but I'll post it here anyhow.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Does anything at &lt;a href="http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/p/christopher-pike/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/p/christopher-pike/&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href="http://fuckyeahchristopherpike.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://fuckyeahchristopherpike.tumblr.com/&lt;/a&gt; jog the memory?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Warning, I just googled up some webpages, those seemed to have lots of description and cover images, but the content is a little...well, the second url is a bit of a warning ;).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Spirit and Opportunity come to mind
&lt;a href="http://marsrover.nasa.gov/home/index.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://marsrover.nasa.gov/home/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You could combine the two rover names on one bookcart.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Take
And
Read 
Distribution of
Information
System&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1309651.Woolvs_in_the_Sitee" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1309651.Woolvs_in_the_Sitee&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have not seen the book in person, but the reviews made me want to head to my neighborhood bookshop.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What is your school mascot/nickname?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Never heard of this either, but it sounds like fun. It seems like you would still have kids of relatively the same age reading the books, so likely they would be reading the same few titles. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;However, this inspired me to look up what the Newbery winner was the year I was born and I am thrilled to discover that it is one of my favorites, Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary, the '84 winner! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about "Cool Air" by H.P. Lovecraft. Most Lovecraft stuff probably wouldn't work but that one might. The story is not dystopian but it's very creepy. Its mostly about the interaction between the narrator and a doctor Munoz. Also it's public domain so you can find the entire text on the Internet &lt;a href="http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Cool%5FAir" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.
    "At the Mountins of Madness" might also work (my favorite) but it is a novella and much longer. So it would probablly violate your 20 page specification. "The Rats in the Walls" could work too but the narrator's cat has an unfortunate name that probably makes that story not sutiable for a school setting. All of the stories complete text can be found on en.wikisource.org just search for their names.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There's always the classic Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden.  It's getting old, but it's still a good story.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Understanding that we are not a "academic" library, but a public library...the manner in which we shelve our collection is as follow:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If it is a "graphic novel" (i.e. the illustrated hobbit) it is shelved in the same place as the regular novel version of the hobbit.  If it is a comic based graphic novel, such as batman\superman\etc... it is cataloged and placed in the non-fiction section.  We use dewey, with what is probably considered an institution specific system, so that Robert Kirkman's Invincible comic collections are 741.5/K63 with sub-lettering for volumes 1 (741.5\K63) through volume 10 (741.5\K63j); while star wars as a whole is located at 
741.5\S888(a through f at the present), because there are so many different authors, but it's all star wars!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I do most of the shopping for this sort of material, and I am a member of the westfield comics distributer website (westfieldcomics.com), and I also browse amazon.com on a regular basis.  When I need something to fill a particular criteria, such as child friendly, a simple google search turns up dozens of blogs and other web resources to help me find what I'm looking for!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don;t think this is is but you;re not thinking about the Hornblower series, are you?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Hornblower" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Hornblower&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've only read one of the "Ender" books so this may not be quite what you're looking for, but what about Terry Pratchett's "Johnny Maxwell" books? The first one, &lt;i&gt;Only You Can Save Mankind&lt;/i&gt;, opens with 12-year-old Johnny blithely slaughtering aliens in a video game, only to be contacted by actual aliens - who want to surrender... There's a fair amount of humor (this is Pratchett, after all) but there are some serious issues as well, including details of the home lives of Johnny's friends. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The other books don't deal with aliens, though they each have fantasy-and/or-SF elements: &lt;i&gt;Johnny and the Dead&lt;/i&gt; has Johnny and friends trying to save the local cemetery's ghosts from having their turf developed, and &lt;i&gt;Johnny and the Bomb&lt;/i&gt; has a time-travel element. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The books seem to be written for early teens, language-wise. They do touch on some rather harsh realities in among the humor and adventure; one of Johnny's friends comes from an abusive household, for example, and each of the main characters has their own troubles. The emphasis is on forging friendships, doing the right thing, and dealing with reality (yes, even when it involves aliens or ghosts {wry grin}), and the triumphs tend to be bitter-sweet. I enjoyed them a lot.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The first story that came to mind when I read your question was Harlan Ellison's "A Boy and His Dog" - it's definitely dystopian, but may be a bit too extreme for middle school.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;H. G. Wells' "Country of the Blind" might qualify. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I wanted to suggest Joanna Russ' "We Who Are About To..." as well, but it's too long; a very short novel or longish novella. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Poe's "William Wilson" is an obvious doppleganger-themed story, as is de Maupassant's "The Terror". &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I see that Levithan, Hartinger, Sanchez, and Kluger have already been recommended, so after voting that one up, I can only add:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;How I Paid for College&lt;/i&gt; by Mark Acito - the narrator's a bouncy teenager with an entertaining assortment of problems and a (usually) irrepressable attitude when dealing with them. Oh, and a motley group of friends who encourage him in his flamboyant escapades. There are many laugh-out-loud bits [some of them quite racy - how often do you see someone successfully produce a hilarious sex scene?], and I liked it a lot. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Eagle Kite&lt;/i&gt; by Paula Fox is a bit different; here, the teenaged protagonist isn't gay, but discovers that his father is...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Just to throw this in, I noticed on the Digital Overload weaver sheet, there's a section for parental permission:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cad-comic.com/images/do2010/2010waiver.gif" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.cad-comic.com/images/do2010/2010waiver.gif&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Might scare some parents off though.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For an &lt;em&gt;Ender&lt;/em&gt; fan, I'd recommend &lt;em&gt;Warchild&lt;/em&gt; by Karin Lowachee and it's sequels. Orphan boy trained to fight, space pirates, aliens at war with humans... &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Patricia C Wrede's newest, Thirteenth Child, strongly reminded me of Orson Scott Card's writings, although more his other works than the Ender series. It contains the element of special kids, sibling relationships among unusual siblings, exploration of territories, alternate history, and unknown lifeforms.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Megan Whalen Turner's Thief series also contain military aspects, particularly the second and third books.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Actually, I believe this was The Catalog by Jasper Tomkins. I believe there was a sequel called The Mountains Crack Up (just confirmed both on Amazon). It's odd that I remembered this, because I never actually read the books, but I remember seeing an ad for them back in the day, and it just struck me as such an odd premise that it's always stuck with me. Go figure.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You can read Wizard as well to keep up on the industry news.  Entertainment Weekly does an ok jobof covering graphic novels (usually once a month).  I agree Amazon does a good job and there are plenty of boards to follow.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You also need to decide why you are buying them. Is it for research purposes or for pleasure reading by your patrons?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Always remember the first time I read "Man from the South" by Roald Dahl, and I believe the conversation would allow for some contrasting of the characters.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There is some drinking in the story, though, which may disqualify it.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Tattooed Potato And Other Clues?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tattooed_Potato_and_Other_Clues" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tattooed_Potato_and_Other_Clues&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It's been a long time since I read it, but your description matches what I remember from it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What book would you booktalk if there were no restrictions?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Please include a short summary of the book (or series), the reason you want to booktalk it to a particular audience, and the reason you'd be fired for talking about it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For example:  I'd booktalk the Preacher series of graphic novels by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon to 8th grade classes.  A lot of the boys used to tell me they'd never read a book, but I know at least some of them would read these books. This well-written series is so filled with violence and over-the-top crass humor that I tell people it's like War and Peace for 8th grade boys (at least the ones who look daggers at me when I come in the door with a box of books).  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It's about an alcoholic minister, his girlfriend, and his best friend (a vampire) who tour the country to kill God. It's utterly filthy and at one point features a man indulging his sexual fantasies in a meat locker and in another a poo-throwig direct descendant of Jesus.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Not claiming this series is socially redeaming or that any of you would enjoy it.  And frankly I don't know if it would work as a booktalk, but there's my fantasy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What's yours?  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Ray Bradbury had a story with a similar premise, but I remember it being about an adult man.  Going to an alien city, wandering around, not being able to find anything to eat or drink, then he gets transformed into an alien by the city (which is itself somewhat sentient) so he can live there happily, although alone.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm posting this for a friend, who has been attempting to find this book for years.  It was one of her favorites in the evening when she was really little, so the time frame is probably late 80's.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This is a book about a mouse, whose name is George (although my friend admitted she could be wrong).  It's a children's book, perhaps even a bath book?  It's about a mouse's adventures, at one point he is in a castle.  The one line she remembers is that the mouse got to find "a morsel of tasty cheese".&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you can find the name of the book, she would be eternally grateful!  Extra points if you can find a place where a copy could be purchased :-)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;One of my favorite websites for YA books is Reading Rants by Jennifer Hubert. She has a list of LGBT books for teens at &lt;a href="http://www.readingrants.org/category/closet-club/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.readingrants.org/category/closet-club/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have booktalked Lamb by Chris Moore.  Basically the sotry of Jesus as told by his best friend Biff.  To say some might find it offensive is putting it mildly. The main character has a crush on Mary Magdalene and as his friend Joshua (Jesus to you) has to remain chaste Biff spends part of the novel trying to go through enough harlots for the both of them.  Outrageous and funny it is a tricky one to book talk. I have discovered if you disclaim it by saying that it is nto for everyone the people who might be offended tend not to take it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Anything by Ellen Hopkins. Teens love her, but I don't think my conservative community would be crazy about teenage prostitutes, meth addicts, and questioning religion. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It could be this. It's got a mouse and a castle in it. Hope it helps!:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"George, the Dragon and the Princess" by Chris Wormell&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/George-the-Dragon-and-the-Princess/Chris-Wormell/e/9781862301863" rel="nofollow"&gt;link text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In my uber-conservative bastion of republicanism, all it would take would be a talk about any of Michael Moore's work (The guy who did bowling for columbine, etc...) to get fired.  As for what I would like to booktalk, ideally, which might also get me fired?  That would be either Kirkman's &lt;em&gt;Walking dead&lt;/em&gt; (Zombie apocalypse comics) or Orson Scott Card's &lt;em&gt;Enders Game&lt;/em&gt;, which deals with population(Read birth here) control, the training, which would be child abuse to most people around here, and the fact that the conservative christian types around here might freak out at the fact that it's science fiction, which might as well be witch-craft to the average fundamentalist around here.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've been hearing on here, and a variety of other places, that libraries now have video games\equipment for use or checkout.    We had a small A\V grant\donations fund here (gone now), which I was allowed to use to pay for a motion picture license, and we had a movie night for the past year, but I would like to do more, offer more, have game nights and things of that sort.  Also, if anyone knows of retailers\manufacturers who are library friendly and might give rebates\donations to this sort of cause.  The movie night brought some new people in, and actually increased circulation slightly, but noticably.  We don't have the budget anymore to continue it ourselves, however, and I think that's a shame.&lt;br /&gt;
                                                                                             I've heard of grants that help pay for things like that, but can never find the information.  I was wondering if anyone could tell me about that sort of program, and could relate how I might find the information on how to apply?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I believe these books were written in the 80's because i was reading them in the early to mid 90's. It is about a young woman who returns to an Island after many years because there has been a mysterious death (her female cousin i think...). Anyways, come to find out the orphaned daughter of her cousin is really her daughter and there is some old tension between the heroine and the daughter's father. I can see the cover, it is blue and i believe the word Island is in the title. She also wrote another book about turqoise necklace or earrings or something...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It's not &lt;em&gt;There's a mouse about the house!&lt;/em&gt; by Richard Fowler?  No castle, but a tasty morsel of cheese at the end.  In my kid's book you pushed the mouse through slots in the page.  They loved it!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm looking for suggestions of what to call 0-8 year olds inclusive.  Do you have a catchy handle for this age group that you can/do use in communications to parents, teachers, etc. (and/or in library signage)? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Background : I'm working on a reading initiative for all ages but broken down into units for adults, teens, 9-12 year olds, and 0-8 year olds.  It will include a brief booklist of titles for each age group.  It will also include toolkits: book discussion guides for the 3 older groups; and activities supportive of the six early literacy skills, and reflective of the academic content standards for primary grades, as appropriate, for the youngest group.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The previous iteration of this reading program included just 3 age groups: children, teens, adults.  With 2 groups of children by age, I now need more precise nomenclature.  "Tweens" is on the table for the older children.  Also under consideration for the 2 groups: "Learning to Read" and "Reading to Learn", but collective nouns would probably be better.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;TIA for your suggestions!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;...on materials (not programs or services) to attract tech savvy people to the library (or the library's website) what would you buy?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We already have:
Downloadable Audio
Downloadable eBooks 
Downloadable Video (doesn't circ)
Downloadable Music (really doesn't circ)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Most of these are from Overdrive.
We can buy more of the same, or we can buy from someone else to try something new.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is probably not what you're looking for but there were some similarities.  Scott O'Dell wrote a book called Zia (a sequel to Island of the Blue Dolphins).  The main character, Zia, is the niece of the main character from the original (Karana).  After Karana dies Zia sets out to find the home she remembers as a small child.  O'Dell also wrote a book entitled The Amethyst Ring.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;One of my favorite books when I was little was a storybook with occasional pictures about a man who goes on a quest and the vizer and his henchman do everything in their power to stop the hero. They give him an old faulty genie, and a set of impossible tasks. One of the tasks was to get a feather from a bird. The genie was cranky and the stuff he made was slow and half worked. The henchman had a brand new genie that gave great stuff but the henchman always broke  it at the end of preventing each task.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I can't remember the name or author and I can't remember how it begins or ends. Does anyone know what I am talking about?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You want tech-savvy folks?  I'd investigate a site license deal for Safari.  I also had access to some of Books24x7 via  the ACM but I didn't like it as much.  However, it did have some nice volumes.  Both have significant gaps in their collection.  I don't seem to remember any service offering Addison-Wesley books, which is a biggie for the more academic folks and also books that tend to be really expensive.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;At a family camp I attend we adopted the term "littles" for 0-5 year-olds, "middles" for 6-9 year-olds, and "tweens" for 10-12.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We currently link the Unshelved book review for each book we review to the amazon.com listing for that ISBN.  This decision was made for three reasons, primarily:&lt;br&gt;
  1) Amazon's site has a lot of information about each title, including reader reviews.  &lt;br&gt;
  2) It's easy to do.  Amazon's affiliate program offers us an easy way to generate the links and to get the book cover art to use.&lt;br&gt;
  3) If readers click through and buy a book, we make a (very small) amount of money.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But we're interested in exploring alternatives. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Please be honest and specific as to the reason for your recommendation and why you think it would benefit those who read a book review and follow a link.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'd say "Grade Schoolers", but that doesn't include the preschoolers, or the pre-preschoolers.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It reminds me, very vaguely, of "Whose Mouse Are You?", but that's almost certainly not it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How to do the call number of book with no author and the title begins with the number 13?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Title: 13 scary ghosts stories
Call number: SC 13 or SC Thi&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You can title main entry call number like in the example (even if you use the number you can shelve like it is spelled) or you can editor main entry call number. I have that same book and have cataloged it as SC 13. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We used to call kindergarten through 3rd grade primary but it might be hard to encapsulate that in one word. if you are willing to do a phrase i'd borrow one from my age group swimming days:  "8 &amp;amp; under". &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Not the full $50k, but how about some e-readers? Get the tech savvy who haven't pulled the trigger, but would like to play with some of the machines.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Maybe some cheap facebook advertising could get the word out.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;One interesting scifi one is &lt;em&gt;Cycler&lt;/em&gt; by Lauren McLaughlin&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A teenage girl turns male for a few days every month. The family keeps the boy locked up as well as they can, but he eventually escapes, and ends up having a relationship with the girl's best friend.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I don't want to give away spoilers, but the LGBT teen community should enjoy it. And it's a quick, easy read.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Littlest library users.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have used Beginners, Saplings, or Cubs for different programs aimed for 0-8. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I know the whole internet is abuzz with librarians chastising other librarians for their negative signage.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Please enjoy your food and drinks outside/ No food or drinks in the library
Please refrain from using your cell phone/ No cell phones
etc.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But I don't think I agree:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Asking is not the same as a posted rule&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The more words on a sign, the less likely it is that someone will read it&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I believe signs should be very simple and clear, especially for English learners and children. A hamburger and drink with a slash through it seems pretty universal. A long sentence telling me where to enjoy my food can easily be misunderstood.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I don't really understand the positive side. Besides "let's all be nice," are there any other reasons for the positive signs? Can someone convince me that I'm a super mean librarian who likes making people follow rules?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Or on the flip side, what I'm most concerned about, has anyone had any trouble (especially with English learners) getting people to follow the nice signs?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think this is a question a lot of people are currently struggling with.  Unfortunately, I haven't seen another alternative that works as well as Amazon.  A while back, Bibliographic Wilderness discusses &lt;a href="http://bibwild.wordpress.com/2009/05/19/alternatives-to-amazon-api/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Alternatives to Amazon API&lt;/a&gt; and some of the suggestions there may prove useful.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For now, when I link to books, I'm going to start using &lt;a href="http://www.librarything.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;LibraryThing&lt;/a&gt;.  Last I heard, Amazon did own part of LibraryThing.  However, their "Local Book Search" link is an easy way to find local bookstores and libraries that carry specific titles.  For example, here is their main page for &lt;a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/1000167" rel="nofollow"&gt;Snow Crash&lt;/a&gt; (the Local Book Search link is on the right).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you want to be library-geeky, link to worldcat.  That way your readers can find it in their local library.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Plus, they have an xISBN function that will let you link to other editions of the same book.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In my public library, we have the super nice signage because the then current city manager, when the building was under construction, wanted to convey a "welcoming" atmosphere to the general public.  The trend continues with the current city manager because he's all about appeasing the public, "customer service is god" and "keeping customers happy no matter what" mentality.  Our nice signs, however, are ignored continuously, especially ones concerning cellular phones, and their personal preferential language doesn't seem to matter.  I don't see anything wrong, however, with being direct in telling someone, "Excuse me sir, you are in violation of ABC policy, (Cell phones, food, etc...)" and asking them to leave, or whatever the appropriate request would be.  It would be a big no no, according to the new city manager and library director here, however, so I don't.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I also like &lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org" rel="nofollow"&gt;Worldcat&lt;/a&gt; per Jen's answer &amp;amp; my comment above, but another option is &lt;a href="http://books.google.com/books" rel="nofollow"&gt;Google Books&lt;/a&gt;, which provides reviews from Kirkus when available (is this an exclusive? I can't recall seeing Kirkus reviews on Amazon), and user reviews from Goodreads &amp;amp; Amazon.  Google Books also links to Worldcat, and to the usual-suspect booksellers.  I appreciate that it (sometimes, anyway) includes a link to the publisher's website as well as the retailers'.  On the other hand, Google Books is &lt;a href="http://wo.ala.org/gbs/" rel="nofollow"&gt;awash in controversy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Other points:&lt;br&gt;
- It was set in a war between orc-like evil guys vs humans&lt;br&gt;
- Main character was a male warrior type who journeyed into enemy lands and ended up killing some of the big bosses(i think there was like over a dozen of them of different types).&lt;br&gt;
- A female main-ish character was a demi-god who goes along in her own dimension for most of the story.&lt;br&gt;
- Another character was a young mage-type who was in a town being besieged in one of his first few scenes.&lt;br&gt;
- Enemy peon blood was referred to as ichor. I think it was green in color. And the main character would often be covered in it from killing enemy soldiers.&lt;br&gt;
- There was a rank of enemy soldier that could shapeshift, but not perfectly. There was a scene where one character was washing off in the river in front of a young boy, which she ended up noticing was one of the shapeshifters and stabbed him with a sharp rock.&lt;br&gt;
- One of the big-boss enemy guys had a mouth at his torso where he would munch on the little orc-like peons. The bosses typically ate the peons as food.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That's about all I can remember. Hopefully I didn't mix up stuff from other series into there. Haven't had any luck on Google so far. If anyone can help me figure out what the series is from the mish-mash of points above, you are awesome. Thanks&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
edit: asked my brother about it and he doesn't remember much about it either, but here's more about the chess game biting the finger when you made a mistake:&lt;br&gt;
"our hero started to get the idea, but was actually his first time playing, and he began to realise after awhile that the strategy was to touch and lightly and quickly as possible"&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you eliminate the transformation into an alien, is this Outside by Andre Norton?  My recollection is that the dome was built when the land was poisonous, and a girl who has lived in the dome her whole life and knows nothing else is enticed by a clown(?) or alien dressed as a clown to explore the edge of the dome, and maybe she goes through puzzles with a boy who has also met the clown.  The entire point is that the earth outside the dome has restored itself but the clown, possibly an alien, is testing children and only allowing those outside the dome who won't just wreck the earth again.  One of the earliest environmental novels, and I always look for it in used bookshops as I want a cheap copy for my own.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have teen &lt;a href="http://www.playaway.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;playaways&lt;/a&gt;. They circ well.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have both positive and negative signs depending on what the problem is addressing. Please turn your cell phones off or on vibrate versus Children under the age of 7 are not to be left unattended in the department. There are certain things you can "ask" your patrons to do, but then there are things that you "tell" your patrons. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The fewer words on a sign the better, especially for ESL patrons (and teens). People like to be able to glance at a sign and be able to know what it says versus having to stand and read it. Even if a patrons glances at a sign with few words, they will often unconciously absorb the rule (No smoking, no eating, no drinking, etc). &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have worked in libraries where both tyes of call numbers were used. I perfer the number because that is the actual title language. We shelve these type of books as if it were spelled out (Thi). &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Indie Bound &lt;a href="http://www.indiebound.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.indiebound.org/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;After searching for a book, you can buy it from an indie bookstore online or (even better?) find an independent bookstore near you that has the book and go buy it there.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Very little information on the book on this site, so the information you find takes several clicks and varies since it depends on the indie bookstore's site you navigate to.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The greatest feature is it supports independent bookstores, but in terms of information provided, it can't compete with other sites.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Powell's Books (Portland, OR)  &lt;a href="http://www.powells.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.powells.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The best independent book store I've ever seen, particularly in terms of their website.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Lots of information about many books, including professional and user generated reviews + publishers' summaries.  There's also an "Other Books You Might Like" section at the bottoom of a book's page.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Because Powell's also sells used books, Unshelved readers could choose between a new book or a used book.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Brats, snot-noses, screamers, little s**ts, pukers, the possibilities are endless&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In our library system (Omaha Public Library) we get grants from various non-profit organaizations in the area for a variety of library programs.  Not all of these deal with gaming, but sometimes there is a gaming component.  One such grant was funding for one branch to stay open an extra day and also included weekly lock-ins over the summer - and &lt;em&gt;those&lt;/em&gt; included gaming.  Admittedly it was a HUGE grant, also on the stipulation that the donor remained anonymous, or I'd give you more info.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Honestly I haven't had much luck with the techie-sorts of stores that you'd think would want to jump in on this.  Also, at least at our system, we don'y check out gaming materials but use them for programming.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Short answer:  If you have sources you already tap for other grants, they still may be your best source to get into gaming.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The ALA Gaming Toolkit has some resources here: 
&lt;a href="http://librarygamingtoolkit.org/grants.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://librarygamingtoolkit.org/grants.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It is worth checking out the entire kit if this a project you will be taking on. Good luck! &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My guess is that you would probably have the best luck with your Friends group, if you have one. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I like "aughts to eights" myself! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Perhaps the individual author's site or the publisher's? I guess it comes down to whether you want to promote the writer or promote the book itself. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What about "The Necklace" or "The Horla" or other Guy de Maupassant stories--not exactly dystopian so much as psychologically dark, but they definitely explore characterization!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would be so grateful if we could go back to having pictorial 'no' signs - a picture of the forbidden thing (eg. food/drink) with the fairly universal red circle with a red line across it! It's clear, and it &lt;strong&gt;prevents embarrassment for the patrons&lt;/strong&gt; who didn't realise they shouldn't be doing the forbidden thing - most people want to be nice, but everyone's really getting used to wandering everywhere clutching a takeaway coffee.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We have a lot of ESL students, but I don't think that any of our local students read the complex sign which explains how water is OK, and other things are OK in a room downstairs...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Of course, we'll probably be dropping the no food or drinks rule in the next few years anyway, if we can get more funding for cleaning staff. We have allowed audible ringtones everywhere except for a silent study section for some time now - it's vitally important for our clientelle to be contactable by their childcare, workplace or lift home, and it's stressful for staff to be policing a rule that doesn't make sense to people.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We briefly stopped doing this about a year ago to streamline operations and there was practically a revolt! Supposedly it helps processing staff double check that they're matching the spine label sticker with the correct book. Also, sometimes books go from cataloguing to the people who do the spine label printing without having the call number entered on the system, but I rather think they forgot to type it in because they were too busy working it out on paper/writing it in the book. At least we're no longer writing it on a 'processing slip' as well!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It's a hangover from the days of yore. Makes perfect sense if the only alternative is fishing out a catalogue card, but otherwise not so much.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi!
I have a parent who asked me about the book The English Roses, by Madonna.  Can anyone suggest alternate titles of picture books/beginning chapter books to suggest in lieu of that title?
Many thanks!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I once took photos of signs in the library where I work which included "STOP: WARNING" (and then a lot of small print explaining that this stop message was aimed at a small group of users) and "Lending Staff are unable to help" (on a piece of equipment, without explanation of who &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; help).  So you can probably guess I'm a fan of positive signage.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;At the same time I'm also a fan of simplicity.  I think there should be as few signs as possible, because when there's too many, people's eyes just glaze over and they read none of them.  (I don't think we even need posters for food and drink policy, except when the policy has recently changed.  If someone accidentally breaks the policy then mostly it's enough to let them know; if someone wants to argue you can dig up the pamphlet or webpage; and if someone &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; wants to argue then they were going to be a nuisance anyway.)  And the phrasing should be as brief and clear as possible for the same reason.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So if your policy is that no food is allowed then it makes sense to just say so.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But if your policy does allow some foods, or allows food in some places, then I think it makes sense to emphasise the positive side of the rule rather than the negative side, both in signage and in how staff explain the rules to users who are accidentally transgressing.  It makes things more pleasant for the users but it also makes things more pleasant for staff who don't have to feel like the big meany shh-monster.  I far prefer saying "Can you please finish eating your chips in the foyer?" to "You can't eat chips here."  It works at least as well and doesn't make the user afraid to ever approach me if they've got a question.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I find the really important thing is that staff are clear on the reasons behind the rules so that they can explain if users ask.  Otherwise, those users will get the impression that the rule's only there because we're big grouches, and no-one wants to ask a grouch how to use the catalogue.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My favorite is always Betterworld.  They often have reviews and information pulled from Amazon, but your money supports libraries and literary initiatives around the world.  Plus they're eco-friendly.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14769202" rel="nofollow"&gt;Being Born.&lt;/a&gt;  It's an excellent book for young children about conception to birth with clear photographs.  I remember my mom sending it to school with us and the teacher was really upset.  I'm actually tempted to bring it in to our kindergarten teacher who is currently pregnant.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;before following up?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Scenario:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I was interviewed two weeks ago for a temporary YA position, that would start immediately. I got the call back from the Ass't Director, with whom I had the first interview, a week ago asking if I would like to come back for a second interview with the Director. YES! This was last Friday, and today is Thursday. So far I haven't gotten a call from the Ass't Director or the Director to schedule this interview.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My question is: Would it be appropriate for me to send a quick email to the Ass't reiterating my enthusiasm for the job and that I am still very interested and can start immediately? I did do this once and that spurred me into the 2nd interview. I want to look like a self starter, and that I don't sit around waiting for something, but on the other hand I don't want to seem pushy either.I understand that this is probably low priority for the Director, but if the job is to start immediately I'd think she would schedule it soon. How long does this process usually take? I am not used to the slow pace that this seems to be taking. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks for any advice!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;from the 2010 Rainbow List ...
"Frazer, Megan.  Secrets of Truth &amp;amp; Beauty. 2009.  347p.  Disney/Hyperion, $15.99. (9781423117117).  Gr. 9+.  At age seven, Dara was a darling pageant winner; at 17, she has gained too much weight and anger, leading her to discover her runaway sister on a farm commune for lesbians and others rejected by their families, including a gay high school senior."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I was lucky enough to meet the author and read an advanced copy of this book and it was great!  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;"Before tweens"&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I remember the plot fairly well: The book was about a human with psychic powers, meeting a young alien female with amnesia who needed protection. The book slowly reveals aspects of her culture (they are humanoid, and heavily psychic. They breed instinctively for greater psychic power, so one of their mating rituals involve a male proving he can wistand a females "Choosing" (i.e. psychic powers). The problem with this is the stronger the females get, the less likely a male will even survive the "Choosing".  The twist of the book is that the main alien female is the strongest of her race, and can never be with anyone, because she would kill them instantly.  Her race is concerned with this, because that implies their entire race might eventually be unable to reproduce if females continue to get stronger faster than males, etc. etc.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Oh, and the aliens only grow up after "Choosing" (at least the females).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any takers? I read it several years ago, so I might be missing something...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;what about: "Mouse Went Out to Get a Snack"? Hrrm...maybe too new (unless it got republished?)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The "If you give a mouse a..." series might have cheese somewhere (i.e. give a mouse a cookie, a muffin, etc.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Oh: How about:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;George the Little Brown Mouse&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1441537570/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;me=&amp;amp;seller=" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1441537570/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;me=&amp;amp;seller=&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you are going to shelve the number like it is spelled out, go ahead and spell it out.  Call numbers are to tell you where the book is located on the shelf, not requiring people to have prior knowledge of inhouse rules.  The Dewey number puts like things together.  The author or title part under that just tells one the order of things with the same Dewey numbers.  That can really be anything.  Patrons probably have no clue that information is usually the author information.  Catalogers need to try to think about how the customer will think. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think my library did a pretty good (almost too good, we started having more teens than space towards the end)  job of getting teens involved. The library drew in older teens (from high schools) to do volunteer work (required by several high school organizations).  Rather than shelving books, etc, the volunteer work involved putting on programs for children (like festivals), and (more frequently) putting on programs for younger teens (middle school).  We would have teen dances, murder mysteries, and improv/poetry nights, (and a really sucessful haunted house on halloween) and then after we finished our volunteer work, the volunteers could stay longer and have their own social type events. (Sometimes we'd have full night volunteer-only events).  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The whole experience made both the volunteers and the teen patrons feel more connected to the library, and the librarians. (And with more involved teens,there was more feedback on what sort of teen books, etc to order, which brought in more teens, etc.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One especially effective tactic was to encourage the volunteers to tell other older teens about how FUN it was to get volunteer hours this way, and to tell younger teen siblings about various events targeted at them.  The word of mouth marketing worked really well. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would leave out the part about starting immediately.  I would send a thank you for their time and just wanted to let you know that I am still interested.  If you say you can start immediately in my mind that is kind of like syaing why didn't you just give me the job already.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Why are you seeking an alternative?  If your library does not hold the book, I suggest you also offer her options for obtaining it.  Is Interlibrary Loan available or does your library have borrowing agreements with other libraries?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Could it be &lt;em&gt;A Thousand Words for Stranger&lt;/em&gt; by Julie E. Czerneda? It's the first of the "Clan Chronicles" books, and seems to fit your description.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It isn't catchy--but how about "children"?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I read a sci fi book several years ago about a race of alien blobs that live in outer space, and reproduce asexually. These blobs can take the shape of any species they want, although it will always be the same shape (that is, they will always look like the same human if they assume human shape) and it will always be corresponding to their age (that is, if they are young for a blob, their human form will be a child, and this form will age as they do, etc.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The main character is the youngest of the blobs, and is of note because she was born sexually from her mother (her mother was in some sort of dog form?)  The main character helps a human (maybe a detective), and tries not to take on a human form (the big reveal at the end is that it's because of how young she is, her human form is an adorable little girl with freckles, even though she's centuries old).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The blob people (there were about six of them) could transmit memories to each other by sharing bits of themselves (but only to other blobs).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Another reveal was that the original blob in this group used to be a mindless space monster,e ating everything in sight, before realizing that it was wrong to kill sentient beings, etc. etc.  There is an intergalactic (or something) race of blob people that have not made this realization and just are horrible planet eaters. Becasue of this, there are a few characters in the book (or is it a series?) that think the main character is evil and planning to destroy their galaxy.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about the name "Storytimers"?   Those ages are usually the target for most of the storytimes we have done at the libraries I have worked at.   Since the 9-12 are usually not interested in listening to or attending storytimes (unless they are there as a babysitter), it would be fairly clear which ages are being discussed.  By the way, "Tweens" do like attending programs, but just a different type -- at least in my experience!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;RoseB   Adams County Library System (Gettysburg, PA)   -- Computer Tech --&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;[I know it says I'm a computer tech, but I have been working in various libraries as a storytime volunteer\assistant\teen coordinator for more than 13 years.]&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Oh! Someone answered my previous question, and looking up the author for that question got me the answer to this one (no wonder I read the two books together, they were by the same author!)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The book was:  "Beholder's Eye" by Julie E. Czerneda&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-Jenny&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In the 80's i read a book about a man who finds a spaceship that is like an ark. He goes from planet to planet trying to help solve problems with the ships super science (which he doesn't understand) and the solutions often cause more problems.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In the end he is in a challenge with a Moses like character reproducing the plagues of the Old Testament.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We are a Dewey library and shelve all our Graphic Novels in 741.5 - unless they are non-fiction and shelved under the subject, e.g. "Gettysburg: The Graphic Novel" is in with the other Civil War books at 973.7.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We are a college that offers a graphic design degree, so most of the reason I purchase them is related to design and illustration classes - but they are probably more often read just for pleasure. Manga is also wildly popular, so I have a few of those series that I continue to purchase and they are only about $6-8 each through Baker &amp;amp; Taylor or Amazon. I have several students who are very interested in this type of thing and they make recommendations fairly often.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One great resource is &lt;a href="http://graphicnovelreporter.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://graphicnovelreporter.com/&lt;/a&gt; - they also have an e-newsletter you can subscribe to. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You can also just search for "best graphic novels" and come up with a number of lists from various sources.  There's also a couple of great books to help start up a collection:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Rough Guide to Graphic Novels by Danny Fingeroth&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;500 Essential Graphic Novels by Gene Kannenberg&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Both are 2008, so they aren't that old, but there might be second editions available or similar books that are newer.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;One thing to think about carefully is also the 'extras' that go along with the games.   In my experience games like Rock Band, Guitar Hero, and the music games should be circulated WITHOUT the instruments (I have seen several cases or single circ or use instruments).   Kids (or adults or who-ever) can still play and enjoy the game with a regular controller and the library doesn't end up paying for trash -- or you can keep the 'extras' for in-library use programs (just be careful who uses them).   &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, I would recommend the purchase of games be limited to Teen or lower ratings, because it solves a lot of the problem of who is getting games they shouldn't.  I know many libraries also have the policy of only circulating DVD's and games to people over the age of X (often 15, but some places have different age restrictions).   Kids can still get age inappropriate materials if they get someone else to check things out for them, but it removes much of the libraries liability and responsibility.   &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't know about other libraries, but it takes us &lt;strong&gt;forever&lt;/strong&gt; to get anyone new in. Slow moving board. Be patient!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about a public access machine for your downloadable materials?  Also, increasing the number of audio titles and adding pdf's through Overdrive would probably help.   Subscriptions to tech magazines and e-magazines might also draws some tech savvy patronage.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Since I don't see it anywhere, (but I did just skim), my Cataloging prof told us that it was a procedure that helps inventory and shelf lists back when everything was on cards. That way, no matter what (switch from LC to Dewey; different catalogers with different biases; damage; etc.) the book would always have a place on the shelf list and therefore could always be identified or inventoried. This is especially helpful when cataloging is centralized and branches or schools didn't do their original cataloging and when a shelf list is in a central location as well as a remote one. 
In short it was a "Department of Redundancy Department" type of thing. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It reminds me of both "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" and "Moon Mouse."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;As a children's librarian in the uk I run a website from home called www.childrensbooksequels.co.uk
Many library authorities have links to it in the UK, New Zealand and the USA. It is also used a lot in schools as there are links to author's websites. I set it up originaly so I wouldn't have to remember the order of Unfortunate events and Harry Potter. The art of being a good librarian is not always knowing the answer but knowing where to find it. Good luck with seeting up the new pages.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Not about a man who is actually falling and not a short story but this sounds too similar to ignore.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There is a play called 7 Stories by Morris Panych that appears to be about a man who is contemplating suicide by jumping off a building from the seventh story.  According to the Wikipedia article about this play, "...He is interrupted by the colorful residents of the seventh story who are too caught up in their own lives to notice the man or question his being on the ledge of the building. The persons who interact with the man do so by opening or appearing at one or more of seven windows on the seventh story..."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Could be &lt;em&gt;Tuf Voyaging&lt;/em&gt; by Georgr R. R. Martin.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Here are a couple of suggestions for similar titles.  I don't know the age of the child and these are mostly easy fiction books, so maybe more for reading aloud than reading alone.  (And I am assuming the child is a girl!)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Betsy and Tacy books by Maud Hart Lovelace, Ivy &amp;amp; Bean books by Annie Barrows, Charlie and Lola books by Lauren Child, Sister Magic series by Anne Mazer, and the Tiara Club series by Vivian French.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I don't know if the patron just wants more books like the English Roses, or wants "better" books.  I work in a public library in a well-off neighborhood and I have had parents reject books by celebrity authors and TV tie-ins (Hannah Montana, Suite Life of Zack and Cody, etc.) as not being good enough for their kids!  (Who all read way above grade level of course...)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Now that the iPad is out, what do we do with it in libraries? The iBookstore is a closed ecosystem, but there may be ways around that. Does anybody else think that the time has come for a library app in the app-store?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Awsome, I just had to check and the winner of my year of birth was &lt;em&gt;A wrinkle in time&lt;/em&gt;! One of my all-time favorites:-) &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This would proably make a wonderful all family project where even grandparents can participate.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'd book talk Erica Jong's Fear of Flying to 10th-12th graders. It is a refreshingly honest book about sex and the joy of sex. I want them to be liberated--their parents mabye not so much. Teens/Young adults need honesty. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shorter Chapter Books&lt;/strong&gt;
Amber Brown series by Paula Danziger
Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park
Cam Jansen mysteries by David Adler
Judy Moody series by Megan McDonald&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Longer Chapter Books&lt;/strong&gt;
Clarice Bean series by Lauren Child&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We have a treasury called Great Girl Stories that has selections from Little Women, A Little Princess, Matilda, Pippi Longstocking, etc. that would be great for this purpose. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I quite like &lt;em&gt;Luna&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Keeping You a Secret&lt;/em&gt;, both by Julie Anne Peters, myself.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Before I begin, let me lay out my mac background, so I don't sound like some windows\microsoft fanatic:  My first computer was an Apple IIe.  I went to a high school that used exclusively apple computers, and I was, eventually, the Volunteer Tech Support staff for my high school (As part of a "real life learning" program). I love Macs, for their simplicity of use, and the design and functionality of the hardware.  I love the fact that my older relatives never have to call with questions.  That being said, I still believe the following statements.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;First of all, The Ipad is going to be ridiculously expensive, relative to any other e-book reader I've seen.&lt;br /&gt;
Secondly, legally speaking, "working around" the legally allowed system created for it's  acquisition of e-books is probably a bad idea.&lt;br /&gt;
Third, I've been reading about apple's plans for e-book distributors, which generally seems to involve strong-arming anyone who wants to work with them into having higher prices, and I'm not in favor of paying more for the e-book than I would for the regular hardcopy version of the book.
Fourth, as far as I can tell, the Ipad is simply a larger version of the Ipod touch(with only a few additional features), which already does e-book reading, through a variety of apps, and costs significantly less than the ipad will, presumably, cost.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In summation, I think that the current Ipad, and it's e-book business model, as I've seen it layed out, are a horrible idea, and should never be considered by any library.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That all being said, since the Ipad isn't actually out yet, I'm going to wait and see before I make up my mind about it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think this is great and I got &lt;em&gt;Shadow of a Bull&lt;/em&gt;. Hmmmm.  My 9 year old son and I actually had this conversation but with the Caldecott award -- he liked looking at my poster and connecting people with their Caldecott birth year -- that could be another fun family activity!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hey, you'll be working (getting paid, we hope!).  They'll just be hanging out pretending to do homework. What's to hide for?  You rock!!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am concerned that the DRM EPUB and PDF files we can lend as libraries will not be able to work on the iPad.  I have an iPhone right now and can't get them on, even though I can download them with Adobe Digital Editions and read them on my mac.  Stanza has said they are working on a way to allow DRM versions to be transfered to the iPhone, but haven't come up with a way yet.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If there isn't a way to add your own DRM EPUB or PDF files to the "bookstore" on your iPad, then it probably won't work.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;However, if it syncs well with Adobe Digital Editions, it will be AWESOME!  I will definitely buy it in that case...otherwise, I may still get it, but I'll have to weigh it against other tablet/slate PCs out there.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have a PC and a Mac at home and would probably sync it with my PC since there are so many limits on the Mac still.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There's no reason the iPad can't have a library application just like iBooks, tied to my account at my local public library. But I just hate the implications.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm strongly against DRM because we've already seen that DRM'd purchases become worthless as soon as the seller goes out of business, or even shuts down their DRM server. And of course I want the freedom to move my media around on my various devices. DRM is the opposite of future-proof. Heck, it's practically present-proof.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But non-DRM e-book in an open format? Yeah, I'd buy those.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But... for libraries to distribute e-books they just have to be DRM, right? I can't see any way around it. Otherwise they literally can give away an unlimited number of copies for free. Which I don't imagine publishers would like. A library "purchasing" a limited number of DRM'd e-book licenses makes a certain amount of sense, from a practical standpoint. And since I'm just borrowing the e-book for a short time my personal issues with DRM go away. DRM is a perfectly acceptable short-term solution.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But then the library has the problem - their purchases are subject to the whims of the publisher. Really they are just renting the books. And maybe that's a good business model for libraries, but it certainly goes against a lot of tradition.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;So many good tips here. Just to add my own: Zoe´s tale by John Scalzi and the first Vorkosigan books by Lois McMaster Bujold (The Warrior´s apprentice, Cetaganda, The Vor game)  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm helping update Parenting Kits for the children's room at my library and have been asked to suggest appropriate changes or inclusions.  I'm stumped on this one, though:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Are there any movies or tv episodes (available DVD, please) for very young children?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The parenting kit has several picture books in it, but nothing else.  Most movies I've looked at seem too old for that age--Heidi, Anne of Green Gables, Annie--or focus on an animal being adopted.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'd definitely second BetterWorld - social justice in action, plus free shipping (at least in the US).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I know it's not right, because it doesn't mesh with too many items you list, but on the off-chance you are mixing and matching, I'll toss in what I think is a close series.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;True Game by Sherri Tepper.  It's YA and definitely involves substantial amounts of battle among chess-like settings, and includes shapeshifters.  Main character is male, and many of the characters could be considered godly in their power level.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I can't vote up yet but I think Jen's answer of WorldCat is the way to go.  It isn't as complete as OCLC on the library back end but WorldCat.org is quite useful.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Unshelved is a library webcomic and I always felt it would be nice to support this great library resource.  I go to WorldCat first and then check LibraryThing.  I never touch Amazon (although I do enjoy BN).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;WorldCat either directly has all the information one would need or links to places that have that information.  It is easy to use and search.  I don't think you can go wrong.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And in these touch economic times libraries are more useful than ever.  Wouldn't it be nice to drive a little more business to our local libraries by showing what they have as seen in WorldCat?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ideally it would be great to link directly to local library OPACs but barring that WorldCat does a nice job.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Not sure if this helps answer your question, but after the iPad announcement had spurred some patrons to ask if our ebooks would be compatible with it, I contacted Overdrive (my personal favorite of the downloadable vendors we offer). This is the email I got in response:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"At this time, we are continuing to monitor information on the device as Apple makes it available.  Once the device is commercially available, we will test the device firsthand and work to determine compatibility with content provided by OverDrive. In addition to technical support, we are also working to confirm specifics on the ultimate end-user experience before we more formally comment on compatibility."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think we need to wait and see how folks use them once they get them this March/April...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Not sure of the age range you need, but here are some possibilities:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Arthur: Big Brother Binky, DVD 2007&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There are three episodes, title show summary: Binky's family adopts a baby girl from China. Binky is excited about preparing for her arrival and visiting China.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Stuart Little, DVD 2000 (I know he's a mouse but it does show how the older brother feels about having an adopted brother) (or not :o)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Reading Rainbow: Family Matters, DVD 2006 &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Episode 2, Through Moon and Stars and Night Skies: Stories about adoption from children who were adopted, including a book titled "Through moon and stars and night skys" by Ann Turner, introduced by host LeVar Burton, about a boy from a foreign country who is adopted in America.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Respect for All (media series for kids): That's a Family!, DVD 2000&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Shows the many different shapes that families take today. Children describe their own families and explain concepts like "birth mom," "mixed race," "gay and lesbian," and "stepdad."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Bittersweet: Stories of Open Adoption, DVD 2001 (for adults)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Features stories of five women who share their sorrow, strength and hope as they consider and choose open adoption for their children.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I Have Roots &amp;amp; Branches: Personal Reflections on Adoption, DVD 2004&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"WINNER: 2004 Film Advisory Board AWARD OF EXCELLENCE!" While the process of adoption has been receiving increasingly greater attention, the feelings of those touched by adoption are often overlooked. Director and executive producer Flory G. Herman, a member of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys since 1994, takes an intimate look at adoption in this new must-see 47 minute documentary-style film "I Have Roots and Branches"...Personal Reflections on Adoption, a 2004 winner of a prestigious Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence, recognized world-wide for quality family/children's entertainment. The film conveys a positive, encouraging and honest message about adoption, and is most appropriate for children viewers. Viewers will find out first hand how it feels to have been adopted and discover that all kids have common experiences growing up in their homes, surrounded by the families they know and love. Families formed through adoption, prospective adoptive and birth parents and professionals in the adoption community should not miss this wonderful film. The video is appropriate for schools and libraries as a resource for adoption education."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For parents:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;both are DVDs, 2007&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Adoption Explained: Domestic &amp;amp; Adoption Explained: International&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've been trying to remember what this book is since I read it sometime in the mid '90s. I remember that the plot was something about having to get a game out on time. One of the female programmers was jacking in to the development software while asleep, and allowing her dreams to program the game. I remember one of the other girls was a "born again and again Hindu" who wore her clothes by attaching them to the snaps embedded in her flesh. The main character was a male who had at some point crippled a young girl (whose alias was something like "Fluffy Bunny") in a hacker-battle, and was paying to keep her alive in her vegetative state.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Edit: Thinking more about it, I read it in February 1996, in (trade?) paperback. I could swear it was purchased at a Scholastic Book Fair, as I recall thinking that some of the themes were pretty mature for something purchased there. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Could it be one of P. J. Tracy's "Monkeewrench" books? I read the first book some time ago and am a bit hazy on the details, but the computer-game/hacking/dream concepts sound familiar. And there are several books in the series, so if it wasn't the first one it might be one of the others.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In a previous question I caught the names of a few open-source cataloging systems--Evergreen, Millenium, Horizon, Polaris--but my particular needs are a bit unusual. I've volunteered in a small private nonprofit library for two years as a copy cataloger and then an original cataloger, so I've picked up the basic cataloging rules (AACR2, I think) on-the-fly. The library uses Voyager exported to OCLC; there's a lot of complaining about how expensive and restrictive Voyager is.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'd like to catalog my own private collection of books/media for archival and insurance purposes. I'm the only person who will be using the catalog, so no need for a fancy interface as long as it's functional. The ability to "tag"/free-categorize is crucial, but I'm sure I can repurpose a few of the many subject-related entry fields for my own organizational methods.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What open-source/free cataloging system would you recommend for geeky personal use?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you can set up a Linux server with LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) configuration you should try out the open source cataloging system Koha. &lt;a href="http://koha.org/download" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://koha.org/download&lt;/a&gt;
I use it in my library, small academic, and am really happy. If you know programming you can customize all that you want.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you just want a record of your books then LibraryThing might be your thing:-) &lt;a href="http://www.librarything.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.librarything.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am only going from memory, but early Sesame Street episodes are available, and I seem to remember one about a child being adopted by Gordon and Susan.  There is a reissued book on Amazon called "Gordon and Susan Adopt A Baby."  The adults spend some of the episode explaining to Big Bird (probably, you generally explained things to Big Bird in the 70s) that they were bringing home a baby and it was adopted.  I also see on the Muppet Central Forum that maybe in 2004 they had another adult adopt a child.  "Gina adopts a baby boy from Guatamala."  Didn't see that one, but by the forum it would have been late 2004.  this seems to be repeated on many adoption forums on the net.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you've got a Mac I've heard good things about Delicious Library. Entry is fast because you can use the built-in camera to read the barcodes.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If the book is out of print, you can link to the full text of it in Project Gutenberg or in Archive.org.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That way users can get it immediately for free!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For clarification, Evergreen and Koha are actually the only two open source ILS management platforms mentioned thus far (Millennium, Horizon and Polaris are proprietary).  And while both Koha and Evergreen are both excellent systems, they're probably a bit more than the average person needs for their own personal use.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Along with most of you who have responded, I find that Library Thing is the easiest to manage (although after reading Bill's post I now want to set up Delicious Library on my Mac.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Since you mentioned open source in your question I wanted to be sure to post an answer with a link to information about open source library software.  For a good, if slightly dated, overview of open source systems, you can visit &lt;a href="http://www.linux.com/news/enterprise/case-studies/26661-check-out-open-source-library-and-collections-management-software" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.linux.com/news/enterprise/case-studies/26661-check-out-open-source-library-and-collections-management-software&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Tad Williams wrote a series of books that sound like they might be this, though it also involved enslavement of a child's mind to run a "super computer" system for some game...I think.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think the series title, or maybe the first book was called &lt;em&gt;otherland&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The plot involved a young boy who notices the profile of a local mountain (saddleback?) has changed, and when he investigates he discovers that a spaceship has landed there.
There is a boy from another world his age on the ship, and his mental training involves learning to control a sphere the size of a marble with his mind.
He attempts to teach his human friend, who manages to make the sphere buzz like a bee to foil the bad guys...whoever they were (I think they were humans.)
The visiting boy's father wore a "cobalt" blue cape, and I had to look the word up.
I'm not in children's services anymore, but I sure would like to identify this...been trying for years.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would book talk Fat Kid Rules the World by K.L. Going for 6th grade and up. Enough of the F-bomb and on-stage puking to interest any boy and piss off most parents.&lt;br /&gt;
When parents are offended by curse words I think "oh please they've heard the word, probably said it. I was using it at 8." &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am looking for a book that I read a long time ago and would like to read it again but I can't remember the title and author.
It was where this girl went to take care of her dead friends 2 children and the widower and she fell in love. The In-laws of the widower were coming to take their daughters children away back with them. And the children pretend to run away so that they don't have to go with the grandparents and the new wife finds them hiding in the loft of the barn and she ends up falling of the ladder and becoming hurt very badly. That is the most that I can remember from the book. Please Help! Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What about CRUSH by Carrie Mac.  It is an Orca Soundings title, so good for reluctant or not so strong readers.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'd say children for under 8 and tweens for 9-12 &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hey,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Check out &lt;a href="http://wiki.youth-guard.org/index.php?title=Young_Adult_Fiction" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://wiki.youth-guard.org/index.php?title=Young_Adult_Fiction&lt;/a&gt; . It hasn't been updated in over a year because I have been studying abroard, but there are plenty of titles there!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Already mentioned above, but highly recomended authors are Alex Sanchez (The God Box in particular), David Levithan (goodness knows how many times I have read Boy Meets Boy), Julie Ann Peters, Nancy Garden and Brent Hartinger.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Good luck! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would love to booktalk some books for gay teens, probably anything by Alex Sanchez or David Levithan. Problem is, I live in remote Australia, and if I do, there will be little chance of being invited back to one of the the 3 highschools within my area.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The sad thing is, its the kids in remote and isolated areas that need to hear about these books more than anything. The nearest gay group/bar/organisation is about 600km away!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Schooled by Gordon Korman and the first mediator book Shadowland by Meg Cabot&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I work in a small academic library. We are starting to look at some kind of software that will enable us to have a small Open Archive with material produced in our institution and material that are delivered at lectures and conferences at our instituion. I would prefer it to be open source, but am interested in all alternatives. Since we are a small library and have to do most of the software installation and administration I hope to find something that is not to demanding to run.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Your best bet would probably be XAMP (if your using windows) and a wiki software on top of it. Like Mediawiki which is what Wikipedia runs on. A simple setup can be pretty easy (instructions &lt;a href="http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Installing%5FMediaWiki%5Fon%5FWindows%5FXP" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;), an advanced setup can be very technical... Also if you set up Mediawiki corectly you can restrict editing to only staff. As an aside I am actually a sofware engeneer by trade so your mileage with "easy" may vary. Don't let that dissuade you though it really is not that bad. Everything mentioned is open source and both XAMP and Mediawiki are pretty well supported on the Internet. So if you use this and run into a snag remember Google is your friend.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Wood, Don.&lt;br /&gt;
Title  The little mouse, the red ripe strawberry, and the big hungry bear / by Don and Audrey Wood.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Imprint  Child's Play, 1996.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Could it be the above. No cheese, but the mouse does guard the strawberry in a knights costume.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Susan&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have a student who is looking for statistics on employment opportunities for bilingual individuals.  I have found information on specific industries, but I am having trouble finding overall statistics.
Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;With all of the new adaptations and graphic novel/ manga versions of classic novels, we are having an issue with deciding where to place these new books. For example, should a manga version of a Shakespearean play be under 822.33, YA  Fiction (under author name Shakespeare) or YA Fiction under the author's name who adapted the story? The same thing can be asked about adaptations of books (illustrated editions) and books such as Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Where  are other libraries putting books such as these? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We keep our graphic novels in a separate display section out of DDC order anyway.  They are all cataloged as graphic novels though (741.5).  The thought behind it is that a patron who is looking for Shakespeare will find Shakespeare but maybe a kid who is looking for a graphic novel will like the artwork or the look of the book and pick up the adaptation of Hamlet or Macbeth while if they had been with Shakespeare they would never have seen them.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We've been inundated with requests for &lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/2010-2-8" rel="nofollow"&gt;Dewey's Booklist&lt;/a&gt;. Unfortunately we don't have one. So let's make one together here. Post your recommendation for a book teen boys would read (if they knew it existed), or vote it up if someone already posted it. This will work best if you put one book per answer.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(This question is similar to &lt;a href="http://answers.unshelved.com/questions/1318/id-love-to-booktalk-it-but-id-be-fired" rel="nofollow"&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;, which inspired the comic strip)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Doing It by Melvin Burgess&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I remember laughing all the way through this book. It's not explicit in the way Zane's books are, but it does capture the ways teen boys think and talk (can't speak to the female POV, but it's there, too).  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;At the beginning, three boys are talking to each other about sex, and I remember (probably misremember) that one asks the other who he'd rather have sex with, the filthy homeless woman down the street or Margaret Thatcher. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Barry Ween by Judd Winick&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/2010-1-29/Book%5FReviews#barryween" rel="nofollow"&gt;reviewed&lt;/a&gt; recently in Unshelved, Barry is a winning combination of foul language and extremely moral behavior.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Judd Winick's name, however, is impossible to spell correctly on the first attempt.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Preacher graphic novel series (DC/Vertigo) by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Guns, boobs, an anti-religous message, death to goth vamp-alikes, a guy with an ass for a face, and a man whose relationship with the meat at his factory will turn you vegetarian.   9 volumes of parental terror.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Recommended for Mature Readers."  No duh.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Particularly with classics, I think it's better to file the graphic novel adaptations with the text versions, wherever they are in your library. I think they're much more likely to circ there, and kids who aren't excited about having to read King Lear or Beowulf may find something to be happy about.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We shelved them, for the most part, with our other graphic novels, and my sense was always that they didn't circ well. Kids looking for manga, Garfield, or super hero books don't tend to pick up adaptations of the classics, though I think Pride &amp;amp; Prejudice &amp;amp; Zombies would circ find whereever you shelved it.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Celestial Bed by Irving Wallace.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A older book that pretty much any man would read if he wants a clue about women in general.
Very detailed and explains alot of stuff that most guys don't even think about, but really should especially if they care about their partner enjoyment on the first time.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Darkly Dreaming Dexter.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Serial killer hunts other serial killers plus it is a hit cable tv show.  But only the first few before it got really weird.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Great Teacher Onizuka&lt;/em&gt;, the manga by Tohru Fujisawa.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Irreverent and adult themes, lots of fun, and it's all about bucking the traditional system to do things his own way.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Admittedly I haven't read beyond volume 1 (my library didn't have any more), but if the first one's any indication, it's a great read.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Cirque du Freak series and the Demonata series by Darren Shan.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Both series are full of blood, guts, gore and severed heads.  Just the kind of stuff my son enjoys reading.  They are fast-paced and easy to read.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep and Never Had&lt;/em&gt; To by DC Pierson&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A hyperactive teen boy, creating a wildly imaginative movie/novel/comic, explores the limits of his friend's hidden "power". Then they discover girls and things really get out of control.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Tomorrow, when the war began by John Marsden  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Kids in outback Australia go for a camping trip into the wilderness. When they come back, they find that their parents are gone, farms are deserted. Gradually they realize there was an invasion, and they start hiding and stealing to survive, eventually fighting back. It continues into a series of books. 
Nothing really that outrageous, but it ends up exploring war, love, violence and loss.
Engrossing read.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is not a book, so this might be a bit out of place. 
It is a webcomic called &lt;a href="http://www.khaoskomix.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Khaos Komic&lt;/a&gt;, and I think it's one of the most honest I've read in the last few years. It deals with gay and lesbian emotions, coming-out, cross-dressing, acceptance and intolerance in an honest way. 
I think it's very suitable for young teens trying to figure things out for themselves or just learning about acceptance and tolerance. Maybe a good intro, with an added bonus of it being on the web, and therefore easier to keep private from average computer-skilled parents.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ender Wiggin leaves Earth, where he was the victim of his psychopathic older brother, to join Battle School and learn how to save the world.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Armor by John Steakley&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Felix fights the Bug War; he goes out so often no one believes it, and he survives again and again, thanks to the Machine. But how much of Felix actually survives? Has explicit language, lots of death, dismemberment, explosions, and some characters who aren't nice people.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;An Abundance of Katherines&lt;/em&gt; by John Green; two 17 year old genius level IQ boys go on a road trip.  The protagonist attempts to explain his love life using algebra.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Little Brother by Cory Doctorow.&lt;br /&gt;
Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson.
computers, gaming, etc. My guys liked them.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Lab by Jack Heath&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;When Agent Six, a member of The Deck, a group fighting against their corrupt society, discovers that he is the product of an illegal experiment by the evil Lab, he takes dangerous steps to discover the truth about himself. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I haven't had any complaints from the guys I've recommended it to so far.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'd like to second Doing It and also recomment Smack by the same author.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Sandman series by Neil Gaiman (perhaps anything by Neil Gaiman . . .)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Brilliant artwork, graphic, violent, sexual, nightmarish plots (pardon the pun), gritty humanity, mythic characters&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We shelve books akin to Matt's library here. The only difference is that they are listed as Fiction under the original author's name. They are also divided by reading level. Lower level in Juvie. fic and higher level are over in YA. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Personally, I'm using Shelfari. I tried LibraryThing, but I'm cheap, and didn't want to pay for the cataloging after a certain number of books (of which I have way more). I am jealous of the Mac users for Delicious Library though; I'm about on the verge of shelling out for a small CueCat or equivalent barcode scanner just to make the task of wading through my library easier.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Vampires&lt;/em&gt;, also by John Steakley.
&lt;em&gt;Freaks and Revelations&lt;/em&gt; by Davida Wills Hurwin
&lt;em&gt;Good Omens&lt;/em&gt; by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
&lt;em&gt;Vagabond&lt;/em&gt; a manga series by Takehiko Inoue&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Leviathan, by Scott Westerfeld. The first book in a Steampunk trilogy &lt;em&gt;set in an alternate history World War I, wherein the Central Powers (Clankers) are characterized by their use of mechanized war machines, while the Entente Powers (Darwinists) are characterized by their use of living creatures evolved specifically for war. The main characters are the teenage son of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and a Scottish girl with dreams of joining the Air Force.&lt;/em&gt; It's also beautifully illustrated.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Anything by Christopher Moore, but especially &lt;em&gt;The Stupidest Angel&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy&lt;/em&gt; by Douglas Adams&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Game&lt;/em&gt; by Neil Strauss
not that I'm encouraging teens to learn the fine art of pick up artistry, but boys would definitely read it if they knew it existed&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;and Strauss' latest &lt;em&gt;Emergency&lt;/em&gt;, is an awesome boy book, and a bit less scandalous. He spends time researching different survivalist camps, actually learns some very valuable lessons, and turns philanthropic in the end. Still, there manages to be enough sex and scandal that it really isn't for teen boys. Although for the right kid, it might make an excellent graduation present&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Michael Pryor's Blaze of Glory (Laws of Magic) - the son of the Albion PM (technically dead) is a brilliant magician in training and saves the world and gets the beautiful and extremely capable girl. Rollicking good adventure.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Obnoxious Jerks by Stephen Manes.  It's such a shame it's out of print because it's a hilarious book about a group of guys who form a "not-club" and rebel against the stupidity around them.  Their greatest "Jerk-Out" is against the school dress code.  Boys are not allowed to wear shorts even though the school has no air conditioning, so they all wear skirts in protest.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have a fairly small library (high school). And I do some creative shelving. I just restructured my whole graphic novel collection. But to directly address the question:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have a separate section on the graphic novel shelf for graphic retellings. I have about 20 vols. They're delineated by a colored sticker so my shelvers know where they go. I didn't order them, and they don't really circ, because pictures or not, they're still sucky classics. I don't think they'd circ any better if they were in the 822.33, because kids don't browse the non-fiction.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I shelved &lt;em&gt;Pride, Prejudice and Zombies&lt;/em&gt; as FIC AUS. Regular P&amp;amp;P is in the classics section.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'd never shelve anything based on the author of the translator or adapter. I'm inclined to believe that very few people care.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Elenium Series by David Eddings&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It has all of the fantasy stuff a teenage boy likes; I know, because I am one.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. Fictional story about a hermaphrodite. My 15-year-old liked it a lot.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I was going to recommend Tomorrow, "When the War Began", but I see it's taken. Good stuff.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Bartimaeus trilogy by Jonathan Stroud.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Boy trying to learn to be a magician in (possibly) Victorian England. Conjures up snarky demon with assorted sarcastic footnotes. Adventures and explosions ensue. 
I gave this to my non-reading 15-year-old male cousin and he ripped through all three and asked what to read next. So, I gave him:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In a post-apocalyptic future, the US has been divided into 13 districts, all of which (well, except 13; we don't talk about 13) must send a girl and boy tribute to the annual hunger games, a live, televised 'entertainment' and tribute to the Capital which only ends when all competitors but one are dead. Reality TV in the extreme. Has a sequel, Catching Fire, which is also very good and now I, my students, and the fellow teachers that I've gotten to read this are eagerly awaiting the as-yet-unpublished third book.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm an elementary school teacher-librarian, but I've got a  weakness for good YA lit, much of which is too mature for my elementary library. However, I do have both of these recommendations in my schools. Boys (and girls) like them.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ooo, also Son of the Mob, by Gordon Korman. My grade 7 boys like it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;OK, I'll stop now.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I know it's been at least a week since this question was posted but it stayed on my mind because of the huge problem with censorship in school libraries.  While I was doing some research for a class, I came across an article that might help you out:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Simpson, Carol. "Forearmed." Library Media Connection 27.1 (2008): 6. Literary Reference Center. EBSCO. Web. 9 Feb. 2010.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It talks about Counts vs. Cedarville School District where they tried to keep Harry Potter from being able to be accessed without parental note.  The point is that they make reference to important cases in the censorship battle that might help you out.  Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The entirety of the Xanth series, by Piers Anthony&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Includes titles such as &lt;em&gt;The color of her panties&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Zombie Lover&lt;/em&gt;, and &lt;em&gt;Stork Naked&lt;/em&gt;, and the entire series is all about comedy, violence, and sex.  This does, however, describe almost all of Piers Anthony's writing though, in my experience.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If I had to pick one specific book to endorse, it would be &lt;em&gt;Castle Roogna&lt;/em&gt;, which was always a favorite of mine in the series.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;So Yesterday by Scott Westerfeld.   A modern Catcher in the Rye, without the "classic" or "required for school" stigma.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You Can Run But You Can't Hide by Duane "Dog" Chapman aka Dog the Bounty Hunter.  He is a real life true bada** but with a moral stand and a message.  His description of his time in prison is both "cool, gross!" with "I don't ever want to end up there!" mixed in so it isn't sensationalistic.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This also applies for the "books I would love to booktalk but I'd get fired" list.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Rats Saw God by Rob Thomas.  A stoner Senior who is actually very smart retells how a girl broke his heart in diary-style flashbacks as he also copes with his senior year and his family.  Very realistic, and there isn't the almost automatic adult "drugs are bad" message though Steve smokes a lot of weed.  He also drives a really cool car.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our graphic novel adaptations (like &lt;em&gt;The Hobbit&lt;/em&gt;) are stored with the books of the same title, while our strictly comic-book based graphic novels (&lt;em&gt;Superman, Invincible&lt;/em&gt;, etc...) are all at 741.5&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Could it possibly be &lt;em&gt;Star Ship on Saddle Mountain&lt;/em&gt; by Atlantis Hallam, c1961?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The New Robin Hobb books set in the Assassins Apprentice Universe, namely &lt;em&gt;Dragon Keeper&lt;/em&gt;, and I'm planning on ordering the next one, which is nearly out already in England, but isn't due here for several months.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Daniel X series by James Patterson. About a teenage boy who is really an alien who is trying to save the world. The books are much less cheesy than that sounds. I've only read the first one so far but am planning on reading the rest soon. The first book is full of action, hormones, friendship, and aliens dying in various and often guesome ways. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Maximum Ride series (also by Patterson) is also a good action packed series, although they're told from the point of view of a girl. A collection of teenagers are on the run from the genetic scientists who created them and others like them. The best part in my opinion? They've all had wings grafted onto their backs so their main mode of transportation is flying. Again lots of explosions, fights, and enough of a personal story that it should interest girls as well.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm currently teaching English as a foreign language in Korea and I've had several students ask me for recommendations for books to read. The problem is that while my students typically have a decent reading level and comprehension, their descriptive vocabulary and knowledge of slang and colloquialisms is limited. Any recommendations for books that would be enjoyable for high school students but not be too frustrating for them to read in their second language?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Kelley Armstrong is writing a young adult three part series based off of an adult series she has written. I started with the young adult books and got hooked on the entire series. The first two books are already written, The Awakening and The Summoning, the third one is supposed to be coming out sometime in February. There are vampires, werewolves, zombies, ghosts, necromancers, and a secret organization who is doing experiments on people.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Changeover by Margaret Mahy.  The romance, with a handsome aloof male witch.&lt;br /&gt;
The Silver Kiss by A. Klause.  The romance is with a werewolf.
Beauty by Robin McKinley.  Retelling of Beauty and the Beast, with the castle providing the brooding forest setting and the romance developing at just the right pace.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;All are much cleaner than other vampire novels, both in terms of sex and blood, so they can be given to younger Twilight fans very safely.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For adventure and suspense, try Dangerous Days and Blades, both by J. William Turner. Dangerous Days tells the story of a photojournalist's youth seen through his eyes, and the testing situations he and his friends found themselves in. Blades tells the story of a rescue-helicopter pilot's youth, also seen through his eyes, and the impact of the traumatic events on him. Blades also reintroduces the main teenage characters from Dangerous Days as adults, as this book is set 15 years later.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Very tough question.  If they didn't mind "kids" books I'm thinking some short mysteries to solve would be good, both for reading and for discussion fodder.  Usually because the clues are presented very clearly.  Encyclopedia Brown series by Sobol for example.  Short, generally concrete, a small setting with a limited number of main characters, and external action vs. internal monologue.  There is also a series of books called "Stories to Solve" which are the same.  A to Z Mysteries, Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For adults, this may seem weird, but what about paperback romances?  Again, generally concrete, short sentences, clearly written, without much emphasis on tricks of lanaguage or writing with excessive vocabulary.  (I'm not knocking them, I read them and enjoy them quite a bit)  If you want to stay away from recommending stuff with descriptive sex in it, just limit yourself to the lines that are cleaner and chaster.  The writing style is the same.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Ashby - Especially on audiobook.  A high school boy comes home to find a box of tapes from a girl who recently committed suicide.  Thirteen tapes explain how she came to where she went.  On audiobook, it's read by two voices, one for the tapes, and one for the kid listening.  Very good look at chain reactions, and how little things can grow big.  And hook them with 'kid gets tapes from a dead girl'.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Spanking Shakespeare&lt;/em&gt; by Jake Wizner&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Shakespeare Shapiro has always hated the name his parents bestowed on him but he's going to make up for it now. His senior year project is writing his memoir where he plays his crazy childhood for laughs. Between his family and his best friend who talks endlessly about his poop, he needs his sense of humor now more than ever.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Boy Toy&lt;/em&gt; by Barry Lyga
This book is an incredibly real look at the aftermath of sexual molestation. No sensationalism, just hard-hitting emotion and truth. I really think it is a book everyone should read, especially those people who think any boy who "makes it" with an older woman is lucky. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sandpiper&lt;/em&gt; by Ellen Wittlinger
Sandpiper has a reputation as the go-to girl for oral sex. At first it made her feel powerful, now it just sickens her. She's trying to change but someone won't let her forget.
I really pushed for my system to buy this book, especially when they had a copy of &lt;em&gt;Rainbow Party&lt;/em&gt; (which is not available anymore)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Inexcusable&lt;/em&gt; by Chris Lynch
Keir is a good guy. Everyone says so including his childhood friend Gigi. That's why he doesn't understand why Gigi is saying he raped her. He loves her and good guys don't do things like that, right?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;All books that deal with important sexual issues that can be difficult to talk about with teens.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Stainless steel rat series, they're about stealing and escaping from authorities a great read&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Tarot, by Piers Anthony.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This series made me take a step back, think about religion, and make a decision about what I really believe in. I read it when I was 16, I think. It has enough action to draw a young reader in, and asks enough questions to make you think.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;--Aahz&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'd like some "Modern" classics. &lt;em&gt;Whale Talk&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes&lt;/em&gt; by Chris Crutcher. I'd also put in &lt;em&gt;Fallen Angels&lt;/em&gt;, by Walter Dean Myers. Going way back I'd put in &lt;em&gt;Alas, Babylon&lt;/em&gt;, by Pat Frank. THose would be my top 4. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Sounds sort of like Victory by Susan Cooper except it isn't a series.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I know that there are already quite a few books by Piers Anthony already on the list, but I would like to add the Incarnations Of Immortality series to it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I was around eight or nine years old when I read it (which in hindsight was far too young to be reading those books) and it was an excellent series that I still reread at least once a year. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would recommend anything by Neal Shusterman, especially &lt;em&gt;Full Tilt&lt;/em&gt; and his latest work &lt;em&gt;Unwind&lt;/em&gt;.  In &lt;em&gt;Unwind&lt;/em&gt;, the Heartland War was fought between Pro-Life and Pro-Choice armies and tore the country apart.  The only way to end it was to pass the Bill of Life.  This law makes life inviolable from conception to age 13.  But between the ages of 13 and 18, parents can have their children terminated by having them unwound, where they are split up into their respective body parts and those parts are implanted into other people, so that their life doesn't technically end.  The book follows three Unwinds as they try and escape this grisly fate.  I'm only 200 pages into this thriller at the moment, but it's a blast and I cannot wait to finish it. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Swim the Fly by Don Calame. Three teenage boys take a vow to see a naked girl by the end of the summer. Starts off with a discussion on wanking led by one boy's grandfather, and just keeps getting funnier and funnier.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Sherman Alexis - Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian
A book that speaks directly to younger teens - especially those confronting cultural dissonance.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Coming from reluctant reader boys at my former libraries:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;House of the Scorpion&lt;/em&gt; by Nancy Farmer&lt;/strong&gt; (I never had to shelve it. Boys would bring their friends in to check it out)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mythology&lt;/em&gt; by Edith Hamilton&lt;/strong&gt; (one boy who told me he "never" read said that he LOVED this one)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fallen Angels&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sunrise Over Fallujah&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; both &lt;strong&gt;by Walter Dean Myers&lt;/strong&gt; (recommended by two brothers who also "never" read)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Freak the Mighty&lt;/em&gt; by Rodman Philbrick&lt;/strong&gt; (ditto)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And from a mom who bought this for her son at a booksale:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;No More Dead Dogs&lt;/em&gt; by Gordon Korman&lt;/strong&gt;: She told me that she gave the book to her son and that night she heard a strange noise coming from downstairs. She went downstairs to check and "He was reading it and laughing!"--said in awe.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;towing jehova, not sure of the author: god dies and crashes into the ocean, an angel hires a an alcoholic tanker captain to hide god's body, but terrorists have other ideas. god tastes like cheeseburgers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;night of power, spider robinson: a radical group takes control of manhatten island and declares it the new homeland for ppl of african descent. a young girl convinces her attacker to use "lubricant" which is, in fact, superglue.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;wiliam gibson... dude just pick one. you cant mess that up.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;the crystal shard, r. a. salvatore: before he was chosen to write the star wars novel that killed off chewbacca, salvatore wrote for TSR. salvatore's most beloved character, the outcast drow elf ranger drizzt do'urden, debuts in this book.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Non-Fiction: Just finished Sugar-Busters!&lt;br /&gt;
Need to find a good book on db Normalization.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Fiction: Just finished &lt;em&gt;Stupid, Stupid Rat-Tails&lt;/em&gt; by Smith and Sakai.&lt;br /&gt;
About 10 chapters into Tad Williams's &lt;em&gt;Otherland&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Another Nancy Farmer book, &lt;em&gt;The Ear, The Eye and The Arm&lt;/em&gt;.  Although I'd put her &lt;em&gt;House of the Scorpion&lt;/em&gt; ahead of it in terms of popularity for boys, it's still a fantastic read.  Farmer never treats young readers as stupid readers, and her characters are full of contradictions and moral ambiguity.  Once the opening scenes and characters are fleshed out, you couldn't ask for more action, either.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'd also recommend &lt;em&gt;Jaguars Ripped My Flesh&lt;/em&gt;, a collection of magazine articles and essays by Tim Cahill.  They're often hilarious and mostly true.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Then there's the original &lt;em&gt;Chronicles of Amber&lt;/em&gt; by Roger Zelazny, for boys who might like fantasy-settings as seen through a film noir filter.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The chronicles of ancient darkness series by Michelle Paver 
Wolf Brother (book one)
Spirit walker (book two)
Soul Eater (book three)
Outcast (book four)
Oath breaker (book five)
Ghost hunter (book six)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The books are set 6000 years ago in the pre-agricultural Stone Age. The main character, Torak, alone in the world, soon meets a lone wolf cub, Wolf, with whom he can communicate. A girl named Renn, who is part of the Raven Clan, soon befriends them. Torak's quest is to defeat the Soul Eaters, a group of former clan mages who have turned to evil, and who seek to control the forest. (book one)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Peeps&lt;/em&gt; by Scott Westerfeld -- vampires, and parasites and heroism -- fun mix&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any of several books on pranks and practical jokes -- probably not the most responsible item to provide to young boys, but likely tese would be a big hit.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm reading &lt;strong&gt;Nurtureshock: New Thinking About Children&lt;/strong&gt; by Po Bronson and Ashley Merriman, as a parent and a youth services specialist, and as each (esp. parent), it's eye-opening if not earth-shaking.  Yep, definitely a little earth-shaking as well.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Book's website: &lt;a href="http://www.nurtureshock.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.nurtureshock.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Google Books (includes Kirkus review): &lt;a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=MBpqPgAACAAJ&amp;amp;dq=nurtureshock&amp;amp;cd=1" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://books.google.com/books?id=MBpqPgAACAAJ&amp;amp;dq=nurtureshock&amp;amp;cd=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Amazon: &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/NurtureShock-New-Thinking-About-Children/dp/0446504122" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/NurtureShock-New-Thinking-About-Children/dp/0446504122&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Robert Heinlein should be there, "Moon is a Harsh Mistress", "Starship Troopers", "Friday", "Have Spacesuit Will Travel", "Stranger in a Strange Land". (To increase depth of thought).
E.E. "Doc" Smith's "Lensman" series. (To expand scope of thought).
David Drake's "Hammer's Slammers" series (Which really de-glamorizes war).
Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle (Gives the mind definition).
Terry Pratchett (for elasticity of thought).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I just finished Carter Finally Gets It by Brent Crawford and am starting Here, There Be Dragons, by James Ownes. Also, rereading Percy Jackson series and Jeff Shaara's Battle of the Bulge book. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It is almost the most dreaded time of year for me, collection development-wise. The kids here will soon be writing their country reports. (This is not a complaint, actually, because the school makes appointments to bring the classes in and a good time is had by all.) &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We have a standing order with National Geographic's Countries of the World and we have some of the '90s Enchantment of the World books, but is there another good series of country books that you recommend? We are especially coming up short on South and Central American, as well as African and Asian countries. So basically we have Europe more than covered. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We have Lands &amp;amp; Peoples, encyclopedias, and the Internet as well, so we have a good variety, but the schools here really prefer the option for each country to have a book. The students are 5th and 6th graders. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Alex Rider series and Gatekeepers series, both by Alex Rider&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Alex Rider series and Gatekeepers series, both by Anthony Horowitz&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Wearing of This Garment Does Not Enable You to Fly : 101 Real Dumb Warning Labels by Jeff Koon&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;World War Z&lt;/em&gt; by Max Brooks.  I reccommended it to all of my teens who were 'so over vampires'.  hilarious without being too goofy, and full of great gory detail.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Pretty much anything by Michael Crichton, Robin Cook, and Richard Preston&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David Lubar&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians&lt;/em&gt; by Brandon Sanderson.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The title really says it all.  I don't know how many times I've read it, and now that my library's new copy just came in I love forbidding boys to read it!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(Come to think of it, I think I read this because of an Unshelved Book Club...)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I had a patron who was looking for Carl Hiaasen books for a teen, unfortunately she had already read all of the teen ones, and the mother felt she wasn't quite ready for his adult books yet. Any suggestions?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The &lt;em&gt;Amelia Bedelia&lt;/em&gt; books by Peggy Parish deal with idioms and colloquialisms.  They are probably too easy for your students' general reading (usually they're read in 2nd or 3rd grade) but they're enjoyable for all ages.  They are very amusing tales about a maid who doesn't understand the idiomatic lists of jobs left for her.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Anything by Eric Walters or Paul Kropp.  Both Canadian, but writing particularly for young, male, reluctant readers.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;After my own fruitless search for grants re: gaming, I instituted game nights at our library with a small sum of money from the Friends (enough for a Wii and some extra Wiimotes).  I had weekly game nights as part of my teen programming, and encouraged the kids to bring in their own games to change things up.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There are used game stores (GameCrazy, GameStop, etc) where you can find games VERY cheap, cheap enough that I was also able to begin a small game collection in the Teen department where folks could check out the games just like DVDs.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Horny Teenagers Guide to Sex by P. Bragg.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Excerpt From the Publisher on AMAZON.COM
The Horny Teenager's Guide To Sex is just that. This book will not be popular with parents, with the politically correct or with young ladies. But it will be read and remembered by hyperactive hormonally-crazed teenage males. The language is street-rough, the humor is crude, but the facts are straight. If you're a teenage male with questions about sex -- but don't want a clinical text with a picture of a sperm swimming towards an egg -- this is your answer. You'll learn about doing it for the first time, how not to make a baby, how to protect yourself, how her body works, how yours works, what happens during puberty, and more. At just under 100 pages, it's an easy read for the least literate. The Horny Teenager's Guide To Sex is back today, revived from the '80s when crack and AIDS first hit our streets. It's just as necessary today, and even more controversial. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Race to Save the Lord God Bird&lt;/strong&gt; by Phillip M. Hoose
The story of the ivory-billed woodpecker's demise is the centerpiece for a book about extinction and the pressures of humankind upon the Earth. &lt;em&gt;Nonfiction.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Holes&lt;/strong&gt; by Louis Sachar
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Maniac Magee&lt;/strong&gt; by Jerry Spinelli
 After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hatchet&lt;/strong&gt; by Gary Paulsen
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chasing Vermeer&lt;/strong&gt; by Blue Balliet
When seemingly unrelated and strange events start to happen and a precious Vermeer painting disappears, eleven-year-olds Petra and Calder combine their talents to solve an international art scandal. &lt;em&gt;Possibly too young&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Al Capone Does my Shirts&lt;/strong&gt; by Gennifer Choldenko 
A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, maybe the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan if she hasn't read them yet. I think there are elements of humor, adventure, that are shared with Hiassan's teen books that Riordan also incorporates. Sure, this is pretty much a J series, but I think if she also likes Harry Potter you could sell it that way too. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Knife of Never Letting Go, by Patrick Ness&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Todd is the last boy in a town full of men and Noise.  Noise is the townspeople's name for the thoughts of men and animals, which are audible, and which create a constant wall of sound.  The leaders of the town say that the same bio-weapon that created the Noise also killed the women and girls of the town, but when Todd discovers a girl hiding in the swamp and is forced to flee from the town in order to keep her safe, he learns that there is a darker side to the history of his town.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The world Ness has created is fascinating, and there's plenty of action, horror, and even unexpected humor.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What about sci-fi stories where the slang is made up anyway?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Not sure if the futuristic dystopias are cool in Korea, but what about Suzanne Collins' &lt;em&gt;The Hunger Games&lt;/em&gt; or the Scott Westerfeld's &lt;em&gt;Uglies&lt;/em&gt; series?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I work with young teens (6th - 8th) and these are a few titles I used on my summer reading visits last year.  Non-fiction seems to appeal even to the kids who "don't read".&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Big Bento Box of Unuseless Japanese Inventions by Kenji Kawakami&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Junior Edition by David Borgenicht and Robin Epstein. Survival skills for home, school, your social life and the outdoors. Humorous and smart ideas for getting one over on your parents, teachers, little brother, etc.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Monster Zoo. Doug TenNapel 
A small group of friends must survive a night at the local zoo where all the animals have mutated into hideous creatures&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Savage. David Almond 
Blue Baker discovers that the story he is writing has a life of its own. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Are You Afraid Yet? The Science Behind Scary Stuff. Stephen James O’Meara 
Maggots? Severed heads? Haunted houses? Whatever you fear, it is in here! (I had a teacher leave the room for this one, she found it too disgusting!)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;HOW ANGEL PETERSON GOT HIS NAME by Gary Paulsen.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Going over the local waterfall in a barrel?  Home-made jetskis? Hysterically funny memoir of the good ol' days when safety helmests and kneepads were unheard of, and being a boy really &lt;em&gt;was&lt;/em&gt; dangerous.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Finding Lubchenko and The Rise of Lubchenko by Michael Simmons.  Who wouldn't want to read about a Zach Morrisesque character who got involved in a James Bond international mystery.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The White Fox Chronicles by Gary Paulson &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I bought it on a whim once and loved it ever since!  It's got action, adventure and one lone 14 year old out to save his friends from a prison camp.   &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For manga lovers, the following are rated teen and are the most fun reads I've had in a long time:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For the boys (mostly) : One Piece by Eiichiro Oda: a pirate adventure full of fun and interesting characters&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For the girls : Fruits Basket by Natsuki Takaya : a romance and comedy with an interesting twist&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;These would be good for teens as well as adults&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Worms of Kukumlima, by Daniel Pinkwater. Completely absurd, funny, and a quick read to boot!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There is a series I have found to be easy to read and understand, and would recommend to an ESL student : The Ladies No. 1 Detective Agency series by Alexander McCall Smith.  He also has many children's books out as well.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You could try Eyewitness travel guides.  At my library we carry them for travelling families who not only need to know protocol but also about the language and sites to go to while there, among other things.  And they could be there for a long time.  They have several available for the countries and continents you specified.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What a GREAT List! Thanks for the ideas! Okay, it's not the most well-written series in the world, but&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Five Ancestors Series, by Jeff Stone&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Tiger&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Monkey&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Snake&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Crane&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Eagle&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mouse&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dragon&lt;/em&gt; (just out)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It's basically a kung fu movie in book form, complete with violence, rival factions, beheadings, body-art mutilations, underground fight clubs, a treasure hunt, pre-fight posturing, and bro-mance. Most boys I know have loved it, especially those in the 10-14 range.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Watchmen&lt;/em&gt; by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Extreme violence, nudity, cursing.  Oh yeah, one of the greatest graphic novels ever written!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Some of the cultural aspects may be a little too centered on the 1980s, but this is still a great deconstruction of the superhero story, setting the stage for &lt;em&gt;The Dark Knight&lt;/em&gt;,  &lt;em&gt;Kingdom Come&lt;/em&gt;, and the overall edgy shift in comic books since.  In a world where superheroes are real, we see how human they still are.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hmm.. The Hunger Games books, by Suzanne Collins.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Both of which are wonderful. And I just realized that there's a Hatchet series. I am now intrigued, and must read them. :)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I read this a long time ago, and for years I thought the title was "The Dark Crystal" but that's not it.  It's your standard children's fantasy adventure book, evil magic bad guy, yadda yadda, but the part that stuck with me was in the evil magic tower, there was a chipped magic crystal.  The evil was all oozing out of the chipped place, and there was a scene where the good guys fought some evil black ooze that scared the heck out of me when I first read it.  Ultimately, the crystal chip is inside the good wizard's staff (that's what makes it work magic, maybe?) and I think it had to be replaced to seal off the evil ooze and prevent the bad guy from taking over the world, etc.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I would have read this in the late 80's, possibly early 90's, although it may be older.  I remember it being a paperback with a tan spine.  Sadly, my hometown library must have sold it at a booksale when I was in high school, because I went back to look for it several times and never did find it . . .&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Cherub series by Robert Muchamore&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;'For official purposes these children do not exist' teenage spy series.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Has some of my non-readers hooked, and are borrowed more than Alex Rider or Young Bond&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;On Basilisk Station&lt;/em&gt; by David Weber, Science Fiction&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Elantris&lt;/em&gt; by Brandon Sanderson, Fantasy (actally anything by Brandon Sanderson)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Destroy All Cars&lt;/em&gt; by Blake Nelson - James Hoff hates cars. Especially SUVs. He also hates people who drive SUVs, who clearly don't care about the destruction of the planet they are causing. James hates the mall and all of the CONSUMER AMERICANS who flock there to buy useless crap. He hates his dad who abandoned his family, and his mom who defends his dad. James hates the zits on his face. He hates just about everything. Except Sadie, his ex-girlfriend, who he can't seem to help but love, and would do anything to get back into her good graces.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;and &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Rule of Won&lt;/em&gt; by Stefan Petrucha - Caleb Dunne is a lovable loser who's caught in the wrong place at the wrong time and blamed for his school's gym collapsing. Now no one will speak to him besides his girlfriend Vicky, and only if he reads the latest self-help/inspirational book fad "The Rule of Won" and joins the school club based on its teachings. Desperate to get back on anyone's good side, Caleb does read the book, and attends the club's meetings, called "craves," lead by the charismatic and mysterious Ethan Skinson who encourages his followers to "imanifest" things they want, with the power of "mesmories." Ethan, and "The Rule" claim that anything is possible through positive thinking. Caleb is skeptical, but when the cravers seem to "imanifest" more funding for their school, and the first win in a long time for their basketball team, he begins to wonder if there's truth to "The Rule" after all. The crave grows until almost the entire student body (and some of the teachers) is on board wishing for things from better cafeteria food to passing the next algebra test. The cravers have their own symbol, their own salute, even their own secret police--and that's where Caleb's faith in "The Rule" starts to falter. He may have go against his slacker tendencies and confront Ethan before it all gets out of hand.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;my brother (13) loved the lightning thief series.  its by rick roirdan. Its the only series he ever read because he actually wanted to read it. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;DEMO by Brian Wood and Becky Cloonan.
Twelve separate tales of teens who have various powers, and coming to terms with them. Great allegory for the trials of puberty.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green&lt;/strong&gt; by Josh Braff&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It was recently challenged by a local patron who thought it would be "harmful to children."  There was a lot of language in the book and a few questionable scenes but it is on the best books for YAs list from 2005.  I'm sure the boys would love it!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Has anyone mentioned Philip Reeve? He writes lovely steam punk stories set in the distant future, when mechanised cities roam the desert of old Europe catching and eating each other in a relationship known as Municipal Darwinism. 
It's suitably bleak and slyly funny, has some good female characters as well as male and wonderfully appropriate cover art. Recommended for 12 year olds to adults, not all of them male.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dhalgren, by Samuel Delaney. Really random sci-fi with ridiculous amounts of sex.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Callahan's Lady, by Spider Robinson. Somewhat less random SF with ridiculous amounts of sex (it's set in a brothel.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Knife of Never Letting Go and The Ask And The Answer are actually written for teen boys, but I still think they count. Lots of violence, torture, and dog poo.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Fables comic book/graphic novel series. Sex, violence, and twisted fairy tales.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Currently, Silver Phoenix by Cindy Pon. Just finished Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel, which was exceedingly well written, interesting, etc., but had that common Historical Fiction issue of the ending that just ends rather than coming to a satisfying conclusion. The problem with dealing with real history, I suppose.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lockdown: Escape from the Furnace&lt;/strong&gt; by Alexander Gordon Smith&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;While robbing a house, Alex is framed for the murder of his friend and fellow thief. He is thrown into the Furnace, an underground prison created after a summer of killing sprees by gangs. The prison is guarded by large vicious dogs and inhuman creatures that pull inmates out their cells in the middle of the night never to be seen again. No one has ever escaped from the Furnace, but Alex and some fellow inmates think they have found a way. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp by Rick Yancey.  (And it's sequels)
A rather clumsy 15-year-old learns he is the only descendant of Sir Lancelot, and he must save the world.  Humor and adventure!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;So, I identify the pleasure of Hiaasen in the snark, the kids breaking the rules in order to help/protect/save something, and the incredible sense of place—his work is so grounded in the Florida he knows so well—so I looked for similar traits.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dairy Queen&lt;/strong&gt; by Catherine Gilbert Murdock. Sense of place (upper Midwest), snark, complicated families and friendships, kid breaking the rules.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Little Brother&lt;/strong&gt; by Cory Doctorow. Kids trying to save the world when the adults are getting steamrolled by their unwillingness to raise trouble, sense of place (San Francisco), liberal tendencies.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks&lt;/strong&gt; by E. Lockhart. As an adult I find it a bit frustrating because it sometimes undermines its own feminism, but it's brilliantly written and highly enjoyable. Sense of place (New England boarding school), girl breaking social conventions, major snark.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Creature of the Night&lt;/strong&gt; by Kate Thompson. Sense of place (Ireland, mostly rural with some great Dublin), troubled kid in troubled family, weird stuff is going on.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I just started &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Lockdown&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; by Walter Dean Myers.  Reese, almost 15, has been in a correctional institution for 22 months.  Now he has the opportunity for a work release program by working in a senior citizen facility.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Something reminded me of a book I loved as a kid, but I cannot for the life of me remember the title or author.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here's what I do remember:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Chapter book, probably ages -12ish, contemporary setting, from the mid-90s or earlier (probably not earlier than the mid-eighties)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The main families were Jewish, but it wasn't about them being Jewish. There may have been people lighting Shabbat candles on the cover, though. And there may have been issues where some of the families kept Kosher more than others.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There were two or three families on vacation at the beach. The kids did a lot of adventuring on the beach.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One of the families had an only child and the parents were overprotective. They didn't want to let her ride her bike home alone, even though the streets were well lit and she was a good swimmer (in case she fell into the ocean. Her dad pointed out that the undertow can kill even Olympic swimmers.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think it was a sequel to another book about some of the same kids, so I may be conflating the two somewhat.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Edit: It's not The Long Secret. But thanks!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We recommend many of the Newberry Medal winning books to our college-age ESL students.  We also have a list of fiction books that we recommend.  You can see the lists of books we use at &lt;a href="http://www.richlandcollege.edu/library/who/esolbooks.php" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.richlandcollege.edu/library/who/esolbooks.php&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tricky Business&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Big Trouble&lt;/strong&gt; by Dave Barry. Both read as homages to Hiaasen.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Interworld&lt;/em&gt; by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;All right - imagine that there's not only one of you, but thousands of slightly differernt copies of you throughout different dimensions.  And it's up to all of the 'yous' to team up and save the universe.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That's the concept of &lt;em&gt;Interworld&lt;/em&gt;, where Joey Harker learns he is a Walker who can go between dimensions.  Once he crosses them he meets up with, well, basically himself... and finds out he must train with his other selves to prevent disaster from happnening.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It's a fast-paced adventure story full of twists, turns, magic, sci-fi, and good vs. evil!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Warrior's Apprentice"&lt;/em&gt;  by Lois McMaster Bujold.  Wonderful fun exciting series about a boy who should have been the tall, dark, handsome and dashing son of a famous soldier/diplomat. Instead he was exposed in utero to a mutagenic substance that made his bones brittle and stunted his destined growth. Miles was a hero stuck in the body of a cripple, but he never let that slow him down. Always in trouble, biting sense of humor, he manages to stumble into the possession of a fleet of intersteller mercenaries. Great series of books about an unforgettable character!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Stoner and Spaz, by Ron Koertge, draws in those reluctant readers.  I have it in my library in hardback and audio form.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I believe you're remembering The Long Secret by Louise Fitzhugh.  It was one of the sequels to Harriet the Spy.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;At my current library, there has been a rippling of ideas in possibly changing the Genre Titles for Science Fiction and Fantasy to a single Genre. Beforehand, all of them were classified as "Science Fiction", but not all of them could really be considered Sci-fi due to magical, medieval, and supernatural elements. However, even if it is to save space, would this really benefit the patrons to classify both Science Fiction and Fantasy titles under one specified genre? If you believe so, what sort of Genre title would be recognizable to patrons that read Science Fiction and Fantasy titles?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You could refer to it as the &lt;em&gt;other worlds&lt;/em&gt; section.  And plenty of libraries I've been to\worked in keep those genres lumped together, most of the simply refer to the section as "sci-fi\fantasy" on the signs, which I always found rather boring...oh well.
You could also have a competition within the community to draw a sign with a landscape that shifts from a sci-fi world, complete with techno stuff and space men, to a forested fairytale landscape complete with fairy tale creatures, that would become the sign for the section.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Seconding OSC's Ender's Game and Heinlein. Damn, Heinlein opened my eyes when I read him at age 12! I can't believe my dad let me read him!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Add George R. R. Martin "A Game of Thrones": blood, sex, intrique, young characters, teen boy claims kingship, all awesome.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also Cormac McCarthy "All the Pretty Horses": 16 yr old boy runs away to Mexico with his friend, ends up breaking horses on a ranch and falls in love with the rich owner's daughter, has to leave and gets thrown into prison where he barely survives. Totally exciting love story and adventure.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Two norwegian SF/Fantasy authors called Bing and Bringsværd prefer the term Fable prose or Fantastic literature as a collective name for SF/Fantasy.  Some people consider this term too easily connected to Fantasy, but in my opinion it nicely captures the main function of this genre. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Tim Dorsey. Some of the funniest and offbeat tales of Florida and crime ever. Nothing overly violent (although the antihero Serge Storms does come up with some innovative ways to cause cretins to perish) and nothing overtly sexy (although one can sympathize with Johnny, the Accidental Virgin).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Tim's website (&lt;a href="http://timdorsey.com/chronology.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://timdorsey.com/chronology.html&lt;/a&gt;) gives the linear order in which the novels can be read, or the chronological order. I've read his books in order, from "Florida Roadkill" to "Nuclear Jellyfish," and I'm looking forward to "Gator a Go-Go," which has just been published. Discover Tim Dorsey and discover one of the true delights of current American popular fiction!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I can still remember the first book I ever read, about a purple bat named Elmer. I would love to know if anyone can remember the title of the book. I would love to purchase a copy, but need the title. It's oversize, with bright colors, not too many words. Something "clicked" in my brain when I read it and I haven't ever stopped reading.
Thanks for your help. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dune&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A Clockwork Orange&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Darwin Awards&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Heroin Diaries&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A good chapter book on the issue is "Maudie, Me, and the Dirty Book" by Betty Miles.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The whole of the Walking Dead graphic novel series by writer Robert Kirkman and artist Tony Moore.  Zombies, sex, violence!  What more could you ask for?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't know if library books follow through with this but in California those who deal with textbooks have a friend in the California Ed Code:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;EC Section 48904 holds parents or guardians responsible for the cost of replacing a textbook that is defaced or not returned. Section 48904 (b)(1)  further allows schools to: withhold the grades, diploma, and transcripts of the pupil responsible for the damage until the pupil or the pupil's parent or guardian has paid for the damages…&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;When a library book is late, we bill the student for the cost of the book.  When the book is turned in, the fee is waived.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Science Fair, also by Dave Barry.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've typically seen it called "Speculative Fiction", especially when sci-fi wants to branch out and include fantasy elements. I mean, where &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; you shelve mechanical dragons? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Phineas Gage: a gruesome but true story about brain science by John Fleischman&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Starts out with a railroad worker's head being impaled by a 4-foot iron tamping rod. He survives but it becomes evident that selected pieces of his brain function (along with selected pieces of his brain) are now missing, giving early brain scientists new evidence of localized brain function. Includes photos of his actual skull and all kinds of other groovy pictures. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;American Shaolin: flying kicks, Buddhist monks, and the legend of iron crotch: an odyssey in the new China by Matthew Polly&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;2008 Alex Award winner. Polly spends two years in China training in martial arts with the renowned Shaolin monks. Fun in a filled-with-adolescent-testosterone kind of way. Interesting window into a very specific time and milieu. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Fat Kid Rules the World by K. L. Going&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am still aggrieved this hectic, snotty, hilarious punkish odyssey didn't win the Printz.
"Seventeen-year-old Troy, depressed, suicidal, and weighing nearly 300 pounds, gets a new perspective on life when a homeless teenager who is a genius on guitar wants Troy to be the drummer in his rock band." &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Tales of the Madman Underground by John Barnes&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Smart teen character with deadpan delivery. Language is hyperbolic, profane, hilarious, scathing, startlingly apt. Fantastic characters: idiosyncratic, crystal clear, morally ambiguous, all trying hard. Interesting, contradictory philosophies expounded.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"In September 1973, as the school year begins in his depressed Ohio town, high-school senior Kurt Shoemaker determines to be "normal," despite his chaotic home life with his volatile, alcoholic mother and the deep loyalty and affection he has for his friends in the therapy group dubbed the Madman Underground."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Mason Crest Publishers has two series you might want to check out:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.masoncrest.com/series%5Fview.php?seriesID=100" rel="nofollow"&gt;South America Today&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.masoncrest.com/series%5Fview.php?seriesID=99" rel="nofollow"&gt;Central America Today&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For ages 10+, each volume is 64 pages.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;On the left hand side of the Mason Crest page, click on Global Studies, where you will find a couple of different series on Africa, as well as Asia, and very timely, The World of Islam.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We put together two booklists called "Shorter Books for Taller Readers" we recommend to older readers with various reading challenges, including English language learners:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.multcolib.org/kids/booklists/shorterbooks4-5.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.multcolib.org/kids/booklists/shorterbooks4-5.html&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.multcolib.org/kids/booklists/shorterbooks5-8.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.multcolib.org/kids/booklists/shorterbooks5-8.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We also have a Life Skills &amp;amp; Literacy site that includes reading suggestions (fic and NF) for ELL and adult new readers:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.multcolib.org/services/literacy/newreaders/read/books.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.multcolib.org/services/literacy/newreaders/read/books.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've been using DataCrow.  It's free, pulls in info from Amazon about each item, and actually has a tab to record lending information (so if you loan something to someone, you have a record of it).  Very quick and intuitive -- I cataloged my whole DVD collection (almost 500 of 'em) in less than four hours.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You can download it here: &lt;a href="http://www.datacrow.net" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.datacrow.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The Unnamed Book by Anonymous&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The Pirates! and their adventures with scientists by Gideon Defou&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The Hitch hicker's guide series by Douglas Adams&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Eragon series&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Going Postal (or any Diskworld book) by Terry Prachett &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Why Do Men Have Nipples&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Of course they're balking at overdue fees... they don't pay them--Mom and Dad have to(that was certainly my attitude occassionally at that age).  I think your better bet will be keeping them from activities/sports that they want to participate in.  Or, rather than a detention is there a community service they could do for the school to pay off overdue fines?  Clean books, make sure they're in order, that sort of thing?  I'd still give them a hefty grace period of a few days for forgetfulness.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I believe the book "I Love you Like Crazy Cakes" was made into a video. It's about a woman adopting a little girl from Chine&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Sounds like Caught in Crystal, by Patrica Wrede. Here's the LT page for it : &lt;a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/31442/book/35772481" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.librarything.com/work/31442/book/35772481&lt;/a&gt; There's not much info there, but the book definitely has a chipped crystal, tower and ooze!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I didn't see on here that anyone mentioned the &lt;strong&gt;Ranger's Apprentice&lt;/strong&gt; series by John Flanagan.  It's my number one most-checked-out book series by teen boys (even more than the graphic novels!)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The story was about a reporter who was sent back to her hometown to cover the serial murders of little girls, whose bodies were found without their two front teeth. She comes back to her crazy mother and her very popular little sister. The reporter has a habit of carving words into her arms. 
This is and adult thriller/mystery set in the south.
Thanks to anyone who can help.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A couple that might work:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lament&lt;/strong&gt; by Maggie Stiefvater. The falling in love certainly messes with both of their heads, though insane may be a stretch.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Enna Burning&lt;/strong&gt; by Shannon Hale has a good depiction of Stockholm syndrome, which I think counts.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Impossible&lt;/strong&gt; by Nancy Werlin. Family curse causes the women of the Scarborough family to get pregnant and then go nuts. Lots of romance, though in the end that helps rescue her from the going-nuts.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Madapple&lt;/strong&gt; by Christina Meldrun. Possible incest and definite going nuts.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It sounds like the &lt;strong&gt;The Girl Who Owned a City&lt;/strong&gt;, as others have said, but if you're interested in other similar books you may want to check out &lt;strong&gt;Shade's Children&lt;/strong&gt; by Garth Nix.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I find that a lot of kids at our library are enjoying the Orca Soundings and Orca Currents series.  They're high-interest high school stories aimed at students with lower reading levels.  They don't require a large descriptive vocabulary.  They're also fairly small and short - easier to get shipped, I'd imagine.  The downside is that they do feature quite a bit of slang: "cops," "freakin'," etc., because many of them are set in rougher environments.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would think that any of the text\SMS options is viable...just because they can't check\recieve it during school doesn't mean that they won't see it later, when they turn their phones back on.  And for those that don't have cell phones, which shouldn't be many, you can call their home phones and leave messages, or email them, and require one or the other(either phone or email).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Would you do it by author, title, artist?  I'm a librarian and I was starting to sort by author, but sometimes that seems irrelevant or there isn't one, so I started thinking...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It's called Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You don't need to set up a separate Linux server to run Koha if you don't want to, or, like me, learning Linux is on your List of Things to Do, behind replacing the front porch, fixing the plaster in the bathroom, etc. Kyle Hall built versions of Koha that run on Virtual Box or VMWare, both of which you can run on Windows using free software. See www.kylehall.info for more details. Basically, all you have to do is download the software, start it up, and you've got a Linux system running Koha. I've run it on my laptop. Use Firefox to connect to the server, and you're all set. Another great feature is that it supports Z39.50, so you can enter the ISBN into the cataloging module (using your handy barcode scanner, which every geek ought to have--I have several), click a button, and you can download the MARC record from LC, NLC-BNC, or any other library that has Z39.50 capability. To back up the system, just shut down the virtual image, copy all the files to your backup medium, and you're all set. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One downside to it: it's a full-fledged ILS, designed for a single or multi-branch library system, so it may be more than you need. However, knowing how to set up an open-source ILS might come in handy someday. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have been recommending Playing for Pizza by John Grissham. It would be great for a novel in a class of sports literature. It contains Football!  Not my usual reading but I loved it. (I am a female in my 50's)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am always looking for some good middle and high school titles for my boys. The ones that are very popular in our school are Pete Hautman books Rash, Godless, Invisible, All in.
Ned Vizzini books Be more chill, It's kind of a funny story and
Looking for Alaska by Green.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;These authors also seem to be very popular Walter Dean Myers, Gary Paulsen, Jerry Spinelli.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I am the Messenger by Mark Zusak &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The Recruit by Robert Muchamore &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Gon by Masashi Tanaka &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Airborn by Kenneth Oppel&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Did the transformation occur because he ate dirt from the right world combined with some wierd fruit?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I read this book many times, but my library weeded it and I cannot remember the author or title:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A young slave girl is living with an older woman. The owner of the villa(?) comes home and we find out that she is his daughter. He thought that she died when her mother did while he was away at war(?).
The majority of the book deals with the time that she is a slave and how the overseers treat her.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;So - I recall reading a book in the early '80s.  Science fiction, and a really good book.  Naturally I can't remember any search-able specifics (author, main character, title, etc.).  I'd love to read it again, thus this question.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here's what I do remember:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I remember the title of the book as "Colossus", but I must be wrong as I can't find &lt;em&gt;anything&lt;/em&gt; like what I'm after under any variation or synonym of that word.  (No, it's not the one about the giant computer.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Story is about a young man (not human, but humanoid alien and passes as a human closely enough to be admitted to the human space navy) and his life, through old age.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Young man is born on a distant world as part of a multi-generation racial eugenics/breeding experiment; he is rejected by his father, and the emotional rejection literally causes a horrendous physical illness in the young man, the illness being related to the experiment and intended to be fatal.  (Being rejected is considered a failure of the experiment and causes a genetically-embedded physiological response to self-terminate.  Or something like that.)  Young man manages to survive, but is subject to incredibly painful seizure-like bouts of illness called "Red Reill" (Riell? Rille?) in times of emotional stress.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To escape his oppressive father/family, the young man fakes his way into the human embassy on his homeworld as a 'lost survivor' (I think) and is eventually taken in by the humans.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The young man is highly intelligent, and after learning enough about human custom, etc., joins the human (space) navy and has a brilliant naval career, culminating with his promotion to captain of the humans newest, and largest, military starship, the "Colossus." (RMS Mega-something? USS Humongo?  TLA Monstrosity? ARGH!)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The humans are in a decades-long space war with an alien race (can't remember what that race was called).  The war is bloody, harsh, and the humans are gradually losing - until the alien race decides to attack a third, neutral spacegoing race, thinking that third race is helpless.  The third race utterly wipes out the second race in a matter of months, thus ending the war (since there's no-one left to fight, and now NOBODY wants to mess with the third race anymore).  With no more war to fight, now-not-so-young man retires.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Book ends with the young man going back to his home planet to be reconciled with the now-dying father thus ending the illness, etc., and so forth.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I don't remember if there was much in the way of described space battles (a'la David Weber), as it was really mostly about the personal life of the young man.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here's the irritating part:  I can't even go back to the original library to find the bloody book.  I read it as a young teenager - this was in a very, very small (&amp;lt;2000 people) town in very, very rural Missouri.  The book was quite frank about the main character's bisexuality, but only in an offhand way (no sex scenes or descriptions, just occasional mention of lovers of each sex) which fact was breathlessly shared with friends.  Immediately after reading the book and returning it to the library, the book disappeared.  From the shelves, from the card catalog, from the Librarian's memory, etc.  Since this was the fourth book this happened to (for broadly similar reasons - lost three books out of the high school library the same way), I can't even go back and ask.  (No, I'm not kidding.  I was one of only two people in that county that read science fiction - there were usually no more than our two names on the checkout card in any book I read.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Anyway - if anyone has a clue, I'd LOVE to hear it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Amazon.  I like being able to buy the book and Amazon is the most reliable for getting to my country.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Plus I think the whole forcing ebook retailers to become agents and not letting them set their own prices is far more evil then Amazon has been.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;PS.  I saw someone wearing one of your shirts at VALA 2010 last week.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Last Apprentice series by Joseph Delaney; The Pendragon series by D.J. MacHale.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;All the title listed so far are great!  As I read through the list, I keep hearing myself say,"Oh, that one was really good!"&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;it sounds like something I have read recently, but now I realize I don't remember the name.  Did the lady have siblings?  Have they taken the same test?  What sort of test was she facing?  Did she undergo a physical change when climbed the mountain?  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Jane Yolan's &lt;em&gt;The Devil's Arthmitic&lt;/em&gt;, Micheal Moorecock's Enernal Hero series.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'd organize by artist and more broadly by art movement, like "Impressionist". It's sort of like organizing biographies by subject.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Deathnote by Tsugumi Ohba&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;and &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The zombie survival guide by Max Brooks&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Good Omens By Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. The Apocolypse, love, the four horsemen on motorcycles, and the only time the two of them appear in print together (that I know of). 
A cult classic for a reason.
Possibly the most blasphemous book I've ever read that made me think more deeply and wisely about my own faith without diminishing it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For older ESL students, I often recommend Hemingway and Steinbeck. Both are straight forward writers. I think of "The Old Man And the Sea" and "Of Mice And Men" in particular. The reader doesn't have to keep asking, "What the heck does THAT mean?" to understand the story, and many of their works are available as audiobooks. (Some ESL students like to read and listen to get a better feel for pronunciation.)
If you're okay with science fiction, I recommend the following:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Dandelion Wine, Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, all by Ray Bradbury.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I hope this will be of some help to you.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Looking for Alaska by John Green&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stevan R Donaldson?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Wish List might be a good book for this list&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Under-eights, perhaps?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;While I love Tim Dorsey books I would not recommend them to a teen reader. The main character is a sociopathic-serial killer. The books are full of sex, violence, and drugs. If the reader is not ready for the adult Hiaasen books they are not ready for Dorsey.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I agree with the suggestion of Holes and Maniac Magee. Both have off-beat humor with strong characters. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;With alternating narrators, a boy and a girl, I think &lt;a href="http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/books/leviathan/" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Levithan&lt;/em&gt; by Scott Westerfeld&lt;/a&gt; would be a great book for boys.  &lt;em&gt;Levithan&lt;/em&gt; is an alternative history novel that would fit in the Steampunk genre.  The appeal for boys is the Europe is in the early stages of World War I.  The boy is the possible heir to the Austrian-Hungarian throne after his parents were to killed starting the war.  The girl, while passing herself off as a boy, works on Darwinian airship for the British.  It is the first in a trilogy with the second book due out this fall.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Dark, twisted, and compellingly written, this is the book that got my brother reading as a teen.  Plenty of physical violence, bomb construction, destruction and chaos&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I use LibraryThing both personally and professionally.  I use it to catalog the books I read, along with the books I own.  This helps me with readers' advisory especially when I tag books properly.  I used to work at a high school library and used to help create bibliographies and displays.  I think it is wonderful tool and find the fees for use inexpensive and well worth it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I wish the library where worked used LibraryThing for Libraries, but it doesn't.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would have to say &lt;strong&gt;Lone Wolf and Cub&lt;/strong&gt; by &lt;em&gt;Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima&lt;/em&gt; as it is a graphic novel series that really bases itself around the bond between father, Ogami Itto, and son, Daigoro. Overall, the tone of the story is one of solemnity as Ogami is trying to redeem his family name's honor and expose the true nature of the Yagyu Clan to the Emperor while also gaining his vengeance against the Yagyu.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There are many fight sequences involving Ogami Itto and bounties that he has been contracted to eliminate. However, there are also lighter moments involving 3 year-old Daigoro that are a welcome break from the overall somber tone. Despite the antics he does perform, Daigoro still remains the son of a samurai and looks up to his father. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As it is a Japanese graphic novel, I would advise that anyone who would think of carrying this series to examine it closely. There are scenes that would be deemed inappropriate for it to be included in Juvenile Fiction, so I highly advise any librarian wanting to include &lt;i&gt;Lone Wolf and Cub&lt;/i&gt; in their library to place it in the Adult Fiction or Nonfiction area, depending on how your library catalogs graphic novels. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In regards to books that teenage boys would read if they knew about them, I would say this series fits the bill. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;~Amy&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I believe a new one in the last year is actually a fairy tale re-write of Cinderella called &lt;em&gt;Ash&lt;/em&gt; by Malinda Lo.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What book or reading blogs do you like to read, subscribe to or find helpful?  What is it you like about them?  What makes you keep going back or continuing to read the feed?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My purpose in asking this is to find out what people are looking for when they are spending time on the web.  I have begun a blog in order to work on my skills writing book reviews, creating bibliographies and enhance my skills as a readers' advisor.  I also find it kind of fun, but I do want get better and gain readers.  My purpose is not to promote my blog here, just to gain insight so I (or we) can enhance our skills as bloggers.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Given the detail in your description it's frustrating to get so few likely hits! But I turned up a couple of titles that have at least a few items in common with your description - and that have big spaceships on the cover {wry grin}, though that's hardly rare in SF. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Star Rebel&lt;/em&gt; by F. M. Busby has bits about power struggles and taking over a starship.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sovereign&lt;/em&gt; by R. M. Meluch has a protagonist who's rejected by his father, and the plot summary refers to genetic alteration and interstellar conflict.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I couldn't find detailed descriptions of either as regards the sexuality of the protagonists, but they were included in lists of fantasy/SF books with alternate-sexuality elements. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If neither of these is the one you were looking for, I hope someone else can find the right title!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Recently, the library I'm currently working for while awaiting my branch to open has received an alert regarding viruses running a bit more rampant in computers in other branches. One of the computers in this branch's lab contracted several viruses after a patron visited a website that was supposedly "safe" to visit. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The computers have McAfee software on them to prevent and protect against viruses, but in my own personal experience, this software has not been particularly reliable. What sort of software do other libraries utilize in ensuring virus-free computers? Is there any advice librarians can offer to either prevent or treat virus problems before getting Technical Services involved?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don´t know if it is better than McAfee, but the free anti-virus software AVG is very reliable and less of a burden on the computer than Norton and Norman. 
&lt;a href="http://free.avg.com/ww-en/homepage" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://free.avg.com/ww-en/homepage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've tried LibraryThing, Anobii, and Goodreads.  What do you think is the best and why?  Is there another site out there I haven't tried yet?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Is there a LibraryThing-like site for music and movies?  I would like to both track what i have watched/listened to and to catalog what I own.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I love Goodreads. It is absolutely perfect for me. I like Goodreads because I can also get suggestions from other readers. Plus I use the to-read shelf. Goodreads has a mobile site so I can check my lists in a bookstore; which is nice. The never-ending trivia quiz is fun when I'm bored. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Something I used to use was this software called Bookography. It was pretty good; it pulled information from the barcode on the book. It even came with a barcode scanner. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is a great list so far!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My in-house teen boy guinea pig (now 15.5) loved the following:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hungry City Chronicles&lt;/em&gt; - Philip Reeve&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Airborn&lt;/em&gt; trilogy - Kenneth Oppel&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hunger Games&lt;/em&gt; etc. - Suzanne Collins  (OF COURSE!)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cirque du Freak&lt;/em&gt; series - Darren Shan&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Gone&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Hunger&lt;/em&gt; - Michael Grant&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;anything by Terry Pratchet&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;World War Z&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Wasp Factory&lt;/em&gt; - Iain Banks&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Neptune's Children&lt;/em&gt; - Bonnie Dobkin&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Lord of the Flies&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Thomas Covenant&lt;/em&gt; series - Stephen R. Donaldson&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ender's Game&lt;/em&gt; + entire series&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Streams of Babel&lt;/em&gt; - Carol Plum Ucci&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;He is willing to try most anything, and I've gotten a lot of great ideas from this thread!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I would also add for older teens&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dies the Fire&lt;/em&gt; - S.M. Stirling -- first of a series of post-apoc novels; very brutal, decent plot and characters&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;That's a very difficult age range to label with one word.  We call our youngest kids at the library "Ready Readers" but that really seems to fit maybe the 4-6 age range.  There is such a wide developmental spectrum from 0-8.  Is it necessary to lump them all together?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Nearly done with &lt;em&gt;Into the Wild Nerd Yonder&lt;/em&gt; by Julie Halpern.  Just starting &lt;em&gt;Boneshaker&lt;/em&gt; by Cherie Priest.  About to dive back into &lt;em&gt;The Greatest Show On Earth&lt;/em&gt; by Richard Dawkins.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And there's a huge stack of YA looming in the corner...  :-)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The problem with having virus protection on a public computer is that any basically computer savvy user can over-ride it. 
We use a program called Deep Freeze (Info found here: &lt;a href="http://www.faronics.com/html/deepfreeze.asp" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.faronics.com/html/deepfreeze.asp&lt;/a&gt;).  Whenever the computer is rebooted, it reverts back to it's original state, erasing everything the user may have added. I think it's about $20 per computer for libraries.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Right now? This Book is Overdue: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All, by Marilyn Johnson.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I really like LibraryThing.  I like LibraryThing because it is not cluttered with unnecessary stuff and has a simple design.  Also, I feel like the developers really listen to the users when suggestions are made.  I have tried Anobii and Goodreads as well as Shelfari.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hello,
  I'm looking for the title of a short story I read abut 10-15 years ago. The main characters a brother and sister. One day they go down in the basement and see all this weird stuff growing on the walls. They start checking on it and realize that it is growing through all the walls in the house. The older brother finally sees a clock that begins counting backwards. He figures it is either going to explode or launch. The siblings have a mom that is sick: either migraines or depression and a very mean stepfather. The siblings figure out when the countdown will be finished and decide to trap the stepfather in the house. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I can't remember the author or if the short story was by itself or in a collection. Does this ring a bell with anyone? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I like that &lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Unshelved&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In the tech community, there's been plenty of discussion on the pros and cons of the iPad. Granted, it hasn't been entirely focused on ebook reading, but that was an expected function that many expected Apple to capitalize on. The main cons of the iPad as an ebook technology seem to be its shorter battery life, its price, and an uncertainty about its management of ebook access (especially tricky in a library setting).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If what your library is looking for is a cheaper pseudo-laptop that may function as an ebook reader, the iPad is the way to go. But until there is further feedback from users, with a more developed understanding of the functionalities of the iPad, I can't see that it makes sense to purchase one straight off. The price, for one, is not prohibitive but is still more than most (reflecting the fact that it's more than an ebook reader, of course). Not to mention that within a few cycles, the iPad will undoubtedly be cheaper and better. If you've already got functional Kindles (or whatever), jumping on the Apple bandwagon makes no sense to me. Apple deserves to be doing well because of their innovative products, and as consumers we ought to pay for innovation, not reputation. I think we have yet to see how that will play out in the case of the iPad.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You know, there are a lot of book blogs out there. I'll put a couple that I enjoy, though, with some thoughts (once you find a few, it's easy to look at links to skim through others if you're interested). A caveat-- these are mostly children/young adult book blogs.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A Fuse 8 Production&lt;/b&gt; (&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;)
&lt;br&gt;This blog, hosted by schoolibraryjournal.com, is authored by a NYPL librarian. I've particularly enjoyed, lately, her countdown of top 100 children's novels.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Interactive Reader&lt;/b&gt; (&lt;em&gt;interactivereader.blogspot.com&lt;/em&gt;)
&lt;br&gt;Interactive Reader has thoughtful reviews, often including librarian-specific reflections on appropriate audience and personal notes. Maybe a little more girl-focused at times.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Collecting Children's Books&lt;/b&gt; (&lt;em&gt;collectingchildrensbooks.blogspot.com&lt;/em&gt;)
&lt;br&gt;The author of this blog, Peter Sieruta, writes from the perspective of a collector. His perspective is different from, say, a librarian, but is still interesting, and he has a gift for starting with one book and bringing in other related thoughts and stories.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;100 Scope Notes&lt;/b&gt; (&lt;em&gt;100scopenotes.com&lt;/em&gt;)
&lt;br&gt;Another librarian blogger with good, concise reviews and other library-related thoughts.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Just look around-- there are plenty of others!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I love &lt;a href="http://www.shelf-awareness.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Shelf Awareness&lt;/a&gt; and here's why:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;1) It's an email newsletter Monday thru Friday. I don't have to check RSS feeds or browse websites, it's delivered straight to my inbox!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;2) It's about books and the world of booksellers, but is also applicable to libraries and librarians.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;3) Great source for upcoming releases, "insider" publishing info, reviews and recommendations, and very indie-friendly. Plus, lots of opportunities to win ARCs from advertising publishers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It's my favorite, hands down. While it's a tad more adult fiction oriented, there's still Children's and YA coverage and fun interviews with authors. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(And I discovered them through Unshelved :o)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't have personal experience with these, but I've read/heard good things:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For movies:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flixster.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.flixster.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.movietally.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.movietally.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For music:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.discogs.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.discogs.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://rateyourmusic.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://rateyourmusic.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A long time ago, I had a website bookmarked that (today) would be termed a blog, which was a dad writing about his experience as a new father. The writing was extremely witty and he often referred to his daughter as an alien/monster he didn't understand, especially when it came to things like diapers and teething. Eventually, I remember he published a book of his writings on fatherhood, but somewhere along the way I've lost the link to that website and forgotten the name of the book.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have a friend who's about to become a father and I'd love to give him this book, but I need to find it first. My google-fu has failed me--any ideas as to what I'm talking about?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I enjoy Shelfari. It lets me keep track of the books I want to read, as well as the ones I've read, my favorites, and a wish list for those I'd like to buy. I can also catalog those I own without a limit like the one on LibraryThing. I can recommend books to friends and receive recommendations in turn. I use GoodReads as my "public" face; I'm a school librarian, so I use that to show the students which YA and education-related books I'm reading, but I like Shelfari's interface better.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fnprg.com/bookcat/info.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.fnprg.com/bookcat/info.html&lt;/a&gt;
I use BookCat, which takes the ISBN and uses Z30.50 to 'build' a catalogue entry for each title. I do scan in cover images if not available, and purchasing info for some special books. It also allows you to keep track of loans to friends, etc. I recommend it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;January 8, 2010 - BookCAT v9.20.01 released!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;BookCAT is a powerful book collector database program which will help you catalog a book collection of any size. Book lovers, churches, schools, clubs and business libraries all over the world are discovering that it is not necessary to spend thousands of dollars to get a sophisticated inventory manager that will keep track of a large (or small) book collection. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pendragon series&lt;/strong&gt; by &lt;em&gt;DJ MacHale&lt;/em&gt;.  Fantastic series, all 10 of them, and another to come.  Twists and turns abound.  Really keeps your attention.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hey, I finally know one of these.  I give this book to a lot of soon-to-be fathers.  The tales of baby poop are scary, but I really liked his story of taking a picture of his daughter in a roasting pan surrounded by vegetables (I think the picture is on his website somewhere).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The book is called &lt;a href="http://www.ironycentral.com/poobomb.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;The Poo Bomb&lt;/a&gt; and it's by Jeff Vogel. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.powells.com/blog/?header=Sub:%20The%20Powells%20Blog" rel="nofollow"&gt;Powells Books&lt;/a&gt; has an amazing blog, as well as author interviews. I read their blog and subscribe via email to their Review A Day.  The writing is entertaining and the I enjoy the variety of books discussed. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, I can read and remember one review a day -- I find it hard to remember much  from an issue of PW or Booklist that I sit down with, though I enjoy both.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When I was growing up my Mom use to read to me a series of books which I called the "bug books." They were child books that always had a morale or lesson at the end of the story.  All the characters were bugs and every story always started "As you lay on a bright sunny day don't look up into the sky instead look down and swint your eyes, and if you swint so very tight and if you dream with all your might you just might find the land of more than small where in this land lives bugs that all.'
As I got older my Mom gave the books away and now I'm grown and have a child of my own, and they were such great books that I would love to give them to my child.
I've gone to my local libary and done a searchs on the internet but have had no luck on finding this series I was wondering If anyone could help.
I don't know the author or publisher. If anyone has this information that would be great!
Thanks&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I believe you're looking for the Bugg Books by Stephen Cosgrove:
&lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=stephen+cosgrove+bugg&amp;amp;qt=results_page" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=stephen+cosgrove+bugg&amp;amp;qt=results_page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dresden Files&lt;/strong&gt; series by &lt;em&gt;Jim Butcher&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Look up wizard in the Chicago phone book and here is what you'll find&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;HARRY DRESDEN — WIZARD&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Lost Items Found. Paranormal Investigations.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Consulting. Advice. Reasonable Rates.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;No Love Potions, Endless Purses, Parties &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;or Other Entertainment &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Dresden Files is a great series that starts with the book "&lt;strong&gt;Storm Front&lt;/strong&gt;."  Harry is a Private Dectective who just happens to be a wizard.  Great mix of action, magic, and mystery.  Harry runs into everything from Werewolves and Vampire Madams to Fairies and Centaurs.  Each one gets better and better. There are currently 11 with number 12 coming out in April.  There was a short lived Sci-Fi channel TV show that is currently available on DVD.  And a RPG coming out this June.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Greets:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Got a specific question but I have to admit I'm curious about the topic as well.  I'm sitting here reading the &lt;a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/advocacy/federallegislation/cipa/index.cfm" rel="nofollow"&gt;FAQs on CIPA&lt;/a&gt;.  I've been trying to track down a security issue with a specific piece of web based software and I keep hitting the PLCMC's library filter.  Their IT department has refused every unblock request that I've made and the librarians are getting frustrated with me. (They're also refusing to unblock the webcomic dywhcomic.com.  Yup, having a lovely time today.  And, yes the librarian's are in the middle.  I'm doing my best to remain polite.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It's my understanding from reading the CIPA that I can request unfiltered access.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Please note that I am in no way viewing anything adult or obscene.  All security sites that I'm trying to view are of the more educational niche instead of the "Hey we're LEET, let's plaster the site with porn adverts!" types that you may be thinking I'm viewing.  For reference, I'm also wireless on my laptop.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;How does one normally request non filtered access?  I seem to remember that various parts of CIPA had been struck down.  What do other libraries do when given such a request?  Do you make any difference between wireless and regular connections?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Off to find a proxy that hasn't been blocked yet.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;thanks,
-drmike&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;edit: Yes, I've rambled a bit.  I'm trying not to point directly at this specific library although we've gone around with blocking sites previously.  At least when their proxy actually works and stays up longer than 15 minutes.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;reedit: And apparently I'm still a new user.  Someone care to tag this with CIPA please?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hero&lt;/em&gt; by Perry Moore&lt;/strong&gt;:
Thom is the son of two famous super heroes, but life has changed since his mom disappeared and his father no longer uses his power.  Thom keeps two secrets that he is gay and that he has a super power of his own.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Ok, I'm trying again... I did a search in Google news and found this article about Data Crow:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lifehacker.com/5466717/data-crow-is-a-cross+platform-manager-of-all-your-media" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://lifehacker.com/5466717/data-crow-is-a-cross+platform-manager-of-all-your-media&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And here's a list of software/sites, but it's a few years old:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://mashable.com/2007/11/16/20-media-cataloging-sites/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://mashable.com/2007/11/16/20-media-cataloging-sites/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;These ones seem to combine multiple media formats, which could be good if that's what you're looking for...? I'm surprised IMDB doesn't offer a way to personalize with the features you've mentioned- this is what they offer:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://secure.imdb.com/register-imdb/?why=personalize" rel="nofollow"&gt;https://secure.imdb.com/register-imdb/?why=personalize&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;hmm...historical fiction seems a little underrepresented here. That said, I'll nominate &lt;strong&gt;The Sharpe series&lt;/strong&gt; by &lt;em&gt;Bernard Cornwell&lt;/em&gt;, or almost anything else by him really. His Sharpe series is light and accessible, even for people (like me) who have never really heard of the Napoleonic wars outside of the names "Napoleon," "Wellington," and "Waterloo." I'll also throw out there that after I started reading a lot of Cornwell's stuff, my writing scores all went up. These books definitely have some of the best-written battle scenes I've read.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As far as the books themselves go, Sharpe starts out as a Private in His Majesty's army. His mother was a prostitute, and he joins the army rather than be hanged for murder. It turns out that Sharpe is good at the soldiering business, earning the enmity of certain officers. Regardless, his ingenuity and ferocious fighting ability not only help him survive the hard fighting in India, Spain, and France (among other places), but also slowly see him climbing the ranks in Wellington's army. Not being a born gentlemen, his fellow officers largely resent him and his almost unheard-of rise through the ranks, but this never stops him from getting the girl, the gold, and the glory.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Simon Scarrow&lt;/em&gt; is great. He actually got me hooked on historical fiction and introduced me to another favorite, &lt;em&gt;Bernard Cornwell&lt;/em&gt;. His &lt;strong&gt;Eagle series&lt;/strong&gt; has plenty of blood, sex, profanity, and political intrigue, and are easy to read with almost no knowledge of the Roman army or history. &lt;strong&gt;The Eagle and the Wolves&lt;/strong&gt;, in particular, is excellent.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Cato was a pampered palace slave. His father was a personal favorite of the Emperor and, so, when the father dies, seventeen-year-old Cato is sent off to join the Roman legion, 20 Augusta, as an Optio. The other soldiers, and officers, hate and despise him for being a favorite, and he struggles to become the soldier he doesn't want to be. The fighting starts early and rarely lets up. With the help of his commanding officer, Centurion Macro, Cato learns how to fight and, more importantly, how to win, leading to his own promotion and, often unpleasant, interest from the Emperor's personal agent.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The writing is great, and I learned more about Roman history from Scarrow than I did in school...It was also a &lt;em&gt;lot&lt;/em&gt; more fun than school...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;David Gemmell's&lt;/em&gt; books are violent, but not prey to the mindless brutality that infects many modern writers. His stories emphasize honor, courage, loyalty, and redemption. &lt;strong&gt;Legend&lt;/strong&gt; was his debut and is still considered by many to be one of his best works. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The shortest summary possible: The Alamo as it should have been, only more awesome.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I've only read this book once, several years ago, and I still get that "whoah" feeling remembering it. His characters are extremely memorable, sympathetic, and compelling, even the bad guys. The fight scenes are intense. He writes excellently and consistently so. Although his protagonists' victories are Pyrrhic, they are always satisfying and complete. He is actually called the father of heroic fantasy in some corners.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'll go out on a limb and recommend this guy to everyone. He's amazing.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi all,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I can't seem to find a way to get to archives or to search strips on the new Unshelved site--will that be coming?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks!
Libby&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am a fan of Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. I enjoy the humor and style but the only other books I've been able to find in a similar style are The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams and Good Omens by Pratchett and Neil Gaimen along with pratchetts other books. I'nm wondering if anyone here knows of books written in a similar style. I tend to read sci-fi or fantasy but the genre dosent matter much.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Title>Looking for pratchett-esque books</Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Try Tom Holt and Robert Rankin for fantasy. Christopher Moore for funny horror-esque. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I work in a single person library with a collection of approx 3500 items (rapidly expanding). The system was originally set up by a non library person who had worked previously in education. There is no clearly defined manner in which to classify the books, we have 7 numbers that everything is classified into and then it is broken down by subject (there is no control or structure in the manner that the subject is assigned). For example a book on dementia will commonly be found in 360 (Social programs &amp;amp; Services) Dementia. Corresponding books on Alzheimers is on a completely different shelf not nearby like they would be if they were in a health section.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Previously I worked in an academic special library with a collection of around 20,000 and we used a customised version of Dewy with a Cutter-Sangbon number. Needless to say I find cataloguing the collection here frustrating at the least.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I need to re-do the classification system before it gets too big. Are there any suggestions on what to use? We are a special collection focussing on the cultural and linguistic aspects of ageing so we have stuff ranging from travel books to psychology, general geography to cookbooks, craft to governance, so I'm not sure that the medical classification systems are going to be relevant. Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Title>What Classification system would you use for a small One Person Library??</Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Yes, I'm slowly adding features of the old site back in. First up is the store so that we can pay our respective mortgages.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Meanwhile you can go &lt;a href="http://www.ohnorobot.com/index.pl?comic=673" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to find every strip before 2010.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Some of Robert Sheckley's stuff fits the bill. Especially look for Bring Me The Head of Prince Charming w/ Zelazny. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Myth Adventures series by Robert Aspirin has a fair bit of humor.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Magic Kingdom For Sale -Sold- by Terry Brooks is a rather humorous departure from his regular Shannara fantasy fare.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Callahan's Crosstime Saloon books by Spider Robinson are funny (well, more punny) and SFish.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Also don't forget the 2.5 Dirk Gently books by Douglas Adams.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Sounds to me that an abridged Dewey would fit fairly well. You could probably only use the broad classes, and maybe one decimal to separate books in the areas where you have more titles than in others. The main issue seems to be to group subjects together and make retrieval fairly easy. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you feel like experimenting you could try out the Open Shelves Classification that is under construction. &lt;a href="http://www.librarything.com/groups/buildtheopenshelvesc" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.librarything.com/groups/buildtheopenshelvesc&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.librarything.com/wiki/index.php/Open_Shelves_Classification" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.librarything.com/wiki/index.php/Open_Shelves_Classification&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Reclassification is always an interesting job, and you get to know your collection really well:-)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Try out Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Lord_of_Derkholm" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Lord_of_Derkholm&lt;/a&gt; 
- one of the best fantasy parodies ever:-)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Jasper Fforde and his Tuesday Next Series are insane piece of metafiction where is you pay close attention you can find entire speeches lifted from Star Wars.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A colleague asks: "Are any libraries blocking access to e-resources for students who owe lots of money to the library? Just curious, as we restrict borrowing privs for students who owe more than £5."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Title>Do other libraries block access to electronic resources if you have a fine?</Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I really like Maud Newton's blog (&lt;a href="http://maudnewton.com/blog/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://maudnewton.com/blog/&lt;/a&gt;). She's in the book industry and consistently points out interesting literature and thoughtful discussions thereof.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Is this The Forgotten Daughter by Caroline Dade Snedeker?
&lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/271448436" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/271448436&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Available from Amazon, this was written in 1933 and received a Newbery.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Is this The Forgotten Daughter by Caroline Dade Snedeker?
&lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/271448436" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/271448436&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Available from Amazon, this was written in 1934 and received a Newbery.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Charlie Bone&lt;/strong&gt; series by Jenny Nimmo&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hatchet&lt;/strong&gt; by Gary Paulsen  [I love to booktalk this by reading the sucking-a-raw-egg scene].&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My library is a mix of both. Online books can not be download if you have $10 in fines, but you can access all of our other online databases. However, to use the internet computers within the library your fines must also below $10.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;To be clear, what Seth called XAMP is &lt;a href="http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;XAMPP for Windows&lt;/a&gt;.  I've used it on Windows machines as well and found it very helpful.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My library restricts both In-house checkout, and e-resources.  We also block access to internet usage on library computers.  Our cut-off for that block is $5.00.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In my library, until our tech guy screwed up, our filter was setup with a login, and if a patron ran into a filtered page and wanted it unfiltered, we HAD to go over there and type in the password.  It's a mandatory thing, if library is receiving funding from the E-rate program, that you have to go unblock it.  If they don't unblock, you could try threatening a call to the appropriate authorities, or the ACLU.
Oh, and our wireless is part of the same public, filtered network, so the same policies apply as to our public PCs.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I like &lt;a href="http://bookmunch.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;bookmunch&lt;/a&gt;. The reviews are well written, it's updated regularly (but not too regularly - I think this is important) and it features all sorts of different stuff. The proof of the pudding is that I've found myself reading loads of stuff I would otherwise have missed but for finding it there.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Perhaps you could have the best of both worlds by framing simple no-statements in a positive, polite wrapper, like so:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please follow these library rules:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;No food or drinks&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;No spitting on librarians&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;No dromedary camels in the stacks (bactrian OK)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Cell phones must be silent (vibrate OK)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thank you very much.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You could try Piers Anthony's Xanth books (&lt;em&gt;The Source of Magic&lt;/em&gt; is one you could start with) if you like the facetious tone and puns. To be honest, I like Pratchett better... but I still enjoy the Xanth books on occasion.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This past summer, I worked as an administrative assistant at my church. We have a small library, but everyone who used to keep it going has moved away, and no one's taken it up again. Since I tend to get along with libraries pretty well, my boss asked me if I could do something with it-- it's a bit disorganized, and no one's reshelved returned books in years. Moreover, the library was still being run with a physical card catalogue that must be at least ten or twenty years old.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There's no budget for acquiring new books (it's mostly donation-based). Since it's a church library, most of the books don't go out of date, per se, so it's still used, but not a lot. And I think the physical card catalogue system may have to stay in place, because in order to use a computer-based program they'd have to have a computer. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Since I had to work around answering the phones, all I managed to do this past summer was to shelfread them all and reshelve the returned ones, but the card catalogue is a mess and there are unclassified books all over. I'm not currently working there, but I may be back this summer (and really, the poor books scream out for help). Has anyone encountered this kind of situation before, and/or have any suggestions? I'm not even sure where to start.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Tom Holt is good, but I think I would have enjoyed his books better if I hadn't read Terry Pratchett first.  Now he just seems like a pale imitation.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Are you in an academic library? (I ask because you mention students.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The college library I work at doesn't do that, as far as I know. The college prevents students with unpaid fines from officially graduating, but of course that can be far in the future, depending on the student. But in an academic library, blocking electronic access can be devastating for students trying to pass their classes. Have you come up with a solution to this? I suppose if you warn them enough times... but if they simply don't have the money, I'm not sure how you deal with that. (Side note-- given that your fines are in pounds, I daresay you're not in the States, so maybe the universities work differently; hopefully this comment is still helpful.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Our town public library blocks checking out any more books if you have more than $10 of unpaid fines. Not sure about electronic stuff, but probably that as well.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Chicago Public Library bars usage of the library computers and checkout of online materials for every patron with any fines or overdue materials.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I know it's too late, but I hope it will let me post...Microsoft puts out a free downloadable program called Steadystate, which performs as a lockdown program (Blocks system changes, etc...), and also acts as a "deep freeze" style hard drive restoration upon restart.  I would still use Anti-virus as well, but avg works pretty well for me at home.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Battle Royale&lt;/strong&gt; by &lt;em&gt;Koushun Takami&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi Rachel
A couple of suggestions:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You could join LINC-L the Libraries in Churches discussion list. see &lt;a href="http://patience.twu.ca/read/about/?forum=linc-l" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://patience.twu.ca/read/about/?forum=linc-l&lt;/a&gt; to connect with others with similar experience. (full disclosure, I am the moderator of that list&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I use librarything for [my small church library][2]. It's great because there's usually a Dewey call number, subject headings or tags, so it's a complete online catalogue for free.I print ours out and put it in a binder so that even if there's not a computer nearby, I have  author, title and call number lists.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'd differ with you on the books don't go out of date-- a dull and dogeared library won't attract users, nor the "Creative Crafts for Teens" type of books from 1977!  so do purge!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Robert Asprin's &lt;em&gt;Phule's Company&lt;/em&gt; books are good and funny/punny, too (in addition to his Myth books, which someone else mentioned).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You could also try Cory Doctorow, who's got some lovely sarcastic humor. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi all,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know the origin of the following "quote?"&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Librarians: the thin blue line between you and the FBI."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I love it, and I thought it might be from an Unshelved comic, but when I searched the archive (thanks, Bill!), I didn't see it. For some reason, it's not in Bartlett's either...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our school library will not lend any physical things (books, headphones, etc) but will not prevent using a computer in the library.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It was evidently on a sweatshirt available from thewirelesscatalog.com, but no longer in stock. (says the "travelin' librarian: &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/travelinlibrarian/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.flickr.com/people/travelinlibrarian/&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is a book I read a few years ago I found it in the teen section, it was a real dark story about a girl who's mother pushed her to be a model (or something like that) and there was some trauma with a photographer when she was young (I think the book started when she saw him again) there was also a boy who had also had problems with the photographer (I think he was gay), and the whole book they were trying to stop this guy from hurting other kids, and there was a sex crazed fairy but I don't remember how she fit in the story. I think the book ended with the girl writing the story and getting instant fame.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;That sounds like &lt;em&gt;I Was a Teenage Fairy&lt;/em&gt; by Francesca Lia Block.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It's from Stephen Kings' Nightmares and Dreamscapes.  The story is called The House on Maple Street.  Here's a link to the wiki
&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_on_Maple_Street" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_on_Maple_Street&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This reminds me of a problem we've been having recently with fakeware popping up ad windows that make patrons think they are getting a virus. As soon as they click on yes to scan or 'destroy' the virus, this program (a common one is Antivirus Live) hijacks the PC and basically makes it unusable.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In cases like this, where PCs already get infected, we've found a free program called Malwarebytes ( &lt;a href="http://www.malwarebytes.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.malwarebytes.org/&lt;/a&gt; ) to be of great help - it cleans out most problems right away.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm looking for a birthday gift for a friend.  Really.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'd like to guy him a DVD, either a movie or TV series, where there are women who speak with Scottish accents. He does not have a region free DVD player, so this must be available for purchase in the US.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I prefer something you'd recommend, but bad action movies are, as always, fine with me, too.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Please don't include:&lt;br&gt;
  -  Highlander or its spinoffs&lt;br&gt;
   - Anything based on an Irvine Welsh novel (Trainspotting, etc)&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I liked the series from BBC Scotland that played on PBS for awhile "Monarch of the Glen". Ther are 7 years and can be purchased though PBS or BBCAmerica.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We Were Here&lt;/strong&gt;, by &lt;em&gt;Matt de la Pena&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Realistic dialogue and interesting situations, this story of a teenage boy's journey to face himself is a surprisingly good read. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The library I work for (UK academic sector) blocks access to all on-line library resources if books go more than a month overdue.  At present, charges owing only block the borrowing of physical items as we regard the return of the books into circulation to be the most important thing!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We only block students from borrowing and renewing items if they have a fine over £15 or have had a fine for over 1 month.  ALL IT access is suspended (inc. access to databases) if they are university debtors, but this is rare and generally due to owing tuition or accommodation fees.  Although it could, in theory, be library fines - I'm not sure if it has ever got to that stage though!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;No one else currently living seems to do what Pratchett does, at least in fantasy/sci-fi.  You've hit upon the closest read-alike already -- Douglas Adams -- and someone already mentioned his Dirk Gently books (&lt;em&gt;The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.&lt;/em&gt; The "half" refers to &lt;em&gt;The Salmon of Doubt,&lt;/em&gt; which contains an unfinished novel, among many nonfiction writings).  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You said you're willing to jump genres, so to keep the same light tone mixed with social commentary by someone who seems to likes humanity despite its flaws, you might try Carl Hiaasen.  If you like him, that's another jumping-off point for read-alikes.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Neil Gaiman's stuff is not funny, as a rule, but he uses mythology and social conventions similarly, and I find his print fiction to be engrossing in a similar way.  &lt;em&gt;Anansi Boys&lt;/em&gt; was probably the funniest, after &lt;em&gt;Good Omens,&lt;/em&gt; of course.  Like Pratchett, he is incredibly good at what he chooses to do, which may make up for the lower humor levels.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Oddly enough, Susan Wittig Albert's Beatrix Potter mysteries seem to be popular with Pratchett fans, although some find the human parts of the stories a little too romance-y.  It's the animals' stories that really make this series.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Robert Asprin and Spider Robinson have already been mentioned (sorry for the repetition-I'm not allowed to vote yet).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I will be watching this thread for new and innovative suggestions, 'cause I really need a Pratchett fix!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Does manga count as a book in this list?  'Cause my teen patrons would check out anything manga.
&lt;strong&gt;A.I. Love You&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Azumanga Daioh&lt;/strong&gt; (I always misspell that) have been very popular, along with all the anime series in print.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Here are a few more that came to mind...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Touching Spirit Bear&lt;/strong&gt; by &lt;em&gt;Ben Mikaelsen&lt;/em&gt;. I sometimes forget about this one myself.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;After his anger erupts into violence, fifteen year-old Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the Native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan Island where an...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ian Lawrence&lt;/em&gt; is also a good author - He wrote &lt;strong&gt;Wreckers&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Castaways&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Adrift at sea with four convict companions, Tom and the boys come upon a deserted ship, but unforeseeable events lead Tom to discover that for his own survival, he must make unimaginable decisions.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A good Hi Interest Lo level series is &lt;strong&gt;The Island Series&lt;/strong&gt; by &lt;em&gt;Gordon Korman&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Six children of various ages from 11 to 16 try to survive on a desert island in the Pacific Ocean after a storm destroys their boat.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I remember a children's fantasy book that had a poem that I fell in love with.  I would love to find it again, but I only remember (most of) the poem...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Once upon a windy downs
I heard a song, ‘twas meant for clowns
It came from trees that in the wind
Did softly sway and slowly bend
It came from larks and thrushes gay
To make a minstrel’s holiday&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The wandering minstrel has no song to call his own
He sings to please to make men laugh
And this alone his epitaph
But one song comes from sparrows gay
To make a minstrel’s holiday &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am in a school library media center. We don't have fines. We got rid of them years ago, but we do charge for lost or damaged titles. If a student loses a book, we restrict their check out, but we do not restrict their access to using materials in the media center, to computers, or our online databases and websites.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am not in favor of restricting information. I hate to restrict check out but some students and families have difficulty being responsible. I would never think of restricting their on line database use or their ebook access. The only reason I restrict their accounts for materials check out is I don't want to continually lose more books.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Access to on line and internet information should not be restricted unless there is a plagiarism issue or misuse of Internet searching.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Just my opinion but I hate to restrict book check out and only do it because I hope to get the book or books back and to show students they need to be responsible for materials. Students that do not pay or are unable to pay work with me on odd jobs in the media center at the end of the school year.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This has been a very interesting discussion. I have been discarding books for eons and it really doesn't get easier especially since I have been in my library so long that I have almost purchased everything left. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I always find the non-fiction the easiest as there is a prescribed formula for most of it...I have trouble going through the Poetry collections and of course the fiction and picture book is always hard. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Do I get rid of John Bellairs because no one seems to be reading him this year? What about Steven Kellogg or Marcia Brown.  These are all good writers and it becomes more important for us to share these titles with children so they don't get lost in the shuffle of new things.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There are so many older titles that are great but they don't get read. So many titles and not enough time to read all of them. I have been very vicious over the last ten years. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What do you do with all of these discarded titles?  I hate to throw books away. I have sent them to Thailand and Africa. I have given them to hospitals and Nursing homes. I put them out for students and staff. I have posted them on freecycle. I have given them to friends to sell at their tag sales and I have coved them and used them at the beginning of a new section as shelf signs AND still I have boxes....to get rid of. I even saw some furniture built with old books, glued together.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So what to do with those left over titles????? Not sure if this is a new question or a continuation of the weeding one.. Help!!!!!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What do you do with all of these discarded titles? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I hate to throw books away. I have sent them to Thailand and Africa. I have given them to hospitals and nursing homes. I put them out for students and staff. I have posted them on freecycle. I have given them to friends to sell at their tag sales and I have covered them and used them at the beginning of a new section as shelf signs AND still I have boxes....to get rid of. I even saw some furniture built with old books, glued together.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So what do you do with those left over titles????? I am looking for some new ideas.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You could try www.listal.com for both.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Have you tried Better World Books?  they sell on consignment
&lt;a href="http://www.betterworldbooks.com/Info-Discards-Donations-Program-m-4.aspx" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.betterworldbooks.com/Info-Discards-Donations-Program-m-4.aspx&lt;/a&gt;  They take about half of our discards-- after we try selling them for $1 for hardcover and $.50 for softcover.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I can't believe no one has said this before, but graphic novels or comic books work great. The pictures will really help them make sense of the words, and they won't need to understand every word to follow the story. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think Ultimate Spider-Man or Spider Man Loves Mary Jane might be good titles for high school students.  Ultimate Spider-Man has a lot of slang, too, so it might provide a good opportunity for the kids to learn to talk like Bendis writes.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gosford Park&lt;/strong&gt;. Fantastic movie (upstairs/downstairs mystery) and the main character is a Scottish woman with a fairly heavy Scottish burr.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have a hard time recycling books for their paper so we try to make available for giveaway weeded books from our school library. However, I do have a problem with selling or even giving like I do because in essence it seems to say "This is no longer good enough for our shelves, but it's still good enough for you." So I guess I recycle more than others. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If the book is not totally destroyed (eg falling apart, or moldy) we sell them for between $.25 and $2.00 depending on condition and such. Even if a book is slightly water damaged, to the point where it's not something we want on the shelves, it's still probably worth a quarter to someone.
Plenty of books can still be "readable" even if they are not in shelfworthy condition.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you happen to live in an area where &lt;a href="http://www.halfpricebooks.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Half Price Books&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.halfpricebooks.com/find%5Fa%5Fstore.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;store locator&lt;/a&gt;) does business, you might let them do the hard work for you.  Half Price Books claims to buy "everything" you bring them;  however, I noticed in their FAQ: 
&lt;BR&gt;Q: Do you buy library books?
&lt;BR&gt;A: We will make offers on library books if it’s evident they’ve been withdrawn from the library, and provided the condition is acceptable and the subject matter is not oversupplied.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In addition to its retail operation, Half Price Books sells "books by the yard" to the design trade &amp;amp; anyone needing a space decorated with books.  This is getting afield from the question, but it's worth keeping in mind if you have folks wanting to donate their old encyclopedias, law books, etc. to the library.  When the content is no longer useful, the physical object may be!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Back to your discards: if you can't sell 'em, maybe you can decorate with them!
&lt;BR&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/donaldist/1803976340/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.flickr.com/photos/donaldist/1803976340/&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;BR&gt;(Library Christmas tree made of books)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;While not as funny in the parody sort of sense I get when I read pratchett, the book &lt;em&gt;Old man's war&lt;/em&gt; and it's sequals contain characters with quite a bit of character, if you will.  I also have something of a soft spot for Jim Butcher's &lt;em&gt;Dresden files&lt;/em&gt; series, as Harry Dresden, the main character(A wizard\P.I. in modern Chicago) is an extreme smart-ass; this makes for laugh out loud moments, occasionally, for me.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My 12-year-old son loves to read. He's a rather advanced reader and gets no satisfaction from his middle-school library. He's frustrated with the YA section of the public library because so much of the subject matter is "boring romantic stuff" or topics that he's not ready for as a preteen.
He enjoyed the Eragon series, and Mike Lupica and Tim Green. He likes historical fiction, especially about the American Revolution and WWII. He loves science; right now he's reading "How to teach physics to your dog" by Chad Orzel.
"Dewey's list" had some good titles, but again, much of the subject matter wouldn't be comfortable. 
I'm having trouble keeping him in good books. May I ask for reading suggestions?
Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We allow food and drink and cell phones in the university library where I work, so we don't need as many signs as other libraries. The students seem to respond better to positive signs, so that's what we use whenever possible.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The sign I want to post? "Food and drink are permissible in the library. However, if you order pizza please be prepared to share with library staff."  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Have you tried looking at the Newbery Award titles? There are some great Historical Fiction on that list and it is high quality.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here are some popular titles that the boys seem to like in my library.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Lightning thief series, My brother Sam is dead, Jump Ship to Freedom, The Jazz Kid and other books by Curtis and James Lincoln Collier. Crispin, The fighting Ground and other titles by Avi. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Iain Lawrence wrote some very good books- The Convicts, Buccaneers, The Wreckers, Gemini Summer and some other titles.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Second Sight by Blackwood.
How I found the Strong by McMullin.
Have him try to look in his school library under this subject.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;* United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction.
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&lt;p&gt;I love historical fiction so I read a lot of it. Let me know if any of these work.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Book series&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Maximum Ride series by James Patterson&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ranger's Apprentice series by John Flanagan&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Missing series by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Bk 1: &lt;em&gt;Found&lt;/em&gt;) &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Individual Books&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Al Capone Does My Shirts&lt;/em&gt; by Gennifer Choldenko (also has a sequel).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Life As We Knew It&lt;/em&gt; by Susan Beth Pfeffer (has at least one companion, and I think another on the way.) &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Christopher Paul Curtis has a number of wonderful historical fiction books. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This year's Newbery winner, &lt;em&gt;When You Reach Me&lt;/em&gt;, and &lt;em&gt;The Graveyard Book&lt;/em&gt; are both excellent and definite crowd-pleasers if he hasn't read them yet. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Heroes&lt;/em&gt; by Robert Cormier. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Pretty much anything by Gary Paulsen. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Book Thief&lt;/em&gt; by Markus Zusack. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If he likes Tim Green and Mike Lupica, you might want to try David Lubar too.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Resource suggestion&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Guysread.com&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Definitely look at reviews of these books first, because I have no idea what kind of content you are comfortable with your 12 year old reading, nor do I know what he is mature enough to handle. Also, some of these aren't books I have read personally. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Would any be suitable for bookcrossing?  www.bookcrossing.com  It's possibly a little labour-intensive but you could get a group of interested students together to do the registering, labelling and the fun part - releasing!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Tara K. Harper also wrote Cat Scratch Fever and Cataract - they were more sci-fi/futuristic, though.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When I worked in a high school library, one of the art teachers would take old books and have the kids create an art piece from them.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, if you want to do crafts to recycle the book--do search, there are a lot great ideas out there for making things out of books including lamps and purses.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Blood and Chocolate&lt;/em&gt; by Annette Curtis&lt;/strong&gt;
Is a very similar story to Twilight, but with a female werewolf struggling with her relationships with humans and others in her pack.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm giving a definite thumbs up to the Percy Jackson and Ranger's Apprentice series.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, if he liked Harry Potter, I might go with the Charlie Bone series. Hmm.. Gary Paulsen, specifically Hatchet and Notes from the Dog.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to think of things that I've read personally. It might make me a bad readers advisor, but there ya go, lol.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Golden Compass (Haven't read it yet, but it's currently sitting on my dresser waiting for me to finish Brisingr. :)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Oh! The Westing Game. Loved it as a kid, recently re-read, still love it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Louis Sachar, especially Holes.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Giver, by Lois Lowry. One of my absolute favorites.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Walter Dean Myers and Anthony Horowitz seem popular with young men, though I haven't read either of them.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Jack London. I read Call of the Wild when I was about 11 or 12, and loved it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'll edit if I think of any more. :)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Edit: The Book Thief! Loved it, and am planning to use it as my first Teen Book Club pick :)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In the action adventure outdoor theme, I find Roland Smith and Will Hobbs very popular with 6th grade students. Also the Puzzling Life of Winston Breen series. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I wrongly remembered the title of the book as Andrea.  The cover of the book shows a teen girl's face with one of her eyes is the earth, and the background is space. I read this book in middle school. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It's a story in which people live underground in huge cities.  The protagonist is a young teen girl.  It's possible to go outside onto the surface, but the earth is a barren wasteland. There is a plan to take a space ship to another planet/world to restart civilization, but at the last minute, the doors to the outer world won't open.  All of the people on the ships are doomed to die, because they are set to takeoff by machine. The protaganist sacrifices herself to open the doors and save the ships.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you're interested in Arthurian lit or at least parodies of the Arthur tales, then Rude Tales and Glorious by Nicholas Seare is a good deal of fun, taking a common or well-known story and turning it upside-down and inside-out, much like Pratchett does. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Warning: Some of the tales in this book are indeed, uh, "rude."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Stuff aimed at kids/teens:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Try Lloyd Alexander's &lt;strong&gt;Westmark&lt;/strong&gt; books (Westmark, the Kestrel, the Beggar Queen). They're more complex and darker than many of Alexander's books, but still age-appropriate for a 12 year old, and while there is some romance, it is far from the focus.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Book Thief&lt;/strong&gt; is one of the best books I've read, ever. Young protagonist and generally marketed to teens, though it's not an emotionally easy read at any age, minimal romance-y stuff, well written, interesting, complex.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Lost Conspiracy&lt;/strong&gt; by Francis Hardinge. Fantasy with good writing and lots of interesting issues.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Appropriate "adult" books:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Animal Farm&lt;/strong&gt;, George Orwell&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Agatha Christie mysteries. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Neverwhere&lt;/strong&gt;, by Neil Gaiman&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Martian Chronicles&lt;/strong&gt; by Ray Bradbury&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Isaac Asimov short stories&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lord of the Rings&lt;/strong&gt; by JRR Tolkein&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Series I've enjoyed featuring good-guy (though definitely not sparkly!) vampires include Tanya Huff's "Blood" series - these are more supernatural-mysteries-with-snarky-dialogue than romances, though romantic complications do ensue - and Chelsea Quin Yarbro's "Count St. Germain" series, historical novels centering around her hero-vampire. [Lots of great period detail in the latter; the books are set in many different countries and many different centuries as well. And this series does feature a good deal of romance, and "to turn or not to turn" tension.]&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There's also &lt;em&gt;Vampires Anonymous&lt;/em&gt; (McMahan), which features a very cheerful and likeable vampire who feels really sorry about having to kill his victims (but does it anyway); I really enjoyed this one.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For YA books, here are some that I've enjoyed - though it might be a bit subversive to offer them to "Twilight" fans without warning, as many/most of the vampires here are Not Nice At All {grin}:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Life Sucks&lt;/em&gt; (Abel/Soria/Pleece) is a graphic novel in which the vampiric main character works at a very unglamorous job in a convenience store - no glamorous-vampire-life there.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Look for Me By Moonlight&lt;/em&gt; (Hahn) has the misunderstood-teen-falls-for-romantic-stranger theme, but takes it in a more traditional Dracula-type direction.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Companions of the Night&lt;/em&gt; (Vande Velde) plays with the whole vampires-are-romantic/vampires-are-deadly concept for much of its plot, making it hard to figure out just who to believe.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" books often feature vampires; &lt;em&gt;Carpe Jugulum&lt;/em&gt; has vampires as primary characters, and does some delightful riffs on the subject.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Departing from vampires, there's Ibbotsen's &lt;em&gt;Which Witch?&lt;/em&gt;, a play on fairy-tale concepts of finding the perfect bride for the prince - but here the "prince" is a wizard and must choose his bride from among a bunch of witches. Very, very funny, with surprising twists. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Spud&lt;/strong&gt; by &lt;em&gt;John Van Der Ruit&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Set in 1995 in a South African Boys Boarding School full of weirdo's, psychotic kids and even strangers Teachers. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would recommend Hamish MacBeth, either on dvd or the book. The series is based on the mystery series by M.C.Beaton.  If your friend likes to listen to the accents being spoken the dvd is obviously better.  However the books are available too. A link to check it out: &lt;a href="http://www.tv.com/hamish-macbeth/show/10189/summary.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.tv.com/hamish-macbeth/show/10189/summary.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I work at a public library in Florida, and we only block checking out and intralibrary loans for over due fines. If a patron owes more than $1 they can't do those things, but they can still access our computers and databases. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My high level 5th-6th grade readers enjoy these series, which haven't been mentioned yet:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Peter and the Starcatchers&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dragon Codex&lt;/em&gt;  (shorter books, but there are several in the series)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Redwall&lt;/em&gt; (huge books and many in series...this might occupy him for a while)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Artemis Fowl&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Immortal Nicholas Flamel&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Septimus Heap&lt;/em&gt; (wizard in training)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Stoneheart&lt;/em&gt; (stone dragon comes to life)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Youngest Templar&lt;/em&gt; (quest for the Holy Grail)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Warrior Heir&lt;/em&gt;  (this was highly recommended by one of my volunteers who has a gifted MS son who loved the series)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Five Ancestors&lt;/em&gt; (Eastern/martial arts theme)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If he likes dark stuff and you don't mind the content, you might look at the &lt;em&gt;Cirque du Freak&lt;/em&gt; series or &lt;em&gt;Chronicles of Vladimir Tod&lt;/em&gt; series.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Finally, a couple of my students who like history have been really intrigued by these novels:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Airman&lt;/em&gt; by Eoin Colfer &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Notorious Izzy Fink&lt;/em&gt; by Don Brown&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Try THE THIEF, THE QUEEN OF ATTOLIA, and THE KING OF ATTOLIA by Megan Whalen Turner.  Adventure, intrigue, magic, and even maiming. What more could a boy ask for?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Be sure to study up on proper Dewey Decimal placement.  When I got my first paging job, I had to take a little test to show I understood how the system worked.  A larger public library may use longer Dewey Decimal numbers, which can be more confusing than the shorter numbers often used by school.  Good luck!  I was a page for a couple of years, moved up to circulation, and eventually became a school librarian.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Go Quest, Young Man by KB Bogen
First published in the mid 90s, and as far as I know the only book Bogen published. A shame, that, since this has remained a favorite, and would have made an excellent series.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about &lt;strong&gt;Hunger Game&lt;/strong&gt;s and &lt;strong&gt;Catching Fire&lt;/strong&gt; by Collins?&lt;br /&gt;
And don't forget Jean Craighead George:  &lt;strong&gt;My Side of the Mountain, There's an Owl in the Shower, Julie of the Wolves&lt;/strong&gt;, and one of my favorites, &lt;strong&gt;The missing 'gator of Gumbo Limbo : an ecological mystery&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Jean Craighead George's The Talking Earth deals with the Everglades and developers and ecology.  Not as "snarky" as hiaasen.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I just finished reading &lt;strong&gt;HUNGER GAMES&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;CATCHING FIRE&lt;/strong&gt; by Suzanne Collins; survivor on steriods, to the death!  I listened to &lt;strong&gt;MARCELO IN THE REAL WORLD&lt;/strong&gt; by Francisco X. Stork--I &lt;em&gt;think&lt;/em&gt; it was recommended by Unshelved Book Reviews.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is a book about a person who impersonates someone who is dead.  I know, trite plot.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Anyhow, she looks like an heiress who was murdered but few people know this.  She is recruited by the FBI, I think, and her contact is named Adam.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There is some sinister criminal ring involved called the Circle of Ants.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That's about all I remember.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would recommend 2 series.  The first is actually a middle school series, but the length and content make it an all ages series.  Peter and the Starcatchers series by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson is a wonderful 4 book explanation of how Peter Pan became Peter Pan.  I find them to be very well written and wonderful to read.  The chapters are short, so they are easier for an ESL student or a reluctant reader.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The second series I would recommend is The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.  The books are engaging and the story is very original in this time of vampires and werewolves.  My students are waiting for the third (and final) book in this series to come out.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Are you looking specifically for fiction books?  Many of the boys I deal with prefer reading non-fiction.  Get him non-fiction books on topics that he is interested in.  Science, history, whatever he may like.  Many times we think good reading pertains only to fiction.  Many who like history enjoy biographies and they read more like fiction if that is what he likes.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Here in Canada we recommend the Anne of Green Gables series.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I dont remember when I read "The Dark is rising" series.  Would he be interested?  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Meredith Ann Pierce's Darkangel trilogy - "The Darkangel", "A Gathering of Gargoyles" and "The Pearl of the Soul of the World".  "The darkangel is a black-winged vampire of astounding beauty and youth.  He kidnaps Aeriel to serve his 13 wives, wraiths whose souls he has stolen away.  Aeriel must kill the darkangel before he takes a 14th wife and comes into full power, but she is captivated by his magnificent beauty and intrigued by the spark of goodness she sees inside him."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm a librarian at a school with a large Arabic-speaking population.  I'm having a very difficult time finding new books for my middle and high school students.  We've been able to find translations of many children's titles, but have struck out for the older students.  Kalima seems to be translating some interesting titles, but as far as I can tell they're only available in Dubai.  (We're in the US).  Does anyone have any other suggestions?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It's been a while since I've read it, but "Usher II", one of the chapters in Ray Bradbury's &lt;em&gt;The Martian Chronicles&lt;/em&gt;, might work.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A tv series based on Ian Rankin's books: &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Rebus-Set-1-Ken-Stott/dp/B000FS9FGW/ref=sr%5F1%5F1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=dvd&amp;amp;qid=1266532445&amp;amp;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow"&gt;Rebus&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ken Stott (Shallow Grave, The Vice, Messiah) brings the brooding Inspector John Rebus to life on screen, straight off the pages of Edgar®-winning Ian Rankin’s crime novels. Haunted by his own failings and the human tragedies that he faces every day, Rebus relentlessly pursues truth under the leaden skies of modern-day Edinburgh. His eager young sidekick, DS Siobhan Clarke (Claire Price, Poirot: The Hollow, The Whistle-Blower) resents Rebus’s condescending manner at first, but grudgingly comes to respect her gruff partner’s abilities. Together, they conduct their investigations under the watchful and sometimes jealous eye of their boss, Chief Super Gill Templer (Jennifer Black, Local Hero)—Rebus’s former flame.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm currently looking into starting a book club for high school students. Have any of your libraries, school, public or otherwise, done anything like this? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Best organizational method?
Best way to advertise?
How do I choose books everyone will be interested in?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any advice on this AT ALL, would be wonderful.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;yo, any Matthew Reilly books-
they include Guns, Violence, Action and Splosions!!! typical goodies vs. baddies.
they are a super fast paced book, and feel like you are reading a hollywood blockbuster.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;they are big books (couple of hundred pages) but if you can convince them to start reading it they wont stop.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;So many places to start! Join the &lt;a href="http://lists.ala.org/wws/info/yalsa-bk" rel="nofollow"&gt;YALSA-BK listserv&lt;/a&gt; (and search archives, too)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.teenreads.com/clubs/index.asp" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.teenreads.com/clubs/index.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thinking about Starting a Book Club? Trying to find new ideas for your Club? Wondering what the heck a Book Club is?! Never fear, Teenreads has all the answers to your Book Club questions, and some guides to help you lead a good discussion with your friends. Book Clubs are easy to start and lot of fun, so if you love books, this is for you!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;From the Hennepin County Library, "Lead Book Clubs for Kids &amp;amp; Teens": &lt;a href="http://www.hclib.org/pub/bookspace/BookClubsKid.cfm" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.hclib.org/pub/bookspace/BookClubsKid.cfm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Multnomah County Library has an awesome list of group discussion guides to help you get started: &lt;a href="http://www.multcolib.org/talk/guides.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.multcolib.org/talk/guides.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A parent just asked me if I knew the title of a book.  She said it was written maybe 20 years ago. It is about a boy who can merge his mind with animals.  It may take place on a horse farm.  It ends by the boy getting kicked by horse and he can't re-enter his body. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Misfits by James Howe and 13: stories that capture the agony and the ecstasy of being thirteen edited by James Howe.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Suicide notes- Michael Ford,&lt;br /&gt;
My heartbeat - Garret Freymann-Weyr, 
The drowning of Stephan Jones - Bette Greene, 
The Geography Club - Brent Hartinger. 
Stained - jennifer Jacobson,&lt;br /&gt;
Twelve long months - Brian Malloy, 
My tiki girl - Jennifer McMahon, 
What happened to LAni Garver - Carol Plum-Ucci,
A tale of two summers - Brian Sloan,
What they always tell us - Martin Wilson,
Naomi and Ely's no kiss list  - Rachel Cohn,
The year they burned the books - Nancy Garden,
Blue Coyote - Lisa Ketchum,
My most excellent year: a novel of love, Mary Poppins &amp;amp; Fenway Park - Steve Kluger,
The Arizona kid- Ron Koertge,
So hard to say - Alex Sanchez,
Peter - Kate Waker,
The house you pass on the way - Jacqueline Woodson.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have a teen book club that meets once a month and was organized about 2 1/2 years ago.  Our branch manager was interested in starting one and approached a girl she knows well and knows to be a good reader and asked her to help get it started.  She invited a few friends and we put it on the web site and also sent a press release like we do for all programs and put flyers up in the library.  But the most effective advertising has been word of mouth.  If the teens like it they will get their friends to come.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The group is limited to about 10 - 12 members so as not to inhibit discussion by allowing the group to get to large and is for teens only.  The kids choose the books themselves, usually a couple of months in advance so that we can get copies of the book through interlibrary loan.  They have read adult books and YA books, classic literature and romance, every once in a while nonfiction - whatever they want to read.  Every member has a turn to select a book.  The moderator keeps an eye on the discussion but mostly the discussion is led by the kids.  We also provide pizza and drinks.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am in an elem middle school library with 7 ft shelving in my fiction. If I had shorter shelving I would use baskets or crates like I have heard others. Since I don't, I am in the process of purchasing some one sided, end of shelving, brightly colored carts that I will shelve the  A to Z series, American Girl and a few of the other younger children's fiction series.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My students made the suggestion that I put the American Girl series separate from the collection. Right now I have them in a colored crate on top of a table. They love it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately every time I have classes, I have to move the crate. The carts can be placed at the end of the tables.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;At our public library fines don't matter for anyone using the computers - they can still download audiobooks, use databases and internet. People are blocked from checking out items or requesting interlibrary loan if they have $10.00 in fines.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Your question had 2 parts which I will answer. My library does put the call number on the inside of the book when cataloging. My reason is because I use volunteers to do most of the cataloging and volunteers do all the processing. I have different volunteers every day so it makes it easier for them to continue where someone left off previously.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have relied on volunteers since my assistant was cut. It makes it easier for my volunteers to match up the spine labels with what is written inside. It also makes it easier for me to double check the call numbers before the labels are run off. It works for me but I do agree that if you have no reason to do  it, then don't.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As an aside, It is definitely a practice that was done before automation. I worked in the cataloging department while in library school and it was the practice to write the number on a piece of paper or on the verso page so that the head cataloger could check the accuracy of the assigned number before the catalog cards were typed up.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I recommend:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Treasure Island" and "Kidnapped" by Robert Louis Stevenson&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;the novels of H.G. Welles and Jules Verne&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Young Wizard series by Diane Duane. Start with "So You Want To Be a Wizard"&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Tunnels", "Deeper", "Freefall" by Roderick Gordon and Barry Williams. Wonderful fantasy trilogy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Dandelion Wine" by Ray Bradbury. A personal favorite&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"I, Robot" and "Fantastic Voyage" by Isaac Asimov.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Anything by Diane Wynne Jones&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"The Spiderwick Chronicles" By Holly Black and Tony DiTerlitzi&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. Most are in the adult science fiction section, but these are in the teen/YA area: "Maurice and His Amazing Rodents", "Nation"(non-Discworld), "The Wee Free Men", "A Hatful of Sky", and "Wintersmith"&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I will add that all of the above will entertain, but some of them will also make you think, in a good way, especially Mr. Pratchett.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The most important thing is for your son to read something he'll enjoy. Better too many choices than not enough.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have 9.5. I have set up a patron for display. I check out everything to display. No, the person looking for the book can't tell it is on display, it says it is checked out but if the patron aske the librarian to check, the librarian can find out who has the copy checked out. It will come up as display patron or whatever name you have designated for the display books.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Not sure if this is what you were asking for but that how we sign out books for display. I am in an elem middle school with approx 20,000 titles.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When we used to charge fines, we had a Return for Free Day.  We chose one day in the Spring and advertised that anyone returning their lost or overdue books that day would be forgiven their fines.  I'm not exactly sure what we called it, but we would get lost of books including one we didn't know were lost.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if this is what you are looking for, but it was very effective and we did get lots of books back.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I use Shelfari for children's books that I read and have Shelfari on the home page of my Destiny front page so kids can see what I am reading.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I use Library Thing for all my adult titles that I read, want to read.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I started with Goodreads but migrated to the ones above.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My teens have pained me with a 1920s summer reading theme.  I'm looking for about 30 or so books for a bonus book list.  I would like to find books set in the 1920s, but at this point I'll take anything with a relation to the 1920s.  Here's what I have so far...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Long Way From Chicago
A Year Down Yonder
Al Capone Does My Shirts
Al Capone Shines My Shoes
The Miner's Daughter
Hitch
Thursday's Child
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
The Storyteller's Daughter
Escape!: The story of the Great Houdini
The Seance
A Day No Pigs Would Die
The Tree of Bells
Uprising
A Countess Below Stairs&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm not quite sure if all those stories are in the 1920s, but at this point, even a loose relation to the 1920s would work.  Any suggestions?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;First, let me say I am a children's librarian and always encourage advanced readers to try a variety of children's titles like most of those listed above-all great suggestions.  Then let me tell you that as a mom of a very advanced reader, I gave my 4th grade son "Jurassic Park", because he loved dinosaurs.  That started him on many Michael Crichton novels, all of which I read first to make sure the content was not too adult.  He was also interested in science and loved the non-fiction title "The Hot Zone."  I agree with some of the comments above that you need to turn him loose in the library and trust his judgement.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I had boys read &lt;strong&gt;Maniac Magee&lt;/strong&gt; by &lt;em&gt;Jerry Spinelli&lt;/em&gt;. I recommended it to one student (Grade 8) but didn't know if he would like it since many of the things in the novel were not a part of the upscale community in which I was teaching. He loved it and his word of mouth got a bunch of his friends to read it too.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have recently started a storytime for our local high school special education students. I have been reading humorous picture books and short, photograph-filled nonfiction children's books (Nic Bishop) to them. I also do a simple (yet teen-friendly: i.e. cool) craft. Does anyone have any suggestions for appropriate picture books, short stories, and even craft ideas for these amazing teens? I have read Lane Smith, Jon Sciezka, Tony Fucile, and Tom Lichtenheld books to them with great success. Thanks for any suggestions.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Here are a few you might want to add:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;F. Scott Fitzgerald, &lt;strong&gt;The Great Gatsby&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32311616&amp;amp;referer=brief%5Fresults" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32311616&amp;amp;referer=brief_results&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Margaret Peterson Haddix, &lt;strong&gt;Uprising&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/77333469&amp;amp;referer=brief%5Fresults" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/77333469&amp;amp;referer=brief_results&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Karen Hesse, &lt;strong&gt;Witness&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45715317&amp;amp;referer=brief%5Fresults" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45715317&amp;amp;referer=brief_results&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Ronald Kidd, &lt;strong&gt;Monkey Town&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/59003382&amp;amp;referer=brief%5Fresults" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/59003382&amp;amp;referer=brief_results&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Walter Dean Myers, &lt;strong&gt;Harlem Summer&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/74492255&amp;amp;referer=brief%5Fresults" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/74492255&amp;amp;referer=brief_results&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;Rob Vollmar, &lt;strong&gt;Bluesman&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/66141120&amp;amp;referer=brief%5Fresults" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/66141120&amp;amp;referer=brief_results&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My special education elementary students really enjoyed picture books by Dav Pilkey...they thought they were hilarious.  Some other individual titles that are pictures books with more mature stories:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Magnus at the Fire&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;City of Snow: The Great Blizzard of 1888&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Police Cat&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Go Home! The True Story of James the Cat&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Titanicat&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hero Cat&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;One Potato, Two Potato&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Man Who Walked Between the Towers&lt;/em&gt;  (non-fiction)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Snowflake Bentley&lt;/em&gt;  (non-fiction biography)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There are a lot of biographical picture books that should be interesting to older students as well.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For non-fiction, you might look at the series called True Tales of Survival.  These are short enough to be read aloud quickly, and the stories are very engaging.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The twenties were a great time for murder mysteries; both &lt;strong&gt;Agatha Christie&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Dorothy L. Sayers&lt;/strong&gt; started publishing in the twenties, and their books may be great for some of your more advanced teens. They're very well written and don't contain anything that would disturb or shock today's teens. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For a craft idea, have you thought about duct-tape wallets? Good directions with photos are available at 
&lt;a href="http://www.rpi-polymath.com/ducttape/duct_tape_wallet.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.rpi-polymath.com/ducttape/duct_tape_wallet.html&lt;/a&gt;
and the site owner gives permission to reproduce the directions. 
This is definitely a project where the adult should demonstrate; the directions seem complicated until you "see" what is meant.
Try some wild and crazy duct tape for cool wallets -- 
&lt;a href="http://www.duckbrand.com/Products/duck-tapes/color-duck-tapes.aspx" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.duckbrand.com/Products/duck-tapes/color-duck-tapes.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I've been told by teens that these wallets last a lot longer than the cloth wallets most carry.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We are the ship : the story of Negro League baseball&lt;/strong&gt; words and paintings by Kadir Nelson with forward by Hank Aaron. &lt;em&gt;Negro League baseball started in the 1920s&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;An Ocean Apart, A World Away&lt;/strong&gt; by Lensey Namioka. 
Despite the odds facing her decision to become a doctor in 1920's Nanking, China, teenaged Yanyan leaves her family to study at Cornell University where, along with hard work, she finds prejudice and loneliness as well as friendship and a new sense of accomplishment.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Black Duck&lt;/strong&gt; by Janet Taylor Lisle. 
 Years afterwards, Ruben Hart tells the story of how, in 1929 Newport, Rhode Island, his family and his best friend's family were caught up in the violent competition among groups trying to control the local rum-smuggling trade.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Choosing Sides&lt;/strong&gt; by John H. Ritter.
 In 1921 thirteen-year-old Luke finds himself torn between accepting his left-handedness or conforming to the belief of his preacher-father that such a condition is evil and must be overcome.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dream Soul&lt;/strong&gt; by Laurence Yep.
 In 1927, as Christmas approaches, fifteen-year-old Joan Lee hopes to get her parents' permission to celebrate the holiday, one of the problems of belonging to the only Chinese American family in her small West Virginia community.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How it Happened in Peach Hill&lt;/strong&gt; by Jocelyn Marthe. 
When fifteen-year-old Annie Grey and her "clairvoyant" mother arrive in Peach Hill, New York, in 1924, each finds a reason for wanting to finally settle down, but to reach their goals they will have to do some serious lying and Annie will have to stand up for herself.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jack's Orphan&lt;/strong&gt; by Margaret Brooke.
When taken from an orphanage to work on a farm in North Dakota in 1926, twelve-year-old Tree searches for a home not only for himself but also for his irrepressible younger brother.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Maata's Journal: A Novel&lt;/strong&gt; by Paul Sullivan.
Stranded on an island during a mapping expedition in 1924, a seventeen-year-old Inuit girl writes about her life on the tundra and the changes brought about by the Europeans who settled Canada.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Messenger&lt;/strong&gt; by Virgina Frances Schwartz.
Based on the lives of the author's mother and grandmother, tells the story of a widowed Croatian immigrant trying to keep her family together in the mining towns of Ontario in the 1920s and 1930s.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mystery Box&lt;/strong&gt; by Gordon McAlpine.
 In this novel of Paris in the 1920s, Carolyn Keene and Frank Dixon (pseudonymous authors of Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys) are imagined solving mysteries among famous expatriate writers of the era.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nabbed: The 1925 Journal of G. Codd Fitzsimmons&lt;/strong&gt; by Bill H. Doyle. 
In 1925, fourteen-year-old amateur detective G. Codd Fitzmorgan finds himself at a lavish party in a storm-battered island mansion, embroiled in a mystery involving a seance, a missing aviator, and the sale of liquor banned under Prohibition.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Operation Red Jericho&lt;/strong&gt; by Joshua Mowll.
The posthumous papers of Rebecca MacKenzie document her adventures, along with her brother Doug, in 1920s China as the teenaged siblings are sent to live aboard their uncle's ship where they become involved in the dangerous activities of a mysterious secret society called the Honourable Guild of Specialists.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ringside, 1925: Views from the Scopes Trial&lt;/strong&gt; by Jen Bryant. 
Visitors, spectators, and residents of Dayton, Tennessee, in 1925 describe, in a series of free-verse poems, the Scopes "monkey trial" and its effects on that small town and its citizens. &lt;em&gt;Graphic Novel&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Adventures of Michael MacInnes&lt;/strong&gt; by Jeff Carney.
In 1924, high school junior Michael MacInnes, a free-thinking poet and orphaned scholarship student, stirs up trouble when he challenges the rules and traditions of his prep school.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Throwing Stones&lt;/strong&gt; by Kristi Collier.
 In 1923, in Pierre, Indiana, fourteen-year-old Andy realizes a dream when he makes the high school basketball team, but when an accident keeps him from playing, he ventures into journalism and begins to understand the meaning of sportsmanship. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Time of the Rabies&lt;/strong&gt; by Robert Laxalt.
In the 1920s, Peter Lorda and his family struggle to survive a rabies epidemic on their sheep ranch in northern Nevada.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To Dance at the Palais Royale&lt;/strong&gt; by Janet Elizabeth McNaughton.
In 1928, seventeen-year-old Aggie Maxwell leaves her home and family in Scotland to begin a new life as a domestic servant in Canada.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tulsa Burning&lt;/strong&gt; by Anna Myers.
In 1921, fifteen-year-old Noble Chase hates the sheriff of Wekiwa, Oklahoma, and is more than willing to cross him to help his best friend, a black man, who is injured during race riots in nearby Tulsa.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wild Orphan&lt;/strong&gt; by Kathryn Doty.
In late 1920s Missouri, when hard times force her mother to take a night job, eleven-year-old Lizbeth is placed in an orphanage, where her loneliness and worry are eased by a new, if difficult, friendship.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Looks like there is a manga series by Shin Mashiba called &lt;strong&gt;Nightmare Inspector&lt;/strong&gt;:
 Hiruko is a dream eater in 1920s Japan, and he runs the Silver Star Tea Room, where clients can come to have him deal with their nightmares.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Summaries from NoveList. I haven't read most of these books, so I can't comment on their age range from experience, but they are all listed as Teen in NoveList, with the exception of We are the Ship which is a fairly long JNF, but totally worth trying to promote anyway. Sorry for any duplicates!  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;the Gilbreths' books &lt;strong&gt;Cheaper by the Dozen&lt;/strong&gt; and, even more so, &lt;strong&gt;Belles on their toes&lt;/strong&gt;, were set in that era. I know they're considered children's books, but I think that teens (girls especially) can relate to what the older siblings are going through in the 2nd novel. And it's fun to see how they were raised back in that era (I vividly remember the passage about their mom was okay with them smoking because it "wasn't that unhealthy, it just didn't look good" (something like that). &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ray &amp;amp; Me&lt;/em&gt; by Dan Gutman is a baseball tale set in 1920&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Although it doesn't feel like an exact match, James Lileks (at lileks.com) wrote about his daughter this way as well, and his web site is well worth a read. His published books tend more to the coffee-table variety, but he probably has published an autobiographical one somewhere along the way.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Here at the Free Library of Philadelphia, we've had pretty good luck with &lt;a href="http://www.alkitab.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.alkitab.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We've also used Multicultural Books and Videos, I'd strongly recommend that you contact them directly by telephone and specify exactly what you want.  Our first Arabic order with them a few years ago was a big problem--they were all bound in black with blank black spines.  It seems the paperbacks were re-bound by their source.  Upon notification that this just wouldn't do, they did supply us with spine labels.  We haven't had any problems since.  I definitely recommend this co. for book fairs, if the opportunity arises.  We've worked with them several times as FIL (Feria Internacional del Libro) which is in Guadalajara after Thanksgiving.  They provide a bi-lingual assistant and guarantee that you receive everything by Christmas--something that is unheard of from other vendors at this major Spanish language fair.
--Laura Clover, Assistant Chief, Materials Management Division, Free Library of Philadelphia&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I work in a small public library.  We provide scrap paper, pens and pencils for patrons at each desk.  Printouts/copies cost 10 cents, black and white.  We have no color printing/copying.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What I want to know, is if other libraries have a policy regarding staples/staplers, paper clips, manila envelopes, folders, highlighters, scissors, etc, etc.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As a small library with a relatively new director, we tend to face the policy hurdle when each issue comes up.  Thus: office supplies.  Patrons frequently as to borrow the stapler or a paper clip and we generally hand it over.  But last year around tax time, we had numerous people printing off their forms and they asked for any and all office supplies.  We even had one woman who picked a folder off the staff desk and put her printouts in it, asking as she did so if she could have it.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What does your library provide?  Do you charge for anything or does the cost of the printout cover extras?  Policies?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;First Second (a graphic novel imprint of Macmillan) just started publishing an Iranian webcomic that's available in Arabic (and Farsi, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, and English). They'll be publishing it in book form in 2011. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here's the start of the Arabic-language webcomic:
&lt;a href="http://www.zahrasparadise.com/lang/ar/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.zahrasparadise.com/lang/ar/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm in charge of the supply budget at my library, and have no qualms about offering basic bindery supplies to patrons. We keep some crayons and colored pencils in a drawer for school projects, and willingly share our stapler, tape, pens and pencils. We have cups with golf pencils and scrap paper available at the workstations. I'm an avid &lt;a href="http://freecycle.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Freecycler&lt;/a&gt;, too, and am always on the lookout for folks giving away office supplies. A neighbor retired years ago, and the library is still living off his excess paper clips ;-&gt; There was an article recently about a woman who was suing a library over its refusal to loan out their scissors. We do draw the line at putting lethal weapons in the hands of the patrons. The children's scissors work find for most projects.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Is it "Deathman do not follow me" by Jay Bennett? The mystery hinges on the fact that the yellow pigment Van Gogh used glows if it is shaded, as by cupped hands over it, and Danny Morgan has been shown this by his friend, who actually painted the copy and replaced the original in the museum.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our library's pretty small, too.  The public desk serves both the adults and the youth, so not only do we have adults and their IRS forms, we have the kids and their homework.  Black and white copies are 10 cents each, and color ones are 50 cents.  Computer printouts are the same price. Squares of scrap paper and little golf pencils are provided near the computer workstations and calatog station.  Our policy on office supplies isn't written anywhere I know of, but it runs basically like this:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You can have: a staple, a paperclip, a piece of tape, all the scratch paper you want (from our reuse/recyle bin- misprinted items or leftovers printed on one side), a rubber band (if we have any), a single sheet of unused copy paper&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You can borrow: pen, pencil, crayons, highlighter, scissors, single-hole hole punch, a glue stick (if we have one at the desk and you haven't been really irritating)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You cannot have: folders, the entire roll of tape, binder clips, the three-hole punch or paper cutter (we keep them away from the public desk, just to minimize requests), enough plain paper to wallpaper your bathroom, major office supplies&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Betsy Bird did a poll of her readers and compiled their top 100 picture book picks. I haven't read them all and they cover a wide range of age levels (some stuff for now and some stuff for the next few years! And then you move on to the best 100 Chapter Books list she's doing now!), but it's a pretty brilliant list:
&lt;a href="http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/540044254.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/540044254.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Board books are best for infants to handle/stick in their mouths/develop a love for the physical object of a book, but picture books can also be great for you to bring over and read to the kiddo, even quite young.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;One way to distinguish between middle grade and YA is the type of exploration being done by the protagonists. In middle grade, the kids are generally exploring the world: their place in it an the way things and people work. In YA, the kids are generally exploring themselves: their emotional development, their romantic lives, the way external things affect them personally.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There are exceptions, of course.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(And in the interest of honesty, I first read this idea in a blog or essay a year or so ago and was quite taken by it, but didn't think to save said post/essay and now have no idea who came up with it, where, or when.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you're interested in including technology, check out Capstone Press's online database Pebble Go.  (You can get a 30 day trial to try it).  It is cool looking for older students, but it is extremely easy to use, the reading level is about 2nd grade, and the text can be read aloud.  It's also great to project or to use with a Smart board.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Depending on the abilities of your students, they might really enjoy doing a basic research project with this or similar resources.  Last year my special education students created a movie about the animals they planned to see on their upcoming zoo trip- they each chose three photos from a simple image search and then narrated them on Windows movie maker.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Regarding books - I think Mo Willem's pigeon books are great fun for all ages, and they can be interactive.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For crafts - easy magic tricks they can make are always fun for teens.  You can make a "disappearing picture" with cardstock and acetate, a "magic worm" connected by string to their clothing, or, my personal favorite, the "pick a card" trick where they have gathered from several identical decks 5 or 6 matching cards that they put in a decorated envelope.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think there are three reasons you would have a YA collection separate from juvenile fiction.  You can have a combo of all 3 reasons in play.  Reading Level, content, and location.  So first determine why you have a YA collection at all, then work from there.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Reading Level - you end up capturing a lot of "children's' classics with difficult language if you just go reading level alone.  I combine that with content and intended audience too.  So a long or complex book intended for children can stay in the children's collection.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Content - develop a policy and consistent assesment.  We look at sexual themes, violence, "teen" issues (drug use, dating, etc.), and mature issues such as substance or physical abuse, etc.  If we are uncertain based on reviews, we have a librarian read the book.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Location - do you have it as a physically separate area, if so why.  Then determine what should go there.  Sometimes light and fluffy stuff aimed at teens ends up in the teen area, even though it would offend nobody in the children's area.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think they all come into play, and the key is to be consistent in your reasoning.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm looking for a book that I'm sure exists but I don't know how to find. I'm in an urban area with a lot of immigrants and the other day a patron asked me for a book that basically explained how to be an American; stuff like how to pay your taxes, how to find out what local, state, and federal laws were, even things like American customs and cultural expectations. I looked and while we have a lot of info on the citizenship test, we don't really have anything like a basic primer on being an American; it seems like that book should exist, does anyone know if it does?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;While I haven't read it, the table of contents makes me think that &lt;em&gt;The Complete Success Guide for the Immigrant Life: How to Survive, How to Thrive, How to be Fully Alive&lt;/em&gt; by Monette Adeva Maglaya (ISBN 0974110299) might be a good book to try.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Middleman&lt;/strong&gt; by &lt;em&gt;Javier Grillo-Marxuach&lt;/em&gt;. I had seen the tv series not realizing that it started out as a comic book, although I should have guessed. 
&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Middleman" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Middleman&lt;/a&gt;
Its about people who have to solve "exotic" problems, that would freak out the normal human too much. Lots of fun guns and violence. Very awesome and highly recommended. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think the answer might be "The Song of the Wild" by Allen Eckert.
SB&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jack Tumor&lt;/strong&gt; by Anthony McGowan&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;How could you not love a talking brain tumor?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Okay, to tell you the truth, I almost didn’t read this one when I got it home from the library and realized the premise, and I have an awfully high tolerance for the weird. But it turns out this book is hi-freakin’-larious!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I tested it on my reluctant-reader hubby, and he loved it too.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Here's a historical fiction pick he might like: Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've only tried Goodreads and LibraryThing, so I don't know if there's a better site out there.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I use both Goodreads and LibraryThing because I like different things about them:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Goodreads: Great way to connect with your friends and keep up with what they're reading using the daily or weekly batch email feature&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;LibraryThing: More sophisticated recommendation feature, as well as a "will you like it" predictor; a Wiki-ish way for users to record meta data about a book, such as places featured or character names; a combined list of all swap sites where you can get the book you're looking at and how many copies are available; and half stars for ratings :)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I subscribe to soooo many book review sites, so rather than listing hundreds of links here, I thought I'd narrow the focus to a few librarians' blogs that I really enjoy &amp;amp; why:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://bookshelvesofdoom.blogs.com/bookshelves%5Fof%5Fdoom/" rel="nofollow"&gt;bookshelves of doom&lt;/a&gt; - Nice and sassy, the way I like 'em.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I subscribe to soooo many book review sites, so rather than listing hundreds of links here, I thought I'd narrow the focus to a few librarians' blogs that I really enjoy &amp;amp; why:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://abbylibrarian.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Abby (the) Librarian&lt;/a&gt; - She's pretty plugged into the blogosphere, so by reading her I get a lot of the info that's hitting all the big blogs.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I subscribe to soooo many book review sites, so rather than listing hundreds of links here, I thought I'd narrow the focus to a few librarians' blogs that I really enjoy &amp;amp; why:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://artofirreverence.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;The Art of Irreverence&lt;/a&gt; - Not just about books but also music and parenting. And she cracks me up.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In addition to the many wonderful books mentioned above, I also suggest:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Airborn&lt;/strong&gt; by Kenneth Oppel (and the sequels, &lt;strong&gt;Skybreaker&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Starclimber&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mortal Engines&lt;/strong&gt;, book 1 of The Hungry City Chronicles by Phillip Reeve&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Dragonback adventures by Timothy Zahn&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;House of the Scorpion&lt;/strong&gt; by Nancy Farmer&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This book was probably published in the mid 1950s to early 60s (I read it 1963). It concerned a whole city of bears (rather like Babar and elephants). One was named Titian.  Very detailed color illustrations. No idea about author or title.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have used Book folders- They are colored folders with scanned covers on the front. I type up a script to help me out which I tape on the inside of the folder along with some reviews. After I book talk using the book folders, I pass them around and also use them in book displays and bulletin boards.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I  book talk using a power point. I use covers from the internet and write up a short summary with key talking points. I try to keep my remarks to no more than 1 min per book but I deliver them dramatically.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I also set up a variety of Destiny Resource lists for book talking. These resource lists are named by grade or theme. I deliver these book talks dramatically and leave them set up so kids can continue to access the resource lists. This gives them the ability to put holds on titles booktalked easily.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;After a book talk, I can tell which books were successful by which titles are requested the most.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Something new I will be trying is using a wordle to list all the themes in the book and post them around the room.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is a stretch, but could it be &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Famous-Invasion-Sicily-Childrens-Collection/dp/1590170768/ref=sr%5F1%5F1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1266732088&amp;amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow"&gt;The Bears’ Famous Invasion of Sicily&lt;/a&gt;? It was originally written in Italian in 1947 then translated into English. There's a bear named Titan, not Titian.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would check out the site &lt;a href="http://www.guysread.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.guysread.com/&lt;/a&gt; Its a site put together by Jon Scieszka. I always recommend this site to parents who are discouraged that their sons aren't being challenged or aren't enjoying reading. There are a bunch of reading lists to keep him busy.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Something else he might like, if he likes historical stuff, science, and adventure, are the '1632' series by Eric Flint and David Weber. They have some violence, but little else that would be considered 'inappropriate.'&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;They involve the struggles of a group of modern-day Americans thrown back into Germany in 1632, and what they do to a) stay alive, and b) change their world for the better. Lots of good research went into them, and they're simply fascinating. They'll teach you a lot about Renaissance Europe, if nothing else. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The same author has started another 'alternate history' involving the War of 1812. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;These books are also available online for free, in fact, in the Baen Free Library (&lt;a href="http://www.baen.com/library/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.baen.com/library/&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hmm. For that matter, the Shelby Foote Civil War books are amazing. As an advanced reader, he'd probably devour them. Straight non-fiction, although some of the tactics discussion can be a little deep. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Urk. How does one comment? I made an error in my post. I went to look the book up, and it's the War of 1812, not Independence, as I believed. Could someone edit that and delete this?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Is this one of the All of a Kind Family series books?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Just finished reading the 7th book in the Jackie Faber Series by L. Meyer. Strong female character. First book is called Bloody Jack : being an account of the curious adventures of Jacky "Mary" Faber, ship's boy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Reduced to begging and thievery in the streets of London, a thirteen-year-old orphan disguises herself as a boy and connives her way onto a British warship set for high sea adventure in search of pirates.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The 7th book she is 16 or 17.  Hi adventure with twists and turns along the way. Can't wait for the next..&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also finished The Great Death by Smelcer. Story of two young girls who's alaskan settlement is decimated by small pox brought on by white visitors. They must make their way south to civilization encountering many dangers and near death experiences. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Shredderman series by van Draanan. Great series about a computer geek who gets bullied, but turns it around to become a secret hero.  Great for younger kids.....&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Day of the assassins: A Jack Christy novel by Johnny O'Brien. A cross between Horowitz and Gutman. Time fantasy where boy goes back to WW1 to try to stop the war assassination of the ArchDuke and change the course of history. Lots of historical background info. Sounds like this could be the beginning of a new series for older boys...action packed with realistic terrorists.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Adult title- The girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stig Larsson
Computer hacker assists Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist, with the investigation of Harriet Vanger's disappearance decades earlier, and the two uncover a dark world of secrets about a wealthy Swedish family as well as a surprising connection between themselves.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Trying to get a hold of the next one.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Currently, I'm working on "The Fire Rose" by Mercedes Lackey (a variation retelling of "Beauty and the Beast" involving a wizard and a scholarly woman during the early 20th century) and "The Sight" by David Clement-Davies (a story regarding a pack of wolves in Transylvania and the journey of the latest additions to the pack, Larka and Fell, two pups of the alpha male and female). So far both are going well, though due to a sad moment in "The Sight" it has been put 'on hold' for now while I finish up "The Fire Rose". &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is a childrens/young adults adventure story.  I can only remeber a jumble of plot points.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Retired pirates who run a floating tea shoppe return to the high seas.  This includes a talking parrot.&lt;/p&gt;
  
  &lt;p&gt;They are sailing around the 1000 Islands.  Each island is numbered by a large hot air balloon which is tethered to the land.&lt;/p&gt;
  
  &lt;p&gt;They acquire 3 mischevious orphans.  One is named Wolfgang.  One has a filthy blankie. The blankie has some kind of significance later.&lt;/p&gt;
  
  &lt;p&gt;One of the islands has a candy house like in Hansel and Gretle.  Possibly also fire-breathing dragons.&lt;/p&gt;
  
  &lt;p&gt;There is a character with no memory.  He finds pieces of jigsaw puzzle all over the place which seems to job his memory.  Turns out he is very wealthy and the jigsaw is a picture of major things in his life.  It had been blown up, and scattered itself around the 1000 islands.  He is being followed by his wife who is in a hot air balloon which is free-floating.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I appreciate any and all assistance.  I loved this book when I read it and would really like to track a copy down.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks :)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Possibly Gemini game by Michael Scott? Our catalog description is "When players of their virtual reality computer game fall into a coma, Liz and BJ O'Connor, teenage owners of a computer game company, flee from the police in an attempt to locate a copy of their game and correct the programming" but it's not on shelf so I can't check the software development while sleeping part.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I just finished &lt;strong&gt;Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original&lt;/strong&gt; by Robin D. G. Kelley.  I usually read fiction, but nothing draws me into nonfiction like a well-researched and and well-written jazz biograhy.  Thankfully this is one - absolutely fascinating.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is Journey to Terezor by Frank Asch. (I LOVED this book growing up.) Main characters were in controlled environment due to being snatched from (deadly) natural disaster by orb-shaped robots created by (vanished) orb-shaped aliens. They lived under a dome on a distant planet; other domes were also on this world recreating other alien habitats. Rescued people were not allowed to return to their home world.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Main character (boy) has a hidden pocket computer; meets up with two other main characters (boy and girl) who want to be able to see earth. They reprogram his computer, reprogram a robot, visit another dome, get the wierd fruit that main character uses to transform into one of the vanished aliens and reprogram head robot.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Pirates Mixed-Up Voyage by Margaret Mahy?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There are many books that inspire me to pick them up time after time to re-read certain passages; time after time, I find myself reading far more than I intended to, sometimes starting the whole book over at the beginning. In this category I can place many works by Diana Wynne Jones, Margaret Mahy and Terry Pratchett, as well as lone titles like "The Phantom Tollbooth". There are other books that I absolutely love while I am reading them, but I rarely revisit them once I have finished. "The Queen of Attolia" series comes to mind here. 
My question is: Is this form of re-readability, a book that makes me remember and be drawn to its language, a personal thing, or is it a function of the author? That is, will everyone drawn in this way be drawn to the same books? Are there other, similarly captivating, books I should look into?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Probably it's a bit of "all of the above". I have a very poor memory, so can re-read any book and enjoy it, assuming of course it's a decent book. I rarely have time to reread books these days though, as there is so much out there that's new that I want to read.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;To be honest I think this is a personal thing period. I mean you would not assume that everyone will like a book just because you like it. You might push a book you like but you know enough to find out if the person might like it. Same concept. The book needs to speak to you (in rare cases the author will speak to you).  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In my case it usually depends on the book not the author (with one notable exception).  I have reread Joe Hill's Heart Shaped Box a number of times but having read Horns this weekend I do not see myself rereading it anytime.  I have read and reread the Sandman by Neil Gaiman and I own most of his other books but I have only read them once.  Interestingly I have reread The Alienist by Carr numerous times but not the sequel.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Then there are books I love but will never reread like Shadow of the Wind.  No idea why just know I never will.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As for the author I can reread over and over? Sharon Kay Penman (not her mysteries).  I have read all of her historical books numerous times (Here Be Dragons at least 6-7 times by itself).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But based on what you said above the only one of these books I might recommend to you would be The Sandman.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I beieve that it is personal and not attributed solely to memory. I have a great memory for plot, setting, and character and am an avid rereader. I have books that I read every year. Some are due to liking of the plot, others are due to wanting to visit the setting. Mainly, it is to visit familiar and important friends in the characters. When I read I usually immerse myself in the book. I am for all intents and purposes experiencing the book like my own reality. I see what is described and therefore am most disappointed in the movies. In talking with others who read, it is the depth of immersion which brings the compulsion to reread. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I just finished "Once a Witch" by Carolyn MacCullough - a very enjoyable read, which I didn't quite expect. YA "modern fantasy" which I sometimes like and sometimes don't.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I recently picked up and began to read the classic "Surely you're Joking, Mr. Feynman", which is very funny. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I do read mostly Scifi, Fantasy, YA (I'm the teen librarian, so it is required reading, I swear!), historical romance, and science. The best books I've read recently have been Little Brother by Doctorow, Catching Fire and the sequel by Collins, and then I just reread my old favorite "Beauty" by McKinley. I reread that every few years...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Much of my rereading, and certainly most of my many-times-rereading, is comfort reading - I'm in a bad mood, I'm sick, it's raining, whatever, and I reach for an old trusty favorite. They tend to be absorbing, plot-driven books that have an emotional connection but aren't emotionally draining to read. Even more heavily skewed toward fantasy than my reading in general - pretty much anything by Tamora Pierce, Robin McKinley's &lt;strong&gt;Sunshine&lt;/strong&gt;, Neil Gaiman's &lt;strong&gt;Neverwhere&lt;/strong&gt;, Neal Stephenson's &lt;strong&gt;Snow Crash&lt;/strong&gt;, Harry Potter, Garth Nix's &lt;strong&gt;Sabriel&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I've talked about this with a few coworkers, and we're pretty evenly split between rereading whole books and rereading parts of books. Those who are especially partial to poetry and essays tend to reread short things - a single essay, a handful of poems - whereas those of us especially partial to fiction are more likely to reread whole books. My office yields a fairly small sample size, though, so these may not really be general trends.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The public library* in my town doesn't cut off internet service for fines, nor does it really on physical book loans. They only cut off loans after repeated/intentional damaging of inventory and refusing to cover the costs. (I have had an overdue fine of ~$50 for the last few months and I have still been able to reserve / check out with no issues)&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;li&gt;organized system of libraries sharing books and operating on a city/region wide network (including shared webpage / search servers), dunno if that is common in other nations.&lt;/li&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Sorry- must amend my answer (I read it very long ago and had to find a copy and re-read it after I'd posted the above) : the teen is shown the paintings by a museum patron who says he is an art afficionado come a long way to see the new Van Gogh, and a security guard shows him  how the yellow pigment glows. Both are in on the theft/switch. When the boy reveals to the guard that the painting is not the one he viewed a few days ago, he is followed and threatened by the bogus patron so that he will not reveal the theft to the authorities. The book has a very dark &amp;amp; spooky feel to it. It was Bennett's first work for young adults.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am in an elem middle school and playaways are also very popular with my students. I have also looked at audiobook downloads thinking that students can request titles that they would like and I can download them. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am writing a grant to get 10 ipods to use for the downloads and to pay for the audible books subscription. It should be interesting to see what titles students select.  I just hope it doesn't take a lot of extra time to download.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We also have ebook classics. They are available to download on computers or to read on line. So far they are not used often. It could be that classics are daunting for elem. middle schoolers to read either online or downloaded on the computer.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Does anyone happen to have old date due cards at their library that they are not using? I am getting married next summer and I am thinking it would be fun to use them to make table number markers. Unfortunately, none of the libraries where I have contacts still have them in storage, and, obviously, very few places still use them regularly. 
So, if you happen to have some, I would be willing to pay a small price for them! 
Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Okay here's another. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;When I first started buying graphic novels, I put them in the fiction section. Mostly they went into the YA section. Then I moved them to the non-fiction shelving  with the call number 741.5. As I purchased more and more the non-fiction shelving was so messed up. Books were always on the floor. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Students started coming in and asking for the Graphic Novel section. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I put Graphic Novel labels on the books and I moved all of the 741.5 them to their own shelving area at the entrance of the media center with a couch and a display table. Now kids go directly to that section. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have about 200 graphic novels.  The kids really like having a special section. It's all about them.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have a few that I shelve with the dewey subject area - Graphic Dinosaurs, Ancient China, Ancient Greece, etc.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'll have to check but I think I may have some.  I'll get in touch with you through twitter.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I just gave away a computer desk and printer on freecycle.  Usually every major area has a yahoo group set up. I also got rid of record players and cassette players the same way. I posted to freecycle in my area and people came and picked them up.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I even went so far as to post my discarded and weeded titles on freecycle and some people came and picked up titles for their at home day care.  It's work a shot.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Someone recently asked for old monitors and any laptops, working or not working.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When you are one person library, running a whole facility, there is no division of labor. I do what needs to be done, even with my MLS and Ed.S. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My volunteers are volunteers. They show up when they can. They help me with shelving, cataloging and processing. If something needs to be done and they don't show, then I do it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Not sure if this is a helpful answer to your question but sometimes librarians do things that are not considered professional becasue we have no one else to do them.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I found a website, TeachingSupplyStore.com, that sells them for pretty cheap, and semi reasonable prices for the envelopes. Check it out here:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://catalog.teachingsupplystore.com/best_sellers_library_pockets_cards-c-999_1033.html?gclid=CMaDvdLZh6ACFREYawod_RMb8w" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://catalog.teachingsupplystore.com/best_sellers_library_pockets_cards-c-999_1033.html?gclid=CMaDvdLZh6ACFREYawod_RMb8w&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you do a google shopping search for "library due date cards" you'll get a whole variety of styles, colors, etc., too.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What a great idea, by the way, I love it!! Wish I'd thought of it for my wedding :o)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You might also check if your community has a &lt;a href="http://www.freecycle.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;freecycle&lt;/a&gt; group. Even for things that are broken, there's probably someone out there who would want it for the parts (just be sure to mention if it is broken).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I read an article recently (Writer's Digest) that talked a little about alpha waves and creativity.  I'm not sure I got all of it, but it was saying how you might listen to the same music as you write in order to get into the right frame of mind to create (biofeedback).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I see rereading as similar to this.  You've recognized something in what you read that resonates (perhaps literally in our brains?) with you.  Going back to an "old friend" recreates those feelings.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Trying not to get too into the self-stimulation aspect of this, but it seems what works for each person would be different.  As my mother would say, "You should get a grant to study that."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;No policy, though not arming patrons is high on my personal list.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;However, our Friends of the Library group does provide supplies (kept in a separate bin downstairs) for patron usage.  This covers golf pencils (recently bought a tiny hand sharpener from the dollar store that actually sharpens these w/o eating the whole pencil), tape, and staples.  We have a stapler and scissors chained to a short shelving unit along with a pen.  The unit also holds our scrap paper supply.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Anything else is limited to something we might have on hand.  The three hole punch is kept in a back office but we do lend it if someone asks.  I keep manila envelopes in which I receive mail and give those if someone asks because it didn't cost me anything.  But we don't give or sell plain envelopes.  Pens walk away, so we try to keep them out of reach.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We do what we can for our patrons without becoming an office supply store.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm a new librarian and one of my selection areas is mystery fiction. &lt;a href="http://www.cozy-mystery.com/blog/" rel="nofollow"&gt;The Cozy Mystery List Blog&lt;/a&gt; has been invaluable to me. Not only are there lists of authors and series broken down by author and subject, the blogger also posts reviews and input from readers. There's some non-cozy stuff on there, too, which is helpful as well. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsmaker/book-beast" rel="nofollow"&gt;Book Beast&lt;/a&gt; is another good resource to see what's popular and being talked about. I love the weekly "Do I Have to Read..." feature where a best seller is reviewed and graded. Some of the conclusions have been really surprising to me. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And finally, Entertainment Weekly's &lt;a href="http://shelf-life.ew.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Shelf Life&lt;/a&gt; is also good to see what people are talking about and news on books in general. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Two more, but I can only post one link at a time.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsmaker/book-beast" rel="nofollow"&gt;Book Beast&lt;/a&gt; is another good resource to see what's popular and being talked about. I love the weekly "Do I Have to Read..." feature where a best seller is reviewed and graded. Some of the conclusions have been really surprising to me. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;And finally, Entertainment Weekly's &lt;a href="http://shelf-life.ew.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Shelf Life&lt;/a&gt; is also good to see what people are talking about and news on books in general. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've got a lot of books with faded covers but in otherwise fine or decent shape. They're mostly out of print so I can't get a new copy. I'd like to replace the covers to give them a facelift and hopefully attract more readers. Had anyone done that before? I don't have any additional covers to swap out and the few Google Image Searches I've done haven't turned up any conveniently scanned covers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm thinking of scanning the covers myself and working on them in Paint Shop or whatever other editing software we have. But I don't know what kind of paper would be best to print them out on. I kind of doubt that our normal paper is going to resist fading and it might actually be worse than what the book covers are now.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Having a contest for patrons to design new book covers sounds like a fun idea. I may be the only one to think so, though.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So, any tips on going about making (or finding) new covers? I'm not even sure this would be worth the time it would take or if it'd make a difference in circulation of these books. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Whenever the do-you-re-read discussion comes up in other forums, I find that some people re-read often and others almost never, so in that respect it seems to be a personal preference that's not related to any particular type of book. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm definitely a habitual re-reader, with my reasons ranging from "comfort reads" - revisiting old favorites even when I practically know them by heart - to refreshing my memory on books I enjoyed but haven't read in a while. My favorite re-reads include ghost stories, mysteries, non-fiction, and classic literature - no particular pattern there. I also like to choose unabridged-audio versions of books I've already read, so those count as "re-reads" too. [I prefer them that way because when I first read a book I may want to flip back a few pages if I've missed a key plot point or to confirm which character is talking, etc., and with audiobooks - especially if I'm listening while driving! - it's a lot harder to rewind to the right spot.] In some cases I'll get the audio version of a book I've just finished reading in text, so that's not the comfort-read mode - more of a "loved it so much I want to experience it all over again". (I do that with print books sometimes, too - finish reading it and turn around and read it again. That's relatively rare, though.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I often enjoy re-reading suspense, mystery, or horror stories, even though I know how they're going to turn out; for some people this would take all the fun out of it, but sometimes I can enjoy the details more once I know what's going to happen. Your Mileage May Vary here.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;About the only common factor in my re-reading is that I have to have liked the original book quite a lot; in most cases my favorite re-reads are actually pretty good books, or at least I like to think so {wry grin}, but they're definitely not all classics. No common thread of complexity vs. comfort, either.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As for recommendations for "re-readable" books - assuming I'm talking to someone who does like to re-read at all - I'd probably start with the classics; in some ways I think that may be part of the definition of a classic, that one can get new things out of it on repeated readings... &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Frankly, shiny-new covers might be more likely to put me off than to attract me - I'm fond of interestingly-aged books!  And I'd be concerned that attempts to scan actual covers to fabricate new ones might cross the line re the image copyrights, though I'm not sure about that; might be worth checking with the publishers just in case. [If the books are so old that they're public domain by now, this may not be an issue in any case.]&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have friends who've made a hobby out of crafting new jackets for books, sometimes scanning book-cover images and sometimes creating their own, but they do this for their personal use, and, again, it's not something that really appeals to me. But for all I know, it might pique the interest of some library patrons; perhaps you could try it for a few books in a special display - and maybe set up another special display in another part of the library with books that don't have updated covers, just to see if it's the "special display" part that attracts attention or the spiffy new covers?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I agree that a contest or a community-wide project for public library patrons to design new book covers could be fun. This is how we handled something similar  in my middle-school (grades 6-8) library (though this was an assigned project).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We did a "Drab to Fab" project with a group of our seventh graders two years ago . Students chose a book with a blah cover (most with no picture or a very old, faded one - no books that we had dust jackets for), read the book, and designed a new cover for it as a book report. They did an illustrated cover, summary / teaser for the inside front (just like on a dust jacket), and "about the cover designer" for the back page instead of an "about the author" page.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We offered white butcher paper from rolls (cut to about five inches longer than the width of the open book, and they were to trim it more themselves), but some chose to do the project with their own paper. Most students drew and colored pictures for the front cover; others pasted images they printed themselves from the computers. One drew a spaceship and put felt star-stickers all over the cover. Some typed-and-pasted the inside description; others handwrote it. We provided small pictures of the students for the "about me" page.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We added bar codes and spine labels, then laminated the finished product (with the hot laminator if it was in pencil or colored pencil, with contact paper otherwise) and attached them to the books. They were on display for awhile, but available for checkout even while on display.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Some books had increased circulation after this, but not all of them. Most looked more interesting than the original buckram covers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We didn't do this project a second year due to the dearth of "drab books." We didn't want students choosing someone else's "fab book" as their "drab book" while they were still around! This year the teacher we worked with does not have a reading-intensive class, so the project has fallen to the wayside.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Difficulties/things to note:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Many of the buckram-covered books were not written at a level our seventh graders could read and understand. Several have since been weeded and the covers sent over to the students at the high school if they are still in our district). &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Some students had multiple misspellings, descriptions that have evidence that the book had not been finished, or artwork that did not give a clue as to what was in the book. We still used most of these for this project because we had not made it clear that these would exclude the final product from the library.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As an alternative, what about covering the books with brown paper covers, with only the title and author on them - for a Mystery Genre week, perhaps?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Best Buy offers electronics recycling: &lt;a href="http://www.bestbuy.com/site/null/Recycling-Electronics/pcmcat149900050025.c?id=pcmcat149900050025&amp;amp;searchterm=recycling&amp;amp;searchresults=1" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.bestbuy.com/site/null/Recycling-Electronics/pcmcat149900050025.c?id=pcmcat149900050025&amp;amp;searchterm=recycling&amp;amp;searchresults=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I've gotten rid of two laptops this way.  I removed the hard drives myself (they don't want to be responsible for the data).  They do charge $10 for the screens, but return it in the form of a gift card.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think that there are of course personal tendencies, as we're all different, we all see the same thing in different ways, etc. That being said, I think there are probably characteristics that certain books can share to make them either "read again" good or "read the sequel" good (my personal classification system) to a large number of people.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I tend to classify books that focus more on plot as "read the sequel" good, because intricate plots bore me if I'm not discovering them for the first time.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, I call books that focus on other storytelling elements "read again" good. They tend to have witty dialogue, eloquent narration, or fascinating characters that I can examine on subsequent readings.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you're looking for some books to enjoy over and over again, I'd recommend anything by Lois McMaster Bujold or, especially since you liked &lt;em&gt;The Phantom Tollbooth&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Haroun and the Sea of Stories&lt;/em&gt; by Salmon Rushdie.
(And if you're looking for books I'd call "read the sequel" good, the best example that comes to mind are the Green Rider books by Kristen Britain.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Given the changes in the economy and the re-organization/downsizing of many public library systems these days, public librarian jobs are few and far between. So, if you could no longer work as a librarian, what work would you do?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To make this less hypothetical, here are some parameters to the scenario:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-you have your MLS&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-you have no plans to go back to school for certification to become a school librarian&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-you cannot draw and therefore creating a comic strip is also not an option&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-you are committed to living in your current city, so moving for another job is out&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-the job market for anything directly related to libraries is non-existent within a 50 mile radius of your home&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;How are our skills applicable/marketable in other industries? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm looking for two parts to your answers: 1) job type and 2) why you'd think a librarian background qualifies one for that job.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy &amp;amp; Goth Girl&lt;/strong&gt; / by &lt;em&gt;Barry Lyga&lt;/em&gt;.--&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Life in is rough for Don at South Brook High. He knows he’s “the town geek.” He’s lived in rural South Brook for nine years with his mother and “the step-fascist,” and he has ½ a friend, Carl. Like Don, Carl is a big comic book fan, but he’s also a member of the football team with “the Jock Jerks,” who push Don around. One day trying to get out of gym as early as possible he purposely doesn’t dodge in dodge ball so he can stand on the sidelines. Unfortunately, so does big, dumb, mean Mitchell Frampton. He gets out of the game early so he can punch Don in the shoulder. That night, much to his surprise Don gets an IM from an unknown sender, Promethea387. Her question is, “Why do you let him hit you?”&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Beginning Place&lt;/strong&gt; / &lt;em&gt;Ursula K. Le Guin&lt;/em&gt;.--&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hugh Rogers has a boring job at Sam’s Thrift-E-Mart and an overbearing hyper-control-freak mother. One day he has a panic attack and bolts his apartment. He starts to run. When he finally stops he’s way out in the country, miles from home. It’s very calm. He thinks the exercise is good for him. He thinks the creek out in the county is a very serene place, a place where he feels free. So he starts to come there more and more often. But Hugh is not the only one who comes here. Irena comes here. She’s been coming here for years, but she knows something that Hugh does not yet realize. The place is not just out in the country. It is in another world, a world that is now threatened.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Marcelo in the Real World&lt;/strong&gt; / &lt;em&gt;Francisco X. Stork&lt;/em&gt;.--&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Marcelo Sandoval is not happy. His father, a partner and principal in a prestigious Boston law firm, wants him to work at the firm for the summer so that he can get experience working in the real world. His father doesn’t think a job in a barn at a school for students with special needs qualifies as the real world. He thinks the school is a protected environment, and Marcelo, at seventeen, a young man with Asperger’s syndrome, needs a more challenging workplace. Marcelo’s new boss, a young woman named Jasmine, wanted to hire someone else for the job. While organizing the files for the firm’s biggest corporate customer, Marcelo uncovers some very disturbing evidence.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks: a novel&lt;/strong&gt; / &lt;em&gt;E. Lockhart&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Yes, the protagonist is a teen girl, not a boy, but in conversations with teen boys and as a former teen boy myself, how teen girls, especially adventurous ones, think and act is a topic of great interest. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Frankie Landau-Banks is a legacy at prestigious Alabaster Prep. The summer before her sophomore year, something happened to her. She “filled out her figure and transformed from a homely child into a loaded potato — all while sitting quietly in a suburban hammock, reading the short stories of Dorothy Parker and drinking lemonade.” When she returns to school senior Matthew Livingston claims her as his girlfriend. He introduces her to his friends, including the Big Man on Campus, Alessandro Tesorieri, known to everyone as “Alpha”, as in leader of the pack. Frankie discovers that there really is a pack, the Loyal Order of the Basset Hounds, an all-male secret club devoted to pranks and practical jokes, to which her father was a member.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Identical&lt;/strong&gt; / &lt;em&gt;Ellen Hopkins&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Once again, yes, the protagonist is a teen girl, not a boy, but in conversations with teen boys and as a former teen boy myself, how teen girls, especially adventurous ones, think and act is a topic of great interest. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This is a thrilling new twist on the motif of the evil twin. Hopkins’s writing is ingenious and captivating, and the single reader narration by Laura Flanagan is brilliant. Her ability to vocally distinguish between twins is marvelous. Kaeleigh and Raeanne are identical twins. They may share the same body, but they have very different personalities. They live in the family of an incestuous alcoholic father and an emotionally distant ambitious mother. Raeanne acts out using sex and any drugs she can get her hands on. Kaeleigh, the victim of her father’s attention passively submits to the tyranny. She longs for her boyfriend to rescue her, but she’s so burdened by a dreadful load of shame and guilt that when he offers help she back away. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our library system also cuts off electronic services as well as checkout privileges when they have passed a certain amount in bills. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Life Sucks&lt;/strong&gt; / by &lt;em&gt;Jessica Abel&lt;/em&gt;.--&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Dave’s life is boring and miserable. He’s the permanent night clerk at the Last Stop convenience store in a small strip mall in Los Angeles. All he does is work, sleep, and eat. The boss is on his case all the time. Most of the customers are obnoxious. The only thing that brightens up his life is when Rosa comes in with some of her Goth friends. She’s friendly, polite and she’s a vegetarian. Dave’s friends encourage him to ask her out. He may feel insecure and afraid, but after all, he is a vampire. It’s possible that she might find that appealing. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Once upon a time I would prowl through the gift books before they went to the library book sale for decent looking dust jackets. It is wise to recover, if you don’t have the money to buy a new copy, or if the book is out-of-print, but still circulating, a book with a dust jacket is seven times more likely to be checked out than the same title sitting right next to it on the shelf without a cover.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about creating a template for all the books that need this treatment and create something like "The Not-by-the-cover collection.?"  Since you obviously feel that books still have merit  you are already giving them a special recommendation, the consistent-appearing covers would alert library users that these are worth reading.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Records Manager&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Why?  Because most of the skills you learn for librarianship can be used in that field.  Examples : classification of records uses some of the same methods as book classification; some filing systems use barcodes; research is sometimes needed to find files or to flesh out the information they contain; databases do need to be kept up to date like cataloguing systems; sometimes you have to deal with clients that are less than ideal, wanting things yeaterday when they have just given you the list at closing time.  There's more but that's all I can think of right now.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Another similar profession is Archivist / Archives Technician.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What a fun question! I hope this meets your expectations.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For me, it's personal. I've reread Poppy Z. Brite's &lt;em&gt;Lost Souls&lt;/em&gt; so many times because it was one of my favorite books when I was younger and it's what got me reading the kinds of books I still read today. And sometimes I need a shot of goth :&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Like Matt, I've reread the Sandman GNs many times but I don't think I've read any other of Gaiman's works more than once. Sandman is such a great journey and the art is a treat. It used to be a tradition for me to go and reread the whole series but I haven't for a while. Got burned out on Neil. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A couple years back I started rereading J. D. Robb's In Death series. I enjoyed it but I was only able to because there have been so many more books since then. Normally I can't stand reading things where I know what will happen. I have a pretty bad memory but I remember enough to get bored and frustrated when revisiting most stories. I love J. D. Robb so the series was comfortable. Great for travel since I didn't have to worry about picking books I might not like.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I read Mo Willems' Pigeon books whenever I can because they make me smile. Same with Eloise and Fancy Nancy. I give Pigeon books as gifts whenever I can so I can sneak in another reread or two. I need to just buy my own. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;When I'm sick or find myself unable to read paragraphs of text I'll read comic strip collections. It started when I got a cold and had either &lt;em&gt;Boondocks&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;Pearls Before Swine&lt;/em&gt; checked out and found I could read it without my eyes hurting or brain getting tired and it made me happy. So I started picking up treasuries to have on hand. The Penny Arcade collections are my go-to most of the time. Never would have thought I'd be rereading those but they've kept me sane.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think the only works I reread for the language are Lovecraft's. But those rereadings are few and far between. Only so much I can take of that at a time.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Don Trembath's&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;The Tuesday Cafe&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This is the first book of at least three about Harper Winslow. In the beginning, Harper is the 15-year-old kid who is always in trouble in his small town. His parents pawn him off on tutors and talk about what a disappointment he is, while his teachers just run on the assumption that they should punish him routinely. This time, he has landed in court after setting a garbage can on fire at school. He is sentenced to write an essay explaining in detail how he is going to grow up and stop embarrassing his parents, who are very important to the community and good friends with the judge.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Harper's mom assumes he can't do it on his own so, rather than help, she enrolls him in a writing class in Edmonton which she is pretty sure will be full of successful intellectuals and fabulously classy people whom Harper will learn to emulate.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Mom, however, does not actually bother to listen to the description of the writing class at all. She leaves Harper in the big city in a writing class for intellectually disabled people and illiterate adults. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For some reason, Harper decides not to tell her. He likes having a teacher that listens and is nice and his classmates, while talkative and a bit strange at times, are at least honest.
::::::::::&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I gush about this book because, although I was a girl with a different family circumstance, I was Harper. Any of the boys I went to school with were Harper too. He's disconnected, he makes crappy decisions, he's a 15-year old boy. Trembath hits it right on the head.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Project manager - Librarians organize people, things, and information - gather and syntheize bits and turn them into knowledge, then put them back out in a format a variety of audiences can understand and use.  Librarians manage facilities, with things in them, all needing to serve the mission and the public.  Librarians also have to know how to go get money, either by political work or by directly asking.  Librarians also manage staff and supervise others, even if only volunteers.  And Librarians can learn about anything on the fly with just a little time.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Unless you needed specifically a lawyer, engineer, or doctor, I think Librarians have all the natural skills to manage big projects of any kind.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;OR just drive more than 50 miles to get to work.  I grew up and live in the Los Angeles area, and know many people with commutes worse than that.  But that's part of the culture here.  I'd put some books on CD in my car and go.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When I was a kid my first introduction to Tolkien was reading the "Riddles in the Dark" chapter from &lt;em&gt;The Hobbit&lt;/em&gt; in an anthology of humorous stories. This would have been anywhere from the early '60s to 1969. And it was the &lt;em&gt;original&lt;/em&gt; version of the Riddle chapter as it appeared in the 1937 edition of The Hobbit. I liked that chapter so much that I tracked down &lt;em&gt;The Hobbit&lt;/em&gt; and read the whole thing. The copy of &lt;em&gt;The Hobbit&lt;/em&gt; which I read had the revised version of the Riddle chapter. I do not remember the title of the anthology or the date it was published, only that I checked it out from the Azusa Public Library (which has probably long since discarded it).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;At one time I had a Xerox of that chapter from the anthology, but it has, alas, since disappeared. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know the name of this anthology?  I had thought it might be &lt;em&gt;Chucklebait&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;More Chucklebait&lt;/em&gt; edited by Margaret C. Scoggin, but apparently not. (I checked the table of contents online.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance for any help.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Video store manager - The cynic in me was just thinking this the other day while I spent most of my afternoon checking videos in and out.  The local store was advertising a position that starts at more than I make here.  There are times when I wonder about the worth of a master's degree.  Many of us have experience with scheduling, training, overseeing workers.  Any customer service kind of job would work, really, since that's what we do all day.  Do you mean purely professional jobs?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Newspaper/editing/fact-checking - reference skills galore, used to working with databases, turning over stones.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think your restrictions are pretty severe, but I assume that's so we'll think outside the box.  Would working in a bookstore be "directly related"? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In reality, I'd probably be a smallholder and writer.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Can anyone recommend some sort of a bin (colorful) to put in the children's room so kids can 'put away' the books they're finished reading?  Needs to be bigger than a breadbox but smaller than those large canvas delivery bins.  We're talking about stacks of picture books.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't know what you mean by "large canvas delivery bins".  We have white corrugated plastic totes that look like things the post-office uses to separate mail.  They're about 12x18 inches.  Not at all colorful (though apparently you can buy them in colors), but could probably be "pimped".  Even plastic storage bins can be painted with nifty spray-paint made for the task. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Possibly: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Just for Fun: Humorous Stories and Poems&lt;br&gt;
by Elva Sophronia Smith and Alice Isabel Hazeltine,&lt;br&gt;
Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Company, 1948&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Target has a set of bins that we use to store my sons toys. I cannot get the link because the computer I am on is filtered but they cost usually between 30-50 dollars.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You can get different sized Rubbermaid-style tubs at Wal-Mart or equivalent, in a variety of colors, and they don't cost very much.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;School library (with the ability to buy many supplies through our front office): we have a range of office supplies on hand, but students aren't allowed to walk off with them. (Use the stapler or scissors, but don't take them with you, etc.) We also offer a paper cutter, hole puncher, and other such things. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One of last year's seniors did a really cool thing for us, though. She took a set of office supplies (stapler, scissors, small tape dispenser, staple remover) and painted them with cheap acrylic craft paints - the kind you buy in huge bottles for kids projects.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;They've all had extremely heavy use for the last 5 months and the paint hasn't started chipping yet. They look great, give a fun conversation starter, and most importantly, they haven't walked off my desk yet for more than about an hour at a time. (The first time in years we've had the same supplies at the start of second semester as at the start of the year...) &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about a writer. Think of all the stories we can tell, commentaries we can make, maybe even do a comic strip!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am thinking of quite a few librarians turned writers. It seems to work for them!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Actually I can't think of anything else I would rather do. I love being a librarian.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Something I think is also important is to look at professional journals and see what job descriptions are listed for job openings. Is there a job listed that sounds perfect? Look at the skill set that they are asking for, what are they looking for?  Does it sound like what you want to do?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have had conversations with people who think they want to be a librarian but once they start the classes they get disenchanted.  Talk to professionals and interview the colleges you are looking at. You want the skills and the professional knowledge.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You could ask through the yahoo group freecycle in your area or there is always Craigslist.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Public Office?
   By working in the library you have the skill set to organize, make reasoned decisions quicky and have experienced what people want in life. You also have experienced what people truly need in helping those patrons with job searches, taxes, and other adult learing situations.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Part of me wanted this to be tongue in cheek but I do think working for the library prepares one for government. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have had many conversations with other school librarians regarding whether to have a young adult collection/section or not. If you do have a YA collection how do you deal with younger students (gr.2-4) who want to take out the books, stating their sister/brother has read it and said it is great or they read adult books at home, etc.  Just curious as to what other school libraries may do. I was at AASL in Charlotte and they have an incredible public library with a children's area on the first floor and a YA area (age 13) on the 2nd floor and never the twain shall meet. I am in a prek-8 school. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If I had it all to do over again, I would have rehabbed my knee and gone into the Army Reserves or National Guard.  Since that boat sailed a long time ago, I would go into teaching.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;At our library, working computer equipment that is no longer useful and can't be stored goes on our yearly (or every other year) silent auction.  That way we get rid of the stuff we don't want and make a few bucks for it, too.  It usually doesn't raise a lot of money, but at least it's out of our hair.  We're a public library, so I'm not sure how that would work in a school.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you are in locale that has a local chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries, you might be able to pick up the used book cards from a discarded set of reporters or statutes.  Depending on how many you need, you could probably get enough from one of the discarded sets.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Lawlib-l regularly posts folks around the country that are getting rid of sets.  Since almost all of the folks are giving away the sets free for the cost of postage, you could probably ask if the cards are available.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One such posting came up just now.  Contact information for the hundreds of volumes is:
Mary Ann Burns
Public Employees Relations Commission
4050 Esplanade Way
Suite 115A
Tallahassee, Florida  32399-0950
(850) 488-8641 ext. *118
MaryAnn.Burns@perc.myflorida.com&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For space opera, I'd reccomend something by Lois McMaster Bujold. I haven't read all of them (yet), but the ones I have star Miles, a physically disabled soldier kept largely a secret in his planet's security system because he's a tactical genius. The Warrior's Apprentice is one of my favorites so far, in which he assembles a functional, loyal, and illegal army more or less by accident. One of my favorite characters to date.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Teacher at a Junior College.
I can't say that the requirements are the same at all Junior colleges, but I know that at least some of them only require a Masters degree in any field in order to teach the basic courses. 
We already teach some classes(granted, not nearly so in depth). I also think that the organization required of librarians would certainly help a teacher stay on top of the various grading, lesson planning, and the like, since we do that on a daily basis for programming.
I might be cheating since I taught ESL prior to working in a library.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I also think that it would be fun. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I first remember thinking about librarianship after I got my first library card. I was 5. Yep, I am serious. I loved the public library and remember my mother taking me often. I didn't have a library at my elementary school. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;When I was probably 9 or 10 I would bike to the branch library every week and three times a week in the summer, taking out 15-20 books a week. I remember winning the summer reading club. I remember hanging out at the library asking if I couldn't help do something. I remember shelving books, covering books and being told I was too loud to be a librarian.I remember talking (to anyone who would listen) about books I read. They just had to read this story 'cause it just was wonderful- you could go anywhere in a book! &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;When I was in 9th grade we had to research a career that we wanted and write a paper. The front cover of my research paper on librarianship had three catalog cards- author, title and subject. I joined the library Club in high school and became the president when I was a senior. I was kind of nerdy and always had a book with me and was always talking about books I read. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I worked in the public library as a high school page. I loved that job. The summer of my junior year I attended a two week library student program at college that had an undergraduate teacher librarian program. I received my BS from that college, taught for two years, went back to school and received my MLS, worked then went to post grad school and am still working.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I started teaching in 1972 in a school library.  I love my job, I love what I do. Libraries have been a big part of my life for as long as I can remember. I can't think of any other job  that would be as much fun. I love finding answers to questions, telling stories, giving booktalks and working with children and adults. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My students think I read every book in the media center. I tell them just all the fiction and only some of the non-fiction.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In my library system, when a child gets a library card, the parent has the option to restrict the card to the childrens collection or to allow the child to check out material from the adult and YA collections as well.&lt;br&gt;
At any time, the parent can change the restriction if they so desire. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am in a Public Library and we have a YA section.  We have it stated in our policies that we do not restrict content based on age.  That being said, most of our YA material is pretty tame.  Sometimes I will see if there is a reading level appropriate companion book to what the younger patron is wanting to check out (for example Marley &amp;amp; Me's, Three cups of Tea, Twilight, High School Musical).  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We use a small shelving cart in our Library.  When I first started, we were using milk-crate type bins and they were always such a mess! :)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Chasing Vermeer, The Wright 3 and The Calder Game all by Blue Baillett are all very entertaining as well.  They combine history, art, adventure and mystery.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Ask your school librarian for any tips too. I bet s/he will be thrilled that you are interested in working at the public library. S/he can probably go over the dewey decimal system with you.  Good Luck. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I was wondering if someone would say comic books/graphic novels.  Why am I not surprised it was Gene?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What about Linda Sue Park's books about Korea?  Not too difficult, BEAUTIFULLY written and a context that's familiar.  A SINGLE SHARD or WHEN MY NAME WAS KEOKO.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, I loved what Linda Sue Parks said when she got her Newbery Award. That the first thing she would do would be to add an 'r' to Newbery so people would spell it correctly.  :-)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I just saw an ad today, that I was thinking would be perfect...A Bank in the area is hiring a corporate account loan approval officer.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The responsibilities would be to research market trends, prior loans of similar types, etc... to determine the suitability of this loan for approval.  It was all data shuffling and research that an MLS might be doing in a library, but on behalf of a bank!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm not saying that I would do this, nor do I condone following Nancy Botwin's footsteps, but if one were so inclined, one COULD potentially...go into illegal botany as in this article: 
&lt;a href="http://www.wgntv.com/news/wgntv-potbust-feb22,0,3324847.story" rel="nofollow"&gt;Teacher &amp;amp; Librarian Busted for Growing Pot.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In the context of the question, what I could do would be limited to who in my area was hiring.  So, what I'd probably look for is something besides librarianship in which I have experience - which, it just so happens, are jobs I held before becoming a librarian that utilized skills that translated well to the library world.  These were:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-marketing - I worked at various levels in marketing departments for different business, and do much of the same work in the library.  Marketing is very customer- and service-focused, and the tasks are things like organizing and presenting information, communicating with customers and staff, research, project management, event coordination, etc.  However, it important to note the wide gaping difference between marketing and sales.  I could never do sales.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-retail - I have never worked in retail, and cannot do sales, but anything that is customer-service related then library staff are qualified for.  During the interview, play up your customer service experience from working in a library.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-web developer - I do a lot of website work in my library, and did before I became a librarian.  Also, so much of the web tools today don't even require coding skills, just an imagination on how the tools can be effectively used and and understanding of how to implement creative approaches to existing problems (as well as a willingness to research tools, how other people are using them, and how patrons/customers could benefit from you using them).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-trainer/presenter - many places seem to be looking for someone who is good at showing other people how to do something.  Librarians do this all the time, albeit often on a one-on-one basis.  You could apply with a company to teach its staff how to use whatever tools they need, or you could try for some kind of speaking circuit, presenting at libraries, senior centers, retreats, adult education classes, schools, whatever, on how to search the internet, make podcasts, use a digital camera, sell stuff on craigslist/ebay, etc.  There's always interest in internety things, and always people who'd like to be shown how to do it.  It'd be a lot of work creating and delivering these talks, but it could provide a nice income (or supplemental income).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-but I also echo the other responses suggestions for public office, journalist/writer, book store (even if you open it yourself).  Library skills translate very well to those fields, if they're hiring.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;if i wasnt a librarian i would be a Pirate!! yarrr!!!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;the reason....&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;pirates get to swear, drink rum and sail the seven seas in search of booty!! (which is what every librarian secretly wants to do!)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;All I ever wanted to be was a... Lumberjack!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The original version of that chapter is also available in "Masterpieces of terror and the supernatural", selected by Marvin Kaye with Saralee Kaye (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1985).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;aww, fuck!  fuck, fuck, fuck!!!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;back in 2002, i quit my $125k job (&gt;$250k, if you count the options that i exercised), am underemployed, and was happy until i stumbled into this bitchfest.  we chose this field because we have a passion for it, and GTFO if you're just in it to make rent or pay off your credit cards.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;dumb-assed negative question.  why did you become a librarian in the first place?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would be a comedian. I don't have a fear of speaking in public and stories about working with the public are always funny. Having worked in libraries for a few years I would have loads of material.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would be an editor. It's one of my unofficial hats as an academic librarian and I've discovered a talent for it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Ideally, if I could no longer be an academic librarian, I would choose to go back to my pre-MLS career life as a database programmer. A librarian's ability to group and organize information comes in really handy in that line of work. Also, the people skills a librarian builds while working in public service would be very useful for dealing diplomatically with clients during requirements discussions, product reviews, and whilst fending off "feature creep."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;However, that would simply be the ideal alternative if I had no more access to working in a library. But there aren't any companies in need of database programming within any reasonable commuting radius of my rural homestead. So, realistically, I would probably just let my part-time cattle-raising become a full-time career. If I couldn't be in a library, spending more time with my cows would be the next best thing!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Mistborn trilogy&lt;/strong&gt; by &lt;em&gt;Brandon Sanderson&lt;/em&gt;: This series deals with all sorts of things that would attract teen boys. There is a fair amount of violence, and certainly the main characters have issues of finding their place in the world. 
It's also written superbly well.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pride and Prejudice and Zombies&lt;/strong&gt; What teen boy wouldn't love a story that turns Jane Austin on her head? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I recommend any well written childrens books. Rowling, C.S. Lewis, Roald Dahl. They will all introduce new vocabulary, but most of the time, the reader can figure out what the vocabulary means just by the context. I would second the nomination of Newbury award winners. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;When I taught ESL to adults in Poland, I used portions of Narnia for in class exercises, and the students loved it so much, I gave away my copy of the collected Narnia, and ordered 2 copies for other students as well.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;here is the question as asked:
i'm tying to think of a young adult book i loved when i was growing up. in the book families share children because there aren't enough to go around or something. david gets sent to this wicked woman who keeps him there and he never sees his family again. his friend wilson gets away though. he is put into a deep sleep with the girl he likes and ultimately has to fight Sark to win at the end. have you any idea what book this is or where I might find the resources to look it up? ive been checking best sellers lists to no avail. thanks!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I thought I knew the title of this book but can only provide more details. This is a science fiction book. The wicked woman/mother is kidnapping the children, not letting them return to their families. She is rich. She has them sleep in nice rooms, but sometimes it's sleep for years in hibernation or suspended animation. They all wake up some years in the future and they are almost the only people left on the earth (normal ones at least; perhaps there was a nuclear holocaust?). The girl has a hidden treasure (seeds) that are used after the final battles to restore earth. Not only is the battle with Sark/character whose name starts with S (and was going to marry the girl/as if she was a princess so he can rule the children) but someone also fights the wicked mother. May be a series of 2 books.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Edit: Found it! Children of Time by Deborah Moulton&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would recommend a Duct Tape craft night.  There are tons of things that can be made from Duct tape.  Do a google search and you will be amazed at what people do with the stuff. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The kids can make anything from wallets to ipod/cell phone holders to flip-flops.  You will want good sharp scissors to cut the tape with, but don't use your best pairs because they will get gummied up.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I also want to second the Lego block building club as well as a Pokemon/Yu-Gi-Oh card game group.  I started a Yu-Gi-Oh group at my library a couple years back and now it has "matured" into a Magic the Gathering group with regular tournaments.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.webjunction.org/cipa/-/articles/content/2943609;jsessionid=913A037A7E954174D0B77D3062149569.oh1xpwjap02_a?_OCLC_ARTICLES_getContentFromWJ=true" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.webjunction.org/cipa/-/articles/content/2943609;jsessionid=913A037A7E954174D0B77D3062149569.oh1xpwjap02_a?_OCLC_ARTICLES_getContentFromWJ=true&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;From a website for librarians - here's what CIPA requires in their words:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In order to be CIPA compliant, libraries must install a technology protection measure (filter) on all computers in the library with access to the Internet – including staff computers.  Libraries must make a good faith effort to block visual depictions that are obscene, that are child pornography or that are harmful to minors.   CIPA defines minors as those below the age of 17.  So only images, not text needs to be filtered.   Of course part of the frustration with CIPA is that filters can’t block images, only text.  In addition, the filtering software must be disabled at the request of an adult for “bona fide research or other lawful purpose.”  The library must do so in a timely manner and must not question the adult about their reasons for their request.  &lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;This is consistent with my understanding from my MLS schooling. Any public library that has filtering because of e-rate money should be able to quickly disable the filter at any adult's request without any question of why they want it disabled.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;EDIT: Of course, they may be filtering because of their own policies and not because of CIPA. So, it's possible that their Board of Directors has decided that's the way it will be. However, if that's the case, the Librarians (and IT) should be able to pull out a policy that states it and end the questioning. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't know about any grants or anything like that.  I was lucky to have a large donation fall into my lap.  But to get started I was using my own equipment as well as that on any of the teens who would let me borrow their equipment.  You might try asking a few co-workers and/or teens who you know are gamers if they would be willing to come in and set up their equipment for a gaming program.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Some people get lucky with big chain stores like Game Stop offering to run game nights, but I think that this pretty rare.  You might have luck with a smaller locally owned used gaming store coming in and running a game night for you.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps
Dusty&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would run a baseball/sports card &amp;amp; collectibles shop. (Of course, I'd have to hit the lottery first and be independently wealthy to afford to.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;First of all, I love baseball. Secondly, I'm a bit of a gambler at heart and I love opening a pack of cards and seeing whether I get my money back or wasted it based on the value of the cards inside.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Then, of course, you have to organize them to be able to resell them - or to keep them as a collection. Well, who knows how to organize and categorize better than a librarian?!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Trust me...I'm cleaning out a basement full of cards right now and my cataloging skills are being well used!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When I've gone school visiting to schools where I know a lot of the kids read below grade level I bring in awesome non-fiction picture books.  Both Actual Size and Prehistoric Actual Size (by Steve Jenkins) wowed even 8th graders!  Another series that has proven popular are the books by Ben Hillman (How Big Is It?  How Fast Is It?  How Weird Is It?).  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A genre that has also worked well is true animal tales such as:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship, and Survival by Kirby Lason&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Elephants Can Paint, Too! by Katya Arnold &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Tarra &amp;amp; Bella: The Elephant and Dog Who Became Best Friends and Travels with Tarra by Carol Buckley&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine &amp;amp; a Miracle by Major Brian Dennis&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Knut: How One Little Polar Bear Captivated the World by Craig Hatkoff&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Owen &amp;amp; Mzee: The Language of Friendship and Owen &amp;amp; Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship by Isabella Hatkoff&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And lastly, I have long a list of funny, not-too-sweet picture books that I like to use with older readers.  Here's just a few titles:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Lady Muck
William Mayne
1997
Sowk and Boark, two greedy pigs, plot to bcome rich from the sale of truffles they have found in the woods, but things do not turn out as planned.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Happy Hocky Family
Lane Smith
1993
Funny very short stories about chores, sharing toys (or not), ants and birthdays.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Happy Hocky Family Moves to the Country
Lane Smith
2003
More hijinks as the family learn about farm animals ("If Farmer Dill's rooster crows 17 times a day, and the Hocky family has heard him 6,205 times..."), squirrels, and snow.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Story of the Little Mole Who Went in Search of Whodunit
Werner Holzwarth
2007
Little Mole tries to find out who pooped on his head so he can take his revenge.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Old Black Fly
Jim Aylesworth
1992
Rhyming text follows an old black fly through the alphabet as he has a very busy bad day landing where he should not be.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Egg Drop
Mini Grey
2009
Once there was an egg who wanted to fly. It climbs to the top of a very tall tower and jumps. "Whee!" it cries. "I am flying!" But it is not flying. It is falling. Will there be a happy (or maybe sunny side-up?) ending for this modern day Humpty Dumpty?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;John Patrick Norman McHennessy---the boy who was always late
John Burningham
1987/2008
A teacher regrets his decision to disbelieve a student's outlandish excuses for being tardy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hush, Little Dragon
Boni Ashburn
2008
Baby dragons have to eat too.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Twelve Terrible Things
Kelley, Marty
2008
"Just about everything in this book is terrible. You're probably going to turn the page, anyway, aren't you? Okay. Go ahead. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED." Monsters under the bed. Birthday party clowns. Long car rides. Mean big brothers. If you have ever felt yourself becoming nostalgic for childhood this book will cure you.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Princess Penelope's Parrot
Lester, Helen
1996
A spoiled little princes wants to impress the (very, very rich!) little prince who comes to visit, but her mistreated parrot sends the prince running by repeating all the mean things the princess has said.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Big Bad Wolf and me
Perret, Delphine
2006
When the Big Bad Wolf is mistaken for a dog, he comes to live in a boy's closet and eat chocolate chip cookies.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Gator gumbo : a spicy-hot tale
Fleming, Candace
2004
A hungry alligator, too old and slow to catch some good meat for his spicy gumbo, has to rely on trickery instead.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Mr. Maxwell's Mouse
Asch, Frank
2004
Instead of ordering his usual baked mouse, today hungry Mr. Maxwell asks for a live mouse instead.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The mystery of Eatum Hall
Kelly, John
2004
Mr. and Mrs. Pork-Fowler are invited to spend a weekend of gourmet dining at a spooky castle where their host, Mr. Hunter, is anxious to "meat" them.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Spider and the Fly
Howitt, Mary Botham; DiTerlizzi, Tony
2002
An illustrated version of the well-known poem about a wily spider who preys on the vanity and innocence of a little fly.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ugly Fish
LaReau, Kara
2006
At first Ugly Fish likes being alone in his tank so much that he eats any fish that tries to share it, but when he becomes lonely, he devises a better plan.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Whatever
Bee, William
2005
Billy, unimpressed with everything his father does with him, always responds "whatever", until the world's "hungriest" tiger comes along and gets his attention.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Pierre : a cautionary tale in five chapters and a prologue
Sendak, Maurice
1962
Pierre’s ‘I don’t care!’ intrigues a hungry lion.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The wolves in the walls
Gaiman, Neil, McKean, Dave
2003
Lucy is sure there are wolves living in the walls of her house, although others in her family disagree, and it turns out she is right.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Wolves
Gravett, Emily
2006
When a young rabbit checks out a library book about wolves, he learns much more about their behavior than he wanted to know.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My lucky day
Keiko, Kasza
2003
When a young pig knocks on a fox's door, the fox thinks dinner has arrived, but the pig has other plans.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The paper bag princess
Munsch, Robert N.
1980
Elizabeth, a beautiful princess, is about to marry Prince Ronald when a dragon smashes her castle, burns her clothes with his fiery breath, and prince-naps Ronald. Luckily Elizabeth knows just what to do.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Good Enough to Eat
Brock Cole
2007
When an ogre comes to town demanding a bride, the mayor sacrifices the homeless girl with no name that everyone thinks of as a pest and bother, but she takes control of the situation and outwits them all.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi Alexis:
I have great success with Paul Jennings' short stories.  They're mostly written from a kid's point of view, they all have a twist to them and they are mostly  hilarious.  They still crack me up and I'm grandmother age (but don't tell people!).  Jennings goes down well with all ages.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;David Shannon, who writes the No David! stories has also written Duck on a bike, a picture book that is one of my all-time favourites.  The illustrations alone are priceless but add the story and Shannon has another winner.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Have you read any Chris Van Allsburg to your special kids?  He wrote Jumanji, the Polar Express &amp;amp; several others, all of which are thought-provoking and illustrated with amazing art (his own).  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I also find that kids enjoy myths and legends though maybe re-tellings would be most appropriate for special needs or EAL kids, since the vocabulary can be pretty high in the standard texts.  Mary Pope Osbourne's retellings have terrific illustrations....&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And I agree with Tamsin about the Paperbag Princess.  Robert Munsch's early books are really useful with EAL kids (I'm a librarian in China) and they work especially well if the reader adds sound effects.  Asian kids respond really well to humour.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Best of luck with your class.
Cheers&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Louise&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A craft that was a big hit with my teens was "Whatever" crafting. Basically I saved bits and pieces of stuff, put it all out on the table, and let the teens create whatever they wanted out of it. Here are some of the types of materials we had:&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;li&gt;leftover cardboard boxes&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the hard plastic rolls from the inside of the receipt paper&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;string, ribbon, yarn&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;rulers, scissors, hole punches&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;tape, gule, stapler&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I wasn't sure how the program would go over, but my teens all liked that they could just create without any expectation that the item(s) they made had to look like "something". &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;im from Australia but we have community groups that donate money to help in the promotion of the library into the communtiy blah blah blah......&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;we told them that a brand new xbox would draw young people into the library. Bingo! one brand new xbox + games!!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;lazylazuli has it right- we run 'GameOn' sessions every wednesday afternoon- we have the Wii or Xbox set up and we have mini tournaments, keep a track of high scores, small prizes and fun for all.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;this will appeal to the older guys mostly but we have also had a few Runescape lockdowns at night time too.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have two suggestions (from Queensland, Australia)  Project manager is definitely an option.  We organise and schedule small and large projects.
the second suggestion is community development manager.  I have already filled this role in local government for 18 months on secondment.  Working with neighbourhood development, cultural development, youth, community safety all have great synergies with public library work.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Similar concept, different sci-fi series: how about "The Transporter" which is a little more explicit. Your promo can get into the "transporting you to different times and places" idea. If you want to sound a little more exotic, you could go for "Teleporter" or "Teleportation Device".
Other brainstorms - (Book) Platform Nine and Three Quarters, The Reading Express&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What? How did you know I re-read a Harry P and watched some old Star Trek this month?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've been a big fan of Terry Pratchett from back when I picked up Good Omens on a whim, and usually devour a new Discworld book when it first comes out in a few days. My wife and a couple of my friends have expressed interest in reading the series also, but I'm a bit reluctant to have them start at Colour of Magic, as it seems like he's just getting his feet wet and doesn't feel to me to be one that would sell the series. What would you recommend as a first impression book?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I started with &lt;em&gt;Color of Magic&lt;/em&gt; and was hooked, so I don't see why it wouldn't be a good start.
I found &lt;em&gt;Cood Omens&lt;/em&gt; not as funny (but still very good), and attributed it to Pratchett being diluted by Gaiman. I like Gaiman, but he is not LOL funny like Pratchett&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The first book I read was &lt;em&gt;Going Postal&lt;/em&gt; and it sold me and several of my students on the series! It didn't feel like there was an "in" joke that I wasn't getting, to make the story complete. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I started with &lt;em&gt;Wyrd Sisters&lt;/em&gt; and laughed so hard sitting in the corner of a local cafe I'm sure people thought there was something wrong with me.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A good starting point might be with whichever one is closest to something your wife (et al) is familiar with - so if she's into Shakespeare, start with &lt;em&gt;Wyrd Sisters&lt;/em&gt;.  If she likes music, start with &lt;em&gt;Soul Music&lt;/em&gt;.  If she likes films, &lt;em&gt;Moving Pictures&lt;/em&gt;.  If she likes noir, start with one of the Watch books.  I think all of the books have enough background that you can dive in without having read the preceding ones.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've successfully started people with some of the middle ones in the series.  Both Hogfather and Monstrous Regiment have worked.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm living this reality.  I voluntarily left the profession 1.5 years ago after 6 years in it to pursue something more secure because I didn't want to hit 40 in our fairly beleaguered(economically, at least) profession.  So I've considered - a lot - the competencies in librarianship and how they could compare to other fields.  For myself, I believe medicine is a great alternative choice.  There are many connections - desire to help, using resources to help, ability to teach (Doctor as teacher), and the similarities between being a health counseler and the process of the reference interview.  I've recently composed some essays (personal statements) on this topic for school entrance applications.  If anyone wants to see them, please email me at travelingman@airpost.net, and I'd be happy to share.  This is a great question.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you haven't already found this, check out the &lt;a href="http://www.lspace.org/books/reading-order-guides/" rel="nofollow"&gt;L-Space site's Discworld Reading-Order Guide&lt;/a&gt;; it shows the different sub-series in suggested reading order, and the relationships between the various books. While it doesn't give any one preferred starting point, it does offer several good options.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;FWIW, my first Discworld book was Guards! Guards!, which happens to be the first in the "City Watch" sub-series; it hooked me completely.  I'd also suggest Mort or Wyrd Sisters as starting points - or, for one of the stand-alone books, Small Gods.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think books with surprise endings - or even just surprises- get reread more. The &lt;em&gt;Attolia&lt;/em&gt; series is a great example- knowing the end changes the story (especially of the first two books) so much that you need to reread it in order to see what you missed the first time. I think almost any personality would reread that (except maybe people who read the ends of books first).
Other times, it's more a personality trait that some people like what is familiar, so they reread the same books over and over.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If they haven't read Good Omens, start them there. Or try Nation. Neither are discworld books, but both are Pratchett at his best, and likely to hook someone on him. From there they'll probably want to start at the beginning, even if the first couple of his books aren't his best works.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And w/ GO:TNAAPOANW they might get hooked on Gaiman as well. Win Win.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure what this software is, but as a webhead it grates every time I see a massively squished book club (especially as those are often my favorite parts of Unshelved.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I rarely, if ever, re-read a book. For me, life is too short and there are just way too many books out there. Having said that, the only books I will read again are ones that bring me back to the time in my life when I first read them. It's not so much about the story or characters, although I do greatly enjoy them, but it's more about the ritual or memories associated with the book. I don't think these books would be re-readable for others based on their merit alone; wanting to submerse myself in the nostalgia of first encountering them is what brings me back.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Interesting question! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;WOOT!! Found it, finally :D &lt;br&gt;
Well, it was my brother that figured out that it was called Lone Wolf. Here's the link if anyone's interested:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_Wolf_(gamebooks" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_Wolf_(gamebooks&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The one I read was probably Legends of Lone Wolf by Joe Dever and John Grant, the novelization of the gamebooks. Sorry for all the vague descriptions but thanks to all who tried to help :)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ahh..I'm so stoked. Now to hunt down the books :D&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have had so many of my 7th and 8th grade students asking me for books "just like" hunger games and I am coming up with a big blank. Does anyone have some suggestions?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I second many of the above suggestions. I enjoy reading Terry Pratchett, too. I tell people to start with Guards! Guards! and Wyrd Sisters. It's a good introduction to two groups that show up regularly in the novels: the City Watch and the Witches. I also suggest these titles in the YA/Teen section: Maurice and His Amazing Rodents (Carnegie Medal winner) and The Wee Free Men, the first in the Tiffany Aching series. They are Discworld novels, but don't depend on familiarity with any recurring characters.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dresden yes!  I 100 percent agree.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Artemis Fowl&lt;/strong&gt; because they all read like a Die Hard movie and a lot of stuff blows up.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;They don't at mine.  Their reasoning is if they block their account on the self check-in, then it blocks their access from home as well, so it go voted down.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would look for the portions of the book that appeal to the reader. The first term that strikes me is "dystopian" and brings to mind titles like Fahrenheit 451 and The Giver. Or one could suggest a science fiction or fantasy series that might appeal to teen readers such as those by Robert Jordan and Anne McCaffery. For the kids struggling with reading, the Gregor series by the same author that did Hunger Games or the Haddix series that begins with Among the Hidden might be good choices.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Life as We Knew it by Susan Beth Pfeffer and its companion, The Dead and the Gone, perhaps? Third book is This World We Live In. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Uglies by Scott Westerfeld (and other books in the series)?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Runaways comics by Brian K. Vaughan? (On the lighter side). &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You're a better judge to determine if these are appropriate for your students, but they might be worth a try:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;City of Ember series by Jeanne DuPrau  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Maze Runner by James Dashner&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Tomorrow, When the War Began (The Tomorrow Series) by John Marsden&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm by Nancy Farmer &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Rash by Peter Hautman&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Dr. Franklin’s Island by Ann Halam &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Surviving Antarctica: Reality TV 2083 by Andrea White&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Epic series by Conor Kostick &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Declaration by Gemma Malley &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Graceling by Kristin Cashore&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Taken by Edward Bloor&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I did notice that. It's on my list to fix, thanks!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I work at an University Library and we block patrons at $15 in fines. They get emailed repeatedly about the fines and are unable to check out any items from the library. They are able to still use the computers, internet and our electronic resources. They are unable to see their grades, graduate, get transcripts etc. if their fines aren't paid up. By blocking their access to the important stuff (in their eyes) we eventually get them to pay up. But by letting them still access the electronic resources they are still able to research for their projects.  We also notify patrons (when they come in) if they are reaching the $15 mark, and usually hint that they should pay up. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm a newish librarian and I'm interested in getting into Federal librarianship. However,  Federal positions require a complete different style of resume than I am used to. I've been going through some general books on building federal resumes, but I was wondering if anyone here knows of any resources, books, web pages, or anything else, specifically designed for people in the library field who are interested in this area? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't remember how old this book is, maybe the 80's I read it in 2004 time frame.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There are three 'races' that live on the planet: 
*native aliens,which looked like golems
*humans that didn't know they were not natives to the planet and lived like Native Americans
*humans that had traveled to the planet and were exploiting it for something or another&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And I think one of the space traveling humans gets kicked out (?) of the civilized community and gets adopted, more or less,by the 'native' humans and falls in love with the 'magic woman' who goes and talks to golem aliens.
They find out somewhere near the end of the book about an agreement long ago for the native humans to believe they have always lived on the planet and not transplants.
The edition of the book I read had one of golems on the front cover holding a female human 'native' I think. Also thinking it was by a female author.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Sorry for the sketchy memory, I read this one summer along with 30+ other books.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If it's the survival part that appeals to them, you can't go wrong with the Hatchet books, and Jean Craighead George's "My Side of the Mountain" series.  These are always very popular with my students.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rite of Passage&lt;/strong&gt; by Alexei Panshin - in a society that lives entirely on a spaceship, all teenagers must spend a month on the surface of a colonized planet. If they survive, they're adults. If not, too bad.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Invitation to the Game&lt;/strong&gt; by Monica Hughes - in a dystopian future, all jobs have been taken over for robots, so there's nothing for teenagers graduate school to do. So they're unemployed, bored scavengers, except that some get to play The Game, which starts to seem more real than their lives.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment&lt;/strong&gt; by James Patterson. Genetically modified teenagers with wings have escaped the School where experiments were performed on them, but now they're being chased by the scientists who want to keep on experimenting on/torturing them.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Compound&lt;/strong&gt; by S.A. Bodeen. A teenager and his family survived nuclear war and must stay in their underground compound for years... but their supplies are running out and they are faced with nasty ethically dilemmas. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A teacher&lt;/strong&gt;. That is what I am right now. Having a library background really helps my find books that might tempt the students who don't &lt;em&gt;want&lt;/em&gt; to read. Plus, in my classes I read a lot of the same books that are in our school library now. There is also a lot of paperwork involved in teaching nowadays. Not to mention organizing materials for 20 different students on a daily basis. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Book reader&lt;/strong&gt;. I don't actually know what the job title is; but I have always wanted to be the person who reads a book and says "hey, this would make a great movie!" I wouldn't think that job would require moving anywhere. You would just need a mailbox and an internet connection. That is my dream job. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Sounds like possibly something written by Andre Norton: The Sioux Spaceman or one of the Beastmaster books. She had Native American heroes in those.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Right now, I'm reading Agent to the Stars, which has a similar kind of tongue in cheek tone (what happens when an up and coming Hollywood agent is assigned an honest to goodness alien as his client), but with less footnotes and parodies. &lt;a href="http://www.scalzi.com/agent/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.scalzi.com/agent/&lt;/a&gt; has the whole thing free, if you want a taste of it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I decided long ago that my backup career is flight attendent. I mean, it's pretty much the same - calming crazy people down and controlling a variety problems and situations. Plus free/discounted flights to support my travel habit. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Most of the people I've tried to get to read it are the type who will only read series from the beginning, but I've had some luck with this &lt;a href="http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/006183310X" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/Discworld-Graphic-Novels-Colour-Fantastic/dp/006183310X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1267395127&amp;amp;sr=8-1&lt;/a&gt; which is the graphic novel adaptation of the Color of Magic and The Light Fantastic. So if any insist on reading series from the beginning you might start them off with it instead of the books. (There's also a movie version of the Color of Magic, but I haven't seen it yet so I can't vouch for it as an introduction).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You might try Tanya Huff, especially the Summon the Keeper Series, and Lois McMaster Bujold's Miles Vorkosigan series. They're both funny with social commentary. I also second Diana Wynne Jones, I especially like Deep Secret.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I suggest Karen Katz for the young kids. The simple words and the lift-the-flap aspect is great for young ones. I would recommend reinforcing the flaps by taping them, since they tend to get ripped off if left alone in the hands of toddlers.&lt;br&gt;
The Goosie and Gertie books by Olivier Dunrea are excellent as well. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, I completely agree with Deborah on the picture-book-into-board-book problem. I think it works for certain ones (Margaret Wise Brown comes to mind), but often it's just too many words or it's awkwardly condensed. I was horrified to see Click Clack Moo by Deborah Cronin in a board book - it looked terrible.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What is the term for a quote used at the beginning of/preceding a chapter in a novel? Usually the quote is from an external work and relates somehow to what will happen in the chapter. In sci-fi and fantasy, the quotes are often from fictional works.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Examples include:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In &lt;strong&gt;The Eyre Affair&lt;/strong&gt; and sequels, quotes from the Guide to Spec-Ops and other works that only exist in the world of the novels.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In &lt;strong&gt;Inkheart&lt;/strong&gt; and its sequels, quotes from Shakespeare, &lt;em&gt;Peter Pan&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;The Sword in the Stone&lt;/em&gt;, etc.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It's called an epigraph. Here's the definition: &lt;a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/epigraph" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/epigraph&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;but I think wikipedia gives better examples:
&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigraph_(literature" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigraph_(literature&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think this is what you're talking about...?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Epigraph
&lt;a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/epigraph" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/epigraph&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My sons love godd night alien (not sure if it is still in print) and good night goon&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;So, were are your &lt;a href="http://www.bestessays.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;essays&lt;/a&gt; questions ???&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/2-9780451196712-2" rel="nofollow"&gt;The Long Walk by Stephen King (writing as Richard Bachman)&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A bit brutal (100 kids start walking and as they can't keep walking they're killed, part of a government sponsored contest if I remember correctly), but I would have devoured it in middle school&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My mother has &lt;a href="http://www.target.com/Delta-Childrens-Products-9-Bin-Organizer/dp/B001W32DWC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;searchView=grid5&amp;amp;frombrowse=0&amp;amp;node=1038576&amp;amp;keywords=toy%20bins&amp;amp;field_browse=1038576&amp;amp;searchSize=30&amp;amp;id=Delta%20Childrens%20Products%209-Bin%20Organizer&amp;amp;field_availability=-2&amp;amp;refinementHistory=subjectbin%2Ctarget_com_age%2Ctarget_com_gender-bin%2Ctarget_com_character-bin%2Cprice%2Ctarget_com_primary_color-bin%2Ctarget_com_size-bin%2Ctarget_com_brand-bin&amp;amp;searchNodeID=1038576&amp;amp;field_launch-date=-1y&amp;amp;searchRank=target104545&amp;amp;searchPage=1&amp;amp;field_keywords=toy%20bins" rel="nofollow"&gt;these&lt;/a&gt; which she uses for her grandkids' books and toys.  They seem to work pretty well and were reasonably priced.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Introduce mythology and astronomy with such books as &lt;em&gt;Zoo in the Sky: A Book of Animal Constellations&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;Once Upon a Starry Night: A Book of Constellations&lt;/em&gt;, both by Jacqueline Mitton.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Craft: Have the students bring their own dark blue or black cotton t-shirts. You provide constellation patterns and glow-in-the-dark fabric paint in small squeezable tubes.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Books on American Indian star legends are also available, such as &lt;em&gt;Coyote Places the Stars&lt;/em&gt; by Harriet Peck Taylor and &lt;em&gt;They Dance in the Sky&lt;/em&gt; by Jean Guard Monroe.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If he liked Eragon, can I recommend Mercedes Lackey's Joust series? (Joust, Alta, and Sanctuary)  Young teen boy main character, dragons, action and adventure, and age-appropriate enough in content to suit most any parent, without being "babyish".  It's actually located in our library's adult collection (which seems like a thrill for kids I recommend it to), but that's just because they buy all her books on standing order! LOL!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What about graphic novels?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Try Bone by Jeff Smith for starters.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Try these:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Airman&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, by Eoin colfer, sort of a blend of sci-fi and historical fiction&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nation&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, by Terry Pratchett, alternate universe historical fiction&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If he likes historical fiction about the American Revolution, try M.T. Anderson's The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation series, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Vol. 1, The Pox Party&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Vol. 2 The Kingdom of the Waves&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Another historical fiction you might try is an older Newbery Medal book, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Rifles for Watie&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, by Harold Keith.  It's written at a higher reading level than a lot of the Newberies.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Um . . , retired?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Actually, an ideal job would be reading for audio books.  There's something I definitely think I'd be good at.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've been reading the Hunger games ind it reminded me of this is a book I read a while ago. It was in the teen or kids section, and was set in the future on a significant anniversary of the first person to reach the north (or maybe south) pole, it followed a group of teens on a reality TV show. The point of the show was these teens reaching the pole using the same tools that the first person had. Oh and the title had numbers in it, maybe the year.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It was just listed in the question about readalikes for The Hunger Games. You're thinking of:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Surviving Antarctica: Reality TV 2083 by Andrea White&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Have you tried any of the RED DWARF books by Grant Naylor? Those are pretty similar in style to Douglas Adams' HITCHHIKER books...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This book was also published as &lt;em&gt;No child's game: reality TV 2083&lt;/em&gt; a few years ago, in case there is any confusion!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You could try Rosemary Sutcliff, particularly the Roman Britain books: The Eagle of the Ninth, The Silver branch and The Lantern Bearers, and the King Arthur trilogy: The Sword and the Circle, The Light beyond the Forest and The Road to Camlaun, which leads on to the adult novel Sword at Sunset. She has written novels about the fall of Troy, the journeys of Odysseus, Vikings, and many more, all of which are marvelous reads and linger in your memory for years afterward, as I can well attest - she is still a favourite author of mine. I will probably have to go search some out now that I have brought them to mind and start marching again with the Legions from Segontium to Londinium....&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I do a monthly radio spot on the local radio station to talk about my library. I'm curious if and how other libraries - public, academic, whatever - use the radio to promote themselves. Any experience with this?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is my first year as a school librarian, and I come after a (apparently, from what I've been repeatedly told) completely uninterested librarian who "worked" here for 3-4 years. I'm trying to shake things up, but it's hard to get teachers involved, after they've learned (the hard way) that the librarian was just not someone to go to for help.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am looking at the calendar for the rest of the school year, for dates/events I had been wanting to do something special for. I'll do different posts for different events. This is one is for &lt;strong&gt;Freedom of Information Day (March 16th, Madison's birthday)&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am wondering what other librarians do for those events and looking for suggestions on how to get teachers more responsive. For reference, I teach at a Charter Middle and High school. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is my first year as a school librarian, and I come after a (apparently, from what I've been repeatedly told) completely uninterested librarian who "worked" here for 3-4 years. I'm trying to shake things up, but it's hard to get teachers involved, after they've learned (the hard way) that the librarian was just not someone to go to for help.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am looking at the calendar for the rest of the school year, for dates/events I had been wanting to do something special for. I'll do different posts for different events. This is one is for &lt;strong&gt;National Library Week (April 12-16)&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am wondering what other librarians do for those events and looking for suggestions on how to get teachers more responsive. For reference, I teach at a Charter Middle and High school. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is my first year as a school librarian, and I come after a (apparently, from what I've been repeatedly told) completely uninterested librarian who "worked" here for 3-4 years. I'm trying to shake things up, but it's hard to get teachers involved, after they've learned (the hard way) that the librarian was just not someone to go to for help.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am looking at the calendar for the rest of the school year, for dates/events I had been wanting to do something special for. I'll do different posts for different events. This is one is for &lt;strong&gt;TV turn-off Week (April 21-27)&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am wondering what other librarians do for those events and looking for suggestions on how to get teachers more responsive. For reference, I teach at a Charter Middle and High school. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is my first year as a school librarian, and I come after a (apparently, from what I've been repeatedly told) completely uninterested librarian who "worked" here for 3-4 years. I'm trying to shake things up, but it's hard to get teachers involved, after they've learned (the hard way) that the librarian was just not someone to go to for help.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am looking at the calendar for the rest of the school year, for dates/events I had been wanting to do something special for. I'll do different posts for different events. This is one is for &lt;strong&gt;Get Caught Reading Month (May)&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am wondering what other librarians do for those events and looking for suggestions on how to get teachers more responsive. For reference, I teach at a Charter Middle and High school. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The public library we use had a photo campaign -- patrons, employees, board members got "caught" reading. A boy read Marley &amp;amp; me to his dog, an EMT class read their textbooks, the library board all chose a different medium in their photo, a principal to a class, cafeteria ladies reading cookbooks. All of the odd places to get caught reading made for great, creative fun!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I use &lt;a href="http://www.goodreads.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Goodreads&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://notingbooks.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Noting : Books&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="http://www.librarything.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;LibraryThing&lt;/a&gt;. I use LibraryThing as a catalog for the books that I own and a way to store annotaions about them. For books that I've read (includings ones I own) I use Goodreads and the more compact Noting : Books to post annotation, or thoughts or reviews, and to get the thoughts, reviews and annotations of other readers. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I use &lt;a href="http://www.librarything.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;LibraryThing&lt;/a&gt; to catalog my books at home. Since it's online, the ability to jog my memory and see if I own a particular title is a useful. I also love the utter geekiness of being able to assign my own call numbers. OK, it's a cataloger thing. I understand that you might not understand. But it's still fun.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;LibraryThing is one of the best things since Dr. Carver invented peanut butter.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;At SLA in June 2009, there was a program called "How to Become a Federal Librarian." It has since been presented elsewhere. If you have a change, go to it. An outreach of that is available on &lt;a href="http://groups.google.com/group/careers-in-federal-libraries" rel="nofollow"&gt;Google Groups&lt;/a&gt;. Also, SLA has &lt;a href="http://units.sla.org/division/dgi/index.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Government&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://units.sla.org/division/dmil/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Military&lt;/a&gt; divisions, while ALA &lt;a href="http://staging.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/faflrt/index.cfm" rel="nofollow"&gt;combines them&lt;/a&gt;. Join one.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Most jobs are posted on &lt;a href="http://usajobs.gov/" rel="nofollow"&gt;USAJobs.gov&lt;/a&gt;. Search for Librarian, but also search by the job series 1410 (which means Librarian). Also try the "Technical Information Specialist" series, which is 1412. In some agencies, they're both used.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For the actual resume, first read the job posting carefuly. Then use the same keywords they use. Skip the flowerly language, and make all your statements action statements. Computers routinely do the first cut on resumes, so use words the way the agency does. Some agencies require online resumes; do all your thinking &amp;amp; typing offline, then copy &amp;amp; paste into the resume builders.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It helps if you're willing to move. Many jobs are in the DC area, but some agencies are nationwide. A few have openings overseas as well. Good luck.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Part of the problem is that I can't remember whether it was part of a full novel or just a short story. There were two intelligent cats and they wanted to get their hands on some pizza, but ordering it was a bit of a problem. They eventually resorted to online ordering, with a credit card (maybe?), and specific instructions to the delivery person for leaving the pizza on the porch (or maybe a naked pizza in the mail slot? I forget exactly how they disposed of the box otherwise) -- all without the knowledge of their owner(s).  Not children's, I think, maybe young adult or even adult (depending on what was happening in the rest of the story that I can't remember). &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I used to work at a high school library.  We did live Read posters.  During passing times and other times if the staff were available, we had a display case set up to look like a read poster.  Fortunately we had a large enough display case for this, but I imagine this could be re-created in a corner of the cafeteria or commons area or library.  The kids had fun seeing the staff reading and I think the staff enjoyed having a bit of reading time.  I know I did when it was my turn.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Does your library use social software or social networking websites?  If so, which ones and in what ways? Who maintains and updates the sites?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When subscribing to a RSS feed in a feed reader do you prefer to receive the post as full text along with any graphics or photographs; or do you prefer a teaser with limited or no graphics or photographs?  Also, does the type of subscription matter in your response?  For example if it was a calendar fee would you prefer full text but if it was book reviews would you prefer teasers.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've never done this, but it could be interesting.  On the day have bookmarks or business card size handouts with an interesting fact, along with library information and some sort of "free" slogan.  Maybe the facts could have to do with countries and cultures where people do not have the freedom to seek out information as we do in the US.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I use both, and it depends on the feed itself.  I use Bloglines to manage my feeds, which gives me three different options: titles only, teaser, or full text.  I've found that titles only is best for me for feeds that include widely diverse posts, some of which I might not be interested in because titles only makes them easy to skim and click into only what I want to read.  Also, titles only is great for feeds that tend to have long posts, because it's a lot less scrolling.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Then I use full text for the feeds that are mostly relevant to my interests, because I end up reading them all anyway (I'd estimate that 85% of my feeds are set to full text).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Come to think of it, I don't have any of my feeds set to teaser mode.  Some feeds only appear that way, even when I have them set to full text, and I am irritated by that - I want to read things in my Bloglines, and it annoys me to have to click through to their website to read the full article, just so they can get their ad revenue or whatever other reason they force me to visit them.  That seems to defeat the purpose of rss.  The fewer clicks and hoops I have to jump through to get information the better, especially if their website is slow to load, has popups or bad flash, or their content changes and the page goes away before I click through to read it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So, I'd say send all your feeds out in full text, and let the patrons decide for themselves how they want to read them.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have done something similar to get caught reading but with twist. We call it Guess who is reading.  We get teachers to take a picture "reading" their favorite book covering their faces. Post them with a sheet that says guess who. High school kids loved it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Never done anything for this day but since information is free maybe you could have an amnesty day? All fines waived if you come to the library and say "Information is free"&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Have a read a thon. For every hour the kids read in the library they raise money for a charity.  Make it special bring in bean bag chairs and form a special area for it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We are an college library. We use both Facebook and Twitter.  The Facebook page is for the entire learning commons while our twitter account is for the library. the twitter account is used for broadcasting short updates and quite often links to longer posts on Facebook.  It tends to be one way so far.  the Facebook page has messages and items posted to it form tutoring services, technology and learning support, the library, and the accessibility coordinator.  All are part of the Baker Commons.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Baker commons:  &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dryden-NY/TC3-Baker-Commons/12814952675" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dryden-NY/TC3-Baker-Commons/12814952675&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;TC3 Library Twitter: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/tc3library" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://twitter.com/tc3library&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think this might be it.
"Abu and the Seven Marvels" by Richard Matheson. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about a competition to decorate a display board on the theme of a favourite book? When I announced this last year teachers groaned (as usual) at the thought of all the work.  Half way through the week it seemed as if many of the senior classes wouldn't bother to do anything, however it came together in the end with competition so fierce that as judges we were offered chocolate bribes (which we unfortunately had to decline) and the second place teacher sulked for a week.  We awarded pizza parties to top upper and lower classes and I then relented and baked chocolate cakes for 2nd place winners.  In the absence of electronic gadgets, food always seems a popular prize. Senior winners included The Alchemist by Paul Coehlo and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, complete with ineractive questions and real chocolates.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our library cannot actually block usage, because there is no electronic block. If a student has more than a $5 fine, we tell them they are not allowed to use the computer. However, unless there is a staff member in the room with the most computers, we cannot stop them unless we go in to tell them to get off. This has not worked well, as one librarian was charged with child abuse for touching a girl at a computer who would not leave. The parent did not show up for the filing of charges so they were dismissed. The signing in rules at my library are very archaic, to say the least and the computer system is slow and outdated. We also have no IT person on staff, so most computer users have to slog their way through using the computers. That said, the only blocking we can do is to block their account for checking physical material out - blocking of computer access is a physical thing and carries inherent risk if the patron is intent on usage.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Could it be Cats In Cyberspace (Paperback) by Beth Hilgartner?
&lt;a href="http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/1892065444" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/Cats-Cyberspace-Beth-Hilgartner/dp/1892065444&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I work at a military base library, and we also do not charge fines.  However, if a patron has materials severely overdue (more than a month) they are blocked from checking out anything else.  Electronic resources are not affected, nor do I restrict them from using any materials while they are in the library. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My reasoning is three-fold: 1) If I can't trust them to bring materials back, I'm not going to let them take more.  That doesn't apply to e-resources since those by their nature do not have to be returned.  2) If I take away all of their library privileges, they have no reason to come in, so it takes them longer to bring the materials back.  3) I'm philosophically opposed to depriving people of the ability to obtain information.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Have you checked at Alibris or Abe or a used bookstore offline? They might be able to help you find it. If you can remember more about the story, it helps.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=ind1003&amp;amp;L=lis-pub-libs&amp;amp;P=4021" rel="nofollow"&gt;https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=ind1003&amp;amp;L=lis-pub-libs&amp;amp;P=4021&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Gareth (UK)
Library Web
&lt;a href="http://libraryweb.info" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://libraryweb.info&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our library - a public library btw - blocks access as well. It's rather amusing to me because the limit for blocking a patron from PC use is set at a higher amount than the limit for being able to check out items.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We don't advertise what the PC limit is, and we remind people of fines every time they use their card for anything else.  Of course they don't usually check with us to log into a computer.  Still, in my experience a person who lets their fines slide forever suddenly becomes eager to pay when they can't use a computer.  Like I said - it's amusing.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about a freelance book indexer?  Maybe it's because I'm still an MLS student and I've been studying a lot of cataloging lately, but it doesn't seem like too much of a stretch - read a book and write down the main topics with the page number.  (I haven't tried it, it might be more complex than that.)  You get to read books &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; work from home in your pajamas.  As a freelancer you might get paid less than you would in a more steady job, but you'd save a lot on gas.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm in library school right now with and many of my classmates are paraprofessionals within PLCMC (or CML--their not quite yet public new moniker). More than one has mentioned that when filters are disabled it is the policy of PLCMC to have someone on the staff remain at the workstation as long as the filters are disabled. I hope some of my classmates read Unshelved Answers because I'd love to see what they have to say on this matter. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Good luck drmike!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Omaha Public Library has a MySpace page, a Facebook fan page, a Flickr account for pictures, and we have a Twitter account.  Twitter and Facebook especially are useful for short little 'ads' about upcoming library events and we have quite a few followers.  Each is maintained by a different person to share the load.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/omahapubliclib" rel="nofollow"&gt;OPL MySpace&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Omaha-Public-Library/24465072133?ref=mf" rel="nofollow"&gt;OPL Facebook&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/30648453@N06/" rel="nofollow"&gt;OPL Flickr&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/OmahaPublicLib" rel="nofollow"&gt;OPL Twitter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As a YA guy, I'm trying another social network for Teen Tech Week (Mar 7th - 13th).  We're starting a Ning network for our library teens.  It's like a more focused MySpace or Facebook that can be geared toward a smaller group, say people all into the same hobby, or something else in common (like a library!).  Everyone has their own page, and then there's a community main page that aggregates info and updates from all the users.  It also has an events calender that anyone in the group can use to announce upcoming events.  Ning can be found at &lt;a href="http://www.ning.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;www.ning.com&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm not going to post a link to our Ning specifically since it's really for Omaha teens - and it's not really 'live' until next week!  So far setting it up has been VERY easy.  I'm hoping our teens will have fun with it and also see that our &lt;em&gt;other&lt;/em&gt; branches have teens that they can get to know.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Cloth books are great; the baby can chew them to her heart's content and no harm done.  Frankly, if the baby is mostly chewing on the book, it doesn't much matter what the title is.  Get something nontoxic and washable.  As a side note, if you're new to babies, please be aware that not all babies can be left to their own devices with board books.  Mine used to take bites out of them.  Mmmm, fiber!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Most of her early favorites have been listed above.  There are several books in the "Brown Bear, Brown Bear" series, and they're all delightful for little ones.  They seem to love the repetition.  Don &amp;amp; Audrey Wood's &lt;em&gt;Piggies&lt;/em&gt; was the second book my daughter would sit still and listen to.  The first was Bruce Degen's &lt;em&gt;Jamberry.&lt;/em&gt;  Simple rhymes and bright colors will attract a little one; actual content is less important. :-)  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Between 1 &amp;amp; 2 years old, you should be able to graduate to some of the amazing and charming picture books available.  You're a librarian, so take advantage of that resource and try different books with your niece to get a feel for her tastes.  Each child is different, and you never know what she'll fall in love with.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'd love to book talk Neil Gaiman.  I've brought his books for younger readers into the schools, though I've been limited to older grades since even his picture books are so "dark".  The Graveyard Book may be a Newbery winner but it opens with a murdered family, not every parent or teacher's cup of tea!  I think Gaiman is a natural fit for teens though, especially the Sandman series.  One of my personal favorites is Death:  the High Cost of Living.  How can you not love Death in her perky Goth attire and winning attitude?  But I can’t imagine standing in front of a room of 8th graders and recommending it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have a personal facebook account that I post book reviews on for the kids to read.  It is the only part of my account that is open to anyone (as they remind me everytime I post a new note!)  The kids can read my notes and come in to the library to ask for that book I wrote about.  I usually post the cover with it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Our school blocks social networking sites so the kids have to read the info at home.  I've thought about creating a page for the library--maybe I will when I go home tonight.  I wonder if I can mass transfer all my notes?  Hmmmm. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would suggest having a different book or library-related dress-up day each day that week. Not all your kids will participate, and you'll have to make sure they conform to the school dress code, but the kids at my middle school really love an excuse to dress up. Even something as simple as crazy sock day ("Go crazy for reading/books/libraries!") will get a surprising amount of participation.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Other ideas:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Reading builds character (dress up as your favorite character from a book)
Read for your future (dress up as what you want to be when you grow up)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, good for you trying to build the library program back up. I've been in that position, and it's an uphill battle, but the rewards are well worth it!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have a website, that I hate. It's completely idiot-proof, so I have no ability to change anything other than the words.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We also have a facebook page, which I just started about a month ago, and I'm loving playing with it, and using that as my primary updating tool.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Oh, I love this one! Hm.. maybe promote books that have had movies / TV shows made from them?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We are contemplating using facebook as most of our parents and students are using that. We also use Destiny Quest which allows students to login and friend other students, make  book recommendations and to send messages, reviews, etc. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I also maintain two webpages- one that is connected directly to our on line catalog and another using wordpress that introduces the library and our services and activities.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We've tried a variety of the above activities that seem to work if you mix them around and do something a little different each year. One year we decorated the classroom doors highlighting the classes favorite book. We also had a book parade, where teachers dressed up as their favorite characters. Kids really got a kick out of that one. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One year we tried to have a monthly reading theme to get students interested in reading.  They had to respond to a reading prompt or a book prompt that was presented. All submissions went into a hat and our principal dressed up as willy wonka and awarded a chocolate prize. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Each month a grade or class was responsible for coming up with a bulletin board in the main hall that was based on a reading strategy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I should say that as that this was a whole lit team that worked on this of which I was a part of. I was responsible for two bulletin boards, pr, and getting students interested in participating. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One year I took digital picture of students reading their favorite books and posting them on a bulletin board that said, MEMS students read.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;During Banned Book Week I did the same thing- Students chose their favorite Banned Book and they stood beside a large sign MEMS Students read Banned Books.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Talk to your principal and tie it into information is free week and the amnesty idea I had for that. FOr every day they do not watch tv (verified by parents) they can eliminate their fines by x amount.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A police/fire dispatcher&lt;/strong&gt;. We answer all sorts of questions everyday and elicit responses from library users based upon our questioning skills. I would be a natural and I could wear a uniform and not have to worry about what to wear to work. Except for working the evening shift.--that I would not like, but I would for once be affiliated with a department that has clout and support in my city!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hey, library gamer, that's a neat idea regarding the Ning account! I think I might steal that from you as I prepare for Teen Tech week too :)I work in two different libraries; one where I'm a temporary YA Librarian (absolutely love my job) and I'm also a reference assistant at a small public library. The library where I'm a temporary librarian, we use Facebook primarily for giving our fans the scoop on major library events plus sharing photos and the occassional "did you know" post. If anyone wants to check out our Facebook and give some advice, please feel free! The link is: &lt;a href="http://hr-hr.facebook.com/pages/Newport-RI/Newport-Public-Library-Rhode-Island/77838903528?ref=mf" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://hr-hr.facebook.com/pages/Newport-RI/Newport-Public-Library-Rhode-Island/77838903528?ref=mf&lt;/a&gt; We don't use Twitter or Flickr as far as I know. The cool thing about Newport library is that everyone is involved in posting on Facebook, not just the website manager or the reference head. Everyone is invited to meetings and social software trainings and everyone's opinion is heard and discussed, which is terrific. At my other library, we use multiple social networking tools...Flickr, Twitter, Facebook, blogging, etc...but, the reference department is in charge of posting for the most part. We just added multiple administrators to our Facebook fan page account, so more than one person from each department can post. Unlike Nepwort, I don't need approval from the director to create a separate Facebook account for teens (if I wanted to do so). There are huge pros and cons to that...but anyway, I'm rambling. What does everyone think of social networking and libraries? Good, bad, can get ugly? Pointless? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Publisher's Rep anyone?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Why aren't we looking at ourselves as "knowledge management" executives rather than simply "information (retrieval) specialists?"&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would be an urban farmer or a community bicycle mechanic.  How would my library background help me?  Well, I have no previous formal training in either of these fields, but have learned that the power of information available for free in libraries can help me learn to do anything I want to.  Also, bringing community members together for a common cause, building connections between them, and organizing available skill and information sharing are all skills I employ in my current position that would come in handy when maximizing the potential efforts of a hardworking community. 
But I would continue to draw comics on the side... after all, it was my major.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My (now ex-) sister-in-law gave me a book when I graduated from Library School, called &lt;em&gt;Careers for Bookworms &amp;amp; Other Literary Types&lt;/em&gt;. My copy is from the 1990s, but it looks like there is a more recent edition on Amazon: &lt;a href="http://bookwormcareers.notlong.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://bookwormcareers.notlong.com&lt;/a&gt;... or check your local OPAC or OCLC - but you knew that. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It lists careers in Libraries (Chapter 1), Book Publishing, Magazines and Newspapers, Glamour Industries (my favorite category), The Education World, Research Jobs, The Public Sector, The Private Sector, etc. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To answer the question personally, I've been fantasizing about becoming the Librarian at America's Test Kitchen - they showed the Library on one show, but it wouldn't meet your criteria of not moving out of state. And I don't think I can handle the Massachusetts climate again after 14 years in California!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Don't forget about private/special libraries like government, corporate, legal, and medical, too! You don't always need special subject knowledge before entering the field. Most of us are intelligent enough to pick up the lingo pretty quickly.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would peg Sherwood Smith's &lt;em&gt;Inda&lt;/em&gt; series as similar, except it is fantasy instead of sci-fi.  It features a boy who goes to military academy and turns out to be something of a military genius, and then there is the banishment, pirates, ghosts, politics, sword-fighting, etc.  I found it to be quite engaging.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A mom! It's the best job in the world after a librarian of course!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Interior designer or Clutter Clobberer.  Even before cataloging I had a knack for organizing, visualizing, and following the idea of a place for everything and everything in its place.  I go into some spaces and think... just give me an hour and I could make this so much more pleasant and functional.  In fact, a reference librarian asked me to straighten her office.  I did.  Then she couldn't find anything because all the 3 foot high piles were gone. Too funny!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Professional Organizer: That is a large part of what I do with digital collections and any committees I am on. I just get everything together and sorted so others may find it easily. I love labeling things, describing them (yeah metadata!). &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Board member of a non-profit: Again, it's the organization and ability to find out information I need. I've had to handle the political climate in libraries, so I think I could handle craziness at other places, too. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Bookbinder/Repair: I would open my own shop to repair others' books, and create my own art books. First job I had in a library was in the conservation lab, oh how I loved being a book doctor!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I work in a small academic library. We keep lots of scrap paper around and we have pens attached to the desks by the computers and at the reference desk. We have a stapler at the reference desk and at circulation that students can borrow. If they need a paper clip or rubber band we can usually provide it. 
Printing and photcopying they have to pay for. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I work at a community college right now, but my dream job is to work in a public library (adult services/reference). I've done volunteer work and an internship at public libraries, in cataloging and reference.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you've made the switch, what skills/experiences do you think helped you the most? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you are in a management position at a public library, what skills or traits would make you consider hiring an academic librarian?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our regional director recently had lunch with our town manager. She, the town manager, asked him, our library director, "What makes librarians so different?" She implied that we had different thought processes. Are we really that different? Do we have a different thought process from the general population? Maybe this will help us when we are trying to communicate what we do with our town manager.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Wow, I find myself in the "made the switch" category, but I'm not sure how to answer the question.  I'll try to make sense.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Flexibility is probably the most important thing for me, though I don't know if you'd consider that a skill.  In this I mean that you never really know what you're going to get when someone approaches the desk.  In academia you gain a feel for assignments and professor's expectations.  It's not that your time becomes rote, but there's a natural rise and fall to the school year.  In public libraries, that's not there.  Yes, there are certain questions that you come to expect (Tax info from Jan-Apr, the guy who always calls in for the spelling of a word, the price of an ounce of gold, the exact date and time of solstice and equinox), but for the most part, everyone has his or her own problem and requires a unique pattern of thought and response.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, it helps to be able to go with the flow when you wear many hats.  You drop whatever you're doing when someone needs something.  Not that I think this is unique to public libraries.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I miss having the time to spend with a student, to really work through a problem.  My present position simply doesn't allow it.  I always enjoyed the "fellow traveler" aspect.  Now I feel more like a guide post.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure this isn't a little TOO adult (great hook!), and it starts with some statistics of all things, but...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A Journal of the Plague Year&lt;/strong&gt; by &lt;em&gt;Daniel DeFoe&lt;/em&gt;. Yeah, the "Robinson Crusoe" guy. All sorts of novels start with a deadly plague dropping people in the streets. 'Cept DeFoe's not really writing fiction....&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Robert in San Diego&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There's not much romance in "Titus Andronicus" by Shakespeare, but WARNING it's gruesome.
Also try Richard III, and then afterwards have him read "Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of Richard III" by Horace Walpole.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Outside of catalogers (just kidding, sort of) I don'tthink we are that different. We perhaps have a higher developed sense of organization or love of the book. But I have a feeling that most of the public really perceives librarians as circulation people and don't really understand the breadth of the job. I know even in school libraries we get asked questions like "Do the fines pay your salary?" I think that there really isn't anything different except for those of us who look at a soup can and think 641.5 or it's equivalent in LoC. But those of us who think in Cutter numbers? Wow, they are out there! :)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I work in public library in central London (UK). We lend pens, rulers, staplers, hole punches for use in the library. There's scrap paper for customers to use; very few ask for more than this. We don't give away folders, envelopes etc (can't afford them for ourselves anyway). Scissors are a recent sore point - we didn't until recently lend them because of the risk of them being used as weapons or to deface books. Now, because of this case &lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8276243.stm" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8276243.stm&lt;/a&gt; we have to. We hand out children's safety scissors instead - they do the job! and no-one's walked off with a bright pink plastic pair yet. Incidently, the case reported was only featured for one day on the BBC and no other news media picked it. Also, if you think we're paranoid in London, look at this &lt;a href="http://www.thecnj.com/camden/2008/031308/news031308_04a.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.thecnj.com/camden/2008/031308/news031308_04a.html&lt;/a&gt; Our managers are obviously much more interested in reacting to "bad" publicity from the first article than dealing with the ongoing threats we face at work, as reported in the second, older article.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You could also have the cart sponsored by a local business, preferably one that SCREAMS IN COMMERCIALS LATE AT NIGHT!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm thinking "Crazy Eddie's Stereo Superstore" without the securities fraud.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Someone just came into the library the other day and asked if anyone could suggest a local book bindery, to restore an antique book.  There doesn't appear to be one in the state!  With my MLIS in conjunction with my fine art degree, I could easily repair damaged old books, or branching out, operate as a conservator in any of our local museums.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Many of the responses here are spot on. I've found that a lot of [male] teens at my library enjoy anything by Eoin Colfer, Scott Westerfeld and the Cirque de Freak series. Also, books in the paranormal or science fiction category with a leading male character are popular. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My book is soon to be released. I have copies to give to libray's. If you are interested, let me know. here is my web site link. just email me for a book any time. &lt;a href="http://www.notallprisonshavebars.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.notallprisonshavebars.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Trouble by Schmidt.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Fourteen-year-old Henry, wishing to honor his brother Franklin's dying wish, sets out to hike Maine's Mount Katahdin with his best friend and dog, but fate adds another companion--the Cambodian refugee accused of fatally injuring Franklin--and reveals troubles that predate the accident.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Interesting family dynamics and mixed feelings, along with cultural misunderstandings. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Gone&lt;/em&gt; by Michael Grant (first in the series): In the blink of an eye, everyone disappears. Gone. Everyone except for the young. Teens. Middle schoolers. Toddlers. But not a single adult. No teachers, no cops, no doctors, no parents. Gone, too, are the phones, internet, and television. There is no way to get help. 
Hunger threatens. Bullies rule. A sinister creature lurks. Animals are mutating. And the teens themselves are changing, developing new talents-unimaginable, dangerous, deadly powers-that grow stronger by the day. 
It's a terrifying new world. Sides are being chosen and war is imminent.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Grounding of Group 6&lt;/em&gt; by Julian F. Thompson: Arriving at what they believe is an exclusive school, five sixteen-year olds are unaware that they have been sent there to be exterminated and that their teacher is a murderer for hire.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This one scared the crap out of me, as I read it just days after I found out my parents were considering sending me to boarding school.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't know if it's valid or not, but Avast names &lt;em&gt;five&lt;/em&gt; malicious scripts on dywhcomic.com -- so don't expect them to unblock it anytime soon.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Just my observation from trying it a moment ago, I know nothing about the site.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think that we can be more analytical - especially regarding where information comes from (side note: librarian friends and I were playing a trivia game and at about the same time all asked, "What's their source?" Lolz all around). We perhaps have a greater appreciation of organization and consistency, although I wouldn't say that for all librarians. I think we're also the only people who even consider/ponder availability and access of information, which I don't know if that can be summed up in a single adjective. I think to some degree we are different, but so are doctors, engineers, chefs, etc. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In short: analytical, organized, and concerned about information. Maybe.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;An ARC of &lt;strong&gt;Will Grayson, Will Grayson&lt;/strong&gt; by John Green and David Levithan. Enjoying it greatly—it's making me chortle on the subway—but it's also painful, as it's a very accurate description of being depressed and/or isolated in high school.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Next up is the most recent trade collection of the &lt;strong&gt;Fables&lt;/strong&gt; comic book series. Looking forward to it, as fairy tale characters in Manhattan=awesome.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How long before the end of the school year do you want all books to be back (a few days, a week, two weeks, more)? Have you had to change it, over the years, because of particular problems?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I just finished &lt;em&gt;Al Capone Does My Shirts&lt;/em&gt; by Gennifer Choldenko wich is a GREAT book by the way. I'm starting &lt;em&gt;Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception&lt;/em&gt; by Maggie Stiefvater.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;First week of June.  That is early enough to hunt down offenders if we need to but late enough that most of the classes are done.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I work in a public library, so the books that are commonly checked out with &lt;em&gt;The Hunger Games&lt;/em&gt; are &lt;em&gt;Unwind&lt;/em&gt; by Neil Gaiman, the &lt;em&gt;Twilight&lt;/em&gt; series by Stephanie Meyer, the &lt;em&gt;Mortal Instruments&lt;/em&gt; series by Cassandra Clare, the &lt;em&gt;Immortals&lt;/em&gt; series by Alyson Noel, the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan, and the other series by Suzanne Collins &lt;em&gt;The Underland Chronicles&lt;/em&gt;. This is just from my observation as I have only read some of these. I also think you would be the better judge of if these were appropriate for your students.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My favorite book as a child was &lt;em&gt;I am a Bunny&lt;/em&gt; by Richard Scary. It's a board book and my aunt gave it to me before I was 3 I think. Another book that she can grow with and encourages imagination is &lt;em&gt;Not a Box&lt;/em&gt; by Antoinette Portis. She has also written &lt;em&gt;Not a Stick&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;A Penguin Story&lt;/em&gt;. My 6 year old sister LOVES these. Other good ones are The &lt;em&gt;Runaway Bunny&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Goodnight moon&lt;/em&gt; and can be found as board books.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We had been using two weeks before the end of the year but have been forced to move to one week due to curriculum. We have a couple of teachers who force the students to check out the novels for units and teach up to the last week. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Do you provide teachers and/or students with Information Literacy workshops? If so, how many a year, when in the year, and about which topics? If not, why not?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I would love to get more involved in that part of my job (i.e. educating students and teachers about research techniques, internet safety, copyright/plagiarism, etc...) but I'm not quite sure where to begin. Some teachers here would be interested, though I know they are pressed for time so I'm looking for amazing ideas that will just draw them out and into the LMC :D  Same reasoning for students ;)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our public library blocks check-out and internet access at $10, but not internal database use.  We also sell 1-hour internet passes to non-cardholders, and if someone owes us a lot but has the $3 on hand, they can purchase a pass.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This school is super lenient: the Monday of the last week of school&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have had a few parents in with their young girls (8-10) who wanted to read Twilight but their parents were concerned about them being a bit too young for the series. I recommended a few Juvenile Vampire novels like Vampire Brat by Angie Sage and the Vampirates series by Justin Somper, but I was looking for some that may have more of a romance angle, but for younger readers. I don't think they necessarily have to be about vampires, but a light romance for 8-10 year olds or any vampire novels for that age. 
Any suggestions? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Fall back to one of your other skills, build it up and get up-to date with it. For me, it'd be technical writing, technical support or graphic design.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Let's see I stumbled across this site:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.michelehauf.com/vampchild.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.michelehauf.com/vampchild.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;its for children and young adults so you might have to double check what age the recs are for. But it should give you some good ideas. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Kissing Coffins is by Ellen Schreiber and has romance - I read a review by a nine year old but I believe the book is rated for grade 7. But some kids are more mature than others. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I shall edit if I come across more ideas. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My Sister the Vampire by Sienna Mercer ages 8-12 series of at least 5 books in the series
Sucks To Be Me: The All-true Confessions Of Mina Hamilton, Teen Vampire (maybe) Author: Kimberly Pauley ages 10 and up
V is for Vampire  by Adele Griffin&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ages 8-12
Thirst No. 1: The Last Vampire, Black Blood, Red Dice  by Chrisopher Pike 
Touched by a Vampire by Mallory Hoffman
Vampire Heart  by J Calchman&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;These resources may also help they are aimed at young adults but there may be some ideas:
&lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/main_page.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/main_page.htm&lt;/a&gt;
http://teenfiction.suite101.com/article.cfm/vampire_books_for_teens
&lt;a href="http://www.connectedyouth.org/books/index.cfm?booklist=vampires" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.connectedyouth.org/books/index.cfm?booklist=vampires&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For ideas I did a google search for Vampire books for children, and did a search on amazon.ca on vampire books - children  then selected the right age grouping. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Good luck hope these help.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This may sound trite, but when I tell concerned parents that the author is Mormon, they are usually less concerned. It is usually the sexual content of YA material that worries them, IMHO, and Meyer's writing reflects her religious beliefs.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;May: weekly overdue reminders instead of biweekly, including what the charge will be if items aren't returned. (We do $15 for paperback, $25 for hardcover, and cost of item + $10 for video, DVD, technology items and unusually pricy art books. The high paperback cost is because most of ours are trade paper editions, not mass market.) &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Last week of classes: reminder in our daily bulletin&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Last day of classes: everything due back&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Finals week: a list of "You have items still checked out - check in the library to avoid being billed!" (names of students only, no titles) posted in the student lounges for each grade and the main doors. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We have an awards ceremony the Wednesday after finals that all students attend, so we do last ditch reminder calls on that Tuesday, too. Our billing goes to our business office at the end of finals: anything returned after that we communicate to them as needed to have the charge removed. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We do generally allow students to check items out over the summer as long as they aren't graduating, but they need to tell us that when they check it out (we then set an extra long due date, so it's obvious that's the case.) These generally need to be new items, not something they've had out for months.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It's a certain amount of work, but it strikes the right balance for us between having clear limits and being able to get our billing done fairly quickly. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Re the great Ben Hillman series: there is a fourth book, How Strong Is It? One of the more surprise-filled books, it's marvelously illustrated (like the others) and a really great read, with everything from shark bites to spider string! Highly Recommended!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We start putting a note on our school blog the beginning of May that lets parents know the end of the school year is coming..&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Kindergarten books are due 3 weeks before the end of school. All other student materials are due two weeks before the last day.  We do allow students to take out and keep items until the last day, on a case by case. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;When we do this we usually get them back before the last day of school. When we didn't do this we didn't get them back.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The last week of school, we check books out for the summer to students in gr 5-7.  If they want to take books out for the summer they have to be in good standing, meaning everything from the school year has to be returned or paid for.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Teacher materials are due a week before the last day.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We do mail out bills before the end of school so parents know a head of time what their children are responsible for.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I do provide teachers with inservice. Our teachers are pretty strapped for time. I put information in our morning bulletin, in the school blog, and I send emails. Last year with the support of admin I offered 4 inservice- after school, before school and during half day inservice time. The teacher workshops all revolved around using our on line catalog, online databases, and web searches.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have worked with teachers to incorporate workshops for in-class teaching on the following topics: plagiarism, web searches, online use, writing reviews and recommendations for our on line catalog. Scheduling sometimes makes thing very difficult.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I also approach teachers with ideas for teaming with them- I also give book talks using powerpoints and on line resource lists.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You might send out a survey asking teachers what they would like or list the topics you think you could share and have teachers rate them by importance. You could also approach admin with a list of topics based on the ALA/AASL 21st Century librarian document. Work with the teachers that are interested first.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I just read The Birth House By Ami McKay, which was quite good. It had a predictable plot, but the historical setting - Canada in the early 1900's, specifically the Halifax explosion of 1917 made it more compelling. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have just started a juvenile fiction book called Word Nerd by Susin Nielsen. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;1) bookseller, 2) duh
1) museum information desk attendent 2) i was a museum librarian for 14 years
1) archivist 2) organizational and classification experience
1) information management/consulting via blog that develops advertising base then expands to IT website and, shortly thereafter, is bought by one of the big internet conglomerates for millions 2) i can dream...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I read this book sometime in the 70's. It began with a few children in a hospital or institution-like setting. They were all ill or something and orphans. They are transported to a world filled with intelligent fantasy creatures and I think the dragons were good. They all got better too. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A Lee Martinez there are really funny and takes and gener and turns it on its head,each book get more better then the last one/ thoughtfull(stealth philosphy)or at least less swearing(or better funnier swearing depending on how you look at it)
&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Lee_Martinez" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Lee_Martinez&lt;/a&gt;
Gil's All Fright Diner&lt;br&gt;
In the Company of Ogres 
A Nameless Witch
The Automatic Detective&lt;br&gt;
Too Many Curses 
Monster&lt;br&gt;
Divine Misfortune &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For a craft idea, what about chain mail? My group of friends runs a booth at the local renaissance faire every year where we teach children as young as 3 to make chain mail. There are tutorials available online here: &lt;a href="http://www.mailleartisans.org/weaves/subcat.cgi?mode=cat&amp;amp;key=1" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.mailleartisans.org/weaves/subcat.cgi?mode=cat&amp;amp;key=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You can use cheap jewelry jump rings for materials. There are other possibilities that will be more durable, but they're more expensive. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A few of the books that I have read to older kids (and adults) that have been huge hits with lots of laughs are Bubba the Cowboy Prince: A Fractured Texas Tale by Helen Ketterman and Big Plans by Bob Shea. I also like to read Flossie and the Fox by Patricia McKissack. These books allow for the reader to get creative and interactive! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I might be an editor.  I have a reputation at my library and they often ask me to proofread newsletters and booklists they want to send out to the public.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Heroics for Beginners by John Moore has a lot of the same "breaking the fourth wall" poking fun at standard genre tropes. So far, IMO, it's the best of the books he's done; the others are similar, but they feel more self-conscious.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;ETA: Also, and I can't believe I didn't remember him to begin with, Simon R. Green! He kind of splits the difference between Pratchett and Gaiman. His stuff is a bit darker than Pratchett's, but has the same dry British sort of humor.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've been reading an e-ARC of Inside Out by Maria Snyder that I think would be really appealing to fans of The Hunger Games. It's due out April 1st. So far I haven't found any content that would cause a problem in my middle school.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Trella is a scrub. She, and hundreds of thousands of scrubs like her, are crammed into the lower levels of Inside, cleaning, maintaining, and making sure everything runs smoothly for the privileged uppers, while trying to avoid any action that would draw the attention of the Pop Cops. When Trella's friend brings her to meet yet another prophet, she just intends to warn him off taking advantage of people. But this prophet is different. He claims to have the location of Gateway, the mythical opening that will let them leave Inside. When Trella sets out to prove him wrong, afraid to believe that her life can change, she has no idea just how much it's about to. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Information Access!  Even catalogers worry about it, in a cataloger kind of way.  Think about our rants, our worries, and our personal missions, and it almost always can be distilled down to maximizing access to information.  We take differing approaches and sometimes hold conflicting beliefs about how to achieve it, but the goal is there.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Sorry, I would have made this a comment on applecake's answer, but I can't.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We've talked about what we are reading and how we are keeping track of what we read but I didn't see a post asking why we read what we do.  I think we read for a multitude of  reasons.  I read because I want to be transported, entertained, educated and enthralled. Is there more to choosing a book or an author than that? If so what is it? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Do we define ourselves by what we enjoy reading? Is it part of the validation we crave for thoughts and feelings that we can’t quite articulate, but recognize when a writer magically projects an image on a page?" I did not write this but it really got me thinking the "why" of it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;When I was a child, I read for pleasure and to escape to a magical world, travel to a distant place, or experience a different time. As an adult I read for all of those reasons and even more but I'm not so sure I can articulate it. Can anyone? Can you?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Most of my reading these days is to endeavor to understand the world (and myself) better. Often that's through nonfiction, but I love how often I truly learn something new through fiction.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;80% for my own reasons, 20% so I can give better reader advisories (EG anything outside my favorite genres).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Alternatively 66% pleasure, 33% learning (eg work related).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Having worked in a library for approaching 15 years, these days I keep a list of things to read. The contents of it vary amongst:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Classics that I just haven't gotten around to, &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Recommendations from patrons that are outside my prefered genres, but they were &lt;strong&gt;so&lt;/strong&gt; excited.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Non-Fiction on anything that looks interesting or edifying,&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The newest D&amp;amp;D book,&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Any books for which I've seen the movie, and the movie was better then decent,&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Science Fiction, humor or Fantasy that:
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Has a cool cover/title,&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;New by an author I like,&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Been recommended by anybody,&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Pretty much any other reason no matter how flimsy.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The list grows FAR faster then I have time to reduce it. Especially when I start in on a humongous epic series (EG Otherland, Wheel of time, or whatever).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Assuming both are out which do consume first? Read the book first so that the character's character isn't spoiled by the movie? Or movie first so it's easier to picture the characters while reading the book?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For many years I read the book first, as the book is almost always better, and and hollywood's special effects rarely matched up w/ my imagination.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Recently I've had a change of heart, and now I usually go for whichever is considered worse first. My rational being that if I watch (usually) or read the worse version first, I won't be as disappointed in it not standing up to the quality of the &lt;strike&gt;book&lt;/strike&gt; other.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;(I am not a librarian) however, I have worked with individuals with disabilities for over 30 years. Yes, many of these individuals have asked personal and very inappropriate questions. "Can I be your boyfriend"?, "Will you go out to Burger King with me?" "I like you, you're pretty" are just a few. The easiest way to dissuade these questions is to &lt;strong&gt;"redirect"&lt;/strong&gt; the individual. Some individuals with developmental disabilities do not know how to socialize appropriately.No matter how many times you try to teach proper social skills, they just do not 'get it". Then there the others that know better, and need to be corrected.Lastly the ones that just plain forget and need lots of reminders. So what to do? You can be vague like Anne says (therefore acknowledging them as people)and immediately go into your "library mode", "So, can I help you find a book about dogs?" If you know that the person 'knows better" You &lt;strong&gt;can&lt;/strong&gt; ask "Is that an appropriate question to ask a stranger?" (As part of the community, you are also a role model). As far a the care-providers are concerned, that is difficult. A good care-provider, chaperon, job coach, community leader or whoever is there to also "redirect". It is their job for goodness sake to teach or reinforce appropriate social skills and be on top of the poor ones. I have had my share of OMG questioning, screaming, book throwing, magazine tearing clients through the years. It is up to the care-provider to anticipate and act upon it immediately.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Honestly it is going to sound pompous but the truth is it is very rare for a book I am interested in reading to make it to the movies without me having read it. Even the fastest of turn arounds is a year at the least and that is enough time to read the book. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If I haven't read it before it is made into a movie, I'll watch the movie first and decide if it is worth my time to read it. Incidentally, there are a few movies that I liked better than the book. The example that comes to mind is The Notebook, which I enjoyed a lot more than I thought I would as a movie, but the book was just not for me. I am glad I read it for readers advisory purposes, but I doubt I will read another of his books. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hope these help:
Momentum is your Friend by John Kumaskie -- father takes his two young sons on a bike tour across most of the US. Watermelon, roadkill, bufalo attacks, flat tires and lots of light saber battles. Unfortunately, I think this sucker hasn't shrunk to paperback yet (some facilities discourage hard bindings).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Spokesongs by Willie Weir (bicycle touring stories, available in paperback).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Not QUITE non-fiction, but Scott Rice has a few compilations from the Bulwar-Lytton Writing Contest floating about.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's Online Pioneers by Tom Standage.
Robert in San Diego&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If the behavior is socially inapppropriate, our staff will also redirect, or ask the person about something they like to talk about.  When behavior is actually against the rules or blatantly inappropriate (eg. we had an adult who pulled down his pants) we have to bring in the caregiver.  We will make sure the caregiver stays with the group or the person's charge, as we tell them that we are not experts and in an emergency the particular needs of this one person cannot be our focus.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If they are children with special needs all of our unattended children policies fall into place.  We host special tours and do special storytimes for groups of children with special needs, as we want to offer something fun.  We generally try to build a relationship with the caregiver or the agency and go from there.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We only have had once incident I know of where a group lost control and the Librarian ended up getting pulled into a physical fight.  We told that caregiver he could not bring the group back until he brought more adults to care for them and keep them safe.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hope these help:
Momentum is your Friend by John Kumaskie -- father takes his two young sons on a bike tour across most of the US. Watermelon, roadkill, bufalo attacks, flat tires and lots of light saber battles. Unfortunately, I think this sucker hasn't shrunk to paperback yet (some facilities discourage hard bindings).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Spokesongs by Willie Weir (bicycle touring stories, available in paperback).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Not QUITE non-fiction, but Scott Rice has a few compilations from the Bulwar-Lytton Writing Contest floating about.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's Online Pioneers by Tom Standage.
Robert in San Diego&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;dDear Bookpeople:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If the reader in question likes the military historical fiction stuff, you might send him down to the inactive stacks to see if the library has any of the collections of "&lt;strong&gt;Brigadier Gerard&lt;/strong&gt;" short stories by &lt;em&gt;Sir Arthur Conan Doyle&lt;/em&gt;. Napoleonic Wars action-adventure -- with some sexual content (Doyle doesn't show much, but he makes it plain his protagonist has an active sex life).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Robert in San Diego&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Librarians:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Think beyond the books! Is it possible to have a "board game night" during one of the TV-free week days? Checkers or Scrabble tournament? I THINK Dover Publications had some puppet theater stages you could order. -- but I don't know how that would mesh with your existing stocks of dramatic materials. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Maybe as a warm up you could ask them to log their TV-watching and other media habits the week before, during, and the week after?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Robert in San Diego&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Bookpeople:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Way better than my idea: "Rover" from the TV series "The Prisoner."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Maybe a new picture each month -- "Which Rover Am I?"&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Robert Leone&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Bookpeople:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Not a series, but I can recommend&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Babel 17 by Samuel P. Delany&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Strong female protagonist, interstellar space warfare, information theory (!) and lots of action. It's short, and I don't believe there was a sequall, so  It might be a bit adult, but it'll hold even a voracious, high-speed high-comprehension reader like my nephew for a day.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Bookpeople:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also not quite like Ender's Game, as the protagonist is an adult emeshed in his career, but&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Space Merchants by Pohl and Kornbluth&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;has space action, moral choices, etc.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Heinlein might also work.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Robert in San Diego&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Bookpeople:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;IF you've a teen reader who complains the books you offer are "too easy," I can whole-heartedly recommend&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Worm Ouroboros&lt;/strong&gt; by &lt;em&gt;E. R. Eddison&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;as the toughest bit of vocabulary-stretching nastiness with a fast-moving, high action plot. Battles. Basilisk attcks. Adjective abuse. The man writes like he was using the Oxford English Dictionary's raw research material as a pocket thesauraus. I once diagramed a sentence, removed three or four clauses and prepositional phrases, and still ended up with the King of the Pixies knocking out the King of Witchland with a thrown goblet during the SECOND ambush of the evening. I said it was a high-action plot.  The nicest assessments I've ever seen of Eddison's stuff is "flawed masterpiece." Tell the boy this will make even the most hard-core English teacher give up despair if it's a book review topic. Trivia: Both C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien had read Eddison before they wrote their own better-known fantasies.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Robert "used to read them rough until I got better" in San Diego&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Bookople:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Ender's Game' by Orson Scott Card was originally a novella or novelette in Analog a LONG time ago. I think it might be too long or too difficult to get reprint rights for the short version, though.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I don't have a specific title in mind, but some of Cordwainer Smith's stuff might work. I'm also thinking of Lord Dunsany, what luscious prose, but I don't recall any specific stories. Ambrose Bierce wrote some genuinely suspenseful stuff -- "Moxon's Master" is a chess pllaying robot story.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"A Municipal Report" by O. Henry is just awesome. As in "THIS is O. Henry?" awesome. However, it treats racial issues, so it might cause controversey right there.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you'd like something that sends up collector mania, I can wholeheartedly recommend "Baxter's 'Procrustes'" by Charles Chesnutt. I believe it's now in the Public Domain. Many of Chesnutt's other stories have "regional dialect" issues, although I like "The Wife of His Youth."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps.  Robert in San Diego&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Several times, I've been inspired to borrow a book from the library when I heard someone was making it into a movie! It saves me buying a ticket if I don't like the book, or hear from early reviews that they changed the parts I liked.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Usually I'd read it first.  That way I can moan about how the movie ruined it!  :)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Seriously, in some cases (the original Dune movie, to a lesser extent Watchmen maybe) I don't know how you'd be able to follow the movie &lt;em&gt;without&lt;/em&gt; reading the book!  Only one movie's ever exceeded my internal vision of a book anyway, and that's the Lord of the Rings series.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also you have cases we had this Christmas when a local movie theater suggested to one of our branches they put up a display of Sherlock Holmes books to cross-promote with the movie.  I don't know if they did so, but I really have a hard time thinking that the fans of either form would be much interested in the other.  The two are worlds apart from each other.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't think we're that different, but often perceived as such.   These days, it's hard for some of the public to get the idea we're not just 'guardians' of antiquated technology,  ie books.  Some people I meet are truly amazed when they find out we have internet access, DVDs, CDs, ebooks, do programming, etc.  Even graphic novels sometimes are a surprise.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The question also reminds me about our former director, who was the only city department head asked during a city budget meeting to justify the existence of her department - you know - "Now that we have Google," by a City Councilman.  He later said he did it just so &lt;em&gt;others&lt;/em&gt; could get an idea of what we did.  Yeah.  Right.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We need to be better at marketing what libraries do.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I read this book when I was in my teens, which would have been early to mid 80s. I thought it was called "Through An Open Door." It was about a teenage girl who was psychic. In particular, I remember a scene where she advised her relative/friend to get off a ferris wheel at a fair, they did and the seat they had been sitting broke off the ferris wheel.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That's all I can remember in particular. Thanks for any help.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hmmm, sort of sounds like Into the Dream by Sleator. Take a peek:
&lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/title/into-the-dream/oclc/4497637" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.worldcat.org/title/into-the-dream/oclc/4497637&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'd love to use social networks for the library, but every single one is blocked by the district. I have been thinking of getting the principal's permission to open one and update it from my home... this thread is helping me get courage to actually go do it! :D&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would be a professional genealogist (and hope my husband was still employed so I could get reasonable health insurance.)  As a Special Collections Librarian, it is the part of my job I like the best and I think I'm pretty good at it.   Or, I might find a job (or volunteer) organizing the shopping carts in the parking lot of my local supermarket - I do so hate to see them in such disarray :-)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I switched from being a Special Collections Librarian in a university library to being Reference/Special Collections Librarian in a small public library about 8 years ago, and have never regretted it.  The most useful skills I brought with me were the knowledge of resources (both paper and electronic) and a sense of the bigger picture in terms of what's out there in library land.  I also had made a number of connections with people that I still use all these years later.  I do miss the interaction with grad students and faculty, at times.  At first, I missed having the larger collection to gather information from, but with electronic databases and resources expanding each year, and better ILL systems available to me now, that becomes less and less of an issue.  I feel more valued and appreciated in this setting and really enjoy being a part of this community, which includes people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds.  It's challenging sometimes, but fun every day.&lt;br&gt;
I would only make one warning - it's probably easier to switch to public than to get back into academic should you decide you want to go back at some point.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would like to put a picture up on my profile instead of the (otherwise very nice looking) default geometrical logo. When I go to my profile to change the pic, it links me to Gravatar... Is that really the only way for me to put up a personal picture? I really do not want to sign up to a website that I will never use again. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks for the help!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In terms of Unshelved, this would be largely equivalent to a slightly clueless user wandering in and asking a reference question of Buddy, instead of going to a clearly marked Reference and/or Information desk... &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If the question was "where are the books on recombinant DNA?" and Buddy steered the person straight to the section with books on DNA instead of pointing him at the reference librarian where a quick reference interview would reveal that the person actually wanted a biography of Watson and Crick (or something similarly unrelated to their stated question).  The person might be able to find the book they wanted in that section, but not if the biographies are shelved separately. So in the end, the person was not served, even though Buddy thought he was being helpful.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;How do reference librarians (you lot with the genuine MLIS degrees) deal with this at work? Patrol looking for clueless wanderers, like salespeople out for commissions? Or just tell Buddy very firmly not to do that in the future?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think we're different.  We understand the importance of information, we know how to find it, and we're not satisfied with only one answer.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My job depends on that difference and the administrative perception of it - that's why they keep me instead of just having a classroom teacher in the library.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Here's a new book from ALA that might help:  &lt;a href="http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=2415" rel="nofollow" title="The Hipster Librarian's Guide to Teen Craft Projects"&gt;"The Hipster Librarian's Guide to Teen Craft Projects"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Obviously I don't know how much time you spend online, but more and more websites allow OpenID integration, and therefore gravatars as well. If you register w/ gravatar, link it to your openID you don't need to fiddle w/ it again yet if you use your openID on another website (be it a blog, some other Q&amp;amp;A site, or whatever) it'll automagically import your gravatar to that site as well. Registering with gravatar is pretty quick and painless, my suggestion would be to just do it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'll chime in here not only as a librarian but as a patron. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It has been my experience in several libraries of all sorts (public, school, academic...) and in all parts of the country (WY, CO, MN, NC and CA), that a lot of reference librarians &lt;em&gt;seem&lt;/em&gt; less approachable than, let's say, a page who is currently shelving (I know that reference librarians really want to help, but between a reference librarian focused on his/her current task (usually with a book or computer) and a page who is amongst the bookshelves and the patrons, you can see why some patrons go to the pages first). &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In my experience working in libraries, some pages are comfortable guiding patrons (either to the shelves they have asked about, or to the reference/circulation desk), and some are not. Guidelines set by management probably vary as well (at the public library where I worked as a page, management totally accepted and even encouraged pages to take initiatives and help patrons). &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Anyway, I guess it depends on:
-managements' rules
-pages' own desires (when management okays their help)
-reference librarians welcoming patrons' request. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When I am working in the shelves (at my library we no longer have a seperate reference section, everyone does everything, pretty much) and someone asks me something which I know the location of (good chance, I have most of the DDS memorized) I'll show them where it is, but I'll make sure and tell them to go and ask at the desk if they don't find exactly what they are looking for. Something like:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Here is the psychology section, but it's pretty a pretty big area. If you can't find what you are looking for, ask at the desk and they can find the exact call number for you.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I began the MLIS program for exactly this reason. I was on a task team to improve our service when a seasoned librarian basically told me to stifle my objections to non-professional staff doing "reference". At that time, years ago, service was still an option in todays public libraries. Upon graduating, however, budget cuts and staff hiring freezes have eliminated all but the basic services at most underfunded libraries. "Ready Reference" was a term I did not understand and am still a bit unclear on. My position, as tenuous as it may be, is that an approachable person who has the answer beats the heck out standing in a line. I'm working as a clerk who began as a shelver who now has her MLIS. Some of our shelvers would rather attempt to answer a question than shelve, but their heart is in the right place. If "Buddy" knows where to send someone looking to browse the cookbooks, great! If "Buddy" remembers to mention that the person at the desk is available for further questions, the patron has been served better than if she/he wandered the stacks unserved.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;As a non-Librarian I think many Librarians (those with MLIS) need to get over the idea that they are the only people qualified to answer reference.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am a library technician and more than capable of doing reference. In fact at my library (it's a private library) the Librarian is also the manager and doesn't have time to do reference interviews and escort people to the subject matter they are interested in. Many pages know the collection just as well as the librarian's and if they directly answer the question asked by the patron what is the problem?  If the patron does not find what they are looking for they will likely ask someone else or go check the catalogue.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As a library patron I think Reference Librarian's need to understand that by sitting at the "clearly labelled" Reference desk they are putting a barrier between themselves and those who require service.  You are assuming that non-library folk understand which questions should be directed to you and which will earn them  scorn (ie. Where's the bathroom)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about "The Cold Equations" by Tom Godwin?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Sorry, for answering my own question, but I think that this might get lost as a comment. We had a lot of these great suggestions, looked closely at them and we liked a lot of them. We ultimately decided to rebel and teach "The Most Dangerous Game" anyway risking official displeasure. We might even bring in "Shades of Grey" by Jasper Fforde as an extension. Thanks for everyone who answered and voted. I really wanted to let you know the final answer. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;To answer the question at hand, yes, Gravatar is it for profile images. We don't control this platform, but I basically agree with their design decisions in these regards. Why add a bunch of code to upload images when a standard, easy, free way to do so exists already? On the user side I'm glad that I just have to upload my profile in one place instead of many, and I wish Twitter, Facebook, et al. used it too.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The chicken!  No, the egg!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If I know there's a book, I usually read the book first, but I'm not going to skip the movie because I haven't read the book yet.  Sometimes the movie inspires me to read the book (Twilight).  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But what I really love is finding books I didn't realize were the basis for movies (Simple Simon by Ryne Douglas Pearson = Mercury Rising with Bruce Willis).  I love looking at what they do to a book to make it a movie (above example, they make the kid younger and Bruce Willis is a white guy (shocking, I know)).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What influences me more with the "voice" of a character, however, is an audio-book.  I think it is because they take longer to unfold than a movie and so I'm stewed longer in that voice.  I can't read a Stephanie Plum novel without hearing Lori Petty in my head.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My library uses Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter.  The reason for all three is that it hits different groups in the community.  Facebook is used by a lot of the 30-40 year olds, and parents, while myspace hits the younger teen\preteen crowd pretty well around here.  We use them to post events\classes\etc...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm primarily responsible for the use\maintaining of the sites, and posting things.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For Public Libraries: Do you charge higher overdue fines for AV materials - DVDs, Audiobooks, etc.?  If you do (and here's what I really want to know) - why?
Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm not an MLISer (yet - 1 year to go) but I did shelve for three years in my undergrad library.  I had people ask me things all the time.  If it was a pretty basic question - "where are the bathrooms", "I'm looking for this book (and the call number is on a piece of paper)", I would answer it.  Not rocket science.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If it was more complex, or I thought it would potentially turn more complex, "I need the books on [insert subject here]" I would walk them down to the reference desk.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think it would be harming for a page to say "Sorry I can't help you" - just seems like it would be very off-turning to patrons who are looking for a quick answer. Sometimes shelvers know the library layout and locations better then the reference staff does, especially with shifting projects and section moves.  It's better to provide some help then no help at all!  This being said, sometimes a patron can get a better answer at the reference desk.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I would probably tell Buddy that it's all right to answer the questions that he can answer, and be sure to always say "You know, you can always ask questions like this at the reference desk and the librarians there will be happy to help you."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For what it's worth, I prefer to watch the movie first, just because I like enjoying things, and I'm less likely to enjoy a movie if I have lots of preconceptions of how it should be. However, whichever I choose to do first, I try to keep them separate in my mind. Books and movies are two very different media, and I respect them for different reasons. Books have a lot more ability to get into all sorts of complicated backstories, subplots, and characterizations, but an author doesn't have to depend on any actor's performance, weather, or the special effects budget. That's not to say they have an easier or harder job than the filmmakers, just a different one, one that allows them a lot more control over the finished piece. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As far as characters go, I've never had my visualization influenced by an actor's appearance. I do tend to start mimicking their voices in my head though. I've only once had trouble reading a book (V for Vendetta) after I'd seen the movie. I do tend to have problems with movies if I've read the books first. Largely because of the plot. Writers have a lot more ability in a novel to make sense of everything with a chapter at the beginning and in a hundred other paragraphs scattered throughout. Movies don't have that ability, at least not to such an extent. And if I read the book first, it's a lot more apparent.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That said, I appreciate having different voices for all of the characters in a book. For whatever reason my auditory imagination is severely limited. :-S&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I tend to want to escape reality sometimes, too. I also fail miserably at articulating things that I understand so implicitly that I take them for granted. My thought processes, my emotions...I live with myself, I'm used to myself, I don't really think about how I work anymore, I just sort of, well...&lt;em&gt;work&lt;/em&gt;. It's the same thing with what I read to a large extent, but I can say this at least.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A decent portion of what I read, I refer to as "brain cleaner." These are books I don't need to think about. I open it up and I'm instantly just along for the ride. Until 3 in the morning. Four hundred pages later. After such a treatment, the jaw should be relatively slack and the thoughts sluggish for several minutes before clearing. I actually tend to think of these as the memory wipes droids in Star Wars need to keep functioning properly, only different.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Some of what I read is for school. I read them because I have to.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Just about everything else I read is for fun, though, for obvious reasons. My idea of fun is being able to think, and to be rewarded for it without being graded. I'll read just about anything, as long as there's a hero. Life's depressing enough without immersing myself in imaginary misery.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Not exactly pitched for middle school, but for older teens and adults who want something like The Hunger Games, I could suggest&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The King Must Die by Mary Renault&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Robert in San Diego&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is for myself - I remember a chapter book from my school library (in the early 80's) about a family who lived out west and performed in a circus.  It was a historical setting - maybe 1890's or a couple of decades later. There may have been other similar books (but not about the same family - not a series) by the same author.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think the opening line may have been about the main street in the western town being named something like "Silk Stocking Street," which the men hated but the ladies thought was elegant, but I may be getting that confused with another book.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I do remember one of the boys in the family getting a haircut by his mother, who put a bowl over his head to cut around.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I know this isn't much to go on, which is why I've been unsuccessful in finding it after all these years - but you Unshelved Answers people are amazing, so I thought I'd give it a try!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Jenny in Columbus, Ohio&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Yes for videos and DVDs, and we do it because of popularity.  It pushes the materials to be returned on time, hit the shelves for about 10 seconds, then get checked out again right away.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our late fees are higher on our DVDs, because we do not use taxpayer funds to purchase them. They are purchased with money received as rental fees and late fines, or if someone were to donate money for DVDs, obviously that would be acceptable too. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For what it is worth, our late fees on DVDs are $1/day, and on all other materials it is $0.05/day, both up to the maximum fine.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our late fees on DVDs and videos is $1.00/day, and on books and other items is $0.10. Without a high late fine, they're just not returned, and waiting lists on the newer releases pile up to quite ridiculously high levels.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our small-town library doesn't have a reference desk. Just the main desk, where we all take a spin, at least once a week, and usually more. And with a small staff, we generally know each other's strengths and weaknesses when it comes to the ability to answer questions. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So if someone were to come ask me a question, and I didn't have the answer, I would know right away who to direct them to for help.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That being said, I'm a cataloger, primarily, and I know our collection better than most of the other staff, even those who've been there a decade longer than I have. I know the DDC pretty well, and if I don't know the exact call number, I still know where in the stacks to find it, because before I was a staff member, I was a very zealous patron. 
Which brings us to my second job: readers advisor. :)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So, no, I don't feel like reference librarians are necessarily the only ones capable of answering a question, or going through a quick reference interview. If you know your library, your patrons, and most of all, your fellow staff members, just about anyone can provide the answers your patrons are looking for.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I can't recall the title either, but I remember a similar book, in which the family is a troupe of traveling magicians. At one point the boy, playing a disembodied head on stage, spots a wanted criminal in the audience and manages to alert the sheriff. Towards the end of the book, they realize they're not moving fast enough to get where they're going - a relative's house? - so they put the cow inside the covered wagon, instead of making her walk.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Give library patrons what they ask for, whether you're a page, a clerk, or a librarian.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A lot of us (librarians) have a problem with this because then there's no reference interview. I believe this is self correcting, though.  Anyone who won't say, "That's not what I want" probably isn't going to be able to help themselves during a reference interview, either.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;At the library system where I work as a sub, the fines for all materials are .10 .&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I believe this leads patrons to keep DVDs past their due date more than they do with books.  The perception is that it's still virtually free, in terms of late fees and rental fees charged by video stores.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Try &lt;strong&gt;Companions of the Night&lt;/strong&gt; by Vivian Vande Velde. It's got the vampires, a lighter dose of romance, no sex, and a main character who's trying to seem grown-up and able to handle anything... which might appeal to youngsters trying to jump to YA.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Actually, when I was twelve, Simon Scarrow's Eagle series really got me hooked into reading on a whole new level. Unfortunately, in retrospect I shouldn't have read them when I was twelve. Still, you could try to take a look at it, for future reference if nothing else. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Regrettably, most authors seem to think, in my experience anyway, that being twelve necessarily means stupid and angsty. I never had any luck with the YA section. Once I got bored with Nancy Drew I just stopped reading until Simon Scarrow grabbed my attention.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;David Garland's written two good books about the American Revolution called &lt;em&gt;Saratoga&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Valley Forge&lt;/em&gt;. Unfortunately, I don't know if he's planning to continue it. From what I remember, they weren't offensive at all.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Bernard Cornwell is also a favorite historical fiction author of mine. Again, I don't know your standards. The Sharpe series (British riflemen in the Napoleonic wars ), doesn't have any graphic sex (that I can think of), and the violence is not overly done, but they ARE violent. Cornwell's also written one book about the American Revolution, and he's announced the second. I think they're a bit more intense than the Sharpe series, but I wouldn't swear too it. The first one's called &lt;em&gt;Redcoat&lt;/em&gt;, the one that's coming out will be called &lt;em&gt;Captivate, Kill, or Destroy&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;C.S. Forrester's Horatio Hornblower, a naval Napoleonic wars series, is great too. It was written in the late nineteenth century, so it's pretty clean all around. More importantly they're entertaining and easy to find.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;David Gemmell isn't historical fiction, but for some reason a lot of historical fiction fans I know, including myself, really love him and his work. It's fantasy, but not replete with magical goings-on. I talk about Scarrow, Gemmell, and Cornwell in more detail in Dewey's list.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Gates of Fire&lt;/em&gt; by Steven Pressfield is an excellent book. It's about the battle of Thermopylae, so of course it's violent. However, it's nothing as bad as the movie. &lt;em&gt;The Eagle in the Snow&lt;/em&gt; by Wallace Breem is set on the bank of the Rhine river right before the fall of the Roman empire.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Rafael Sabatini is amazing. He wrote "historical romances," but the swordfights and general awesomeness make up for what little romance there is. He wrote &lt;em&gt;Captain Blood&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Scaramouche&lt;/em&gt; among others. There are no sex scenes. While they do have fights, they aren't graphic at all. For whatever reason my library doesn't carry him though, which is a real shame. I would gladly read anything by this guy that I could get my hands on.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm sorry, WWI and the American Revolution just aren't my favorite periods. Good luck to you though.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When I was a page I found it frustrating that I could find a book on the shelf a lot faster then the reference staff, but I didn't want to butt in while they were helping someone. An observant page can help immensely with those "it was a blue book about trees" questions. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have some 6th grade boys who loved David Lubar and are looking for other books similar. They just want something laugh out loud funny. I came up with Jack Gantos books - Joey Pigza,  I think some Terry Prachett ones may also fit but I need more.  Help?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our fines for DVDs and VHS used to be higher ($1/day), but was lowered to encourage more people to use the library. It's now the same as the books ($0.30/day). &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There is, however, a "wear and tear fee" of $1.50 to check out adult DVDs and VHS - juvenile titles are free.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;S.O.R. Losers by Avi, and the sequel
I have never had this one fail for the "funny, short, boy-oriented" request.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Gordon Korman does the trick at my school. They really like &lt;strong&gt;Schooled&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Son of the Mob&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Zoobreak&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Swindle&lt;/strong&gt;. i almost forgot &lt;strong&gt;No More Dead Dogs&lt;/strong&gt;. Also &lt;strong&gt;Alcatraz vs. The Evil Librarians&lt;/strong&gt; series by Sanderson is pretty funny. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Try Carl Hiaasen's kids' books--&lt;strong&gt;Hoot&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Flush&lt;/strong&gt;, and &lt;strong&gt;Scat&lt;/strong&gt;--they have spunky boy protagonists and quite a lot of humor, much of it of the potty variety. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The True Meaning of Smekday&lt;/strong&gt; has a girl protagonist, but if they can deal with that it's funny post-alien-invasion sci-fi.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Which David Lubar? As I remember, he's written books aimed more at the junior high level, such as Dunk and Hidden Talents, as well as at the younger kids such as Monster Road. Have they read all of David Lubar yet?
Gordon Korman is the most similar author I can think of, and not as much his adventure books as his earlier ones- MacDonald Hall takes place in a boarding school and features kids who run into troubles with authority not unlike the characters in Hidden Talents.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I know this isn't exactly what you're looking for but thought I'd share anyway.  If you'd like to see a side by side comparison fo the original chapter and revised chapter you can do that &lt;a href="http://www.ringgame.net/riddles.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our system has a $2.00 late fee if your items, including dvd/vhs, reach the billed status. Patrons receive an overdue notice at 7 days overdue and at 14 days overdue they receive a bill for the items.  the bill also mentions the state law they are breaking by not returning library items on time.  This has been the biggest push to get items back on time. Especially when they see that to replace a dvd at library price is $30 (plus processing of $5.00) and some books on cd run over $100.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;As a preteen, I used TV shows and movies as a way to find books to read.  Case in point:  Star Trek (the original series) - because of that show, I was reading Theodore Sturgeon, James Blish, and Harlan Ellison at age 11 and 12.  The Hallmark Hall of Fame production of Hamlet, starring Richard Chamberlain (aired in Spring 1968 and convinced my visiting aunt that I was a hopeless nerd when I chose to watch it instead of going out with everyone else), triggered my decades-long love of Shakespeare plays.  I learned pretty early on to read the ending credits and see if the movie I liked was based on a book, then I'd go to the library to find it.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Since I read so much, nowadays it's rare that I can watch a movie before reading the book.  I find that I enjoy the movie a lot more if I see it first and then read the book; however, that may be a holdover from my preteen and teen years' experience.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Whatever job I can find in the town my husband's job has taken us. Only twice in 32 years have I landed in a community with an opening in the library. With each library system I have taken whatever job is open. Never have I been the childrens librarian that I went to school to be. I have worked in fabric stores (my second love is needlework crafts), para at school, substitute teacher.  What is funny is that my para job in the early childhood program is what got me my current library job.  Which over the years has also changed because I take whatever part time position is open within the system. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Henry Winkler's Hank Zipster books might do the trick, too. And "Alibi Junior High" by Greg Logsted or "Stanford Wong Flunks Big Time" by Lisa Yee.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For me, reading has always been a wonderful escape from the world as well as a means of trying to make sense of the world.  My stack of books to be read grows ever higher.  My reading choices are determined by the following:&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;li&gt;Having long been enamored with history, historical fiction is hands down my favorite genre.  I can't get enough of it.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I read books recommended by friends and coworkers.  This is how I found some of my favorite authors of light fiction - Emilie Richards, Joanne Fluke, etc.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I read books by favorite authors, whether they write for adults or children.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Being a children's librarian, I read a lot of juvenile and YA books, mainly for the purpose of reader's advisory but also because some of the reviews entice me.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Again, because I am a children's librarian, I read each year's award winners if I have not already read them.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Like another respondant, classics that for whatever reason I never read before.  Just a couple of years ago I read &lt;em&gt;To Kill a Mockingbird&lt;/em&gt; and was blown away!  I can't believe it took so long for me to read this wonderful book!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Nonfiction that interests me or that I have a need for.  Cookbooks are a particular favorite, not just for the recipes.  Some cookbooks provide interesting commentary or background on geographic areas, time periods, etc.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Memoirs because I enjoy the insight into people's lives and the events that influenced their decisions.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Gee, I guess I do a lot of reading!  Just don't ask me about television shows.  I wouldn't be able to tell you much!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In another post I responded that I sometimes read classics that I haven't read before, for whatever reason and gave the example of having read &lt;em&gt;To Kill a Mockingbird&lt;/em&gt; just a couple of years ago.  What classic works do you recommend for those of us who may be getting caught up in this aspect of our reading lives?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think it varies from library to library. I work at a small academic library, where the departments are pretty separate from one another. The Circulation staff really do not have enough knowledge of catalog and database searching to do much more than give out call numbers and find books. Other than myself and the Reference Librarian, the other librarians here only spend about three hours a week helping patrons. Student workers are not trained to help people beyond directional help. Because of this it is very important for us that people are sent to the Reference desk or the Reference Librarian--many times I have personally overheard well-meaning Circulation staff give incorrect or incomplete advice; the problem being that often times they don't know what they don't know. We (the reference department) do try to make occasional rounds to look for "lost" students, especially during peak volume times during the semester. Also, because of our different role as a library, We don't get many "the blue book with the trees" questions--more, "I'm doing research on...where do I go?"&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;All textbooks are signed out through the library, which makes getting all items back early impossible, as a result, our timeline is all non-textbooks, by the last day of regular classes and all textbooks by the last day of exams.  To avoid being charged for the items, they must return all outstanding items by the last official business day of the school (June 29 this year).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As we charge a deposit for textbooks, any items that are not returned by the last official day have the replacement value deducted from the deposit and get refunded the remainder.  Should they owe more, they are invoiced and not allowed to borrow anything in the new school year until it is paid.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Most, if not all, of the P.G. Wodehouse "Jeeves and Wooster" books are set in 1920s England. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Try going through this list. It is the best english literature of the 20th century. It consists of 4 lists one by the Modern Library Board and one by readers in fiction and non fiction.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/100bestnovels.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/100bestnovels.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I usually introduce &lt;strong&gt;Jane Eyre&lt;/strong&gt; because then I can follow it with Jasper Fforde's The &lt;strong&gt;Eyre Affair&lt;/strong&gt; and hook them on that writer. 
Also, I suggest &lt;strong&gt;Ivanhoe&lt;/strong&gt;, Jules Verne, and Mark Twain. I don't know if it is considered a classic since it was written in 1971 but I really like &lt;strong&gt;Watership Down&lt;/strong&gt; for the action, character growth and political commentary.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I always read the book first.  In my opinion, it is almost always better than the movie.  There are a few exceptions, but I will try to read the book before seeing a movie.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I watch the movie first when possible, so that I can enjoy both.  If I watch the movie after reading the book...all I can focus on is what is missing.  If I watch the movie first...then I can more easily remember that it is an entirely separate beast from the book.  I can enjoy it for itself. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For young people I recommend R.L. Stevenson for the adventure and Jane Austen for the romance. When I started getting into classics I fell in love with George Eliot, Thomas Hardy and Virginia Woolf. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Definitely Austen! &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I don't like all of Steinbeck, but I fell in love with &lt;strong&gt;East of Eden&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Foreign literature (well, French literature which is the one I know best): Verne like Stephan suggested, but also Victor Hugo (the poetry is absolutely magical... never was able to get into his novels though), Edmond Rostand (&lt;strong&gt;Cyrano&lt;/strong&gt;), Moliere. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Homer (&lt;strong&gt;The Odyssey&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;The Iliad&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Throw in a few Shakespeare for good measure. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also: Bradbury. Cervantes. Dante. F. Scott Fitzgerald. Hemingway. Henry James. Sinclair Lewis. Zola. Orwell. Stevenson. Thoreau. Emerson. Wilde. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;... and so many more, my head's about to explode! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Persuasion&lt;/strong&gt;—no other Austen has quite the level of charm.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Oscar Wilde, particularly &lt;strong&gt;The Importance of Being Earnest&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I swing towards the medieval and renaissance eras, so I particularly recommend:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Don Quixote&lt;/strong&gt; really is fantastic, and fantastically fun. I recommend the Edith Grossman translation.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Seamus Heaney translation of &lt;strong&gt;Beowulf&lt;/strong&gt;—it's not the most literally accurate, but I find it the most enjoyable and it gets the sense of this being a &lt;em&gt;story&lt;/em&gt; better than most.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sir Gawain and the Green Night&lt;/strong&gt; is my favorite of the stand-alone Arthurian tales. Not too melodramatic, and the focus is on trust, hospitality, and Gawain needing to figure things out, rather than strength of arms. I recommend the Simon Armitage translation, though Tolkein's is also good. (Avoid the Merwin, though.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I will be packing up the library before the last day of school (renovations), so I will be using an early ceiling date this year. Probably May 20. The last day for teachers is
 June 11.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am glad that Mary Z's administration appreciates her ability to be a librarian and administer the library. I am a school librarian (K-6) with a teaching degree, certified Pennsylvania school librarian working on my second Master in Instructional Media (The first a MLS). I serve 385 children and another 40 in faculty and staff. Our district acquired a new personable superintendent. However, he has already told the  dedicated library aide in our building that I earn too much for what I do. She was stunned! Then the principal told me next year that any 'free' time would be dedicated to instructional support and extra duties (zero time to administer the library) and I would not have a library aide although this district has had one for 25 years. I run a quality program teaching 26 classes a week and circulate 28,000 books a year. The kids here love the library! I try to meet people's reading needs and I am adept at integrating technology into my lessons and promoting 21st information skills for the students. I am wondering what to do and what's going on?. The lack of understanding for the breadth of the job is an understatement for the admin here. Any advice on how to face all this? I must have made the job look too easy. I give up my lunch time consistently to keep things running as it is now. Help!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Sometimes because we paraphrase Sir Edmund Hillary, "We read because it is there !"&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would recommend &lt;strong&gt;Les Miserables&lt;/strong&gt; by &lt;em&gt;Victor Hugo&lt;/em&gt;, with the recommendation to read the unabridged version and to kind of skim over a few specific parts of the book. I would recommend*&lt;em&gt;The Hunchback of Notre Dame&lt;/em&gt;* to everyone.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, I would recommend &lt;strong&gt;The Count of Monte Cristo&lt;/strong&gt; by &lt;em&gt;Alexander Dumas&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Depending on the reader, I also recommend the Bronte sisters writings as well as Jane Austin. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have to agree with &lt;em&gt;Les Miserables&lt;/em&gt; by Victor Hugo and &lt;em&gt;The Count of Monte Cristo&lt;/em&gt; by Alexandre Dumas, but I'd also add &lt;em&gt;The Three Musketeers.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I would not recommend reading any abridgements. It may just be me, but I've never found an abridgement satisfying.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'd also recommend the H.D. Chickering translation of &lt;em&gt;Beowulf,&lt;/em&gt; not so much because it's more literally accurate, but because it preserves more of a sense of the culture that produced it...I mean, the Old English word for sword legitimately translates to "firestick," which is rather interesting. It's difficult at first, but the vocabulary becomes very natural after a short time.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;David Copperfield,&lt;/em&gt; *Great Expectations,* and &lt;em&gt;A Tale of Two Cities&lt;/em&gt; by Dickens are also excellent. I thought &lt;em&gt;Oliver Twist&lt;/em&gt; was a bit overrated though.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ivanhoe&lt;/em&gt; is a great book. So is &lt;em&gt;Call of the Wild&lt;/em&gt; by Jack London, but London's &lt;em&gt;The Seawolf&lt;/em&gt; is lesser known, but still excellent, perhaps better than &lt;em&gt;Call of the Wild.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The &lt;em&gt;Sherlock Holmes&lt;/em&gt; stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle are a definite must. &lt;em&gt;Twenty-thousand Leagues Under the Sea&lt;/em&gt; is another one I'd emphatically recommend...Caesar's &lt;em&gt;Gallic Wars&lt;/em&gt;...Depending on your definition of classic, &lt;em&gt;Neuromancer&lt;/em&gt; by William Gibson...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The list goes on and on and on...I'll stop before this gets any longer.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Below is an extract from an interview with my father.  I am curious to know if any American contributors can shed light on this?  Any help appreciated!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"&lt;em&gt;Was there a curriculum book you remember reading that had a significant impact?&lt;/em&gt;
I wish I could remember its name. I was at Sawyers Bay Primary School in the early 1950s. We’d had the old Janet and John readers and a right boring lot they were too. Then along came some large hard-back readers. I can see them now. They had colour pictures and lots of stories about American children, past and present. One farm boy had trouble with cows starving during a snowfall, but when he dragged a log behind the tractor, the cows were able to get at the grass. Stage coach passengers took a journey west, with the men and boys all getting out to walk, as they went up the hills. A pioneer family had a crisis, when a little boy broke the clock and a wandering peddler repaired it – and they had the joy of seeing the clock reach the hour and the little figures coming out. What were those books?" &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have been thinking about this one for a long time. It is an interesting dilemma for me.
Am I censoring or just doing my job. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The answer seems to depend on the type of library.  I asked four of my public librarian friends and they said in their libraries, YA is grades 9-12, but parents come with younger children so it is up to the parents what the children take out.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I talked to two of my school library friends, one is in HS and the other is middle and high school. Both of the said that to them, YA is gr. 7-12. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Reading other posts from other questions, someone spoke about a YA collection and I really think the response hits it. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The writer spoke about the why of YA -  Reading Level, Content and location. 
I do look at the themes: there is violence, teen issues and mature themes ( I used to kid and say drugs, sex and rock n roll).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;When I think about that in response to my question AND think about our policy of finding books appropriate for our readers, then it seems I am responding correctly when I speak to a younger child and say that my job is to help them select appropriate books for their age and reading level. Books in the YA collection are appropriate for students in middle school and they can read them when they are in middle school. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I still didn't hear what other k-8 librarians do, but maybe no one else deals with this issue. I have decided that the YA Collection is for our middle school students in grades 6-8.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am obsessed with learning everything I can, about everything I can, and thus I tend to read pretty much everything (that is in English and isn't an obvious romance novel).  I can't not read (which is why I love audio books and am attempting to teach myself braille, in case my vision decreases further).  Why I read, though...to learn, and to escape, and to discover, and to voyage to worlds (fictional or non) where I may do all that and more.  And I'd best stop before I get all poetic!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't know how many of these would be appropriate for middle schoolers, but these are all dystopic books I read and loved between grade five and grade eight:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If I Should Die Before I Wake&lt;/em&gt; by Han Nolan&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Darkness at Noon&lt;/em&gt; by Arthur Koestler&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Seven Days in May&lt;/em&gt; by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Devil’s Advocate&lt;/em&gt; by Talyor Caldwell&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Fountainhead&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;We the Living&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Anthem&lt;/em&gt;, and &lt;em&gt;Atlas Shrugged&lt;/em&gt;, all by Ayn Rand&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I've got quite a few more dystopic novels (and movies) wandering around that I can dig up, if anyone wants more titles.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am partial to Hemingway.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For Whom the Bell Tolls&lt;/strong&gt; novel by Ernest Hemingway published in 1940. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It tells the story of Robert Jordan, a young American in the International Brigades attached to a communist guerilla unit during the Spanish Civil War. As an expert in the use of explosives, he is assigned to blow up a bridge during an attack on the city of Segovia. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This novel is widely regarded to be among Hemingway's greatest works, along with The Sun Also Rises, The Old Man and the Sea, and A Farewell to Arms.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My husband would say Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, The Secret Agent.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Then of course there's James Joyce, Dostoyevsky, it is hard to stop.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't know if this is what he was thinking of, but my family used to have some large hardback books (encyclopedia sized) with various stories; I discovered later that these were extracts from various children's books. I can't remember what they were called to save my life, though, but I remember the bucolic color illustrations.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Whales on Stilts by M.T. Anderson! It has a mule! (and yes, believe it or not, the story does actually include whales on stilts)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For patrons that enjoy Jane Austen, I suggest books by Francis Burney and Maria Edgeworth.  Burney is one of Austen's direct literary ancestors.  EVELINA in particular has a lot of elements and a lot of the flavor that you find later in Austen.  And one of the characters in an Austen book is actually reading Burney's CECELIA in one scene from the book but I can't remember if it's Fanny Price or Anne Elliot.  Burney wrote several novels but is often more noted as a friend of Dr. Johnson because Burney kept extensive diaries and wrote transcriptions of many of Johnson's conversations.  Burney's diary also gives a detailed description of her double mastectomy - an operation that was performed without anesthesia.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Maria Edgeworth primarily wrote fiction and her novels BELINDA and LEONORA have a lot of similarities to Austen's works.  During her lifetime Edgeworth maintained a friendship and correspondence with Sir Walter Scott and, by some contemporary reckonings, was more a more popular and better selling author than Scott was during their lifetimes.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If it's a family of traveling magicians, it's got to be Mr Mysterious &amp;amp; Company, by Sid Fleischman, right? Mr. Mysterious, his wife, his son and two daughters, I think. Maybe only one daughter, but I think I remember two, the one with the blue dress who got levitated and the smaller one who performed as a living rag doll in their show. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Harris and Me&lt;/em&gt; by Gary Paulson  The narrator is a city boy that is sent away each summer to spend time with friends or family.  This particular summer he spends it on a farm getting to trouble with another boy about the same age.  Classic tale of city boy in the country.  There is one particular scene I laughed until I cried.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When I was growing up we had the Britannica Children's Encyclopedia.It was very different looking and people bought them from house to house salesmen. With it came a collection of Story hour classics. We read them from cover to cover. Each book was a different color.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I also remember having them in the first few school libraries that I worked in. Each title had a theme if I remember- Holidays, Places are the few I remember.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am seriously weeding my Reference collection and wondering if the books I have left would be used more if I put them with the regular collection. Students use our non-fiction collection a lot but I am not always available to remind them about the reference collection. They also tend to use the internet for a quick look up if they can't find something. Our reference books can be checked out for short periods to students in grades 5 and up. All staff can check out reference at any time.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Our reference books are mostly special subject encyclopedias - art, music, animals, history, dictionaries.... used sporaticaly or for special projects. If I put them in the regular collection would they get more use.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Of course if I do this it will mean a major shift of all the non-fiction...hmmmm.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Has anyone else already done this? Contemplating doing this? What do you think?  I am in a prek-8 school.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have moved (or weeded entirely) most of our children's reference collection (public library). Like you said, a lot of it was special subject encyclopedias, and they definitely get used more when they are right next to the regular books on the topic. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;People don't remember to check the reference shelf (and kids likely don't even know it exists), they usually just plug "reptiles" in the catalog and see what happens. It's very nice if you can have an encyclopedia of reptiles set right there next to the regular books.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In our case, it didn't result in a terrible amount of shifting, but it all depends on how big your reference section is. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am not sure if I would be quick to move single subject encyclopedias into circulating collection at a school library if the school's curriculum is heavily based on that subject. For example, if the whole 5th grade does reports on endangered species or Native American tribes or whatever. It depends on the strength of your collection as a whole, and maybe what the public library has too. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;Some of the ramifications:&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-Like you said, needing to shift the collection can be a problem whenever you move things from one area to another. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-Reference books are expensive and hard to replace if they are checked out and never returned. Or if someone's little sibling/puppy and some crayons/markers/scissors/teeth get a hold of them. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-Will kids read the reference books for fun? Are they appealing? Not too dated?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-Will there be enough materials for kids writing reports? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have completely weeded my reference section in a 6-8 building. I have some atlases, some almanacs and a few sets of enclyclopedia. However everything else is gone or in the non-fiction section.
I did this because all that was there was easily found online. It was extremely out of date and the only things I had really added were general reference. I really kept very fewthings and they were never used by anyone. 
Given this situation it was an easy move and we haven't had any complaints from teachers or students. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Day my Butt went Psycho&lt;/em&gt; by Andy Griffith (&lt;em&gt;Bum&lt;/em&gt; in it's original Australian title) tends to really appeal to boys of that age. If you don't mind a bit of potty humour, it's pretty darn funny. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I know this would sound silly but I would think the biggest issue would be user education in regards to "Why can't I check this book out?" when they try to check out a reference book.  I spend most of my day in libraries and even with it separate, I still hear that a couple of times a day.  I would think it would increase if they were mixed in.  A simple REF on a binder is easy to miss.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And to expand on the encyclopedia, I would be concerned with someone checking that out just to disappear.  I know some communities have limits on how much one can charge for a lost book.  Hate to see someone get off with checking out the complete set only to wind up paying 30 bucks.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Maybe it;s encouragement to go visit the site. ;)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would recommend &lt;strong&gt;The Catcher in the Rye&lt;/strong&gt; by J. D. Salinger.  The imagery is amazing.  Also, &lt;strong&gt;Of Human Bondage&lt;/strong&gt; by Somerset Maugham.  I picked that book up when I was in elementary school and became engrossed on the very first page.  I always recommend anything by &lt;strong&gt;Mark Twain&lt;/strong&gt; mainly because I am from a town near Hannibal, Missouri, and grew up surrounded by images of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.  I also agree with the recommendation of &lt;strong&gt;Les Miserables&lt;/strong&gt;.  Answering a different posted question, I started reading Les Miserables after seeing a production of Les Mis and wanted to know more of the story than was explained in the musical.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I recommend H.G. Welles. "The Time Machine", "The Invisible Man", and "The War of the Worlds" are all worth reading. Too many people knows these only from the movies. Today, classics are too often read only when assigned for class. The impression is "classics" equals "boring". Not so! Many classics are as good reading today as they were back when they were new. Readers just have to know that there is treasure to be found in the past.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I like to read the book first. If there's a huge amount of difference between them (think The Postman, by David Brin, and the Costner movie 'based' on it) then I look at them as two separate stories, both based on a similar vision.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This way I can find myself still enjoying the movie, even if the book was better. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For what it's worth, slavishly following the book for a movie doesn't always work. Some things work in print, with the descriptions, and your mental images. Those same things come across as horribly corny or saccarine when filmed.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It works the same way, when a writer is hired to turn an original movie into a book. Sometimes it works, sometimes... well... Alan Dean Foster has a lot to answer for.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The first of the series is " the Baker Street irregulars" and is a favorite of my family.  They aren't easy to find but the series is well worth the effort.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You could be a prospect/donor researcher at a large nonprofit, a foundation, or a university. This type of researcher has to know the Deep Web, searches resources like EDGAR and LexisNexis, and must be able to distinguish reliable information from rumors.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't have a preference for reading the book before seeing the movie. If I really enjoy a movie based on a book, I will read the book. That's how I started reading Tom Clancy and Olivia Goldsmith. If I enjoyed the book, I would like to see the movie, unless said movie was not good (ex: Eragon). I enjoyed both the books and film of "Spiderwick" and "Holes". When I saw the first Harry Potter film (having read the books), many scenes had me saying, "It's just the way I imagined it!" Some adaptations work well, some are dreadful. And in answer to one of the other responses, I enjoy reading Sherlock Holmes stories and I really liked the Guy Ritchie film. You can't say someone wouldn't like both. I do!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Usually I've already read the book first because the book is around way before the movie is. If I haven't already read the book by the time the movie comes out, I'll still see the movie.
I live in a small town, the movie is only around for a week. Either I see it or miss it and have to wait until it is out o dvd. Then I have to remember that I want to see it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If it's good enough or the story somehow interests me, I'll read the book after I see the movie. If the movie is enough, I'll just stop there.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I see pictures in my mind anyway so if I read the book, I see the movie in my mind. If I see the movies, I see someone else's pictures when I read the book. I'm not sure it really matters to me. I read the Lovely Bones, then saw the movie about 2 yrs afterwords. I knew things were missing but I at least knew what was going on because I read the book first, same with Percy Jackson. Lots of stuff missing but I still enjoyed it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In a perfect world I would always read the book first. I like the movies my mind makes. If I really liked the book, then I will see the movie to compare what I imagined with the film. It's kind of fun to see if someone else sees the same thing. To see if the book is written in such a way that the images end up be universal images. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What's even better is hearing the author talk about the book, reading the book then seeing the movie.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear 1920's themesters:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hi! Continuing the F. Scott Fitzgerald themes, Dover Publications has or had a "Thrift Line" short story collection of his stuff,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Diamond as Big as the Ritz, by F. Scott Fitzgerald&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;On the mystery side, double that for the Sayers and Christie. I'm racking my brains for any Hammett or Chandler short stories from the "pulps," but that might be slightly out of period.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;On the poetry side, I believe T.S. Elliot was at his most active in the 1920's.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For "current events" commentary, maybe you could add some public domain stories, period poetry and a few commentary items by H. L. Menken into the mix.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Robert in San Diego&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear People with 1920's themes.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I can't believe I forgot&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;We&lt;/b&gt; by Charles Lindbergh&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For the absolutely science-minded, &lt;b&gt;30 Years that Shook Physics&lt;/b&gt; by George Gamow comes to mind. It's out of period, technically, but it does describe part of the period, so there's that.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Robert in San Diego&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Rats:  published in 1931, but it might still meet your guidelines --&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Robert in San Diego&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have had numerous requests for chapter books for first graders reading at a high level. I am looking for books that are age appropriate but longer than a picture book. The first grade boy read Diary of a wimpy kid and loved it. The girl read Clementine series. I think a similar format is what I am looking for. Bigger writing and some illustrations. I think some of the Beverly Cleary might work although there may be too many words on the page.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Martin Bridge&lt;/em&gt; series by Jessica Scott Kerrin, &lt;em&gt;A to Z Mysteries&lt;/em&gt; by Ron Roy and the &lt;em&gt;My Weird School&lt;/em&gt; Series by Dan Gutman are all around that level and are very age appropriate. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am in a similar situation. I teach at a PreK-8 Catholic School. We do not have a YA section, although some of the books on the shelves are definitely YA in nature. Up to this point, I make recommendations but leave the book selection up to the student. I do not think I know my students so well that I should judge their maturity or ability to deal with YA situations. A couple of times it has been difficult, but usually the student will discover that the book isn't a good fit for them on their own.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I can't say that ours works well, because it requires that people be good with dominoes, but our dvd cases are put into these locked cases which are then balanced on the shelf. There was supposed to be special shelving that the cases can fit into, but we couldn't afford it, so it's just a matter of having the cases topple over every time someone touches them. The cases have tattletape applied to them, so that prevents theft, assuming anyone thinks they can get the case open at home, without the special magnet.  Can't remember what brand they are, sorry.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For those dvds which come in boxes that are too large to fit in the case, there's a dummy case and the dvd set is kept behind the desk, for exchange when borrowed. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ideally, dvd in and dvd out are the same, so that the empty cases are not lying around empty or the dvds are lying around caseless. That seldom happens. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;CD audiobooks at least balance nicely on the shelf. The first disc is taken out and kept behind the desk, so that there's less incentive to steal the set. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Too soon for &lt;strong&gt;Frindle&lt;/strong&gt; and others by Andrew Clements?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Merry Hearts and Bold?  It's one my dad gave me from about that era, but I can't find it right now on the shelf.  I believe it may have been a series.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My father-in-law is starting a new high school in Uganda, and is trying to build up a library.  So far he has gotten mostly donated books, but he's interested in finding a few titles he can buy as classroom sets for the kids to learn together (which is a novel concept in Uganda schools, apparently).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Even though the school is a magnet high school, most of the students read at a middle-school level.  Does anyone have suggestions for good books that might work?  Specifically, he wants books at a middle-school level but with high-school-aged protagonists, and preferably books which aren't too America-centric.  (Happening in the USA is fine, but the kids have no interest in the American Civil Rights struggle or American history.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Judy Moody books by Megan McDonald (also does the Stink series, as well as a few books featuring both siblings)
Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park
A to Z Mysteries and Magic Treehouse should both be appropriate for 1st and 2nd graders. They might also like the Hot Dog and Bob series. The Rainbow Fairy books are also popular with girls this age. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear 20's themesters:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you'd like to consider it, how about a 20's Movie series. Harold Lloyd's "Safety Last" and "The Freshman" are both in the correct time period. So are buster Keaton's "The Cameraman" (if you don't mind a Tong War in Chinatown!) and "The General." Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" is dated 1927.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Robert in San Diego&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My academic library has done something similar to this. When we were weeding the reference collection any books that were slightly older or not being used as much but were still valid, good resources got shifted to the regular circulating stacks. We did change them to normal circulating books instead of leaving them reference but since your reference books are able to be checked out I don't see why they could just sit be placed in the non-fiction section. I find that rarely do people browse through the reference collection, and when you do show them something in that area they always say "oh I didn't know you had that." This way when they are browsing the section - a lot of our students just want general call numbers and don't do good searches in the catalog - they would find the encyclopedias and use them more. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our fines are $1.00/day for overdue videos/dvds and $0.25 a day for books. I think that part of the reason we charge more for the videos is that the videos are more expensive then the books. We are an academic library so we also have to pay for viewing licenses. I find that we have less videos come back with large fines then the books which often have to be replaced as they are kept out for long periods of time. Videos are allowed to be checked out for one week - renewable three times. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Maybe Captain Underpants?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What about &lt;strong&gt;Stories Julian Tells&lt;/strong&gt; by Ann Cameron? I certainly remember loving them at that age.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dragonbreath&lt;/strong&gt; by Ursula Vernon intersperses illustrations and comics with straightforward narration and is quite fun.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Horrid Henry series by Francesca Simon is extremely popular in the UK, and I think deserve attention on this side of the pond as well. We just put them on our summer reading list, and I think they'll begin to take off once kids get a taste.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Another popular highly graphic early chapter book is the Geronimo Stilton series.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would rather read than see a movie any day, but, if it is a book I plan to read, I will see the movie first rather than get caught in the trap of hating a movie merely because it didn't do the book justice. I learned to do this when I saw &lt;em&gt;The Cider House Rules&lt;/em&gt; the first time. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Frequently I will refuse to see a movie because I love the book so very much, and I just don't want to be disappointed. I also have been known to refuse to see a movie simply because the book has imagery that I am far more comfortable reading than watching.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How does your father-in-law feel about graphic novels?  I immediately thought of &lt;em&gt;Aya&lt;/em&gt;, by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Ouberie.  It's the story of a teen girl growing up on the Ivory Coast in the late 1970s.  No, it's not Uganda but at least it's on the right continent.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And it might be a good fit for reluctant readers and/or those who read at a lower than high school level.  Small chunks of text in word balloons can be less intimidating than long paragraphs.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear classicists:
 If the child in question liked Edward Bloor's &lt;b&gt;Taken&lt;/b&gt; then try them out with &lt;b&gt;Kidnapped&lt;/b&gt; by Robert Louis Stevenson.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Younger elementary aged children might enjoy &lt;b&gt;A Childhood Garden of Verse&lt;/b&gt; (hope I got that title right!) also by Robert Louis Stevenson. Actually, there's a fair number of famous poetry collections that might make good reciete-a-longs and even have some shorties for memorization.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Boys who want their action-adventure to be "Mil-Spec" and don't mind a bit of history rearing its head may enjoy The Brigadier Gerard stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, although they are definitely not as well-known as the Sherlock Holmes stories. By the way, don't think the Sherlock Holmes stuff is completely light-weight fare -- Doyle occasionally gets in domestic violence, drug addiction and blended mix raced families as a side note, background or motivating factor.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Jack London, Rudyard Kipling, Selma Lagerlof (&lt;b&gt;The Wonderful Adventures of Nils&lt;/b&gt; translated from Swedish so your available titles may vary): The rule seems to be shorter action-based short stories or stories and novels specifically written for children by Nobel Prize in Literature recipients are generally good stuff. The top talents may simplify their vocabulary, get didactic or even pedantic at times, winnow their plot lines or simply start with a spare narrative style, but they don't condescend to childen when they're targetting that audience. They bring their A games for the kid stuff. That said, I'd hold off on the Faulkner for the elementary grades, excpet for precocious readers who've been caught deconstructing Harry Potter or unravelling Nancy Drew continuity.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have a few 2-disc DVD sets that were returned with only 1 DVD in them. So now I have a pile of DVD cases with only the supplementary materials and no feature film. How do other libraries deal with this or similar situations? I feel bad throwing out a perfectly nice case and DVD, but without the feature film I can't have it circulating.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As an addition, I've already implemented a policy of buying only single DVDs from now on. I don't want the pile to get bigger!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Check out Orca Book Publishers Canada. From their website:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Orca Soundings are short high-interest novels with contemporary themes, written expressly for teens reading below grade level.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.orcabook.com/client/client_pages/Orca_Soundings_Info.cfm" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.orcabook.com/client/client_pages/Orca_Soundings_Info.cfm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Because they're in Canada the books provide perspectives outside of the US, but I'm not sure about Uganda or Africa. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Has he contacted other organizations doing similar work? I first thought of The Valentino Achak Deng Foundation, which helps create schools in the Sudan- perhaps they have resources to share:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.valentinoachakdeng.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.valentinoachakdeng.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have a check-in prompt that reminds circ desk staff that there should be a certain number of discs within a collection.  We also charge patrons for an entire set if there are disks missing.  Like you said, we can not circ supplemental material.  Here is a link for a cd/dvd/ recycling programs and ideas to help you get rid of that stack ;)
&lt;a href="http://earth911.com/recycling/electronics/cds-and-dvds/tips-for-recycling-cds-and-dvds/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://earth911.com/recycling/electronics/cds-and-dvds/tips-for-recycling-cds-and-dvds/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;These answer's are all so great(and varied)!  I would become an academic tutor.  One of my close friends does this and quite honestly does very well with it financially.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In the case that the disc is missing because it has been broken, or will obviously never be returned, I would take the discs and artwork out of the cases and store them somewhere if you can conceive of ever having a use for them(Depending on your distributor, you can sometimes get single replacement discs for films instead of having to order the set again). 
I would then use the cases as replacement cases for when another DVD case is damaged. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I will say though, that normally a phone call to the patron letting them know that they've forgotten to return the disc is enough to get them to bring it back. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Nancy Farmer's books come to mind, partly because four of them take place in Africa; I particularly recommend &lt;em&gt;The Ear,The Eye, and the Arm&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A bad fake accent, but probably quite easy to source, would be "Mrs Doubtfire", the Robin Williams version of Anne Fine's book "Alias Madame Doubtfire".&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our grade 7-9 school is having an open house this week for prospective students and their parents.  I have 1-2 minutes with each group to showcase the library like the awesome, welcoming place it is! Any advice?&lt;br&gt;
What I have to work with:  our school uses Accelerated Reader and I have just begun using Librarything for readers' advisory and student book reviews. I have a library package consisting of a student-made bookmark, library brochure and a packet of Rockets for each student. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I like the idea of showing something other students made - hopefully that'll get the new kids thinking creatively.  Also, if your library circulates video games, mentioning that will get their attention.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Something else popular with our kids are the programs we offer - a writing club, anime club, cinema nights, teens volunteering to help with programs for younger kids.  They really like being active and getting involved, so if you have those, be sure to mention them.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Good luck - but really, when I was in grades 7-9, you would have had me with a packet of bottle rockets (just kidding - I'm sure you mean something else).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://get.unshelved.com/store/Shirts/BookWasBetter/0.png" alt="The Book Was Better"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'll answer my own question and share my plan, in case other people find themselves in this situation:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Save cases to use as replacement cases (Thanks Verbose!).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Use liners and discs for creative signage purposes or other crafty things as listed &lt;a href="http://www.hintsandthings.co.uk/musichall/CDroms.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; (Thanks Gene!).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Discs not artistically utilized will be &lt;a href="http://earth911.com/recycling/electronics/cds-and-dvds/tips-for-recycling-cds-and-dvds/" rel="nofollow"&gt;recycled&lt;/a&gt; (Thanks Alissa!).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Of course, I'm also trying to prevent the problem from happening again...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Have you checked out YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association)'s Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers list? They're specifically selected for being interesting to teens/high schoolers while being easy to read, many at a lower reading level. The lists for the past 20 years, a long list and a top 10 for each year, are available here:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/quickpicks/qphome.cfm" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/quickpicks/qphome.cfm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It's not developed to be non-USA-centric and most of the books are set in the US, but it may still be a good place to start.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Try 'The Drowning of Stephan Jones' by Bette Greene who wrote 'The Summer of my German Soldier"&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;One of my favorites is &lt;strong&gt;Absolutely, Positively Not&lt;/strong&gt; by David LaRochelle. It's funny and light-hearted. Here is the description of it from our catalog: 
Chronicles a teenage boy's humorous attempts to fit in at his Minnesota high school by becoming a macho, girl-loving, "Playboy" pinup-displaying heterosexual.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Since you have so little time available, I think the main thing is presentation: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;*first you: clothes, smile, positive attitude, etc..., &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;*then the library: invite them to stroll around the library with you, showing a "Welcome to XYZ school!" poster on the door, displays with students' favorite books in prominent places,  a few things of interest on a beautiful display on tables [the bookmarks, the brochures, a list of the events/contests organized during the year], and then you again at the door distributing the Rockets when they leave. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Show them that you are friendly and approachable and that in addition to making use of student artwork, etc. that you are open to their ideas.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Some that I've had to read along the way that I really enjoyed and haven't seen here yet:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A Brave New World by Aldous Huxley&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Tom Jones by Henry Fielding&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;and if you're going to venture into some Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream is my favorite!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Along with the program listings, I would hand them Mentos and Diet Coke and tell them to combine the two outdoors. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There are also a lot of other &lt;a href="http://www.hintsandthings.co.uk/musichall/CDroms.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;things you can do with CDs and DVDs.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I remember seeing a picture of a huge mural made with old CDs, but I seem unable to find it.  The &lt;a href="http://www.makingfriends.com/readers_cds.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;Disco Ball&lt;/a&gt; seems like a great idea, though.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Lord of the Flies by William Golding.  It's short, violent, and disturbing, so you might be able to booktalk it to teens, too.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Other than that, I recommend classics (as defined by the classics section of the library you work in, the only place that counts) that are under 200 pages.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(As a rule, the shorter classics seemed easier to "sell" to kids who had to read one.  Many of the titles above fall into or close to this category:  A Brave New World, The Time Machine and other books by H.G. Wells, The Catcher in the Rye, Gawain and the Green Knight, Beowulf, as well as several of Ray Bradbury's better known works.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would suggest anything by Sharon Creeech, Walk Two Moons, Heartbeat, etc
Someone suggested the book The ear,the eye and the arm by Penelope Farmer- maybe House of Scorpions and Girl Called Disaster.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Older titles by Walter Dean Myers - Monster, The Mouse Rap, Scorpians &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Looking for Alaska or The Abundance of Katherines both by John Green.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Into the wild is also quite popular. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Some of the Newbery Award titles might work too.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Chaucer's &lt;strong&gt;Canterbury Tales&lt;/strong&gt; for sure.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I work as a Young Adult Librarian and I'm looking to create a display and resource shelf for teens who are pregnant, parents, or are soon to be parents. I have a great list of books that I've hand picked from dozens of blogs that I've found online, but I've had a lot of trouble finding online resources for teens who are in this stage in their lives. I'm also not sure which paper format to use (flyers, self-made brochures, banners). I would like this display to attract a lot of attention, mostly because I know for certain that our library has many users who are teen mothers and fathers and expecting mothers. Any help would be appreciated to make this a success!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Whatever works for them, and gets them to read the book, I don't care which they do first. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We do this with TV series - break them up and check them out separately.  So that the person who loses disc 2 of the TV series lost hasn't "lost"  (ha ha) the whole series.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You could do this with the added features, make it two separately cataloged items.  Many will only want to watch the movie and for those who want the added features can just check them both out - two checkouts, two cases, is a good reminder to find two DVDs to return.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I immediately thought of buying a bunch of really cheap baby stuff - pacifiers, bottles, bibs, etc - and using them in your display.  Call it something like "do you need some of these?  then you need to read some of this!"&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm an elementary librarian, and my kids love series books.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My kids who like the comic-mix books have enjoyed these series:&lt;br&gt;
 - &lt;strong&gt;Wiley &amp;amp; Grampa's Creature Features&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
 - &lt;strong&gt;Fred &amp;amp; Anthony&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
 - &lt;strong&gt;Franny K. Stein&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
 - &lt;strong&gt;Melvin Beederman, Super Hero&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Other funny series, but without comics, are:&lt;br&gt;
 - &lt;strong&gt;Fudge&lt;/strong&gt; by Judy Blume&lt;br&gt;
 - &lt;strong&gt;Horrible Harry&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
 - &lt;strong&gt;Ready, Freddy&lt;/strong&gt;  (very popular with my students)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For my girls who like &lt;strong&gt;Clementine&lt;/strong&gt;, I also like to recommend these series:&lt;br&gt;
 - &lt;strong&gt;Mallory&lt;/strong&gt;  (I can't keep these on the shelves right now.)&lt;br&gt;
 - &lt;strong&gt;Moxy Maxwell&lt;/strong&gt; (these are so funny!)&lt;br&gt;
 - &lt;strong&gt;Ramona&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
 - &lt;strong&gt;Amber Brown&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
 - &lt;strong&gt;June B. Jones&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
 - &lt;strong&gt;Disney Fairies&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My local public library checks out "bag sets" on various topics.  Pregnancy is one of them.  In addition to a selection of books, the bags include pamphlets from various local agencies, as well as a list of others books the library has available.  Each bag has a list of contents, so the librarians can check to see if all of the books are returned each time.  The pamphlets don't have to be returned, of course.  You could also include a list of the blogs you consulted, in case the parents-to-be would also like to read those.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If your library is involved with any kind of social networking, that would be a great way to distribute info to teen parents.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;An idea for your display might be a Q&amp;amp;A, trivia, or spot-the-myth game.  You could display large signs with different questions or facts about babies.  This might be fun and interactive, plus educational.  I would avoid anything corny and traditional, as this might scare the teens away.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you aren't meeting the students and families in the library, it would be nice to have a big tri-fold display of pictures of the library, especially with photos of students who look happy to be there.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You might also put up a list of the most popular books.  If kids see that you have books like &lt;strong&gt;Twilight&lt;/strong&gt; and other favorites, they'll know you don't have a stodgy, dusty library full of boring books.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I can't believe this one hasn't been recommended yet: &lt;strong&gt;Of Mice and Men&lt;/strong&gt;.  I've read this at several different stages in my life and have enjoyed it each time.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm considering the same thing with my reference books.  Last year, I moved all of my biographies out of their separated section and relabeled them with their Dewey number according to their subject (athletes in sports, painters in art, presidents in history, etc.).  It really helped to get those items circulating.  I've been pleased to see some previously dusty books getting some action.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am an upper elementary librarian (grades 4-6).  I own the first two books of the series, but have told my students they'll have to wait until middle school (or use the public library) for the other two.  This came from discussions with many parents who have read the books and whose children have read the books.  So far, no complaints and I feel this is a fair compromise.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My younger kids with an interest in vampires are also picking up these series:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Vampire Island&lt;/strong&gt;  (app for grades 3-6)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Oliver Nocturne&lt;/strong&gt;  (app for grades 3-6)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cirque du Freak&lt;/strong&gt;  (much darker...possibly darker than Twilight)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chronicles of Vladimir Tod&lt;/strong&gt;  (also much darker)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Luckily, my kids aren't interested as much in the romantic element...they think the other gender has cooties, for the most part.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;They are old fashioned but the Russell and Elisa series of books (by Joanna Hurwitz, if memory serves me) are along those lines.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is another book for myself (not a patron).  It was a book on the cusp of YA fiction, probably published in the mid-80's, about two girls who were friends and growing apart from each other.  The scene I remember most vividly is when the protagonist's dog, Nora, crawls under the lilac bush in the backyard to die.  Any ideas?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Contact MTV and see if they will send you any promotional materials from their Teen Mom and 16 and pregnant series.  The shows are hits and if you can add that material to the display the kids will notice.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A little after the fact, but thanks for reminding me:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I put up a display on Monday using the books I had laying around&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Fiction involving surveillance and not full truths. And non fiction vaguely relating:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Fic
Fahrenheit 451
1984
Little Brother
Truancy by Isamu Fukui
Omega Place by Graham Marks&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;NF
Career Ideas for teens in information technology
Domestic Wiretapping
Civil Liberties- opposing viewpoints
The Patriot Act
Breaking News (about the struggles of the Associated Press)
UFOs and Aliens (there's a cover up, right?)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How do you get non-library trained people to trust in your weeding?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I work at a high school that got a huge grant to build and stock library. It was completed last year. It’s awesome and mostly full of new, clean, and up to date books.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I’m having trouble getting the administration on board with my weeding. Somewhere in life they were taught that all books are valuable forever, no matter the content or physical shape. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So, when we get “donations” of the trash that people don’t want anymore, I’m supposed to add it. This particular problem is my fault for not secretly throwing out books one at a time until they’re gone.  But I thought I could get a bunch of books gone quickly by putting them on a cart and asking that they be taken to the recycling bin. But, someone took notice. Apparently, you can’t just toss such useful books.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Specifically, I’ve been told to add these titles to our collection:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Environmental Jobs for Scientists and Engineers&lt;/em&gt;, 1992 (I argued really hard against this book, to no avail. What were you doing in 1992? Did it involve a modern computer? Of course not?)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Environmental Policy and Politics&lt;/em&gt;, 1996 (from what I can tell on Worldcat there are newer versions of this same book. How do I know that everything hasn’t changed since this was published during the Clinton administration)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And a few other ecology type books circa 1992-5, one of them has a big fat coffee stain&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We are a school with an environmental focus. And we do need more of this type of thing than most schools. However, I’m completely uncomfortable providing info this old, especially in the science realm. We have other, newer things in this category, but admin doesn’t want to hear it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Since, I’ve been specifically instructed to keep these things, I’m pretty sure I’ll get in trouble if I secretly throw them out.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any suggestions? I need to train my admin to trust me.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Do you have a written collection development policy? That'd be a good place to start, along with some education for your administrators about why they exist and are a good idea. A "Would we buy this book if it were new" is not a bad place to start with a donation policy. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Some things I'd also highlight:
- Donations can bring bugs, mold, or other such things into the collection that can be expensive and difficult to get out. If nothing else, you need a way to weed based on condition. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Highlight the research on how new books encourage browsing and reading, while dated-looking books don't. (Not that it's the sole reason to weed, but you don't want to add books to the collection that will make browsing less interesting without an excellent reason.) &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Point out specific issues in books that cause you concern - health, safety, technology changes, misinformation, pluralism/sexism/racism issues. Not just 'This book' but 'See, on page 27, it says [totally outdated thing], and in this class, we teach [new thing]." You don't need to do tons of these, but a dozen or so often helps get the point across. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I've honestly found that the most effective thing has been to talk about &lt;em&gt;totally&lt;/em&gt; inappropriate books that really had to come out of the collection. The ones I usually talk about are the "History of the Jewish People" we weeded in 2000 or so that was published in 1936 (pre-Holocaust - it was like reading alternate history) or any of a number of "History of the Negro People" type things published in the 30s-60s that we've removed. Usually once I start naming names, people go "OH! Yes, I see the problem", and then we just have to get down to why the more subtle stuff is also an issue. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is the issue that they want to honor donations and encourage them? Talk about a way you can do that that doesn't suggest to students that these are the best sources for research - maybe shelves in another area of the school that can be browsed through, or even something in your library saying "Past Understanding" that you can do some education around. ("20 years ago, the main ecological concern was X. Now we know Y.") and keeping some donations, but not all of them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am wondering how many libraries there are who are circulating kindles and mp3 players and what kind of policies have been developed. I have been thinking about using a grant to purchase some mp3 players, but haven't been able to wrap my head around the logistics of it all. I am in a prek-8 school of about 400 students and 70 staff. What policies have you developed that deal directly with use and circulation of these specialty items.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We circulate Playaways to grade 2 and up. We apply our book policy to the playaways and have only had to charge for one replacement. We have been circulating these for 3 years.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;At the middle school where I worked, we held "Get Caught Reading at [Name of School] Week," during May.  Morning announcements alerted students that the administrators, the reading specialist, and the school librarian would be giving out some certificates for free ice cream (a "frosty treat," very popular in an un-airconditioned school) from the school cafeteria to students they "caught."  Each caught reader filled out a brief form listing his/her name, what s/he was reading, and who did the catching. At the end of the week, we had a drawing for each grade (6-8) for a gift card for the local bookstore. We tried to catch students reading at unusual times and in places such as by the flagpole.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you think your admin needs to see something written try this website:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.havana.lib.il.us/library/weeding.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.havana.lib.il.us/library/weeding.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I thought ALA had something you could print out and share with the admin but I kept getting a dead link. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you are automated, you can upload your collection into Follett's Titlewise by setting up a log in and password to Titlewave. Once you upload the collection, the program will analyze the collection and let you know what items are dated and need replacing. I also think there is a statement at the beginning of each Dewey number that tells you what the age should be.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We use the CREW weeding method, and the acronym MUSTIE - you set criteria for each non-fiction area of the collection on:  Misleading, Ugly, Superceeded, Trivial, Irrelevant to the needs of this community, and Elsewhere - MUSTIE&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Then we set an age for the book, and number of times it was used in the last three years.  so for one section we have:  5/2/MUSTIE - book must be less than 5 years old by publication date, have moved at least two times in the past three years, and pass MUSTIE to stay.  Environmental science is fast moving, so you may have 3/2/MUSTIE while poetry may have X/1/MUSTIE (X means that factor doesn't matter, a book can be 100 years old and still stay).  the critera are based on the needs of your community, so you can focus on the areas that need to be deep for your audience, and the areas that don't need to be so deep in the collection.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Get them to set the criteria with you, and write a policy describing it.  Then weed by the criteria and they can't argue with you! I swear by MUSTIE because once the criteria are set, you can delegate most of the weeding.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/pubs/crew/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/pubs/crew/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm pretty sure you're looking for:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Trouble with Thirteen by Betty Miles&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Maybe The Secret Window by Betty Ren Wright (1982)? The main character, Meg, foresees a friend drowning and stops it from happening, but not sure about the ferris wheel.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Try to get a few of your coolest students who frequented the library from last year to volunteer with passing out fliers (teens need to know if reading is "cool" at the new school). Have the volunteers and visitors introduce themselves with their name and their favorite book. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Have a suggestion box for students to write their favorite books. Give each student a form to put in the suggestion box on which to write their own favorite book/series/author and say you will fight to get any of these favorites that you don't already have. Create a display with lots of hip, diverse students reading their favorite book, and string these pictures throughout the library, but especially around where you will stand. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi
When I was little I remember owning a picture book about trees.  It was told from the point of view of the tree and talked about it being in the forest and then trees getting cut down and possibly turned into other things such as paper.  It would have been given to me sometime between 1980 and 1987 and I feel it could be an American publication as I am sure it was a gift from my Aunt who lived in the US at the time.
Can anyone help?
Thanks
Helen&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We are considering it and trying to adjust our polices for my high school. That being said I could be mistaken but I am pretty sure the license for the kindle does not allow it to be circulated.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For older teens Mary Renault's &lt;em&gt;The Last of the Wine&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;The Charioteer&lt;/em&gt;, and &lt;em&gt;The Friendly Young Ladies&lt;/em&gt; (also published as &lt;em&gt;The Middle Mist&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The first deals with two young men growing up in Athens during and after the Peloponesian War.  Both are pupils of Socrates.  Here we see a society in which same-gender relationships are seen as normal, natural, and expected; indeed, the main character has a good friend whom he suspects is totally heterosexual, and finds the idea odd and a little repulsive.  When the younger boy's father is about to go off to the army, he has The Talk with him--but it isn't about GIRLS.  Both boys are athletes--on a middle-distance runner, and the other a pankratist--and both serve in the war, first in the home guard militia and later in the Athenian navy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Charioteer&lt;/em&gt; involves three young men in a British military convalescent hospital during WW II coming to terms with their homosexuality in various ways.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Friendly Young Ladies&lt;/em&gt; involves a teenage girl who runs away from her toxic home life to live with her older sister in London.  The older sister is a Lesbian, and lives on a houseboat moored on a branch of the Thames with her girlfriend.  This is presented quite matter-of-factly---they are two people who love each other and want to build a life together, and the fact that they are both women is secondary.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Renault was advanced for her day--and in some ways even for ours--in that she treats her characters as people first and as GAY people second.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;At a school where I used to work, we stole a page from elementary teacher conferences and made student faces from cardboard and wire hangers.  We then dressed them with uniform shirts from the school store, made large name tags of famous book characters, and did a book display on every table in the library, showing off the collection by putting out different subjects on each table.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It was a lot of work, but the staff also had a lot of fun with setting it up, and everyone loved the cardboard children--and it made the library look like the lively place it usually was, not just a room with books and computers (cardboard children also used the databases).  We also made a continuous loop power point which played.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We didn't speak at all, just answered questions.  Our student tour guides handled questions about us (and often repeated what they had learned in freshman orientation).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I moved my entire reference collection into non-fiction and put see through red labels over the spine label.  Red = reference and cannot be checked out.  It has worked well for my K-5 students, increasing interest and most of them understand why they can't check them out.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My Wierd School series by Louis Sachar,
Dear Dumb Diary Series by Jim Benton,
Stink Series by Megan McDonald,
Attack of the Mutant Underwear by Tom Birdseye,
Cardboard Genius Journals series by Frank Asch&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;"Goode Omens" by Terry Pratchett &amp;amp; Neil Gaiman!  I must have bought 5 copies over the years just to give away to friends.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I remember the story about the clock, but I can't for the life of me think what book it was in; it was a series of stories about a pioneer family.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Major in whatever subject most interests you.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would suggest talking to librarians you know and asking where they got their MLS's and when, and what they liked/disliked about their programs.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A more important question is, "Which library school is the best fit for me?"  Some LIS programs are sort of 'computer science lite', while others are more traditional book-oriented programs.  If you are a chiphead, you'd be miserable at the latter, and if you are a bookworm you'd be miserable at the former, no matter how 'good' the school might be.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I was talking with a casual acquaintance not long ago and he said, "You're a librarian, aren't you?"  When I confirmed it, he said, "My sister is a librarian, and you talk just the way she does."  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A topic had come up that neither of us knew very much about, and I was outlining exactly how I would go about researching the matter.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Aslum, I can't reply to your post directly, but in my opinion, the Lexile system is flawed. It seems to assign scores based purely on the technical difficulty of the book, without any regard for the content. For example, according to the Lexile Website, "Lord of the Flies" has a score of 770. The second book in the Captain underpants series has a score of 780. Draw whatever conclusion you want from that.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm in the process of looking for a new job - I'm in education and my job isn't threatened but my health and sanity are.  I have been looking at positions as a program/project manager for the reasons stated above by someone else as well as a research specialist.  I have an interview for a research specialist position based on the fact that I have an MLS - they are looking for that because we can do research.  Failing that I might audition for Dancing with the Stars.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Offer the books to teachers, but if they actually want them point out the dates or pages that exemplify why they are no longer useful.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Last year we did major weeding, and the teachers all complained that I was getting rid of good books.  I opened the library up and let teachers choose as many as they wanted from our discard boxes.  Amazingly, those books no longer looked as good.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Close to records management is Information Mangement.  I know I know... seems like a sexy name for records management and you know... you'd be right. 
Almost all governments and pretty much everyone associated with that legislation for accountability and acces to information have to clean up thjeir electronic recrods. And frankly, because as Stephen Abram puts it - the electronic iceburg is just floating along waiting to cause a titanical incident, IM managers are scarce and needed everywhere. 
Learn about "file management" as opposed to RDA and AACR, understand taxonomies and controlled vocabulary, put your teaching skills to work in order to train a bazillion people to USE what ever electronic IM system is in place, create the policies, ... it is ENDLESS.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;IM is the hot topic but frankly it's not as exciting as reference and readers advisor. you persuading people to file doucments electronically for accountability and access. It is the immature version of organized information - where libraries are the mature side.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But it is growing as a business and there is a definite need for knowledgable people to run the show.&lt;br&gt;
ANd best part... many organizations want MLIS professionals to run their IM businesses because they get that we get it.   Now salaries... doubt they are any better than libraries but it's a job&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We shifted our Reference books a few years ago and it was hard work--- but worth every minute.  Our books are now used with some frequency as opposed to never used... I did keep the Reference labels on them as a way to remind us to tell the students that it is an overnight checkout and that the cost of replacement is high so they know what they're getting into when they borrow a Reference book.  We have not had any problems with loss. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We did leave our one encyclopedia set, a large dictionary, the Dictionary of Biographies (huge, heavy set) in the old reference section, and some oversized books in the reference area. We were able to convert the rest of the area to fiction only and that has been great! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;More for public libraries, as I assume school libraries and university libraries let all enrolled and teaching use their collection. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;At the library I work at, we don't ask for much. A current valid id (meaning that it hasn't expired and has your corrrect name, even if it's been issued by Costco (if it has your picture on it) or even if it's not a local id (foreign ids are fine by us too, sometimes even if we can't read them.)) and something that has your current address (or permanent address if they aren't the same place) on it (because for some reason a lot of people are from out of state, so we'd quite like to know where you're living, and we don't actually trust you to give us the correct answer). And possibly some money, under certain circumstances. Two things. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But a lot of people seem to think that having &lt;strong&gt;something&lt;/strong&gt; with their current address on it is a really tough proposition. I mean, we'll take almost anything issued from an outside source. Rental agreements, insurance card, bill, mail from anyone (with a recent postmark for validity), checkbook, school registration (but some schools have stopped putting addresses on them), membership cards... Practically anything except business cards because anyone with a laser printer can do those. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Part is the "I want a library card this second and I can't be bothered to a) check what's required first before coming down or b) go home to get it" mentality.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So what I actually want to know is a) what requirements do other library systems have and b) how much of a problem is it for your potential users to adhere to those requirements?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't actually have an MLS so would have to rely on other skills I have. Most likely I would get more serious about doing web development professionally instead of the occasional freelance job.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We request either a government ID (pretty much any kind will do, but usually it is a driver's license or state ID) with the patron's current address or if the address isn't current we will take a piece of mail addressed to them that has successfully been delivered by the post office. We just want to know that they can be tracked down at that address. It seems to work pretty well, although some people are turned away until the requirement can be me. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I personally think it's a reasonable requirement. We do have an obligation to our tax-payers to make some kind of attempt to make sure that our users are somewhat "legitimate," and that we stand a pretty good chance of getting our materials back. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Ours is just like yours. Photo ID (Gotta make sure you're you!), and SOMETHING with a current address (We'll take just about anything: mail and checkbook being the top 2 often used). 
I never realized how hard it is to prove your address until I started working at the library.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I seem to recall using a check stub when I got my card, before I worked here.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Pretty much the same here. Picture ID, and proof of address. Up to date drivers license is sufficient. Worst case scenario I'll suggest the person mail themselves a postcard.
I don't really see it as bad customer service to not issue a card to someone who can't prove they live w/in the area of service. At the least it's good customer service for the other patrons who do use the library.
Put another way, our requirements aren't exactly onerous so I don't feel bad about enforcing them. If you needed 2 ids + copy of your lease/deed + Passport + biosample ... then I'd have a little more sympathy for someone who didn't have everything they needed to get a card.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I can't remember which library system it was, but one that I've used in the past would let you fill out the library card application online and then mail you the card, but it wouldn't be active until you brought it in with photo ID to activate it.  The fact that you got it in the mail would act as address verification.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In this day and age of digital content, and digital formats and such, I'm wondering if a library can, purely for backup purposes, copy digitally friendly content (Audio Books on CD, DVDs, etc...) to servers.  Then, when something is lost\stolen, simply create a new copy from the digital reserve, which would be completely non-accessible to the public.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I keep hearing that keeping "1 digital backup" of something, purely for backup and replacement is legal, for individuals, but I never hear about it in terms of libraries...in addition, the "one backup" exception always seems to be under question anyway.  Is this legal\permissable under current law?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We also require something that proves identity, and something that proves home address. If your California drivers license is current, that does both.  Passport, photo ID from school, photo ID from work, etc for identity.  Bill, bank statement, lease or rental agreement, checks, etc. work for home address.  We are flexible and I have noticed that if you suggest enough things people generally think of something.  If they say they just moved I rattle off "gas bill, water bill, cable bill, rental agreement, phone bill ..." though sometimes they have to go get it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If we get people who say they don't have anything on them, we are in the car-centric LA area, and if I mention "car registration" a lot can generally come up with that somewhere in the car.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We offer to hold stuff for three days if someone can't get their card on the spot. I have worked in several libraries that will mail cards to prove address, but you still need to prove identity.   &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We need two items to verify your id: one containing your face and name, the second your name and current address.  If you only have one, I can let you get a card.  But You will only be able to use it to access the internet. (90% of folks that don't have a card and need one TODAY only want to access the internet anyway.)  You can come back with the other piece of id at a later date and be allowed to check out materials.  I will hold the item you've collected for check out until you return within 5 days.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I can't answer this myself (not a lawyer) but I highly recommend consulting Library Law www.librarylaw.com and especially the section on copyright (http://www.librarylaw.com/Copyright_and_Libraries.html)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that the first heading under "copyright law of special interest to librarians" may have what you need.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Again, not a lawyer, and I don't even play one in the Library!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm okay showing anything, because where I grew up, we had to show not only our ID cards, but also a recent invoice (or wast it two?) from any utility company to show that the address on our ID card was indeed the correct one. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I really think that you're not asking for much, just what is reasonable. I guess it's all part of this "Entitlement Society" where people want to get what they want, when they want it and without any effort on their part. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We'll accept a current driver's licence or any sort of official documentation of current address (right down to insurance cards, chequebooks, rental agreements, even utility bills printed off the public computers). Which is why I am so baffled when people try to fight with us.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm a library assistant from Finland and our customer is asking about Jack London short story. Vaasa university library website says "Jack London wrote a short story about a sailor sitting in a San Francisco bar for hours talking to his bottle, saying over and over again the word 'Perkele!' with a magnificently rolled r. London believed it was the name of his distant sweetheart: in fact the sailor was a Finn and the word is one of the strongest Finnish swearwords" or the character may have been a gold digger, who always drunk and gambled the money he got and thus never had the money to travel home (this is from a magazine article about London, but unfortunately the writer of the article has deceased). &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We haven't been able to locate this, so can anyone find a Jack London story with this Finnish character and what is the title?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to message individuals within UNshelved Answers? For example if I have a question for Bill or Gene that deals with Book Expo can I message them without everyone seeing? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have a BFA in printmaking. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Doesn't look like it. Administrators can see the email address in people's profiles, but there doesn't appear to be a way to make it public.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(You can reach us at bill@overduemedia.com and gene@overduemedia.com, respectively.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We require a piece of ID with their current address, as being a non-resident subjects them to additional membership fees.  Most everything mentioned in the other answers will be accepted for address proof should they not have a Drivers license or non-drivers ID.  If they are new to the city, or do not have something with the current address, we can sign them up as a new member, which gives them 3 month to provide the additional ID.  They are limited to 10 items, but so long as they know the address where they are living, we try not to create a barrier.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We also require the proof of address annually for card renewals, to ensure all information is current.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Not a great answer, but in trying to find the website you were talking about I stumbled across the brochure that seems to be the origin of this story.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.uwasa.fi/midcom-admin/ais/midcom-serveattachment-4613/yo-lehti-englanti_22_05_07.pdf" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.uwasa.fi/midcom-admin/ais/midcom-serveattachment-4613/yo-lehti-englanti_22_05_07.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It's a piece written by Gerald Porter at Vasaa. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It looks like his email might be gerald.porter@uwasa.fi &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Why not just ask him?  It's not very quick, but given the vagueness of the sentence and my sad results with googling it might be the most likely to get you a result. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;"&lt;strong&gt;A Stranger to Command&lt;/strong&gt;" by *Sherwood Smit*h. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A young nobleman is sent away from the deadly attention of his king to the far-off country of Marloven Hess, much feared for its highly competent army and its concentration on military prowess. As the first foreign-born cadet to the military academy, Vidanric finds himself in a harsh environment, even his name is lost due to language problems and he is looked down upon as a foppish weakling. Slowly he adapts to the strange customs and tongue and gradually makes friendships, discovering loyalty and even love as he masters the lessons and grows in competence as a leader until he is ready to return to Remalna with the steadfast resolve to address the rulership problems in his native land. This book is brimming with action and adventure and the joys of comradeship and hardship overcome. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"&lt;strong&gt;Icecore&lt;/strong&gt;" by &lt;em&gt;Matt Whyman&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A young British computer whiz hacks into Fort Knox, and is taken into custody. Authorities fear that he is part of a terrorist plot to rob the depository and he is handed over to the American military and transported to a Guantanamo-style prison in the high Arctic to be imprisoned with notorious captured terrorists. Subjected to physical and mental torture designed to make him admit his involvement in terrorism, he wishes only to clear his name and escape from the hellish situation where it's a toss-up as to whom is more dangerous: the guards or the other inmates. This gripping novel builds to an explosive and entirely unexpected climax -  a smashing read for anyone.    &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You could also try browsing this list of Jack London short stories. I went through several but couldn't find what you were looking for. Are you able to give any more details?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jacklondons.net/writings/ShortStories/index.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.jacklondons.net/writings/ShortStories/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our library media center is open before school and we get the same few kids every morning. I wondered what have other school librarians done to attract kids into the media center in the morning ? Has anyone used food to entice kids into the library media center and if so, has it been successful? If not, what other ideas or strategies to you suggest.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm available a few mornings to plan something but have meetings the other mornings. A school para supervises the media center from 8-8:30.I am in an elem middle school and would like to plan something that would get more kids using the center before school. Any ideas?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Maybe a last-minute homework help program?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I haven't done anything like this with the kids, mostly because my principal is super paranoid about kids + food + new library carpeting and shelving = huge mess. I'm working on persuading her.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As far as getting kids into the library, maybe check with your local big box stores (Walmart, Target, etc.) and see if any of them would be willing to donate a video game system. You could attach a nice little plaque or sticker that says "Donated by our friends at &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;_&lt;/em&gt;__&lt;/strong&gt;" and advertise it in the school newsletter. They get publicity, you get something that might draw more kids in. I would recommend asking for a Wii, as they are the least expensive of the "big" consoles, and have a wide variety of multiplayer games, such as:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Mario Kart Double Dash&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Super Smash Brothers &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Wii Sports&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Dance Dance Revolution (also available on other consoles)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;any of the Raving Rabbids games; they're very dumb, but kids seem to like them&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And these are just to name a few. I'm sure there are lots more that I can't think of at the moment.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Three words; "Rube Goldberg Device".&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Hunger Games and Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins would probably work well, since they are set in a dystopian society where many families struggle with the basic necessities. The focus is more on the story than on the setting&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I haven't read it, but I've heard good things about Chanda's Wars by Allan Stratton, which is apparently set in a fictional African country&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Orca books might be good, but they deal with issues facing teens in North America: not sure how relevant all of them would be. My suggestion would be to read a couple and see&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Speaking as someone who had difficulty breaking into the field after completing my MLS (graduated in 1993 and never got the memo that said "you really need previous library experience in order to get a job") I have lived this reality and it honed my library skills amazingly.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Beyond my work in a large variety of corporate libraries, I have been (in no particular order):
*a temporary receptionist/administrative assistant
*a construction project manager
*a process/procedure developer and implementer
*a web developer
*a cataloger of historic artifacts
*a clerk at Williams-Sonoma (a holiday job to support my addiction to their cookware)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have also volunteered as:
*the newsletter editor for a local neighborhood association
*the chair of said organization
*volunteer coordinator and storytime planner for a small ballet company&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am convinced at this point in time that any position I take on, I can handle simply because of the skills I have developed due to my library education.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It's funny that this question should come up now, because I'm actually in my first permanent library position now, and it uses every skill set I have ever developed in my career. It's almost like my odd career path was designed to prepare me to be a prison librarian. Good thing I love it!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We are similar to most above answers (photo ID, something with a county street address). We try to be agreeable, because we want in encourage library use. However, I also have property in another state where the requirements seem more of an obstacle: specific state ID, along with 2 other official documents with your county address, and you need to provide a local reference (not at your same address) who can vouch for you. You don't get your card right away - they need to call the reference first - and you come back to pick it up. Not the most helpful situation if you've just moved, and need some internet access before you get settled. (We give guest cards for internet use to anyone - we also get a lot of tourists).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would recommend &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Sound and the Fury&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; by William Faulkner. It has a number of great voices in it,  including the disjointed narrative of a man with mental retardation. Brilliant.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Already recommended but seconded are the Junie B Jones, Horrid Henry, and Judy Moody books. I would also add Cam Jansen to that list. Some of the Andrew Clements books are quite difficult (6th grade), but he does have the "Jake Drake" series which is high 2nd grade reading level. The earlier Magic Treehouse books would be okay, but they get difficult sequentially. The Rainbow Fairy (and Pet Fairy, and a zillion other spinoff series) are okay, my 6th grade girls (who are low level readers) love them, as does my principal's 2nd grade daughter.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am (always) looking for series recommendations for my 6th grade special ed students. Most of them read between 2nd and 4th grade level. We already know about Horrid Henry, Cam Jansen, Magic Treehouse, the Fairy books, Judy Moody, Junie B Jones and Geronimo Stilton and are quickly exhausting those (well, except the Fairy books, they go on forever). My students aren't too particular about reading things seen as babyish by others, but I kind of am. I'd like to see them reading things that their peers might read. Series books are preferred, but individual titles are also welcome.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Have you given any thought to pushing them?  Lloyd Alexander books are above that level but not to much so.  Also do not forget Beverly Cleary.  Love Ramona and the movie is coming out this summer so that might be a nice tie in.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about the McBroom books? (McBroom Tells A Lie, etc.) They're older, but still funny, and should be about the right level.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Animorphs&lt;/strong&gt; are probably 4th grade level, so they may be a challenge . . . but they're  an elementary-level series that I was happily reading through 8th grade, even as an honors English student. (The cello section in my middle school orchestra doubled as an Animorphs club.) &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'd recommend the &lt;a href="http://www.scholastic.com/bone/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Bone graphic novel series by Jeff Smith&lt;/a&gt; (it probably comes in at about the 4th grade reading level).  It's 9 volumes of all-ages comedic fantasy, without too much sword and sorcery.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Scholastic publishes many other great graphic novel, many of them series, at that reading level.  The &lt;a href="http://www.scholastic.com/bscgraphix/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Babysitter's Club&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.scholastic.com/goosebumpsgraphix/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Goosebumps&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="http://store.scholastic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay_Amulet%3A+Book+1+The+Stonekeeper_21701_-1_10052_10051" rel="nofollow"&gt;Amulet&lt;/a&gt; are all excellent&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I haven't read them yet (my local library doesn't have them, boo), but I've heard good things about &lt;em&gt;Zahrah the Windseeker&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;The Shadow Speaker&lt;/em&gt;, both by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu, as African0based fantasy.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Don't forget nonfiction, particularly the nonfiction companions to the Magic Treehouse. The Horrible Histories series by Terry Deary and co is probably towards the upper end of the reading end, but is motivating and would definitely not look babyish to their higher reading level peers. 
A fiction series that might fit in which what they've been reading is the Time Warp Trio by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith. Captain Underpants might especially appeal because the protagonists are not good students.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We accept any of the following as proof of residency as long as they are current and show name and street address (no P.O. boxes): valid property tax receipt, driver’s license or non-driver’s license, lease agreement, voter registration card, utility or credit card bill, etc.  We do not require a photo ID.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, the public of the library I manage does not have the luxury of a reference librarian (I'm a Library Associate - just got accepted to Library School) or any librarian for that matter due to county budget cuts.  And, once graduated, the public will probably still not have that luxury ("luxury" being facetious of course).  Basically, my staff and I get the answers where we can get them and 9 times out of 10, the patron walks away happy.  Beware, as this may be the trend in the future.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Charlie Bone series by Jenny Nimmo might be interesting to your class, especially those who jumped on the Harry Potter train, as they have similar themes (set in Europe - Wales in this case, boarding school, children who use their magical powers to band together to fight evil, etc.).  Plus, they have the added advantage of having a list of characters in the front, so it is easy to not get confused as far as who's who when going from book to book.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hot Dog and Bob series. Adored by boys at my public library. &lt;a href="http://www.hotdogandbob.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.hotdogandbob.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;American Chillers by Jonathon Rand&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Goosebumps&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A to Z Mysteries (probably a bit too young, although if they like Cam Jensen and Magic Treehouse)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Diary of a Wimpy Kid books&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The girls might like the American Girl mysteries&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Animorphs books? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Something as simple as a sign welcoming students before school would be great too. And making sure you simply have a welcoming atmosphere would go a long way as well. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have any suggestions for giveaways/prizes/incentives for contests or survey takers? Something inexpensive (or free!!) that the recipient would actually appreciate?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Many thanks!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Here's a list of things I personally would like as a patron, to receive and, as a librarian, consider giving away: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;pens, 
t-shirts, 
reusable and recycled bags, 
free books (duh! :D), 
little bottles of hand sanitizer, 
candy, 
coupons to local stores (bookstores, frozen yogurt, restaurants, ...). &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am looking for a relatively inexpensive golf pencil &amp;amp; scrap paper holder to be placed at our Public Access Computers. &lt;br&gt; Currently we're using frozen dinner trays, and I was hoping to use something a little classier.&lt;br&gt;
Please respond with where you think you bought it, and about how much it cost.
Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I hit up book sales and garage sales all summer for dirt cheap books that look like new (I never pay more than a quarter - usually a dime or less per book).  Mostly they're brand new books that just need to find the right home.  These become my prizes for the next year.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I also give away buttons and posters for books (or books turned movies) that I get free from publishers and distributers (and my School Library System director - she is like the Goddess of Freebies).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Disney Fairies and Fairy Realm are also inexhaustable for elementary/middle school girls.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Try the "Bring a Friend" idea.  If you've just finished a good book, bring it with you to the library along with a friend so the friend can check it out.  I actually learned this from my students, who tend to come to the library in pairs and swap.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, I put the most popular series books on top of a shelf, so students come every morning to check which Bone or Wimpy Kid books are in.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've recycled old textbooks into pencil holders, taking the idea from this blog: &lt;a href="http://www.dirjournal.com/shopping-journal/10-awesome-gadgets-recycled-from-unwanted-stuff/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.dirjournal.com/shopping-journal/10-awesome-gadgets-recycled-from-unwanted-stuff/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I don't have anything for paper holders though :( &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I purchased some Black Wire Mesh Pencil Cups from our supplier. They were less than $3 apiece and easily hold golf pencils and 1/4 size scrap paper. The photo below is from Amazon, but the price there is too high. Here is the item number: SPR90200
&lt;a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21CAYAzVSFL._SL500_AA180_.jpg" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21CAYAzVSFL._SL500_AA180_.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have a dollar store here in town, and purchased a whole bunch of little dishes...pudding cup style numbers, which are just tall enough to hold the golf pencils without spilling them, and we cut the paper into 2"x2" squares (Give or take), which are also the perfect size to fit into the little dishes!  Since it came from the dollar store, I think they were either $1.00 per, or perhaps they were on sale for 2-3 per dollar...can't remember for sure anymore (Was 3 years ago).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Can I ask a question first?  Can you expect more kids in the morning? How many arrive a 1/2 hour before classes? Our bus schedule only gives students a short time to get ready before classes. For those who get here on their own steam, it would have to be a pretty big incentive to get up early to come to school. But we are a small junior high, so that can make a big difference!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Lure them in with a daily contest. I use pictures from William Steig's books &lt;em&gt;CDB&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;CDC&lt;/em&gt; and get the students to guess what they mean. I have also used trivia questions in the past. Prizes might be a shiny pencil or a bookmark or a candy. Advertise by congratulating the daily winner during morning announcements. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Once you have the students in the library, you can show them the services or activities you are offering. I think an opportunity to catch up on homework would be greatly appreciated, or a chance to play educational games on the computers? Give kids a chance to peruse the books returned the previous day, before they are shelved, we all know that's where the good ones are! My students think it's a big privilege to be able to look through them!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Offering food would go over well, so many kids skip breakfast, but that could be quite expensive, perhaps just make that one day a week.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you are at a school library, I find that students like a) anything with sugar, or b) items they keep losing, like pencils, erasers, bookmarks, pens, etc. I always get a deal on the school supplies from warehouse sales.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here is an idea for a public library (I don't know how well it would fit in with your policies) how about a dollar off coupon for library fines? As a frequent library user and a bad, bad, librarian, that would please me to no end!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Have you tried books by Wendelin Van Draanen - Swear to Howdy, Shredderman Series, Sammy Keyes Series, Gecko and Sticky Series, Flipped.  Her books are always out. Betsy Byars- SOS Files.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Encyclopedia Brown for the short appeal factor and the fact that the kids are their age.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Book riddle from a patron for you. This book was probably written in the 60's, British author (he thinks), picture book about an old knight who gathers up all of the foes he has ever had and creates a circus with them - all the while they are scheming against him. Title possibly with the words "great adventures of sir..." or "last great adventure of sir..." something like that. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Yesterday we had a lighter left on one floor and an unopened pack of cigarettes on another.  I thought it was a good beginning to a summer reading prize package.  The Fiction librarian didn't agree.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Still, check the lost and found!  Or, cull from donations some books that are in good shape.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Would someone be interested in winning a bookplate in their name?  The winner could select from a list of book titles or subjects (something you're getting anyway).  Little Kids might like being able to show off "their" book.  Adults might appreciate the nod.  YA's I'm not sure would be so impressed.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would like to transition my teachers from storing videos in the classrooms and library media center to using dvd or streaming video for their curricular connections and teaching. The Media Units are unwieldy and get used less and less, although every once in a while everyone wants to sign one out. I am not looking forward to sending them out and paying for summer service. As they break, I am not replacing them but so many teachers have built up their video collections over the years and I know not everything is so easily available. I am in a quandry as to how to slowly move them to newer technology.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would guess that most of them are hanging on to VHS because they don't think they can find a new DVD that tells the information quite like the old VHS does.  Maybe your first step is some curriculum development help - see if you can assist them in finding new material that is as good or (gasp!) better than what they have.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Be tricky, weed the VHS collection and let them know that the majority of the films failed when tested. That will force into new technologies. Or have the curriculum director make everything new that they suggest be on dvd or streaming. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Hungry City Chronicles&lt;/strong&gt; by &lt;em&gt;Philip Reeve&lt;/em&gt; consists of 4 excellent dystopian novels set in world where Municipal Darwinism is the norm: bigger cities devour smaller cities.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I remember a Richard Scarry book that might be like this, but don't recall it being from the POV of the tree.  Sorry, not much help!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have a situation on my hands; long story short:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;during a mid-year inventory in mid-February, I had about a dozen books gone MIA.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;one of these books reappeared last Friday morning when I opened the LMC (it was inside, waiting quietly by a computer).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I realized that a group had their monthly meeting the night before - and since I had been the last one in the library on Thursday and then the first one in on Friday, the book had probably been borrowed by someone from that group.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I then sleuthed a bit and that book disappeared around the time of that group's February meeting (had been checked back in a few days before, and then gone missing during the inventory, a couple of days after the meeting). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So I contacted the leader of that group about it, and asking if maybe people had borrowed some of those other books that are still missing - and if so, to ask them to please bring them back. I got an email back from the group leader today - all upset and horrified (her words) about it, but basically denying that anyone would take the books. I still hope that she will ask people in her group and that books, IF some people from that group did take some books, will reappear. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Another issue is that books on the shelves and some chairs are always moved around and not put back, when I come back in the day after their meeting. Again, the group leader swore that they always put everything back in place and even picked up trash or pencils if they saw some laying around, but I know what I see (and what I have to do), first thing in the morning after their meeting! &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So, my (long winded) question is: do you let groups use the library for meetings after normal hours, and if so, what kind of policies (and consequences for not following them) do you have?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is a total stab in the dark, as it doesn't quite match, but are you thinking of The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein?  A boy talks to a tree who gives his fruit to eat, his branches to build a house, his trunk for a boat, and eventually his stump for the boy (now an old man) to sit on.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I can tell you what happens at our school now, after many years of having school board members smoking and leaving butts, groups trashing the place, young children being left unsupervised and pulling books off the shelves. I wrote letters to the school board, had students write letters telling them of the horrible smell of dirty butts in the media center. Finally they stopped smoking in the media center. I spoke to our principal numerous times about the room being trashed. We now have a room use form.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Our media center is used for all kinds of meetings after school, evenings and weekends. Many groups will stop in and ask me if they can use the media center. I refer them to the office. All organizations need to sign out a room use form. All staff have an arrangement with the head custodian. If there is a problem with any room being messed up or trash left, etc., we go to him and he will have a talk with the group leader and set them up in a different room and let them know why they are being moved.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is a little different, because we are a public library, but it seems like many of the same issues would apply. We do not allow non-library meetings to take place in our building. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It is our feeling that opening our facility up to meetings of other groups means that we would have to allow all groups that might want to use our facility whether or not it is a group the library might want to be associated with or seen as supporting in any way. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Could you take photographs of the condition of the library before a meeting and then afterward to support your position that the space is not being returned to its original condition? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Stickers! We've found they're tremendously popular. Also temporary tattoos (appropriate ones, of course.) We've got a range of designs - everything from funky hearts to cartoony pirate tattoos to rain-forest like animals (so brightly colored beetles and birds, among other things.) &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't remember how central to the story it was, but there was discussion at some point of the possibility of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event" rel="nofollow"&gt;Tunguska Event&lt;/a&gt; having been a black hole fired at earth by aliens. If I remember right, the black hole was circling the core and slowly getting bigger, and scientists had detected the perturbations in Earth's gravity caused by it at a point in the near future.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There is an article about this in the July 2004 issue of SLA's Information Outlook publication written by a law professor @ UNC. The short answer to making backups of AV materials is "no!" The article is available in numerous places online. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;See "Making backup copies violates law" The Free Library 01 July 2004. 24 March 2010 &lt;a href="http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Making%20backup%20copies%20violates%20law.-a0120134780" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Making%20backup%20copies%20violates%20law.-a0120134780&lt;/a&gt; 
for the complete article. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Since I'm from Denmark this might be useless for you, but working in a nursing school we often encountered the problem of tapes going missing when the educators wanted to show them to class.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For the VHS tapes there was no problem in converting them to WMV files and putting them on the server, so they could be played from anywhere at school.
I could not do this with digital content until a month ago where COPYDAN (they manage the copyright laws) finally caved in.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;After several years of negotiation they finally agreed to letting me convert digital content to af youtube kind of base.
The rules for it would be that it was not publicly accessible, but since it was behind a password login that part was already in place - where things fell apart was when they wanted around $200 more yearly for this service.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Asking management for more money - even small amounts are something that seems to kill most ideas, since you have to ask several times, and more or less write a repport on why you want money for this.
We are supposed to have one year of trials before it will be offered to other libraries, where we repport statistics and a final price will be determined. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For now we can only copy our vhs, without problems, wether it being to the server or to a dvd, but probaly next year or the year after we can copy our digital materials.
Copying cds or something like that is a big NO-NO!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There is already in our public libraries an offer of downloading music and audiobooks, instead of getting the physical copy.
which to some extent also prevents loss, but the general rule is that if the physical copy is lost you delete the digital, or by a new physical copy.
In other words we cannot use our backups if the original is lost, but I don't know if you can lend out a copy and keep the original somewhere else. Don't think they would agree to that.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Does anyone remember a children's picture book that had a bear (but it also could be a dog or other animal) character who wrapped up lots of things (including a bird cage) to make a birthday party for themselves?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My patron is about 20 years old and remembers this book from grade school.  Authors last name might have started with a A - G (based on where she remembers the book being shelved in the library).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thank you so much for your help,
Meg&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I worked on a similar issue many years ago when a music professor wanted to create a complete tape library of all the LPs in our collection so he wouldn't have to walk across campus to get the recordings he wanted.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The short answer is "no".  The official answer regarding copyright and duplication can be found in this circular from the Copyright Office. &lt;a href="http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ21.pdf" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ21.pdf&lt;/a&gt;. Yes, it's still a bit obtuse, but it covers educators and librarians, so print it out or bookmark it for your board when they ask the same question.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In essence, libraries are not individuals. We cannot create back-ups just to have them available should the actively circulating copy become damaged in some way. This applies to all copyrighted materials, including computer programs. Individuals may make a copy for personal use, and teachers may make copies of excerpted materials for classroom use provided they are not replacing published anthologies, but libraries do not fall into these guidelines. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I know. It is possible for e-books and other digital files to be damaged, but as long as the copyright is in place you cannot create additional copies for replacement. We couldn't do it with print materials, we cannot do it with non-print.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;David Brin's novel Earth has a tiny-but-deadly black hole as the main plot element, and I think there was a reference to the Tunguska Event in the context you mention. [It's a very good novel, btw!]  If you were thinking of a short story then this wouldn't be it, though.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Libraries themselves may make up to three copies of print material for the use of patrons, but backing up AV materials to a server would violate copyright law.  When you buy the AV materials, you are essentially buying the right to use and circulate those materials "as is".  If a copy is destroyed or stolen, you must either replace them or do without them.  I would also be hesitant to load the library server with AV materials as they take up a lot of space, and might overload the server.  I know our tech department has enough issues as it is with keeping the server from overloading.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I know I read the same theory, but I think that was in a Larry Niven story about disappearing spaceships, so no dice.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Yes, you can. It's easy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Yes, you should. If a librarian isn't an archivist, who is?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;No, it's probably not legal. That's why you should petition the Librarian of Congress to exercise the power granted to "exempt certain classes of works from the prohibition against circumvention of technological measures that control access to copyrighted works".&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="http://www.copyright.gov/1201/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.copyright.gov/1201/&lt;/a&gt;  for more details.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I know that ALA has been working on this issue for several years.  In the case of the library I direct in northern Michigan, we had a number of historical films relating to the area on VHS only.  Some of these things were 25 years old and I just had horror visions of them snapping, and never being able to replace them.  They were pulled until, I could contact as many producers as I could find and ask if they had them on DVD or would be willing to allow me the rights to copy them digitally for our collection (I would retain the original vhs in storage).  I not only received permission, but several free DVD copies because &lt;em&gt;I asked&lt;/em&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As far as I know, this is the only legal way to convert items.  If you have an item on VHS, the copies for library use must be in the same format.  If you need public performance rights for class, you must have them to run something on a "ITV" system.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am not a lawyer either, but "getting away with it" is going to make a mess for you, your employer, and the future of library fair use copies.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Another public librarian here - Any group that wants to continue a meeting beyond our regular hours must pay our security person (or a staff member, if security guy isn't available) for the extra time.  We are fortunate in that our meeting room is completely separate from our collection area, though.&lt;br&gt;
We also have a meeting room contract that every group is required to sign before they are allowed to use the room - here's rule number 7: "The room and the kitchen must be left clean and tidy. Organizations must provide their own supplies and take away the surplus when they leave. Coffee urns, when used, must be left clean."  Elsewhere in the meeting room information is the statement that "Failure to observe any of the rules may result in the denial of permission for that group to use the Meeting Room."
It doesn't keep any group from making a mess, but it does mean that we don't have to let them back if they do!&lt;br&gt;
If you can get admin to buy in (and lost materials would certainly help to justify), I'd definitely try to get a library use policy in writing - and require that groups sign off on the rules, in which, I'd definitely include a rule about groups not being allowed to use or borrow school materials.  Violation of that rule would certainly jeopardize their continued use of the room&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;That's a hard situation. Also a school librarian, and we have a number of evening functions. Things that seem helpful, both from my school experience and from using various community spaces for events in my personal life. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Having the maintenance folks on our side. I don't mean being smarmy, but being careful to ask for things in a way that they can work with, being reasonable in our time expectations, and generally treating them like interesting and nice human beings goes a long way. Even after major evening events, I rarely need to do much to get ready in the morning. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Clear information for &lt;em&gt;everyone&lt;/em&gt; using an event space about how to leave it. One problem I've seen in other settings is that the first person in the room is the only person who knows how to reset it. This makes it hard for other people in the meeting to help. Having a clear diagram of what you'd like the room set-up to be, and reminders about other things (please pick up trash and leave in X bin, recycling is here, if anything was accidentally damaged, here's how to tell us.) &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Consider in-person conversations - both about problems, and maybe staying late once to do a brief intro to regularly scheduled meetings with particular issues. Putting a personal face on the issue can really help. Don't blame them, just say "We know there's been some questions about using the space. Here's how you can help!" and then introducing the new info about returning the space to the set-up you need in the morning, and education around why just taking a book is a problem. Don't single out any one meeting: educate all the regular users. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We haven't had huge issues with people taking items without asking (I sometimes get a note of "I took [title], [their name]", but then I can just check it out.) However, I've also got faculty who are well-educated about these issues. Including how you feel about people checking out items when you aren't there on the info sheet would be helpful. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Things to highlight might be:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;1) needing to steward resources: items are effectively lost if you don't know where they are even if someone has the best intentions. (And if it's not checked out, you can't get it back for a student project or other immediate need.) &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;2) sometimes you know that items will be needed for a particular class project in the near future, and want to keep them available for that. (your primary focus, probably)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;3) that you need statistics to demonstrate how the library is used and what items are most highly used - checking them out is crucial for this reason. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;4) that depending on their interest in the book, there might be other resources you'd also love to suggest, and you can't do that if you don't know what's being used. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;These focus not on "You're a bad person for taking this book", but "Here's all the other ways the library can serve you and our community if we just connect the book with the person." and I've had good results with it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am not an attorney, but when I come up against such nagging questions on backups and format-shifting, I recommend the use the handy, new Section 108 Spinner! &lt;a href="http://librarycopyright.net/108spinner/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://librarycopyright.net/108spinner/&lt;/a&gt; It is the best resource I have found to unravel the tangle of Copyright Section 108 law. It is hosted by ALA's excellent Copyright Advisory Network. Their forum is also useful for getting feedback or opinions on oddball Copyright questions &lt;a href="http://www.librarycopyright.net/wordpress/punbb/viewforum.php?id=1" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.librarycopyright.net/wordpress/punbb/viewforum.php?id=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if you were looking for this religious book, but &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0745917437" rel="nofollow"&gt;The Tale of Three Trees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; fits the description.  The first tree wants its lumber to be used as paneling in the Temple.  The second wishes to become a grand sailing ship to take people on many adventures.  The third tree's goal is to grow tall and straight, hoping that people walking along the road will look toward heaven when they see the tree.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;After the first tree is cut down, it is used to build a simple country stable instead of something beautiful.  The second tree becomes a boat, but instead of a ship, it becomes a simple fishing boat.  Despite its goals, the third tree is also cut down-- and instead of pointing to God, it is formed into three crosses that will be used for the execution of criminals.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Each of these structures, ends up playing a vital role in the story of Christianity, and the trees see that their original plans are fulfilled in more important ways than they could have imagined.  I read it often in church and school as a child, and it's a sweet story with wonderful illustrations.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our small public library successfully uses a combination of AVG for virus/spyware protection and Microsoft's SteadyState (amazingly FREE) for disk protection. WebJunction has an &lt;a href="http://www.webjunction.org/manage-public-access-computing/-/articles/content/450500?_OCLC_ARTICLES_getContentFromWJ=true" rel="nofollow"&gt;incredibly useful guide for successfully installing SteadyState on public library computers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if this merits another question, but what are those of you doing that rely on SteadyState and need to purchase new computers? Since Microsoft won't be supporting SteadyState for Windows 7 are you buying W7 machines with an XP downgrade option (and running XP)or are you opting for paid disk protection like Clean Slate? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've been fairly impressed with Microsoft Security Essentials&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Old coffee tins and let the special educational students paint or paper them as a project?  May put a smile on one's face to see their tin the next time they travel to the library.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What about a daily trivia hunt of say like 10 simple questions?  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Luckily, I've never noticed a book stealing/borrowing problem (but who knows). Our school has a space problem, so teachers share classrooms, and I'm expected to give up control of the library. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I've had some problems with the cleanliness after meetings and events... Used cake servers left behind, pizza crust in my recycling bin. And admin didn't pay much attention. But one day after a meeting my desk was sort of trashed, some of my due date slips were destroyed, my personal cookies were eaten and the crumbs left in all sorts of bizarre places, a individual packet of liquid creamer was spilled... I had a hissy fit, because to go through a closed drawer was a violation.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I had a long meeting with admin, reminding them of the value of the new library, and how there isn't any money left to replace our awesome stuff. And how I spent my valuable time vacuuming crumbs out of all sorts of places instead of useful work with the kids...They're not used to having nice things, and they constantly need reminding that they need to pay more attention if they expect the new library to stay new.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I demanded and got a locking file cabinet, and a promise to have a school employee accountable for the meeting. And every time I notice a meeting has happened, I verbally report to the operations manager if it was okay or not.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Related to that, my strategy is to not be shy about saying that books were stolen. It angers the kids and, I hope, makes them more likely to return books. Reframing the act of not returning library books as stealing is not something that most kids think about.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What about Dragon Slayers Academy?  They are in the low to mid 3rd grade level and there are several of them.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Maybe you could develop a shelving policy that creates a 'historical' collection. That is, keep every book, but take the oldest stuff and put it in a section devoted to an archival perspective: "This is what we used to think about this subject."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Miss Patricia Field at the South School in New Canaan, Ct (third grade) read us a book about an underground place called Og - I think.  People, or whatever they were were green.  Does anyone else remember this or was I dreaming?  Thanks&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Keep an eye out when you're ordering supplies from Gaylord, Brodart or whomever - sometimes if you order a certain amount you'll get a 'free gift'. They used to do stuff like iPod Nano and decent stuff. If you do a bunch of ordering at once and get a nice freebie like that, it can be a good grand prize. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've been thinking about this... I also have few students before school - always the same ones, either playing some games online or checking books in/out for the next few days. It doesn't bother so much because I have so many things to do in the morning! :D  I also cannot do anything that includes food, because there is a rodent problem in the school (we're in a newly developed area, and there are still fields - and rats, mice, etc... - nearby. Luckily I haven't had problems yet, and I want to keep it that way. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Anyways, I like all the answers that have already been given; I will add that I think students want some social time and/or fun time before school. They've finally got their parents off their backs, and they're about to have their teacher(s) back on there soon! So I would try to find something that will appeal to them in that way: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-an online game competition (I know that my students have "fads" when it comes to online games... one game is very popular for about a month, and then it changes to another game and so on, which ensures )&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-some board or card games&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-a (informal?) book club meeting&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-putting on some music kids/teens like - not loud of course! (Though that might encourage some "karaoke" action from groups of girls... Maybe just once a week or so?)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-encourage social talk (BFFs meeting each other) with magazines or clips of articles about teen actors, upcoming movies, the "great band" of the moment, etc... put on the tables. A whole campaign in the daily bulletin could be geared that way ("Did you hear that actor M has accepted to play character F in movie C?? Learn more @ your library!"; "Where do Best Friends Forever meet up in the morning? At the library of course!", etc...). &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am a library technician at a academic library and depending on the reference librarian around this gets dealt a number of different ways. Especially since as a Circulation assistant I'm not really supposed to answer reference questions either. We have two main campuses, a large and a small one. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;At the large one there is a designated reference desk with at least one reference librarian there from half an hour after we open to half an hour before we close. During busy times this gets bumped up to two or three. However there poses the problem of all the lirbarieans being busy and someone standing at the reference desk. I usually end up calling them over and finding out what type of question they have. If it is directional or a basic reference question I usually answer it. If it sounds complex I get them to wait for the librarian.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For questions involving the catalog or research I usually give a disclaimer of "I can only show you the basic search, if you have more questions please ask at the reference desk." Then I usually will do 5-10 min searches with them (depending on if the circ desk gets busy) after that I direct them to the ref. desk. However some of the librarians don't approve of me helping with the catalog.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;At the smaller branch there is only one desk that acts as circ and ref desk. So I get more of an opportunity to use my basic reference skills. Usually I will follow my usual guideline of 5-10 min. Then decide if I am getting results (which means the question is solved) or if I'm having no results and I get one of the other staff members to help.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I know that in our big library the pages aren't really watched over so the pages could answer questions without our knowing, but they are usually smart people and direct patrons to the ref. desk if the question is complex or confusing. At the small library also depending who is working the page sometimes will answer questions (like where to find X or where can I find the theater books) but again someone who admits that she knows her limits and would immediately find another staff member if she couldn't confidently answer the question. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I guess it all depends on your library and the type of pages you hire. I think that a basic guideline could be created with examples of questions that the page is encouraged or discouraged to answer. With the note that any questions that the page isn't confident to answer they should direct the patron to the reference desk.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;However I feel that is kind of backwards for the page to say "no they can't answer" if it is a very basic question like where do you find this book. I think as long as the page adds a disclaimer like "if you need help ask at the reference desk" or "well, I'm only supposed to shelve books but I believe its here." then there shouldn't be any problems. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am putting together an induction manual for new librarians, and I would very much like to include quotations from well-known childrens' books that illustrate the themes of growth, learning, leadership, development...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My question is - can anyone think of quotations that can be included in an induction manual for new librarians? Have already used "The very hungry caterpillar".&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Secret World of Og by Pierre Berton&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Amazon link: &lt;a href="http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/077101399X" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/Secret-World-Og-Pierre-Berton/dp/077101399X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1269524701&amp;amp;sr=8-2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Supposedly a new printing is available from amazon.ca&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I find this quote from Lois Lowry inspiring on a daily basis:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"The Giver passed along to the boy knowledge, history, memories, color, pain, laughter, love, and truth. Every time you place a book in the hands of a child, you do the same thing."
--Lois Lowry, Newbery Medal Acceptance speech, 1994.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our parent institution produces technical reports, conference abstract volumes, meeting reports and other publications. I'm concerned that we may not exist forever and that the work done over many years would disappear when the servers were turned off.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I've looked into LOCKSS, CLOCKSS, Portico, and Private LOCKSS Networks. Am I missing any distributed digital preservation tools?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;close, Pierre BERTON&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Full text, always!  To be honest, a couple of my favorite blogs (I'm looking at you Betsy Bird!) show up in my feed reader as teasers and it takes so long for the page to load that I end up not reading the posts...  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;how many do you need? (I work in a school library wehre we still use the ID cards for patrons to sign out books, so I have big stack to put in new books, and I could probably spare some, depending on how many you need!)  I have these in style (A) in white: &lt;a href="http://www.demco.com/goto?BLK754&amp;amp;C6CZZZZ" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.demco.com/goto?BLK754&amp;amp;C6CZZZZ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;--Eliza&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;She has read Keturah and Lord Death, Beauty, a retelling, Book of a thousand days, Song of the sparrow, The Thief, Wintergirls, Companions of the night and all the Twilight books. She wants more books like Forest of Hands and Teeth or Song of the sparrow. I just gave her Princess Ben and I, Coriander but I am running out of ideas. It seems she likes fairy/fantasy/historical fiction types, not really the contemporary fiction girl. She's read Golden Compass series too.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I should clarify that I am in in prek-8 school. I am happy to borrow YA for her but not anything that is considered adult. She did read Speak but she likes less violence.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Title>My incredible 7th grade reader is looking for romance books like The Forest of Hands and teeth </Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If she has not read it have her try Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. A little below her reading level I would guess but a strong romance with a very strong female character among the main characters.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Has she read &lt;strong&gt;Hunger Games&lt;/strong&gt; yet? ...and you never know, but I'm gonna assume she's read the other books in the &lt;em&gt;Forest of Hands and Teeth&lt;/em&gt; series.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Carolyn Meyer has written buckets of books on historical princesses - &lt;strong&gt;Mary, Bloody Mary&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Doomed Queen Anne&lt;/strong&gt; are excellent starts.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A fun series that I enjoyed at that age was the &lt;em&gt;Enchanted Forest Chronicles&lt;/em&gt; by Patricia Wrede.  Strong female princess who decides that rather than getting married, she will run away and become a dragon's princess.  The first book is &lt;strong&gt;Dealing with Dragons&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Oohh!  I just thought of another one if she's looking for more romance - &lt;strong&gt;The Fetch&lt;/strong&gt; by Laura Whitcomb is a great one, and this fits the historical fiction category.  He escorts souls (he's already deceased), but falls in love with a woman on earth and trades places with someone he is supposed to escort in order to make her fall in love with him.  Slightly complicated and a bit heavier reading, but the beginning sucks you in and makes you want to keep going.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;EDIT (3/29)
Is she a Gossip Girl kind of person?  If so, has she tried &lt;strong&gt;The Luxe&lt;/strong&gt; and its three sequels?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Tamora Pierce has wonderful fantasy works which appeal strongly to girls. Try the Song of the Lioness books ("Alanna, "In the Hand of the Goddess", etc.), her Protector of the Small series ( "First test", Page", etc.) and the Circle of Magic (Sandry's Book", Tris' Book", etc.) and the Circle Opens series ("Magic Steps, Street Magic", etc.). My daughters just loved them! And of course, there's always C.S. Lewis' Narnia books, Cornelia Funke's Inkheart series ( "Inkheart", "Inkspell", "Inkdeath") and Stuart Hill's the Icemark Chronicles ("Cry of the Icemark", "Blade of Fire", "Last battle of the Icemark"). If she liked Twilight she may like Amelia Atwater-Rhodes shapechanger Keisha'ra series which starts with "Hawkwing" and "Snakecharm" or her Den of Shadows series whch starts with "In the Forests of the Night" and "Demon in My View". Then there's Robin Jarvis' Deptford Mice series: "Dark Portal", "Crystal Prison, "Final Reckoning", and Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians series: "The Lightning Thief", "Sea of Monsters", etc. Sherwood Smith has written excellent series as well as good stand-alones like "Once a Princess", "Twice a Prince" and "The Trouble with Kings".Andre Norton"s Witch World books are wonderful - "Year of the Unicorn" is a good starter.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shiver&lt;/strong&gt; by Maggie Stiefvater (Romance with Werewolves)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lament&lt;/strong&gt; by Maggie Stiefvater (Romance with Faeries)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bones of Faerie&lt;/strong&gt; by Janni Lee Simner (Post-Apocalyptic with Faeries)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Graceling&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Fire&lt;/strong&gt; by Kristen Cashore (Fantasy with strong-if-violent women reacting to difficult situations. You might want to read &lt;strong&gt;Fire&lt;/strong&gt; before she does, there's a decent amount of off-stage rape to be dealt with)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Naming&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;The Riddle&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;The Crow&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;The Singing&lt;/strong&gt; by Alison Croggon (four books) (Fantasy with a strong young woman who's had a hard life going on a quest, building herself a family, etc.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strike&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tender Morsels&lt;/strong&gt; is another one that you should ABSOLUTELY read before handing it to the kid; she may not be ready for as much rape as is contained in the first 20 pages. But it's a great gritty fairy tale with complicated emotions and romance. If she's not ready now, she'll eat it up in three years.&lt;/strike&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;These are retold fairy tales:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Snow&lt;/strong&gt; by Tracy Lynn&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Beast&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;Spinners&lt;/strong&gt; by Donna Jo Napoli&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Beauty&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;The Hero&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;The Crown&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;The Blue Sword&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;The Door in the Hedge&lt;/strong&gt;, or Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Night Dance&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;Reincarnation&lt;/strong&gt; by Suzanne Weyn&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I actually did a word magnet project suggested by YALSA.  Bored students come in and create magnetic poetry for me, and seem to really enjoy it!  Other than that, I trust the heat outdoors (I'm in south Texas) to make my air-conditioned library the nicest spot on campus.  Can you schedule some bad weather for your location?  :)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We're looking into buying new, brighter, more eye-catching signs for our (large) library, using a local sign shop instead of the usual library catalogs. One sign we're discussing is the one for the reference desk, currently a very boring "REFERENCE AND INFORMATION" in white Helvetica letters on smoke Plexiglas. (Blehh.) It's been suggested some patrons may find the wording of the sign intimidating, and changing it to "Help Desk" or "Ask a Librarian" has been mentioned. Can anyone suggest another, more user-friendly phrase?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about: &lt;strong&gt;Questions Answered&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;Questions Answered Here&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about a big clear suspended sign with a giant yellow exclamation mark in it? I imagine that would make sense to anyone who's played WOW if nothing else.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Orson Scott Card wrote a book that was a spin-off of the sleeping beauty concept, called "Enchanted".&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I loved it.  Here's the Amazon.com review: "Enchantment is the story of a Ukraine-born, American grad student who finds himself transported to the ninth century to play the prince in a Russian version of Sleeping Beauty. Early in the story, he muses that in a French or English retelling of the tale, the prince and princess would live happily ever after. But, "only a fool would want to live through the Russian version of any fairy tale."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Just the Facts"&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;or "Facts -- Ask for them by name!"&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Unshelved ones:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My recreational club once got favorable access (we had an insider) into a multiple use space in a library after hours.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think I may have reached for the vacuum cleaner a little TOO early, but we sure got compliance on the whole "police the area" thing. Not that there was much food left....&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Back to the topic, the library did have a carefully diagrammed chart posted of how they wanted the room rearranged after the event. Of course it turns out the chart was inaccurate, but at least it was there.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Robert in San Diego&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm going to go out on a limb here and say how about...Question???Answers!!! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Connie Willis, when she's being funny, can sound very like Pratchett by way of Bridget Jones.  Try "Bellwether" or "To Say nothing of the Dog."  Some of her more serious books are heartbreaking but even they tend to have subplots that make fun of modern trends in similar ways to Pratchett. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Patricia Wrede's YA series, the Enchanted forest Chronicles (first one is "Dealing with Dragons") is also good for snark, one-liners, and in-jokes.  She also has several novels set in a regency England where magic is commonplace that I enjoyed, although they read more like Georgette Heyer than like Pratchett.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A patron asked me that question today, and I must admit it's the best thing I've been asked in months!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Seriously, though, other than from an archivist's perspective, what is the best way to turn book pages? From the top corner, the bottom, the middle? I did find an eHow article for the patron (it didn't specify where to grasp), but now I'm curious if there really is a RIGHT way to turn pages.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Citations, videos, and/or manuals are all welcome.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hm.. intriguing! I had to go get a book to see how I turned. Just a little above the bottom corner, or so it would seem. And I'm going to go with "My way is the best way" an make this my answer. :)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I prefer one after another consecutively. :)
Seriously, I like just below the top corner. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about "Free Information"?
Or "Answers Get Your Fresh Answers Here"?
Even "Information Assistance"?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Terry Pratchett's YA Discworld series with Tiffany Aching: "The Wee Free Men", "A Hat Full of Sky", and "Wintersmith" (this last has a romantic element).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Esther Freisner's Helen of Troy books: "Nobody's Princess" and "Nobody's Prize". &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Ella Enchanted" if she hasn't read it already.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Goose Chase" by Patrice Kindl. Told from the POV of Aurora Fortunato, who faithfully tends her 12 geese until the day destiny steps in and changes her life. A retelling of the classic fairy tale. An thoroughly enjoyable read.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I recommend "Owl In Love", or anything else by that author. I think she did one about a goose girl, too.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Maybe just "FAQ"?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I read an article on teaching children "book appreciation", and it said to teach them to squeeze the top right corner, then slide the hand under the page to turn it, to avoid damaging the page.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I always thought the best way to turn pages is any way that keeps the page from ripping...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I personally use one finger, loosen the top right corner (from above, not the side or the point), slide my hand halfway down and move my hand from left to right, thus moving the page. This is of course reversed for manga-style graphic novels. However if I am holding the book in my left hand only and am busy doing something else with my right (taking notes, eating, etc.), I have been known to edge the book open from the center bottom with my left pinky, move it out so my left thumb can catch it and gently bring it across.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Anyone else hold their personal new mass market paperbacks very firmly (closed) at the spine to keep from creasing them?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Goose Girl&lt;/strong&gt; by Shannon Hale (Has a bunch of sequels but works as a stand-alone. The second book also has good romance, I'd bet the others do too but I haven't read them so I'm not sure.) (Fairy-tale based, slightly predictable but good romance.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Book of a Thousand Days&lt;/strong&gt; by Shannon Hale (stand-alone unrelated to the above. Falling in love with someone you can only talk to, you can't see or touch.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It all depends on how I'm holding said book.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If it's in my right hand, my left hand is usually curled on the bottom keeping it flat.  Then my thumb catches the bottom page edge and flips it, with the rest of the hand smoothing it over.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If it's in my left hand, my right hand catches the top edge near the corner, and then my hand runs down the page to pull it up and flip it over.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Both hands?  Thumb on the right hand flips in the middle of the right hand page.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(and yes, I had to figure out exactly how I turn pages!)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Laurie R. King has a good mystery series set in the 20's.  The detective is Mary Russel, who meets a retired Sherlock Holmes during the end of WWI and becomes his student and later, partner.  About half the books are set in England, the rest do considerable globe-trotting.  None of sex or violence is graphic, and the background is well-researched.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I Never Promised You a Rose Garden&lt;/em&gt; written by Hannah Green (aka Joanne Greenberg) back in the 1970s.  While a work of fiction it has been credited as one of the most accurate portrayals of schizophrenia.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I learned how to turn the pages early on when I was probably 4 or 5 (long time ago), can't remember where exactly, but think it was the public library. Once I became a school librarian, I made up a game for my students so they would learn how in a fun way.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I teach my kindergartner a game called Musical Pages. I demonstrate using an oversize book, turning the pages from the top right hand side. Use your thumb and forefinger to grab the top corner, once you grab it, open your hand and slide it underneath the page, flip the page over with a silent slap. They each have a book in front of them, as the music starts, they start turning the pages, when I stop the music, they close the book. I walk around and help those who are having trouble. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I also demonstrate, that licking your fingers on a library book is yucky, because so many others touch the books. It's okay to lick your owrn magazines at home because they are yours and you are not lending them out to 100's of others.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I usually show the students some of the titles that were not so fortunate to have a good page turner, as the pages are all torn on the bottom.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Probably too much information but the kids love the game and I have parents who come back to remind me that I taught them the same skill. Yeah, being around a long, long time, does have some perks....&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm not much of a romance reader, but my aunt told me once about a book called &lt;strong&gt;Shadow of the Moon&lt;/strong&gt; by M.M. Kaye. She &lt;em&gt;was&lt;/em&gt; a big romance reader and she said that she just read it over and over and over again....&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Other than that you could look at any number of Rafael Sabatini books. I've read &lt;strong&gt;Scaramouche&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Captain Blood&lt;/strong&gt;, and &lt;strong&gt;The Sea Hawk&lt;/strong&gt; and thought they were all excellent. They're historical adventures/romances. The protagonists are male (as far as I've read), but the female characters are also strong. One thing I really respect in Sabatini's work though, is that he has both strong and weak characters, while keeping them convincing. It's more than a lot of authors seem capable of.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Louis L'Amour also has a strong romance component, but again the protagonists are generally male, although that's not always the case. &lt;strong&gt;How the West Was Won&lt;/strong&gt; in particular comes to mind. It's a generational saga of a family that goes out west. It's almost a series of shorter novels as the narration follows the different family members and their lives out west.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Lastly, have you looked at the classics? One of the maybe ten books my sister has willingly read and reread in the last 7 or 8 years is &lt;strong&gt;Pride and Prejudice&lt;/strong&gt; by Jane Austen. Hugo's &lt;strong&gt;Les Miserables&lt;/strong&gt; is also wonderful. &lt;strong&gt;The Three Musketeers&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;The Count of Monte Cristo&lt;/strong&gt; also have strong romantic plots. &lt;strong&gt;A Tale of Two Cities&lt;/strong&gt; by Dickens. Also, the story of &lt;strong&gt;Tristan and Iseult&lt;/strong&gt; is one of those romances that even made me start feeling warm and gushy. Shakespeare is another guy...But I'm sure you've heard of/ thought of all of these.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Okay, if I'm holding the book in both hands, the lower corners of said book will be roughly centered in my palms, middle and pointer fingers resting alongside the pages. As I approach the end of the page, my right hand starts to slide up, my middle finger gets under the upper right corner, and then I turn the page, still using my middle finger, pressing it all the way down before returning my hand to its corner.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If the book is lying flat on the table, I do the same thing basically, except my hands will stay near the middle sides, instead of on the lower corners, or my right hand will stay near the upper right corner.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If I'm just holding it in my right hand, I'll use my entire hand to prop the book open (if necessary), use my pinky to bend the page enough so there's a gap I can get my thumb under. Then, I use my thumb to pull the page from under my pinky, anchor the next page with my now-free pinky, and lift the other three fingers so I can pull the page under them.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If in my left hand, I use my thumb to start moving the page to the left, catch it with my pointer finger, and then lift my other three fingers and just sort of shove it under with my pointer.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I didn't learn how to turn pages from anyone, I just sort of figured out what worked when I started reading seriously.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If anyone is curious, I've been experimenting and observing my page-turning techniques for the last....oh, 20 minutes or so. :)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi all! Maybe you can help me out...
I saw a sci-fi fantasy title a long while ago and I would love to pick up a copy...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;All I remember about it was that it was a reference book of illnesses and deaths, but that the entries were of fake conditions and their treatments. (Or at least they seemed fake to me, as they were pretty outrageous, and it was in the fantasy section, so...)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know what this book could be? I wish I'd written down the title!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric &amp;amp; Discredited Diseases edited by Mark Roberts &amp;amp; Jeff Vandermeer&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't want to sound like a twit, and this question certainly seems somewhat the antithesis of my previous question, all things considered.  I was wondering, how do I claim my "Question of the week" prize?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Like any good library type, I've been researching, and emailing, and searching the lists of questions on the site.  I can't seem to decipher the system by which I lay stake to my prize for question of the week.  I haven't recieved any email or response on how to do so, and so, with greatest humility, I ask, HOW?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For Hard-bound:
If held with right hand, I use the thumb\Index finger of the left to turn the page from the 
bottom-center of the page being turned&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If held with the left hand, I use the thumb\Index\Middle finger of the right to grasp and lift at the center of the edge, no sliding\gliding involved.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For Paperback:
Always held with left hand. Thumb inside, fingers outside cradle the book, open but never further than 90 degrees.  Turn by grasping with thumb\index of right hand, on the upper corner, sliding to the middle to make actual turn of page.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It took some thinking to just do it naturally, while actually "observing" the motions I was making...weird.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We catalog the device, and check it out, on their card, after they fill out a form.  The form requires certain information (State issued ID number, etc...).  We've only had problems with people stealing the spare batteries we put into the kits for things like our MP3 players.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It took a few days, but Gene emailed me. I'd assume as admin he should be able to send you an email at the address you registered with. I bet he'll get to it soon. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi, I read a book in high school and I can't for the life of me remember the name! The plot goes something like this: A volcanic eruption (which happened before the start of the story) has put a lot of ash and other pollutants into the atmosphere. A family of 4 (Mom, dad, 11 or 12 year-old main character and older? sister) decide to leave their urban home (somewhere in the Midwest, or near one of the Great lakes) because of rising crime and go to their summer home on Lake Michigan (or superior or Ontario). They travel in a vehicle that the main character built out of a sailboat and several bikes. It can either be "sailed" or they all pedal. When they get to their summer home, they find a biker (I think) living there. He refuses to clear out, but does teach the Dad and the boy to use guns, and gives them each a shot gun. His wife gives them one of their goats. They then decide to try traveling to the Headwaters of the Mississippi River, where an old man that the Main Character had befriended prior to the start of the story had a cabin. They end up finding the cabin, which is in a pretty sad state, and the story pretty much ends there. Does anyone know what I'm talking about?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Sounds like &lt;i&gt;Memory Boy&lt;/i&gt; by Will Weaver - at least if your high school days weren't as long ago as mine were!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;These are all great answers - but most recommend rereading Virginia's post re: contacting producers. I had this same reference question in 2006 while at a community college, and No, the only way made clear to our staff and attorneys was to contact producers for permission. This arrangement has created a huge well of orphan works that libraries are stuck with and cannot move into the future. We need help from Congress to make it possible take the material with us for future scholarly and cultural access.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Inside Out by Maria Snyder - should appeal to her if she liked Hunger Games &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Bewitching Season and Betraying Season by Marissa Doyle - Victorian historical fantasy romance. Super fun; I own the first one and plan to buy the second for my personal library&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I know you said she prefers historical/fantasy settings, but you might try Gamer Girl by Mari Mancusi, which is an excellent contemporary romance for middle school/YA&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The series beginning with Dead Is The New Black by Marlene Perez is a contemporary fantasy series with strong romantic plots&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Just Ella and Palace of Mirrors by Margaret Peterson Haddix - fairy tale romances&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Mercedes Lackey's Elemental Masters series is marketed toward adults but is content-appropriate for middle school (I have some in my middle school library). They're historical fantasy romances set during the Victorian/Edwardian period. The Fire Rose, The Gates of Sleep, The Serpent's Shadow, Phoenix and Ashes, and The Wizard of London.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My Fair Godmother by Janette Rallison starts out in the modern day but the characters travel back in time to a fantasy/medieval period.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Dragon Slippers series by Jessica Day George (Dragon Slippers, Dragon Flight, Dragon Spear) and Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by the same author. Ice by Sarah Beth Durst retells the same story; I haven't read it, but it's gotten rave reviews from my middle school girls.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Squire's Tale series by Gerald Morris is Arthurian fantasy with romance&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Avalon High by Meg Cabot - high school kids are the reincarnation of Arthurian characters&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Mairelon the Magician and Magician's Ward by Patricia Wrede&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For scifi, try Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash.  For fantasy (albeit for a younger audience), Craig Shaw Gardner has some fun ones.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;kbuxton: I checked it on Amazon and you are right! I even remember the cover!! Thank you so, so much!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I discovered not too long ago that all the books in my library that deals with stepfamilies  depict a "wicked stepmother" and/or an "abusive stepfather". So I'm looking for books in which stepfamilies are portrayed in a positive light. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Everything doesn't have to be happy-lovey-dovey all the time, nor does the stepfamily theme have to be the main focus of the book. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Books for middle and high school levels would be great. Thanks! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;"It's an Aardvark-eat-Turtle World" by Danziger, Paula&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor - Addie would much rather live with Dwight, her mother's ex-husband, and her stepsisters than with her manic-depressive, self-destructive mother, but since there is no blood relation, the courts wouldn't grant him custody. Not the entire focus of the book, but it is a healthy step-family relationship&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Sorry, I usually email winners within a day or two of the blog post, but this week I was on the road (in Portland at PLA) and it slipped my mind!   I'm emailing you now.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For future reference, winners can email me at gene at overduemedia dot com &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I.Q.: Independence Hall by Roland Smith is the first in a series.  The parents are musicians who had solo careers and get married in the first book.  Their honeymoon is a concert tour with their kids, Q (her son) and Angela (his daughter.)  Q and Angela then get involved in a "National Treasure" type mystery.  It is obvious that the parents love each other, and the kids love their parents.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder - Newbery Winner to boot.  David's father remarries and he inherits a group of step-siblings.  Followed by The Great Stanley Kidnapping Case.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Step by Wicked Step&lt;/em&gt; by Anne Fine has a whole bunch of different takes on step-parenting, because the main characters are all the products of families with remarriages (or cohabitating, in one case). Plus they read an old diary (journal?) of a guy who didn't deal very well with his mother's remarrying and regretted it later. Some of them deal well with it, others are still working through getting used to it, but the sharing of their various experiences is quite interesting.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Babysitter's club series features a very happy large step family. Gordon Korman's &lt;em&gt;Born To Rock&lt;/em&gt; features a step/adoptive dad.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We're opening a new branch in our library system, and we have a lot of uncataloged paperbacks that will be on spinners for the public to peruse.  However, when we first received the paperbacks, we were required to place them into separate genres.  One of our largest sections was "Romance" but a great many of the books fell into other genres as well.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The one in charge of the paperbacks suggested we divide them out further, making piles of "Paranormal Romance", "Suspense/Mystery Romance", among others.  However, it doesn't seem likely that the overseer of the Adult Services department will allow us to subdivide them in this way.  If this is the case, should these be placed in their secondary genres, such as "Fantasy/Sci-Fi" for "Paranormal Romance" rather than "Romance"?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I understand that in sub-dividing them this is generally making more work for the staff.  However, in the long run, I wonder if it would be better for the patrons who are looking for a particular type of "Romance" novel.  One might pick up a book and look, finding that it is "Paranormal Romance" but they wanted a "Contemporary Romance" novel.  How does your library handle this sort of thing (if at all)?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't like to subdivide that far.  I prefer to categorize books by their main category (i.e. a romance with sci-fi elements would be in romance while a sci-fi with romantic elements would be in sci-fi).  I believe most patrons can recognize their favorite type of romance novel by the cover and description.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Perhaps you can compromise with the people in charge of various things and have a "themed" spinner with a changing theme.  Set it up with paranormal romances and read-alikes, advertise it, post a sign, then change it for historical romances after a few weeks.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I know you were looking for children's books with quotes but just in case you want to broaden that, a former student sent me a book called The Librarian's Book of Quotes comp. by Tatyana Eckstrand. it is a tiny pbk . Here is one quote. I think we need public libraries in the same way we need the wilderness. Both are sanctuaries of a king. Both are storehouse of diversity.
Anna Kirkpatrick, Rounding out the summer.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hello! I am currently in a Master's program for my ALA accreditation and am interested in finding out about the children's librarian but preferably YA librarian path. I saw the helpful question titled "Preparation for library school" which asked about general skills or classes for this role. In addition to those previous answers, I'd like to know about resources like essential professional texts, LISTSERVs, popular blogs or wikis. A way to track job prospects would be great too! Thanks for your help!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Another good author with strong female characters set in a fairy tale like world is Robin McKinley.  She has nice romances with not too much detail.  I liked the Holly Black series that starts with &lt;em&gt;Tithe&lt;/em&gt;.  They are HS though; so is the &lt;em&gt;Wicked Lovely&lt;/em&gt; series.  Gail Carson Levine has several fairy tale stories in addition to Ella Enchanted.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Are &lt;em&gt;the Princess Diaries&lt;/em&gt; too contemporary?    &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm new to the profession and I feel intimidated by grants. I would appreciate any help regarding grants: how do they work, how do you find them, and how do get them? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;One of my staff members wants to find a picture book she read when she was little - an illustrated version of The Little Mermaid. There are tons out there, but she specifically remembers the illustrations. She's have trouble finding a copy of the exact version, which of course is hard because she only remembers what it &lt;em&gt;looks&lt;/em&gt; like. She even visited the library she went to when she was little and looked at the books there, but it wasn't there.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Is there any way to find picture books visually? Any suggestions on what she can do? So far she's just been requesting any copy she can find through our ILL and narrowing it down that way, but it could take a looonnggg time...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This might be impossible, but I thought someone here might have an idea!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Does she remember the cover? If so, you could try Amazon, B&amp;amp;N, eBay, or other used book  vendors to see if it shows up and lists the illustrator. I found a copy of &lt;strong&gt;The White Company&lt;/strong&gt;, by Arthur Conan Doyle with the N.C. Wyeth illustrations for my father-in-law that way.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I highly reccommend reading a copy of Voice of Youth Advocates, or VOYA. As for job prospects there really isn't anything like your school to help with that, or at least that was my perspective. I'd also read Unshelved. There are a lot of things that I relate to as a middle school librarian in the strip. I've been reccommending this site as well to prospective librarians. Ifind it helps a LOT. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The series by Janet Tashijan about "Larry" features a high schooler with a deceased mother and a single step-father caring for him. It tracks from respectful to dismissive to appreciative. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would definitely familiarize yourself with the &lt;a href="http://www.pla.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/yalsa.cfm" rel="nofollow"&gt;YALSA Web site&lt;/a&gt; and its offerings, particularly their &lt;a href="http://www.pla.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/profdev/yacompetencies2010.cfm" rel="nofollow"&gt;suggested competencies for youth librarians&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;YALSA also has a blog and wiki which have great ideas and information. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As far as books, I would suggest taking a look at Patrick Jones's &lt;em&gt;Connecting Young Adults and Libraries&lt;/em&gt;, as well as &lt;a href="http://www.connectingya.com/publications.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;his other books.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I would also suggest looking at your state library association's Website and seeing if they have any committees or interest groups working on/in YA librarianship issues. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I do a lot of online searching for grants, but honestly I've heard about most of the good ones through word-of-mouth from other librarians. If you're not already a member of the LM_Net listserv, I recommend joining. It's a great place to hear about good library grants and other useful things.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A grant that I have received in the past (okay, the only one so far :) is the Dollar General Youth Literacy grant. Dollar General has two grants libraries can apply for; the other one is called the Back to School grant. &lt;a href="http://www.dgliteracy.com/grant-program/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.dgliteracy.com/grant-program/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One of the best pieces of grant-writing advice I ever got was to repeat their words back to them. If the goal of the grant is to increase literacy, then say "This will increase literacy by...." &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, explain everything. Even when you think it doesn't need explaining. I had a grant application that wasn't funded because the committee "couldn't get a clear picture of graphic novels" and they didn't understand why we needed them. I thought I explained fully, but apparently I didn't.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Don't be discouraged if you don't get the first one, or the first ten. Each application is a learning process. If they release a list of recipients, try contacting the recipients to see if they're willing to share their application that did work with you. Learn from them (and don't be afraid to copycat the kinds and amounts of information they sent)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My kids at the middle school love love love graphic novels. I have the first few Bone volumes, Amulet Volumes 1 &amp;amp; 2, the first Ultimate Spider-man, and a couple of others. I really love Amulet, but I need to get some more graphic novels, especially for my reluctant readers. What are your favorite middle-school appropriate graphic novels?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For Superhero content, I like "Invincible" by Robert Kirkman, and for more serious content, I liked "Laika", which is a graphic novel about the dog the russians sent into orbit.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, I believe that the Adventures of Tin Tin, and Asterix and Obelix, are being reprinted these days, so if you can get those, they are excellent!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Elsa, I see you are in California. Infopeople.org offers an excellent course in Grant Writing. Here is some information about the current online course: &lt;a href="http://infopeople.org.master.com/texis/master/redir/?u=http%3A//infopeople.org/workshop/444" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://infopeople.org.master.com/texis/master/redir/?u=http%3A//infopeople.org/workshop/444&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Holly Hinman teaches it frequently, so I'm sure it will come around again.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;"Double Act" by Jacqueline Wilson.  Twins Ruby and Garnet deal with the family changes that inevitably arise when their father remarries.  Rose is not an evil stepmother and the remarrying is only part of the story which is mainly about the two girls learning to live their own lives.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;All my Bart Simpsons are very popular at my school, along with Rapunze's Revenge by Shannon Hale, Warcraft : the Sunwell trilogy, Manga Claus, Shugo chara! Peach-Pit ; translated by June Kato ; adapted by David Walsh ; lettered by North Market Street Graphics,  and all the +Anima. v.1,2,3.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Think about which genre's readers are pickier.  I (as a romance reader) are used to finding specific types of romances myself in a big category while I have found in general you need to be more specific when adding a sci-fi genre.  Perhaps have a subject specialist for each, or a rabid fan, help work on the collection.  We will only give each book one genre, so when push comes to shove we pick whatever we have less of.  So a historical-adventure gets and adventure genre as we have less of those, while a sci-fi-romance probably gets a sci-fi label.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;the graphic novel format of Erin Hunter's &lt;strong&gt;Warriors&lt;/strong&gt; keep getting checked out at my library. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Look locally and regionally and in your state. There might be some private foundations that are looking to give money to libraries and or schools. I've been most successful with small local foundations and organizations. I found out about a really good foundation at a cocktail party. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I still look on the Internet, read the paper and talk to people.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm actually taking a grantwriting class at the moment, and one of the most useful things for me when writing my grant was filling out a worksheet the professor gave us. The worksheet has six columns, and once you've filled them all out you will have a thorough description of exactly what you are going to propose. Once you've really thought it through in this way, it's easy to write up the proposal; you just describe what you've put down on the worksheet.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The columns are:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Environmental scan: Information on the target population, the need, relevant community partnerships/assets, etc.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Goals and objectives: Each goal should have a few objectives that will lead to its achievement. Goals and objectives should be SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Activities: Look at the objectives and list out exactly what you're going to need to do to accomplish each one.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Inputs: Resources necessary to implement your program. (What are you going to need to do to perform each of the activities?)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Outputs: What will be produced as an immediate result of the project.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Outcomes/Impact: What the broader impact of your project will be.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Measurements: How you will measure your outputs and outcomes; how you will know if you have achieved objectives, etc.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There are a few elements of the proposal that aren't covered on this worksheet; most significantly, the work plan and the budget. However, it is critical to have a thorough idea of exactly what you are proposing to do, why it is needed, how you will accomplish it, the impact that it will have, and how you will evaluate your effort if you are to write a strong grant proposal.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A couple of other tips I've picked up are that foundations really like to see collaborative efforts with other community agencies, and that you should describe some sort of feasible plan for sustainability (how you are going to continue the program once the funder has stopped giving you money for it). You also can (and usually should) contact the funder in advance, once you have an idea of what you want to do, to ensure that your plans are in line with the kind of things that the funder is interested in.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I hope that helps -- good luck!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our library uses "Information"&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about: QAF - Questions Answered Frequently?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Amelia Rules by Jimmy Gownley is really good.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm a school librarian at a private, independent school (so, no district media specialist).  I'm planning an upcoming project to catalog and reclassify our media collection (We're using the Follett Destiny system).  I have two staff members to assist with the project, but they're not librarians and have no cataloging experience.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'd like to give them a crash course in cataloging video.  Are there any resources available that don't assume the cataloger has a library background?  If not, what suggestions do you have to help me make it easier for them?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't know the Follett system, but is there any way to do a template for videos?  Then they'd just have to plug in the information requested.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My library's a KOHA library and our people set up a framework for magazines that require a lot less information than the standard cataloging.  I wish we had the same for music cds because we have a lot of people who work on those (non-MLIS and MLIS part-timers).  For them, I just printed out an example (and added some explanations), as a worksheet for them to get started.  Once they do it a few times, they get the hang of it, know what boxes they should fill in, though sometimes the information is a little tricky to find.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It may not be the highest quality cataloging, but it's usable and contains a lot more information than title / author / call number, which is all they used to do for music cds.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Runaways&lt;/strong&gt; series by Brian K. Vaughn. Superhero-ish, but a bit grittier and more real-life than most (No costumes or superhero names, with a very few funny exceptions). Deals well with complex teen feelings and relationships, plus has a fast-moving, interesting plot. (Their parents are supervillains and the kids have to defeat them.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Courtney Crumrin series, starting with &lt;strong&gt;Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things&lt;/strong&gt; by Ted Naifeh, is great. Creepy but not too creepy art; smart, misunderstood loner heroine with whom it's easy to identify; nifty goblins and other creatures.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Color of Earth&lt;/strong&gt; by King Dong-Hwa is a beautiful book about a Korean girl dealing with puberty, crushes, being raised by a single mom, etc.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If it's okay for potential negatives it to be raised as an issue, I have a few suggestions.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Percy Jackson and the Olympians&lt;/em&gt; books deal with both sides—in the first book, Percy's stepdad is a real jerk, but he gets dumped and in later books his mom gets a boyfriend—and eventual husband—who is great, really respects Percy and Percy's relationship with his mom.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Penderwicks on Gardam Street&lt;/strong&gt; deals with kids' fear of their dad dating and maybe remarrying, but they come around to it when they realize he's falling for their awesome neighbor.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you want a bit of multiculturalism, there's "Kampung Boy" (as seen on Unshelved!) and the sequel "Town Boy".
For manga, I recommend "Angelic Layer", "Clamp School Detectives", "Full Moon O Sagashite", "Hunter x Hunter", "Kitchen Princess", or "Yotsuba &amp;amp; !".
Always popular: Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh manga.
If you must have something in color, "Shoulder-A-Coffin Kuro" has color pages to start each chapter.
I'd also recommend any of the "Gon" books by Masashi Tanaka: beautiful art of a tiny, violent, T. Rex. An even younger crowd would also go for the sheer goofball shenanigans of "Dinosaur Hour".&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you have Follett's Destiny Library Manager, you might also have the ability to catalog and download marc records from within the program. You might want to check and see. If so,
Go to the catalog tab- click on add a title- At the FIND, pull down the menu to "videos", with and another pull down, I use Title or use ISBN. Type in the title or scan it the isbn. If it is there you can just add it by clicking on add a copy, if nothing comes up, you can click on "Get Z results,if nothing comes up there, you can click on the link at the right that says "nothing matches? add the title."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You can either add from the marc record or easy editor. Also know that there is onpage help that can be displayed.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I would print out some of this for a cataloging packet for each person and go through it with them. You will also have to put them into the system in a way that will give them cataloging access. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you still  have questions you might want to sign up for Follett Talk. As a Follett user you can sign up for free. &lt;a href="http://www.follettsoftware.com/sub/listservs/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.follettsoftware.com/sub/listservs/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Grantwriters:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Please don't minimize or lowball the administrative costs to implementing your program. Really. Grand administrators expect to see some costs for the backend support, data entry, printing/copying costs, some sort of overhead or back end or administrative costs. Most grant administrators are looking for those as a sign of sophistication and honesty on the part of grant writers. No, you're not going to fund two new IT people and a batch of gigabit network cards and routers out of an afternoon reading program, but a few bucks into the janitorial budget might be appreciated, depending on how your accounting is going.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Nota bene: I've never applied for a grant -- I just know putting some administrative costs in the proposed budget/request is necessary.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Robert in San Diego&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;At first people refuse to believe that a strange new thing can be done, then they begin to hope it can be done, then they see it can be done--then it is done and all the world wonders why it was not done centuries ago.
                 &lt;em&gt;The Secret Garden&lt;/em&gt;, Frances Hodgson Burnett, 1911&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;All doors are hard to unlock until you have the key.
                  &lt;em&gt;Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh&lt;/em&gt;, Robert C. O'Brien,1971&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think I can. I think I can. I think I can.
                   &lt;em&gt;The Little Engine that Could&lt;/em&gt;, Watty Piper, 1930&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Piglet was so excited at the idea of being useful that he forgot to be frightened any more.
                   &lt;em&gt;Winnie-the-Pooh&lt;/em&gt;, A.A. Milne, 1926&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;All student books are due 2 weeks before the last day of school with exceptions granted on a case-by-case basis.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Teacher materials are due on the Monday after students get out (this is a teacher work day).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I start sending out weekly reminders (instead of bi-weekly) about a month before school gets out.  All our reminders have the replacement price listed on them and a warning that they will not receive their report cards if they have outstanding fines.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We generally do not check books out over the summer.  Many of our students travel overseas which means an even greater risk of lost materials.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When I was in middle school, I would have loved Hellboy or any of the related BPRD graphic novels.  Dark, full of magic, and many of them look like they were drawn with a thick marker.  The storytelling is brilliant, and the content is violent but everyone likes to see Nazis and demons get theirs.  Very little sexual content in these books, but there may be some I'm overlooking.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'd say the Mouse Guard graphic novels would also be excellent. Great Redwall read-alikes that don't talk down.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'd also recommend Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo books.  The more recent volumes are great, but I'd recommend starting with Gray Shadows or Grasscutter to see if the kids like them.  They're about Edo-era Japan, feature talking animals instead of people, and when they're violent it's cartoony enough to not offend.  Some Japanese culture in there, too. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My favorite book quotation:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;— J. K. Rowling from Harry Potter &amp;amp; The Chamber of Secrets.  Frequently shelved in Childrens.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Wow, most of my suggestions have been taken already!  We really have a wonderful collective mind!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The only one I haven't seen yet is Libba Bray's Gemma Doyle trilogy:  &lt;strong&gt;A Great and Terrible Beauty&lt;/strong&gt; followed by &lt;strong&gt;Rebel Angels&lt;/strong&gt;, and then &lt;strong&gt;The Sweet Far Thing&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;EDIT:  I just thought of two more she might like.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Watersmeet&lt;/strong&gt; by Ellen Jensen Abbott&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Faire Folk Trilogy by Gillian Summers: &lt;strong&gt;The Tree Shepard's Daughter&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Into the Wildewood&lt;/strong&gt;, and &lt;strong&gt;The Secret of the Dread Forest&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Secret Sciene Alliance;&lt;br&gt;
New Brighton Historical Society;&lt;br&gt;
Bone;&lt;br&gt;
Babymouse (my upper elementary kids love her too!);&lt;br&gt;
Salt Water Taffy;&lt;br&gt;
Rapunzel by Shannon Hale;         &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have a poster at the library which reads "Celebrate the Discoveries of Women" and features a drawing of a girl/woman looking into a microscope. There are no markings on the poster (shame!) but based upon a few Google searches I believe it was produced by ALA in 2002.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We have a patron who wishes to purchase our copy, but it is not for sale.  I checked the ALA store online, Ebay, and AllPosters.com with no luck.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any other suggestions of where to direct the patron to look?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;No more checkouts (except for teachers) after 3 weeks before end of school, all books (except for teachers) due 2 weeks before school ends, teachers pleeease bring them back if you're done with them, and then 2 full weeks of chasing down the overdue books...  We don't charge late fines, we do &lt;em&gt;ask&lt;/em&gt; parents to pay replacement cost of lost books.  A list of overdue books with the replacement costs hihglighted brings those overdue books faster than anything!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And in the 2 days after school ends and teachers are cleaning up their classrooms I know to expect &lt;em&gt;piles&lt;/em&gt; of books to be returned that somehow they couldn't manage to return earlier.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When I was a high school senior, I had a part-time job as a library page. I was told by one of the librarians that if a patron asked me where to find something, I was to direct them to the reference desk. The explanation was that if I told/showed someone where to find something and I was wrong, the patron would be angry. (!!!) So if I was working in front of, say, gardening books, and a patron asked where to find gardening books, I wasn't to say, "They are here." I was to direct them to the reference desk. Wouldn't the patron be angrier for having been sent out of the way unnecessarily? I would be. I quickly learned the layout of this small branch library and the Dewey Decimal System, and I would direct people to the right area if it was simply a matter of "Where can I find this subject?", making sure a librarian didn't spot me. For other matters, I sent them to the reference desk. I never had someone complain about my helping them. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi all!  I'm a page at my local library, and I have to write an article for my journalism class.  I got to choose the topic, and I wanted to write about the effect of the "Harry Potter" and "Twilight" series on teenage literacy.  I was thinking that there may be studies, but I wasn't having too much luck in finding solid sources.  Since I know how wonderful librarians are at digging out information, I was hoping that some of you could steer me in the right direction to some reliable sources.  I'd appreciate any help that I can get!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Regards to all of you book-pushers,&lt;br&gt;
Dan Beringer  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Mediator books by Meg Cabot, it's not the focus of the series but it's a pretty happy step family&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;An article on The Leaky Cauldron website, Harry Potter and the Literacy Phenomenon,  &lt;a href="http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/features/essays/issue10/Literacy" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/features/essays/issue10/Literacy&lt;/a&gt;, includes this bibliography:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Doherty, Linda. “Harry Potter helps lift school literacy rates.” The Sydney Morning Herald, 19 Sept. 2002. &lt;a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/09/19/1032054870385.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/09/19/1032054870385.html&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hallett, Vicky. “The Power of Potter.” US News &amp;amp; World Report, 25 July 2005. &lt;a href="http://www.usnews.com/usnews/culture/articles/050725/25read.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.usnews.com/usnews/culture/articles/050725/25read.htm&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Kooy, Mary. “Riding the coattails of Harry Potter.” Journal of Adolescent &amp;amp; Adult Literacy, Oct. 2003: 138.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;MacMillan, Arthur. “Potter works wonders for kids’ literacy.” The Scotsman, 9 July 2005. &lt;a href="http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=765922005" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=765922005&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Trelease, Jim. “Does Harry the movie hurt Harry the book?” &lt;a href="http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/harry_movie.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/harry_movie.html&lt;/a&gt; (accessed 16 July 2006).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;———. The Readaloud Handbook. New York: Penguin, 2001.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Yankelovich and Scholastic. “Harry Potter data.” The Scholastic Kids and Family Reading Report, June 2006. &lt;a href="http://www.scholastic.com/readingreport/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.scholastic.com/readingreport/&lt;/a&gt; (accessed 26 July 2006).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Ours is Research Assistance. (It's an academic library, so they aren't looking for Barbara Cartland) (Mostly).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I've worn my Unshelved(TM) Frequently Asked Questions shirt on the desk now and then, usually when I didn't know I had a shift. The most frequently asked on was "what does that mean" so it's probably not an ideal sign.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A middle school teacher at my school (grades 7 &amp;amp; 8) needs a great read aloud book--the class does a week long outdoor ed. type trip in the spring and she's found it's realy helpful to have an awesome book to read to them during the trip.  Any suggestions?  Last year they read Terry Pratchett's &lt;em&gt;Nation&lt;/em&gt; which they loved, though I guess some of it was a little old for some of them...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Think about "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins, or "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer.  Also, the very new "Zorgamazoo" by Robert Paul Weston would read aloud beautifully - it is a science fiction adventure all done in Suess-like rhyme.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My students (6-8) love the "Fruits Basket" manga series.  They also still love the Peanuts and Archie strips available bound by the decade.  Princess Mononoke is popular, and my kids do read "Unshelved" :)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about a contest for your patrons?  You could come up with a number to suggestions and let them vote or have them make the suggestions and then hold the vote on the top suggestions (picked by the staff).  I like the &lt;em&gt;Questions???? Answers!!!&lt;/em&gt; suggestion myself.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our library system recently went on a signage-changing binge, and our reference desks now all sport a sign reading "Ask Us". It's actually incredible how this very simple sign has changed how people approach the desk. We went from "sorry to bother you, can I ask a question" to "Hi, I have a project due tomorrow..."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The sign itself is round, about 60 cm (25 ish inches) in diameter and is in corporate colours - teal and white - with the library logo in the background. We have consistent signage across the library system so that no matter which location patrons are in, they know what to look for.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Internet Archives can do it &lt;a href="http://www.archive.org/contribute.php" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.archive.org/contribute.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I remember someone reading my scout troop "Into the Woods" when I was around that age, and we loved it. Don't know where they got a book version, though. I also enjoyed listening to Roald Dahl (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, etc.) although not all his work is for kids.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Haroun and the Sea of Stories&lt;/strong&gt; by Salman Rushdie. About a storyteller who's lost his words (I always love the meta nature of reading aloud something about storytelling) with very fun language that makes it extra-good for a read-aloud. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Hobbit&lt;/strong&gt; - a classic, but still great, and works very well as a multi-session read-aloud.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Coraline&lt;/strong&gt; by Neal Gaiman. Short enough to finish in a week, creepy enough to be great for a camping trip without being so creepy it'll give them nightmares, very clever.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you don't mind the class swaggering around and swearing like pirates, the Peter Pan prequel, Peter and the StarCatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson might be fun.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://california.worldcat.org/title/peter-and-the-starcatchers/oclc/56111836" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://california.worldcat.org/title/peter-and-the-starcatchers/oclc/56111836&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have been leaning towards just switching to "Answers".  Currently our desk is named "Information", which itself was an improvement from two desks named "Reference" and "Popular Materials".  I guess the next iteration is staff badges with "Ask Me" on them and no desk.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've had some success using Google; I use title and author keywords plus "illustrated" (and sometimes other keywords about the subject of the illustrations - "mermaid", etc.), and then look at the "Image" results. Doesn't always work, but sometimes I'll spot the right illustration or one that appears to be by the same illustrator, and with an illustrator's name I can look for specific editions. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Just get a sign with a big Question Mark over the desk&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you are working in a library, your best bet is applying for a state library grant. Library Services and Technology Act Funds are distributed by the Federal government to states and then to libraries. In California, &lt;a href="http://www.library.ca.gov/grants/lsta/apply.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.library.ca.gov/grants/lsta/apply.html&lt;/a&gt; The website has a very thorough breakdown on what to write, how to write it, and where the grant should lean towards. (deadline is April 5th for this year)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For any granting institute, you need to find out their mission. What will they love to highlight and you will need to write a grant, or include something in your grant, that speaks to that. I will vote up Heather's answer as a thorough breakdown, but I think you need to understand the granting institution's vision as much as what you are going to do in the grant. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Will the program be sustainable after the first year? What is the end result, the end product? If it is a program, will you continue it past the grant cycle? The grant is a seed to something that will grow, if you can't prove that can grow it, it hurts you funding chances. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have dealt with this exact issue. The only thing that will convince admin is that you are wasting time and money adding the books to the collection. Break down how much time it takes and compare that to the cost of purchasing a new book. You will probably find the cost to time ratio in your favor. Adding donations to a library collection is a big burden. The only thing I have ever added is if someone donates a nice copy of a new bestseller during a time period where there are active holds. Anything other than that is a waste of the library's time and budget. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I liked the signage at the fictional library in "Between the Lions", the PBS children's series that took place in a library.  "Information Hen". Sometimes, that's just how I feel.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We are now at the end of life for our old dot-matrix pin-fed printer.  We have a huge volume of labels that we print daily and need to find a new solution that will last.  Our requirements - &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Software that can:&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;print a specified quantity of the same label (if we have 200 copies of the same book)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;print 1 copy of a label&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If we are printing whole sheets at once (laser printer sheets), we need a way to fill the rest of the sheet with standard text (j Graphic Novel, for example) &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Hardware:&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;li&gt;We need a printer that can handle printing on labels...a lot of labels...without dying and eating labels frequently&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I am purchasing sample labels from the major suppliers so we can try them on a laser printer. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I've spoken to our major book vendors and they seem to use pricey dedicated label printers that print labels one by one.  Do these work for large bulk printing?  How afraid of the labels being discontinued and the printers becoming obsolete should I be?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I know that this is a lot for one post.  Please list your printer and software recommendations in one answer along with whether it will work for our requirements.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks for any help!&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;li&gt;We use SIRSI Symphony for our ILS&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Not enough reputation to make comments on comments but as a WoW player it will make me crazy if I don't correct.  There's an ! over someone's head when you pick up a quest and ? over the NPC's head when the quest can be turned in.  Not vice versa.  Phew.  Back to the nerd cave.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I personally like just a "?"  question mark.  Everyone knows what that means.  Our customers do not understand library lingo.  We need to get away from that and just use terms/language everyone can understand.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Most major CIRC/CAT software can do all of the tings you are asking hooked up to a laser printer. We print barcode labels on Avery 5160 standard mailing labels and get our spine labels from a vendor that are specific to our CIRC/CAT. Most Library Supply catalogs have pages of them for sale and it is just a matter of picking what works with your system. The problem is if you have a custom CRIC/CAT. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;As for the "Twilight effect," here are a few (not so scholarly) to get you started:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20049578,00.html#" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20049578,00.html#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/reading/in-the-age-of-twilight-kids-wh.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/reading/in-the-age-of-twilight-kids-wh.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Twilight Teens." Roanoke Times &amp;amp; World News. Roanoke, Va.: Aug 1, 2008. pg. 1&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Ask Me   or   Ask Here  are popular in public libraries.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Research Assistance works for college/University libraries.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The kids may have already read it, but Neil Gaiman's &lt;em&gt;The Graveyard Book&lt;/em&gt; is great to listen to!  You might also try &lt;em&gt;The Underneath&lt;/em&gt;, by Kathi Appelt. It might be a bit on the young side, but it's suspenseful enough that it will keep the kids interested and short enough to finish in that amount of time.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;One of the best books I've ever had read to me was &lt;strong&gt;The Dark is Rising&lt;/strong&gt; by Susan Cooper.  I know it's the second in the series, but it's a lot more compelling then the first one...and it will get them hooked on the other four.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I second any of Gaiman's books; they're great. None of them are too long, either.  An oldie but a goodie would be &lt;strong&gt;The Giver&lt;/strong&gt; by Lowry. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Other suggestions I could make - if these are mostly boys, try Anthony Horowitz's Alex Rider books (Starting with &lt;strong&gt;Stormbreaker&lt;/strong&gt;). Very high action-adventure!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Gary Paulsen has a whole lot of wonderful, fairly short, books that might appeal; &lt;strong&gt;The Car&lt;/strong&gt; might be particularly suitable for a long road trip. &lt;strong&gt;Hatchet&lt;/strong&gt; and its sequels are also perennially popular. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Fruits Basket is very popular, and so is Kitchen Princess. Another series I really like is the Emily the Strange series. There are several graphic novels and one "text novel". &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We are getting a brand new state of the art library with computers at my school. The boss doesn't want to call it the library any more and wants a catchy name. Any ideas? Media centre doesn't seem right.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Information Hub?  (Or maybe just "The Hub" and you can make all kinds of Torchwood jokes.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Information Center?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Although Library is still my favorite.  Maybe Library Information Center?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Maybe something outdoorsy - &lt;strong&gt;A Week in the Woods&lt;/strong&gt; by Andrew Clements, or &lt;strong&gt;Don't Pat the Wombat&lt;/strong&gt;.  &lt;strong&gt;Wild River&lt;/strong&gt; is good but short.  All my first picks have already been named.  Also, there's a new Gary Paulson - &lt;strong&gt;Woods Runner&lt;/strong&gt;.  I haven't read it yet, but the students probably haven't either.  &lt;strong&gt;Savvy&lt;/strong&gt; is great, and it will be a movie next year so it's good to start hyping the book, plus it was a fun road-trip story.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Books of Magic&lt;/strong&gt; by Gaiman, etc.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My 5th graders love the graphic versions of traditional and classic literature - &lt;strong&gt;King Arthur, Rapunzel, Robin Hood&lt;/strong&gt; (All Capstone, I believe) and &lt;strong&gt;Journey to the Center of the Earth&lt;/strong&gt; always have waiting lists.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Sad to say, but the Graphic versions of &lt;strong&gt;Nancy Drew&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Hardy Boys&lt;/strong&gt; are also very popular.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Max Axiom&lt;/strong&gt; books from Capstone are just starting to catch on.  (We've only had them about a month.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Immortals books?  &lt;strong&gt;Evermore&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Blue Moon&lt;/strong&gt;.  I think there's a third one, but I haven't read it yet so I don't know if there's anything inappropriate.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Neverwhere&lt;/strong&gt; by Neil Gaiman (romance is kind of in the background).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Mortal Instruments&lt;/strong&gt; trilogy.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Flight&lt;/strong&gt; collections are quite good, and being from a variety of artists can lead to further reading.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Courageous Princess&lt;/strong&gt; by Rod Espinosa is a nice departure from standard tropes... A pretty good story, even for boys.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;SPOILERS: The princess escapes from the dragon rather then wait for a prince to come rescue her. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Awesome Place to Get Books and Information for Free and Use Computers and All Sorts Of Other Cool Stuff!&lt;/strong&gt;
If that's too wordy, maybe suggest something shorter that denotes the same thing, like &lt;strong&gt;Library&lt;/strong&gt; for example. (;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;While I think LIBRARY is the way to go (AASL just decided we are SCHOOL LIBRARIANS, not school library media specialists or any other confoundedly long title that muddies the waters...)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Still, "Information Commons" seems to be the new trendy label that many school libraries are slapping on their doors--that and "Knowledge Commons".&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Whatev.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There's books, computers, and information organized and searchable--it's a library.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about "The Place" -- as in The Place to get books, The Place to use the computer, The Place to print, The Place to read magazines, The Place to get research help ...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Yeah--I just use standard Avery 5160 labels in my old inkjet, and type them up in Word.
If I need a lot of the same label (30 or more), Word will create a whole page of the same label very easily.  If I need several of the  same label, it's very quick to cut and paste.  And if I only need one or two labels at a time, it's easy enough to send the same label sheet through the printer multiple times and in Word I can choose exactly which label on the page gets printed.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Of course I work at a pretty small private school (220 students) and am not processing huge volumes of books.  Still, I've found that when I've catalogued  a huge stack all at once, it's not too hard to create a report (using Follett's Destiny) of the call numbers of the newly added books, copy the text, paste it into Word and convert it into a table and then snap that into a mail merge to create all my labels (it sounds complicated, but if you've done any mail merging in Word then you know it's just a lot of quick clikcing--very easy).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Anyway, I do it this way casue it works well enough, and because I don't have the budget for a fancy label printer.  I'm very interested to hear what everyone else does!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Rick Riordan's The Lightning Thief is a lot of fun to read aloud. If you want to go more outdoors-themed, anything by Patrick McManus, especially They Shoot Canoes, Don't They? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our university library (in my - and others - personal opinion) has gone too far with 'alternative' signage for our 'Information' Desk.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I work at the Australian National University (ANU) - our current signs read "The AskANU Desk" - leaving patrons thinking 'But what IS that?', and many of us explaining what it actually means, every time we point people in that direction....&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What is your favorite book dedication, whether you know the story behind it (if it is an inside-joke situation, perhaps?) or not? Anyone have a book dedicated to them? Please share! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Here's one I discovered today at work that inspired this question: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Violets are blue&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Roses are red. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;--To children's librarians! &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;'Nuf said&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It's from &lt;em&gt;Roses are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink&lt;/em&gt; by Diane deGroat&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Everytime I hear of someone relatively famous dying (RIP Sid Fleischman) I think that the relevant section of the library should have a display of their work. So far I've only managed to get the adult fiction librarian behind me on this, largely because of the huge (well, relatively sizable at least) number of adult fiction authors who have died this year, and that's been just a little shelf with a selection of their works with a plastic standing thing holding a paper that has their name and birth and death dates on it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There has to be something more interesting to draw people's attention, especially if nobody's noticed the author's death. In the same way that a person's previous works get more popular once ([pick one] they've died, they've gotten made into a movie, they've become famous ...) I always hope the circulation statistics will go up if people know there's a reason to look into the person.  Would something like 'quite interesting facts about [recently deceased]' or a picture help? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you don't mind a bit of gallows humor (as it were) you could do up mock headstones for the recently deceased authors.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Not sure if it is a dedication but here it is. From Lamb by Chris Moore&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Author's blessing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you have come to these pages for laughter, may you find it.&lt;br&gt;
If you are here to be offended, may your ire rise and your blood boil.&lt;br&gt;
If you seek adventure, may this story sing you away to blissful escape.&lt;br&gt;
If you need to test or confirm your beliefs, may you reach comfortable conclusions.&lt;br&gt;
All books reveal perfection, by what they are or what they are not.&lt;br&gt;
May you find that which you seek, in these pages or outside them.&lt;br&gt;
May you find perfection, and know it by name.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;"This books is dedicated with affection for but no patience with those who would protect our children through humorless moralizing and paranoia about fantasy"&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Vivian Vande Velde, &lt;em&gt;Heir Apparent&lt;/em&gt;, a novel in which a girl is stuck in a fantasy virtual reality game, because protesters of the sort to which it is dedicated mess up the equipment while she's inside.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Touching Spirit Bear by MikaelsenA book really hooked them at our school . One of the classes even made an 8 foot tall papier mache white bear that stood in the hall the rest of the year.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Some phrase that turns in to the acronym L*I*B*R*A*R*Y? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would suggest the Korman books that are in series - The Island, The abduction, Everest, On the Run also Schooled which would be a very interesting read aloud and discussion.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;All of his are high interest, adventure type, although Schooled is not as grip[ping as the other shorted titles.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Check out the other question on this site &lt;strong&gt;Books boys would read if they knew they existed.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There are so great titles there that will work.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've always loved John Steinbeck's dedication in &lt;strong&gt;East of Eden&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Dear Pat,
You came upon me carving some kind of little figure out of wood and you said, “Why don’t you make something for me?”
I asked you what you wanted, and you said, “A box.”
“What for?”
“To put things in.”
“What kind of things?”
“Whatever you have,” you said.
Well, here’s your box. Nearly everything I have is in it, and it is not full. Pain and excitement are in it, and feeling good or bad and evil thoughts and good thoughts- the pleasure of design and some despair and the indescribable joy of creation.
And on top of these are all the gratitude and love I have for you.
And still the box is not full.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;JOHN"&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Push back. The way to have the term "library" not be old-fashioned is to keep applying it to modern libraries.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you're interested in dedications, you might be interested in
Once Again to Zelda: The Stories Behind Literature's Most Intriguing Dedications
by Marlene Wagman-Geller.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Not all of the dedications themselves are that compelling, but the stories behind them are often pretty interesting.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;"to the kid with the book; everywhere"&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Carla Speed McNeil, Finder: Talisman&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(A graphic novel; the dedication page comes with a sketch of a kid standing in a corner reading a book.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if this was from F. Scott Fitzgerald (or J. S. Kaufman), and I would appreciate it if someone could confirm/correct that for me. The author named a few people in his dedication, then concluded thusly: "....and to Sears for making underwear that does not bind when seated at the typewriter." I always found that pretty humorous.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Student Library Center...I guarantee the students will refer to it as "the library" regardless of what it's technically named.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Because I have a twisted mind, my fave dedication is in &lt;em&gt;The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly Stupid Tales&lt;/em&gt; by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"This book is dedicated to our close, personal, special friend:  (your name here)  --J.S. &amp;amp; L.S."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"I know.  I know.  The page is upside down.  I meant to do that.  Who ever looks at that dedication stuff anyhow?  If you really want to read it--you can always stand on your head."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Liberry.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Well, that's how 25% of America pronounces it anyway....&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;"Return to Bitter Creek" by Doris Buchanan Smith has no step-siblings, just a step-father who is practically perfect - and in contrast, lots of conflict with estranged blood relatives. One of my favorite books as a child. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Lemony Snicket dedications to dear, departed Beatrice managed to make me laugh aloud each time. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;L&lt;/strong&gt; ocation for &lt;strong&gt;I&lt;/strong&gt; nternet, &lt;strong&gt;B&lt;/strong&gt; ooks for &lt;strong&gt;R&lt;/strong&gt; eading &lt;strong&gt;A&lt;/strong&gt; nd &lt;strong&gt;R&lt;/strong&gt; esearch? &lt;strong&gt;Y&lt;/strong&gt; es!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Land of Information, Books, Research, Answers, Resolutions, YadaYada&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;iNformation?
Info Center?
FactZxone?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Alas, all of these will be dated in about ten or twenty years. "Library" may be dated now, but at least we'd know what's there by analogy to all the libraries tht didn't change their name. Perhaps the way around the edict to call it something else is to call it "Library and Media Center" or some other, more full description.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Alternately you can go with the completely non-functional name option -- "The [insert notable or worthy of honor person's name here] Center." Opr place.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Robert in San Diego&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Bill and I are going to be interviewing Nancy Pearl live, onstage, at Book Expo America on Thursday, May 27th at 2pm.  (The location is still TBD.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Nancy is one of our favorite people, and it's always fun to chat with her.  But we're not just going to talk about books. She may not answer, but we're willing to ask almost anything. Check out our &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCyAMR96RAQ" rel="nofollow"&gt;interview trailer&lt;/a&gt; for a sneak preview.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Do you have a question you've always wanted to ask Nancy?  Post it here.  1 question per posted answer, please.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And &lt;strong&gt;please vote&lt;/strong&gt; for your favorite questions, to help us decide what to ask.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, if you're going to BEA (in New York City  I highly recommend if you love author signings and books), you can win lunch with Bill and I by &lt;a href="http://www.bookexpoamerica.com/?appname=100559&amp;amp;moduleid=0&amp;amp;campaignid=61559998" rel="nofollow"&gt;registering here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What's your least favorite book (that you read all the way through)?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Why did you agree to do this interview?  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Who is your favorite librarian? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you could re-design your librarian action figure - what would you do differently?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If books were edible, what would they taste like?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You can only take 5 books with you on a never-ending flight to nowhere- which ones would you take? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Several of your favorite books are now out of print... Which ones would you bring back into print and why?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You're so cute. Where do you shop? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Are you horrified or really cool about your stardom and being approached by total strangers?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Is your husband Joe famous? Is he intimidated by your fame? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What is your take on eReaders and the future of publishing? More importantly, do you have an eReader? If so, which one and what do you like or not like about it?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Do you regret becoming the embodiment of the stereotype of librarians as "shushers"? Due of course to the action figure with "shushing action".&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Which author do you wish would publish more frequently? Which one should take a little longer before churning out a new title?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To Lucy Barfield 
My Dear Lucy,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound you will be older still. But some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. You can then take it down from some upper shelf, dust it, and tell me what you think of it. I shall probably be too deaf to hear, and too old to understand, a word you say, but I shall still be&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;your affectionate Godfather,
C.S. Lewis &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;WorldCat has pictures of book covers to go with the records.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Where's the last place you ever expected to be recognized and were? (e.g. the airport restroom in Lima, Peru)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Do you use a bookmark, the jacket flap, or dog-ear the page to mark your place in a book? What's the best/worst/most bizarre item you've found in a book that was used as a bookmark?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Any movies you're looking forward to this summer? What's your favorite movie snack?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When are you going to join &lt;a href="http://answers.unshelved.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Unshelved Answers&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Carl Barks Libraries of Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck -- usually available cheap if not in libraries.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Silver Age comics archive editions for boys that are better readers.  Some girls might like them, but mine did not.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Casper the Ghost, Richie Rich and Hot Stuff archive books.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What advice would you give to someone thinking about becoming a librarian? (i.e. the right schools, job prospects) And would you encourage/discourage them? (Please consider this a 2-part question)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Who is the sexiest man alive?  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you were a pirate, what would your name be?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Even in grocery stores, I haven't the foggiest idea how they stop people from stealing stuff when they're using self checkout stations. If you bring five items to the station and only wand four, when the fifth item is something pretty light and small like gum, how does the system notice?  (I'm not testing this myself, for obvious reasons, but I assume people have tried it.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We don't have self checkout machines at all the branches yet, because it's only in the pilot project stage with two experimental libraries testing it out (and we probably can't afford to buy more machines anytime soon) but when one library definitely doesn't have everything tattletaped, much less chipped, what's to stop people from putting down two thinnish books at the same time and only scanning the top one? The system won't be able to tell that there's more than one book there, would it? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And what about the books that somehow didn't make it into the database or which were accidentally deleted at some point in the past? If the self-checkout machine doesn't scan them, is there some flag that goes up to alert staff, or does the patron just proceed to put it into their bookbag, totally unaware that it didn't get checked out?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Is there a person standing at the exit to examine the receipt and match it to books, like in the big membership stores? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Officially, the policy where I work is No animals in the library, except for service animals. That was pretty easy when the only service animals around were seeing eye dogs, but nowadays, dogs (and birds, apparently) provide more services to humans, including seizure alerts and ... a bunch of other services that I can't remember right now.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So, there's very often people with dogs in the library. And one bird, whose owner makes a point of showing its certification to us, which most of the dog owners don't do. Per administrative policy, we're not allowed to ask whether any given dog is in fact a service animal, much less what service a small dog in a shoulder tote can provide. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That being the case, what is other libraries' policy for when a service dog comes in contact with allergic patrons? We've never had that happen yet, but I figure it must have happened to someone somewhere.  (If it does happen, I'm just going to call the head and let her deal with it, but in the meantime, while I'm waiting for her to arrive, who gets encouraged to stand in the fresh air and sunshine?)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Several parts to this answer.
Normal self-check turns 'off' the magnetic security strip, so it doesn't set off the alarm when you leave the library.
Most self-check machines have a sensor that scans for the presence of 2 security strips and halts the checkout process before the strip is turned 'off'. (Gives you a message to go to the desk to resolve the problem). 
In addition, the borrower will be given an automatically generated print out of the titles which have just been checked out.
Anything not in the database (deleted, ancient stock, etc.) will give the borrower a message to go to the desk.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This all works fine for honest borrowers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you really want to work around the system you can.  e.g. a non-security tagged item (magazine, toddler board book) ontop of the one you want to borrow; or a photocopy of a barcode from another item, are 2 simple ways.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Basically, like most systems, it works for honest people -- which is, after all, 98% of your borrowers. The volume nicked is probably about the same as with manual systems.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The person who may need immediate medical attention needs to stay. If the allergic reaction is bad enough they need to be able to access emergency services. It would (should) be the same policy as when smoking was allowed in public places indoors or when food such as peanuts are involved. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Queens Public has the problem of self checkout books not being in the database or mislabeled handled by having one person behind the self checkout desk for help if needed.  It eliminates 2-3 people per branch.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What she be if she had not become a librarian? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Do you have any totally secret trash books that you wouldn't want people to know you really read them?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you were a master magician or could just wiggle your nose and make a wish about librarians and librarianship, your hopes and dreams for the future of our profession, what would it be? What would you wish for?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How can I be cool like you?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would be surprised if an extremely allergic person didn't carry an epinephrine autoinjector (Epi-Pen, etc.) when in public places, and wasn't prepared to deal with these kinds of situations. Even after using epinephrine, the allergic patron will need to seek medical attention. I don't think that either the allergic patron or the service animal need to be asked to leave the library.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;from email:  What are some of the weirdest questions you were asked when you worked in a library?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Did you ever have to deal with a book challenge?  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If so, were there any books removed from the shelves as a result of this/these challenges?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(from email)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;At the Buffalo (NY) Public Library you handed your books and receipt to the security guard, walked through the scanners while he checked your books against the list, and then got them back.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Which really only works if you've got a security guard handy.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We don't have security scanners at the exits, so we have CDs and DVDs in an &lt;a href="http://www.latcorp.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;allCIRC&lt;/a&gt;. I can't recommend it, it breaks all the time. Massive boondoggle, I'm afraid.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What are your top 5 picks** for Best Bet recommendations that appreciably incorporate all four reader appeal doorways (story, character, setting, language)?&lt;br&gt;
**preferably non-current bestsellers and likely to be on library shelves!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I worked at a technical school that had a Learning Resource Center (LRC). I wasn't allowed to call it a library even though my title was "library assistant." None of the students called it the LRC--they didn't know what it meant. None of the staff (teachers, admins, etc.) called it the library--it wasn't company policy. There was always mass confusion.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My point is stick with "library." At least everyone knows what that means. Changing the name just leads to confusion.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Maybe some silk flowers laid down like on a grave or roadside memorial? Maybe a memory book for people to write their fond thoughts of the author (if it wouldn't get filled up with swears and tagging practice)? You can get LED fake candles, too.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;At my branch we use a Dymo LabelWriter 330 for replacement labels and address labels. It works really well, but I'm guessing our processing department has something more robust.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Join some state and local library associations, they will often have listservs or web sites with job listings (even if they don't you can often hear gossip about where some jobs will be coming up). Find a review source you like and keep on top of new books-- you don't have to read them all, but it helps to know what's new and what has buzz. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But most of all I recommend hanging out with people in the field you want to be in: there are plenty of conferences, training opportunities, internships, pub crawls or whatever to get you in close contact with The Real Thing. Listen a lot, ask a lot of questions, and volunteer to help with projects (experience with Real Live Teens is a great interview asset). You'll get pre-work experience, help the profession, raise your profile, and can make some lifelong friends.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;May I please inquire as to your book submission protocol for a published book of the non-fiction genre for tweens through their late teens?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Wunschkind is a moving story of a young German girl's shattered identity,in the aftermath of World War II,when she discovers that her beloved parents were part of unspeakable evil.  Could she still love them?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Mom's Best Choice awarded Wunschkind a silver designation for young adult readers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Additional information www.theneighborsson.com&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;On receipt of your request the publisher will be pleased to forward a review copy for your consideration.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thank you,
Don H. Appel
fatherdonh@aol.com&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Title>"Wunschkind child without a country" by Liesel Appel</Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Romance Writers of America have some very informative information on their website, especially about the &lt;a href="http://www.rwanational.org/cs/the_romance_genre" rel="nofollow"&gt;genre&lt;/a&gt; and its subgenres. The &lt;a href="http://www.hcpl.net/content/science-fiction-love-story" rel="nofollow"&gt;science fiction romance&lt;/a&gt; novel is a rare bird indeed, so I would not recommend using it as a category, and there are indeed science fiction fans that begin rapid shallow breathing if they encounter one in the SF section.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Have you ever NOT recommended a good book to someone that you know that person would enjoy because that person was a jerk?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm allergic to dogs, cats, and a lot of pet dander. Like everyone else, we have to take patrons' words for it when they state an animal is a service animal. I've had several long sneezing fits because of patrons' service animals. When I needed to, I've  excused myself after explaining (if I was able) why I had to do that, and found someone else to help the patron. Never had a complaint.  This is in line with my system's policy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Now when I've had the same allergic reaction to perfume or cologne, it tended to evoke anger.  But I've responded the same way, though I don't usually have a chance to explain why my eyes are burning and I'm sneezing.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What vegetable should we all eat more of?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you were holding a lunchbox right now, what would be on it?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Inspired by the "Ask Nancy Pearl" questions, I wonder what the oddest bookmarks you've found is?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Scary for a middle school; an unwrapped condom. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is a perhaps a little more ironic than strange, but a business card saying something along the lines of "Window Accentz - B Unique." It made me smile.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;(Question for Nancy, who is a Pearl): Do you ever read the Unshelved Book Club reviews? What do you think of them - and have you ever gotten ideas from them?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Uncashed paychecks (for a lot), uncashed IRS refund checks, and actual cash.  Returned as bookmarks in library books.  It is always interesting leaving messages for the people too, and trying to be careful by saying something like "You may have left something you want back in a book you just returned, please give us a call" and some of them don't know what we are talking about.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I only recall bits of the plot but here they are:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The heroes include academics... i.e. teachers, etc. as well as a student or two possibly...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is a scene where they fly on a magic carpet or the like and crash (by their magic faltering) into a malevolent forest where the trees hold them captive and try to eat them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;One of the heroes dies after escaping from the forest because he had layered magic spells upon magic spells like a house of cards (which I think is the metaphor they use in the book) to keep him immortal and once one spell goes, they all do and he ages quickly and dies. His young wife is on the journey with them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is an academic with them who worships/idolizes a legendary intellectual/magician named Delmuir or something very similar, hopefully. At the end, they actually find the "body" of this legendary figure... but it's more like suspended animation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I realize that this isn't much to go on... but I also believe that the author might have been a woman and I read it in the late '90's and think it is from either the eighties or early nineties. Thanks, if anyone can figure it out from this...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Have you ever seen a movie where the book WASN'T better?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Once I found a ten dollar bill.  Another that I did not see personally - someone finding a slice of bacon (uncooked!) in a book that had been returned.  I can't imagine what that person was thinking.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I often write notes on whatever random scrap of paper I'm using as a bookmark—criticism of the book, inconsistencies, questions waiting for answers—and yes, I often forget to remove them before returning the book to the library. I'm afraid I may have inadvertently spoiled someone's reading experience by giving away an important plot point or raising a critique they may not have noticed.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I work at an academic institution in a rather small library. Budget time is coming up, and this is my first time running a library. We are in serious need of funding - our funding last year were insufficient which resulted in the purchasing of no books. NONE. So I'm trying to think of a way to politely but firmly ask for an increase in a time of decreases in the most diplomatic way possible. I think I might be too emotionally invested and could use some objective viewpoints.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any advice on convincing college administrators that the library is a vital resource on campus and that moldy, outdated books aren't acceptable? Anything that's worked for you (or not)?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I found a photograph of an elderly lady in one of my books. It was a little spooky.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am in search of a book authored by a female.  The book is written in first person involving a priest and set in New England.  The book was published within the last few years.  I have made it my challenge to find this book described to me but I really do not have much to go on.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Middle school kids left baby pictures in the books.  They were from personal timeline projects.  We had fun trying to figure out who was who.  Had enough one year we made a bulletin board.  :)  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Middle school kids left baby pictures in the books.  They were from personal timeline projects.  We had fun trying to figure out who was who.  Had enough one year we made a bulletin board.  :)  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We found a "Dear John letter" that was in the process of being proof-read.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;the libraries at my high school and at my middle school were both officially "media centers", but everyone (including the teachers) referred to them a libraries. If you have a lot of books and you let people borrow them, they'll call it a library, no matter what the administration wants.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It depends on the situation. Reverse for any books that are read right to left.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Reading at a table:&lt;br&gt;
Right Thumb about one third from the top of the page. Index and/or Middle finger pick up pages loosely from the right side of the top of the page and then let them flip down until only one is held. Slide index finger under, grip with thumb and index finger and turn. For oversized books (or large graphic novels) basically the same thing but from the middle of the side of the page rather then right top.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Reading while walking:&lt;br&gt;
If both hands are free, the same way. If left hand is holding something else then it's a little more complex. Thumb and pinky of right hand are holding the book open with remaining fingers arrayed on spine. Use thumb to push the page inwards from bottom, letting other pages slide back down until can get thumb under the next page and using the ball of the thumb and pinky to keep current place. If the pages are slick and don't want to seperate easily may need to blow on the pages to seperate them. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Did you try contacting the ALA store? If all else fails, you could allow the patron to "borrow" it and "suggest" s/he take it to a copy shop where they can scan and print a new one. I know some folks out there might cringe at the copyright issues, but if there are no markings on it, how do you ask permission?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You might not even need an answer at this point, and I'm not entirely sure what kind of statistics the student needs, but I found this interesting report from El Paso, TX. If your student is still researching, it might be worth a try to contact the folks who researched it or directly contact the US Dept. of Labor. Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.elpasotexas.gov/econdev/_documents/Bilingual%20Report_IPED_102008.pdf" rel="nofollow"&gt;https://www.elpasotexas.gov/econdev/_documents/Bilingual%20Report_IPED_102008.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our university is also getting a new library and student study area (media centre, writing centre etc) and the building is going to be called "Library and learning commons." Which will probably get shortened to Library. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The strangest thing I've found was a &lt;a href="http://aslum.net/randompictures/bookmark%20bar.png" rel="nofollow"&gt;4" metal bar&lt;/a&gt;. There's a quarter there for scale.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I've also found money, religious pamphlets (some designed to look like a 20 sticking out of the book), TONS of photos, checks (I once found one for $250 that hadn't been addressed to anyone but had been signed), a music CD, a slice of american cheese (thankfully still in the wrapper), a cigarette (unsmoked).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I read a Children's Book - it was a picture book about what things are for, with sometimes quirky and witty purposes given.  One line I remember was something like "Cake is for giving everybody a slice".&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I see a lot of white space in my memory, illustrations maybe kind of reminiscent of Richard Scarry (but definitely not him).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any ideas? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think it is "A hole is to dig:  a first book of first definitions" by Ruth Krauss, pictures by Maurice Sendak.  Our library's copy is published by Harper &amp;amp; Row, 1952.  A lovely wee book.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A personal letter (no, I have not read it) and a picture of a kid that nobody has ever claimed (still hanging on the bulltin board) and a deceased card&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There is a series of mystery books by Julia Spenser-Fleming set in upstate New York and featuring a woman Episcopal priest, Clare Ferguson.  They all have names taken from hymns, and the most recent one is &lt;em&gt;Out of the Deep I Cry&lt;/em&gt;.  They are really excellent novels, beyond the usual mystery genre books (and I'm a mystery reader).  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I second Emily's request for more details or clues, though you can search for Clergy -- Fiction if you think you'd recognize the title,&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It's amazing how many people leave boarding passes in books. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A marriage license. The original document -- not a copy. It was returned to a grateful patron.
Other odd bookmarks? They tend to be seasonal. In the summer I've seen flowers (including dandelions). I've found a lot of autumn leaves, too. They are pretty when fresh, but make a crumbly mess after a few days. Last winter two different mittens from the same patron. When she came in to retrieve them, she was wearing the mismatched mittens!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Could it be &lt;strong&gt;Converting Kate&lt;/strong&gt; by Beckie Weinheimer, published 2007?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Kate has moved with her mother to New England. The girl has stopped attending her mom's fundamentalist church but starts going with her grandmother to a mainstream Protestant church, with a nice young priest. The priest is a fairly major character and much of the conflict involves him getting in some trouble (not child abuse). It's a YA novel.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Google Books info and preview:
&lt;a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=GSGOUK3PBSoC" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://books.google.com/books?id=GSGOUK3PBSoC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My review on my blog:
&lt;a href="http://thebooleyhouse.wordpress.com/2008/11/01/converting-kate-beckie-weinheimer/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://thebooleyhouse.wordpress.com/2008/11/01/converting-kate-beckie-weinheimer/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am trying to identify a book from the late 40's or early '50's.  I think it was a picture book, in the early elementary range, and had the phrase "pieballed princess" I think, and involved a cranberry bog.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm in charge of the front display for the adult area in my library. Every time an author dies I put up a sign of his/her birth and death and name and put all of their books on display. The displays are highly visible and simple but extremely popular. I'm always getting comments like "I used to read them. They died?" and “Ohh... I didn't know this person wrote more than &lt;strong&gt;_&lt;/strong&gt;."  I would recommend this kind of display to everyone. It’s hard to keep it stocked, it is so popular. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Do you have circulation numbers?  Do they support your argument?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've found that if there's one thing that administrators understand, it's cold hard figures. You need to arm yourself with statistics. Use circulation numbers, student population numbers, and past budgets to show that the library is used and needs to be maintained. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Compare your library  with that of another local institution that &lt;strong&gt;does&lt;/strong&gt; get to buy new books. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ask the instructors what they would like to see added to the library and use that list as another reason for needing new materials.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It's hard not to get emotional, because you are THE person who can keep your library going. It's unlikely that someone else will step in to be the cheerleader!  But those emotions should be kept in check when you meet to discuss your budget, so go over your presentation until you can feel calm about it, and then go knock their socks off!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've always liked the dedication in Donald Crews picture book &lt;em&gt;Shortcut&lt;/em&gt;.  "To Mama/Daddy/Brother/Shirley/Mary/Sylvester/Edward/Sylvia  All's well that ends well.  Which, if you've read the book, is so true.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It's called The Piebald Princess by Joan Balfour Payne. Here's a link to a review: &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7_QwAAAAIBAJ&amp;amp;sjid=n90FAAAAIBAJ&amp;amp;pg=4847%2C2644027" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7_QwAAAAIBAJ&amp;amp;sjid=n90FAAAAIBAJ&amp;amp;pg=4847%2C2644027&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I work in a very small public library (4 permanent staff members and 2 temps, thanks to budget cuts). As the only reference librarian it is sometimes hard to leave the desk, especially when there is a line for both reference questions and computer questions from the 13 public computers. In my experience any page who has been shelving for more than a month or two knows where almost all the books are. Yes sometimes they might get the answer wrong or not know the answer at all but 9 times out of 10 they do know the answer. I even will go ask them if the question is like "book on trees 'this tall' and blue". They see the books way more than I do. I even acknowledge that they are more approachable than the scary reference librarian behind the intimidating reference desk (which is why I try to leave my desk to catch strays as much as possible). It actually irks me that our policy (that our manager tries to enforce when he is in the building) is to always direct patrons to me, when they can help. A page is a wonderful resource which in my opinion should be paid and used way more than most libraries do. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Can you compare your budget levels to that of the institution as a whole?  We are a small public library and compared the rate of growth (of the town appropriation to the library) over the past 5 years to the town budget as a whole.  Their budget had increased 14% while our appropriation had increased by only 5%.  We received a helpful increase when this fact was presented with our circulation and visit statistics and list of new services.  If it is a matter of decreasing budgets - has the library had to deal with deeper cuts than that of the institution as a whole?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also helpful might be the number of ILL requests for books that you probably would have purchased in the past year.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Is it Sir Toby Jingle's Beastly Journey, by Wallace Tripp?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that as with someone who was really unclean and you could smell him/her halfway across the room, a pet that caused allergic attacks could be considered as disturbing the peace.  I shouldn't think it would matter that they only can disturb a specific number of people.  Some people have sensitivities to perfume most folks acknowledge that it's a good idea for everyone to not wear perfume in confined spaces.  So, I'd say that the person with the animal should be asked to remove to another area of the library.  Our library policy states that we may ask a patron to leave if they are disturbing the peace.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have a lot of allergies and sensitivities to a lot of smells (like cosmetics), but my reactions are not severe enough to need an epipen. They are just bad enough to make me miserable. I have started using one of the allergen blocker products that have been out for a couple of years. These are creams that you rub right under your nostrils and the cream blocks the allergens from being absorbed in your nose lining and causing a reaction. This sounded like a really stupid marketing trick, but I decided to try it and it really works!! It works best if you apply it before contacting an allergen (like before mowing the lawn), but it still helps quite a bit if I apply it as soon as I notice a smell (like at the mall when someone wearing perfume passes me). The one that I use is for children, Little Allergies Allergen Block Gel, but there are other brands that are available.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Was it a chapter book or a picture book? Could it be by Jane Yolen? (shot in the dark from a vague memory)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Madapple&lt;/em&gt;, by Christina Meldrum was published in 2008.  It is set in Maine and the main character is a teenage girl who goes to live with her aunt after her mother dies.  The aunt is a Pentecostal preacher.  I don't remember whether or not the story is told in  the first person.  It is a YA novel.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A Passport. At least the patron was easy to contact, but what a thing to lose!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, a cigarette, a leaf of lettuce and plenty of kleenex (used and unused)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure this counts as a bookmark, but a book was returned with a torn page that had been repaired with band-aids and written-in pen- was a note on the book reading "I"m sorry about the band-aids, but tape is $1.50 at Giant Tiger! What a ripoff!" &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I once found a train ticket from 1996 inside a copy of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy that I bought second-hand in 2007. It was quite odd but rather fiting. So I kept it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Vaguely reminicent of either Xanth or that Bruce Coville Unicorn series, but that's probably not it. Do you know if it's part of a series?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In the past two years the Library Committee has dropped more than half our medical journals. Some of these were used many times, and people will continue to use them. How are other librarians keeping track of usage in terms of copyright? I mark it down each time we make copies from a journal, and have now started writing down the year of what was copied. This is a sticky situation. What are other librarians doing to handle this type of situation? How often do you pay the CCC? Quarterly? Annually?
Thanks for your help.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A student came in one morning looking terrified and holding his book.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"There's a bee in my book," he told me.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"A photograph of a bee?" I asked.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"No," he said, "a bee."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;He handed me the book and said, "Don't open it!"&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I opened the front cover to find a bee squashed inside.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Oh good," he said, "it's dead."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It was surprisingly easy to clean up.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Kristan Higgins's CATCH OF THE DAY?
It won the RITA in 2008. Here are details:
&lt;a href="http://www.kristanhiggins.com/Reviews.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.kristanhiggins.com/Reviews.html&lt;/a&gt;
Maggie’s misadventures have entertained the gossips of Gideon’s Cove for years, but at 32 she’s getting frustrated with her lack of marital prospects. Accordingly, she embarks on a determined campaign, aided by the new priest in town, who is embarrassed by the crush she has developed on him, and by the members of her family, including her identical twin sister, who are only too eager to see her happily married. Fans of Janet Chapman’s and Marcia Evanick’s Maine-set contemporary romances featuring working-class people with complex lives and family issues will find many of the same elements in Higgins’ second romantic comedy, starring a protagonist narrator who is a charmingly muddled, good-hearted, but impulsive and outspoken woman wanting desperately to settle down with Mr. Right. But since he is nowhere to be seen, she lavishes her attention on good works, her restaurant, her family, and her faithful golden retriever, while ignoring the one man who may just be her perfect match. (from the Booklist review)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The ADA allows you to ask two questions in order to aid in determining if the animal is a service animal - 'Is this your service animal?'  and 'What task has it been trained to provide?'.  There are a ton of grey areas in legitmate answers - so it's always a balancing act.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It's only when the service animal's &lt;strong&gt;behavior&lt;/strong&gt; poses a direct threat to someone's health or safety that you can ask them to remove the animal.  It's mere presence as an 'allergen' or frightening presence doesn't meet the legal threshold to have it removed. The law sides with the disabled individual's right to receive service.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This is an area in flux, with unclear lines between what most people commonly consider service animals, e.g. seeing eye dogs, the growing use of psychiatric service animals (who are &lt;strong&gt;trained&lt;/strong&gt; to provide a specific task) and therapy or comfort animals whose mere presence aids a patron and may have been approved or recommended by a doctor/counselor or social worker.  These non-task-trained animals don't meet the legal definition of service animals but we will often let them slide and come into our libraries. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Oregon law accords service animals in training the same status, so we've even had to admit the 'service kitten in-training' whose street kid owner has learned the correct phrases.  However, the proposed service duck and squirrel didn't quite make the cut. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hey Unshelved, do you have any Library Science or Librarian podcast suggestions? All I can find are abandoned projects or podcasts about specific libraries. I'm looking for something by Librarians, for Librarians that discusses the stuff we go through on a daily basis. Unshelved and Twitter only go so far!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Two kids or teens fantasy novels that a patron remembers having read at least 7-8 years ago.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;– a human girl becomes the leader of or involved with the rebellion of hobgoblins/goblins against the humans who mistreat them. Humans think goblins are evil, but they really aren’t. One scene involves the girl and many goblins in a tree (maybe their home?) surrounded by cold iron to trap them. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The second book she remembers is about a girl whose mother had a wolf as a familiar. Her mother is now dead, and her father tries to keep her out of the magical world to keep her safe. Then a wizard comes, captures her pet spider, and kills it, thinking it is HER familiar. She flees to the magical realm through a gate (like an actual wooden gate in a fence). The wizard follows and is ultimately defeated because he tries to teleport away and is stuck in the wood of the gate forever. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am assuming that you were using your budget for journals and databases last year.  You may also need to educate the college admins regarding the impact of a flat budget.  Namely, further cuts will need to be made even with a flat budget. Without knowing your specific collection development profile, I'm not sure of the standard increases you see, but in my (public) library, our foreign journals tend to increase upwards of 12% each year, especially when the dollar is weak.  Our databases average a 5% increase, but the highest increases are often in the more specialized databases that I would guess you have as well.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Can you get the faculty pushing for you?  If the Biology department knows that the next cut will affect their database/journals, it may make it more real to them.  Can you talk with the department chairs about chipping in on costs for supporting their curricula?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Do a cost/use evaluation to identify which databases aren't getting enough ROI.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Good luck!  One thing that has helped us a bit this year is that some of the library-centered vendors have been understanding with their increases or given us flat renewals.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Could the first one be The Goblin Wood by Hilari Bell?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am a new children's librarian looking for an "action/participation" story to tell at schools for summer reading.  A friend who was a children's librarian a couple years ago told me she had found this story about pirates that involves running, jumping, walking the plank, etc... and gets faster and faster by the end of the story.  The kids do the actions, and it is a lot of fun.  Sadly, this friend no longer has the story and doesn't remember anything else about it.  So, I was wondering if anyone knew of this story... or any other stories that are similar and can be used in a similar way.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks for the help.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't think either is the story you're looking for, but I know that "How I Became a Pirate" and the follow up "Pirates Don't Change Diapers" by Melinda Long are popular.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi from New Zealand!  I'm school librarian at what we call a Primary School - ages 5 to 11.  Our school has about 500 students.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Personally I'm a believer in the expression about honey catching more bees than vinegar.  At my school, the classes come once a week with their teacher to exchange their books.  When I started, returns were really hit-and-miss, so I've created a culture where every student is expected to bring at least one book back each week.  I repeatedly tell them they can ALWAYS get the book out again to finish, even if it's reserved by someone else.  Then I have a reward for a class if everyone brings at least one book - the first time everyone gets a special bookmark relating to our theme for the year, and an extra book (they are limited to just 2 at a time usually) and then any time after that they just get the extra book.  I am CONSTANTLY amazed at how enthusiastically the students respond when they win - even the oldest who are 10-11 years old.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Then I also print off an overdue list each week and follow up in person when the class visits.  The first time they appear on the list they get a verbal reminder, the following week I print off an overdue notice and send it home.  If they appear on the list a week after that, without an explanation of some sort (often it's the 'I'm with Mum at the moment and the book is at dad's') then they get a bill sent home for the replacement cost.  I would say I get about 20 books a year paid for, and write-off about 5 where they never pay.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;At the end of the year, I get all the books in for a stock take just before school closes, and again I offer rewards.  The first class in each syndicate (we have 3) to return ALL their books gets a prize - cookies from a local bakery.  Costs me little and is amazingly motivating.  Teachers really get behind it and do whatever they can to encourage their class - I had one teacher last year who personally rang a couple of students the night before to remind them!  I've heard of others putting a white-board outside the library door and keeping a running tally of how many books each class has left to return - a little competition can be a great thing :)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To my way of thinking, you have to expect some losses and just write them off, but if you can create a culture where returning books is the norm, it's a lot easier, and then you can be the nice librarian who gives rewards rather than the grumpy librarian who spoils our fun (would you really stand at the door of a dance and refuse entry???)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Sorry - first answer and this is very long!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;One of my favorites from the 70s growing up was a picture book, &lt;strong&gt;Pirates in the Park&lt;/strong&gt;, by Thom Roberts. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There are certain genres of fiction that I'm not particularly fond of.  Should I make an effort to expand my tastes or just stick to what I like?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A 1st grade teacher has asked me to talk to her class because they have suddenly and inexplicably started treating their books like frisbees, seat cushions, and/or trash.  I'm planning on talking to the students about how to turn pages, mark their place, and how to put books on the shelves.  I'm also bringing bookmarks for them to color and use.  My question: are there any good resources (books, programs) for teaching the youngest students how to treat their books?  Next year, I plan on speaking to all the lower grades at the beginning of the year so that this doesn't become an issue.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm afraid I don't know of any resources that deal with this issue but here is something I tried once with a reception class (approx 5 - 6 years old)...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I kept a book that, from the outside, looked really exciting and asked the class who might be interested in borrowing it. Then I showed them the inside which had several ripped and missing pages, broken spine, doodles etc. I then explained to them that because of the damage it had, nobody could borrow it anymore. 
It's quite a basic approach and would probably only work with younger classes but plant eh seeds of the idea early enough and it might just stick.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;First, see if you can get a video of one of their favourite authors talking about how much work goes into the writing process of a book. Next, find a video about how books are made. Maybe this one? 
&lt;strong&gt;Reading for Children: How a Book is Made&lt;/strong&gt; 2004.
"Students will get a revealing and informative behind-the-scenes look at the world of children's book publishing. Students will learn about both the writing and illustrating of a children's book, and also discover that the creation of a children's book involves the talents of many different types of people. By meeting editors and printers, students discover the various and vital jobs that each person performs in order to bring a children's book from the writer's mind to the library bookshelf." &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Then show them all the steps it takes you to get that book on your library shelves. Don't forget to tell them how much the books cost. Ask if they get an allowance and figure out how long it would take them to pay for a damaged book. Collect some of your worst looking books and show them how all their library books will look if they don't take care of them. &lt;strong&gt;Caroline's idea&lt;/strong&gt; is a great one. Then go through the steps on proper book care. I used to show a good video for that, but the talking book named Charlie, while charming, was kind of creepy looking. But the kids liked it!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Charley Chapters in Be a Book Buddy: Take Good Care Of Your Books&lt;/strong&gt; (2nd Edition) 2002.
Teaches children how to care for their books. This video not only teaches proper book care, it also emphasizes that books will be their friends for life. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I hope this helps, and I wished it would work for our teenagers!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I went to AASL this past November and won a whole collection of L. Ron Hubbard's stories from the golden age. The set included a display box and a number of his titles, cd's , etc. It also came with reviews from YALSA. I have yet to have anyone check them out. I must admit I haven't read any yet, although I have one on my massive pile of books to read.  I have had quite a few comments from parents and teachers regarding Hubbard's Dianetics self-help theories, jokes, etc.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Have you seen them? What are your thoughts? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I don't want to censor and yet, not sure how appropriate they are for my middle school.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Am I nuts for even putting them out there? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I should add that my 7th and 8th grade language arts teachers were intrigued enough to comment and say keep them in the library media center and see what happens.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I recieved some of these in a free package from someone. I went through them and our policy is that all donations need to meet that same purchasing parameters as other materials. It isn;t censoring more than anything else needs to meet selection criteria and policies. Just because they are free doesn't mean they belong. I only found one that i thought might belong and it hasn't circulated. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I must admit I've only read "Typewriter In the Sky" by Hubbard. I picked up a free copy in my travels. The story was interesting and it was okay reading, but the book ended rather abruptly. The novel really needed one more chapter to tie up loose ends. Alas, it did not. This made a very annoying reading experience. I thought if this was the way Hubbard writes, not only would I never read another of his works, I would never recommend him either.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And, let's face it, some books live or die on the recommendation (or lack thereof) of the reader. Some books are ignored (i.e. uncirculated) because they just aren't worth reading.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Is it perhaps &lt;em&gt;Pirate Treasure Hunt&lt;/em&gt; by Jan Peck? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pirate-Treasure-Hunt-Jan-Peck/dp/1589805496/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1270859176&amp;amp;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/Pirate-Treasure-Hunt-Jan-Peck/dp/1589805496/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1270859176&amp;amp;sr=1-1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Sounds like it is a pirate-themed take off of "Going on a Bear Hunt" which would explain the different motions. I haven't read it myself, but the NoveList description sounded promising enough for me to ILL it! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm not quite sure how someone managed to return the book without noticing, but once I found a nice necklace that had been used as a bookmark.  Very odd.  It went straight into the lost and found box.  Sometimes I wonder if anyone ever claimed it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I got an ad a couple of months ago for a very good price for the whole collection of his titles. Sorry not for my library, and this for several reasons:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;1- I have a very long "to purchase" list from where I draw first. His titles are not part of it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;2- I have a very small budget, and will spend it first on books that are needed and/or recommended by teachers and students. Again, his titles are not part of that.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;3- I do not believe they are appropriate for middle- and high-schoolers (my patrons). &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;4- I think there's a lot more out there that middle-schoolers want or would be interested in reading and these books are not (IMHO) "classics".&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So, personally, I would not include them in the collection. But to each his own :)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A few days ago I checked out a book that had an invitation to go Christmas caroling in it, I found it funny cause I recognized the name of the family that sent the invite but not the name of the person it was for.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have not seen the set but from looking at it I would guess they are mostly pulp stories from the golden age of science fiction.  They might not be appropriate for you Middle Schoolers based on is the of the racy material that occurred in that era but I do not think the writers philosophy should be a reason in this case.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have never read L. Ron Hubbard because the stories do not appeal to me.  That being said what is the reason for keeping them off the shelf? Is it because of the scientology angle? Are the stories explicitly espousing his theories and beliefs? Because that happens quite a bit and nobody complains. Heinleins Stranger in a Strange Land is the Jesus story retold, Orson Scott Card often has whole sections of his books espousing mormonism.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I guess in a long winded way my answer to you is why are you even considering them inappropriate? Is it the material itself (to sexy, to violent) or the philosophy of the author?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A bloody tampon was incrusted on one of the pages of my book once.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This sounds faintly like one of the Edge Chronicles series by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell. The series invovles denizens of the floating city of Sanctaphrax, sky pirates in floating Sky Galleons and carnivorous trees called Bloodoaks, the wood of which is used to make the sky ships. The High Academe sends apprentices out to complete various tasks...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Recently (within the last year or so) I’ve started reading more and more fantasy. However, I’m more of a historical fiction person by nature, so I really have no idea where to look for my next fantasy fix. I read Goodkind’s Sword of Truth series in about a month, I don’t know how many times I’ve read my Tolkien, and I’m reading Jim Butcher, David Eddings, David Gemmell, Naomi Novik, and Brent Weeks as they come out and as I can get my hands on them. Unfortunately, I don’t really have much money, so, unable to afford anything new, I’m in the process of rereading what I already own.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So, query: what are some good fantasy series/ novels I can get stuck into that are, hopefully, commonly found in libraries? I’m afraid I don’t have much of a frame of reference as to what’s really out there and what’s overrated. My library looks like it has a decent supply of Gene Wolfe, so I might give him a go and see what happens, but…Any recommendations would be appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am rubbing my hands together in glee! I am an avid fantasy reader (along with other genres), and I love to introduce others to some wonderful writers. You should be able to find some of these in your local library. Don't forget interlibrary loan if you need the next book in a series and your local branch doesn't have it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here is my list for you. Have fun exploring!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Terry Pratchett -- "Discworld" series. Very funny, very thoughtful, very worth reading.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Robert Asprin -- "Myth Adventure" series. Hilarious!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you like Jim Butcher, try Mike Carey and Mark Levitt.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Brian Jacques -- "Redwall" series.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Robin McKinley -- Retellings of classic fairy tales. "Sunshine" is urban fantasy and excellent reading.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Anne McCaffrey -- "Pern" and other series.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Charlaine Harris -- "Sookie Stackhouse" series&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Kim Harrison -- "Rachel Morgan" series&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Mercedes Lackey -- "Valdemar", "Elemental Masters" and other series&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Diane Wynne Jones -- Highly regarded by other writers in the field.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Patricia McKillip -- "The Riddle Master of Hed" trilogy and other wonderful novels&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Neil Gaiman -- Many wonderful works. Definitely try "Good Omens", co-written with Terry Pratchett. (Imagine the Apocalypse as done by Monty Python)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A. Lee Martinez -- I loved "Gil's All-Fright Diner". 6 novels so far. Funny, scary, quirky writing. Try him!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;These are some of my favorites. There are more writers I'm sure others will recommend. This should give you a wide variety to try. Everyone has their own taste. I hope some of these will be just right for you. Happy reading!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;P.S. Here's a website to check for fantasy authors: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;www.sff.net/people/Amy.Sheldon/listcont.htm&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;P.P.S. Responding to another answer, I'm adding Terry Brooks "Demon" trilogy: Running With the Demon (one of the best fantasies I've ever read, IMHO), A Knight of the Word, and Angelfire East. Tough, gritty, realistic urban fantasy (if you ignore the demons)., and his "Landover" series.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And also:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Julie Kenner: "Carpe Demon", the Adventures of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom, 1st in series (now up to 5). Think Buffy, married with children and still kicking demon butt. Funny and serious and addictive.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Partway through reading Anne Rice's "Violin", I discovered an unfortunate beetle that had been caught between the pages.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This next bit isn't about a strange bookmark (although I once discovered 2 $20 bills in a book -- which were quickly snatched by the person I was showing the book to), but I believe it sort of relates. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I borrowed a copy of "Strong Of Heart" by Thomas Von Essen from my local library. It is a history of the New York City Fire Department. Excellent reading, by the way. On one page, there was a scorch mark, and the book stank of cigarette smoke. In a book about fires. Oh, the irony!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I suggest George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series. It's fantasy with an historical fiction type bent (kings and knights). He's been compared to Tolkien (created his own world, vocabulary, religions). He's still writing the series, and HBO is turning it into a miniseries, so the books should be easy to find.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Try Robin Hobb.  Start with the Kings Assassin series and work you way through the rest.  Also Patrick Rothfuss had a debut novel entitled The Name of The Wind that was good. Joe Abercrombies First Law trilogy is  excellent too.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For "epic" fantasy also try Terry Brooks' "Shannara series, but make sure you start with "The Sword of SHannara" rather than the restart to the series done in the 90s.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For humor, Piers ANthony's Xanth series and his Phaze series. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Laurel K Hamilton writes some pretty delicious fantasies although all may not be available in your local public library BUT are available through paperbackswap.com which is a great way to swap titles for the cost of postage. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;She writes the Meredith Blake- Vampire Hunter series and Meredith Gentry, Faerie Princess Series. They are a bit racy.  Definitely adult.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Much more tame and classic titles:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Lord of the rings by JR Tolkien&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm going to include several YA authors in this list, since there is an AMAZING amount of good YA fiction out there (I'm still a little grumpy that it didn't exist when I was younger, but as a school librarian, I have a good reason to check it all out :)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Patricia Briggs - her Mercy Thompson series is excellent urban fantasy (along with the spinoff Alpha and Omega series, and some libraries have her older traditional fantasy, which have been reprinted recently. I love everything she's done. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Kelley Armstrong - Her Women of the Otherworld series. Some are better than others, but the world is very compelling. The Darkest Powers trilogy that she wrote for YA is also pretty good, and set in the same world.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hilari Bell - she writes very good fantasy for YA. I especially recommend her The Shield, The sword, and The Crown series&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Mercedes Lackey - Most public libraries have her stuff. She has many small series set in the world of Valdemar; I recommend starting with Arrows of the Queen. Her Dragon Jousters series is great pseudo-Egyptian fantasy. The Elemental Masters series is fun historical fantasy retellings of fairy tales. The Obsidian Mountain trilogy and it's sequel series The Enduring Flame are great classic epic fantasy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Anne Bishop - Her Black Jewels trilogy is one of the most powerful series I have ever read. Parts of it will break your heart, but all of it will transport you to another world&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Simon R. Green - Particularly recommend Blue Moon Rising and the sequels, as well as the Nightside series. The Man With The Golden Torc was fun, but I didn't feel like the sequels lived up to the promise of the first one.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Tamora Pierce - Again, a YA writer, but with stories and characters complex enough that I enjoyed them when I discovered her as an adult. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Tanya Huff - She has a urban fantasy vampire series, but my favorite fantasy work she's done is her Keepers series, beginning with Summon the Keeper.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Richelle Mead - Her Vampire Academy series (YA again) is good enough that both my husband and I are reading it. I really like the world she's created and I'm impressed with the amount of character development, which is sometimes hard to find in YA fiction. Also, her urban fantasy starting with Thorn Queen is a lot of fun.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Shannon Hale - Her Books of Bayern (The Goose Girl, Enna Burning, River Secrets, and Forest Born) are lovely, original YA fantasy. Once I start them, I can't stop until I'm done&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Worldweavers series by Alma Alexander is a fun alternate-universe YA fantasy that reminds me of Harry Potter, only better.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Graceling and Fire by Kristin Cashore - I love the incredibly complex world and characters she created in these (yup, they're YA) books.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;David Weber - primarily a sci-fi author, but his fantasy series beginning with Oath of Swords is a fun one.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Holly Lisle - I really enjoy pretty much everything of hers I've read. I especially recommend Sympathy for the Devil, Hawkspar, and her YA series Moon &amp;amp; Sun (beginning with The Ruby Key)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Squire's Tale series by Gerald Morris pokes a little fun at the Arthurian legends, and is tame enough for YA &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Sharon Shinn's Twelve Houses series&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;F. Paul Wilson's Repairman Jack series - not pure fantasy, but has enough "there are more things in Heaven and Earth" moments to qualify, IMO&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;S.M. Stirling's two Change trilogies (Dies the Fire, The Protector's War, and A Meeting at Corvallis, and The Sunrise Lands, The Scourge of God, and The Sword of the Lady)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Patricia Wrede - Especially her Enchanted Forest Chronicles (her other stuff is good, too, but those are my favorite. Everything I've read by her is YA appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Steven Brust's Vlad Taltos series (gets a little slow towards the later books, but my husband tells me it's picking back up)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That's all I and my Shelfari shelf can come up with at the moment (that haven't already been suggested)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You have a great list going here already, and I'm just going to add a few other authors and titles. :)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Maria V. Snyder's &lt;em&gt;Study&lt;/em&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;Poison Study&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Magic Study&lt;/strong&gt;, and &lt;strong&gt;Fire Study&lt;/strong&gt;) trilogy follows the story of Yelena, a former prisoner now food taster in the military realm of Ixia as she journeys to find out about her past.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Alex Flynn's &lt;strong&gt;Beastly&lt;/strong&gt; is a modern fantasy take on "Beauty and the Beast" involving a handsome, yet conceited, high school boy, a powerful spell, and the people who come into his life during his enchantment.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To specify titles by one author mentioned above, Tamora Pierce's &lt;em&gt;Lioness Quartet&lt;/em&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;Allana&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;The Hand of the Goddess&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;The Woman Who Rides Like a Man&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Lioness Rampant&lt;/strong&gt;) features a young girl who wants to become a knight.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Beth Hilgartner's &lt;strong&gt;Colors in the Dreamweaver's Loom&lt;/strong&gt; is about a modern young woman who is mysteriously transported to a fantastic land as she and a growing group must quest for the immortal known as "the Trickster".&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Patricia Wrede's &lt;strong&gt;The Enchanted Forest Chronicles&lt;/strong&gt; follow a princess who takes it upon herself to enter the services of a dragon rather than being carried off to await a prince who she doesn't really care comes at all.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That's all I can say without repeating titles or authors that have already been mentioned above.  I hope you enjoy as many fantasy titles as possible. :)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rusalka&lt;/strong&gt; by &lt;em&gt;C. J. Cherryh&lt;/em&gt; is the first book in a trilogy based on Russian folklore. Quite excellent, if a little deep, but well worth the read. Very unlike other stuff you've ready (probably).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Green&lt;/strong&gt; by &lt;em&gt;Jay Lake&lt;/em&gt; is a fantasy world that I would love to see more stories take place. Little to no magic, but a world that seems to live and breath.  I also highly recommend his &lt;em&gt;Clockwork Earth&lt;/em&gt; trilogy: &lt;strong&gt;Mainspring&lt;/strong&gt;,*&lt;em&gt;Escapement&lt;/em&gt;*, and &lt;strong&gt;Pinion&lt;/strong&gt; though they are a little more SF then fantasy. I only just checked &lt;strong&gt;Pinion&lt;/strong&gt; out today, but I trust it will be as entertaining as the previous two.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Three books is a Trilogy, but what do you call a 2 book series? It's definitely not a Biology. Duet? Duology? Surely there is a word...
While we're at it, is there a standard for counting series size past 3?
Is it Quintet, Septet, Sextet, ... , Octet? I'm not sure what 7 would be or anything past 8...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have almost always heard "duology" (long form of "duo," I think?). According to the omniscient Wikipedia, a Greek-derived counterpart, "dilogy",  is also sometimes used. I think I've also stumbled across "diptych" before, which would be a little contrived in the context described, but passable.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As for a counting system after trilogy, I know "tetralogy" is a series of four; I don't know who made up quadrilogy. Five is "pentalogy," six "hexalogy," seven "heptalogy," eight "octalogy," nine "ennealogy," ten "decalogy," I think twelve would be "dodecalogy"...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Basically you take the Greek number (or stem thereof) and add "-logy" to the end of it, "-logy" meaning "study of" or "logic of" or something like that...can't remember exactly.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It's sort of like with "biology" being the study of life, or rather the logic of biotics. A "duology" would be a study of two, literally the logic of two. Keep in mind that logic technically deals with the relationship of facts or objects in a sequence, not just with things making sense in general, which is perhaps the more familiar definition.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Not sure how much sense that last part'll make to anyone else, but no one can say I didn't try! :)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Edit: I just thought of how polygons also use the Greek numerology and decided to google 11-sided polygon to see what would happen. As a result I found more Greek numerical prefixes like those previously mentioned. Just change the "-gon" to "-logy" and it should be fine. Here's the url: &lt;a href="http://math.com/tables/geometry/polygons.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://math.com/tables/geometry/polygons.htm&lt;/a&gt; . The terminology is towards the bottom.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Edit Edit: Ugh, for some reason I left a comment before I thought to edit. I found the most ridiculously complete page on numerology I've ever seen on the internet. I figured I had to bump this in case there are any other linguistics dorks on here. :)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Emma Bull's &lt;em&gt;Finder&lt;/em&gt; (and the other books and anthologies set in Bordertown; a new one is due out sometime in 2011) is excellent urban fantasy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Tom Holt does absolutely hilarious Pratchett-esque humour, in my opinion.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising Sequence (comprised of &lt;em&gt;Over Sea, Under Stone&lt;/em&gt;; &lt;em&gt;The Dark is Rising&lt;/em&gt; [wonderful book, &lt;em&gt;horrid&lt;/em&gt; movie]; &lt;em&gt;Greenwitch&lt;/em&gt;; &lt;em&gt;The Grey King&lt;/em&gt; [my favourite of the five]; and &lt;em&gt;Silver on the Tree&lt;/em&gt;) is wonderful Arthurian/Celtic fantasy, and is also my favourite set of novels ever.  They're young adult, but most folks I know who've read them enjoy them even more as adults than they did when they were kids and first read them.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Much of the rest of the fantasy stuff I have right to hand, and thus can recommend easily, has already been mentioned, but I'll let you know if I think of anything else.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Oh, yes, and I'd also suggest Jim C. Hines' books, both his fairy tale series (&lt;em&gt;The Stepsister Scheme&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;The Mermaid's Madness&lt;/em&gt; are in print, with &lt;em&gt;Red Hood's Revenge&lt;/em&gt; to come later this year and a fourth and final book to come sometime after that) and his goblin series (&lt;em&gt;Goblin Quest&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Goblin Hero&lt;/em&gt;, and &lt;em&gt;Goblin War&lt;/em&gt;).  Very funny, and intriguing twists on "normal" fantasy issues.  Also quite well-written.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I read this book about 6 years ago back in high shool and I can't remember the name of the book or the author. I recall the book looking a tad dated so I'm hoping somebody here has come across this one. All I can really remember is that there was a boy and girl who meet themselves in the future in order to save...each other? The world? Gah! It's so frustrating, especially because I used to do my service period in the school library. I guess being around all of those titles didn't help this one stick. Any help would be greatly appreciated! &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-Cindy&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Thanks for giving me an amazing post, its great time to read your post. I’ve got some more interesting topic for discussion. So keep it up.&lt;/p&gt;

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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Royal Norwegian Naval Academy library uses wordpress&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Library Media Center for Manchester School District uses Wordpress. Not sure if you were interested in school districts too.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've always heard duology for "book and sequel" but -tets for sets of 4 and 5 (quartet and quintet). And then just "series."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Everyone has made terrific suggestions, and so I'm just going to add one: Jasper Fforde's &lt;em&gt;Thursday Next&lt;/em&gt; series.  It's not always with the fantasy books, but any book that features the ability to "read" yourself into stories is definitely a happy fantasy!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;ps--if someone's already mentioned this and I missed it...oops!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm a fairly new hire at my institution and I'm in a slightly uncomfortable position. It's my job to redesign the website for the part of the collection I'm in charge of, which normally wouldn't be a problem, except the librarian who built it from scratch, and the librarian who expanded/maintained it after him/her are both still here. I am incredibly uncomfortable with the idea of basically telling them 'Hey, your website is great and all, but I think it has WAY too much information and is scaring people away.' There are pages and pages of links to websites and databases and resources that patrons are probably never going to use. And I figure, if I'm intimidated by the website/can't find anything, how can I expect my patrons to?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So what do I do? Just migrate the current website? Change it completely? Modify it slightly? Hide from my coworkers for as long as possible after the new design goes live?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Ours will be a Learning and Information Commons. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Well, we dealt with it by staffing the desk with all paraprofessionals/students/non-librarians. So now they only get to ask a librarian if they wander into one of our offices or someone brings them physically up to the office suite. In many ways I think it was a very unfortunate decision because there have to be a TON of students who are coming up looking for a book on the civil war, and being given a call number, rather than actually getting help on how to conduct research for a senior capstone project in history.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I can relate - there's tons of stuff I have to redo at my job and the previous person is still here. You said it's your job to redo the website, right? Well, whoever assigned that to you obviously sees the need for it to be redone. So hold on to that.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I would recommend implementing changes slowly - perhaps not getting rid of all of the links and information, but reconfiguring it so that it's not so overwhelming. If you make your changes gradually, they may not notice. If they do, I would emphasize the need to have clear, easy-to-navigate pages for library users. Perhaps find some library websites to use as models or examples of what you'd like to do, and make sure that you can justify any decisions that you made. Make any conversation about the websites be about the website, NOT the people who made it before.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, keep the old version somewhere, as HTML files on your computer.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Mostly, have confidence in your decisions and make sure you can justify them. Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We did it because the book was cataloged (meaning headings/call number/barcode assigned and put into the system) in one department, and then transferred to a different group to be processed (tattle tape, affix barcode, etc.).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You were given that responsibility for two reasons: 1, the website needs to be changed, and 2, you were deemed the best to do so. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Do you really need to tell them anything? Or do you think that making any change would mean that they had done a bad job? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You were not given that task in order to make those two people feel bad about themselves - I can only assume that they did their best at the time, but things need to be changed with the new needs, new technology, etc.. that have appeared.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I hope your colleagues are mature enough to see that it is not a criticism of their work; but if even they are not, you don't need to tell them anything about their past work. Just redesign the website - I'm sure you'll do a good job! &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I guess my point is: it is not your job to take their feelings into account so much so that it would stop you from doing your work. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have moved nearly all of our reference collection into the stacks and allow them to circulate. They certainly are being used more often, which is a plus, although I have to be honest, I worry sometimes about sending away a specialty encyclopedia that cost several hundred dollars. That being said, all/most of our new reference is being purchased online, so it's a problem that will remedy itself.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I majored in Russian and didn't really expect to be in libraries (although my language skills have been incredibly useful).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you really truly want to be a librarian, major in whatever you want. Just be aware that there are a million english/creative writing majors who go into librarianship, and having something a little outside the norm (like Russian, or math/science) will help differentiate you from the crowd of applicants.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This question is a good lesson. Whatever we create will be changed again ... and again ... and again, so it's better for all concerned not to feel proprietary. Difficult, but better.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I highly recommend:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Brandon Sanderson&lt;/strong&gt; specifically the &lt;em&gt;Mistborn&lt;/em&gt; series.
Sanderson is a hard fantasy author. His magic systems have actual physical rules. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Robert Jordan&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;The Wheel of Time&lt;/em&gt; series.
I can't believe noone has mentioned this series yet. I would say the first 6 books are outstanding, and while there was a drop off in quality after that, the last book that has been published at this point was also very well written.
(Robert Jordan died before the series was finished and Brandon Sanderson is using his notes to finish the series at the request of Jordan's widow). &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would suggest some fantasy set in fairly concrete historical times, which might merge in your love of historical fiction. Try:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A Curse Dark As Gold&lt;/strong&gt; by Elizabeth C. Bunce, a ghost story set in early Industrial Revolution England.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tender Morsels&lt;/strong&gt; by Margot Lanagan, a fairy tale-based story set in medieval Germany.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Soulless&lt;/strong&gt; by Gail Carriger, fantastic paranormal romance set in Victorian England.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Mists of Avalon&lt;/strong&gt; by Marion Zimmer Bradley, the Arthurian legend from the women's point of view, as fantasy.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've read a few of the stories in these when I got copies at shows.  I didn't see any racy content in the few I read (or at least I don't remember it).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;They're enjoyable, pulpy, and would supplement a collection where Robert E. Howard or Lovecraft's work is being read madly. Can't imagine they have a lot to offer middle or high school students -- they seem aimed at guys of a certain age (mine and above) and/or those who like pulp short stories from that era.   &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;When I was a kid, my favorite book (for a long while) was Hubbard's Battlefield Earth. It's a great hero's journey despite what the crappy movie adaptation may have made everyone think.   &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;While I don't find much that's compelling about Scientology, I do wish it was possible to separate Hubbard the writer from Hubbard the religion founder. Hubbard's Writers of the Future anthologies are quite good, and I admire the effort involved in them (not to mention that the great AJ Budrys edited them for years).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I recommend two outstanding series published in the last decade by authors Garth Nix and Cornelia Funke. I’ve listed them in sequence below. Both have very believable and interesting characters and plenty of suspenseful action set in meticulously created worlds. They are also excellent texts for oral reading. I first became enchanted (pun intended) with them listening to the recordings produced by Listening Library. The Garth Nix series is read by Tim Curry. The Funke series has three narrators each reading a single volume: Lynn Redgrave for &lt;em&gt;Inkheart&lt;/em&gt;, Brendan Fraser for &lt;em&gt;Inkspell&lt;/em&gt;, and Allan Corduner for &lt;em&gt;Inkdeath&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sabriel&lt;/em&gt; / Garth Nix&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Lirael : daughter of the Clayr&lt;/em&gt; / Garth Nix &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Abhorsen&lt;/em&gt; / Garth Nix&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Inkheart&lt;/em&gt; / Cornelia Funke; translated from the German by Anthea Bell&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Inkspell&lt;/em&gt; / Cornelia Funke; translated from the German by Anthea Bell&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Inkdeath&lt;/em&gt; / Cornelia Funke; translated from the German by Anthea Bell&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm kind of in a similar position, except the work I'm revisiting is starting to be my own work from 2-3 years back when I was just getting started doing webwork professionally. In some ways I think it's easier fixing and redoing someone elses work (even if they are still around) then it is your own. I can't be diplomatic with myself, and anything dumb I did is glaringly obvious to my more experianced self.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One thing you can do, that could make things easier socially, is find good things to say about their code. If they used clear variable names, or otherwise made the code easy to upgrade/change, make sure and let them know that, because they used good practices when they made the code, it is making your job of updating it easier. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Anytime you spend time and effort on something, you invest a bit of yourself in it. Most web designers (even part time) know that the internet is a constantly changing place (we'll be on HTML5 and CSS3 before too much longer), and the knowledge that what they left you with was good enough that the transition was easier should hopefully help ameliorate any resentment they have over the fact that their creation is going to become something else.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Last year I went to a Children's Librarians' conference where one of the guest speakers was concerned with getting kids, especially boys, into the library.  One of his suggestions was to rename the library or even the just the children's area to get their brains and imaginations working.  Some of his suggestions were Imagination Station, Delta 1, Portal, Book Safari, Bookorium, Bookinopolis.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Librarians could be Bookaneers!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Right, so I have a (sadly not so) hypothetical question.  Let's suppose that my little collection of books has only been cataloged once, twenty years ago (when they typed the records &lt;em&gt;on cards&lt;/em&gt;).  I really, really need to move the catalog online.  It's a collection of less than 5,000 books split between two locations.  The catalog does not need to be searchable for the students at this moment, though I'd enjoy having that option.  Money is an issue, so cheaper is almost always better.  What would be the ideal cataloging system to use?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;EDIT: I don't have any software at the moment, so I'm starting from the ground up with this catalog.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Cori:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;OK, wee've established the problem -- a catalog we hope is out of date due to acquisitions, two locations. "Cheaper is better."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What computers do you already have on hand? What software do they already have? If you're comfortable with your plain regular database program, you could just create a database of basic bibliographic information and start typing away. Or assign the library pages to do that.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are open source, even on-line internet basic cataloging solutions. That isn't my area of expertise, but you're going to hear all about it right here. In  fast, that is a questions I should have had up in the previous section -- do your resources include internet connectivitiy at both locations?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure I'd start creating a database right away and then try to switch it to new software -- without knowing there's a migration path!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;the big pain is going to be the data entry. That's going to take time.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Robert in San Diego&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've read some selections from these books, and they are indeed "pulp" novels: Basically, the equivalent of romance books, but for males. A quick, mindless, escapist story, like potato chips for your brain. They're good if you don't have a more modern equivalent. But if your library wouldn't shelve books from that time period unless they were classics, you mightn't want to invest too heavily in this set.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would suggest looking at Koha - it's an open source ILS that I did a project with in library school. While open source is sometimes more labor intensive than buying a product off the shelf, it does give you control over your own destiny (and it cheap!). I remember it being pretty easy to work with in terms of inputting objects, although I don't envy you your summer projects with cataloging a collection that big.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Just had an unpleasant experience with a misremembered author visit. I have an opportunity to revamp my task management system.  What are some that other library managers use? Have tried 'Remember the Milk', paper lists, and Outlook tasks.  RTM came closest but apparently, not close enough.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Liza, if you do a good job and aren't constantly complaining about the mess you're starting with, your coworkers will probably appreciate the change.  Some people are more sensitive to these issues than others and it's good that you're aware that feelings can get stepped on, but these folks may not care as much as you think they will.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you're really concerned, I would suggest talking to the person most recently responsible for the page and asking what his or her thoughts were when he/she changed it.  If they can articulate the thought process that went into it, then you have a chance to think about it and talk through with them the reason for the changes and what changes you're thinking of making.  This also forces you to put your thoughts in order, which is always a good thing before tackling a page redesign.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Overall, however, I'd second (or third) the opinion that a functional, well-designed page will speak for itself.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I just came across a site, "Things Found in Books" &lt;a href="http://www.thingsinbooks.com/found/about" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.thingsinbooks.com/found/about&lt;/a&gt; documenting with photos, well, things people have found in books.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I keep mine on my droid phone using Astrid.  It can be set up so that the phone will remind you up to a week in advance.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I just found a "prescription"; not for a specific medication, thank goodness. ["First try Astelin ; if not better try [doctor's handwriting illegible]"] Hope the person recovered!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have used both ReminderFox (Firefox extension) and Futureme (http://www.futureme.org/) to remember important dates/events.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;HTH,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Elizabeth&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have a planner that's always on my desk, which is duplicated in the Outlook calendar. I put the most important tasks on sticky notes all around my computer screen, and for the most of most important tasks, I write them on my hand (yes, I'm one of those nuts :D ). &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I use Google Calendar for things I really need to remember - I have it set to email me the day before new Doctor Who episodes air.  It really helps, but it's too much of a bother to enter every thing I do; I just put in important things.  I also have another google calendar on the same account that goes onto the library website.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Try Mandarin.  The basic software is a free download, and then you just pay for the services you really need.  Maybe you can see if you can squeeze out a little budget space for data conversion services.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I was also sent one of these packages at each of my two schools.  When the kids saw them they couldn't wait to check them out, but when I read a few they were just too tough for my students (we only go up to 5th grade).  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The boxed set you're talking about is really nice - with a big cardboard display, audio recordings, a teacher CD with reader's theater resources, and a class set of mock newspapers.  I offered mine on our county librarian listserv and they were scooped right up.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you're an AR school, these books are all AR and the display is labeled with the AR levels (5-8 I think).  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For a high school, I think these would be a great addition to collections.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You can be the "book doctor."  Dress in a white coat or scrubs with a stethoscope around your neck.  Show them books that have been damaged.  Give them a tour of your work area and show the tools you use to fix books.  Show them some books that can't be fixed.  "This book has crayon.  I can't fix this book.  Anyone who reads it now will not be able to see this picture."  "This book has gotten wet.  The pages are stuck together.  I can't fix this book.  And now mold can grow in this book and make people sick.  This book has to be thrown away, and that makes my heart sad and my stomach hurt."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;When you show your special tools, make sure students know that they should never try to fix the book themselves.  A good book for this is What Happened to Marion's Book - and it comes with a teacher's guide and reproducable activities!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Or maybe you could make a book jail display.  Lock up some of your stuffed animals and be the jailor giving the students a tour.  "This bunny threw his book on the ground.  Now the cover is bent and the pages are torn."  (Just make sure they know it's make believe and they won't really go to jail.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You can also count out money.  Ask students what one dollar can buy or ten dollars.  Then have them guess how much a book costs.  Add the money for your time processing and supplies.  Take the stack of money and ask if you should throw it on the ground or step on it.  Of course not!  Use this on students who just aren't getting it.  Maybe you can also talk about how long they would have to work afterschool to earn the amount of money a book costs.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I know it's easy to focus on the tricky, difficult, or obnoxious parts of a library job.  But what's your favorite part?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For me, I love processing new books.  I can't help but enjoy the new book smell, and it does me good to see the students get excited about &lt;em&gt;something&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I love receiving books, thinking about how to advertise them for the students to find them and read them. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And of course, the patrons' smile when you tell them "yes, I've got this book!" is just priceless. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Reader's Advisory. I love when they come back and say "I loved this! What should I read next?"&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I love performing storytimes and seeing the looks on the kids' faces and hearing the funny things they say. Just this morning, I was reading a story where the bear goes to the library and a little girl gasped and said "We're at the library RIGHT NOW!" &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I keep a little file with funny and sweet things the kids say to cheer me up when I have a bad day. I do love being a Children's Librarian overall though. I know a lot of people wouldn't want to work with kids, but I wouldn't want to work with grown-ups. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Difficult Reference Questions&lt;/strong&gt; Not impossible ones. When someone comes in and asks hard questions, or better still the patron doesn't even realize they had a question off the bat.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;FREX:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;
One of my favorite "reference" questions was a family had come in off the Huckleberry Trail (a local hiking/biking/walking path) and the kids had discovered some &lt;em&gt;interesting&lt;/em&gt; rocks while they were on it... They where talking about them to each other while the mom was picking up a hold. I asked them if they knew what kind of rocks they where, and since they didn't suggested they look in the geology section and find out. We found a couple of books on rock identification and they left quite excited and also talking about looking for more rocks to identify.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Basically, if the  patron starts with "I don't know if it's possible, but..." I want to find the answer. It's probably because I am a big gamer, and love puzzles of all kinds.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A good &lt;strong&gt;Reader Advisory&lt;/strong&gt; comes a close second though, and can be a difficult reference question quite easily.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I love when they say "I can't remember the title or author, but it's this book that &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;_&lt;/em&gt;_&lt;/strong&gt;" and I know the answer.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But my absolute favorite is moments like last semester, when a student said "You know, I never knew how to look for the books until you showed me how."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I seriously nearly cried.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;An extension of the usual Reader's Advisory - working with reluctant readers or people with difficulties reading. Nothing beats that look on a kid's face when you find the right book to convince them that reading really is cool.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I recently had an adult patron who openly admitted to having issues with reading comprehension and asked me what I might have for her. Twenty minutes later, she's happily walking away with a large print YA novel that she can't wait to go over with her tutor. Absolutely made my month!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I love many aspects of my job, especially Reader's Advisory, but one thing I tell my friends is that I get to shop for books as part of my job! I get to browse at length and pick just the right books, including ones that I will want to read too. And I don't have to spend my own money! Then when boxes of books come in, the students want to know what I've gotten, so we all dig in. I give them sticky notes to put on the book they want to be the first to borrow. It's a little like Christmas.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Why don't you try and co-opt them into helping you with the redesign? You can start by discussing the way the page looks currently and what sort of issues you feel people might be facing - get them to suggest changes. Most people are finally rational - and they would be more interested in having a good product out rather than keeping their own product in. If you can get them to agree that the changes you are doing make a better product (and what better way to do it than to get them to suggest it themselves :) ), I don't think you need to worry about stepping on their toes or offending them.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When I have been able to pass on my passion for all things written to someone who may have seen reading as a 'waste of time' or 'not a proper hobby' by finding them the book that changes their outlook!
A close second would be when a mother of a young girl I used to chat with during her visits told me that 'When Jenny grows up she wants to work in a library so she can be like you'. I actually did cry a little bit then (but in private)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What about "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Stewart, Trenton Lee.
I read this recently and thought it was great.  Might be too long though if she wants to read it in the week...  "Holes" by Sachar, Louis is a perennial favourite here in NZ, and I'd vouch for Stormbreaker too&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The expression that I hold on to: we are a library NOT a museum!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I also think that if students take home old, out-of-date or tatty books, it reflects badly on the school.  A collection development policy is a must, as previously stated by others.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I love a whole bunch of things about my job. But I especially love doing displays. When they work and people stop to look at it it is awesome.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And I love that part of my job description is to read books. I mean seriously how cool is that?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm in a very similar situation with a school library collection for which the only records are physical cards that seem to get lost, damaged, and destroyed with alarming regularity. I have pretty much decided on &lt;a href="http://www.mediaflex.net/showcase.jsp?record_id=52" rel="nofollow"&gt;OPALS&lt;/a&gt;. 
The web hosting option is preferable to having to set up my own server and the cost is the lowest I have found for support options. I also found the interface very user-friendly. Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I agree with Foggyone who said that they may not care as much as you're afraid they will. However, they might be relying on all those links themselves, even while realizing that most of the sites are too specialized to be widely useful. Here's an idea: see if the links that are still worth keeping lend themselves to faceting. Put the best of the best on page one, with a click on any of those to bring up a page with a more complete description of that resource and some "similar to this" links to some of the other choices. Alternatively, you could put the bulk of those more marginal sites into delicious and  do some tag groups, then put a tag group widget thingy in a side column of your new design. Then your colleagues would still have a way to look for the resources that they need only once every three years, but your typical user will hardly ever notice the links are there.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I love getting to know the students! I work at a small, private university, so I not only know their names but what papers and projects the students are working on, how school is going, how their spouse/children/dog are, what their summer plans are and how the graduate application process is proceeding.
It makes driving an hour over the mountain very worth it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A latex glove (hopefully unused)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You may also consider doing some initial usability testing.  The results of this type of testing will not only help you as you consider what to do and how to restructure, but will also provide clear evidence on what needs to be changed.  That way it's not about your opinions v. the previous designers, but what really works for the patrons.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Is there a specific reason that you think the previous designers will be unhappy with the new design?  If they don't seem actively resentful that you are now in charge of the webpage, then don't worry about it.  They may not have been all that excited about putting the thing together in the first place, and might be happy to have someone else take the reigns . . . and be responsible for any complaints about the site.  Don't let that bother you either.  There will almost always be complaints about change, but unless you actually see website usage stats decrease, don't give in to the squeaky wheels.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, if you do see signs of impending resentment, it is nice to talk to your coworkers about what they thought was most important about their designs and try to incorporate what you can of that into the new site.  Just don't let the site be totally designed by committee, because that is always doomed to turn out crappy.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My library requires no ID to join - absolutely nothing. Most of our new customers find this unbelievable. The most common quote we get is '...but I could be anyone.' Yeah - we know... but that's policy. We can ask to see something but cannot insist upon it and must join people even if we suspect that they are lying. 
There is a new country-wide policy in the UK that people can join any library anywhere - you don't need to be resident in the area or pay taxes there in order to join, so our ID policy was changed in order to make it 'easier' for people to join anywhere.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The problem with making slow changes is that it is only possible if the design was reasonably sound to begin with.  If the design is, at heart, broken, then you'll have to suck it up and make the huge change, because incremental changes will only make the inevitable overhaul worse.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I've been part of two complete overhauls like this, with all the attendant problems of previous designers (and I WAS the previous designer in one case!).  Graphic design and web design are examples of fields where, even if you were hired because of your experience and design background, some people who have never done it or who have only done it a little think they know better than you do. You have to learn to deal with them diplomatically, and to figure out which of their suggestions have merit, and and let them know you'll be incorporating those suggestions.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;When you talk to other people about redoing the site, use language like this: "Let's find out what works about the current site that we need to keep, and what aspects of the user experience we need to improve." This focuses on the positive, and doesn't make you sound like you're saying "Your design sucks, it's got to go."  Even if it's true.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;First, do your research: read articles and books on the current trends and studies in web design: if you're backed up by facts and figures, rather than just your word, then it's easier to convince people.  Also, if at all possible, do your own usability studies on your site.  If you've got the data to back it up, it's much easier to convince others of the need for a particular change. For example, if you find out that 55% of your patrons give up before finding the correct information, then you and they know that something is wrong and must be fixed.  Soliciting comments from your patrons before and after the redesign is also good - it's hard to argue when the majority of patrons say "This site is so much better!"&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Figure out what your goals for the site are, and make sure everyone involved is on the same page: you may THINK that you already know the goals, but you'd be surprised that other people don't have the same vision as you, and thus your design decisions make no sense to them. Getting it on paper allows you to explain why you're doing what you're doing.  Do this for each web page on the site, so you KNOW exactly what each page is supposed to be doing, and you can say, "I've moved the text explaining how to use this resource because it belongs on a help page - this page is to give direct access to our resources so patrons who know what they want can find them quickly. I link to the help page text here, next to the title of the resource."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Involve others in the process.  I'd advise making sure that they know they are in an advisory capacity to you and that your word, as the leader of the project, is the final say, because otherwise you WILL get bogged down in committee as people argue over A or B.  However, if they feel they have a say in the direction of the site, then they will have fewer objections.  You can also put specific people in charge of specific parts, like a style guide, or to come up with guidelines for images on the site, or to look at similar institutions' websites and collect aspects of them they like to use as design inspirations.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Identify what aspects of the site you're willing to compromise on - you can mollify an offended previous designer or current committee member a bit if you take their suggestions on parts of the site that aren't badly impacting the site, or if you can find a compromise between your way of doing things and their way of doing things.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It also helps if your supervisor or another higher-up in the organization is on your side: talk to them and see if they're willing to back your design decisions.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;losers are gay like u&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This sounds like something to help celebrate Women's History Month that was very popular at one time. It is celebrated in March to help highlight famous women who have made history in the arts, sciences, etc. 
This is from the website:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;MARCH is National Women’s History Month&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The overarching theme for March 2010 is Writing Women Back into History
In 2010, in celebration of our 30th Anniversary, we will be highlighting themes from previous years. Each of these past themes recognizes a different aspect of women’s achievements, from ecology to art, and from sports to politics.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The history of women often seems to be written with invisible ink. Even when recognized in their own times, women are often not included in the history books.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;National Women’s History Month provides an excellent venue to recognize and celebrate women’s historic achievements as well as an opportunity to honor women within our families and communities. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nwhp.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.nwhp.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I didn't notice anyone mentioning &lt;strong&gt;Guy Gavriel Kay&lt;/strong&gt;, who writes excellent historical fantasy. Also &lt;strong&gt;Scott Lynch&lt;/strong&gt;'s books aren't mentioned yet. &lt;strong&gt;Lois McMaster Bujold&lt;/strong&gt; is better known for her scifi Vorkosigan series but also her fantasy series, The Chalion and The Sharing Knife are very good.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;YA: &lt;strong&gt;Michelle Paver&lt;/strong&gt;'s Chronicles of Ancient Darkness; &lt;strong&gt;Terie Garrison&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I also like Robin Hobb, GRR Martin and Susan Cooper. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Sorry I have no idea if these are easy or hard to find for you.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Buying new books is my favourite - I get to buy books without spending my own money! They pay &lt;strong&gt;me&lt;/strong&gt; for doing that!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'll limit my response to two things, one being storytime.  I love to share books with kids.  One of the all-time highlights of my career has got to be a few years ago when a mother told me that her daughter lines up her stuffed animals at home and has plays storytime like at the library.  : )  My other favorite is reader's advisory.  It's so fulfillng to know the answer when someone describes a plot and I know it right away, or can recommend a book to someone because I know they'll enjoy it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would start by doing some simple usability studies with website users (both students and faculty at least).  See not only how they use the site, but also place where they see problems/confusion, and what they would like to see in terms of use and language.  Then build a mockup, test it, rinse and repeat. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It will probably go much smoother with the senior librarians if you can back up the changes you are making with evidence that the changes are user-backed and evidence based instead of just something that they think you "like better." &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Keeping communication open will be vital as well - talk to people about what you are doing, how its been done, and ultimately, why.  Asking for how the website came about, bringing in the librarians who have worked on the site in the past - if you can - by asking them for opinions might help to. Make it clear that their institutional knowledge is still useful.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Looking at this list, I'm surprised no one has mentioned Charles De Lint yet. He's one of the best fantasy writers, or at least my favorite anyway. Just about everything of his is good.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I love when I get to use my superpowers.  Observational skills really impress people, remembering a name or interest, knowing what patrons need as soon as they walk up (coming from the copier with money in your hand is a good clue), and reading minds.  Making people happy makes me happy.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Not being able to help is my kryptonite.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The challenge of figuring out where a certain piece of information is going to be located. I never know what someone is going to come in with, and I absolutely love that!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm looking for erotic western romance novels that i can get at the library. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Have we mentioned the "Hammer and the Cross" series by Harry Harrison?  Sort of a combination of alternate history and religious war.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There also is a series by Harry Turtledove that involves a reworking of the U.S.Civil war.  (fighting with wizards, and dragons)  First book is "Sentry Peak"  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Kensington/Brava has a line of "sensual" titles.  You can search their title list by subject at www.kensingtonbooks.com.  There are many western romance titles available. Also check www.theeroticreader.com.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I had to look these up for a patron recently.  They promptly ILL'ed many titles.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I work at the Circulation desk of our library as a clerk.  Technically, the Reference librarians answer patron's questions when they're looking for materials.  But even the Reference librarians come to me when patrons have a "movie" questions.  I'm known as the unofficial movie expert among our staff and it always makes me happy to be able to figure out what movie a patron is looking for, especially when they don't give me much to go on.  The looks on their faces when I can come up with a title is priceless.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Eesnalk, your profile does not indicate your location. I would like to offer you title available at your local library, but can't without a clue as to your city. Here are some titles/authors available on WorldCat using the search terms "Erotic" "Western" &amp;amp; "Romance":&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Lorelei James: &lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3A%22James%2C+Lorelei.%22&amp;amp;qt=results_page" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3A%22James%2C+Lorelei.%22&amp;amp;qt=results_page&lt;/a&gt;
Untamed: &lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/title/untamed/oclc/233931733" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.worldcat.org/title/untamed/oclc/233931733&lt;/a&gt;
Hell for Leather: &lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/title/hell-for-leather/oclc/262430969" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.worldcat.org/title/hell-for-leather/oclc/262430969&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Whether or not these actually have a plot is an unknown.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I use Outlook for my tasks, but a very handy notebook that goes around with me from meeting to meeting for Project Management.  I keep post it notes and page clips in it so I can make notes in it as a need to.  Tasks get transferred from it to outlook as needed. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If I need a really big visual picture of a project, I start going crazy with post it notes and a wall.  I keep trying to sneak in a can of whiteboard paint to make one of my walls a white board, but so far no luck. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I can't second the rec on Song Of Ice and Fire enough - I never sold a copy of that to a customer at the bookstore I used to work at who didn't come back and get the rest of the series that is out yet.  Its high fantasy at its finest. (and Unshelved did a great Book Club cartoon on it).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;if you are reading Butcher - be sure to check out BOTH Dresden files and Codex Alera.  Both are amazing series.   I might have paid over $100 just to score the first Alera book in hc because..well, I really really needed it. &lt;em&gt;blushes&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you like something with a darker, twisted slant. pick up Simon Green's Nightside series. His Shadows Fall book is a very unique fantasy modern fantasy world as well that is a standalone novel (there is crossover with the Nightside, but nothing that you need to read to understand).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Joshua Palmatier has a very good trilogy starting with the Skewed Throne that is a bit unusual and very worth trying out.  I think it is all in pb now too, which is a bonus (so is the rest of the books I have mentioned)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you start reading Pratchett - which I see someone else recommended, check out The Reading Guide on the LSpace (http://www.lspace.org/) - there are 30+ in the series, so it can be daunting to see where to begin. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I agree with the others.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My only observation would be that, faced with a Collection (in this case "pages and pages of links to websites and databases and resources") my Librarian-ish instincts just itch to sort and catalog them into something accessible.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;No true librarian would object to imposing Order on Chaos (although those aren't necessarily the words I'd use when talking to them).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;First thing, run some software that checks each link is still current - that might weed out some of the list (another Librarian's instinct - to Weed).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hm.. this is hard to narrow down.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;How patrons think you're a goddess when you can answer the question, or find the item or information they knew would be impossible.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;When I can find "The red book. It was about a guy.. "&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Discussing books I've loved with a patron who loved them, too.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Recommending books I loved as a child to a whole new generation (Little House, anyone?)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;My teen book club. Just getting started, but I love it already.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Finding just the right place to put a tough non-fiction book (Should've seen this Kent State book we got last week.. lol)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm very low-tech in this aspect. I have a big desktop calendar. :)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I love when I've got every student working independently on something of their choosing - one designing a game, one teaching herself Spanish, two collaborating on story, three making a website comparing different kinds of video games, one rehearsing his one-man play, several doing their own research projects just for fun, and one comparing horse breeds to decide which one she wants for her birthday.  4th and 5th graders.  It makes me tear up when I watch them.  And then they say "I wish we could stay in library all day."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Thank you for your responses. The task reboot came to using Thing for iPad, and so far, it has been easy to add things to do, and go through them. I use Getting Things Done as a philosophy, even if I'm still not great on the execution, and the Things program supports the basics of get it all down in one place and consistently review. I'll keep you posted.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm a little surprised that no one has mentioned &lt;strong&gt;The Name of the Wind&lt;/strong&gt; by &lt;em&gt;Patrick Rothfuss&lt;/em&gt; yet.  Awesome awesome awesome book.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also because no one has mentioned it, &lt;strong&gt;The Golden Compass&lt;/strong&gt; by &lt;em&gt;Philip Pullman&lt;/em&gt; is good - the trilogy is &lt;em&gt;His Dark Materials&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For questions like this, I find that LibraryThing's tagmash can be helpful. For instance:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.librarything.com/tag/erotic,+romance,+western" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.librarything.com/tag/erotic,+romance,+western&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;shows 88 books that have been tagged with erotic, western, and romance.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have been looking to see if that function exists on Destiny - or if there is any way to "link" books so that when a patron browses the catalog, if they click on one title they can see related &lt;strong&gt;titles&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I know they can see related subjects; I know about the categories and the Resource Lists; I know about recommendations to particular patrons; but I'm wondering if there's a way to create a sort of digital "If you liked this, you might like x, y and z". &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thank you for any help or suggestion you have! :)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Elsa&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A single sheet of toilet paper.  Thankfully, unused.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't do podcasts, but how about lists of favorite Library blogs?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lisnews.org/favorite_blogs_year_put_them_blogs_read_2010_list" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.lisnews.org/favorite_blogs_year_put_them_blogs_read_2010_list&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I do not know if you are in a school or not but I am and my first display next Septemeber will serve as a way to highlight some of the archival functions of the library as well as pushing a student activity. I plan on blowing up the yearbook pictures of some of our more successful and famous alumni and displaying the yearbooks.  It will be around the time we take our senior portraits and I plan on making the tagline:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;When you are rich and famous what picture do you want your friends to sell to Access Hollywood?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I just had to call Destiny support for another, unrelated question, and asked them this one as well. They do not have that feature, but I did use their "Suggest a Feature/Enhancement Request" about it :)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;However, I'm still interested in knowing if and how Destiny users deal with this situation and 'outwits' Destiny.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;School librarians: what kind of experience, feedback, reaction, and usage have you gotten from students having their own accounts on Destiny? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Do they stay on top of their due dates/holds/fines better? Has there been an increase in circulation? Any bad experience with students writing reviews for books? etc... &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks! &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Elsa&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Could you set up a local subject heading for "Other books like &lt;em&gt;_&lt;/em&gt;_"? If you can set it up as an authority, you might be able to click on it to search by it. I'm not 100% sure how to do this in Destiny, but it seems like it might work.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'd like to add that any of Andre Norton's Witch World fantasies are good and also suitable for YA readers. Amelia Atwater-Rhodes YA series "The Keisha'ra" and "Den of Shadows" deal with shapechangers and vampires, hot topics right now with the younger set. Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover series is, like Anne McCaffrey's Dragons of Pern, a SF/fantasy mix. Most can be read by YAs. Elizabeth Moon's "Deed of Paksennarion" is a gripping darker adult fantasy. Sherwood Smith"s Inda series is great, and she does YA fantasy as well. Barbara Hambly's Darwath books bring modern folk through a gate into a crisis-ridden parallel realm where magic works. British master David Gemmell wrote marvelous heroic fantasy and L.E. Modesitt's Spellsong Cycle  and Recluce novels are excellent, too. Katharine Kerr's Deverry novels have a wonderful Celtic feel and Katherine Kurtz's Deryni books are set in a medieval world where certain powers run in families. For some humour, try Gordon R. Dickson's Dragon Knight books, which start with "The Dragon and the George" or Piers Anthony's Xanth books. Raymond Feist's Riftwar Cycle series is another good one, and Kate Elliott's Crown of Stars series and Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the fallen series are wonderfully complex.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is my first year running a teen summer reading program, and I'm wondering what are prizes that have worked out well with teens in recent past years.  Of course, like many libraries, we are very limited on discretionary funds, but we do have about $300 available to spend if needed.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There are already small weekly incentives provided centrally, such as chips and pencils, etc., but my library has also offered additional prizes for kids who reach goals of reading a certain number of books during the summer, such as Jamba Juice gift certificates all the way up to a chance to win an ATV ride or zipline ticket!  These are the sort of prizes I'm wondering about.  However, this year, we're planning on preparing smaller prizes that could be awarded to everyone in a category instead of holding drawings for bigger prizes.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So far, I'm thinking of $10 Borders gift certificates and the opportunity to select a book for addition to the collection (with selector's approval) that will include a bookplate with the teen's name.  That would be for the "top" readers who complete 30+ books in 5 weeks.  Do you think this is appropriate value-wise, or too lame?  I think we had about 10 kids read this many books last year, so it sounds affordable.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As for smaller prizes, I'm not sure...free movie rental? cute Japanese erasers (but this is more of a girl thing)? I'm especially looking for ideas for modest but appealing prizes for guys.  Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I just started encouraging them to use their accounts around the middle of this school year. We mostly use it so they can place their own holds; it's a lot easier than having to do it for them. They also really like the social networking-style aspect of Destiny Quest. I'm planning to do an orientation at the beginning of next year to introduce them to all of the other nifty features.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And we haven't had any problems with inappropriate reviews (although I did enable the moderation feature so I approve all reviews before they're posted). We've actually had one teacher include writing a review as an assignment!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My students all have had their own accounts in grade 2 and up for a few years. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The one thing that has increased is kids putting their own holds on books and renewing their books. I worked with an 8th grade writing reviews and the kids did enjoy that. I still have it set up to approve all the reviews. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I showed my 6th grade class research class how to create resource lists that they can print out and use for their Citations list. Both students and staff were very excited about that.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The kids also like using Destiny Quest and the social networking that comes with that- friending, recommending books, etc. I have also been using it to make recommendations to students and teachers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We haven't had any bad experiences. Students seem to enjoy having control over their accounts. They are now asking for self-checkout so that will probably be my next step.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;BTW the hardest thing was deciding on a password that they could remember. After using a variety of passwords for the last 2 years, with students always asking what their passwords were, we chose to use their cafeteria number which they all have to key in for lunch. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have very few kids forgetting their passwords. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We are trying to give student more responsibility. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you use Destiny Quest, this allows other books "like" to appear. I think the premise for Destiny Quest was to be more like Amazon in this aspect.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Katherine Kerr's Deverry Series- An extremely intricate set of interlinking novels written excellently covering the interweaving of characters through several reincarnations. Celtic knotwork in the form of novels. Starts with Daggerspell- although I know they sometimes have different names in the US. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think the idea sounds good but have you approached local merchants about donating something?  I started doing that yesterday for a family bingo program I run somewhere else and in on hour received over 200 dollars in prizes.  Just go to the merchants (bring proof of who you are) explain what you are doing and ask if they would like to participate by donating a prize. Tell them they will be thanked by the library (maybe even a certificate for them to put up). Make sure you make it clear that you understand in today's economy you understand if they cannot do it but you wanted to present the opportunity.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Movie tickets?  Free rounds of minigolf.  Something the kids can DO instead of just have.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think kids that read that much probably would like the idea of having their own book in the library.  As far as guys, no clue.  Maybe have an exclusive game night for the kids who reach a certain mark?  Though would this hurt feelings?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Bookishpeople:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here are some summer reading giveaway prize ideas --&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;tote bags. Thousands of Public Broadcasting fundraisers can't be wrong. I'm partial to vendors on line such as Bagworks (www.bagworks.com) BUT with only $300 to work with you might get a better deal from your local promotional item shop. If possible, try for the models with zipper closures -- they seem to work better in school environments where you'd want a little security on the contents.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I also don't know whether you'd want to encourage caffeine consumption, but Bagworks also has coffee cup slip-on sleeves, I forget what they're called.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Pens. Or penciles. These can be within your price range on quantity. Again, check with your local promotional giveaway company -- as well as with such national dealers as National Pen (sorry, I've not memorized that URL). BONUS: Leftover imprinted pens can go into your desk drawers. Nowadays the wide barrel pens with rubbery gripping sections are preferred.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;USB thumb drives. This is contingent upon several price and facilities questions -- does your library have computers with USB ports accessible and usable by patrons? I'm sure even sophisticated computer users have occasion to "sneakernet" data from home, buddy's netbook, library computer, etc. I don't recall the model, but one local college student store has been pricing one gigabyte thumbdrives (small by current standards, but a whole lot of data unless you're trying to stash an entire movie, Windows 7 operating systems or a massive download of WAV files in there) at $5. Maybe www.geeks.com could get you some, or again try the imprinted promotional goods places.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;T-shrts are tough to size in advance for a small group of youths -- perhaps ball caps or floppy hats.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Robet in San Diego&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Bookishpeople:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Don't run separate calendars. It'd be more than just embarrassing to have missed something because you had it in Outlook but didn't see it on the paper thing. Time management takes time -- which is it's own little paradox.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Robert "what am I doing today" in San Diego&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I love planning programs.  I've gotten so good on Word at making fliers, I feel like an amateur graphic designer...which I never considered as part of this job.  I love laying out the meeting room, picking themes, prepping crafts for the family/children programs, researching new ideas.  And having the immense gratification of a ton of people showing up and asking what the next thing is.  I mean, I made a freakin' 6 foot tall spaghetti tornado yesterday (for our 'Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs' party tomorrow) and I can put that on my resume!  I can't believe I do this for a living!  :)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm old school.  One calendar with everything on it which, if I lose, I'm in deep doo doo.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I heart my Dymo LabelWriters in technical services.  They're fabulous, and we use them with Sirsi.  If you need any more information--let me know!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The teen reading program at the public library here gave certificates to local food businesses -- the coffee shop, the ice cream store, a cafe. Doubly productive because the teens loved the food and the certificates got them thinking about eating in our little town instead of 30 mins down the highway at the chain places. Also, the not-yet-driving winners were able to enjoy theirs without parental chauferring.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The library I go to has some big prizes (laptop, TVs, Ren fair tickets, etc.) but some of the popular smaller prizes are small gift certificates (mostly to local cafes and craft stores), advance reader (or really any) books, travel mugs, jigsaw puzzles (a little dorky but some teens like them), tote bags, posters, D&amp;amp;D supplies (we hold a (very populer) gaming group), movie night kits (popcorn, movie theater type candy, a movie or gift card to blockbusters), mani/pedi kits (for girls) &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Really it all depends on your kids but I would go with books for them to take home and gift cards, and when they come in to pick up prizes ask them what they would like to see next year and WRITE IT DOWN! &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And try talking to any cafes or anything like that that are close to your library about donating a small gift card.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I agree with a lot of the books offered above, however I have to add... &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Look into &lt;strong&gt;Clive Barker&lt;/strong&gt;. He writes horror as well as fantasy, as well as YA fantasy so read the blurb before you pick up a book. He's brilliant - some titles to try would be  &lt;strong&gt;the Abarat series&lt;/strong&gt;,  &lt;strong&gt;Gallilee&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;The Thief of Always&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Margaret Mahy&lt;/strong&gt; is known for her childrens books, but she also writes some fantastic YA fantasy, eg. &lt;strong&gt;The Catalogue of the Universe&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Changeover&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And last but not least, you should definitely read &lt;strong&gt;Elizabeth Knox&lt;/strong&gt;. I'd especially recommend &lt;strong&gt;The Vintner's Luck&lt;/strong&gt; (Nothing like the movie) &lt;strong&gt;Dreamhunter&lt;/strong&gt; and the sequel &lt;strong&gt;Dreamquake&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've submitted a proposal for a local education conference (very focused on library media &amp;amp; language arts) on making book trailers. I plan to go over programs you can use to make the trailers, sources for images/video clips/music that are copyright free, and sources for finding book trailers others have made. Is there anything else I should include?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What &lt;strong&gt;resources&lt;/strong&gt; do you offer to teachers and students, what &lt;strong&gt;events&lt;/strong&gt; do you propose, what &lt;strong&gt;curriculum&lt;/strong&gt; do you teach, to help teachers teach, and students learn, with the internet? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Currently we:&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;li&gt;have ProQuest/BigChalk for students to use for their projects&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;have Follett Destiny for our catalog&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;provide training for teachers and students for both ProQuest and Destiny&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;propose PowerPoint presentations to teachers and students about how to conduct a research on internet and how to stay safe on the internet&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;are looking at other online resources (EBSCOhost, Maps101, Encyclopedia Britannica, netTrekker, Gale Discovery Collection) for a resource that might be used more than ProQuest is right now. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;subscribe to the e-edition of a local newspaper&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;offer several links to online resources for homework help, research, other libraries, free books/movies/music/photos, and specialized search engines&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We want to enlarge our services to teachers and students and are wondering what others are doing. We are a grade 6-12 school, with a huge focus on performing arts. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It woudl take forever to list all our databases but below is a link to our database page.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The kids really use issues and controversies, Jstor (expensive but excellent), and Artstor.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.greatneck.k12.ny.us/GNPS/NHS/NEWSITE/LIBRARY-Databases.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.greatneck.k12.ny.us/GNPS/NHS/NEWSITE/LIBRARY-Databases.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In addition we run a teen tech week where we show the teens new technologies and also set up panles where teachers can see what the kids are using.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We have a research curriculum that focuses on online research and how to determine if what you find is acceptable. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm working on a research guide for an academic library on "Professional Communication." I normally use the online LOC Classification Outline for sample call numbers, but I haven't found anything specific other than "Business communication Including business report writing, 
business correspondence" (HF5717-5734.7). 
I tried looking for some books and working backwards through the call number, but a business etiquette book is shelved under business ethics (because manners are somehow connected to ethics?) and public speaking in PN, somewhere between "debating" and "recitations." This tactic is time-consuming and not terribly productive.
Any suggested classification/call numbers for this guide are most welcome, as I have several others to finish before May term begins!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The two-book lexicanon doesn't seem to have calcified yet, but &lt;a href="http://us.macmillan.com/author/elizabethknox" rel="nofollow"&gt;Elizabeth Knox&lt;/a&gt; does indeed use "&lt;strong&gt;duet&lt;/strong&gt;" to describe her spectacular pair of Dreamhunter books. (The Dreamhunter Duet: In which courageous dreamhunters slip through reality gaps into the mysterious, unchanging Place,  “catch” dreams, then return to perform them for sleeping patrons of dream theaters.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And hey, brainstorming the best word for a sequential pair of books would make a great bulletin board theme challenge for a teen council -- or a poetry program -- or a writing lesson on the creative use of prefixes... I'm sure there's a program in there somewhere. Like coming up with the best mass noun for a group of certain critters (a murder of crows, a skein of geese...). You've got your bi(o)logy and your duology; maybe a twilogy?; a biblioduo; a bibliodeuce; a literary twofer; BFFs (book friends forever... sorry); a book pair; a book dyad; a bookcouplet; a brace of books ... &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;One that I really love is &lt;strong&gt;Illusion&lt;/strong&gt; by Paula Volsky-If you like historical fiction and are branching into fantasy this is a great place to start.  Set in a French Revolution-like time.  This is a stand-alone story, so you don't have to worry about finding the next one or reading them in order.  Lots of really great reccomendations here.  I've read most of them, but a few are new to me.  I can't wait to check them out!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I started with &lt;em&gt;Wyrd Sisters&lt;/em&gt; (found at a yard sale, picked it up because of the cover art-who says you can't judge a book by its cover?) After falling in love with that, I went to the &lt;em&gt;Colour of Magic&lt;/em&gt; and read them all in chronological order.  Now, I've read every new Pratchett book as soon as possible after its release.  I just found &lt;em&gt;Good Omens&lt;/em&gt; and am saving it for a camping trip this weekend.  I have high hopes-how could you go wrong with these two authors?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This sounds interesting!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Will your audience be experienced in writing &lt;a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/profdev/booktalking.cfm" rel="nofollow"&gt;booktalks&lt;/a&gt;? If not, you might want to cover some of the basics of how to make a sneak peek into a book engaging: eg. the use of questions, comparisons (to the audience's lives, to other books/movies/news items/urban legends/etc.), brief quotes, drama, teasers, etc. ... all the good booktalk hooks.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Maybe you could find a good source showing other kinds of brief PR videos -- public service announcements, really great short ads -- that are especially effective at selling their topic? Might as well look to the pros in the video/PR medium to get ideas of what works well.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Perhaps suggest where people can show or post their trailers once they are completed? (Via projector on a class visit? On their library or school's web page? On YouTube? On some great book trailer web site?)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I expect you'll show a trailer you've made? Seems like that would be reassuring to people who haven't made one before, and you can talk about how it worked for you.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It'd be cool to highlight any great sites showing book trailers made by kids/teens, too.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our library is attending a business expo in a couple of weeks and I am looking for good resources to highlight.  So what's the latest 'gee-whiz, wow!' stuff that will be useful to the business community?
Already being featured; ReferenceUSA, Mango Languages and the Michigan Electronic Library. Also will be featuring a book display and a local author of a business book. Suggestions for booth display also being accepted.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;One other thing to talk about would be the amount of time to allow. Since this changes when people get more experience with the process, you might talk about "When I started, it took me X time filming and editing to make a Y length video. These days, after doing Z, I'm doing to Q minutes to make the same length video.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I know our experience has been that people get caught out in time planning, and knowing up front what to expect (and ways to save time) is really helpful. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am a "young" librarian at a public library and I am loving watching my first "next generation" of readers growing up. I've had the opportunity to teach many of theses kids how to use the catalog to find and request books. Many of the kids will tell me what they liked and disliked about certian books and even ask my suggestions on what to read (which is another part of my job that I love!)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Sometimes I find it easier to work from LCSH (Library of Congress Subject Headings) to refine classification choices because the subject scope notes are more meaningful. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The subject heading, Business communication, corresponds to the classification range you originally looked at HF5717 $b HF5734.5. and contains this scope note: $i Here are entered works on the various forms of oral and written messages used by a business in the conduct of its affairs. The scope notes continue with &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Works on the role of communication in effective management are entered under $a Communication in management.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Checking that subject heading you'd find that Communication in management corresponds to the classification HD30.3&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Some sample titles from that classification are:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Cabañero-Verzosa, Cecilia. Building commitment to reform through strategic communication the five key decisions. Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2009.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Carroll, Nannette Rundle. The communication problem solver simple tools and techniques for busy managers. New York, NY : AMACOM, American Management Association, c2010.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Postman, Joel. SocialCorp social media goes corporate. Berkeley, Calif. : New Riders, c2009.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;D'Aprix, Roger M. The credible company communicating with today's skeptical workforce. San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2009.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Bates, Suzanne. Motivate like a CEO communicate your strategic vision and inspire people to act!. New York : McGraw-Hill, c2009.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I disagree a little bit with aslum (above) who says to try Nation as a beginning point.  Not about reading it - I feel it is one of his best books - but I think maybe it would be better to get a feel for TP with one of the earlier books, such as Guards! Guards! or Wyrd sisters.  Possibly try Wee Free Men and the other Tiffany books?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Save Nation for later, like pudding. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Little, but helpful: tips or tools on tracking sources used (a worksheet or a citation tracking tool or website); yearly reminder training on information literacy, plagiarism and evaluating web sources; and it never hurts to share the latest neat-o web information source or tool with teachers.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What's the &lt;strong&gt;best job title to describe a public librarian&lt;/strong&gt; (or library staffperson) &lt;strong&gt;who serves young people&lt;/strong&gt; ages 0-18 (or 0-21) and their families? And what makes it the best?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In my current job I am described as a &lt;strong&gt;youth librarian&lt;/strong&gt; (in-house we're "YLs") and my charge is to serve ages 0-18 and families (plus, you know, everyone else). While the term is usefully broad, I find that most laypeople A) still aren't sure to whom it refers; B) wonder if maybe &lt;em&gt;I'm&lt;/em&gt; the "youth" described; and/or C) can't discern the words when spoken unless they are enunciated with comical care.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Related titles I hear most often include &lt;strong&gt;youth services librarian&lt;/strong&gt; (quite the mouthful; similar problems); &lt;strong&gt;children's librarian&lt;/strong&gt; (familiar to much of the public; implies working only with the youngest whipper-snappers; carries a certain quaintness in the nostalgic minds of some customers); and &lt;strong&gt;teen librarian&lt;/strong&gt; (not only sounds like you work only with teens but can sound like you &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; a teen). Dunno if anyone is called a &lt;strong&gt;family librarian&lt;/strong&gt;? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What else you got? Or which imperfect option have you found works the best? Ideally the term would be clear and comprehensive in its reference, memorable, inviting yet commanding (implying both warmth and superpowers),  professional, easy to pronounce, and would fit legibly on a name tag.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If the doctors working with approximately the same age group are Pediatricians (or Pediatric Specialists), can anyone work out the roots and figure out which bit is the medical bit and which bit is the age group bit, and then work out how to make it library related? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Sorry my foreign languages are totally rusty. All I can offer is  pes, pedis = foot, and that might not be relevant (or correct).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Given that @ambaum (Gene Ambaum) on Twitter mentioned earlier today a LibraryJournal.com article about a staff member stealing a heck of a lot of library books, I've been thinking about this in terms of how easy it would be for most staff members to do it without any traceable links and why most staff members don't do it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;1) The staff entrance generally doesn't have a security gate or a security guard standing by it.  Easy to smuggle stuff out without borrowing it. Admittedly, it's policy not to use it if the library is open and the secure exit is available, but there's lots of ins and outs during the time the library isn't open, legitimately. And some people use it regardless of whether the library is open, just because they can.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;2) Young adult (and Children's?) librarians take books to schools for booktalking. Usually most of these books aren't checked out to anyone, in the hopes that the students will want to borrow them. They've come back, in the past, with remotely checked out books to people whose cards have turned out to be invalid, so I think they haven't done it lately, but all the same, it's another way for books to disappear.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;3) We've got a policy that everyone is to get someone else to check out their books for them. This doesn't always happen, and everyone knows it doesn't, especially amongst the Circulation desk workers. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;4) If you're the person putting the tattletape in the new books, how easy would it be to simply not put a tag in the books you like, and then casually smuggle them out the front door through the gate later on?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Apparently the person in the article didn't have access to those methods, but managed to steal anyway. So the question is: is there any way to stop staff from stealing, if they're aren't naturally prevented by a sense of ethics? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've never really understood the point of stealing library books, when you can get them for free. Maybe if your account is blocked or some such, but don't most libraries waive fines for staff anyways? Even if they don't it's not like you aren't in there several times every week.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Not in my library life but in another part time job I am in charge of programming for families and kids at a synagogue.  The official job title is youth and family services.  A mothful but does cover everything.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;"Young Persons Librarian"?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't think there's a way to prevent theft other than hiring people who are trustworthy.  Obviously that's not the easiest thing to do because, well, untrustworthy people aren't really going to tell you they aren't trustworthy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There are much more secure facilities than most libraries that have problems with theft.  Think corporate espionage.  Even checking backgrounds won't necessarily help, since money isn't always what motivates people, though I know places do credit checks on potential employees sometimes to see how they handle their own money.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My thoughts on prevention of staff theft: Get to know your fellow workers/employees.  Try to get people invested in their workplace.  Foster a sense of moral outrage (do you tell people about loss in the library or pretend everything's hunky dory?).  Inform on your coworkers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Okay, maybe not that last one.  Maybe.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm not a librarian, but as someone who's worked retail for a while, I think the same methods stores use to prevent employee theft should work. At my store that involves having security cameras pointed at you during your entire shift, and making it absolutely clear that anyone caught stealing will be fired and arrested.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Um, not sure this would be of interest at all, but thinking about the business' employees, maybe something along the lines of audiobooks/ebooks for those who still travel?  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Self-improvement/education resources ("Get a clue what your IT guy's talking about.").  Not exactly gee-whiz wow, though.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You'd hope that your coworkers have decent ethics. But, sadly, if someone is determined to steal an item, they will find a way.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I just realized the other day that volunteers at our library must pass a criminal records check, but new hires don't. Seems a bit odd to me...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How did you meet your husband?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What's the most foolish or dangerous thing you've ever done on purpose?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I thought about someone's post for a question I had asked a while back. That person said that they buy used paperbacks for their school library because they're cheaper, and since the book is going to circulate a lot and end up all beaten up, why spend more money for the same end result? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So what makes the most sense to you: spend a little more, get library-bound/hardbacks that will last longer but get you less books, or spend less for paperbacks and stretch your budget to purchase more books?  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In my local public libraries, we have Young Adult Librarians or YA Librarians.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Shouldn't the decision be (at least partly) based on the format the patrons want? Why buy YA hardcovers if the teens really prefer the paperbacks?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It depends on the books.  Picture books and early chapter books seem to take a lot of abuse, so whenever possible I spend a bit of extra money to get the library-bound/hardcover version of those books.  The books for teens seem to last longer, so I get paperbacks and put laminate on the ones that will probably be very popular.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I catalog for a special library and create a fair number of original records on OCLC. I was slightly taken aback that none of the answers to "What's your favorite part of your job?" included creating elegant records for incredibly arcane dissertations. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I realize that cataloging isn't everyone's cup of tea but doesn't anyone have a joyous cataloging moment to share? A eureka moment when you found that perfect number in the H schedule or had a successful foray into the K tables? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I feel like whenever I tell people I'm a librarian (or, previously, in library school), some people just have to say something snarky or sarcastic, like "Do you tell people to be quiet?" or "So you know the Dewey Decimal System?", etc etc. I'm sure we've all heard comments like that, not said with a tone of curiosity/reverence but rather slightly insulting. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any great responses? I don't want to give a lecture about librarianship, but I also don't want to just laugh it off. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Ah, the "putting-you-in-a-box", "gotta-fit-the-stereotypes" comments... You know, I'm French (as in, a French citizen, not an American citizen of French descent). I cannot tell you how many times people have said "oh! Parlez-vous francais?" to me after I've told them I'm French. &lt;em&gt;Glare&lt;/em&gt; yes, I know how to speak French, I'm French, what do you think?! &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think this is a great opportunity to teach people about who we are and what we do, in a casual, conversational tone. It's not always easy to do, since those comments come back often, and the attitude that gets thrown in is not always helping... But it's a great PR opportunity. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When somebody says something snarky to me about what do I do I just look at them and say:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I work in a high school. I get paid as a teacher, same benefits as a teacher, same vacations.  No papers to grade, no homework to hand out.  Seemed like a good deal.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Granted that is not the best answer but it usually shuts them up.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Or you can play up the stereotypes and just look at them and say why yes I do. I can also tie my hair in a tight bun.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Or you can do the simplest thing which is realize these people have no idea what you truly do and to cover up their lack of knowledge they make stupid comments about the only part of the library experience they remember. So educate the masses!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I heart my cataloging job!  Granted, I'm just a beginner - "tech services assistant", but it's awesome.  I'm working at a law library, so I deal with K tables every day :-)  I cataloged a few items originally just for the library, and to have it come back with a "nice work" from my boss was pretty cool.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I like cataloging and find it a fun and interesting academic challenge, but when it comes to love it was something else. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I look at the math this way. I can buy two copies of a YA paperback which will be beaten up for the same price as a library bound copy. I can get twice the circulation for my dollar and if I need to replace the paperbacks, I can then go to an LB for permanence after the initial "I've got to read it" rush is over. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Being a larger male, I can usually get away with: "Do I look like the librarians that did that to you?" &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you could be on a show on the Discovery Channel, which show would you choose?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For some reason, everyone feels the need to congratulate me on finding a job where I can "read all day".  Umm...right!  I put on slippers and eat chocolates, too.  :P  Usually a quick glance at my schedule fixes this popular misconception.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For people who ask if I just shush people all day (and are acting rude about it), I use my special steely glare and say, "You are, in fact, the first and last person to hear this from me today: shut up."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm a school librarian who would like to use the pre-made trailers on YouTube, but YouTube is blocked in our building.  It was very helpful for me to learn about Zamzar, which allowed me to save to convert the YouTube videos into a file I could save on my computer.  That might be good to share with others.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is a great question.  I generally support &lt;strong&gt;Youth Services Librarian&lt;/strong&gt; for those who work with the entire 0-18 (or maybe 0-21) spectrum.  &lt;strong&gt;Teen Services Librarian&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Children's Services Librarian&lt;/strong&gt;, for those specializing respectively, avoid the potential quaintness of &lt;strong&gt;Children's Librarian&lt;/strong&gt; and the age confusion of &lt;strong&gt;Teen Librarian&lt;/strong&gt;.  They are all mouthfuls, true, but I think most adults are up to understanding and using those terms.  Maybe I just slur &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; my words, but I don't find &lt;strong&gt;Youth Services Librarian&lt;/strong&gt; harder to enunciate or understand than, say, &lt;strong&gt;Social Studies Teacher&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;Boys' Basketball Coach&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For kids, simply &lt;strong&gt;Librarian&lt;/strong&gt; would generally suffice.  No need for fine distinctions when the world revolves around you (I say that with the utmost affection &amp;amp; regard for children and teens).  Or in certain cases, &lt;strong&gt;Library Lady&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;Library Guy&lt;/strong&gt; or similar. :-)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about "Dux Librorum Liberorum?" That would be the latin for "The leader of the books of children" or "Leader of the children's books." I like the sound of "dux," personally, but the words for "teacher" are "doctor," "praeceptor," or "magister."...Bit of a mouthful, but I like it:)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, the actual latin for "librarian" is "Bibliothecae Promus (m.)/ Proma (f.)" So, "children's librarian" is "Bibliothecae Promus Liberorum" (for guys) and "Bibliothecae Proma Liberorum" for girls.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you actually want the noun for "youth," it would be either "adulescentulus" or "parvulus" in nominative singular. So if you want either of those words, you'd replace "Liberorum" with either "Adulescentulorum" or "Parvulorum."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Anything in latin will be a bit of a tongue-twister, but maybe you can play with the latin parts...or combine them with English or Greek in some way you like...And, most importantly, it sounds really cool:)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I won't unnecessarily bore anyone with a detailed explanation of the grammar, but if anyone wants it, leave a comment and I'll edit.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I found this article on Mental Floss about libraries which had interesting links. &lt;a href="http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/53559" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/53559&lt;/a&gt; It had a link to a library value calculator. &lt;a href="http://www.ilovelibraries.org/getinformed/getinvolved/calculator.cfm" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.ilovelibraries.org/getinformed/getinvolved/calculator.cfm&lt;/a&gt; 
So my question to all of you is if you think that these calculations are reasonable? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My other criteria is how likely the book is to be stolen or "disappear". In other words, I'll buy 2 paper copies of the next popular teen vampire romance with the knowledge that at least one of them will not be here in six months (and nobody will really care by then). On the other hand, a book like the latest winners of the Teen Top Ten deserve a hardcover purchase. They'll likely be popular for many years. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have a friend who does original cataloging for many of our graphic novels; or she completely rebuilds the records she downloads. She goes into so much detail on character appearances, authors and illustrators, series connections, and all sorts of other stuff, that I just LOVE her work...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It is SO nice to be able to do a search on an obscure character and find ALL the GN's where they make a 2 panel appearance!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;"Don't feel bad. I probably couldn't think of something witty to say about your profession either."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For anyone else using this list, I'm over halfway through &lt;em&gt;The Shadow of the Torturer&lt;/em&gt; by Gene Wolfe, and it's absolutely amazing. I know if I didn't have a ridiculous number of exams, and the inherent exam reviews, to deal with, it'd be a book every day or two. Normally, if I have to read in spurts like this, the experience suffers a lot, but somehow Wolfe manages to make each chapter as compelling as some other novels I've read (although I don't profess to know how). This is also one of the most beautifully written novels I've read in a loooong time. It's the first of four in the "Book of the New Sun" tetralogy, if anyone's interested...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I tend to go for hardcovers/library bound whenever possible for two reasons.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;First, even my hardcovers can get horribly beaten up in one or two checkouts. Middle school kids are INSANELY hard on books. I've gotten books back that look like they have been stabbed repeatedly with something sharp, like they've been chewed on by the family dog, and that seem to have had Coke poured over them. The few times that I buy paperbacks, which I usually do only when the book isn't available in hardcover, they are completely trashed within a couple of circulations.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Secondly, I purchase my library bound books from a company like Perma-Bound or Follett, just to name a few, that have an unconditional guarantee. That way, if/when they get trashed, I can get them replaced without having to spend more of my library budget. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Just my 2 cents.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Oh yes.  I had a man verbally assault me with "how easy my job is and how I don't do anything" for two Saturdays in a row (he also slammed Asian people in the same breath...shows what a winner this guy is...I'm not Asian) so I've had time to think up a few expletive filled retorts (all of which would get me fired and are unprintable).  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I just feel that what we do is an indispensable service and we shouldn't have to justify ourselves.  Just because they are on the other side of the desk, doesn't give them the right to be condescending.  The next time I get the "I'm a tax payer" line (I work a public library), I will respond "So am I but if I came into your work I would remember that you are a human being".  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My husband likes "Reading...it's not for everyone".&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When it comes to &lt;a href="http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&amp;amp;pid=1752062" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;them REAL dirty westerns&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, the likes of Longarm, Slocum, Trailsman, Gunsmith, Spur, Buckskin, Wildgun, Lone Star, and Texas Tracker, you're sadly unlikely to find cataloged copies of much of any of these in many public libraries anywhere. It just ain't done. Folks like to gripe about how Romance fiction don't get no respect, and with reason, but the real permanent underclass of popular fiction are Dirty Westerns and Male Paperback Adventure series (The Executioner, The Destroyer, etc.). These are just off the map. You CAN sometimes find 'em purchased by libraries as uncataloged paperbacks - our own library does this - but these are about as permanent as tumbleweeds.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Read Ian Sansom's hilarious Mobile Library novels for a running joke with the many responses the protagonist gets when he says, "I'm a librarian!"  English teachers have the same problem "Oh, I'll have to watch my grammar around you!"&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;One way is to stay on top of it as part of your organizational culture - nobody takes a book out of the building without checking it out, even if you are just taking it to lunch, or it is a professional book going home with you so you can keep working. You check it out.  Have everyone run their checkout and checkin at the desk, just like the public.  Even make them wait in line.  Don't let people check stuff out to themselves, or check in their own books.  And yes, stop your colleagues if you see them not doing this.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Then, if someone is caught stealing from the library, consider it a theft like it was cash or a computer.  Prosecute.  Don't quietly let them go, or take them aside for a gentle warning, prosecute.  If someone was stealing money, or office supplies, you would do the same.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Just as patrons can figure out a way around just about anything, so can we, but if the entire culture is on top of it this becomes much more difficult.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And, I did have to pass a background check where I worked, the last three places in fact.  maybe that is a state to state or system to system thing?  All of our hires have to.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I work at an academic library so the books that walk out the back door (or front in the case of student worker) are a little different.  I have been at this college for 10 years and it seems that the purchased books that never made it to the shelf were the  latest computer or programing books.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Today, five minutes ago. I work in a library in a history museum dealing with 20th and 21st conflict.  An enquirer has just rung up asking where a broadcast of her cousin who flew bombing raids in the Second World War was located.  He died about a month after he made the broadcast. We hold it.  I gave her details of how to order the recording and she thanked me and said that it would be good to hear his voice again.  I played the recording to her.  It was very emotional for us both.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Shutting down my computer at the end of the day (especially on the last day of the week) and going home to see my wife.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I usually follow with "And the last time you were in a library was?"."Really?" "How sad for you."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;::rant on::&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Librarians. We know who drops their kids off, we know what you watch, we know who is having problems and who drinks a wee bit much, we know who is behind on fines and we know what you read.  And we cheerfully say hello, how can we help you, EVERY SINGLE TIME! So yes, shush, I have work to do.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;::rant off::&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My, that felt good.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I believe in making sure that there are a number of people involved in every step of the process.  The person who receives and checks invoices is the person who ordered the books, not the person who processes the book, and the books are checked again when they arrive for shelving. While we waive fines for staff members, they still get the overdue notices for the purposes of reminding them.  We have bigger problems with patron theft rather than staff theft. Yes, making sure that people are aware of the culture of the workplace is good, but people change, and if they get away with it once, they are likely to try again until it becomes too much.
Also, in these economic times, it becomes easier to rationalize if you have been working without a raise for the last three years, and your medical benefits just got reduced again.  Material theft becomes part of your 'compensation'.
All good reasons to remains focussed on your employees if you are a manager, if you are in touch and have a rapport, it might make it easier to detect early.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I love librarians.  Can't wait to be one.  :-)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Young Ones (Young-1s), or as my grammy would say "younguns".&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;One author that I like is &lt;strong&gt;Ilona Andrews&lt;/strong&gt;.  Her two series are :&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kate Daniels series&lt;/strong&gt;, Magic Bites, Magic Burns and Magic Strikes (Magic Bleeds comes out in May)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;On the Edge series&lt;/strong&gt; (the second Bayou moon is coming out later this year)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;She does have some short stories in anthologies as well.  Most of these are available in most libraries.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about Munchkins?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Helping students by doing Database Research, especially when they realize that it is not that difficult, but rather 'critical thinking' about the process. The epitome of this was when I was working with a Nursing student long-distance over the phone and we were going step-by-step through the search process on our respective computers when she remarked "You're teaching me how to fish!"...DEFINITELY an 'ah-hah' moment, for sure!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I got the "Oh, you're learning the alphabet?" when I was in school.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Now I just tell people it's a great job because I don't have to KNOW anything, I just have to know where to find it.  And that some day I'll make lots of money on Jeopardy.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My favorite is reading to little kids, building a relationship with them, and teaching them to love books. I love it when their eyes get big, and when I finish a book they say, "Read it again." And then having them come up and hug me in the grocery store or on the street. One little girl screamed happily when she saw me at the swimming pool, "That's Miss Debby! She lives at the liberry!"&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I read a book a few years ago, which I've since donated and forgotten the title.  I believe it was published earlier this decade, maybe the late 90's.  The plot is about a woman who moved to California as a late teen to escape her family.  She's married and has a teenage daughter when the book begins.  She goes back to New England (Maine, perhaps?) after her mother has died, and starts an affair with her first love.  He is a tyrant and becomes abusive to her.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I checked Oprah's Book Club, thinking perhaps it had been one, but did not recognize the title among them.  It is in a similar vein to many of her book selections.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If anyone could help me with this, I'd appreciate it.  Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Great question.  We adapted one of these for our Web site and we changed some of the calculations to what we thought was more accurate for our area and people's actions in the "real world."  I have seen some that I thought were really overstating the case.  However, I do think these kinds of value calculations can be a useful tool if done in a transparent and honest way.  I recently read the book "Measuring Your Library's Value" which I thought did a great job of explaining what types of tools should be used in which situations and how to make the calculations meaningful to your audience.  My worry about possibly inflated numbers is that the public will disregard our value because they see us as exaggerating.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Here on Earth by Alice Hoffman
&lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/title/here-on-earth/oclc/36343365" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.worldcat.org/title/here-on-earth/oclc/36343365&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;March breaks up with her boyfriend, Hollis, and marries another. Twenty years later she visits her hometown, Hollis is a widower, and the romance resumes. But March forgot how violent he is.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have the first graders from the nearby elementary school come to our library at the beginning of the year for a library tour and talk. We include a skit on how to take care of books. I have two plays -- one that features a monkey and a talking book that complains when he mistreats it, and one that has a scientist whose assistant teaches her how to care for her library book so she can finish her greatest project (a very disgusting soup featuring all sorts of slimy objects). The kids all get bookmarks with book care tips, and stickers. We make arrangements with the teachers ahead of time for the children and their parents to fill out applications so we can give them library cards when they come. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm just a lowly aide so I don't have access to the high level thrills previously mentioned. But this is what I like about my job:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;1) Finding interesting books to check out which I probably wouldn't have found were I not shelving at the library.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;2) Showing a patron who's never used our computerized catalog just how easy it is to find a book.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;3) Discovering that a book I'm shelving has the wrong call number! (I used to catalog for our church library so things like that stick out for me.) Fortunately, the librarians seem pleased rather than annoyed.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;4) Helping a patron who can't find a book that is listed in the catalog as being on the shelf, but it isn't. (Usually it's just in the "to be shelved" area. Or sometimes you just happen to know that there are additional copies in unexpected sections such as YA or Large Print.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;5) Observing and overhearing some of the more eccentric patrons.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't think it's fair to answer my own question again, but I'm having a fabulous day!  The 3rd and 4th grades are celebrating Earth Day and Texas History today, and I got to sit at the campfire with them and tell some of Texas' tallest tales.  Now I smell like campfire (and I might've snuck a couple marshmellows), making me the happiest pyro-librarian around!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I really love all the special days with the students.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Fortunately, the people we help each day and who think we are able to pull information out of deep dark secret places, make up for those who don't understand or appreciate what we do.  I keep a file of all the thank you notes I've gotten, just to remind me (on really bad days) that I'm darned good at what I do and there are people out there who get it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My favorite moment this year was when one of my 1st graders came running in with his book and declared "I can read EVERY WORD in this book!" and he could.  Seeing my students getting excited about learning to read keeps me smiling through it all.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When a student tells me, "I hate to read", I get excited.  I tell them, no judgements, but let me show you the books for students who hate to read.  There are so many students who walked into my library hating to read, and leave my school as readers.  Parents have told me that their child had never read until I found them just the right book. Turning non-readers into readers is my favorite part of being a librarian.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Could it be the McGuffey's Readers?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;mybebook.com/download_free...mcguffey-readers/ebook25685.pdf&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here is a description of the Readers.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our small library just automated. And who do you think did 90% of the barcoding? Little 'ol me.  And who do you think now knows 90% of the collection. You got it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I love when the senior staff members (most of whom have been there a decade longer than I have) ask "Do we have this book?"  Why, yes.. yes we do. And I can tell you exactly where it is.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Of course, for some bizarre reason, I'm the only staff member who actually reads... It's a shame. :(&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm having a hard time responding with just one thing!  So I guess....  I love the variety of my work.  A day at work might mean sitting at the computer all day ordering books and putting together programs, or it could mean weeding books, helping with research projects, finding a kid JUST the right book, watching the desk a few minutes, etc.  Yesterday, I had two program I was in charge of, yet I still answered reference questions, found books for some kids, and spoke to a woman looking for ideas for her craft program.  If work is every boring, I only have to wait a minute and something new comes up!  As harrying as it can be sometimes, I do kind of enjoy the run around, it definitely shows I'm needed!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The 12 AP English class is going to be doing research on the books they read this past year and the first title they read was The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.  Where should I send them to get true critical analysis of this book?  Or when they want to write about Kavalier and Klay?  Is there a database or website or reference work that collects critical analysis of new "classics"?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi guys-&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I developed the web version calculator, but the values themselves came from the Massachusetts Library Association.  The version on the ilovelibraries website apparently didn't include a link to show how those values are calculated - that can be read at &lt;a href="http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/librarycalculator/valuecalc_costs.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/librarycalculator/valuecalc_costs.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Many prices are based on Amazon or iTunes, which should be location-independent, but certainly, prices should adjusted for your area.  We included the default values so the calculator would work even if a library doesn't want to mess with the coding.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If anyone is interested, more on the history of this calculator and instructions for installing it are available at &lt;a href="http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/librarycalculator/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/librarycalculator/&lt;/a&gt; - and please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or trouble. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;MLA International Bibliography may be the best place to begin. MLA has citations only, so students will need to see if the full text of articles is available in other databases.
www.worldcat.org may be useful for this task -- click the "articles" tab and type in the article title. The display will show libraries holding the full-text.
A visit to a local college library might be helpful, too, especially if the library has Journal Finder or another program that can locate journals by title within the college's databases. Using Journal Finder, the student types in the title of the journal (not the article), and JF will display databases with that journal and the dates full text is available.
If these efforts do not yield the article, it may be available through interlibrary loan through either the school or public library.
These steps may seem like a lot of work to the students, but college students frequently use these tactics for research. Since it's an AP class for which the students hope to get college credit, college research skills might be needed (and will also help them be more prepared for college work).
Carlos Ruiz Zafon may present some difficulties in MLA because "Shadow of the Wind" was published first in Spanish; some of the articles are in Spanish.
Hope this helps.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Elementary School LMS here.  I love that I can display, decorate, celebrate anything in the library that is in a book--so that's everything!  Right now I've got silkworms eating and growing on the check-out counter, a giant pizza quilt on the wall with Jack Prelutsky's poem written on it for National Poetry Month.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;When I set up a display about Diwali one year a little girl's eyes opened wide as she exclaimed--"You know about that? We do that!"  Naturally books about all these things are everywhere.  It's fun for me and for the kids (and parents).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;School Librarian is the best of both worlds.  I have the schedule, pay, benefits, and job security of a teacher, but with no grades, conferences, or the other challenges that come with being in the classroom.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But, it takes a while to know that any job "fits".  Take as many electives as you can and explore many interests.  It will make you stronger in whatever job you eventually choose.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Singing the Dogstar Blues by Alison Goodman sounds similar, involving a girl and boy and time travel. I think it came out around 2004 or so -
&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Singing-Dogstar-Blues-Alison-Goodman/dp/014240246X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1272045885&amp;amp;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow"&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt; is the Amazon link w/more info.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I like to tell people, if I'm NOT at work, that if I'd gone to school as long as they had, and still hadn't found a cushy job like MINE, I'd be bitter too!  Have a nice day!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you offer these resources, they're worth showing off (paper and/or electronic):&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Value Line&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Morningstar&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;D&amp;amp;B Million Dollar Database&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;EBSCOhost or ProQuest &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As for display, you could create a modified version of what your business shelf looks like with one or two volumes each of the titles you carry, plus pamphlets that list what's available online and on the shelves.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Does your library have a smartphone app? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I second the audiobooks idea, too- if you subscribe to Overdrive they have a fantastic (and easy) interface to demonstrate. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Tax resources: forms, tax prep guides available for checkout, etc. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Do you offer computer classes? or even display various computer/programming titles.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You could have some fun with this, too, by including books about getting along with difficult bosses, how to dress for an interview, and my personal favorite, The No Asshole Rule. Some biographies about successful business people, humorous stuff like Dilbert, even office romance and corporate espionage fiction!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Just for fun :D&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Which movie did good by the book, in your opinion? Which completely failed? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Please explain your opinion (without spoiling good parts for people who haven't read the book or seen the movie yet - no one needs to know that "the butler did it" in Y movie ;) )&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'll give one of each.  I thought that &lt;em&gt;Memoirs of a Geisha&lt;/em&gt; by Arthur Golden was done serious justice in the film version.  The atmosphere of Japan during the early half of the 20th century was captured as well as the artistic and perhaps sometimes dangerous world of the geisha.  The music was stunning as were the costumes; kimono are one type of clothing that usually look beautiful no matter what the pattern.  Although the movie didn't tell Sayuri's entire story, I believe it showed the audience the essence of what Golden told through the novel.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Blood and Chocolate&lt;/em&gt; by Annette Curtis Klause was completely ripped apart in the film version.  An utter disappointment as the story was set in a different environment and deviated well off the course that Klause set for the novel.  Most of the names were kept the same, however the characters behaved in a different manner than was shown in the novel.  The werewolf transformations were interesting to watch, but overall, I thought the movie could have followed the book much more.  If one can look at each story as a separate entity, one might be able to enjoy both book and film.  However, that's a bit difficult when you have the same title and the same characters for a different story.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;To Kill a Mockingbird&lt;/em&gt; is one of the best book-to-film adaptations ever. Some minor story  elements are left out, there is some time condensation, and it makes no difference to the story as a whole. If you haven't read the book/seen the film yet (and if not, why not?), please do so. Excellent storytelling in both cases.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Spiderwick&lt;/em&gt; translated quite well to the screen. It helped that the authors were also executive producers. Having read the novels beforehand, I liked what I saw. If I hadn't read them, I wouldn't have known anything was missing. Seamless story line on film. I suspect those who read the novels afterwards were pleasantly surprised with the "extra" story elements. No spoilers!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I won't spend time listing film adaptations that didn't work. That could be a whole book's worth! I'm sure someone has written one by now.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm adding a comment by the late Olivia Goldsmith. When asked if Hollywood had changed her book (&lt;em&gt;The First Wives' Club&lt;/em&gt;), she replied, "Yes, they turned it into a movie." &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If Hollywood decides to make a book into a film, and then makes major changes to the story to the point where it's either a confused mess or unrecognizable, why bother doing it at all? The scriptwriter of &lt;em&gt;Jurassic Park 2&lt;/em&gt; said he took 3 elements from the original novel, then made the rest up. Again, why bother? I loved reading both &lt;em&gt;The Golden Compass&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Eragon&lt;/em&gt;, and I will not see the awful movies that resulted.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Two of my favorite book-to-movie adaptations are the 1995 Sense and Sensibility adaptation with Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, et al, and the 2005 The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. I thought that both really did wonderful jobs of bringing the books to life. My only infinitesimally small nit-picks are that S&amp;amp;S left out Willoughby's semi-redemption, and that the White Witch's costumes in TLTWTW were uniformly stupid-looking (in my opinion)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, we have the recent adaptation of Rick Riordan's &lt;em&gt;The Lightning Thief&lt;/em&gt;. While it wasn't a bad movie, as such, it was just enough like the book to make it irritating how unlike the book it was. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And in a third category, we have "adaptations" like 1997's Starship Troopers. There are maybe 5 points of congruence between the book and the movie, and most of those have to do with proper names; the characters bearing these names seem to have no connection. Despite this, I really enjoyed the movie. I thought it was a good story. A good story with practically no connection with the book, but still a fun story. (Would you like to know more?)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I guess I'll state the &lt;em&gt;Lord of the Rings&lt;/em&gt; trilogy as the best adaptation. It was spectacular!...I mean &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt;. I especially appreciated how Jackson kept true to Tolkien's themes. He had to sacrifice some of the characters, and he changed some of them in ways I didn't completely agree with, and he had to completely change the pace and structure of the story, but in the end I still felt like I'd seen &lt;em&gt;LotR&lt;/em&gt;. It could have so easily been overwhelmed by the special effects, but Jackson somehow always managed to remember that he was telling a story first and foremost. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I will, however, qualify that with two things: 1.) I don't think I'll ever get over my crush on J.R.R Tolkien, and 2.) I'm thinking of the extended versions, rather than the theatrical releases. The theatricals are awesome, but the extended editions are legitimate improvements on all three(...especially &lt;em&gt;Return of the King&lt;/em&gt;, in my opinion).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For worst, it breaks my heart to say &lt;em&gt;The Watchmen&lt;/em&gt;. The trailers looked so amazing, and I had loved &lt;em&gt;V for Vendetta&lt;/em&gt; so much, that I actually went and checked out the book from the library. Then I read it in a single eight-hour session. It was amazing, and I couldn't wait to see the film. Unfortunately, I think Moore might be right that &lt;em&gt;Watchmen&lt;/em&gt; is simply unfilmable. It went so slowly where the book went so quickly and so many of the subplots and subtleties in the art went missing. They also cut out so much of Rorschach's (absolutely amazingly awesome) story. It was good, maybe even great, but such a letdown, especially after loving the adaptation of &lt;em&gt;V&lt;/em&gt; and enjoying Snyder's work on &lt;em&gt;300&lt;/em&gt;...The movie focused on Nite Owl's and Silk Spectre's relationship more than on Rorschach's backstory and character development, which made him so much less &lt;em&gt;lovably&lt;/em&gt; psychotic than did the book. Also, no details, but why, oh &lt;em&gt;WHY&lt;/em&gt;, did they change the ending from the book?!?!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm adding &lt;em&gt;Troy&lt;/em&gt; to the list of blegh movies.  Not only did half the warriors look like cheerleaders with swords (male upskirt...eww), the wrong people were getting killed off, and now I have to explain to all my students that those events were not supposed to happen.  The entire theme of the story changes, but I can't get into it without spoilers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also on my blegh list: the newest version of &lt;em&gt;Pride and Prejudice&lt;/em&gt;, with what's-her-name.  The characters felt completely unrealistic.  Charlotte Lucas in particular was wildly different from her book character.  The proposal scene in the rain felt too dramatic too, and the emotional responses came completely out of nowhere.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, the BBC miniseries adaption of &lt;em&gt;Pride and Prejudice&lt;/em&gt; was just about the best thing ever!  The pacing of the story felt authentic to the book, the characters were true to their book versions, and they managed to include all the important parts (and add a dripping wet Colin Firth...all good!).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The best? Oh there are so many. But the best for my money is The Shawshank Redemption.  What an incredible movie that changes very little of the story and plot from the novella and is an incredible movie to boot.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Right now the worst on my mind has to be the new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.  What a disappointment.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Good adaptation:  Holes by Louis Sachar.  It didn't try to be a big blockbuster, but it kept the quirky humor and the heart of the boys.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Bad adaptation:  Golden Compass.  I liked the casting and I really wanted to like it, but it had no heart and no cohesiveness.  It's like they took the highlight of each chapter but forgot to make a story.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Good and bad adaptation:  Shrek.  Shrek was a good and enjoyable movie, but I felt it totally betrayed the message of the book.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;"Coraline" was a very good movie, I felt it brought the book to life very well.  The author (Neil Gaiman) was also involved in making the movie - maybe this is an important factor in getting a good book-to-movie adaptation?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Worst is easily "The seeker", which is supposedly "The Dark is Rising" by Susan Cooper, but bears very little resemblance to the book.  I could rant for ever, but will spare you - my only comment is if you love the Susan Cooper series, DON'T watch this movie!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Best - the original The Shining (book by Stephen King, movie directed by Stanley Kubrick).  Best because the director put his own message and tone on the story.  Jack Nicholson didn't hurt either.  The ending changed, but the movie was wonderful.  Both are different, and both are great.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I will also give credit for two movies that significantly improved on the book, in my opinion.  Bridget Jones's Diary and the first Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.  Both seemed like polished final versions, and made the books seem like second or third drafts of the story.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If small business people or people who want to start a business will be there, how about highlighting any related services such as faxing, rental of rooms for interviews or seminars, word processing, etc.  Some start-ups can't afford this at first, and knowing they could rent a room at the library for training, or receive a fax there, would be great.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am a prek-8 school library media specialist. I have a hard time deciding what is the best thing as I change from day to day, just like I can never tell you my favorite all time book, that too changes from moment to moment depending on how I am feeling.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;When I have boxes of books come into the media center, I love to open them and share titles with excited readers.  I love to catalog the ones my excited readers want as soon as I can. I love to get labels and covers on them before the end of the day even if it means finishing them up during lunch so I have them all ready by the end of the day. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The joy and the smile on an excited reader waiting to get that book in his/her hands to read is immensely joyous.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I love my job! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I mostly find photos, but have also found the occasional pokemon or baseball card, pencils, School Progress Report from the teacher or unsigned field trip request or other slip for a parent to sign that is way past the due date.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For my money, the "Muppet Christmas Carol" is the truest adaptation of the book, if you don't mind humor with your schmaltz. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Adding another answer because people might want to vote separately.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Kenneth Branagh's version of Hamlet is in my mind definitive.  Although the Tennant verions premiering in the States this week is supposed to be excellent as well.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;"I personally don't care whether you shush or not. Make one more ignorant comment about what I do for a living and I'll cane your ass with a newspaper rod until you're screaming."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;As we move into May I prepare myself for Christmas Day, and my birthday rolled into one. Of course I refer to Book Expo America.  I will only be there for Thursday but just trying to map it out. In previous years I just wander until i cannot wander anymore. This year I plan on more organization.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Is anybody (other then Bill and Gene) going to be there?  Any booths you see as must visits? I will only be there for Thursday but just trying to map it out.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;One of the best movies from a book for me has got to be &lt;em&gt;Cold Comfort Farm&lt;/em&gt;.  The book really sucked, but the movie was hysterical.  If you get a chance and you like British humor, this is a must see!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A movie adaptation that I was particularly disappointed in was &lt;em&gt;The Tale of Despereaux&lt;/em&gt;.  Too much changed from the flow of the original - it didn't seem to have the same heart.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The first two "Godfather" movies are high on my list of best-book-to-film-adaptations. In this case I found the original novel OK-but-not-great, while the films took the material to a truly wonderful level. [That might be a bit subversive, as the charismatic cast made the bad guys way too sympathetic {wry grin}.] There were some key changes to the story here and there, but I felt that they strengthened it; the book had some really horrible bits near the end that just didn't seem to fit...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For worst book-to-film adaptation - oh, so many! A lot of them were disappointing because the films did not reflect the books' characters, story, and/or mood, even though the films may have been decent movies in themselves. But there are plenty (too many) that were not only bad adaptations but bad films. One that comes to mind is the Demi Moore version of &lt;em&gt;The Scarlet Letter&lt;/em&gt; - what &lt;em&gt;were&lt;/em&gt; they thinking???&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I work at a community college which offers a general science class. The students have to do a paper on a scientific topic, and of course books are required. Most of these students are at a high-school reading comprehension level, and I don't want books that seem too childish or simple. We're lacking books in any and all science topics - astronomy, biology, physics...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any recommendations on a series of science books, or even just specific titles, that may help?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Awesome:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Princess Bride&lt;/strong&gt;. Goldman wrote both the book and the screenplay, and was perfectly able to figure out what would translate to screen and what wouldn't, and adjusted accordingly while keeping the feel and overall story intact.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Just about any film adaptation of a book is awful in my opinion, but there are a few decent ones.  I agree wholeheartedly with those who named &lt;em&gt;Holes&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;To Kill a Mockingbird&lt;/em&gt; as good adaptations.  Both of those movies are quite true to the book. I hate, hate, hate when a director feels compelled to either omit or consolidate characters or even worse, change the plot. Actually, my family tries really hard to not allow me to see a movie if I have read and liked the book because they don't want to have to listen to my comments. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I left this message for another "seeker." Maybe it will help you as well.  *You might try searching the archives of Fiction_L (the Morton Grove Public Library's mailing list on reader's advisory issues), or joining their listserv and posing the question there.  It's a fun list whether you need answers or just find the questions interesting. I've found some wonderful new (to me at least) authors there too. It's at webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html*  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When people ask "So what are you going to do with your life?", say "Enjoy it and do things I love."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; know what you want to do, pursue it. If you don't, that's really okay. And if you think you do but change your mind, that's okay to. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If being a page at a local library, tutoring kids, helping your local librarian or bookseller run writing workshops for younger kids, participating in debate or Model United Nations (though those may not be options until high school, or reading and writing a lot of stories, sound awesome for &lt;em&gt;what you want to do now&lt;/em&gt;, do it. But do it because you want to, not because adults are telling you you should.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Take a look at the Science 101 series published by Harper in association with the Smithsonian Institution. Here are two examples from Amazon:  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Science-101-Biology-George-Ochoa/dp/0060891351/ref=pd_rhf_shvl_1" rel="nofollow"&gt;Science 101: Biology&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Science-101-Chemistry-Denise-Kiernan/dp/0060891386/ref=pd_sim_b_2" rel="nofollow"&gt;Science 101: Chemistry&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;According to the product blurb "This new series will explain major areas of science in an interesting, visually compelling, and accessible manner. The "101" in the title refers not only to an introductory course but also to the 101 key facts and topics presented in each book. These books will fill the need for popular reference on all aspects of science and technology."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The difficulty with investing in science materials is that the content quickly becomes outdated. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/home" rel="nofollow"&gt;Wiley InterScience&lt;/a&gt; online database is comprehensive and more academic but may exceed both your needs and budget. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi folks.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Our county does a "community read" every late summer, spurred by the local university.  This year's community read item is "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?", the book that inspired the movie Blade Runner.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To a sci-fi fan like me, that's an awesome choice, but frankly, this is my first year as a director and doing programming, and I'm not sure what kind of programming to do for the book.  Something to appeal to teens or adults - I don't think kids will be reading the book.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We're a smaller, rural library with a low budget, so no big fancy ideas either.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any suggestions for programming related to that book?  I'll take any brainstormy type ideas; even if they aren't exactly right for this library, I might be able to use a part of them.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Maybe set up a mock Voight-Kampff test? That'd be a little more movie related then book however could be quite fun.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Offer a movie screening night. Or a series of them that address artificial life.
Have a debate on the subject of "Replicants should be limited to a five year lifespan"
Since you are in a rural area, focus on animal empathy ideas or what it means to care for endangered species.
What a great book to have for a community read.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;(from my daughter) Why did you want to become a librarian?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If the world could only have one or the other, which would you choose:  dogs or cats?  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You can start with some predecessor hard boiled Noir fiction -- Hammett, Chandler and Cornell Woolrich come to mind. Some o the novels, especially Hammett's, can be pretty meaty, so go with the short fiction to give the readers an idea of the sort of flavor Dick was looking for.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Then goet some predecessor robot/artificial life form fiction. I'm not sure you'd want to go back any further than the play RUR by Karl Capek (the guy who loaned us the word "robot" from Czech!), or maybe "Moxon's Master" by Ambrose Bierce. However, you should include "Caves of Steel" and "Robots of Dawn" by Isaac Asimov, featuring human/robot cop partners. There's a third one in the series as well.
I don't have a reference with me, but I am sure the New York Review of Science Fiction has had a bunch of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep," and in general a bunch of Philip K. Dick articles. Then check with the local community and other colleges -- see if there's someone there who teaches genre fiction in the literature departments.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If I were to go with a "best movie changed the most from the book but still recognizeable as the book," I'd go with Hollywood Confidential. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I can understand those who were disappointed by "Troy." Peter O'Toole as Priam seemed to be the only non-lead actor who didn't act like he was in a TV commercial.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Bookreaders:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What's you're choice, or horror story, of the worst book design you've ever seen, or had to read. I have a recurring dream (once a month or so) where the plot devices include "the worst book design I've ever seen", without any visual reference to tell me how bad it was.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I do recall some really terrible book designs --
1. the book that was printed in a royal blue ink color (MUST have been a vanity press job).
2. A sicnece fiction book, from the late 1990's, where the page number was reverse printed in a fading strip, sort of like when you smear a moth with a finger tip. The result was the first digit of the page numbers was unreadable once they got into the three digit range.
3. "requim for a Paper Bag" edited by Davey Rosenblatt (I think I got the compiler wrong, I know I got the title right) used three or four mismatched display fonts for titles, subtitles and author names. For the bylines, it used a "it's time to clean the keys on the ancient Underwood" typewriter type font. I thought that stopped being "hip" around 2003.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One of my science fiction fandom friends had me beat, with a book of poetry set in Zapf Chancery with individual indents for each line. Makes my eyes hurt just thinking about it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So, what's made you run screaming to the optometrist, or just want to hunt down the book designer? Notice -- I'm a science fiction reader, the cover art and blurb don't count unless it's really, really bad.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you have a high school debate club, have a debate ... Resolved, true artificial intelligence indistinguishable from human intelligence will be achieved (or won't).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Show related films - A.I. would be a good one.  Then do a compare/contrast of the visions.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Publish a related reading list, and give prizes or something for reading other books that are similar in theme or style.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I just realized I blocked one from memory. I'll admit before anything else that I didn't actually get through it, and further that I haven't read the book, although I've heard it's amazing, but the adaptation of &lt;em&gt;Dune&lt;/em&gt; was just...bad. Technically, the special effects just looked...lame. The plot was really, really confusing as far as I got into it (although I heard &lt;em&gt;Dune&lt;/em&gt; can have that effect in any form ;)). From what I remember, the acting wasn't very impressive, in general, either. As I mentioned before though, I'm not the most qualified to pass judgement on the actual "adaptation" aspect.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I tend to lean towards crafts - maybe a contest where people can bring in "animals" made from ordinary household objects? You could maybe find some local vendors to donate something for a prize.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I read a book called, I think, "The Divide" that had a wraparound cover that opened in the middle of the front side, so you wound up with half a cover on your left and one and a half covers on your right. Made it kind of hard to hold.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Poster contest, of course! To illustrate what the android's dreaming about!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;They'd probably enjoy The Cartoon Guide series, like "The Cartoon Guide to Physics", by Larry Gonick. Those are very informative, easy to read, and the pictures (and jokes) make the subjects easier to grasp and remember. I'd say they're written at a high school, or maybe AP level.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think I'd go so far as to say the movie version of "Wizard of Oz" is better loved than the book, with surprisingly little alteration.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fight Club&lt;/em&gt;! The ending is different, but even the author Chuck Palahniuk likes the film ending better. I agree with &lt;em&gt;The Shawshank Redemption&lt;/em&gt; and would add &lt;em&gt;The Green Mile&lt;/em&gt; to the list of good Stephen King adaptations. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Bad ones? The TV movie version of &lt;em&gt;The Stand&lt;/em&gt;. Ugh!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I tell the kids around the library that if they don't want to read the book, watch &lt;em&gt;Of Mice and Men&lt;/em&gt;.  I think you can almost read the book along to the movie.  Another one I liked was &lt;em&gt;The 13th Warrior&lt;/em&gt; / &lt;em&gt;Eaters of the Dead&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Worst. . . I don't know.  I complained an awful lot about the latest Harry Potter movie, but I had just read it, so it was fresh in my mind.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A couple of answers lately have brought this to mind.  They were suggesting showing movies as part of programming.  So, how do other libraries deal with this?  My library has always run into licensing issues ($$$).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I ran into this in the past, and have been told to just show movies and if a problem arises, to play the "we're a school and thought we could show movies linked to the curriculum" card. Not good IMHO, but at least I know the administration will cover me.    :( &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our school pays two licensing agencies to cover most studios so that we can show movies. There are different levels of use, depending on why you are showing the movies. (curriculum tie-in, extra curricular entertainment, etc.) At no point can you charge admission for the movies.
The fee depends on how many students we have. If you are in a public library, maybe it would depend on what your maximum audience could be? This is in Canada, I am not sure what is available to you in the US.  I think at a school or public library you are obligated to comply with copyright law, as an example of doing the right thing for your patrons. Can you imagine the backlash if you were charged with copyright infringement?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have purchased a license from Movie Licensing USA. I believe it was about $300 a year. If I remember correctly it was based on active cardholders and not the actual size of our population, so that saved us quite a bit of money. I believe we paid for it with regular funds, but I know a lot of libraries ask for a donation from their Friends group. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Honestly we have not had much success attracting people to our movie showings for some reason. I think it might be the time we have been showing it. A neighboring system has been showing movies after closing time, but they close at 5 and we close at 9, so that doesn't seem like it would work for us. We also don't have a program room, so we can only show movies appropriate for anyone as they are shown in the middle of the children's department. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We pay for the license so we can show movies.  One of our branches shows several movies each month so it's worth having the license to do it legally.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How much do you worry about your public image?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Another option is the Film Movement, which has independent films generally intended for adult audiences and often foreign.  We receive a DVD and have a monthly showing.  I'm not sure about the licensing cost, but the &lt;a href="http://www.filmmovement.com/performancerights/" rel="nofollow"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; has contact information regarding licensing for libraries.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We also have an anime club for our teens, and I believe the teen librarian has a form that she sends to the companies for permission, for each show/movie individually, and with information about the dates they are planning on watching them.  Not all of the links are current, but here's &lt;a href="http://www.koyagi.com/showpermissions.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;one website&lt;/a&gt; that includes links to several different distributors in the US.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Afraid I'm not going, but you may be interested in the articles from &lt;a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/archive/2010/20100426.php" rel="nofollow"&gt;this week's Publisher's Weekly&lt;/a&gt; that covers the "highlights" of each day (the Thurs. author breakfast with Jon Stewart sounds fun!), booths that will be there, etc.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hope you have fun!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This one is a strike for the printer.  When I got my copy of the paperback (first printing) of David Eddings' Belgarath the Sorcerer, the ink would smear at the slightest touch, and if there was anything acidic on my fingers, yellow marks would appear a few days later.  I love the content of the book, but the printer, not so much.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Wander by the signing area early and take a look at the schedule.  I skip anyone I need a ticket to sign (the lines are never worth it to me, and I've already missed getting a ticket because I didn't line up before the doors opened), but there's always someone I want to get a signed book from.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What is that perfume you're wearing?  Or do you just naturally smell that good?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If someone you despised had to read the book you gave him, what book would you give him? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't think there's any way to prevent a determined employee from stealing books in most libraries.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I certainly wouldn't want to work in a library that treated me as a suspect, which I fear security cameras, staff security gates, and forcing me to use the public checkout line would do.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I do think that a staff that's paying attention to one another will, over time, notice a pattern that indicates theft if an employee is involved in theft.  Folks that are stealing would probably get pretty comfortable and start to do things that looked suspicious.  I suspect that's how the woman in the news story was caught (though I don't believe they said how they found out about her activity).  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In high school I bought a new mass market of L.J. Smith's Forbidden Game trilogy.  It was uber-thin paper you could see through, ink that smeared when you touched it, and the pages litterally fell out of the binding as you turned them.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The worst part was that I really liked that book, but it quickly became unreadable.  I'm hoping that now, (what - 15 years later?) with L.J. Smith once again becoming popular in the midst of the teen vampire craze they'll republish it in a better format (I already re-bought most of her other books, in whose cases mine had fallen apart just from over-reading.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Sounds kind of like "Sarah, Plain and Tall", but I'm sure that's not it. Was it for children or adults?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We ordered these eco-jotters from Inkheads &lt;a href="http://www.inkhead.com/journals+organizers+portfolios/jotters/pocket-eco-note-keeper_pv-15706-0.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.inkhead.com/journals+organizers+portfolios/jotters/pocket-eco-note-keeper_pv-15706-0.html&lt;/a&gt; 
We spent less than 96 cents apiece and are giving them out to every teen that joins the program. They are really nice, a good size and made from recycled materials. We had out logo printed on the front. They did a great job and we got them very quickly.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'll add my own:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-&lt;strong&gt;best adaptations&lt;/strong&gt;: The BBC minniseries for "Pride and Prejudice". It even enraptured a bunch of 14 year-old girls, at a birthday party I helped at a couple of ears ago, even though it's about 5 hours long. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Staying with Austen, "Sense and Sensibility" by Emma Thompson is really good; she made more changes in "Nanny McPhee" ("Nurse Mathilda"), but I really appreciated her commentary in the DVD bonus, explaining why she made the changes she did.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Gone with the Wind'. Yes, they took a Brit for Scarlet O'Hara. So what? Vivien Leigh is awesome. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Color Purple". The movie is IMHO better than the book, and that's saying something. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Anne of Green Gables" - absolutely wonderful. Well, the first two parts at least. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-&lt;strong&gt;in the middle&lt;/strong&gt;: "East of Eden". I absolutely love this book, and I watched the movie when I was a teen and really interested by James Dean. As much as I appreciate the adaptation, even accepting that they only took the last third of the book, my main gripe with the movie is: WHERE IS LEE????&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Fantastic Mr. Fox" - love the animation, but too many things changed (added, especially). &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"It" - good adaptation, bad acting. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Little Women" (the Susan Sarandon one) - solid adaptation, but somehow, I didn't always feel the nice warm fuzzy feelings that I feel when I read the book. Plus, I hadn't read "Good Wives" before seeing the movie, so I kinda ruined it for me ... :(&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-&lt;strong&gt;worst adaptations&lt;/strong&gt;: someone mentioned "The Golden Compass" before, and I have to agree. Way to go over-budget for a big yawn. And now, the other two parts will most probably never come to the screen (at least not with that same team). &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;the last part of the TV adaptation of "Anne of Green Gables". They completely changed the plot!!! NOT ok!! &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-"Princess Diaries". I love Julie Andrews, but the mean grandmother character was just so funny! The movie is okay on its own, but they have changed too much. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I once had Unshelved cartoon linked to our library website so that it updated successfully. I recently asked our IT dept. for assistance on another matter and they 'helped' me. Now Unshelved doesn't update. How can I fix this?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Some of Madeleine L'Engle's books could be considered fantasy (specifically the Murry family books - &lt;em&gt;Wrinkle in Time&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Swiftly Tilting Planet&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;A Wind in the Door&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Many Waters&lt;/em&gt; and a few others).  They're usually considered a Young Adult level, but I still re-read &lt;em&gt;Wrinkle in Time&lt;/em&gt; whenever I find my copies.  Yes, I have more than one copy.  The Murry books intersect here and there with the Austin family books (&lt;em&gt;Ring of Endless Light&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Meet the Austins&lt;/em&gt;, etc.), but I wouldn't consider them fantasy. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, I love Doranna Durgin's Jess series - &lt;em&gt;Dun Lady's Jess&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Changespell&lt;/em&gt;, and &lt;em&gt;Changespell Legacy&lt;/em&gt; - but they are not easy to find unless things have changed since I hunted my copies down.  She's written a few others, too, but I'm blanking on the titles.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Here's the basic link:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;img src="http://www.unshelved.com/today"/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Little Bear's Birthday?  That's the first thing that comes to mind.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Thinking of purchasing handhelds, including Kindles, MP3 players, and iPod touches, and ipads for students to use in and out of school. Do any of you have a parent consent form that you could share with us?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We already loan playaways but have not used anything special with them.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Title>Looking for parent consent forms for elearning tools. Do any of you have forms you are currently using?</Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A paperback dictionary where the print was so smudgy the space in the "e"s was filled in.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A book from Vanity Fair magazine that was so poorly glued (perfect binding) that the cover came off most of our copies.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Books where there is a map/design related to the story, and it gets covered over when prepped for library use. For example: the cover of &lt;em&gt;A Crack in the Edge of the World&lt;/em&gt; is folded out to reveal a larger picture of San Francisco, post-1916 earthquake. Not if you borrow the library copy!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I work in a bookstore (and, yes, some people treat us like a library). I have seen many book covers, and there are some so awful or nondescript that I have to ask, did the publisher really want to sell this book? Some are complete visual turnoffs and others are so bland the eye slides right past -- and on to another book. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If a book isn't fortunate enough to have good buzz or word of mouth or Oprah or knowledgeable staff who will point out the hidden gems, the cover is the only thing left to get people's attention. A good cover will make someone stop in his/her tracks and pick that book up. That's one step closer to making a sale. In a library, that's one more book that will get read. And maybe it will lead to a recommendation to others to read said title. And that's usually a good thing. I will withhold my comments about books that never should have been printed!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Boomsday&lt;/em&gt; by Christopher Buckley.  The cardboard book cover has a sunburst cut out - right where the reader needs to put the fingers of his/her left hand to hold the book.  I had a cramp in my hand by about page 10.  I wondered if the cover designer actually reads books!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I show movies once a week at my library. We bought a movie license for $260/year with help from The Friends. On average I have a turn-out of 11-12 kids per showing, which is great for my sized library. I mainly show movies to kids ages 8-18, as the adults have not shown much interest. Over the summer, we do a foreign film series at 1pm on Mondays for adults which is very popular with the older crowd.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I also have an anime club. I just contact the producer by email about the title and date/s I want to show it and they usually grant permission to screen the movie for a year. I also joined &lt;a href="http://www.operationanime.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Operation Anime&lt;/a&gt; and they send one FREE DVD a month, that you get to keep. There is a large selection to choose from, too! The only thing they want in return is to have at least half of the members fill out a one-page questionnaire. It's a fantastic program, and I get to add the DVDs to the library collection or give them away as prizes afterwards.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The best - the old version of "The Flight of the Phoenix" with James Stewart.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The worst - the new version of "The Flight of the Phoenix"&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Best - &lt;strong&gt;Smoke Signals&lt;/strong&gt; - the adaptation of Sherman Alexi's short stories in &lt;strong&gt;Tonto and the Lone Ranger Fist fight in Heaven&lt;/strong&gt;.  The movie is absolutely beautiful, and it skillfully blends the varied stories.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Isn't "Olive the Other Reindeer" about a girl dog who wants to be one of Santa's reindeer? They made an animated cartoon special out of it, too.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This movie tie-in cover to THE PRESTIGE is one of the worst ever:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Z1E0Y98YL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg" alt="alt text"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have to assume there must've been some rights issue to using movie artwork. In person, it looks like a bad vanity press title.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Electrocute a sheep (just make sure it's a criminal sheep who deserves to die).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Arkady sounds right-  check author Maurice Sendak&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hey, Guy;
My library system DOES catalog all those series and they are very popular!  Once, though, I had a LOM (little old man) bring one back, throw it on my desk and declare, "That guy ain't go enough time to be a cowboy!"  LOL&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Great Gatsby, the one with Robert Redford, seems to capture the book quite well. To Kill a Mockingbird is another, but it has rightly been mentioned already.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Worst might be the Lord of the Rings. So much was done right, it gave high hopes but then spent all the time on the battles and changed the plot in stupid ways. Very disapointing.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Here are a few of my favorites.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Not all historical but all well-written fantasy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Tolkien.
LeGuin.
L'Engel.
Poul Anderson.
Jack Vance.
Peter Beagle.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Mythopoeic Fantasy Award would be a good list to check.
&lt;a href="http://www.mythsoc.org/awards/winners/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.mythsoc.org/awards/winners/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;On a related note: when I worked in a public library reference desk, I was asked more than once whether it was a "real job" or if I was a volunteer. My response was usually to smile sweetly and tell them it was a job because "I have to pay for the Master's Degree somehow." Which would then usually lead into the opportunity to explain that most Librarians have that degree.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Librarian?
Yes, I AM a Secret Master of Information!
I can find answers to questions you can't even think of.
Next!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hands down the 2 part cover for the book, Skeleton Creek: Ryan's Journal should be noted. It had this really cool slide off cover that covered the "journal." The slide off piece was simply a pain-- it was the cool part of the cover. But once you slid it off you have just a plain journal-type look and the barcode would potentially be on the slide-- the kids slide it off to open the book and then the barcode is lost!  AAAAAAGH!&lt;br&gt;
We solved the problem by slicing off the panel that connected the cover placed it in a book cover and kept the integrity of the "look" the designer was trying to create. The book without the slide is just plain ugly and unappealing. Kids don't pick up the copies that have the slide missing.  It's a shame they didn't think about how it would be used in a library...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Before I became a librarian I wanted to be a spy. There were downsides to being a spy - you might get stuck doing secretarial work as a front, you might have to sleep with people not of your own choosing to get information out of them. You never know where you will be posted. You have to lie to your family about your work. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Being a librarian is a dream job for people with spy-oriented goals. You can get information out of anyone just by talking to them. You can share as much or as little information yourself. You don't have to pretend to be mousy and insignificant - unless you want to be.  You don't have to pretend you aren't good at your job and no one needs to pretend they don't recognize you. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If I could not longer work as a librarian, I guess I would take the next level down and become a spy. Sigh.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Well, My job has taken me to China, Thailand, Russia, Turkey, Belgium, Israel, the Netherlands, and Denmark -- to mention a few places.   Where have you gone lately? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This was at a high school reunion where someone asked what I did and then made a comment about how boring it must be.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This isn't so much snark, but I frequently get the comment "wow, I've never met a librarian before", or something along those lines. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I usually reply, "you should try going to the library sometime". &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think I'm the author of one of these, at least people tell me the book is "Hot"!
Try "Promise Me" by Deborah Schneider, published by The Wild Rose Press. I know it's available in several libraries, (or at least the one I work at has it on the shelves).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When people express surprise that I have a master's degree (let alone a JD since I'm a law librarian) I ask : who's the one person you expect to be able to answer ANY question on ANY subject?
 That's right - a librarian.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I found the book to be a very moral exploration of humanity and its relationships with other life forms, both animal and artificial. Therefore, explorations of what animals mean to human beings, and their future on the planet, would be good, as would investigations of artificial intelligence and possible differences with human intelligence. There are many ways to explore ideas: with speakers, poster and writing contests, craft projects, book or movie discussion groups; all but the first would be relatively inexpensive and even that could be cheap if good volunteer speakers could be found. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Is it The Magic Meadow by Alexander Key?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My library system discards &lt;em&gt;so many&lt;/em&gt; books that it's hard for staff to feel much outrage about stolen or damaged materials anymore. I've seen my branch alone discarding thousands of items per year, many in good condition and only a year or 2 old. Because they don't circulate enough. Because we lack the shelf space. And our patrons, whose taxes pay for these items, have no idea. If they did, many would be outraged at the waste. I certainly am. At least they don't burn them, as they used to until a few decades ago. But selling them for pennies on the dollar, and then having to throw away what won't sell, isn't a lot better.
My point is, that when there's such an institutional disregard for the archival mission of libraries and for the value of these materials -- if employees felt inclined to steal, they would find the moral equivocation pretty easy. Especially as trust between frontline staff and library management isn't at its highest. And security measures aimed at staff won't improve that!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;All from when I worked at a college library: a dessicated slice of baloney (the grease/moisture absorbed through half the book's pages,) a pickle, a slice of tomato, an apple core and several lettuce leaves. The first 3 had to be discarded; the lettuce left the least damage,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In the public library where I currently work: I once opened a book I'd just checked in and a fairly large and kind of pretty brown and black moth flew out and fluttered away. I don't recall the book, alas.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm new to this Q&amp;amp;A site, but my untimely suggestion would begin with having the intended participants provide you some questions they have and also include ways they can network with each other after the workshop to help answer each other's question and brainstorm ideas in the future.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My mom is a library media specialist and I am a library specialist and in library school at the moment.  Once, we were having lunch in her library and someone there commented, "It must be really easy to work in a library, once the books are shelved, there isn't much else to do."  My mom and I just looked at each other and burst out laughing.  I don't think either of us had a particularly witty comeback but it was a great moment between my mom and me.  And as the daughter of a librarian, I am only just now realizing how weird it is that I actually know what a librarian's job really entails.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;just imagine the comments that I get when I answer people that I am a children's librarian!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;im looking for the same books, if you find them email me at mapleindtony@aol.com&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Regarding "adaptations" - my favorite is &lt;em&gt;Ella Enchanted&lt;/em&gt;.  The book is fantastic!  The movie is very very good, but so different than the book that I tell everyone they need to read the book too.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Horrible Books at HorribleBooks.com are funny and educational (Math/Science/History/Geography) and perfect for reluctant readers.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;With looming budget cuts, we're looking at combining a Lapsitting program with the Toddler Time program.  The new program would be for ages 0-2 and we don't want misconceptions over restless (and therefor &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; lapsitting) toddlers.  "Mommy and Me" was rejected because it doesn't cover the diverse caregivers who attend--fathers, grandparents, babysitters, etc.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So what do you or would you call a storytime for the 0-2 patrons?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;"Storytime for Wee Ones"?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Why not call it what it is? Storytime. (Or if I were cynical you could call it get your kids out of the house for an hour so you can socialize with other adults but I think Storytime works better).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Fun For Little Ones!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have read and enjoyed several Sci-fi and Fantasy books, especially the Obsidian Trilogy (Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory) and Tunnel in the Sky (Heinlein) 
does anyone have recommendations for future reading? 
I have read more of Heinlein and Lackey, and want to find another couple of good fantasy or sci-fi authors.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We call our program for under-2's "Baby Rhyme Time" and our program for just 2 year olds "Time for Twos". &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;ToDear Librarians:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"toddler Tails"&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Sit and Listen Time"&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"The Words and Pictures Hour." OK, make it a half hour.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Get together with a local recreation center -- see if you can have them program something active to slightly tire the little ones before they come to the library, or an active activity about thirty minutes after your library activity (to give the caregivers time to check out books) to tire them out for the trips home.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Robert in San Diego&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;"The Marketplace of the Mind" (no kidding, that's our motto, or whatever it's called now.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Black Duck By Janet Taylor Lisle she is a great author and the book is about these two boys named Jeddy McKenzie and Ruben Hart find a dead body in an evening suit washed up on shore, they are certain it has to do with smuggling liquor.It is spring 1929,prohibition is in full swing,and many in there community are involved.
  Soon the boys, along with Jeddy's strong willed sister Marina,are drawn in,suspected by rival bootlegging gangs of taking something crucial off the dead man.Then ruben meets the captian of the Black Duck, the most elusive smuggling craft of them all,and it isn't long before he's keeping dangerous company.
   Inspired by very real accounts of the Black Duck, a legandaryrum-running boat that worked the new england shores during the era,Newberry honor award winner Janet Taylor Lisle has written a colorful, original work of historical fiction. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;                              thank you, 
                                   Kianna 
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Probably the worst movie to book that I have ever come across is &lt;em&gt;Eragon&lt;/em&gt;. In the book Eragon has no choice but to grow up and make life and death decisions while in the movie it seemed almost like a flipant thing. For such a great book, the movie was a great disappintment.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Best:  To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Worst: Millennium (1989)
Excellent cinematography and special effects for the time, but &lt;strong&gt;mis&lt;/strong&gt;-cast &lt;strong&gt;mis&lt;/strong&gt;-directed and just an embarrassing &lt;strong&gt;mistake&lt;/strong&gt;. As author John Varley’s &lt;a href="http://www.varley.net/Pages/Books/Millennium.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; puts it: “If you want to know how Millennium the movie was supposed to end, read the book” &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Whenever an author dies, one of the librarians always will put up a display of their books. As quick as they can, too! Nothing fancy, just a sign and books. It's a wonderful tribute and send-off, I think.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In the early 1980s the staff at the Ohio County Public Library in Wheeling, West Virginia told me they had found cash and once, a strip of raw bacon.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Although employed there at the time I did not see the strip of bacon myself, but I have no reason to believe that this was merely urban or library folklore. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;At my first job as a reference librarian I sat at a desk behind a sign that said, "Please Bother Me."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Best&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The movie version of Viklas Swarup's Q&amp;amp;A (Slumdog Millionaire) was far better than the book that it came from. I feel that the movie's changes to the plot added emotional weight to the story, and it felt less contrived than the novel&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Television version of Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit also improved upon the original work, changing an average children's/YA novel into a well-paced fantasy. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ordinary People was a great novel,and it translated very well to a movie, thanks to the great ensemble cast.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Worst&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;the 1984 version of, well, 1984 was really bad. It didn't carry the same impact that the novel did&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We call ours "Rock-A-Bye Time," but we're actually thinking of changing the name.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I work in a small town public library.  The local school district is awesome most of the time.  There is one teacher\class, however, that is a constant thorn in my side.  It's a class called "Futures"...essentially a careers class.  The teacher requires students to come to the library and get cards...Excellant.  He then requires them to check out books, also good.  The irritating part is this:  He requires his students to check out, near the end of the term, every year, a book that is about a specific career, and Authored by a person working in that field.  Great for vetrinarians who can go for the All creatues great and small series, not so great for almost anything else.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Two questions:
1: Anyone else have similar experiences?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;2: Anyone know of a series of books that would fill that "About a field and written by someone in the field" sort of requirement?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am incredibly surprised that no one has answered this with the reason I've always assumed it was done: so that when copies are made for future reference, including of course the main title page for information, the person who had made the copies would be able to identify what the call number of the book was in case he/she needed to locate it again.  Sometimes copies might not include the edition or the year, but would usually have the title page and thus be able to identify what edition.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Storytime for Babies&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Straight and to the point&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Worst: The Fountainhead&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I was so excited when I found it at the video store (about 10 years ago) and was so disappointed by it.  I forced myself to watch the whole thing.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have Babytime (6 mos to 18 mos) and Toddlertime (12 mos to 24 mos)
They overlap for different stages of storytime readiness.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;High School? (I'm guessing from All Creatures Great and Small)
Oliver Sacks' books on neurology - From Musicophilia to The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat.  If you weren't fascinated by the human brain before, you will be after.
After Into Thin Air and was a hit came out there were a bunch of books about high altitude mountaineering by professionals - Above the Clouds: The Diaries of a High-Altitude Mountaineer by Anatoli Boukreev is a great one.
After The Perfect Storm came out and was a hit, Linda Greenlaw, one of the sea captains proflied in Perfect Storm, wrote some books - The Hungry Ocean, and her new one Seaworthy.
Stephen King's On Writing is about his experiences ... writing!  (and it is really good)
I would look at your celebrity autobiographies too, plenty of actors and singers have written books about their work and careers.  Not my general area of interest, but how many students dream of making it big in Hollywood or on American Idol?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Now I need to go look at the shelves, so maybe I'll have more suggestions next week.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There is a previous question posted called "Good Fantasy Recommendations?" I suggest taking a look at that. It will give you some excellent fantasy writers to read. As to SF writers, try these:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury (more fantasy than SF, but don't let that stop you! He's a wonderful writer), Arthur C, Clarke, Robert Silverberg, Harlan Ellison, Larry Niven, Philip Jose Farmer, Greg Bear, Alfred Bester, David Weber, Neil Gaiman (okay, fantasy, and darn good!).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any decent library should have some of these available. Happy reading!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Joe Haldeman (The Forever War) and John Scalzi (The Old Man War) are both excellent. Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land is classic.  Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash is perhaps the best cyberpunk book ever written.  More to come as I think of them.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our library has three programs: Baby Lapsit, Toddler Storytime, and Onesies (and Twosies) for that sort of in-between group.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Glad for the hints to get away from the term Lapsit.  Most people don't understand that term and I am not certain I do either.  In our Toddler Time we include 2 and 3 year olds (just turned 3).  Many 3 year olds cannot sit still for Storytime (ages 3-5) unless they have grown up in the library.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm about to interview for my first professional library instruction job and I have to give a presentation to the committee as if they were a group of freshmen in their first college writing class, which led me to wonder...if I had only 15 minutes with a college student to help them succeed or fail at library research, what would I tell them?  What would you tell them?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I love being a Children's Librarian in a Public Library.  Storytimes are my favorite times. I try to do interactive ones when time permits.  The kids just love to take an active part in the process. I also go to the nearby schools.  I just love it when I read at the Kindergarten and the kids remember me from when they were in Daycare (Preschool) or Headstart.  Their "hugs" just touch my heart. I would like to think that my sharing of books has influenced at least a few of them to become lifelong readers.  I am enthusiastic and like to pass that along!  Libraries are fun! and books are friends for life!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;From the Adventures in Library Instruction podcast: &lt;a href="http://www.teachingcopyright.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Teaching Copyright&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also check out the podcast where they talk about copyright &lt;a href="http://adlibinstruction.blogspot.com/2009_06_01_archive.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://adlibinstruction.blogspot.com/2009_06_01_archive.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;1.I'd explain why library materials are better than Google&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;2- a little
    list of materials to be found in the
    library &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;3- a little list of
    resources and services offered by
    the library&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;and then, I'd tell them that once they're doing partying at frat parties with girls/boys who just want to get drunk and stupid, the library is the best place to find their next -&lt;em&gt;smart&lt;/em&gt;- boy/girlfriend.   Ok, joking on that one (at least for the interview part - I actually might say that to students :D )&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;That it is the library staff's job to help them and that there is no shame in asking for that help. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;People who like Mercedes Lackey's style would tend to like Tamora Pierce and possibly Anne McCaffery. (I like 'em all!)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Isaac Asimov did a short story/poem called "I Just Make Them Up, See!" which is his answer to "writing about his field", or at least part of it. Really, any book by someone who doesn't write books for a living is probably about their field, like Phil Plait's book "Death From The Skies!" He blogs at "Bad Astronomy" about astronomy, both bad and good, and related fields. The book is a realistic look at natural disasters that might kill us all - giant asteroids, yes, but we can't blow them up with nukes like in the movies.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My LMC is nowhere near offering this kind of service, but here are a few results that I got playing around on Yahoo! with "library/school library", "laptop/Kindle/equipment checkout" "parental consent form":&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.liberty.k12.ga.us/MediaPage/Handbook/County%20Media%20Handbook.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.liberty.k12.ga.us/MediaPage/Handbook/County%20Media%20Handbook.htm&lt;/a&gt;
http://www.icpl.org/unique-collections/minor-consent.pdf
&lt;a href="http://www.smee.k12.sd.us/forms/Student%20Laptop%20Checkout.pdf" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.smee.k12.sd.us/forms/Student%20Laptop%20Checkout.pdf&lt;/a&gt;
http://www.tuhsd.org/CCHS/common/docs/MediaCenter/StudentLaptopCheckoutAgreement.pdf
&lt;a href="http://www.arp.sprnet.org/default/TECHPLAN/laptop_checkout_guidelines.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.arp.sprnet.org/default/TECHPLAN/laptop_checkout_guidelines.htm&lt;/a&gt;
http://www.scribd.com/doc/22811211/Kindle-Checkout-Policy-Form&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hope it helps! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We call ours "Movin' N Groovin with Miss Laurie" (named after our clerk who runs the program).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;These links thanks to Vermont's 23 things for Web 2.0.  Not all links are still active, but there is old content to listen to.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Lib Vibe Library News A newscast of our own. Concise, professional, listenable.
Hear the difference. Tell a colleague.
&lt;a href="http://libvibe.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://libvibe.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The following is a list of libraries and affiliated organizations that are currently podcasting and offering selected podcast resources service: 
&lt;a href="http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Podcasting" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Podcasting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;OPAL (Online Programming for All Libraries--and All Library Users) including book discussions, interviews, training, current events programs, and more! 
&lt;a href="http://opalpodcast.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://opalpodcast.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;SirsiDynix Institute Delivered to Your Desktop
&lt;a href="http://sirsidynixinstitute.com/podcast.xml" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://sirsidynixinstitute.com/podcast.xml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Uncontrolled Vocabulary
A weekly live interactive roundtable discussion of all things library (Unfortunately not live anymore, but you can still listen to the old shows)
&lt;a href="http://uncontrolledvocabulary.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://uncontrolledvocabulary.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If anyone's looking at joining the military, Tom Clancy has a nonfiction "Commander series," all of which are cowritten by a high-ranking officer involved in whatever branch/operation.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Richard Marcinko, a decorated Navy SEAL from Vietnam, has a book called &lt;em&gt;Rogue Warrior&lt;/em&gt; about the founding of SEAL Team Six and Red Cell...He also has a couple of books about rising to the top in the corporate world, which he's also done. He's written a lot of fiction based on his military experiences, too.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Don't forget the politicians. I guess you can group them in with celebrities. All sorts of pundits, of every alignment, have their memoir about their careers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any science, really, you'll be able to find a gazillion bajillion books, if not series, written by a bigwig in the field...Like Benoit Mandelbrot's written a book about fractal geometry's application to the natural world. That's hugely esoteric (to say the least), but for the most part if you just search a prominent name in whatever field, you'll find a book. They're prominent because they're published.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Does it have to be current non-fiction? If not, you could definitely make a case for Jack London! If the Yukon Gold Rush were still happening, I know I'd want to be a dog-sledder! :)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Sorry, I can't think of anything else specific. Good luck.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I can tell you what I convey to my hs seniors about college.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The professor is not your friend.  This is not to say they will not become your friend. However unlike most high schools they are not paid to coddle you and get you through.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Therefore you work is your responsibility. The professor does not want to hear that it is late for any reason.  In today's day and age with e-mail it is not unreasonable for a professor to expect you to hand in your assignment (even just digitally) even if you have a family emergency across the country.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The reason the professor can expect that is because all assignments are given early enough to be done.  If you wait until the last minute and something comes up (computer breaks, etc) well you are S.O.L.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In other words your work and doing it or failure to do it lays on nobody but yourself. It is time to "man up". Accept this and you will do fine. Refuse to accept this and enjoy being a college drop out.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Joan Frye Williams - library consultant/goddess does podcasts with George Needham of OCLC. Here is the link to some of those on Infopeople, California State Library's Education Project:
&lt;a href="http://www.infoblog.infopeople.org/category/george-and-joan/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.infoblog.infopeople.org/category/george-and-joan/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Librarians:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Learn how to evaluate sources on-line. Most of the same techniques work for inkprint sources too.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Document the source of your information. We still call that "bibliography," don't we?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Check what "style" you're supposed to be using. As an aside, I've seen Teaching Assistants expecting everyone to somehow intuit we were all supposed to footnote throwing screaming fits when half the class went with in-text citations. And THIS was back when most of us were typing on electric or electronic typewriters (and a lot of the electronic typewriters were not memory typewriters).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If it is enabled, you can use the library computers to check how much space you've got left on your USB drives by selecting (Windows XP meachines) My Computer, right-clicking on the appropiate drive and selecting "properties." You can also use that trick to see the size of individual files on the drive. If your institution is Mac-centric, Linux-based, non-USB friendly or uncomputered, please forgive this Windows-centric note.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;while we're at it, it's rare but there have been reports of USB drive malfunctions when the drive is being accessed and yanked out of the host computer at the same time. Please use (again, Windows XP centric here) the status box thingnormally on the lower right side of the screen, click on the green thing that looks like a thumb drive, and it should be something for electrically disconnecting your device from the host computer before you actually go ahead and unplug it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Oh, and don't forget to evaluate information and it's sources.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have an old copy of &lt;em&gt;Tales from Silver Lands&lt;/em&gt; by Charles J. Finger, the 1925 Newbery Medal winner, on our shelves.  We have had it for about 30 years and it has gone out 13 times.  The book is in rather good condition other than the cover art being woefully bland and out of date.  The book is no longer in print, so I cannot purchase an updated copy.  I am in the process of doing a rather thorough (and very overdue) weeding of the J300s.  What are your feelings on keeping ALL Newbery winners regardless of their circulation statistics?  Does the medal trump all other criteria?  We do have a listing available for our patrons who are interested in knowing the Newbery Medal winners, but we do not have a Newbery book group, nor do the local schools.  I'm willing to keep the book in the collection if that is best practice, but I have a hard time keeping things that patrons are just not interested in reading.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How large is your library, and do you serve (even somewhat) a college with a program of study in children's literature, or a library school?  I found reading through the Newbery Winners an education in what the trends were in children's literature at the time, and how literature related to what was going on in the country (war, poverty, grapling with moral issues, etc.)  i had to read through quite a few for library school, and for some other workshops.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If none of this applies, then I do not think the Newbery trumps all other criteria.  But I would consider selling that book on eBay, Alibris, or Amazon, (if you are leglaly allowed to), as a larger library serving this audience or a library school with a children's literature program may want it.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our library has an archived reference collection (kept behind glass) of award winners (Carnigie, Newberry, Caldecott..etc). However, we are a large branch with the space to do so. 
If you don't have the space, it's just something that keeps on growing and growing.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I recently discovered (read: "My husband forced me to start") the Lost Fleet series by Jack Campbell, which is a fun sci-fi series. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Timothy Zahn!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; He does great sci-fi. I really can't emphasize enough how much I enjoy his stuff. I especially recommend his Thrawn trilogy, which are Star Wars books set shortly after the original movie trilogy. His Conquerors series is also very good, and he's written some good stand-alone books, too.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For my fantasy recommendations, see my response here: &lt;a href="http://answers.unshelved.com/questions/2578/good-fantasy-recommendations/2585#2585" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://answers.unshelved.com/questions/2578/good-fantasy-recommendations/2585#2585&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;ETA: Oh, and if you'd like to try some authors/books for free, check out &lt;a href="http://www.baen.com/library/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.baen.com/library/&lt;/a&gt; Baen understands that a good series is like crack, and if they give you a good book for free, you'll probably buy it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;1632&lt;/em&gt; by Eric Flint is available on the free library, and is a fun alternate history/sci-fi/time travel tale.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Librarians:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Is it ever permissible to shunt "weeded" books from the library book sale to eBay just to see if there's interest among bibliophiles? If so, do you set a reserve?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Robert "got sniped all the time on fountain pens and bike parts" in San Diego&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I was going to add Stephen King's "The Body"  One of the few adaptations of his work that I felt had not been....tortured.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Librarians:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;No love for the New Wave? Ursula K. LeGuin and Harlan Ellison spring to mind. Especially Ellison as editor -- his anthology "Dangerous Visions" was significant and boundary-busting back in it's day. I also like Orson Scott Card, but I wish he'd stop writing the same book again and again.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Check out (pun definitely intended) the periodicals too. I personally subscribe to "Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine," but there are plenty of other digest sized periodicals out there.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Robert in San Diego&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I also contributed to the Fantasy Recommendations thread, so head over there, too!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For SF:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Carpet Makers&lt;/strong&gt; by Andreas Esbach (Dark, idea-driven, German.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Sparrow&lt;/strong&gt; by Mary Doria Russell (Dark first-contact story with exploration of religion/science/morality. But don't read the sequel.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm adding a &lt;strong&gt;best&lt;/strong&gt; because I saw the book when I was browsing in the bookstore yesterday: &lt;em&gt;Howl's Moving Castle&lt;/em&gt;.  The book is good, the movie is breathtaking, and the storylines match up fairly well (though reading the book certainly helps fill in some of the blanks in the movie ending).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;David Brin&lt;/strong&gt;. His two Uplift trilogies are a favorite. Galaxy spanning adventure where humanity is the underdog for a change. Also has sentient Dolphins (part of the reason humanity wasn't immediately enslaved when it was discovered by galactic culture). &lt;em&gt;Sun Diver&lt;/em&gt; is the first book, and my least favorite... the series gets better and better with each book.
His other books are quite interesting too. &lt;em&gt;The Postmen&lt;/em&gt; is way better then the movie would suggest, &lt;em&gt;Kiln People&lt;/em&gt; is a really neat look at (short duration) cloning, and his non-fiction is interesting as well. He also wrote a Foundation book with &lt;strong&gt;Bear&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Benford&lt;/strong&gt;, so if you're an &lt;strong&gt;Asimov&lt;/strong&gt; fan that's also well worth checking out, especially as his (the last book) is the best of the three. (;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Saying all Newberry winners are excellent and great pieces of children's literature is similar to saying the oscar always go to the best picture (1994 Best Picture is Forrest Gump, not winning that year?  Pulp Fiction and The Shawshank Redemption not nominated? The Lion King).  In other words no not all Newberrys are worthe keeping. Some are better then others. Some years are better then others. And some years the awards committee gets it wrong.  Newberrys (and many other awards) are not sancrosant. (I think that is the right term but please feel free to edit if it is not).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am in charge of a teen anime club at my library, so with that comes manga! 
Here are my recommendations for manga that are VERY popular and almost always have holds:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Fruits Basket by Natsuki Takaya&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Naruto  by Masashi Kishimoto&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Claymore  by Norihiro Yagi&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Vampire Knight  by Matsuri Hino&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Death Note  by Tsugumi Ohba&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Inuyasha by Rumiko Takahashi&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Bleach by Tite Kubo&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Oh My Goddess  by Kosuke Fujishima&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Sgt. Frog  by Mine Yoshizaki&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Maria Holic  by Minari Endo&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;XXXholic  by Anthony Gerard&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Honey and Clover  by Chika Umino&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Momogumi plus Senki  by Eri Sakondo&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;D. Grayman  by Katsuri Hoshino&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Tsubasa  by Anthony Gerard&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hellsing by Kohta Hirano&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Trigun Maximum  by Yasuhiro Nightow&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;ouran High School Host Club  by Bisco Hatori&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Fullmetal Alchemist  by Hiromu Arakawa&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps! The kids really appreciate it when a library has graphic novels, because a lot of people don't consider them books!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Library People:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am adding another suggestion here -- short story collections. You can check them out, read a few to see if the author's style and themes fit your reading desires, and then invest the time in a big bug-thumping novel.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Gregory Benford has a few short story collections out. I can't recall any names right now, but he's not only a Physics Professor at UC Irvene but also an award-winning science fiction author. And some of his awards are not from the sci-fi community. Actually, my favorite book by him is also his first -- "Timescape." It's very impressive.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Kim Stanley Robinson is also a favorite. Try his short story collection "The Planet on the Table."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;On the fantsay side, a collection of short stories by the late Lord Dunsany came out about two or three years ago. Again, I forget the title, but I recall is twas a Penguin book. I could have that wrong, though. Dunsany was a great literary stylist, with clear prose that can wound your heart or heal it just by itself. Bonus anecdote: Dunsany complained his title hindered his literary career because he seemed to be perceived as a dilettante, but was a bit of boost to his chess playing career, because he seemed to be perceived as a bit of a dilettante.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;By the way, if you ever come across "Blockade!" by Aaron Nimzovitch, be aware it's not a wartime action/adventure story. It's a chess book.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What is your library's mission? Is it an archive, or a popular library? The library's mission, combined with your board-set policies, trumps "best practices" as well as awards. And yes, you &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; get rid of the classics if they don't serve your audience. Your public will thank you for making your collection more attractive (you can display some items face-out) and useful if you prune judiciously.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm afraid I'm not a very big sci-fi reader, but C.S. Lewis' lesser known "Space Trilogy" was quite enjoyable. The first is &lt;em&gt;Out of the Silent Planet&lt;/em&gt;, the second is &lt;em&gt;Perelandra&lt;/em&gt;, and the third is &lt;em&gt;That Hideous Strength&lt;/em&gt;. I guess they're kind of silly, but I liked it. :)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I also thought &lt;em&gt;Neuromancer&lt;/em&gt; by William Gibson was pretty good. Normally, I hate just about anything considered to be any sort of "modern classic." But I didn't hate this. You'll just have to take my word for it that that's an impressive feat of awesomeness for a book like this. "Pretty good" is nigh unheard of.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I assume you've heard of Philip K. Dick? I've only read his &lt;em&gt;Man in the High Castle&lt;/em&gt;, which was interesting, but he's definitely on my list of "to read more of." &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;From what I (now) understand, Gene Wolfe is technically sci-fi. As someone not very well-acquainted with either fantasy or sci-fi, I would hesitate to identify him definitively as either, but who cares! He's amazing. I just finished &lt;em&gt;The Shadow of the Torturer&lt;/em&gt; and as soon as my exams are over, I'm reading the next book in his "The Book of the New Sun," &lt;em&gt;Claw of the Conciliator&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'll also admit to reading those &lt;em&gt;Halo&lt;/em&gt; tie-in novels, and liking them. If you want some pure brain-cleaner, those might just do the trick. I even liked the first one enough that I reread it at one point. :) I think that one was called &lt;em&gt;The Fall of Reach&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Coraline&lt;/strong&gt; by Neil Gaiman has a graphic novel version, as well as the graphic novels of &lt;strong&gt;Artemis Fowl&lt;/strong&gt; by Eoin Colfer - both I've found are quite popular. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Thanks for the nice post. I am expecting some different idea from your side. You always represent some new thought in your post.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Thanks for the nice post. I am expecting some different idea from your side. You always represent some new thought in your post.
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I really liked the post and the stories are really  thanks for sharing the informative post.&lt;/p&gt;

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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Heya..thanks for the post and great tips..even I also think that hard work is the most important aspect of getting success.&lt;/p&gt;

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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hey this is really nice information. I was looking for something similar like this. Thanks for this useful information.
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is one of the best posts that I’ve ever seen; you may include some more ideas in the same theme. I’m still waiting for some interesting thoughts from your side in your next post.
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It seems like in quite a few books, if I read the author's note, it says something like "So-and-so is/used to be a librarian of some sort". Also, I have a couple of works-in-progress that will hopefully someday be finished (a steampunk YA fantasy and a romance novel) with too many ideas for more to count. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So I was just wondering...how many of us are also writers? Published, unpublished, hopeful, etc.? (Obviously, I think Bill and Gene might fall into this category :) I'm curious if this is as much of a trend as I think it is, or if I'm just noticing because now I'm one, in the same way that you don't really notice babies until you want one/have one.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For a quick introduction like this, I'd agree with Anne that the basic information the kids need to walk away with is:  1) where the Library is, 2) the librarians are friendly / approachable / interested in the students, and 3) maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of their college years, they'll need the library.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Try not to pack &lt;em&gt;too much&lt;/em&gt; information into your 15 minutes.  Handouts are great, but don't read them to the "kids".  Beyond orientation, a quick overview of the types of resources they'll be using would be good.  Ideally, you would be able to talk to the teacher so you'd know what they want out of their kids.  So, make up an assignment for your presentation and pretend.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I took a look at LibraryThing's &lt;a href="http://www.librarything.com/commonknowledge/search.php?q=librarian&amp;amp;f=17&amp;amp;uid=aJwI0" rel="nofollow"&gt;common knowledge search&lt;/a&gt;, and it lists 519 authors who have been listed by someone as being a librarian. Of course the search seems to be a bit bugged, since Jorge Luis Borges is listed twice on page 1, and since it's based entirely off of user entered data (like Wikipedia is), there are bound to be some false entries. Still, Id guess there are a lot.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Alan Dean Foster&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
The &lt;em&gt;Pip &amp;amp; Flinxx&lt;/em&gt; series is ever popular, but I'd also highly recommend &lt;em&gt;The Taken&lt;/em&gt; trilogy (first book is &lt;em&gt;Lost &amp;amp; Found&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tad Williams&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;em&gt;The Otherland&lt;/em&gt; tetralogy is quite good* if you've got a fair bit of spare time... it's very dense. Well written with an ensemble cast, and most of the characters seem real rather then just "good guys" or "bad guys" which is always refreshing.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;*I'm working through the second book now... so can't really speak for the rest of the series.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;C. J. Cherryh&lt;/strong&gt;
Her &lt;em&gt;Foreigner&lt;/em&gt; series is a favorite of mine, though the last few books do seem to run together a bit. Still her characters do pop with life, and the aliens do seem different and not just funny colored/shaped people.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The basic premise is a human ship got lost during a warp/space jump and ended up low on fuel settling an a world w/ aliens who are at a steam age level of technology. There's a war and eventual peace. Then the first book starts.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;She's written quite a bit elsewise, and I haven't read anything I've been displeased with. I especially like the Russalka trilogy though that's more fantasy seeing how it's based off of Russian folk lore.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For the youngest ones we have &lt;strong&gt;Book Babies&lt;/strong&gt; (usually 0-12 mos.), &lt;strong&gt;Tiny Tots&lt;/strong&gt; (usually 12-24 mos.), and &lt;strong&gt;Toddler Storytime&lt;/strong&gt; (2's). At different branches we tweak the age ranges and sometimes combine things: eg. babies and tots, or 0-18 months. We also sometimes divide activities by motor skills: eg. lapsitters and crawlers; toddlers; walkers. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You could mix and match: Storytime for... (or Rhyme Time for... or Stories and Songs for...):&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;...Tots and Toddlers
...Babies, Tots and Toddlers
...Crawlers and Toddlers&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Our description for Book Babies is: "Babies from birth to 12 months (with a favorite adult) enjoy songs, action rhymes, and playtime and share a book together in each lively Book Babies session. Book Babies gives your baby the opportunity to hear lots of language while you get to know other young families."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For Tiny Tots: "One-year-olds (with a favorite adult) enjoy songs, movement activities, rhymes, books and playtime. This action-packed program engages new walkers in language-based activities."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For Toddler Storytime: "Two-year-olds (with a favorite adult) enjoy interactive stories, songs and games that encourage their emerging language skills."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I will admit that I have slipped more than once and referred to the in-betweens as Tater Tots.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We once found an entire, flattened, mummified lizard. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I worked in a branch where we thumbtacked unclaimed bookmarks (of the normal sort) to the back wall of the work room and in short order we had a cheerful and quite enormous (at least 30' long) sort of mosaic mural of tiny, rectangular art. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I thought that one of the book cataloguing sites (librarything?) had an option for reading the publisher's barcodes instead of typing in titles, etc. Couldn't you use this? Librarything is fairly inexpensive, and if it's just for staff use it might suffice. If not, I'd think there'd be cataloguing software that also had this capability. Because if I were you I'd want to keep the data entry to a minimum...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our library system's requirements keep getting more liberal. Now all we require is some form of photo id - license, bank card, etc. Only requiring photo and name. We used to require verifiable photo, name, birth date and signature w/any combination of id. We send a postcard to verify address (and have done for 15+ yrs) and disable cards for which these are returned undeliverable, at which point the patron must bring proof of address (utility bill or other official document.) So someone can easily steal lots on the 1st visit, and if they were determined to steal, could probably get multiple cards with fake ids.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Of course, libraries are usually easy targets anyway. Once in a while my system makes an attempt to deter theft, but people usually find a way around it quickly. Thank goodness books are rarely what thieves are after. It is a problem with newer media.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Novels that are so good that I know I would want to read them again and again, but they are unavailable in hard cover, and the soft cover edition is printed on cheap, already yellowing, acidic paper.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The first Skulduggery Pleasant book I read had a kind of 3D or relief cover, plastic glued to the cardboard, where the picture of Skulduggery was raised.  Not just a little bit either, it was a good centimetre.  Saw it on the library shelf a few months later and it had been pushed in, cracked and flattened.  (Just usage, I don't think a vengeful librarian shelved it between volumes of an encyclopaedia!)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;While browsing in my local library I found a copy of my son's birth certificate on the shelf. I can only assume one of us left it in a book, but it was very weird.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I want to get a Sony eReader, after much research and debate, I've decided it's the device for me (is compatible with most amount of formats, allows sharing, affordable, etc). This is what I want to know:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Can I buy the digital format of a book from the Amazon UK website when it hasn't yet been published in the US? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And vice versa, let's say I'm in New Zealand- can a buy/download a digital book from a US website? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(I've been told some websites limit access to ebooks based on IP address, others by the billing address of the credit card.) Should I just contact each website I might want to download books from and ask, or is there a general rule for this kind of thing? I know people who have bought books from the UK Amazon site when they couldn't wait for it to be published here, but what's the deal with ebooks? Publishers feel free to chime in!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Interesting question!! &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have not gotten into that situation with an e-reader, but I do know that I could not buy any American TV shows from iTunes when I was in France, nor even see the episodes on the networks' websites. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I would think it couldn't be possible, for the same reason they block things on iTunes, websites or for movies' theatrical and DVD releases: it's all marketing and publishers will want to stick to the dates they have decided on. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But I'm looking for the answers you'll get about this! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I had a beautiful Nancy Pearl doll, dressed in red and with a shushing arm, complete with library desk and bookcart of books.  The doll has disappeared from my office so I assume a student loved it so much they wanted it for their own.  How about that?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Barbara Duffy
Teacher Librarian
Jordan High School
Long Beach California&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;R.D. Blackmore's &lt;em&gt;Lorna Doone&lt;/em&gt; for romance and adventure, still a gripping story and often quite funny, not for those afraid of archaic style and usage but well worth the effort.   Hardy's &lt;em&gt;Far from the Madding Crowd&lt;/em&gt;, somewhat more contemporary and a little more serious.
Jerome K. Jerome's &lt;em&gt;3 Men in a Boat&lt;/em&gt;, many people have never heard of this but it may well be the funniest novel ever written.  Don't read this while eating or drinking.  Stretching the definition of "classics" a bit I'm going to include any of Primo Levi's short fiction.  Easy to read and remarkably rewarding, I cannot recommend him enough.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our libraries are labeling Tolkien's &lt;strong&gt;Lord of the Rings&lt;/strong&gt; trilogy and &lt;strong&gt;The Hobbit&lt;/strong&gt; as Classics, and some of the high schools are using them in their curriculum. I like this idea if only to get more students to read. If the students relate with the film, perhaps they can find more within the books. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Where's a good place to take a girl on a first date?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Nancy, If you could go on &lt;em&gt;THE&lt;/em&gt; [perfect], romantic date with a favorite author, which author would you choose, &amp;amp; why?  Thanks, Chris&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm adding myself to the list of unpublished librarian/writers.  I don't think it's a coincidence - I believe it's because we're two professions who are more aware of literature.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;"The Steps" by Rachel Cohn. Over Christmas vacation, Annabel goes from her home in Manhattan to visit her father, his new wife, and her half- and step-siblings in Sydney, Australia. Ages 8-12.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I love Louisa May Alcott, so I would recommend &lt;strong&gt;Little Wome&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Little Men&lt;/strong&gt;. Those are two of my favorites by her.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Peter F. Hamilton&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Fallen Dragon, Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained were all extremely well written.  They are not rated PG though.  That's my main complaint about him as an author, he goes into more detail than is needed for love scenes.  He is amazing at weaving grand adventures and at introducing characters that seem to have nothing to do with the plot until much later when all the threads come together.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm quite fond of &lt;strong&gt;Orson Scott Card&lt;/strong&gt;'s Enders Series.  Some might find it repetitive but I think he's a fantastic author and is great at creating realistic characters.  You should avoid his Homecoming Saga - it starts well but ends badly.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I was a journalist who became a librarian; journalism financed the degree.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Book people:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I second the Mary Renault recommendations. One I would like to add, that is undoubtably on the suggested lists of books, is "The Empress of the World" by Sara Ryan. It's a little rough on adults, but teen-targeting fiction usually is a bit rough on the adult characters therin.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Robert Leone&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Library People:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Dover Publications is pretty good at indicating the grade/sophistication level of their science books. These will not be up to date with the latest information, but they might be accurate (more true in mathematical history than in the other fields).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm not too sure about the reading level, but the Oxford University Press has a "Very Short Introduction" series. The books are relatively inexpensive, recently written, intended for non-specialists. The scientific subjects are outnumbered by the literary, philosophical, religious, and policatal tacts, but topics I'd seen in a very short perusal of the www.oup.com web site include Time, Geography, Forensic Science, The History of Astronomy, Dinosaurs, The Blues (hey, there's a lot of math in music!), Particle Physics, Cosmology, and Autism. This may help your library get some very focused monographs on hand. However, if the students start asking for further reading....&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Robert in San diego&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have a struggling 7th grade reader who has read all of our Kate Klise books and is looking for something similar in format - no longer than 150 pages, larger size font, interspersed with line drawings and other nifty pictures.  These book are similar in format to the Diary of a wimpy kid. She wants books about kids her age, she likes the letter format, but she also wants drawings on the pages. The font size has to be clear and a little larger. She does not want fantasy or science fiction, but prefers contemporary fiction or mystery.  I wish there was someway to find these books without having to look shelf by shelf.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am not familiar with the Kate Klise books, but I can recommend &lt;strong&gt;Middle School is Worse than Meatloaf&lt;/strong&gt; by Jennifer L Holm.  It is not written in a diary format, but is a story told in a series of notes, e-mails, lists, post-its, etc. I will put on my thinking cap for some other suggestions.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Georgeanne:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This is NOT what you asked for, but sometimes struggling readers do well with poetry. Just make sure it's not a metrical romance by Sir Walter Scott. Some sadistic English teacher tossed "The Lady of the Lake" at us back in 8th grade. At least a few poems can give you some time to get our suggestions ready for your patron. I WAS going to recommend the Spiderwick Chronicles books, but they're fantasy.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi - could be worth looking at the Conspiracy 365 series by Gabrielle Lord. A 12 book series, the first published in January 2010 - with a new book published each month (so we are now up to May). I don't know that it is written in diary form but, from memory, the font is larger than usual, they're pretty short books and there are some drawings / pictures.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'd say something by Daniel Pinkwater - I know some of his stuff has illustrations in it - but I can't recall which titles. How about Shel Silverstein's poetry books? Those rely on illustration to get the point across.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have a section of LGBT/Queer books on my blog, &lt;a href="http://thebooleyhouse.wordpress.com/tag/lgbtqueer/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://thebooleyhouse.wordpress.com/tag/lgbtqueer/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'd recommend a couple pieces of fantasy with prominent LGBT characters/issues:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Tamora Pierce's fantasy, especially her more recent books, have LGBT characters. &lt;strong&gt;Will of the Empress&lt;/strong&gt; has a lesbian main character and references that the main characters' foster mothers are queer (one gay, one bi). &lt;strong&gt;Bloodhound&lt;/strong&gt;, the second in her Beka Cooper books, has a number of LGBT supporting characters, including trans.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Eon: Dragoneye Reborn&lt;/strong&gt; is, despite the overwrought title, one of the best fantasy books I've read recently, deals a lot with gender issues, and features a MTF transperson.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A friend remembers a book he read as a child, in which the Greek gods come to earth from outer space. The reason they can do so many cool things is that they are technologically advanced. He says they have an engineering mishap, and that in the book, they flood the dry bed of the Mediterranean Sea, creating the lost city of Atlantis.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;He remembers reading this in the mid-1960's.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It sounds great, and I'd like to read it! But he can't remember title nor author. Any ideas?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Edit: apparently the aliens come to earth and earthlings identify them as Zeus, Hera, etc. The aliens live in "Atlantis", and towards the end of the story, they have the engineering mishap that floods Atlantis.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Well, there are many, many, (manymanymany!) books with Atlantis themes or references, and the "aliens did it" concept isn't rare either. Trying to limit the possibilities to older books led me to Silverberg's &lt;em&gt;Letters from Atlantis&lt;/em&gt;; any chance that's the one?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hmmm, is it possible that your friend read this a bit later? Here is a title from 1972 that looks promising, Atlantis Rising by Brad Steiger:
&lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/title/atlantis-rising/oclc/904432" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.worldcat.org/title/atlantis-rising/oclc/904432&lt;/a&gt;
Reviews from Amazon:
Atlantis Rising is a landmark book in the study of lost civilizations and alien contact. It was the very first work to suggest that ancient peoples were visited by extraterrestrial beings in spacecraft who helped shape an antediluvian global culture. The historical impact of Atlantis Rising has been grossly underrated, and all subsequent studies in this area like Chariots of the Gods?, When the Sky Fell and From Atlantis to the Sphinx are merely Johnny come Latelies compared to Brad Steiger s pioneering and seminal book. --William H. Kennedy, author of The Da Vinci Code Cabal&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One of the first books I ever read was Atlantis Rising. It filled me with a sense of wonder and a love of mysteries. --Robert E. Bartholomew, author of Hoaxes, Myths, and Manias
Product Description
Startling similarities in technology and culture among peoples who never could have seen each other. Universal myths of a great flood. Superhighways in countries that had not yet invented the wheel. Unifying all these and other mysterious facts is the legend of Atlantis, an all-power civilization which existed before the rise of man.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Lords of Atlantis&lt;/em&gt; by Wallace West is in the right general time frame and based on the Amazon description is about Martians who colonize Atlantis.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Perhaps &lt;em&gt;The Complicated Life of Claudia Cristina Cortez&lt;/em&gt; series by Diana G. Gallagher? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.capstonekids.com/characters/Claudia-Christina-Cortez/index.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.capstonekids.com/characters/Claudia-Christina-Cortez/index.html&lt;/a&gt;. Claudia is a Hispanic-American 7th grader and the books deal with boys, and other typical problems. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It's not about Greek gods and it was written in the 1980's, but the Saga of Pliocene Exile series by Julian May is about aliens who come to earth and end up planting the seeds of British/Celtic fairy lore--and they do end up flooding the Mediterranean basin.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shanghai Messenger&lt;/strong&gt; is a short, illustrated novel in verse about an eleven-year-old Chinese American girl going to spend the summer in Shanghai with her Chinese relatives. The art is more illustration than part of the story, but is on every page. It's not epistolary but it is first-person.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There's a preview on the publisher's site: &lt;a href="http://www.leeandlow.com/books/107/hc/shanghai_messenger" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.leeandlow.com/books/107/hc/shanghai_messenger&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How do you judge what books should be ordered for the library? Is it just by peer review/catalogues?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What graphic novel would you give to an adult that thinks that graphic novels are just for kids? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is out there. I seem to recall a Star Trek episode where the Greek gods were actually aliens from the planet Pollux. I do know that Alan Dean Foster wrote the "Captain's Logs" and scripts into novella form. Could that be what the patron is remembering?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For the past few years, from time to time, I've been trying to remember the name of a story I read as a kid. Can anyone please shed light on what this story might be?&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;li&gt;The story is about a boy and a girl (might have been more) transferred to another world and coming back again.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;It might be that they were just transformed to dwarves, not actually being transferred.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;In the other world, they join forces with beetles and other insects to solve some problems that were arising there.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;It involved a button or a special stone to go to the land of insects.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I remember the warp site and the land of insects to be quite dry, almost desert-like.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Title>A there-and-back fantasy novel involving insects</Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I see she doesn't want fantasy, but if you have one of the two (so far) &lt;em&gt;Dragonbreath&lt;/em&gt; books by Ursula Vernon laying (lying? Oh, shame on me) around open to an illustration, maybe she would pick one up.  They are funny, with lots and lots of illustrations.  Just a thought.
Sally Snyder&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There's also Collier's Junior Classics, a set of 10 books of various colors with lovely stories (some are chapters from books; "Little House in the Big Woods" comes to mind) and colored-pencil illustrations. I still have my childhood set; it was published in 1962. I don't know if it was published earlier?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have Babies in Bloom for 0-2.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I quite like both the book and the movie adaptation of &lt;em&gt;The Outsiders&lt;/em&gt;--to me it felt like the movie, particularly the extended version, kept true to the book.  I was very pleased with it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Worst adaptation...without a doubt, it would be the previously-mentioned &lt;em&gt;The Seeker:  The Dark is Rising&lt;/em&gt;.  Nothing that made the book what it is was kept.  To me, it wasn't even that good of a movie (though I only made it through twenty minutes or so before leaving), and definitely not a good adaptation at all.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Another just-for-fun question :D&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My question relates to fantasy creatures: we've had a huge, long spell (pun intended) with wizards thanks to Harry Potter; then Twilight came, bye-bye wizards, hello vampires! &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So: &lt;strong&gt;which fantasy creature do you think will take the vampires' place next? Do you already see a trend forming in your library or bookstore? And which one would &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; like to see next, regardless of the teen/YA crowd&lt;/strong&gt; (i.e., if you think that teens will push faeries next on the scene, but you'd prefer dragons). &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Title>Fantasy creatures predictions</Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Some of the worst books I've had to deal with have been the interestingly shaped ones, such as books about the world that are round, and thus don't stay on shelves very well.  (I shelve books for a book wholesaler.)  The giant paperback kids picture books (such as those for story times) are annoying, too--they're too big to fit on the shelves, and since they're paperback if I put them flat on the shelf they get damaged far too easily by other books going on top of them.  I do think they're a nifty idea, but I wish they'd have sturdier covers.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Werewolves have been right on the heels of vampires this whole time and I think we'll be heading in that kind of mythical/old school trend with Mummies and Zombies. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Creepy stuf fans:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'd say yeah, it's is about time for the werewolves to peak. I don't think they'll ever overtake vampires, though. They've been at least side-show attractions in a fair number of the vampire series out there. The prediction above that mummies and zombies are next for full-fledged J/YA series mania is also spot on.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But if you're going to bet on mummies and zombies, I'd say go with an outside dark horse to complete your trifecta: Golems. Aside from Terry Pratchett, I think golems have been underused. Our clay-based, human-built, programmed creations need a little fiction love, too.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Anyone planning a vampire media night with showings of Nosferatu or the Bela Lugosi starring version of Dracula?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'll note here that authors with experience in fantasy fiction tend to have a pretty diverse crew on the supernatural side. I don't think Holly Black has ver written a book with only one kind of fantasy critter.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Robert in San Diego&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Zombies. Definitely zombies.  Check out Jon Maberrys Patient Zero.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I see ghosts (hahahaha...) Actually, there's Gaiman's Graveyard Book, another JF I'm reading called Spellbinder, and I'm sure I've seen a few others in Jf and YF. Gaiman's capable of leading a trend any time. Besides, ghosts are the most versatile of supernatural creatures. They can be friendly and homey, mysterious, terrifying or whatever.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And I despise zombies; I hope they are finished. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I read somewhere that it would be fallen angels. I wish I could remember where because it was an interesting article...maybe Publisher's Weekly? Anyway, that is my guess. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Since no one has stepped in, I went ahead and contacted Amazon. Basically, the answer is no, digital downloads are limited to the US. For those interested in details, here's the response I got:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Kindle and Kindle DX (Global Wireless) models can only be purchased from Amazon.com and shipped to eligible countries. Visit the Kindle (Global Wireless) detail pages and find the "Live Outside the U.S" box where you can select your country to see if Kindle and Whispernet wireless service are available:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Kindle (Global Wireless): &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0015T963C/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0015T963C/&lt;/a&gt;
Kindle DX (Global Wireless): &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0015TG12Q/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0015TG12Q/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We continue to support our Amazon Upgrade program, which gives you digital access to the physical books you buy. More information is available on our Help page here:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=110744011" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=110744011&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We also encourage you to visit &lt;a href="http://www.mobipocket.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.mobipocket.com&lt;/a&gt; where you can find tens of thousands of the most popular eBook titles available for reading on computers and handheld devices. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;Regarding eDocs:&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There are two types of eDocs and thus two methods of reading them. For HTML eDocs, you can access the content through Your Media Library using a standard web browser. To read a .PDF eDoc, you must have the free reader software installed on the computer and then download the eDoc from Your Media Library after purchase.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Adobe Acrobat Reader is designed to read PDF (Portable Document Format) files. Please visit the following Help page for more information:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200249810" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200249810&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;After you have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed, you are ready to access your document. Digital items you've ordered are available in Your Media Library on the Download tab. To access Your Media Library, visit &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/library" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/library&lt;/a&gt; or access it through your account:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Click on Your Account at the top of any Amazon.com page.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;In the "Where's My Stuff?" section at the top of the page, click on the "View Your Media Library" link.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Complete the sign-in process.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Locate the item on the Download tab of Your Media Library.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Due to import/export laws and other restrictions, we are only able to sell eDocs, Amazon Upgrade, Amazon Unbox videos, and other downloadable products to customers who use a credit or debit card issued by a U.S. bank with a U.S. billing address.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You must also located in the US while purchasing the content, hence you're unable to purchase eDocs when you're traveling out side of the US.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And electronic versions of books can only be purchased from Amazon.com and is not available from any of our international websites. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I've also included some additional information below that you may find helpful&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Amazon cares about its international customers and is working on ways to improve our service and selection. We recently made Amazon MP3 Music Downloads available on our United Kingdom, German, and France sites at:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/mp3" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.amazon.co.uk/mp3&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;We're working to build a successful store on Amazon.com and hope to adapt it to our other websites in the future. Please continue to check back for additional information on supported locations.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks for your understanding.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Elves and demons, playing against one another. Lisa Shearin's Raine Benares series, the MaryJanice Davidson et al Mysteria anthologies, Katie MacAlister's Aisling Grey and spinoff series, Esri Rose's Elves of Boulder series, and Kate Douglas's Demonslayers are only a few in this very popular subgenre. Kim Harrison's Rachel Morgan has demons dropping in, too.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I love these books and am holding on to several of them to read to my children. If you search Bugg Books on ebay you will find plenty of lots to choose from &lt;a href="http://books.shop.ebay.com/Children-Young-Adults-/279/i.html?_nkw=bugg+book&amp;amp;_catref=1&amp;amp;_fln=1&amp;amp;_trksid=p3286.c0.m282" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://books.shop.ebay.com/Children-Young-Adults-/279/i.html?_nkw=bugg+book&amp;amp;_catref=1&amp;amp;_fln=1&amp;amp;_trksid=p3286.c0.m282&lt;/a&gt; . Happy hunting! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am looking for a book for my mother. She read it in the early 70s ('73 or '74) and says it was about a girl in the town of Parry Sound, Ontario who had been reincarnated (supposedly a true story). The girl apparently lead people to the ruins of an old house, and said that's where she had lived. Mom says that she thinks the title had the word 'blue' in it. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Sorry I don't have any more details, but I figured if anyone could help me find it, it would be the folks here @ Unshelved Answers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks so much!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;"The Search for the Girl with the Blue Eyes"? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Search-Girl-Blue-Eyes-Reincarnation/dp/0876043953/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1273419051&amp;amp;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/Search-Girl-Blue-Eyes-Reincarnation/dp/0876043953/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1273419051&amp;amp;sr=1-1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This particular edition was published in 1998, but there is another way published in the late 60's, and another one in the mid 70's. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hope it helps!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is something of a tie-in with the current movie 'Kick-Ass'  I remember reading about this woman who decided as a young girl that she wanted to be a superhero.  She had a diary in which she wrote a list of all the things she would have to learn and/or accomplish to do so, and managed to do most of them.  She ended up becoming (I think?) a bounty hunter.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;She wrote a book (probably ghosted) about her experiences and her regrets.  Unfortunately I cannot remember her name or the name of the book.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Does this sound at all familiar to anyone?  It was 3-4 years ago that I read out it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Alex&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Library People:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm back. I have a couple of new suggestions. If your reader is more into the mystery side of things, she might be happy to read her way through a few of David Sobol's "Encyclopedia Brown" short story collections. If the epistolary fiction format is what really attracts he she might like "P.S. Longer Letter Later" by Ann Martin and Paula Danzinger. There's also a sequel, "Snail Mail No More."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Another epistolary novel for the YA team is "Feeling Sorry for Celia" by Jaclyn Moriarty. Again, it might not fit your reader's needs.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If she has a penchant for true crime, you might want to see if any of Rick Geary's work with "graphic novel" style true crime writing suits her. If admit this is a long shot. I'd suggest "The Borden Case," if only because we all know that rhyme.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Inspired and enticed by the initial post, I'd gone ahead and read the Klise sisters' "Regarding the Bathrooms" -- the only work available at my local library branch. HILARIOUS! I enjoyed it immensely.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm still waiting for the mermaid boom. But I'm betting (it's a long shot) on space elves.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;She might like the "Wayside School" series, although I can't remember if it's about an elementary or a middle school.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;So I'm working the counter on Saturday afternoon and a customer who is getting his books checked out asks me 'Did you know there is a shirt on one of your shelves?' Erm, no?! 
So I walked over to the shelf with him and sitting on the end, folded up is a man's shirt - quite large but in a startling shade of PINK! (or as Ross from 'Friends' would say "faded Salmon"!)
It was worn, and a little stained (eww!) so I picked it up with my fingernails and now it's sitting in our workroom waiting - for a large, topless man to come and claim it presumably...
So... What is the oddest item left behind in your library and did you ever find out the story behind it?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Library People:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If it's the exhibits she likes, I COULD suggest Karl Capek's "War With the Newts." Capek, as a newspaper publisher, raided the typecases with joy while creating faux newspaper clippings to advance the plot. The English translation I'd read replicated that. However, it is a pretty ambitious reading project for a seventh-grader.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;With the Kilise works, your reader is devoting time and effort to extracting information to each page (and comparing Mr. N.'s desk to the previous incarnations in the "Regarding" series). This may be why she likes them so much. Maybe in a non-fiction mode some of the David Macauly books might interest her.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It sounds like Zora, who was featured on this episode of &lt;strong&gt;This American Life&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/178/Superpowers" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/178/Superpowers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"From the time she was five, Zora had recurring dreams in which she was a 6'5" warrior queen who could fly and shoot lightning from her hands. She made a list of all the skills she would need to master if she wanted to actually become the superhero she dreamed of being. Sample items: martial arts, evasive driving and bomb diffusion. She actually checked off most things on the list ... and then had a run-in with the CIA."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I don't remember the segment mentioning a book, but she might have done that later (the show is from 2001).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Maybe the next trend is a mixture of everything?  Being Human on BBC is a ghost, vampire and werewolf living together and is being developed for the US.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Or the mashup but not as silly as P &amp;amp; P &amp;amp; Z.  More like Charlie Huston's Joe Pitt which is a noir novel starring vampires.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It appears that I didn't do the necessary due diligence before purchasing my Kindle.  Now I wonder if I can really get all the books I want/need when I occasionally travel overseas??? 
Hmmm, Amazon better take over the world like I keep expecting them to or I'll be lugging 10 books and hunting down more the next time I'm traveling for an extended period (thankfully, not likely to happen soon).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A newer book, Rage by Julie Ann Peters, is very good. It features a lesbian who is bullied and in an abusive relationship. I thought it was well done and tackled a difficult situation-- it felt very honest and real. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have a number of things in lost and found.  One that makes me wonder is an in-the-ear hearing aide.  Was the library too loud so the owner popped it out?  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Car keys are another.  You got here, you no longer have a means to leave.  Hmm.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But nothing particularly shocking or strange.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I work in a high school library. We have found car keys (as I work in a wealthier district we are talking brand new lexuses, mercedes, jags, and bmws), cell phones (iphones, blackberries, and the rest).  Jackets in the the middle of the winter are big ones. I am talking 20 degree days when students leave behind 200 dollar winter jackets for days on end.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Last week while doing a walkthrough in the Children's Area, I found a cough drop (thankfully still halfway wrapped) between two books in one of the round spinners where we keep the paperback series books.  I removed it, tossed it into the trash, and then immediately used some anti-bacterial gel.  I guess whoever put it there really didn't need it?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Yes, it was Zora Colakovic.  Apparently there is not a book, but at one time they were attempting to make a movie based on her life.  My guess is what I remembered was news being generated by the movie deal.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thank you for the assistance!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have an opened box of Cheez-its in the lost and found right now ... the oddest item I've ever found is a collection of green plastic Army men and a tank. Not unusual in the public library, maybe, but I work in an academic library!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;DeDear Library People:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Not at a library, but at a private computer school -- a votive plaque to the Hindu diety Ganesh. No one ever claimed it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A "lost and found saved a life" story: A coworker was going on a Christmas holiday trip to Wyoming. As she was leaving to get dropped off at the airport someone casually asked how many sweaters she was packing in her luggage. "None. Why? Is it cold there?" We're in San Diego, so sometimes the idea there's more dramatic climate elsewhere slips people's minds after a few years of residence. We rustled up one of those military trench coats with the zip in pile liner from "Lost and Found." Surprize, it still had the liner zipped in! I think we also found a women's sweater as well.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My coworker later claimed she'd have frozen in the airport, much less elsewere, without the added layers/shell.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I must admit we had very loose lost and found policies on how long we would hold stuff, how we'd tag them with the date of finding, etc.  In 2009 we still had someone's 2004 appointment calendar in there.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Today we had a local news crew interviewing a student and her parents. The camera person left a bag of $$$$ equipment. Thankfully no one had touched it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also found a child's pair of pants (size 2). I wonder, if people don't need keys or coats, surely they need pants?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also found: small bag of green herb with rolling papers. Not claimed. Turned over to the sheriff's officer.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would suggest Max Quigley: Technically Not a Bully by James Roy and Mackenzie Blue by Tina Wells. Max Quigley has the line drawings a la Wimpy Kid. Mackenzie Blue has more sophisticated art, but a similar style. A longer novel, but one she might enjoy, is Lauren Myracle's Luv Ya Bunches&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;One day in our store (in NYC), I found a plastic sandwich bag (with a zip top) lying in the middle of the main aisle. Hard to miss. I picked it up and discovered a set of dentures. EEEUUUWWWW!!! That was my fellow workers' response, too. I don't know if they were ever claimed. .&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Found a death certificate the other day.. I happened to know the wife of the dearly departed, and was able to get ahold of her. She had wanted a copy made, set it down on a shelf while browsing the stacks, and promptly forgot about it. Oops?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Funny you should ask.  Today we found a bag of steaks.  The person that left it came back for it later and said he had left them here after a night of partying.  He wasn't exactly sure where he had left them until he asked us--he had already stopped at the mini mart to see if he had left them there.  I am not sure on the timing for this, since they were still mostly frozen when we found them...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We had a memorial vase once. It was pretty big, about the size a funeral urn would be, but ceramic, so definitely decorative not functional. But it had the name and dates of a dead Chinese person on it. Found the obituary in the newspaper archives, but none of the listed survivors had active library cards, so it stayed in L&amp;amp;F for a few weeks until we needed the space.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Was it Marissa Moss who had those Amelia books that look like composition books? They're interesting to look at, but might be too juvenile.  And Lauren Child has the Clarice Bean stories, but the interesting looking ones are picture books, and the more novel-y ones might not have enough illustrations. &lt;em&gt;Utterly me, Clarice Bean&lt;/em&gt; is a mystery, at least.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;As I recall, the book version of "How To Train Your Dragon" had pictures to accompany the text. Or a long shot: "The Neverending Story" has illuminated-manuscript style opening pages for each chapter (might depend on your edition.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Is anyone out there happy with their in-wall, exterior book return in terms of how much heat loss or outside air getting in there is?  We are renovating and would like to replace our current through-wall book return with something that would more effectively block air transfer when it isn't actually open (having something returned through it).  We don't have the option of it opening into an enclosed room.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Lesley:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Weather stipping might help, but only if it doesn't create ridges in the chute. If your book return slot has a chute. Otherwise, you could have the book return slot lead to an enclosed box that fits around it. Even if it doesn't have a complete contact seal, it might keep the breezes down&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think it's likely to be the Korean &lt;a href="http://www.koreanculture.com/motifs/tokkaei.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;tokkaebi&lt;/a&gt;, a kind of mischievous goblin. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Everywhere I look, I see reference to Korea, and Korean TV shows and movies continue to grow in popularity in the US and around the world. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We use the "Magic Eraser" sponge (I think the original is by Mr. Clean but the generic works just as well).  You get it a little damp and then rub.  Usually we cut them in half.  They are reuseable until they are flat and dirty.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Will you be running the "Pimp My Bookcart" contest again this year? If so, when is the deadline? And can Canadian libraries play too?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We use Eucalyptus oil.  It has a pleasant smell and removes sticky residue very efficiently.  I think it is sold as a decongestant at chemists (our bottle empties mysteriously during cold and sniffle season!)  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Last year I found a tooth on the story carpet.  I actually kept it for a few days but it was never claimed.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, last Easter we had an Easter egg hunt (with plastic eggs, thank goodness), and those eggs are still showing up over a year later.  It's not a big library - one room.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We had a patron leave a laptop and come to claim it a few days later.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;On of my co-workers found a pair of underpants in one of our return bins. Our collective response was "ew".&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Although it was predicted in a newspaper/journal (can't remember what) that the next trend would be fallen angels. I have seen lots of new books on werewolves and/or faerie. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We had a 3 foot concrete piece of garden statuary left at a computer station. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Have to agree with the BBC (A&amp;amp;E?) version of &lt;em&gt;Pride and Prejudice&lt;/em&gt; for best adaptation.  Dune was certainly unwatchable but props for worst have to go to &lt;em&gt;Starship Troopers&lt;/em&gt;.  Somehow they managed to make even the gratuitous nudity unappealing.  Still scratching my head over that.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I once found a slice of pepperoni pizza, still warm, turned sideways and shelved in the picture books- under "P" no less! There was only one bite taken out of it. This was the evening shift and I had missed my dinner break... for just one second I was tempted.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I was cleaning out the library when I first started working and found:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;a pair of slippers (one in a filing cabinet and one on a bookcart)
sewing shears
three spoons
one plug-in air freshener (shelved in the history section for some reason?)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To be fair though, I think all those were left by the previous librarian.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think the strangest was a handbag.  Inside was a wallet with credit cards and cash, keys, glasses and all the other things found in a handbag.  The license was not for a person with a library card, or listed in the telephone directory.  We sent a letter to the address on the license and received no reply.  I cannot understand how someone could not miss the handbag, especially with all the ways we tried to contact her.  I was at that location for 5 years and when I left the handbag was still in lost &amp;amp; found.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The funniest was a peanut butter &amp;amp; jelly sandwich being used as a bookmark in a book about reptiles.  The sandwich had one bite out of the corner.  Guess the photos of the inner workings of a snake was too much so they used the remainder of their lunch to mark the page.  Needless to say, the book and the sandwich were discarded immediately.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have $250 in $50 bills in our lost and found that has been there since January. You'd think that someone would notice that they lost that much money.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Zombies are big right  now.  Dragons and faeries have had their time in the spotlight.  I'd like to see more done with ghosts.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian&lt;/em&gt;, by Alexie Sherman, is a little longer than specified, 230 pages, and is mature in content (maybe best suited to high school) but is illustrated throughout with line drawings.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about Wee Readers or Stories for Two (similar to Mommy and Me but can refer to any caregiver).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have several unfinished manuscripts that I hope to one day finish and find the nerve to send to a publisher.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Ah, looking through lost and found is kind of like a treasure hunt...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Some of my favorites, all while working at the same library: a joint that was used as a bookmark, &lt;em&gt;a used prophylactic&lt;/em&gt; (in the children's section!!!! ew!!!!!), a BLOODY KNIFE - seriously it was just laying on the floor, and we had to call the cops for that one actually, which it's a good thing that we did because there had BEEN A STABBING nearby and that was the presumed weapon. So they taped off the area and dusted for prints and all that. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My favorite lost &amp;amp; found though was while at another branch. We cleaned it out every few months, and whatever had been left in there for more than 3 months was supposed to be put in the trash, but when I saw this CD by a band called "The Wandering Jews" I had to keep it. So I did. And it's a great CD actually...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Even though we now have many outlets in our quiet room, people still insist on crawling under our public computer tables to plug in their iPhones, blackberries, cellphones, etc. and leaving them there unattended. The best is when they would plug them in to the plug strip that would peek out from under the Reference desk and then be across the library. I guess they think the big desk is enough to hide their phone from possible thieves.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A few things:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;an unopened box of brownie mix&lt;br&gt;
a stroller&lt;br&gt;
panties on the floor (I'm hoping static cling caused them to stick inside other clothing after being washed and they fell out unnoticed.)&lt;br&gt;
a backpack full of supplies that they give someone when they are released from prison&lt;br&gt;
one shoe&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I’m a generally unpublished writer as well, although I’ve had some poetry and short stories in local lit mags.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I love teens. I find teens do not find it weird at all that a 32 year old woman would like Video games, Anime, Superheros, and Dungeons and Dragons. They think I'm cool (I have them fooled. LOL)  I think the teens here get me more than my co-workers, and I get them. And they need a librarian that doesn’t see them coming, and hide under the desk. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have a real issue with folks tying up the dogs on the property and then coming in to use computers and generally ignore their pet for an hour. Apparently in our town, there is no law against this.  I want to try and petition to have a policy put in place at our library to outlaw this on our grounds. Does anyone have a library policy example against this behavior? Has anyone else dealt with this? I’m terrified some dog is going to die of heat stroke, or get cornered by a neighborhood kid that doesn’t know better and end up attacking someone out of fear. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Two I can think of.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A garden gnome, like the kind on the travelocity ads. Someone left him in the stacks, near the art section. We found him in 2002. I left that Job in 2006 and he was still in the back office.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We had an envelope with over 3,000 left by a patron in the women's room. Fortunately we found it, and put it in the safe. An hour later, a hysterical elderly woman called looking for it...it was most of her savings account she had withdrawn that morning. That felt good to help save that nice lady's cash.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I say "Actually I'm a literary superhero."  :)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A replica of Tolkien's One Ring of Power. I also found a child's t-shirt in a toilet, but that never made it to lost and found. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Seems both Werewolves (My faves) and Zombies are right up there. Some really good YA stuff coming out featuring werewolves, and you can't go wrong with Max Brooks for Zombie fun.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How do you respond if a new acquaintance tells you that he or she does not like to read?  Do you feel differently about that person?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Some of the best: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Lord of the Rings. I felt what they changed was necessary or small enough that it wasn’t a big deal (I know the purists hates that Arwen was the elf that saved Frodo, but I kind of liked seeing more girl time in the film. As much as I love the books there are few moments for woman to have characters to relate to.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;V for Vendetta: Again, the changes were small.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Where the Wild Things Are: There was no way to make this book into a straight movie adaptation. What they did was capture the feel of the book, and the feel of being an adult looking back on the book. Marvelous stuff.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Princess Bride: Wonderful. Captured the heart of the book perfectly.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Worst: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;League of Extraordinary gentlemen. I didn’t even mind the addition of Tom Sawyer but the major change in characters like Hyde just wrecked what the Graphic Novel did. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Lovely Bones: I actually find the book a little creepy, but it had its moments. The movie made it look like it was a favor that the little girl was murdered…I mean who wouldn’t want to die with an afterlife like that. What punch the book had was lost in the film. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We can only do something if the dog is on library property or is being a real hassle.  If it is on our property, we page the person and have them remove the dog.  A real hassle only works if it is something the city would want to do something about--a sick animal, an aggressive animal, etc.  Then we would give the patron a chance to collect their dog (or cat, or squirrel) before we called animal control.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I open most of my library instruction sessions by telling the students that there are two main points that I want to make sure they remember:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;1) Don't be afraid to ask for help. My job is teaching students how to do research and I'm happy to answer their questions (and so are the other reference librarians). We won't do the research for them, but we'll get them started and explain things when they get bogged down.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;2) Research takes time. Start early and keep at it. And if you find yourself spending a lot of time, see point 1. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;At the end of the session, I ask if anyone can name the two main points I stated at the beginning. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, keep it interactive! Ask the students to volunteer their topics and use their topics as examples when you illustrate how to search in databases or the library catalog. I realize this may not work in an interview situation, though.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Another interactive but brief lesson: prompt the students to come up with types of information sources (books, web sites, articles, etc.) - and write them on the board. Then ask what search tools can be used to find information for each type: library catalog for books &amp;amp; DVDs, Google (or other search engines) for websites, etc. This helps them conceptualize the different purposes of the different search tools - especially library databases, which they may not have ever used before. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A student worker recently found a banana stuffed in a library book (banana oozing onto shelf).  Was it a prank or was a student using it as a bookmark?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You can get condoms on prescription here. Once when I was working in a public library we found a mega-pack (60!) in a paper chemists bag with the name of the patron on the outside. Our 2-i-c got the job of phoning for the pick up and we all managed to be out in the library to see if this guy was god's gift. Nothing to write home about...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A full set of women's clothing; shoes(pumps), stockings, panties, bra, blouse and skirt.  Unusual in itself but to make it a bit more odd this was found in the Men's room.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;One morning, when opening the (University) library, we found what appeared to be human faeces on the floor between stacks.  Too far to the bathroom - couldn't leave their study behind?  EEEEUUUUUUUU&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't work for a library, I know people who do, and I am a bookworm. I am just wondering how many more out there are like me and read the strip because it's fantastic. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I love Kao Kalia Yang's dedication in her memoir "The Latehomecomer". It's so touching and beautiful:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To my Grandmother, Youa Lee,
who never learned how to write.
To my baby brother, Maxwell Hwm Yang,
who will read the things she never wrote.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We show movies regularly at the library, however we've been running the sound through an old TV since our projector's speakers are fairly sub-par. I don't really know a lot about sound systems, but have been tasked with helping determine what to buy to replace the speakers as our resident tech guru.
I figure the simplest solution would be a nice set of computer speakers... but I'm not really sure what wattage to look for...
Our community room (where we show movies) can hold a little over 150 people, but usually attendance is WAY lower then that (50ish?).
We would also be using this for our regular gaming program.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So... how many watts should I look for? Is there something that would likely serve us better then desktop speakers?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Zombies are fairly big at the moment, but as with all of this stuff, it kind of waxes and wanes. I have a sneaking suspicion that dragons will make a comeback soon.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As a random aside, we've actually been asked to do a class at the library on surviving the zombie apocalypse. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We were using desktop speakers but now we are using a portable wireless amplifier system. The one we have is from Oklahoma Sound Corporation PAW-95. It is 30 watts. You hook up the sound source to the amplifier using A/V cables (red/yellow). Ours is staticy sometimes but is much louder than the desktop speakers would get.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We are working on weeding the entire adult non-fiction collection. There are so many "hidden treasures" in the stacks that I would like to highlight some of them. I am looking for a simple and catchy slogan and display ideas. We have 5 endcaps that can be used, so even a few different headings would work.  It will just be the framework for librarians to add books as they weed.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A pair of ladies panties were found on the shelf in adult fiction. It was in a secluded corner and I don't even want to think about how they got there.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about your own suggestion, &lt;strong&gt;Hidden Treasures&lt;/strong&gt; or maybe &lt;strong&gt;Lost Treasures&lt;/strong&gt; ... maybe a pirate map with a big red X or a treasure chest with books spilling out if you need a graphic to go with it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Lost Chronicles? How about "From the Library of Alexandria" for a humorous bent?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We do a display of "Good Books you might have missed".  Simple and direct.  Or you could just title it "Staff Picks" those always fly off the shelf.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've been working at a large chain bookstore for over 15 years. Bookworm? Try "Reading Addict". I love &lt;em&gt;Unshelved&lt;/em&gt;! Aside from the major difference between a bookstore and a library (i.e. selling books vs. lending them), a lot of the same stuff happens. I've been asked a few times if customers could use their library cards here. (!!) It's like pulling out a credit card in a library and asking where to pay for the books!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Another situation where you may be able to do something is if the pet were preventing people from entering the library, either through being tied right there as a physical hazard, or by intimidating people from entering.  For example, an intimidating dog or one that was barking or growling near entry may be preventing access to a public building.  Good luck with this!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What are the most valuable things about the public library and the librarians there above and beyond what a resourceful internet user can find on their own from home?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't work at a library at all. I enjoy subcultures, and it was fun to find this one.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm not a librarian! I am a high school senior.....for 36 more days! Woo! Then I get to be a freshman all over again! Not so woo, but still: Woo! :)...so, um, yes, just a bookworm. I also have no intention at this time of becoming a librarian, but at this point anything's possible, and I can certainly think of things I'd enjoy doing &lt;em&gt;less&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Well, I would say for libraries, first the presence of actual, physical books. Plus, however much I love Wikipedia, the internet doesn't know everything. Most of the cool little details are locked up in musty old tomes that only a librarian (and I!) could love. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, librarians can give you an opinion on whether a source is good or not. And more importantly, I think, they're people. As much as I love my magical internet box, it never asks me what I'm reading or suggests something else I might like or just says "hey," somehow magically remembering my name...I'm sure someone has found a way to program it to do so, but that just wouldn't be the same, and it's stuff like that that can just change how a day's going sometimes.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Not a Lost and Found exactly, but a few years ago at the University Library I work at, for a student prank, they scattered alarm clocks set to go off at different times throughout the day amongst the shelves. It took a while before we realised and started hunting for them, and we still didn't find them all for a couple of days.. No-one ever admitted to doing the prank, but we all laughed over it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Der Library People:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Not that I ever ask the reference librarians any questions. Oh no, I know it all. BUT it is comforting to know they're there.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As I'm not a laptop hoisting person (I live carfree, for a partial explaination of that, for the other explaination my "Laptop" is a Brother GeoBook, has no network connectivity at all), public access computers allow me to check my email while I'm on the go. Ask the cyclists over at the touring subforum at www.bikelist.org for more details, they'd just had a WiFi connectivity thread in their discussions.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, my printer is on the fritz, but I print so seldom it's cheaper for me to pay the library print fee.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Oh yeah, and books. I've currently got a Kate Klise (I've got reading nieces), a best of true crime writing collection, one of Rick Geary's graphic novel type true crime books and &lt;b&gt;Salt: A World History&lt;/b&gt; by Mark Kurlansky on the bedstand -- all from the library. My local branch also uses its community room for art shows featuring local painters, sculptors, etc. Some of the local talent is very good -- even the abstractionists.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And sometiems you just need to look up one French, Latin or Polish phrase -- and I'm not yet ready to completely trust google/wiki sourcies. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;At a public library where work I once found a whoopie cushion on the floor. It was near the children's non-fiction section. Maybe a child dropped it after looking for a book on practical jokes? The consensus was not to keep it around long. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, one of the circ clerks told me about a patron that used an actual slice of BACON as a bookmark! That was before my time, but I did once get a used band-aid as a bookmark. Was the patron so desperate to mark his/her place that it he/she had to rip a bandage off of a bleeding finger? GROSS!!!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If we can count the parking lot, once a patron couldn't start his car so called the local tow company. They came and couldn't jump start his car, so ended up towing it, but leaving the tow truck's jumper cables in the parking lot.  One of my colleagues pointed out how expensive those are, especially the extra long extra heavy duty ones on tow trucks, so I collected them from the lot in my nice clothes, stashed them on a trash bag behind the front desk (they were a little dirty) and then called the tow company as they were local.  They sent someone out within 5 minutes to collect them.  unfortunately, I realized later that in reporting them to the tow company, I may have gotten that driver in trouble, and maybe I should have just waited for him to realize they weren't on his truck and come back.  Oh well.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Not only am I not a librarian, but I haven't been in a library since I graduated college. Even before that I tended to avoid them because I tend to want to keep books I like and libraries tend to frown on that.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The school across the street used to do middle ages stuff, with a full festival. one year I confiscated a full blown sword made of heavy duty cardboard, well done, so it was sharp and could really have hurt someone.  The kid was so upset i was taking it until he went home, so I showed him exactly where it would be in my office, assured him nobody else would get it, etc. I told him to just find me when he was leaving and i would give it right back. He promptly forgot about it and I had it in my office for about six months.  I let people guess at the reason I would have a sword in my office.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm a bookseller. I wanted to work in a library, but the typing condition was too difficult at the time. I might do better now, but I think I'm still not fast enough. I love books and reading, and the comic strip is great.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In a local used bookstore they had a basket of stuff they found in books for 10 cents each. I bought the giant 2 inch diameter christmas bell.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A few years ago, one of my coworkers found a couple of Vienna sausages in the reference section.  They normally come in a can, but these were all by themselves!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Yesterday some 2nd grade boys found a used scratch off lottery ticket.  It wasn't a winner, but I got to do a mini-lesson on "How to See if You Won the Lottery," complete with looking for matching numbers!  Then I found them a nickel so they could scratch off the prizes and count how much they didn't win.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The elementary library - center for economic instruction.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A regular browser who used to busk outside one of our entrances once left his guitar and a case which held his amp and mic and a carton of milk. They were in Lost &amp;amp; Found for three days before the guy came back.
He didn't even ask for them and seemed more put out than anything when we presented him with his stuff. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Librarians are great for showing patrons HOW to use the resources. 
Searching the library catalog can be confusing -- last name, first or first last for author? what's a keyword and how is it different from "subject"? 
Patrons confuse borrowing from another branch in the system and interlibrary loan. 
Databases (those wonderful repositories of information) are completely misunderstood by and inaccessible to most library patrons without library instruction. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm a bookworm who earns money by translating poorly defined desires into computer programs
Forget how I stumbled on this comic but it has become a daily must see
(you should also check out Not Invented Here if you are in hi-tech)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Public libraries very often offers classes, clubs, space for publc meetings, tax help, shows, book discussion groups.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have a collegue who has a years-long collection of "things people leave in books." He did a display last year that included chicken bones, money, pictures and the remains (now a bit of mildew in a Ziploc) of a sandwich.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm not a librarian either, but I may start library school this fall (if I get off my lazy butt and fill out the application!)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My old library used to have a "Not New, But Worth a View" cart.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think she'd like Jerry Spinelli's stuff, but no pictures! How about Bill Peet's "Cappyboppy"? That's nonfiction with frequent illustrations, and not too long.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Recently, I was approached by one of our Circulation Clerks in regards to a patron who had a rather large fine on her library account but was opening an account for her child to have a library card. The clerk was unsure that we should offer a library card to this patron because of the fine, but I explained to her that despite this, we needed to be able to serve the needs of the child as well as the parent. What her concern was about was whether the patron would use the child's card to check out materials and not have to worry about the fine on her own account. It's a bit of a connundrum in trying to explain to the clerk that we have no real say over what a patron does or doesn't do with their account(s) without feeling as though you can uphold your own sense of ethics.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This isn't the first time that a patron has taken such advantage and I doubt it will be the last. Another incident involved a patron that one of my coworkers made a rather large long-distance fax for that did not pay for the fax. Again, despite feeling as though I have to put my ethics on the back-burner, we are service providers of the public. What I'd like to know is how do other librarians handle such patrons who take advantage of the services provided by the library? What do you think can be done to at least relieve the ethical concerns of my coworkers?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Not a librarian!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I practically grew up in an independent bookstore (my mum worked there) and then worked there myself in high school. Now I work in children's publishing and blog about YA books.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm like a zombie but for books.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to the world.  Unfortunately, there are people who will take advantage.  I think as people who work with the public we must simply suck up and deal.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You could send a bill in the mail regarding the fines.  If they won't pay, will they work off the fine?  Our town library will let you work off fines, sometimes.  You know--the tedious cutting required for children's programs, that sort of thing.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I just had a book cover contest for my 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students.  I pulled all the books without jackets or with really unappealing jackets and let them choose from those.  I put plastic protectors and a little paper ribbon on each winning jacket and made them available for check-out.  All the others were on display for a couple weeks, but students were able to reclaim their non-winning covers after.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Have you could asked one of your gaming kids?  One of our high school students set up a classroom with speakers and wiring for a teacher.  He used ones that were just lying around his house and he loved showing off his knowledge.  Bragging rights sometimes pay off in real jobs later.  This student plans to work for a car audio place after graduation.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Well, we, too get the expensive car keys with the very expensive electronic clicker left for months, but the oddest I saw happened the same week: someone left a music stand set up but without music and someone else left a baby stroller.
Wouldn't you think they would notice how much heavier the kid was leaving the library than when you came in?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If the child is a minor the parent is still eventually responsible for any fine racked up.  Or did I miss something somewhere?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As for the rest I think this is the way of the world now. Nobody is responsible for their own things.  I am a hs librarian and when a kid breaks a rule it is not I broke the rule I will deal with the consequences. It is lets negotiate or just argue because I should be allowed to do what I want.  And before you say that is kids it hapens with their parents as well.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;These books were dusty,
These books were musty,
But now they are out to be read,
Can't find that bestseller try these instead,
Grab them while you can,
to have them ciculate is the plan,
So feel free to take them out,
and return them on time our policies do not flout&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you have anyone that wants to work in software: "Dreaming In Code" by Scott Rosenberg is a good one. I recommend it to non-technical people who want to know more about what I do as a software engineer.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think the most important concept to convey is what constitutes good resources and where to find said good resources (ie. library databases vs. google).  The second most important concept is citations and plagiarism.  All the other answers I see here are good but since you only have 15 minutes you need to prioritize.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't know what can be done about people taking advantage.  It is frustrating, but unless there is a policy about family fines, there isn't much you can do about it.  Here, we just sort of assume that they'll rack up fines on their child's card, too, and eventually run out of children to use.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We do have rules that a child has to be old enough to write his or her own name.  I had a very irate parent who could not understand why she couldn't get a card for her two year old (the mom owed a lot and couldn't use her own card).  I told her that was the rule.  She wanted to know why it was a rule.  I don't know the exact reason behind it, but explained that a child that young couldn't possibly be responsible for his or her books. Her response was, "So how do they get books to read?"  And that's what a responsible adult is for.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, here children's cards can't check out videos/dvds, so that's at least a small dissuasion for one type of item that goes away and never comes back.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Lowering fine restriction levels might help.  We recently dropped our "can't check out items with fines over" from $10 to $3 because our system consolidated the rules from 9 libraries and that's what they decided as a common denominator.  The lower fine limit, in theory, keeps the $ figure easier to pay off and you quickly get to the point where new items won't be able to be checked out (and more fines accrued).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The last part of the question, ethical dilemma, whose ethics are we worrying about?  Library ethics would dictate giving the card, to make materials available to the "child".  A discussion on professional ethics (and how that might differ from personal ethics) is probably the best you can hope for to sooth your coworker's soul.  Yes, sometimes it stinks.  Yes, that child may end up returning to the library in a few years and have to pay fines on books he or she clearly did not check out.  But, just like with free speech, to have that freedom, sometimes you have to let the idiots have their say.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I did an "Old Friends" display of books that once had circulated widely.  We've had the "Shelf Potato" display.  And, before a big move, we did a "Save These Books!" display.  Items ("good" books with no recent circ) that didn't get checked out were going to be weeded.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;raises hand&lt;/em&gt; I just spend too much time at my local library, I'm also considering going to school for library science &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;zombies are quietly popular right now, next I'm thinking... I don't know I'm terrible at predicting stuff I hope dark fairy tales (like tithe) become more popular&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;As long as the definition of personal freedom in our country is "You can't tell me what to do" rather than the "Be responsible for your own actions" that many of us grew up with, we have a lot of this to live through. One I get frequently, is from parents who honestly feel that their student who has something "stolen from" their locker absolves them of any and all responsibility for the item. I ask them if I borrowed their car and it was stolen would I be off the hook? They still don't get it. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am taking over a church library that sends resources to churches all over the state. The current classification system is staff-created, and it is really difficult to find items in the catalog on the shelf. Coming from managing a public library, I would like to convert the system to Dewey. Our software comes with a program that downloads MARC records from multiple sources, including church libraries, and allows us to edit each record. We are moving to a new building soon, so now seems to be the best time to do it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Has anyone completed a project like this before? Do you have tips for handling the collection while it is being done? Shelving? Cataloging? Circulation? Any advice is appreciated. Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I did work for a library during summers when I was in high school, so I may not count {grin}. Since then I have not worked in a library, but I have friends who do, and I've been an avid bookworm all my life. I enjoy the Unshelved strip, of course, but I also get a kick out of many of the questions, whether they're explicitly library-related or not.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I wasn't a librarian when I started reading unshelved... but I am now. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In my experience, for every one patron who takes horrible advantage of the system, there are 50-100 who don't.  If you want to work in a library, you have to remind yourself that our rules are made to maximize the public good we're able to deliver while still maintaining reasonable damage control.  We don't penalize these 100 people because that one is a jerk.  That's how libraries work.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Although you should consider some kind of amnesty for the kids when they reach a responsbile age.  (One of my long-time campaigns.)  Yes, we let parents check out materials for their children, and some of them rack up huge fines in the child's name, but the children should be given a chance when they reach 12 or 18 or whatever age your library chooses.  They shouldn't be held responsible for things their parents did when they were three.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As far as the fax goes, if you're going to do that, payment should be a set fee, payable in advance only, and large enough to be fair to the market.  There are plenty of private sector service providers who charge very reasonable fees to send faxes; why should the library compete with them?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our big problem is that a few of the elementary schools around us are fond of sending an entire grade out to research, say, penguins. Years ago it was bats. One grade does a project that at least allows a variety of animals, as long as they can be found in Ohio (where we are). I try to buy extra on that list, but we can't have everything.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It would help if they would use the Homework Alert system on our web site, but usually the first we hear of it is when a bunch of kids show up searching for the same thing. And heaven forbid they change animals (we still have most of the bat books.).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Of course, the first few tend to take more than one book, so we run out quickly. And they don't always want our animal-themed magazines unless they're desperate.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In our how-to-take-care-of-a-book play ("Don't Monkey Around with Library Books," &lt;em&gt;Amazingly Easy Puppet Plays&lt;/em&gt; by Dee Anderson, pg. 157), it says to turn pages carefully by their top right corners. I checked, and that does seem to be how I do it, although I'll have to try it with a sandwich in one hand... Just kidding! Sort of.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Maybe this one?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tagnwag.com/forsale/dick_jane_vintage/index.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.tagnwag.com/forsale/dick_jane_vintage/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"&lt;strong&gt;People and Progress, Dick and Jane&lt;/strong&gt;
1951 Edition - 6th Grade Reader (Book 6)
VERY GOOD CONDITION. Hard cover, 480 pages. By William S. Gray and May Hill Arbuthnot. Illustrated by Milo Winter, John Merryweather, Charlotte Becker. Published by Scott, Foresman &amp;amp; Co.  Wonderful stories about young Americans of yesterday, early adventures and progress, defenders of freedom, stories that never grow old, world neighbors, and much more. Very nice vintage copy."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;At my public library, we use Millenium Circ.  It allows linking of cards (i.e. Family group's cards are linked in system).  If 50% of the group, or more, has fines in excess of the checkout blocking limit, the entire group is blocked, and we put very specific notices about the block on every card in the group.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As for the faxing, we hold the original documents, in our hands until the money is also in hand, before we return the originals to the patron.  That way, no mix up, no fuss, no walking out without payment.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I use the free speakers that came with my logitech keyboard\mouse set.  They work pretty well.  The room we show in is 150 rated capacity, but with wooden walls\ceiling that make for pretty extreme echo if you get to loud.  I want to get the logitech surround pc speaker system someday, for movies, but as our budget just got cut, for the 3rd year in a row, I don't think that will happen soon.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have a set of crutches.  Normally we clean out the lost and found every few weeks, but these have been there for months because no one can bear to get rid of them.  We all want to know who left them and how they managed to leave!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Fear Of Physics A Guide For The Perplexed by Lawrence M. Krauss&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel by Michio Kaku&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Physics of Star Trek by Lawrence M. Krauss&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm homeschooled (graduating this year) and in 08-09 I built a physics course using these three books as a base and I LOVED it. They explain real physics concepts in a much more entertaining way then any text book.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For at least two years in a row one of our local teachers has sent students to look for magazine and newspaper articles on certain subjects sometimes going back months or years. The problem is that this teacher insists that students photocopy from the newspaper or magazine. This teacher will not accept articles printed from our databases. We only keep the daily paper for one month and magazines for a year or two and we don't have the Reader's Guide anymore. This year one of the students cut articles out of our newspapers instead of photocopying. They probably didn't have money for the copies but printing from out catalog/database computers is free.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have already written a letter to this teacher explaining that our electronic databases have replaced the back issues of periodicals and the Reader's Guide that libraries used to have. That we don't have the space to keep those archives and we pay good money for the electronic format.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What else would you all suggest to help convince this teacher to let the students print articles from databases instead of requiring photocopies.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Can it be science histories that explain the scientific principles that still apply? If so, Longitude by Dava Sobel is a great history of navigation, sailing, and geography.  Brunelleschi's Dome by Ross King for architecture.  I got to read that, then visit the dome in Florence.  I took great pleasure in standing in the top, after a climb up the inside, and tell my husband that architects are still not sure how this is held up and see more than a few tourists look at me in alarm.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If these would work, histories of science, I have more!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Jim Hines Goblin Quest, Goblin Hero, Goblin War lifted from his website "If you think it’s hard being a hobgoblin or a human, try living a goblin’s life for a while.  In fact, try imagining what it’s like to be the runtiest goblin in the caves, the lone worshiper of a god who’s been forgotten for thousands of years, and the target everyone points to at the first hint of trouble.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Try picturing yourself as Jig the goblin, and see how you like it. ."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So that's the premise, Jigg is the smallest of the small in a dysfunctional abusive society.  He is intelligent  in a place that doesn't value intelligence. And he can see that he has to change Goblin society if they are going to survive.  The humor comes from the skewed view but very practical view that comes from being at the bottom of the social order, and being a monster. Human motivation is a complete mystery to him and his kind. There's a short story where the goblins use the enchantment on a sleeping princess as an animal trap.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;John Moore, "A fate worse than dragons", "heroics for beginners", "The Unhandsome Prince",  he writes fantasy satire, fantasy with characters that have modern mind-sets.  E.g.  the princess is a virgin, because "that time in college" didn't count. 
or, the "Old man of the mountain" retired and his position was taken over by the "middle-aged man of the mountain". It's cute and clever and I've read every last one&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Maybe you could find some of the articles, that were recently used by the students, in your database and print a copy off to show the teacher that it is indeed the &lt;em&gt;same&lt;/em&gt; article. Maybe find more articles on the same subject that are NOT available in your library, to show what else is available out there. 
It is very frustrating, but sometimes when teachers have been doing the same project for many years, it is hard for them to imagine doing it any other way.&lt;br&gt;
Also, might I suggest you personally talk to this teacher, rather than sending a letter?  Bring your examples and also the cut-up magazines.  Ask why printouts from databases aren't acceptable? Sometimes seeing is believing!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I recently found a box of genre/subject labels in a storage closet, and I'm contemplating using them in my elementary library.  I think it will help the students who are always asking about funny or scary books, but I'm wondering if there are any drawbacks. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, what genres or subjects would benefit most from being labeled?  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;These are the labels I found (though I'm able to purchase others if needed): Adventure, Animals, Animal Fiction, Caldecott, Fantasy, Fairy Tales, Historical Fiction, Humor, Mystery, Newbery, Pets, Realistic Fiction, Science, Science Fiction, Space, Sports Fiction, Story Collections, Transportation, Weather.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The oddest bookmark I've ever found was a whole dried pot leaf. Thankfully I've never found food in my books. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It depends on how you shelve them but until we had enough to move them into their own section we tagged graphic novels.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Biography is also an excellent on to use.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear library People:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Augh -- I can't decide on this one, except to say I've had difficulties searching "the stacks" for a book, only to find out it was comfortably resting on a shelf in a segregated genre section. So yeah, if stickers make integrating the fiction into one section easier, go for it. Downsides include the limits on unused book spine space. You've already got the catalog/shelving information sticker there, and some books at my  local library feature the catalog sticker, a "YA" sticker and a genre sticker.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And with cross-genre fiction, is a book a Western, a Mystery or Sci-Fi/Fantasy?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Maybe ask the patrons to vote on this?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;"the printed book is not about to disappear, because it presents a large amount of material conveniently"
The New Yourk Times, 27 July, 2008 &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/technology/27digi.html?_r=1&amp;amp;oref=slogin" rel="nofollow"&gt;First It Was Song Downloads. Now It’s Organic Chemistry.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I was recently asked for books on horror mask making, I found what the patron was asking for under the subject of theatre and stage craft, but the latest book to be had was 20 years old.  There was however a flourishing community online (3 or 4 current and active websites).  Websites however do not have the "large amount of material" that a book will hold.  Books contain a thorough exposition of a subject.  A website snippets of useful information.  The latter are also more current :)  Our culture is richer for the web for this reason, and IMHO it is the librarian's job to organise both (books and the web that is, see the article linked to on the About page of &lt;a href="http://libraryweb.info" rel="nofollow"&gt;Library Web&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"The Internet is a volume in our library"
LISNews, 10 November, 2008 &lt;a href="http://lisnews.org/internet_vs_books_peaceful_coexistence" rel="nofollow"&gt;The Internet vs. books: Peaceful coexistence&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm getting ready to catalog my school library (ugh).  I don't know how much of my advice will be feasible in your situation, but here goes:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Get volunteers.  Lots of them.  Give them each a specific task (peeling off old labels if necessary or adding the new labels, etc.).  Figure out what steps of the process MUST be handled by a trained staff member, and give all the other tasks to volunteers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Shut down circulation as much as possible.  I'm a firm believer in conquering a big job like this all at once, instead of whenever the materials trickle back in.  Also, it can get frustrating to try to find a requested item that is in the process of being reprocessed or is in transit.  If your patrons realize that they can't live without your services for a couple weeks, then good!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Those lovely volunteers that helped shelve the books in your new location?  Try to keep them volunteering on a regular basis for awhile.  They actually know where everything is, and can be very helpful to staff, patrons, and other regular volunteers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Take pictures of the process, plan an after party...later you'll look back fondly on the experience.  Hahaha...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Barb,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I agree with speaking with the teacher to determine why printed copies from electronic sources are unacceptable. When I first read your post, what came to mind was the format. The teacher may have become frustrated with improper citations of online material. With the original printed copies, the students have less room for error.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If this is the case, you may want to compromise with a citation lesson for the classes, and then transition into different formats. In the past, I have worked with teachers who insisted on so many physical items and a certain number of electronic materials to demonstrate the differences in referencing these sources.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Good luck.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Gerry&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My only problem with the genre stickers is that usually they are HUGE and the elementary book spines are narrow.  I prefer to use small colored dots for the different important sections.  There's keys posted, and the students quickly figure out that a spot of red means "Spanish" and yellow means "mystery".  (Just don't get me started on mystery books in Spanish, because that makes my head hurt, and I end up with either an orange dot or a half-red/half-yellow dot.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm guessing the teacher feels uncomfortable with the idea because they cannot teach the students how to find information on the databases.  Since they can teach students how to find the resources in print, they are sticking with that method.  Meeting with the teacher and either showing them how to use the database (just to make them more comfortable with the idea) or assuring them that you can show the students how to use the database might solve their biggest issue.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;EDIT: You might also need to show that teacher how to identify the source from the printout.  They might be worried about mysterious online "articles" showing up instead of trusted resources.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A full head of cauliflower: by the children's magazines.
A cooked potato, in a baggie--still warm: in the Junior Fiction section (Ds)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I find genre stickers especially helpful because our children's books (other than graphic novels) are shelved by author.  Many students - I think in 5th or 6th grade - have to read in specific genres, such as fantasy, mystery, biography, for a school assignment.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It can help me in finding or recommending books when I'm not familiar with the genre and it helps the students/parents when I can tell them "Look for this sticker," and they're empowered to be able to pull things from the shelves and decide between several books to find one that looks interesting.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Despite the fact that the internet is around, that doesn't mean that people know how to use it, or know how to use it effectively. Also, not everyone has a personal computer, especially in low income areas.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Yesterday I found a handful of pills on one of the desks in our Teen area. Luckily, it looked to be just Tylonal and Gravol (it wouldn't be that usual to find illegal drugs around here), but it still was a shock! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have a patron that comes in every day and spends all day on the computer and hacking up her lungs.  There is not much we can do about it because it's a chronic illness and no one ever complains.  It's kind of funny though because she constantly complains about others and their germs and how kids (teenagers) are "unclean".  Does anyone else have this type of problem?  Is there something that we can legally say to her to get her to leave?  It's really an annoyance to all staff.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have a question for the reviewer of a book reviewed in a recent Unshelved Book Club.  It doesn't look like we can make comments on the reviews.  Make Unshelved better!  Let us comment!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Or, if not, here are my questions:
For Flemtastic re: The Unwritten Rule 
1. Have you read Kissing the Bee by Kathe Koja?  It has very similar themes.  If so, how would you compare it?
2. Talk to me about Elizabeth Scott's trend toward lightish teen romance after breaking out with Living Dead Girl.  Is this an author strategy?  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My public library has a one hour time limit for the computer, what is the policy at yours? 
At our library, we have containers of handi-wipes for people to use, if they want to wipe off their keyboard or mouse. If this patron's illness is chronic, it probably isn't contagious, is it? 
If none of the other patrons complain...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When it was the height of flu season we installed a hand sanitizer dispenser by the front door. We also have wipes available for the keyboards and mice if patrons ask and each evening staff wipe them down. We have many homeless that spend the day. We'll point out the sanitizers and if someone has a constant cough ask if they would like a few tissues. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I had that "read a specific genre" assignment in middle school. We had to read historical fiction, so I thought to myself: "Sherlock Holmes is fictional, and takes place in history, therefore it is historical fiction." This was before I enjoyed reading , but I'd heard that Sherlock Holmes was good, and, as I just laid out, it fit the bill.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, my teacher disagreed because Sherlock Holmes didn't have a historical fiction sticker on it...Since this was before I enjoyed reading, I just picked something dumb with a low page count, and didn't fall in love with Holmes until a long time later. I ended up not getting hooked to historical fiction until a year later, and mystery took another two years to catch my interest.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Moral of the story: Be careful with those stickers. As someone else mentioned there are a lot of books that don't fit neatly into one genre or another, and not everyone will agree of which is which. And as my little story tells, a little lack of imagination on someone's part can keep a kid from reading.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you're just using them as &lt;em&gt;guidelines&lt;/em&gt; and make sure people are aware of the fact that they're just there to help, then go ahead and use them. But don't let people (read: teachers) treat them like holy writ. They're not.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Can you tell I'm probably traumatised for life? Oh dear.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think it's a great thing at the elementary school level. It helps students a lot.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;At my school library, I'm using colored dots for now, because I can't find stickers appropriate for the middle &amp;amp; high school levels, and because, like you, I'm not quite sure whether they would be helpful or not. Between empowering patrons, but too many genres/sub-genres, size of the stickers vs. size of the spines, etc... it's not clear whether it would be a plus or not.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I've colored-dotted the following sections: biography, short story, graphic novel, test books, parent/professional books, so that they are easy to find and easy to shelve by student helpers (who do not always pay attention to ALL of the info on the call number). &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I keep trying to talk Gene into allowing comments. Vote this answer up if you like that idea.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Yes. More details to come.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;At my public library we use Caldecott and Newbery Award stickers, as well as Honors (saves us a lot of trouble when kids "have to" read one of the 2). I would encourage you to use historical fiction, fantasy/science fiction, and mystery stickers as well. Some kids are really into their genres and others read widely, this helps everyone. The other ones I don't think I would bother with unless you are supporting the curriculum (if the first grade does a huge fairy tale unit and the 4th grade studies weather, or whatever). &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I used to work for a literacy organization in Pittsburgh, PA called Beginning with Books. They focused on training day care providers and parents to introduce children to early literacy skills. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A parent will train their family, but day care providers see multiple children over many years, so the effect is exponential. They would woo providers with promises of a set of books for their facility, as well as training and visits from the "Storymobile," which lends out books and provides monthly storytimes.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hello&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Recently I found a serial graphic novel of the Forbidden Realm. It's a story of a Black Elf warrior. Can anyone tell me of a good source for finding hard to find graphic novels?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Are you looking for a source for purchasing hard-to-find books, or a source for recommending them (to get around the "why haven't I ever heard of that one" situation)? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If the former, the many online book sellers may be an option; if you use some of the "compare book prices" sites you can see a list of available copies with lowest price plus shipping, and while those aren't always up to date they could give you a starting point. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If the latter, book sites that have a "you might also like" feature could introduce you to series you hadn't heard of, whether one of the commercial sites or a reader site like LibraryThing or GoodReads. [When I'm looking for new titles in an area I'm not familiar with, I often fall back to Google: "best graphic novels you've never heard of", for example, with a genre keyword or two if applicable. That often leads me to genre-specific sites or message boards that have lots of suggestions. Be careful, though; this process recently led me to several manga/anime sites, and I've spent quite a bit of time and money thanks to the suggestions {wry grin}.]&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And of course the "graphic-novels" tag on your question leads to several previous Unshelved Answer threads about graphic novels, where you might find more suggestions!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear L:ibrary People:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I believe those who've mentioned integrating the early literacy programs with storytimes have hit the nail on the head. You've already got those childen and their parents in the library -- and that's the hard part!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I don't know how you'd handle recruitment for the storytimes, but you might try outreach to the local daycare providers.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Libary Poeple:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you want a "bad dog parking: NO!" poster pic, I don't know how I'd get it to you, or you'd get in touch with me, but somewhere aroundd the ol' ard drive I've got a pic of a Samoyed tied to a bike rack. I've seen more dejected dogs, but it's not often.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;No matter what you do, there will be patron who try to take advantage of the library. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To deal with the growing fines, my library runs a Food Bank Amnesty week twice a year. Each non-perishable donation a patron brings in deducts $2 from their fees. It's extremely successful, and we have families that just bring in a couple of flats of soup to cover all their fines.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;On a more karmic note: I got a call from a town a few hundred kilometers away, informing us that a family that owed our library over $80 had just moved in and applied for cards using the same cell phone numbers/email addresses/etc/ (we're part of the same massive system). The staff happily provided me with the family's new mailing address so that we could "properly bill them." Made our financial administrator's day.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Wow, a lot of the answers above indicate much stricter policies than in my library system! We don't question the right of a child to get a card because of a parent's behavior, and they can get them at any age, at the parents' discretion. One thing, due to the signing up of fictitious children by the morally challenged in the past, the child now has to be present and shown to staff to get the card. All charges are cleared once a patron turns 18, and all charges on any card are cleared after 3 years, anyway. (This last is a little too lenient for me.) We try to be more lenient with kids re fines, since most don't have income and are at least somewhat at the mercy of adults. (Having grown up subject to the whims of irresponsible adults myself, I applaud this.) And the explanation for this is that it is our mission to provide access, not to be fine collectors. Y'know, within reason...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As for the fax situation, any service that complicated and prone to waste or lost money would likely be dropped by us. Like, we no longer offer color copies because the ink just cost too much, and at that time many patrons weren't paying for their printouts. Ahh, print management software! Now, that's a great new tool!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There's also "Staff Picks," which is hugely popular at my branch. And we use a wide interpretation of this, since we don't have time to read everything we'd like. If we're pretty sure or know -from some source- that it's good - Staff Pick!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Luckily we have a city ordinance to fall back on and once we started enforcing it, that cleared up most problems. Although one stubborn patron ties up his dog just off library property, grrr... My argument would be the access issue. There are people who are afraid or intimidated by dogs, especially large or noisy ones. You could take this argument to the powers that be, or collect some anecdotal evidence first (documenting instances when patrons have been bothered by dogs) and then go to them.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Not-so-Wicked Stepmother by Lizi Boyd is a picture book, so maybe a bit under the age you're looking for - but a sweet story about a kid who is expected her stepmom to be wicked, but finds her nice instead. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm playing around with creating an alternative to reCAPTCHA that is a little more library centric. I'm looking for book covers with varied or interesting fonts that aren't likely to be easily OCRed, but also are still human readible at about 100px high. &lt;em&gt;Jonathan Foer&lt;/em&gt;'s books for example cover the full range. &lt;strong&gt;Eating Animals&lt;/strong&gt; is far too regular, &lt;strong&gt;Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close&lt;/strong&gt; is too hard to read for humans, but &lt;strong&gt;Everything is Illuminated&lt;/strong&gt; is just right: Easier to read then most CAPTCHA but still difficult for a BOT to figure out. I've got a half dozen or so, but I'm sure most of you see tons of books every day. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any suggestions? Here's a sample cover so you can see what I'm talking about.
Thanks!&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src="http://www-test.mfrl.org/images/isbn/0060529709.GIF" alt="Example Cover"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We get so much left behind! And 60-70% never gets claimed. Including big thick winter coats, backpacks, sports equipment, etc. Strangest, hmmm, maybe the cello (claimed,) the special/designer pro basketball jersey in dry-cleaning wrapper (unclaimed,) and the large bag of dirty &amp;amp; somewhat smelly laundry (claimed, I think.) People forgetting such large items amazes me! What's funny is the stuff that ends up in the L&amp;amp;F basket sometimes: dirty hair-bands, bottles with strange liquids inside, battered paper bookmarks, broken plastic jewelry...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One thing that puzzles me is the attitude of some coworkers that the L&amp;amp;F is just a place to dump lost items, rather than trying to actually get the items back to their owners. We've had backpacks or wallets with id inside sit around for a week or more because no-one bothered to look inside and then look up a phone # and call. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I loved The Way of All Flesh by Samuel Butler. Very funny. The often overlooked and quite witty Northanger Abbey by Austen. Dickens' Nicholas Nickleby and Oliver Twist (so much more in it than the various movie versions.) Well, most of Dickens, actually - he's such a great storyteller! And almost anything by Twain, who in my opinion is the greatest American writer. Thackeray's Vanity Fair, Dostoevsky's The Idiot, and George Eliot's Felix Holt. My favorite Hemingway is The Sun Also Rises, for the deceptively simple style. The stories of Isak Dinesen are wonderful. Madame Bovary by Flaubert and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Shakespeare, of course! Wit and great characters, and above all, beautiful language.
I know some of these are a bit obvious, but I didn't see them listed above. And I could probably think of more, but I'll stop.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm in the process of adding lables to some books in my small elementary library for next year.  We have major holidays labled, but now I'm going to add "funny" lables.  Here's the rationale for adding just this one:  the students are good at using the OPAC or browsing titles to find books in their genre, but it's not so easy to find books that are "funny."  This is the request I get all the time, and the students have asked for lables to help them.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think it's R.A. Salvatore and the Forgotten Realms. I really enjoyed his books as a kid.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Would something like &lt;strong&gt;The Poison Diaries&lt;/strong&gt; work, where it's not a hard-to-read font but there isn't much contrast between the colors of the font and the colors of the image behind it?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Or &lt;strong&gt;Evil?&lt;/strong&gt; which is easy-to-read, but the I has been replaced with an image&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://thebooleyhouse.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/poison.jpg?h=140" alt="alt text"&gt; &lt;img src="http://rainbowlist.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/evil1.jpg?h=140" alt="alt text"&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.slgcomic.com/thumbnail.asp?file=assets/images/coverimages/cmisc/cc1.jpg&amp;amp;maxx=100&amp;amp;maxy=0" alt="alt text"&gt; &lt;img src="http://thebooleyhouse.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/test.jpg?w=100&amp;amp;h=140" alt="alt text"&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.readkiddoread.com/uploads/books/91_1.jpg" alt="alt text"&gt; &lt;img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51wO3DIRekL._SX106_.jpg" alt="alt text"&gt; &lt;img src="http://146.74.224.231/whatsnew/archives/madapple.gif" alt="alt text"&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.scifidimensions.com/images/silksinger.jpg" alt="alt text"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Note that I do not recommend all of these books for &lt;em&gt;reading&lt;/em&gt;, some just have title treatments I thought would work.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Library People:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Classics recommendations? One trick is to match the classic to the reader's current reading "likes." Someone who'd enjoyed &lt;b&gt;Bridget Jones' Diary&lt;/b&gt; might be better served by Jane Austen and Bronte sister recommendations than H.G. Welles. A reader of protagonist-centric galactic-struggle type science fiction might get a BIG kick out of reading E.E. "Doc" Smith's &lt;i&gt;Lensman&lt;/i&gt; series, simply because THAT was when those space opera cliches were fresh and new.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have a personal preference for trying new/old authors' short stories. These sometimes get repackaged as novels (think Dicken's &lt;b&gt;The Pickwick Papers&lt;/b&gt;, but that said, in Dicken's case &lt;b&gt;A Tale of Two Cities&lt;/b&gt; is short enough, masterful enough, and suspenseful enough to be a good starter book.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One little problem: Sometimes "classic" is code for "I'm an unrelieved fanboy/fangirl who believes this author is the cat's pajamas even though the  stuff they'd written is not quite good enough to put your life and other reading on hold." As a fan of Lord Dunsany (as a stylist I think he's tops) and James Branch Cabell (a very cynical fantasy writer) I am not immune. I'm a little more ready to suggest Dunsany just because short story collections exist (and one or two new ones have been recently printed). Cabell is more famous for getting censored (&lt;b&gt; Jurgen&lt;/b&gt; than for great literary merit, I believe.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'll note here that sometimes reading "classics" leads to other "classics." Ambrose Bierce wrote some short stories that might interest those who'd really liked Stephen Crane's &lt;b&gt;The Red Badge of Courage&lt;/b&gt;, with the added hook being that Bierce was a Civil War veteran.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Classics advantage: Often available at the library, even if on "loan" from the local big depository of books, or in the "public domain" so freshly printed inkprint and on-line versions are inexpensive.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Librarieans with Musty Nonfiction:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Can you do monthly thematic displays? Or seasonal? For example, get the tropical/desert travelogues displayed from November to February under "travel to someplace warmer" (flip months if south of the equator, flip theme to polar exploration if on the equator).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Do the voyages of exploration stuff as "Getting There is Half the Fun."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;War journalism: The Way We Fought," or "Fighting Words."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Memoirs of theater and literary life: "Plays and Things."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Music and musical memoirs: "Tin Pan Alley and All That Jazz" -- and have a WILD poster for the '60's rocker biography section.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;True Crime: : Just put a chalk or tape body outline on the end-cap. Or do two -- one labeled "Fiction" (get the Agatha Christies and Dorothy L. Sayers back in motion) and the other "Nonfiction."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about the idea that these books have been in a safe or vault?  I don't know what the catchy slogan would be, but a little locked safe, with the combination provided, would probably be all the motivation people needed to give the books a look.  (Because it's a &lt;em&gt;safe&lt;/em&gt; and that is &lt;em&gt;awesome&lt;/em&gt;!)  I recommend the combo 7323 (READ), and give them hints about the combo and see if they can crack the code.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is the problem I have with library fines in general.  The library (town, board, whatever) begins to rely on them as income and even increase them to make more income, and then the library staff becomes rigid about them and forgets that our main objective is to promote the use of our libraries - books, av, and computers - and not to control or modify patron behavior to meet our standards.  In the meantime, fines obviously do not compel people to return items on time.  If they did, there would be fewer people having trouble meeting our strict due dates, and we would not have this source of income (it's kind of like raising taxes on cigarettes and alcohol to "get people to quit" and at the same time relying on the tax income to help run a state - if it worked, where would we be?)  There are people who will always return items on time and there are people who will never return items on time (I know this because I am one of the latter.)  Fortunately, most people fall in between the two.  So my suggestion is don't worry so much about fines and behavior modification.  Since the rules are made up by us, and are pretty arbitrary, I don't really see it as an ethical issue.  Give the child a card and be grateful that they are interested in using your library at all.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I recently read &lt;em&gt;Wait 'Til Helen Comes&lt;/em&gt; by Mary Downing Hahn, and it fits this theme - though it does contain some rather frightening incidents, some supernatural and some very real. It features a blended family that's not blending very well at first, as the youngest girl bitterly resents her father's remarriage (and is harboring a painful secret of her own); when the family moves in next to an old cemetery that's rumored to be haunted, things get pretty bleak for a while. [I hope it's not too much of a spoiler to note that the story ends well, though its plot elements do present a pretty melodramatic way of getting step-siblings to like each other {wry grin}.]&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you are looking for a list of books yuo can also check the following books:
500 Essential Graphic Novels
and the Rough Guide to Graphic Novels.  A little general but you will find some you never heard of in each.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our library region has a policy that the parent/guardian who signed the child up for a card is responsible for what is borrowed on it. Overdue children's books do not accrue fines on the child's record, so they will not be discouraged from reading due to fees for late returns. However, adult books signed out with a child's card do accrue fines, as it is assumed that an adult has made use of the child's card. Fees owing for non-returned or damaged items will be accrued on a child's record, though. When the child gets an adult card at the age of 14, any outstanding fines (total amount must be over $10) are then charged to the parent who originally signed for the child's card and thus took responsibility for the materials signed out on it.  There is a maximum amount cap on overdue fines of $2 per book or $3 for AV materials so fines won't just keep growing as time passes. The policy is explained to the parent when they first sign up for a card for their child. Once any patron has $30 on their account they cannot borrow or use library services until some payment is made or items returned. Some families have maxed out all their cards, but we find that once the fees have been transferred to the parent's record we are more likely to get some remuneration from them or get our books back. Of course, some folks disappear into the hinterland taking our materials with them fines or not - c'est la vie. 
  No fax machines here, but all copies must be paid for before being handed over from the printer. We house our printers in non-public areas.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Many of these old classics, if novels, have been filmed over the years. Perhaps a display of the book next to a picture of the cover of the DVD or tape made from it...maybe even the actual media itself if you have a circulating copy of it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I can envision something around the beginning of the year, labeled along the lines of "2009: WRITERS WE'LL MISS." In fact, this could even be just a poster or handout, rather than a display.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Wow, I can't believe it's not already here, but STARDUST.  The book was pretty good, and I was dreading the movie, but it was actually better!  There were some significant changes, but it still felt like Gaiman.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Worst by a long shot, was Watchmen.  Don't get me started.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The other "problem" with Genre labels is what they actually look like.  We use a dragon sticker to indicate fantasy and you would not believe the number of people that complain "There were no dragons"&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Cross-Genre is a fairly significant problem too, although that shouldn't be AS bad in an elementry school library.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;lets see, theres a developming romance (complete with sex scenes), they're thrying to work out "who dunnit", the victims are werewolves and the bad guy is an elf.  That's clearly a Romance-mystery-fantasy-paranormal book.  Someone get the scissors, I have to cut the Genre labels into quarters again.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I like the fey, you have so much scope. I mean werewolves.... well, they turn into wolves... and... and... regeneration, they heal, and... and... well that's about it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;With elves or sidhe you can have whole host of cool powers.  Hoping for something like Laurell K Hamiltons "Merry Gentry" series, but with a PG rating.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Avail of the new Pan- African Living Dictionary Online. You can have it uploaded to your websites or you can download it to your computers. Our engineers are on stand by and ready to assist you for whatever concerns you may have. You can send your inquiries through our support portal at  support.suuch.com or cute_smbulacan@hotmail.com&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Ella Enchanted movie was TERRIBLE!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3au6Ul5nozumFfEM%3ahttp://www.oskusoft.com/osku/books/pics/454.jpg" alt="The Diary by Chuck Palahniuk"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3adnDWMd_GBnV48M%3ahttp://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/alexawards/2007alex/book-of-lost-things.jpg" alt="The Book of Lost Things by John Connelly"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have not read the first, but absolutely love the second.  Have fun.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I use whichever hand my food isn't in to turn the page.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Azumanga Daioh is a great manga for that age, and you can get one volume with the entire series for a list price of $24.95.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Yotsuba&amp;amp;! is another inexpensive ($10.99 list) series that had a limited run (8 volumes), and is fun for both boys and girls.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I work in children's publishing (yes, in addition to being a book blogger and former bookseller), and I've been encouraging the powers that be to look for books featuring same-sex parents (i.e., &lt;em&gt;Daddy, Papa, and Me&lt;/em&gt;) or other GLBT adult family members or friends (i.e., &lt;em&gt;Uncle Bobby's Wedding&lt;/em&gt;). They want to know we'd be able to sell such books. So, my question is: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Are you looking for more (high-quality) picture books with same-sex parents/adult couples, for your library collection, bookstore, or personally? Would you be more interested in books that deal actively with the fact that the parents/family members are queer, or ones that focus on something else and the parents/family members just happen to be shown in loving, stable same-sex partnerships/marriages?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't usually browse much manga for the middle school group, but I did want to add Beauty Pop to the list.  The original series is 10 volumes, and the story focuses on a girl with extraordinary hair styling abilities (which naturally puts her in opposition with the cutest guys in school, also terrific stylists).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi, I'm not a librarian but my personal collection spans over 300 books. Last year I almost lost a 3rd of my collection to bookworms (moths to be exact) and I'm wondering if anyone would know how to keep the little buggers away from my books!  My local Library has some sort of special treatment but was not sure what it was because all the books are treated in a central location before shipping to the branches.  I'd like to know post-haste because they're appearing again but so far haven't done any damage.  Mothballs are not an option because my collection is in my bedroom.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We call it Babies and Books, and it's for any child under 3 and their parent(s).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've heard that freezing the infested books will kill the bugs and the possible eggs. Of course, this only helps after the fact, but still something to consider.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I highly recommend &lt;strong&gt;The Courageous Princess&lt;/strong&gt; by &lt;em&gt;Rod Espinosa&lt;/em&gt;. It can be especially appealing to girls as it features a pretty strong heroine.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My least favorite book to movie adaptation, in recent years, was The Prestige by Christopher Priest. I loved the book and couldn't wait to see how they adapted it to film. They butchered it, I guess to make it more exciting. I thought the original premise was exciting enough.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Middle school/High school librarian here, so I'll talk for my own private collection. If I had a little one at home, I would definitely like a few picture books representing the diversity of the people (religious, racial, sexual-orientation, etc...). &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'd personally prefer books that depicts same-sex partners in everyday life situations; but I would imagine that books actively showing the issues (and/or good points) that same-sex partners have to deal with would be a great pedagogical tool for these couples to talk with their children about the "uniqueness" of their situation. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Taker&lt;/em&gt; by JM Steele looks very similar to Sleator's &lt;em&gt;Test&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think I'm mirroring the previous answer, but when it comes to diversity, whether racial, religious, cultural, sexual orientation, or what have you, I prefer books that show people in ordinary situations, as I believe showing kids the commonalities between people does more to promote acceptance than deliberately pointing out the differences.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Some people, such as myself, prefer to hold a book in hand rather than read from a computer screen. The screen bothers my eyes after a while and anyway, I'd rather sit back in a comfortable chair and relax than sit at a desk reading in a completely upright position.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As a children's librarian, I have to believe that it is easier and more enjoyable to share books with young children than stories found online even if the online stories do include illustrations.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Again, as a children's librarian, part of my job is teaching young students how to identify authoritative sources.  Otherwise, and I have seen this first-hand, the majority will either go straight to Wikipedia or perhaps do a simple Google search.  They don't realize that just because information is online it isn't necessarily correct.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have &lt;strong&gt;Read, Rhyme, and Romp&lt;/strong&gt; for the 0-3 crowd and then just plan story time for the 3-5 group.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think the next wave will be some kind of mash-up. Like werewolves being turned into vampires, or fallen vampires being resurrected into zombies. But what I would rather see would have to be the return of the Mad Scientist! By the way, where does Frankenstein's monster fall? He is a mechanical creation with zombie-like aspects due to the brain. Or would that be a golem story? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would say that the two biggest things are access to children's literature and resources for adult education. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In our society the main predictor of elementary school success is pre-school exposure to literature. In other words being read to before you go to school. Since access to reading material for the vast amount of families needs to be loaned rather than purchased by families the library is needed. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The main resource for adult education for those without the means to go to a university, college, or community college is the public library. No matter what the educational level, the vast majority of us use a public library for educational needs. Whether it is how to rebuild brakes or transmissions in a certain vehicle or whether it is for the history of a specific topic, the detail and depth of topic cannot neccessarily be found online. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Best: &lt;em&gt;Millions&lt;/em&gt;. Frank Cotrell Boyce also wrote the screenplay (that doesn't hurt) and the different formats did their work well for different parts of the story&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Worst: Hate to bring it up because it's largely been ignored and forgotten, but the made-for-tv Disney adaptation of &lt;em&gt;A Ring of Endless Light&lt;/em&gt; by Madeleine L'Engle. I watched it out of morbid curiosity and wish I hadn't. Vicky Austin isn't supposed to look like iCarly!!! And you just can't smush the story to fit every other cliche Disney plot! AAARRRGGHH! It was at this point that I seriously began to worry about Madeleine L'Engle's health. How do authors survive people treating their stories this way?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our junior high is "becoming a lighthouse school for technology", and is encouraging students to use iPods in class for various projects and purposes. Staff have been provided with an iPod so that we can become proficient before we start this venture in the fall. I had to get some students to show me the basics (I couldn't afford one myself, but many of the students have them!), but I would like to become &lt;strong&gt;THE&lt;/strong&gt; expert with lots of great ideas. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So I need your help! I have one list with educational apps: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.accreditedonlinecolleges.com/blog/2009/100-most-educational-iphone-apps/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.accreditedonlinecolleges.com/blog/2009/100-most-educational-iphone-apps/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;but it lists mainly brain games and math games, etc. I am looking more for library and research apps.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;iLibrarian Ellyssa Kroski ran a few articles on the best book/library related apps a while ago, and some of those may be helpful:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2010/top-30-library-iphone-apps-%E2%80%93-part-1/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Part One&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2010/top-30-library-iphone-apps-%E2%80%93-part-2/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Part Two&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2010/top-30-library-iphone-apps-%E2%80%93-part-3/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Part Three&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you want to use a non-toxic approach before escalating to chemicals try finely ground black pepper on the shelves.      &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Patricia Polacco's "In our Mothers' House" is good.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I &amp;lt;3 my iPod touch, although my biggest gripe with it is that I can't read ebooks checked out from my library on it, since there is no Adobe Digital Editions app.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Wikipanion is a free app that allows you to search Wikipedia easily. I know, I know, Wikipedia is a dirty word to a lot of librarians, but I think if you use it for what it is and accept its limitations, it can be a valuable springboard for further research. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Google and Bing also both have apps, also both free.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Wolfram Alpha app is $1.99, but given the inherent awesomeness of Wolfram Alpha, is probably worth it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There are several apps that will help cite sources, but since all of them cost money, and I'm fundamentally cheap, I haven't tried any.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Evernote has an app; it seems like this would be really useful when doing research&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I highly recommend surfing around the iTunes app store on your computer and getting a feel for what's out there.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'll second the online retailers.  Some sites I use for out-of-print graphic novels are Amazon.com, abebooks.com, and alibris.com.  All of them function as marketplaces for smaller sellers.  They also have in-print titles used that I can often save a lot of money on.  Good luck finding them!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I like "Sugar Princess" (though as you can tell, more for girls than guys) about a middle school girl who takes up ice skating&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am 99% sure that the book you are describing is "Andra", which I loved as a child, about 30 years ago! Check out the Wikipedia article &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andra" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andra&lt;/a&gt; to see if it is the book you are thinking of.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In an SLJ e-mail newsletter I got today there was an article about an app for accessing library databases called AccessMyLibrary School Edition:  &lt;a href="http://www.gale.cengage.com/apps/library/index.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.gale.cengage.com/apps/library/index.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here's the article:  &lt;a href="http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6728867.html?nid=2413&amp;amp;source=link&amp;amp;rid=18808042" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6728867.html?nid=2413&amp;amp;source=link&amp;amp;rid=18808042&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have no first-hand experience with this, so I can't offer any info on how well it works, but it seems worth looking into.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Back with more ideas! &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;She might try John Grandits' books of concrete poems that are popular with teens. One is Blue Lipstick (about 15-year old Jessie) and the second is about Jessie's little brother, 11-year old Robert (&lt;em&gt;Technically, It's Not My Fault&lt;/em&gt;) &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Another possibility might be &lt;em&gt;The Popularity Papers: Research for the Social Improvement and General Betterment of Lydia Goldblatt &amp;amp; Julie Graham-Chang&lt;/em&gt; by Amy Ignatow. Or Dork &lt;em&gt;diaries : tales from a not-so-fabulous life&lt;/em&gt; by Rachel Renée Russell.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If she likes mysteries, perhaps the &lt;em&gt;Skeleton Creek&lt;/em&gt; series by Patrick Carman, although admittedly, there aren't tons of pictures. There is also a Web tie-in with this series, so she might enjoy that, as well.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I find myself strongly offended by "the Postman" as directed by Kevin Costner.  This is an abomination and somewhat offensive to several of the authors major plot links.  David Brin is a fantastic author, and this sullies his name.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about the hi-los published by Orca (http://www.orcabook.com/)?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think the next big trend will be Faeries. We are already seeing that with the Frewin Jones books and &lt;strong&gt;Lament&lt;/strong&gt; by Maggie Stiefvater. Even the younger kids are in on it with the Rainbow, Jewel, and Pet Fairy books. However, With Percy Jackoson the Greek gods have a shot at being the next big thing.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Today my second and third grade students, while working on their paper airplane research projects, told me they are "pimping" their planes.  I asked them not to use that word, but they said it's not bad and cited "Pimp My Ride."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I know the word has, in recent years, gained a new definition (hence the "Pimp My BookCart" contest), but is this word now appropriate for use in elementary libraries?  If I read it in a children's book would I pull the book off my shelf or let it stay?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Is the word appropriate? Should you keep a book that has the word in it?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think the answers to both questions depend on which definition of the word "pimp" is used. The way your students was using the word doesn't really bother me; it's just the fashionable word for "improving". It's slightly slang, but every generation has its slang/language which the previous generations find offending and/or amusing. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In an elementary school, I would personally not let the other definition of the word be used, either by students or by an author (of course, depends on the context, but I don't think there is a whole lot of contexts where this definition of "pimp"/"pimping" is used that would be appropriate for elementary school students).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It might not be particularly "bad" anymore, but it's still pretty vulgar. I seriously (and hopefully) doubt that kids that young would know the word's origin. Still, personally, it's not something I would really encourage or allow to flourish, like using "retarded" or "gay." The odds of someone being really, mortally offended by the word's usage in a slang-y context is relatively low, but it's there.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you think about it, the two "b-words" both have perfectly legitimate, non-vulgar meanings, but if an elementary schooler ever used them, even correctly, I don't think anyone'd be too happy. Would there be anything wrong with it technically? No, but words like that are potentially very offensive, and you're just not supposed to use them. Most people really don't think about the context so much as the word itself.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Some nasty insults are used as terms of endearment between friends. The context and mutual understanding does not change the actual meaning of the words themselves, especially not to an outsider.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Besides, as a teacher, it might be best to err on the side of caution. I know language doesn't come close to religious matters on ability to offend, but I don't know what your school's policy on irate parents is. The majority might not have a problem with it, but while most people can figure out why it could be upsetting, some can't imagine how it could be anything &lt;em&gt;but&lt;/em&gt; offensive.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We still use old Gaylord CD "lockable" holders which hold 4 music CDs at one time; they're the size of record albums - in fact, that's why we use them; they fit nicely in our library's hand-built wooden units which used to hold records, back when we circulated records!  Patron takes the metal or plastic holders to the front desk, tells us which ones they want, and we unlock the case and give the CDs to him/her.  But Gaylord doesn't sell these anymore and so we can't add any new CDs (new CDs being a bit of an oxymoron given our budget anyway but I digress); does anyone have any of these left which you'd be willing to sell?  You're our last chance, Luke; otherwise we'd have to go to the trouble - both money &amp;amp; space - for a completely different way of storage.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;So--As a librarian: my school has gay faculty and gay parents.  we definitely need more books that reflect our community.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As a parent: my teenage daughter has recently come out, and I certainly hope that when/if the time comes that she wants to be a parent there are more books available for her to share with her kids that show GLBT families. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I just finished "The Doppleganger Chronicles" by G. P. Taylor. It's almost exactly what she's looking for, if she'll tolerate a short shift to comics format in every chapter.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Since it seems that increasingly people carry less cash, due to the ease of whipping out the plastic, and we've had people who can't even produce one dollar in cash (they've written checks for $1.00 before) to borrow a dvd, because the library I work at doesn't have the ability to accept credit cards or debit cards, I was wondering if any library did? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(sorry for that sentence)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Wave of the future and all that, does it seem likely that anyone's system will be getting the ability to accept credit cards in the next 10 years?  If your system does, is it easier to collect fines, etc.? What downsides have shown up?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Ten years in the &lt;em&gt;future&lt;/em&gt;? Our system has been accepting credit and debit cards for the &lt;em&gt;past&lt;/em&gt; 6 years. It works well - most people don't carry cash anyway. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A recent addition is being able to pay fines online. 
People are able to log into their library account and pay fines on their credit card. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Queens Library accepts credit cards at all of their self service machines.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;So long as the photocopier/printer accepts small change I'm happy. OK, I'd be happier if they accepted pennies, as well as nickels, dimes, quarters and paper money.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I was as surprised as Jan, as debit is everywhere in Canada, including most libraries. 
The biggest disadvantage of course, would be cost. But I am sure it is made up in fewer delinquent accounts. 
The advantages from a patron's point of view is convenience, and paying fines on-line may be less embarrassing for those with larger amounts or frequent occurrence! Maybe they don't have the cash, but can  use plastic.
From the library's point of view, when the patron says they don't have any cash, you can cheerfully announce that they can pay with a debit or credit card! They can still squirm out of it, but less likely.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;LibraryThing also has a "local books" app that lets you search for local libraries, bookstores, and bookish events - &lt;a href="http://www.librarything.com/blogs/librarything/2010/01/local-books-iphone-application/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.librarything.com/blogs/librarything/2010/01/local-books-iphone-application/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We (auckland New Zealand) have accepted debit cards for somewhere between 5 and 10 years.  Credit cards are a lot harder.  I'm not sure about the legislation where you are, but in New Zealand, a % of each transaction done by credit card is charged to the organisation, and cannot legally be passed onto the consumer.  This is still giving us a little bit of difficulty as we have to justify this expense of public money.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We have recently managed to provide credit card payments online for customers (by justifying the "cost" as part of the website costs) and by providing payment possibilities to customers that are no longer in our area, but left owing substantial charges.  Previously this was a considerable problem with poeple that had left the country.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;However we are still having difficulties with credit card payments at the desk, as there are very few "walk in" customers who &lt;strong&gt;cannot&lt;/strong&gt; pay by debit card, cheque or cash.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We have had to clearly display "no cash out" signs, as some of our smaller branches take a very small amount of money over a day, and providing $20.00 cash out could eat into their floats pretty quickly.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Having just re-read the original question again :) our &lt;strong&gt;library system&lt;/strong&gt; does have the facility to accept credit cards (hence the online payments) but our front desk eftpos terminals do not due to the % cost involved.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Excellent question,  My personal opinion would be that it is acceptable, a common colloquial term meaning to excessively customize something, generally a vehicle. And it is certainly something I would not object to my kids using. But I guess it depends a lot on the environment.  Are you encouraged (or do you encourage yourself) to relate to the children with colloquialisms (sp?) or slang? eg "guys" "kidz" "yo" etc.  I would treat this word the same way, not offensive, but possibly unproffessional.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As a caveat, I work in a public library where we proudly refer to our children's librarians as the "kidz team"  (yes, with a z).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Gaylord's website has these: &lt;a href="http://www.gaylord.com/adblock.asp?abid=15674" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.gaylord.com/adblock.asp?abid=15674&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I couldn't find any listings online (eBay, etc.), but you could try ALA: &lt;a href="http://connect.ala.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://connect.ala.org/&lt;/a&gt; for a message board or list that might help you find them.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Good luck!!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Currently, the High Plains Library District accepts credit cards via our self-checks machines.    We've done this for several years now and I don't recall there being much of a learning curve for staff or patrons.  However, we have occasionally run into minor bugs when a patron has a credit on their account.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We haven't expanded the ability to online or at staff terminals yet because the last time we looked, we were not impressed by the level of security offered by vendors that had the ability to interact with our system (Horizon).  It's been several years since we last looked at the options but at that time I recall we'd have to have a server at the library that would collect  and store patron credit card info and that's not a level of responsibility we're willing to accept.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am so jealous of you all!  Our fancy library system has been investigating the ability to take cc's for years, but it won't work with our catalog system.  Unfortunately we can't just get a new one.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My library has accepted debit for the past 2 years now, but with a $0.50 transaction fee (this was the only way the board could be convinced to let us get debit, by putting the charge towards the monthly fee we had to pay).
However, it's still to expensive for us to accept credit cards. But between cash and debit, most people are fine.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our public library system accepts credit and debit card payments online through our OPAC online only. And, it's a $6.00 minimum because of the fees it costs us...no sense in paying $1.50 in fees to get a $1.00 fine. (Our ILS is currently iii's Millennium.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If somebody didn't have cash with them, but wants to rent DVDs or whatever, we put it in their account as a 'fine' and then they can go online and pay with a card. We can help walk them through the process, but we don't take their card information - they enter it themselves. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm not really sure how often it is used, but I know at my branch, some people have really appreciated it. Particularly if they are paying larger amounts for replacement of a lost book or something like that.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I like to visit copyrightanswers.blogspot.com...I know it's not a F.A.Q. strictly speaking, but it's been useful in the past.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I get Library man, in my children's section, though the official title here is "Children's Librarian", plain and simple.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think most people figure it out pretty quickly, once they realize that they've just duplicated a previous answer.  It just takes some people a little time to discern that duplication is unwanted.  Training is probably not really needed.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In the last week I have found a Cross (Fairly good size too, and metal), $50.00 in cash (Which the owner came back for), and a page out of another book (not a library book, as far as I can tell).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about more hats?  I liked the "Library" fbi style hat, but was never able to get one, but I want one, and I'd wear other ones too.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A while ago, we found a pair of boxers on top of the history stacks, and about a year or so later, I found a few porno mags in the genealogy section...somebody obviously starting their own family tree, I guess.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My favorite part is talking books-- hands down!  When kids come in and share that they love the book I recommended or one they selected and that leads us to other books we enjoyed, characters, plot, etc!  It's so much fun to talk books and share our experience.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;These books are wildly popular with guys-- if they ever come in!  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Spanking Shakespeare by Wizner&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;absolutely hilarious!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Homeboyz by Sitomer&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;kids really relate to the main character and his want of revenge for his sister who was cut down in a driveby. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Always Running: Living la vida loca by Rodriguez&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;this one's gritty &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have a library regular who comes in 2-3 times every week during the evenings. Nice as can be. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Recently, we've been getting complaints about what he's looking at over the internet. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Once, I messaged everyone using a computer reminding them about library policies, trying not to offend others, etc.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But another complaint arose recently.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I was wondering if anyone has any tricks to share about how to gently remind people about policies without being confrontational. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I feel like I've caught my grandpa doing something he shouldn't and I don't want to discuss it with him!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We are in the process of getting online payment for our patrons (yay 21st century!!).  While we won't be able to run the credit/debit ourselves, it will go through a website and we will receive a lump sum payment from the company we are using (Epay).  Since it's not compatible with our circ software, we will have the patron print out their receipt as proof to clear fines out of our system.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It's a really good idea to have a written policy on what to do in this sitution, because it is bound to happen repeatedly, it's just the way things are. 
Our library has a policy of one verbal warning (where the staff are notified that the patron has been given a warning), two written notices and then banning from computer use and eventually the library if the behaviour continues. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As for that specific instance, you could maybe say that you have recieved a complaint (or some complaints) about what he was viewing, and that he needs to be more careful to adhere to library policy in the future. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What Jan M said, but I'd like to add a caveat...You feel like you're approaching your grandpa. Others in the library may not have the same visceral reaction. If you're not alone in the library, ask if someone else feels more comfortable presenting the policy and restrictions. For example, I have no problem approaching folks on this subject, but get jumpy about toddlers and their parents. If you are lucky enough to have multiple co-workers, find out their "specialties".&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is a hard thing for me to do, too, no matter what age the patron is (I've had to talk to 60 year old men, 14 year old girls, and everyone in between).  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I try not to directly accuse someone of looking at porn unless I am sure that I have seen them doing it myself - we've had people accuse someone and it turned out they were watching Britney Spears videos on YouTube.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The thing to remember, I think, is that you absolutely need to address it immediately, and directly.  We had one situation when the complaining patron didn't think staff acted quickly enough, and started yelling at the offending patron on her own.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I always print out our computer use policy ( &lt;a href="http://www.chelmsfordlibrary.org/library_info/policies/2-8_computerusepolicy.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.chelmsfordlibrary.org/library_info/policies/2-8_computerusepolicy.html&lt;/a&gt; ) hand it to them and ask them to read it, while also saying something like, "another patron objected to something they saw on your screen.  This is a public building, so please remember that anything appearing on your screen must be suitable for children who might accidentally see it walking by."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If it happens a second time with the same patron, I do tell them that continued unacceptable behavior violates library policy and they may be banned from the library.  This usually works, but you also need to be ready to actually ban someone if it comes to that.  For more reading on dealing with difficult patrons, check out &lt;a href="http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/04/28/mla2010-black-belt-librarians-dealing-with-difficult-patrons" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/04/28/mla2010-black-belt-librarians-dealing-with-difficult-patrons&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Bring back the Frequently Asked Questions shirt! I never had a chance to buy it and would still love to have one. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Ok, I don't work in a public library so I have no idea how, or whether, it could be implemented, but at my work (school library), my computer allows me to see the screens of all the computers (Remote Desktop on Mac). &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have total control over the computers with one click of the mouse; I can send them messages (warnings), I can take control of their computers (very helpful when they ask for help but I'm also answering the phone or helping someone else at the desk), and I can "curtain" their screen, which basically locks their screen and a message that I wrote appear, telling them what was the reason for it. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Maybe something to look into, if only as a last measure for such cases? (obviously, as a public library you might not want/be allowed to keep as tight a ship as I have to in my school library). &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have an absolutely no porn policy. Small public library, only 4 public use internet connected computers, all of which face out into the reading area. So normally, anyone who is porn-ing (Not really a word, but whatever, lol) is busted by a staff member, and not a patron. One violation is a 30 day ban, 2nd is 6 months, and a 3-time loser gets a permanent ban. I don't know how many young men I've busted.
Interesting story.. had a very.. explicit print out come from an 83-year-old retired minister, an every-day user. Let the director deal with that one! :) &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our computers are set up so that when the patron logs in (they must make a reservation for a computer either with a library card or 'guest pass' [one per day for those]), the screen automatically goes to the internet policy and they must accept it. Whether they read it or not is another thing, but it gives us the right to kick them off the computer if they are caught looking at stuff they shouldn't be.  If they feign ignorance, we can state that they accepted the policy and agreed with it.  Our wi-fi is set up the same way.  We also have a pretty good filter, though the sneaky ones always have a way of working around those. Mostly, our biggest problem is noise (YouTube and related sites are very popular), and now and then a argumentive person, but I'm lucky - we always have a guard around the computer services desk to keep the peace.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Weirdest (and most disgusting):  Sealed ziploc bag with an open can of beans, but mostly filled with live, wriggling larvae.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Favorite:  Forty bucks tucked under the cover of a book that hadn't circ'd in many years.  No way to know whose $40 it was, so I used it to triple the staff budget for the winter holiday party.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've been trying to find a book one of my teens read a couple of years ago. Unfortunately, her memory is little spotty as to the details, so here's what she's given me so far:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"It is set in the 17 or 1800s, I think.
It is about a teen girl who is sent to go marry a widower with kids. I think that their names are french, like Jean. They go live in the woods, where the guy lives.
It seemed like an autobiography? I think she had a cat, maybe named Minette? 
I think that the man she marries has a little boy and girl, and is a furtrader. She has a kid at the end of the book, if I recall correctly."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm not having any luck. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I just went through this and I ended up using libraryworld for a variety of reasons. I looked at KOHA and it just seemed that there would be too much for me to have to take on in terms of programming for it to work for the small school libraries. Libraryworld is $395 per year, but what is nice about it is it allows you to pull the marc records yourself(by scanning the isbn) for free from a couple of different places, but you can download the marc files as well, and hosts the catalog in the "cloud" so one doesn't have to deal with a server. Hope that helps.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Is it King's Daughter by Suzanne Martel?
&lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/title/kings-daughter/oclc/39262536" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.worldcat.org/title/kings-daughter/oclc/39262536&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Amazon Reviews (14)
I Loved It!!!!!
by Katie (Amazon user published 2003-07-24 )&lt;br&gt;
7 of  7 people found this review helpful
This is one of my favorite books. I was completely obsessed with it for about a month, which is a record for me. It's terrific.
Best for young adults ages 12-16, The King's Daughter by Suzanne Martel tells the story of Jeanne, an eighteen-year-old French orphan. She travels to Canada as a King's Daughter, passage paid by the king so that she might marry one of the settlers. By chance she is married to Simon, a young man with two children. His previous wife Aimee was killed by the Iroquios and he needed someone to look after his son and daughter.
It takes time and patience, but Jeanne comes to love Simon and Simon comes to love Jeanne. They both struggle with doubts about each other throughout the book until everything is resolved at the end. There are plenty of various adventures (Jeanne travelling to the nearest settlement as a man, for example, or the risk of Iroquois attacks) which make the book very exciting. The story is touching and fun, and historical fiction buffs will love it, as will anyone.
The King's Daughter was translated from French to English, I believe. Since I cannot speak or read French, I was delighted to find an English version at my bookstore. I liked this book very, VERY MUCH and I would encourage ANYONE to buy it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When I was at BEA yesterday I came across a booth that had travel books for kids. I know I took the flyer but as usual have no idea where it is. The newest one (so new they only had galleys not even ARCs) was about England. I am pretty sure the titles of the books were Steve goes to...  Anybody at Book Expo or anybody in general know who publishes this or what the series is or anything?  Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;BTW I love my I read NY t-shirt.! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My predecessor was &lt;strong&gt;very&lt;/strong&gt; proud of her periodical collection.  Since I took over two years ago, we have have only touched them once.  The students prefer the internet and/or our databases.  I have shelves of 1966 and up of Life, Time, Newsweek, etc.  They make my library smell old and take up space I want for newer books (like the graphic novel collection I just wrote a grant for and hope to get!)  What should I do with them?  Recycle?  Ebay?  They are in only so-so shape, I also have the &lt;em&gt;Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature&lt;/em&gt; books to go with them.  They don't want them downtown; I already checked.  I am a small (380 students) high school librarian.  If I could make money off of them that would be great--but I'd be happy to just see them gone.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In a high school the answer is recycle!  But not the paper the use!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ask the art department if they would like them for projects.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ask the drama department if they would like them for staging any sets.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ask the history department is they want primary sources.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Take a big box dump them in and put up a sign that says "Magazines to Cut Up"&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We're working on end-of-year inventory (school library), and it's been going smoothly until now, when our tricorder stopped sending data to our inventory program. We've tried the obvious things (rebooting tricorder and computer, checking all connections, making sure no settings got changed by accident). &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Does anyone else have ideas?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Our set-up:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Windows XP computer  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Mandarin M3 library automation software&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Worthington Data Solutions tricorder (Model T62)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We've uploaded 6 barcode files within the last two weeks: it's more likely the tricorder is the problem rather than the Mandarin software, but it could be either. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks for any ideas! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Do you have a library list-serv in your state that you can advertise them on? That is probably what I would do before recycling or cutting them up. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I use something completely different but when I had problems I did the following.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;1) Scan into a txt file and then check the txt file to see if the input was working correctly.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;2) Upload a txt file with correct bar codes into the CIRC/CAT software to see if it will accept barcodes.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This way I can isolate the problem. Ironically, I've found through two of the three CIRC/CAT systems I've worked with that it is the proprietary software that fails most frequently, and that they will continue to read the general. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Thanks for the ideas!  Unfortunately, the Gaylord new ones on that page won't work because we have the plastic cases as well as the CDs to fit in... I should have specified that in my original note...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I keep only one year of back issues to circulate.  At the end of every school year I have a magazine sale to get rid of the older copies.  I charge 25 cents each or 5 for one dollar.  The kids love them! They I offer what ever is left to teachers. After the teachers take what they want the rest go in the recycling bin.  I'm never quite sure of the ethics of selling library materials to students but every year they ask about the sale and most of them sell.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Except for the father being a fur trader, it sure sounds like &lt;em&gt;Sarah, Plain and Tall&lt;/em&gt; by Patricia MacLachlan.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Where are these types of books in your collection? In the fiction or in the poetry? How do you decide which ones go where? I seem to have them two places. The ones in the fiction get used a lot, the ones in the poetry do not...Hmmm makes me wonder if poetry is out of fashion for the moment.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think the rule of thumb our children's librarian uses is whether or not it's a story as a whole or a collection of poetry.  If it's a story that just happens to be told in poetry form, like &lt;em&gt;Out of the Dust&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;Love That Dog&lt;/em&gt;, it's in with the regular fiction while &lt;em&gt;Where the Sidewalk Ends&lt;/em&gt; is in poetry.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It sounds a lot like Pond Scum, though it only came out in 2005.  In it, a boy finds a stone that can make him into an insect. Here's more at the Amazon page - &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pond-Scum-Alan-Silberberg/dp/0786856351/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1275086370&amp;amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/Pond-Scum-Alan-Silberberg/dp/0786856351/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1275086370&amp;amp;sr=8-1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Is that too new to be the book you remember?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;To me it sounds like one of the Dear Canada novels, specifically &lt;em&gt;Alone in an Untamed Land:  The Filles du Roi Diary of Hélène St. Onge, Montréal, Upper Canada, 1666&lt;/em&gt; by by Maxine Trottier.  I definitely remember a cat named Minette, or somesuch.  The summary is:  "Young Hélène St. Onge and her older sister Catherine are orphans. When King Louis XVI orders all men in New France to marry, Catherine becomes a fille du roi, one of the many young women sent to the new world as brides. Hélène will accompany her on the long sea voyage and live with her sister’s new family. But Catherine dies during the gruelling journey, and Hélène finds herself alone in strange new country. New France is a far harsher place than she imagined, with bitter winters and the threat of attack from the Iroquois. Will the new friendships she has made on her long voyage enable her to survive?"&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Can anyone help....  My gran used to read me a story about a mouse who needed a new home.  He tries to live in the post box but the postman tells him he can't live there and I seem to remember he tries to live in a hen housea amongst other places.  The story ends I think with him living in a flower pot.  The book was read to me in the late 70's.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It's not the book A mouse needs a house that is on Amazon.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any help would be greatly appreciated :-)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Clear type and plenty of images - how about some how-to books? I think she might like something from Klutz Press.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;i'm trying to look for a romance novel that i read years ago and would love to read it again &lt;em&gt;happy sigh&lt;/em&gt; here are a few things i know about it:
- either part or the full title is 'Remember'
- the main character's name is Nicholas
- its a historical roamnce
- the story is set in England&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Any software that allows you to search using z39.50 (as LibraryThing does) will also allow you to search by ISBN using a barcode reader.  You'll have to check whether a particular barcode reader model is capable of reading ISBN, and whether it is programmed to translate the codes into 13-digit or 10-digit ISBN's.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, many library automation systems do not automatically translate z39.50 searches between 10- and 13-digit ISBNs.  If you search by 13 digits, for example, and the host library has only the 10-digit ISBN in its bibliographic record, you'll think they have no record available.  It's too bad many library automation vendors haven't followed Amazon.com's example.  Amazon searches &lt;em&gt;both&lt;/em&gt; ways, regardless of whether you enter the 10- or the 13-digit version.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A new standard barcode reader will probably come pre-programmed to translate any ISBN barcode it reads as a 13-digit number.  If most of your collection was published before January 2007, re-program it to read ISBNs as 10-digit codes until you get finished with the conversion of older materials.  (Check online for a PDF manual if you don't have one available which contains these instructions.)  Or, if you can borrow an older scanner from another library, 10-digit ISBNs is likely to be the default setting.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A big part of my childhood memories is tied to books. I'm an only child and a fairly quiet person, so books were very good friends of mine. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So I was wondering: what are your childhood memories, regarding reading/books? Which book(s) made an impact on you? Which book(s) did you love, which one(s) did you dislike? Are there any that you still read today, or have shared with your kids/ students/ kids in the library, etc...? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I remember spending hours on my bed, turning into different positions as my back or my neck started hurting (my favorite was putting my feet/legs up against the wall, while my back and head were laying on the bed). &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I always loved Louisa May Alcott's books, of course starting with "Little Women". As a single child, this story of 4 sisters, their ups and downs, their closeness and their fights, really attracted me. I discovered the second part, "Good Wives", years later - and was so sad to see that Jo and Laurie didn't get married! :D  I also loved Rose's story ("Eight Cousins" and "Rose in Bloom"). The only child, a girl (like me), but who discovers her huge family and has a loving, smart father figure (neither of which I didn't have), also really enchanted me. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Frances Hogdson Burnett's novel "The Secret Garden" was lovely. I didn't read "A Little Princess" for a long time because there was an animated version of it that I watched as a kid, and it was so sad that I couldn't bear to read the story as well! :D &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Loved Diana Wynne Jones' Chrestomanci novels. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As I'm French, I'll add the "Little Nicholas" series, which was fascinating to me then (the kid's way of seeing things is just so dead-on) and still is to me now (as I pick up and understand all the humorous adult references too :D ). &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Reading was cyclical for me. I would find something I liked, read voraciously for a while, get frustrated and bored, and quit...Later I'd find something new and the process repeated.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Books caught my attention pretty randomly. A nonfiction book about Balto had me spellbound for four hours straight once...that's a really long time for someone with a short attention span who "hates reading."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Then there was &lt;em&gt;Ivanhoe&lt;/em&gt;. Enchanting. I remember actually lying in bed one night just reading, eyes wide, mouth gaping, imagining the flight of arrows as seen from a tower window...It's actually kind of depressing in retrospect. It's not like I really hated books, I just hated the books they thought I should like...And they never showed me anything different.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But what we were reading in class--Jenny, Jennifer, Jenine, and Jeanie all felt insecure about their skills as violinists for different reasons. The story was just them whining about it...Golly gee! Now whyever would I have been a reluctant reader?:) Most of our class readings were as stultifying. Yeeulgh.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Beautiful Joe&lt;/em&gt; was another book that made me sit down and read. I always meant to go back and reread it, but I've never gotten around to it...&lt;em&gt;My Side of the Mountain&lt;/em&gt; was also nice. &lt;em&gt;A Tale of Two Cities&lt;/em&gt; also came along sometime...sooooo good...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;After that, it was &lt;em&gt;Rifles for Watie&lt;/em&gt; by Harold Keith, which I still reread on occasion. Unfortunately, my library didn't have any other Keith. Then on to Cynthia Voigt and Madeleine L'Engle. Voigt was disappointing after the first few "Homecoming" books, and L'Engle just couldn't keep up with me. When I reread some of my favorite L'Engles a year later, they took one evening where they had formerly demanded several days' devotion.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Luckily, the Roman Legions of Simon Scarrow's &lt;em&gt;Under the Eagle&lt;/em&gt; came to my rescue...One thing led to another, and I haven't gotten bored since.:)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I was always in trouble for reading, mostly because I couldn't put the book down when I was supposed to be doing something else! I read most of what was in our school library, but the two I borrowed most were &lt;em&gt;The Dolls cookbook&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;The Diamond in the Window&lt;/em&gt;. I loved &lt;em&gt;Trixie Belden&lt;/em&gt;, but had a hard time reading them all, because they were never available in libraries.
I loved the &lt;em&gt;Little House&lt;/em&gt; books, and other stories about pioneers and survival. When I got a public library card I went through the horsey phase and read all the &lt;em&gt;Misty&lt;/em&gt; books and &lt;em&gt;Black Stallion&lt;/em&gt;. Now I get to read all the books I want, because it's for work! 
And I do share them with the students!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Many, many report cards contained phrases to the effect of "... if she'd just stop reading during class..." or "... rushes through her work in order to get back to her novel..."  Thankfully, my parents believed this wasn't necessarily a bad thing.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I remember waiting for the newest instalments in &lt;em&gt;The Babysitter's Club&lt;/em&gt;, and reading every Goosebumps book I could get my hands on. I went through every shelf in my (very) small school's library.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For some reason, I could never seem to get into the classics, the exception being Frances Hodgson Burnett. I've worn out several copies of &lt;em&gt;The Secret Garden&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;A Little Princess&lt;/em&gt; over the years.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I remember the day my parents signed the sheet to give me open access to the Queens Library.  No more juvenile books for me!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I used to have a little nightlight over my bed that I would read with all hours of the night. leep without reading for myself.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As a kid the books I loved and read over and over again?
1.  The landmark american history books especially the ones on Wyatt Earp, The Secret Service and Custers Last Stand.
2.  The Chip Hilton series of books.
3.  The Great Brain (I just reread a bunch of these. Still as good as I remember)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Ooh, just remembered another one, from when I was just learning to read and had read-alongs (with tapes! :D ). I had two read-alongs I loved: The Little Mermaid (the original version, not Disney) and The Sword in the Stone, based from the Disney movie.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I remember crying every time that the little mermaid died - I don't know which classical piece they used to accompany the reader's voice at that time, but I have heard it a couple of times since, and it always brings me back to that particular spot in the book.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As for Sword in the Stone, I always loved singing along the "Higitus Figitus" song :D &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It could be "Mouse House" by Rumer Godden. There's no room in the family flower pot for the baby mouse, so she looks for a new home.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My mother used to say things like, "Put down the book and come eat dinner!" I read while I did my chores -- vacuuming, dishes -- and I read while walking to school until I crossed the street without looking one day and scared myself to death!
By far my favorite books were the "Little House" series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I also loved Lucy Maud Montgomery's "Anne of Green Gables" series. I preferred series because the stories lasted longer. My favorite stand-alone book was "Tuck Everlasting." 
A side note -- I didn't like "Wrinkle in Time" series (the second book "Swiftly tilting planet" came out when I was in jr. high) or "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" series as a child, but read them as an adult and love them!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;As a child I loved &lt;em&gt;Johnny Tremain.&lt;/em&gt; I read my father's copy so many times that it fell apart, so I ran out and bought another copy so I could keep reading it. I still read it as an adult. I love the story and I love the connection I feel to my father when I read it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Oh, so many great books!  Louisa May Alcott was a favorite of mine, especially &lt;em&gt;Eight Cousins&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;The Rose in Bloom&lt;/em&gt;.  The Little House and Black Stallion series were wonderful.  I loved historical fiction and ready many a story with a pioneer theme.  I never got into Nancy Drew, but recall reading some Trixie Belden books.  One book that I purposely avoided growing up was &lt;em&gt;The Call of the Wild&lt;/em&gt; because a dogfight scene in the movie had so frightened me.  As an adult I read it and enjoyed it.  Also, I never cared for &lt;em&gt;The Wizard of Oz&lt;/em&gt; movie and have still not read the book.  With summer coming, I wish I could be a kid again and spend lazy hours reading beneath a tree in the yard.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Could it be the series by Deanna Raybourn?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When I was in 8th grade my school did academic tracking - meaning I had every single class (including gym and lunch) with the same 20 kids, almost all of whom were rich and hated me.  I was so depressed and miserable.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And then on February 15, 1997 (a date I'll always remember) I read Robin McKinley's &lt;strong&gt;The Hero and the Crown.&lt;/strong&gt;  I call it the book that saved my life.  Here was Aerin, living my life, surrounded by people who hated her, and yet she was the one who saved them all.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Incidentally, that was also the day I first saw a Star Wars movie, which also changed my life.  I noticed the parallels between the movies and The Hero and the Crown, and it set me on my lifelong obsession with the Hero's Journey.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'd like to do a "One School - One Book" event next year in my PreK-5 school.  I'd like a book that the younger students can listen to while older students can read, and one that has many enrichment ideas.  I'm thinking of &lt;strong&gt;"Where the Mountain Meets the Moon"&lt;/strong&gt; by Grace Lin, but when I go to the teachers I'd like to have a few more options so they can decide together.  Any ideas?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about &lt;em&gt;The Tale of Despereaux&lt;/em&gt;, by kate DiCamillo, or &lt;em&gt;Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH&lt;/em&gt;, by Robert C. O'Brien?  Either of these titles should hold the interest of the older kids while making for a great read aloud for the younger ones.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The first things that come to mind for me are &lt;em&gt;A Wrinkle in Time&lt;/em&gt; by Madeleine L'Engle and &lt;em&gt;My Side of the Mountain&lt;/em&gt; by Jean Craighead George...&lt;em&gt;The Hobbit&lt;/em&gt; by Tolkien might also work, or one of the Narnia books?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;According to my mother, &lt;em&gt;Black Beauty&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Heidi&lt;/em&gt;, and &lt;em&gt;Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates&lt;/em&gt; were the "classic," all-ages childrens' books when she was growing up.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Obviously, I have no real experience, but I would guess these could work. Happy hunting either way! :)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I love how so many people chose the same books. :)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I devoured the Babysitter's Club, and Sweet Valley High, but no real lasting impression.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Little House books are STILL my favorites.&lt;br&gt;
I was (and still am) a big Lois Lowry fan. Number the Stars, the Giver.. how can you go wrong?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I re-read not too long ago, The Westing Game, was also a favorite.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Basically, if it had words on it, and didn't move, I'd read it, lol.  When I was in Jr. High, I spend the summer with my grandmother, who lived way out in the middle of a whole bunch of cornfields.. No library in sight. So I read her Harlequin novels, lol.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Ours is a public library, but we circulate this year and last year, then they get put out on the "Freebie" table. They usually all disappear after a day or two out there.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I love Sharon Creech- How about &lt;strong&gt;Love that dog.&lt;/strong&gt; It combines poetry, short read, novel in verse, all about writing and how hard and easy it can be, ends with an author coming to school.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Jill Paton's &lt;strong&gt;Higher Power of LUcky&lt;/strong&gt;.  Fearing that her legal guardian plans to abandon her to return to France, ten-year-old aspiring scientist Lucky  Trimble determines to run away while also continuing to seek the Higher Power that will bring stability to her life. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Another one I love is Linda Urban's &lt;strong&gt;A crooked kind of perfect&lt;/strong&gt;. Ten-year-old Zoe Elias, who longs to play the piano but must resign herself to learning the organ, instead, finds that her musicianship has a positive impact on her workaholic mother, her jittery father, and her school social life. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rules&lt;/strong&gt; by Cynthia Lord. Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence but her world is further complicated by a friendship with an young paraplegic. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I loved them all and could add more, but...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I remember sitting with my dad reading as a child. He would read wonderful stories to me and I would want the same one over and over. Interesting that now I remember the feeling of peacefulness, contentment, happiness, but can't remember a title. I also remember going to the public library to get my first book out  on my own library card, I practiced my name over and over so I wouldn't mess it up. I had to write my first and my last name which is quite long for a 5 year old. These are books I remember reading in 4th and 5th grade - Elsie Dinsmore, Little Peppers, Cherry Ames, Nancy Drew, Hurry Home, Candy. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I remember going to the biographies, and starting with the first one until I read them all. Then I went to the fiction and started the same way - with the a's and read them shelf by shelf. I read eating breakfast, walking down the street, hiding in a tree, in the midst of my chores, with a flashlight under the covers, I read everything I could. In 6th grade I was allowed to go to the adult section. I read Kon-TIki, Heloise and Abelard, books by Leon Uris, Phyllis Whitney, Irving Stone. I started with biographies, historical fiction, then went on to fantasy and science fiction. I remember loving a book called &lt;strong&gt;They Loved to Laugh&lt;/strong&gt; by Kathryn Worth. I reread it as an adult and almost gagged. I read &lt;strong&gt;Exodus&lt;/strong&gt; 14 times and still love the movie and the music. I read Peyton Place, Candy and a lot of other titles popular when I grew up.I got interested in Abraham Lincoln when I read a lengthy biography about him in high school. The fatter the book the better I liked it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We also use genre labels. We have a fairly large collection and it makes it easier for kids to look at the spine labels. I do run into the problem of YA and HF then cutting the labels so it fits. I hated the adventure labels with the pirate- kids would return the book and tell me there were no pirates.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We mostly use them for mystery, sports, fantasy, sci fi, HF, horror, humor, newbery, caldecott and other awards and prizes. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In our picture book section we also use horses, dogs, cats, and seasonal- Christmas, Hannakah, Valentines day, Thanksgiving, etc. It really helps kids find things on their own. So many kids seem to like cat and dog stories.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My dad read to my sister and I a lot, mostly fantasy novels—&lt;em&gt;The Hobbit&lt;/em&gt;, the Prydain Chronicles (AKA the Taran books), &lt;em&gt;The Ordinary Princess&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Westmark&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Haroun and the Sea of Stories&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;He had a particular sneaky trick: when he wanted me to clean my room, he'd sit on my bed and read to me while I cleaned around him. If I stopped cleaning, he stopped reading. It was the only way my parents could get me to clean my room as a kid! (If they just sent me to clean my room, I'd pick up one of the books strewn on the floor and just read it. If asked, I'd claim I was "organizing my bookshelves.")&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The book was a childrens book and was somewhat dark. From what I remember it was a world of people or pokka dot people whom looked kind of like spoon people that had two little dots for eyes and I think some wore pokka dot outfits? They lived in a happy world but then I think it burned down because of war or a big fire or warming. I can't totally reminber. Its like a far away world and I think the spoon looking people (cartoon) on one picture I remember have a clothes line. It goes from being happy and beautiful to dark and maybe everyone dissapears or dies. I am dying to find this book and can't remember much more than this being it was such a long time ago. It was a smaller book. Land of the dots or dot people I think? Maybe they were aliens? I remember the sky was dark with stars maybe??? Does anyone have any idea what this book might be. I am desperate to find it once again. Thanks  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm not actually sure what a "PreK-5" school is, but depending on the reading interest of your students, it may be a good idea to choose something that has been made into a movie, it tends to help considerably with interest and visualisation.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Eragon&lt;/strong&gt; comes to mind, but it may be a little large, &lt;strong&gt;Lion, witch and wardrobe&lt;/strong&gt; could also work, or the Darren Shan &lt;strong&gt;Vampire's assistant&lt;/strong&gt; (not sure if light horror is so much of a good idea though).  If you are a little dubious about starting a series the I believe Nanny McPhee was based off a book called something like &lt;strong&gt;Nurse Matilida&lt;/strong&gt;? by somebody Brand?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm from New Zealand, and we have a locally famous author Maurice Gee, who has recently had one of his earlier books turned into a movie (under the mountain), and found that this was extrememly useful with some of our reluctant readers. But I have no idea if this author or this movie have made it internationally.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Regardless there are dozens (probably hundreds) of good children's or teen fiction that have made it to the big screen, and this can &lt;strong&gt;really&lt;/strong&gt; raise enthusiasm&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I love Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, but I think the structure of it (one overarching main plot with lots of shorter folk tales interspersed) could be confusing as a readaloud to the younger kids in your age group. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Some suggestions: 
Frindle by Andrew Clements or something Beverly Cleary or Roald Dahl? Charlotte's Web (too sad for younger ones, perhaps?) &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I might also suggest picking a story with multiple versions for different age groups. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen, for example, is originally an adult book, has a picture book nonfiction retelling, and a young readers chapter version. Another one would be Christian the Lion (I believe a picture book version is out or forthcoming) or Marley &amp;amp; Me. Even if the teachers prefer to share the chapter book versions of the stories as a readaloud, they could still use the picture book versions to introduce the topic and gauge interest with your younger audience. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about the ever-popular &lt;strong&gt;Charlotte's Web&lt;/strong&gt;? or &lt;strong&gt;Stuart Little&lt;/strong&gt;? Maybe a &lt;strong&gt;Little House&lt;/strong&gt; book, &lt;strong&gt;Abel's Island&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;The Wind in the Willows&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;The Secret Garden&lt;/strong&gt;? These are older choices, it's been a few years since I was at an elementary library. I am sure there are more contemporary titles to choose from.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I just looked at the book trailer for your original choice, and it looks wonderful!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Could it be &lt;strong&gt;The Bear Party&lt;/strong&gt; by William Pene Du Bois? This was a Caldecott Honor in 1988.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I know that your question is answered but this is one I remember that has a similar story line.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Mrs. Mike, the Story of Katherine Mary Flannigan is a novel by Benedict and Nancy Mars Freedman set in the Canadian wilderness in the early 1900s. Considered by some a young adult classic, Mrs. Mike has been published in several editions and is read worldwide. The work combines the landscape and hardships of the Great Canadian North with a love story between Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Mike Flannigan and a young Katherine Mary O'Fallon, newly arrived from Boston, Massachusetts. Mrs. Mike, based on the life of Katherine Mary O'Fallon Flannigan, documents the young couple's trials, sorrows, and growth.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My favorite read-alound was "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". It fits with the movie tie-ins previously mentioned, and it's an enjoyable story!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Bookpeople:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I was going to suggest Robert Louis Stevenson's &lt;b&gt;A Child's Garden of Verses&lt;/b&gt;, but the novels are a better idea. Is &lt;b&gt;Charlotte's Web&lt;/b&gt; off the table?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What about &lt;strong&gt;The Invention of Hugo Cabret?&lt;/strong&gt; The logistic issues may be to big—it would require the book being passed around during the read-aloud time for the little ones to look at the illustrations, but I bet they'd get a kick out of how much of the story they can get through the pictures without adult intervention. And the older kids could research silent movies and clockwork and robotics.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Penderwicks&lt;/strong&gt;. The protagonists are a set of sister at a variety of elementary-school ages, and they're tomboyish enough and have a strong boy best friend character to draw in the boys, too. There's adventure, sports, writing, imagination, a crush, a conspiracy, playing dress-up, rabbits and a dog... really, in terms of having something for everyone, it's kind of a kid's &lt;em&gt;The Princess Bride&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I was mocked on the school bus for reading the &lt;em&gt;Little House&lt;/em&gt; series.  I loved those as a kid, and the &lt;em&gt;Anne of Green Gables&lt;/em&gt;, too.  My mother, an English teacher, was so happy when I got over them, but then I moved into Scifi/Fantasy, so I don't know how much of an improvement it was for her.  Loved the Pern books.  Stumbled over some more sci-fi stuff (&lt;em&gt;Ender's Game&lt;/em&gt; is still a favorite), but moved away from that as I got older into a Koontz/King/Saul/spooky phase.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Now I will read whatever interests me.  I've always been more story oriented than concerned for "good literature."  I've gone back to read some things people can't believe I missed. I could read older books as a kid so I missed out on some of the younger books.  There's just too much to read.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And, yes, I did the reading by night-light thing, too. :)  I've always suspected that's why I have glasses today.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would recommend Beverly Cleary - Beezus and Ramona, or Henry Huggins - or both, since they are the same neighborhood and the kids know each other.  This can be read aloud well, the struggling readers and those in second/third grade should be able to tackle some of it on their own.  the younger ones can identify with Ramona while older 5th graders may identify more with Beezus or Henry.  New movie version comihg out soon too!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you want a single more "fantasy" tile, still Cleary - The Mouse and the Motorcycle.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If the rule is "I before E, except after C, and when sounding like A as in neighbor and weigh," why is weird spelled W E I R D?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Because it's a weird word, of course! :) In all seriousness though, that's the only way I remember it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"I before E..." isn't a rule. It's just a mnemonic device designed to help people remember how the majority of words are spelled. There are a LOT of exceptions though. We don't even notice some of them because they're spelled phonetically, like "science" and "theism." Others we're used to because we use them so often, like "their" and "height." Basically, you just have to memorise the exceptions.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I just found a site &lt;a href="http://alt-usage-english.org/I_before_E.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://alt-usage-english.org/I_before_E.html&lt;/a&gt; That seems to have a pretty complete list of exceptions, if you're interested in them.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As to why "weird" specifically is spelled that way? No one knows. It originally came from the word "wyrd" meaning fate, turning into the Old English "weorðan" meaning to become, turning into the modern "weird." A more detailed etymology is here: &lt;a href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=weird" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=weird&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If I had to guess on why it's "ei" and not "ie," I'd guess it comes from the Old English pronunciation. The "e" in "weorðan" was stressed and the "o" was a lot shorter. Since that pronunciation survived in it's derivative (sort of), the "ei" is the phonetic spelling. I say it sort of survived because if I'm emphasizing the word "weird" it comes out as "wee-urd.":)...also compare how "weird" sounds compared to "weed." You can kind of hear an extremely short "i" in "weird." Leastways I can.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To summarize: English spelling and pronunciation is ridiculously fickle and rife with exceptions to every rule you can possibly think of. In the end you just have to memorise it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think it would be a disability rights issue if you tried banning her because of her lung condition. Reading Laura Rothenberg's account of having cystic fibrosis and getting a lung transplant (Breathing For a Living, 2003) helped me to understand and be more sympathetic to people with lung conditions. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Concrete poems in general and particularly the ones by John Grandits might be appropriate. His series is intended for her age group and older; the two books are in the perspectives of two siblings, the older in high school and the younger I don't remember.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm looking for a series of books that I read back in the 60's. It features teenagers who work on various archeology sites. One book involved excavating a Viking longship. I particularly remember a paddle being unearthed, but then disintegrating because it wasn't properly preserved. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Another book was set in the Amazon rain forest (and was my first introduction to piranhas.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I don't remember the author or any of the characters. However, I have a vague memory that the books themselves were larger than normal paperbacks, and flat. They also had a red checker pattern on the spine. (Yes, I can remember the spine, not the author.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have lots of them and am moving them into poetry primarily because I can count on my teachers to do a poetry assignment. So I know I can get them out in front of readers. They are a great hook for kids who don't want to read anything.  This is in my ninth campus library.  And I agree, it's arbitary.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;From as far back as I could remember, each night my Mom would read a chapter from the KJV Bible and a chapter from a chapter book of our choice to help us get to sleep. When I got into first grade, I had a extensive vocabulary, and I knew a lot of things, but I was way behind the other kids, who had come through the Abeka program, in reading. I'd never read anything for myself, but had always gotten my Mom to read to me. To help me catch up, they gave me all the Abeka "See Spot Run" type kindergarten books. I was used to the dialog of Tolkien, Bujould, Alexander, etc. and I couldn't stay interested enough to get anywhere in these "baby" books. It drove my family and my teacher crazy. Anyway, one night, Mom had finished reading her fourth chapter that night from The Hobbit, (which I had heard 3-5 times before.) I didn't want her to stop, we were at the point where the dwarves have been taken by the giant spiders. My Mom was dead tired, and my brother was already mostly asleep, but I kept begging her for "just one more chapter". Finally, she tossed me the book, and said that if I wanted it that bad, I could read it myself. I said, "I can do this?" She answered "Sure" and left to go to bed. I spent the rest of the night reading the book through, and I've never had trouble reading since.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Because it's entirely fitting for "weird" to be spelled weirdly?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We put novels in verse in the fiction section.  While cataloguing can be arbitrary, I feel these books belong in fiction because they tell a story.  Poetry is just the format that is used to tell it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Oh wow, books I liked as a child….
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Where to begin…..
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What about the ones I did not like….don’t remember those….probably did not read them.  Why waste time with an unappealing book?&lt;br&gt;
Books I liked:  Hardy boys,  Tom Swift,  Phantom Toll booth,  Forgotten Door,  Dark is rising series,  I &lt;em&gt;think&lt;/em&gt; I read all the Narnia Series.    Time cat,  Mad Scientists club.&lt;br&gt;
These really stick up in my memory, I am sure there were more. 
I would browse anything I could get my hands one.  If it interested me I would read it.  If it did not grab my attention, forget it.&lt;br&gt;
When Mom found me browsing through Dr Spock’s book she hid it.  She was afraid it would warp my mind.&lt;br&gt;
Many times I found books to be more exciting, or perhaps I should say, more….interesting then other children.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Yea there were, a lot more….If I could remember their NAMES!  Don’t you just hate it when their titles go out of your head?&lt;br&gt;
Night birds on   Nantucket,  Westing Game,  House with a clock in its walls,&lt;br&gt;
Charley and the Grand rascal&lt;br&gt;
Ok, lets get this sent and get back to work.   &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am not a librarian. If it helps though, I like fiction. I do not like poetry because most of it is needlessly opaque, disturbing, or depressing, or at least that's all they gave me in school. The other type (limericks etc.) is fun for all of five minutes before I want something with a little more substance. So if you're looking to expose people to poetry that I, personally, wouldn't dislike, you should probably try to shelve it in the fiction section.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I know the only reason I have any love for poetry at all now is because of what I've read interspersed through LotR, the introductory verses in certain books, and short quotations and excerpts used in fiction. I'm not sure how willing I would be to pick up a novel completely written in verse, but I know I'd be a thousand times more likely to pick it up if it were called a "novel" and not "poetry."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I admit it's silly to associate such stigma with a word, but there you have it. Hopefully this reader's opinion will help a little.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about "&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/I-Remember-Love-Mollie-Hardwick/dp/1893766233" rel="nofollow"&gt;I remember love&lt;/a&gt;" by Mollie Hardwick?
&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/I-Remember-Love-Mollie-Hardwick/dp/1893766233" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/I-Remember-Love-Mollie-Hardwick/dp/1893766233&lt;/a&gt;
since it has remember in the title
OR
"&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Knight-Shining-Armor-Jude-Deveraux/dp/0743457269/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1276004547&amp;amp;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow"&gt;A Knight in Shining Armor&lt;/a&gt;" by Jude Devereaux
&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Knight-Shining-Armor-Jude-Deveraux/dp/0743457269/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1276004547&amp;amp;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/Knight-Shining-Armor-Jude-Deveraux/dp/0743457269/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1276004547&amp;amp;sr=1-1&lt;/a&gt;
since the lead character is Nicholas.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am currently preparing a general research guide for my high school students and was wondering if anybody has some examples they would like to share?  I of course would not use any material without permission just looking more for ideas.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There are nice resource guides here: &lt;a href="http://www.svu.edu/academics/library/resource-guides" rel="nofollow"&gt;SVU Resource Guides&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I was able to purchase books for my middle- and high-school library, and I bought a few mangas for the middle schoolers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Now it is time to process and catalog them, and I wonder: is it worth it to cover them with a Reddi-Cover? should I just reinforce the spine and sides with tape? Or not even do that? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I do expect the mangas to circulate a lot, so covering them makes sense to me - but then, since they're paperback, high circ will really wear them on the spine (pages falling out), which covering them won't really help much (will it?)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Anyways, I'd love to have your advice! &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Elsa&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't have a lot of mangas, but the ones I do have tend to fall apart. I would focus on reinforcing the spine, although I usually do cover all of my books.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Love this question!  I was lucky enough to live four blocks from the library and would go two or three times a week and come home with an armful of books.  I loved the Little House books, Dorrie the Good Witch, Beany Malone, Nancy Drew, Heidi, Hundred Dresses, the Betsy books by Carolyn Haywood, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle.  I was the oldest of six and was always reading...mostly to stay out of the chaos!  Most books I read at least three times over the years.  I still have a few of the books that were mine as a kid...but I would love to still have all the Scholastic and Weekly Reader books that I bought.  And that reminds me...I LOVED Little Plum by Rumer Godden.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Because the I before E "rule" relates to words to where the sound (of the ei or ie) is "ee".  Receeved, beleeved, ceeling.  Any where you can "hear" the "i" and the "e" should be spelled phoenetically, weird for example is wee - ird.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Don't ask me about caffeine though :)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My library recently received a donation of comic books.  We aren't adding them to collection and would like to sell them.  Does anyone know of a good way to sell comic books?  Have any libraries used Ebay to sell books?  How much work is involved in selling on Ebay?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Chances are it's not going to be worth it to eBay them. The exceptions would be if you had a large collection of the same comic (FREX Spiderman #212 through 287 or whatever) that you could sell in a lot, or comics that are rare, and therefor worth a bit more.
Most older comics go for a dollar or two at best, and that's in person at the shop. Tack on shipping &amp;amp; handling (you'll need some stiff cardboard, and probably special comic sleeves to protect them if they are worth anything) most people won't be willing to pay enough to account for the man hours required to list and mail 'em all.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My suggestion would be look through and see if there is anything rare, or contiguous lots, if not put 'em in your booksale for maybe a quarter a book.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I want to say it was set on the Mississippi during the steam boat era, but I'm not positive. One of the characters was a pyrokinetic who had a barrel of gunpowder on his boat. Rivals replaced it with water and murdered him (strangled I think) and found the barrel full of water boiling.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It is very likely this was a novella I read in an Analog Magazine (Which doesn't narrow things down a lot as my Granpas collection went from the late 60s, through the early 80s.).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;World Cat has an app. You can set a local library as home. After you do a search, the results how what local libraries have copies. This works great in a big cit like Cleveland, OH where many libraries are part of World Cat. “BookMyne" is another app let’s you do OPAC searches but again the local libraries must participate. "Access My Library" which someone else mentioned is a fabulous app. Not sure how libraries participate. May only be for certain library automation packages. Lets users search the Gale databases with no online authentication. The interface, however, is the same as the regular online one so is small and awkward to use on the iphone. It would be great if Gale got a mobile interface. I love the app “Dragon Dictation.” It’s lots better than the iPhone “Voice memo.” Dragon has great, accurate voice recognition software. So easy to quickly write something and have it converted to text. The iPhone Google Apps interface also let’s you do voice searches and can be synced with Google Apps. “Bookmarks” let’s you access your Delicious account. Many e-reader apps included Stanza, Kindle and Barnes and Noble eReader. You can download books in the public domain. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My local high school has a great research guide. The link at the bottom of the page should download the .pdf for your review:
Information Literacy Resources
&lt;a href="http://dvhs-antioch-ca.schoolloop.com/info" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://dvhs-antioch-ca.schoolloop.com/info&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In my experience, the spines are the first thing to get wrecked; they start to peel at the top and bottom edges. However, the binding on most manga is surprisingly strong. Some of mine have been out 40+ (I'm looking at you, &lt;em&gt;Fushigi Yugi&lt;/em&gt;) and are still in amazingly good condition &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have read a number of posts of yours, but this is the one that I like the most. So expecting some more ideas from your side. Thanks
&lt;a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/weight-loss-articles/the-diet-solution-program-review-best-program-to-lose-weight-2475550.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Diet Solution Program Review&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/supplements-and-vitamins-articles/acai-berry-diet-how-acai-berry-colon-cleanse-helped-me-lose-weight-2303774.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Acai Berry Diet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Does your state government, local schools/district/board of education, or local colleges have their own research guide? You might be reinventing the wheel here. Don't forget to cover note-taking, attribution, and bibliographic information and formatting -- if only to mention that there are different formatting standards. And to use the one the instructor dictates.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you have specific resources you'd like to cover, such as a purchased database of newspaper and magazine articles, the local newspaper, microfilm resources you have in-house, PubMed, etc., you might want to address the specific aspects of each resource in it's own section. So, there'd be the general "how to look for information" chapter, then a page or two on searching PubMed, a page or two on searching the news database, a page or two (with illustrations) on finding the right microforms and using the machines. Thus, when any particular medium needs to be changed, you just have to update (and if necessary print and insert) that particular section.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But then, after a particularly bad experience, I'm a version control/revision level nut.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you have any local comic book stores, your best bet might be to call them and see if they're willing to make an offer or can point you in the direction of someone else who would want them.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I used the Big6 Research Skills (with attribution). We made a bookmark out of it with the skills on the one side and some suggested resources ("don't forget the databases" LOL) and library contact info on the reverse.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Go here &lt;a href="http://www.big6.com/2005/03/23/free-big6%e2%84%a2-items-for-you-to-share/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.big6.com/2005/03/23/free-big6%e2%84%a2-items-for-you-to-share/&lt;/a&gt; for some good starter materials. The Deer Valley / Antioch pdf Jake posted has a version of Big6 too.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I cover mine, it's definitely worth my time. I don't have much trouble with the bindings. I have trouble with them tumbling around in backpacks. I think the covers would be in bad shape without being covered.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Since mangas are "fun" kids will want to do other fun things while reading them like spilling soda and eating cheetos. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm asking partly out of mere curiosity, and partly seeing if your responses would give ideas for what to buy at my library.  The ones that go out the most often here are&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Nemu Nemu
Naruto
Bleach
Shaman King
Hikaru No Go
Fullmetal Alchemist.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hello!  I'm trying to update our teen magazine collection.  I noticed that it leans more toward girls' interest titles, so trying to find ones that might appeal more to guys.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Current subscriptions that we'll continue:
Girl's Life, Seventeen, J14, GamePro, Game Informer, XBOX, Surf, Odyssey (though not sure it's read very much)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Current subscriptions that we'll drop:
Cicada (not touched at all!), Thrasher (only one adult patron has shown interest), Wizard (ditto)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;New subscriptions:
Shonen Jump, Ride BMX&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also considering Otaku USA, Justine, and Make...what would you recommend?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Word on the Street is fun.  You can also try Wits and Wagers.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to find a book I read fairly recently that I would like to display for our SRP, but I can't remember the title or author.  It begins with a young boy starting his manhood trials in a Polyenisian-type setting.  I belive he fails his trial and as he is heading home to his island a tsunami hits.  When he arrives home he finds that the wave wiped out (most?all?) his people.  The same wave knocks a ship from an english-tpe setting off course.  On the ship is a girl that is the daughter of someone-a duke or lord maybe?  The ship ends up in the treees of the boys island.  They meet and discover a few survivors, but a pirate like gang is preying on them.  They end up in the cave of the island 'gods', where they discover some very interesting information (I don't want to give away the ending)  They live in a world very much like ours, but not quite. Can anyone help?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Sounds like &lt;em&gt;Nation&lt;/em&gt; by Terry Pratchett. Mind you, I haven't actually read it yet, but it sure sounds like the cover blurb.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Yay Nemu*Nemu. I hardly ever see that listed on a list of anything. But technically, while it is written by ethnic Japanese people, it's more of a web comic than a manga since it was never published in a Japanese magazine. Go Nemu! Go Anpan! Go Henshin Rider!!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Anyway, part of the problem with seeing how often things go out is trying to factor in the number of copies in the system. Like if you have a dozen copies and 40 people in line, it shows back up on the shelf more rapidly than if you own two copies for the same 40 people in line. So it's the ones I never actually lay eyes on and don't know that the system owns that are hard to quantify.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That said, it seems like the Shoujo Beat series are also popular, like High School Debut, B.O.D.Y., Love*Com, Honey and Clover, stuff like that. Amongst the Shonen Jump series, One Piece is also fairly popular. Black Butler and xxxHolic are hardly ever on the shelf too.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It's a little easier to tell what's unpopular by seeing what's always on the shelf. Well, not so much unpopular as "everyone's read it already, because we've got a lot of copies."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The boys at my junior high love Transworld Skateboarding and Transworld Snowboarding. They also like Car &amp;amp; Driver, and Road &amp;amp; Track. We have Hockey News, Nintendo Power and Moto X. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Depending on your school the boys here read Inside Lacrosse religously.  Interestingly they sometimes pick up Wizard. Entertainment Weekly depending who is on the cover.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Sports Illustrated -- not the one for kids, the regular subscription. You'll have to decide ahead of time how to handle the swimsuit edition. Some libraries choose to put it out, some keep it behind the desk for request only and some place it in the circular file.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Little Bears Friend or just Little Bear books? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Get some of the short playing time German-style strategy games:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Carcassonne&lt;/strong&gt; (building cities and trying to dominate the Medieval French countryside)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Settlers of Catan&lt;/strong&gt; (collect resources to build stuff and dominate an imaginary continent)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ticket to Ride&lt;/strong&gt; (build a network of trains)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A typical game is 45-60 minutes, though of course the personalities of the players can vary this. They're really fun and much more clever than the standard American board game.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Since it's at a library, also think about:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Once Upon a Time&lt;/strong&gt; (You play the game by telling a story—and stealing it from other tellers—with cards that have specific story elements on them.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Oh yeah, Fullmetal Alchemist is pretty popular. A lot of the "classic" stuff, like Fushigi Yugi and anything by CLAMP are always out.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have an oversize stapler that I staple all my graphic novels with first, then I cover them with the hard plastic- or rather I have trained a volunteer to do all the covering. The books last. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If I cover the book without stapling, the pages come our rather quickly.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My pages come out before the spine comes off if I do neither.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Good luck.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What is simple copy cataloging? My understanding is that certain kinds of material do not require full cataloging. A simplified cataloging done by a paraprofessional could improve the cataloging efficiency and make materials shelf-ready in an expedient fashion. If so, what kinds of material are "fast cat" candidates? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thank you.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In our library, copy cataloging, is cataloging an item where you can find a record already created, such as on OCLC or Library of Congress. Sometimes they need a little editing, but mostly they are complete from the site. As far as brief records for certain titles, that would depend on the type of library you are. Elementary school libraries can get away with more brief records than high school which can have more than college libraries.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;At the risk of sounding 'librariany' (it's a word - honest!), have you tried doing a  poll of your target readership? It always seems nice to me to include the young people that we want to encourage in the decisions that may affect their opinion of the library and the stock within. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It is easy enough to weed out the silly suggestions (i.e. no playboy!) and you may get a pleasant surprise  in how eager they are to be listened to.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Yes,, as Gincat said, copy cataloging is taking someone else's record and making it your own.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Minimal level cataloging is entering just the information that's vital to you.  We used to do that at my public library for donated paperbacks and music cds.  That consisted of Title, Author, and barcode.  Now we do a lot more, though it's still not full cataloging, for the music cds (contents, artists, subject, etc.) and a little more for the donated paperbacks (publication information is now included).  Oh, we also do that for magazines.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What items would be appropriate depends on you.  We chose to do things that would take up too much time for someone to catalog but need to get on the shelf in a timely fashion and things of "lesser" value or that won't stick around forever (we discard magazines after a couple of years, we weed the "romance" sections of paperbacks pretty heavily, cds disappear).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm in charge of programming at a public library. We have a murder mystery party scheduled in a couple weeks, and I just found out the person with whom I am was collaborating (who was supposed to write the mystery itself) has bailed on the project. The event is promoted as participatory (people will play sleuth, piecing together clues offered as the game progresses). So far I have 25 people registered, with a registration limit of 50 (though that limit can be adjusted if necessary).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Now everything's been dumped in my lap, and cancelling the event is not an option. I've never hosted (or even attended) a murder mystery party. Researching online has led me to this AskMe post, a bunch of websites offering games for sale, and generic advice that doesn't get to the nuts-and-bolts of the game/story structure.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I suppose I could modify a mystery-party-in-a-box to fit our event's premise (an author visit held at our branch is cut short when the author is murdered... whodunit?), but I'm wary of some of the problems with that (pretty large group, warnings that box mysteries are lame, etc.). I'm a decent writer and have some experience directing actors, so I'm not worried about the prospect of having to execute a plotline, get volunteers to play key roles, etc. What I'm freaked out about is that I have no idea how these types of parties actually work. I need to move quickly to get this done, so I need to know the best way to approach this so I can start writing and rehearsing.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;FWIW, my ex-collaborator has proven next to impossible to reach (something I learned too late), so it seems prudent to assume that I won't be able to pick her brain or get access to what (if anything) she's written so far.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any ideas? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Azumanga Daioh, anything by CLAMP, and Fullmetal Alchemist were standards.  Then they'd ask for whatever the current anime fad was, and I'd try to find it in manga for them.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Drawing from Live Action Role-Playing game experience (the more geeky version of the murder mystery parties, though I've done one or two of those too.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A few weeks is a very short time to pull something like this together: it's not the writing, exactly, as much as making sure that everything fits together and connects everyone in the game so they can have fun. When you're writing quickly, it's very easy to write into the same set of sub-plots over and over without bringing in others in the game, or leave out a crucial bit of information you were &lt;em&gt;sure&lt;/em&gt; you included. It's not impossible to handle at short notice, but it is something you want to see if you can find a solution for.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;25 people is also pretty sizeable: it will take some thoughtful management to keep things on track but also make sure enough information is shared that the mystery is solveable. If you have, say, 5 core volunteers, you might see about designing sub-plots in circles of 5, so that a given group of 5 players have reasons to connect or share information, and that your five volunteers know to go looking for it/share it somehow in ways that progress the game (either because of their character, or because they know their job in the game is to get information moving by asking questions and getting information out in the open despite people's possible resistence.) &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;0) Draft someone else to help you - even if not with the writing, another warm body and pair of hands to help you sort out information, double check you're not leaving someone out, get it to the right people, and so on can be really critical to your well-being. If you have an interested teenager or two handy, this can be a really great thing for them to help with. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;1) Create a wide range of characters: figure out how you're going to assign them. (Most people will have an easier time playing a character of their own gender, but might enjoy the chance to have fun with a character that isn't like them. Age is also something to consider.) Generally, creating more characters than you need is helpful, so you can swap some around as needed for the people coming.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;2) Figure out how many rounds of information/clues will be needed. The one formal mystery party I did was at a bed and breakfast weekend: we basically got a new round of information each course of dinner. Think through each person's interactions, and make sure to tell them the basics of what they're realistically know if this were a real person. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Generally, you might look to have:
- Starting background information (stuff they know when they arrive: they know what they do for a living, their basic age/gender/relationships to others in the game). &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Something that gives them a chance to mingle and get to know each other a bit in character before a murder happens. If you have an author dying at the library, this might be the reason they like that author's work or showed up at the reading - something that allows them to make reasonable small-talk, in other words. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The murder (everyone should know where they were when it happened, for example) &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A round after the murder, where conversation and/or investigation starts raising questions. It is good for most characters to have something that seems suspicious about them, their actions, or their motives, though you can skip a few if you really can't carry it for the character themselves. (If you have a teenager, for example, it can be hard to write for them the same way.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some more mingling time or conversation time&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Another round of investigation, which ideally gives people enough information to begin to make guesses about who murdered the author and why.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Some games will pass out new information at the later rounds - I personally find this (as a long-time gamer in other settings) really unsatisfying, because I'd have known those things in-character in many cases.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One good option would be to have the murderer know who they are, and give the characters information, but find ways to bring out points about each character that seem suspicious, and have everyone collaborate on figuring out what's going on. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In this case, you need some reason for the police to not be available and/or to need help that relies on information they wouldn't readily notice/understand. I can see some fun options for this with an author plot - something that's really stylistically not typical for the author involved, for example, or a grammar or research error that's totally out of character.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Another option is to make the mystery not about &lt;em&gt;who&lt;/em&gt; did it - maybe that comes out fairly fast - but why, which is more puzzling for whatever reason, and also requires a lot more conversation and investigation and general play. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;3) It's usually most effective if people have several different plot points they can discuss with other people in the game - 3-5 different connections is a good range, because it will keep things going without being too overwhelming. (So, for example, one character might have a relationship with their sister, who they're currently arguing with over something, with a friend who's also there, and with someone they've got a business relationship with - different kinds of interactions are good.) Make sure people connect in webs, not circles, so that they have a range of interactions with lots of different points in the game. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One fun way to get some interaction going is to give characters a goal that can get dropped when the murder happens, but that gets them talking to each other - for example, if there's a Big Name Fan, they might want to go say hi, or they might want to talk to the author's agent who's there about their Great American Novel, or whatever - small stuff that gives an excuse to go talk to others. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Another good thing is to make sure that each character has at least one secret that they don't want to have get out for some reason. Some of these should relate to the murder itself, but not all of them have to - secrets that mean two people with important clues don't collaborate on a particular bit of information are very helpful sometimes. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;4) Practical stuff: 
It's handy if the basic character information fits on a index card (even a large index card), even if you give them much more information as background. For example, if the background sheet was, say, 2 pages of text, the index card might summarise it down to their name, age, job, and the primary relationships with other people in the room. That way, someone can go "Oh, yes, I need to talk to the local bookstore owner about X" without having to shuffle through a bunch of info to remember the important bits you want to get into the plot. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, nametags are everyone's friends. Or table name signs, if everyone's going to be mostly sitting.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Things you need to decide:&lt;/strong&gt;
- Are you going to tell the murderer who it is in advance? Some approaches to this kind of thing do, some don't. Telling is more logical, but it can be hard for an unprepared player to pull it off effectively. A compromise might be asking for volunteers who think they can handle it or might be interested, and choosing from among their roles.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do you want to give costuming ideas? If so, you want to give them basic info about the characters at least a week in advance, and two would be better. (a two-sentence summary is fine, plus some fun ideas for easy costume pieces.) &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How to make sure everyone has a reasonable chance of having fun. In my experience, this involves being sensitive to what kinds of roles they're going to enjoy, making sure to avoid material that may be offensive for serious reasons or make people uncomfortable (for example, a character driven by strong religious impulses that the person playing it doesn't share can be a fascinating experience, but only if the player is up for it.) &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And everyone should be able to participate in solving the mystery in some form or another - either they have important information that they could reasonably be persuaded to share, or they know something that lets them make a particular connection. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have boxes of old magazines on microfiche. Our school no longer has a microfiche reader and the students no longer do research requiring reference to old issues of Time, Newsweek, U.S. News, etc. We also have numerous volumes of old Readers' Guides back into the 70's for using the microfiche. Currently all of these are stacked in the office area and haven't been used for a VERY long time. Should I just throw them out? Any suggestions? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would suggest the Sirantha Jax series by Ann Aguirre. Grimspace is the first, followed by Wanderlust and lastly, Doubleblind. All are fantastic Science Fiction books. They are somewhat alike Ender's Game- I am also a fan of those too. I read the entire series--- AMAZING. These books didn't disappoint. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I lost a spelling bee in 7th grade because of the word weird, and still have a hard time spelling it. Classmates and friends all thought it was hilarious that I lost on that word, for some reason... Yes, English is a language in which spelling is often arbitrary, obtuse, even ridiculous. Great for playing with words/language, not so fun for the precise-minded or for those penalized for spelling mistakes. (BTW, I see nothing wrong with the question.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A listserv I'm on recently discussed this, and to determine whether they can be recycled this website was recommended:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ehs.washington.edu/eporecycle/silver.shtm" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.ehs.washington.edu/eporecycle/silver.shtm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, most folks suggested giving them to local artists (via craigslist or etsy) or offering to your school's art department.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Perhaps teenaged zoologists? Check out Willard Price's "The Adventure Series":&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_Series_(Willard_Price" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_Series_(Willard_Price&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And then there's Biff Brewster:
&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biff_Brewster" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biff_Brewster&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Wikipedia has a list of juvenile series, maybe something will ring a bell?
&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Juvenile_series" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Juvenile_series&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;and there's also a list of children's series (huge and kinds overwhelming):
&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Series_of_children%27s_books" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Series_of_children%27s_books&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to search within an article on wikipedia?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Purely anecdotal evidence on my part, but since I've been reading the Death Note series from my library I've noticed that it's rare for the entire series to be present at any one time, suggesting that it's being actively read. [I recommend it, in any case; intricate and quirky and fascinating.]&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I love kids, I love books.  How could I be any happier that to spend my days talking to kids about books?  I love the feeling when you find just the right book that someone has been looking for.  I love the feeling when a mother says to me "my child never read until we met you"  I love knowing that I am having an influence on the next generation of readers.  I LOVE MY JOB!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think &lt;em&gt;Naruto&lt;/em&gt; circulates the most at our library, though &lt;em&gt;Fruits Basket&lt;/em&gt; is a close second.  It's not very surprising since they are "popular" series even though &lt;em&gt;Fruits Basket&lt;/em&gt; has finished and &lt;em&gt;Naruto&lt;/em&gt; is rather lengthy.  I try to steer the kids towards other manga series that are similar in style and story.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This has made my night. This would be fantastic for explaining why that darn research paper shouldn't be copied in full from Wikipedia. It's from a university, so some of the imagery might not be appropriate for children...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Citation ;) to the smartbitchestrashybooks.com blog for highlighting it:
&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwbw9KF-ACY" rel="nofollow"&gt;Et Plagieringseventyr&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Don't forget to click CC to see the captions in English, unless you know Norwegian*.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;*bonus points if you're now hearing John Lennon singing "Isn't it good..."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Title>Great anti-plagiarism video</Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Robb Report was the slobber-over choice of my teenaged brother, along with Car and Driver as mentioned above.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Try searching romance novels by subject at &lt;a href="http://www.thenonesuch.com/subjects.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.thenonesuch.com/subjects.htm&lt;/a&gt; (or go to their home page and search in other ways.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Worst I ever saw was 'Lawnmower Man' supposedly 'based' on the Stephen King short story, but I was unable to find any likenesses at all.
I agree with alot of the bests on here, but I think the Fried Green Tomatoes by Fannie Flagg was possibly the only time I ever seen a movie that I thought was better that the book.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Just for fun:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A murder of crows, a pride of lions... a "_ _ _ _ _" of librarians?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Title>What is/should be the collective noun for librarians</Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A stack of librarians.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Fiche can be recycled; I've just found a recycler who will take our 850 kg of ERIC fiche. Westcoast Plastic Recycling Inc  in the greater Vancouver area.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A shelf of librarians.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A range of librarians&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A knowledge of librarians?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A collection of librarians&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A range of librarians&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A classification of librarians.  A hush of librarians.  Nah.  A loudness of librarians.  An advocacy of librarians.  A levy of librarians.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;"A passel of librarians," "a plethora of librarians," "a parade of librarians," "a libation of librarians," "a lick of librarians?"....How about "a lot of librarians?" :)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Or it would be "a relief/rescue of librarians" as opposed to "a murder of crows," and it would be "a joy of librarians" as opposed to "a pride of lions," perhaps? Or maybe that just makes sense in my head... &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Though personally, as a lexiconnoisseur, I think I'd prefer the one-word "librarianation." :)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A tome of librarians.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The obsidian trilogy by Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory, best three books I read all year&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I read Swiss Family Robinson, and am looking for more survival, deserted island type stories
I also read and enjoyed &lt;em&gt;Tunnel in the sky&lt;/em&gt; by Heinlen. 
does anyone have any further reading reccomendations?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Title>Any good deserted Island stories?</Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A card catalog of librarians!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;As always, we should use our libraries themselves to provide an answer.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In Fungus the Bogeyman, (Briggs, 1977) you may recall that Fungus visits his “Public Liberality” and Raymond Briggs kindly provided this helpful annotation:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Liberality: Free Library – a place for the bountiful bestowal of free books – generosity, munificence
Libertarian: librarian – one who holds to the doctrine of the freedom of the books&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;‘Bogeys are by nature libidinous (lusting after books) and almost all are libertines (those who habitually disregard the law and borrow more books than they have tickets for).’&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;An Elucidation of Librarians.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A resolution of Librarians&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;An Illumination of Librarians.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;An Exegesis of Librarians.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about a malice (m-l-s) of librarians, storytelling of librarians, google of librarians (kidding!) hmmmm... a cogitation of librarians, discernment of librarians, um, um, aha! an Inquiry of Librarians! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Island of the Blue Dolphins, Kensuke's kingdom, Wild Man Island, I Was Amelia Earhart, Nation (Terry Pratchett) Most of the above are YA, with which I am more familiar...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When I travel, I often visit libraries. I enjoy seeing what's done differently in different communities, cultures, and countries. I love the homeyness of most small town libraries, specialized collections like the hundreds of books in Irish at the central Boston library, and interesting features/services like the dedicated tables for jobseekers and seniors and the music listening and recording booths I saw in a Dublin library. What interesting things have y'all seen in libraries around the country or the world?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Title>Library Tourism - What have you observed?</Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Brian trilogy by Gary Paulsen and My side of the mountain by Jean Craighead George. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A couple other options:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A book of librarians&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A database of librarians&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A desk of librarians&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A fine of librarians&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A shush of librarians (or, a whisper of librarians)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A conference of librarians&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A service of librarians (I like the sentiment, but being that "service" is also a verb, it might get confusing - or perverted)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A bun of librarians (says the balding guy)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A request of librarians&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A loan of librarians&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A cart of librarians&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I like collection and stack, personally.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There's always "Robinson Crusoe". And from the younger-than-young-adult section, "Abel's Island". Maybe "Lord of the Flies"?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I was going to say "a thesaurus of librarians", but nah, "stack" is better.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;WHen we are in Ireland, we usually will visit the Blarney Library, close to Blarney Castle.  It's small and quiet, and packed with books!  (I'd put a picture of it here, if I could!)
The librarians are nice, and last time we were there, after she learned we both worked in a library in the states, she gave us a blank library card as a souvenier.  We also look into the Adare Library, but that's usually closed when we are there, but it's just books everywhere - stacks of them on top of the stacks!
Closer to home, we have visited the Wright Memorial Library in Oakwood, and two libraries in Toledo- the Maumee branch and the Main Library.
I love to see different libraries when I'm out.  My friends who don't work in a library don't understand it when I tell them I like to go to other libraries when I travel, but I guess it's a 'library thing'. (Do doctors visit other hospitals or offices when they travel?  I wouldn't think so - but then again...)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Cay&lt;/strong&gt; by Theodore Taylor.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you like horror, I'd recommend Brian Keene's &lt;strong&gt;Castaways&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Louis L'Amour's &lt;em&gt;Last of the Breed&lt;/em&gt; is a trek all across Russia, but it's still a really good survival/evasion book.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One of the books by Simon Scarrow, &lt;em&gt;Gladiator&lt;/em&gt;, takes place on an island devastated by an earthquake and tsunami. However, most of the survival aspect deals with quelling a rebellion, and it's not really a deserted island.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A lot of Jack London's books have to do with surviving in a frozen wasteland or on the ocean. Beware the species of the protagonist though.:) A lot of them are canine, which is by no means bad. &lt;em&gt;White Fang&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Call of the Wild&lt;/em&gt;, and &lt;em&gt;The Sea Wolf&lt;/em&gt; are all good.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'll edit if I think of something better...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Concrete Island by JG Ballard.  Not quite a deserted island, but being stuck on an island in the center of a freeway is no picnic, either.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about "Hoi polloi of librarians"&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When I went to Australia and visited the Melbourne library I saw Ned Kelly's armor!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A galley of librarians&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The British Library of London is one of the largest libraries in the world. The reading room is a complete circle and the acoustics are incredible. The collections include the Magna Carta, The Gutenberg Bible, Lewis Carroll's original Alice. It is just incredible. In the middle of the building is a four story glass tower that holds the Kings Library - over 65,000. It is just magnificent. After mentioning to the librarian, that I too was a librarian from the states, I was taken on a private tour of the conveyor pneumatic system that takes books from one part of the library to another. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It kind of reminded me of the first libraries that were closed stacks and you would have to write the number down on a paper and give it to a librarian who would have to call for the book to be brought out.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Anyway the library is incredible- like a museum and library meshed together, digitized collection and some of the most amazing works in ancient history. There are over 30,000 items already digitized. I have been to a lot of libraries all over the world but this one beat them all.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think that would have to be the mouse a patron cornered in the stacks last Saturday.  A tame, adorable, friendly, well-fed pet mouse, not a field mouse!  We are still clueless as to how it ended up strolling down the non-fiction aisles.  No one came looking for it, and "is anyone missing a mouse?" is just not the kind of library-wide announcement we wanted to make!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We didn't have the heart to just turn it loose outside (it would have been cat food within the hour!) so one of the  staff members took it home.  After some  debate, we were going to name it Geronimo (after Geronimo Stilton), but after consulting the experts at the pet store, it was renamed Angelina (for Angelina Ballerina).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In Riga, Latvia, they still use a card catalog- handwritten entries in that ubiquitous card catalog font, too!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A constant topic of conversation in the library world...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My college is considering opening a coffee/snack bar in the library. There are various pros and cons, obviously. Does anyone have experience or advice about coffee shops in libraries? How do you keep the mess under control? How do you explain to patrons that some food is ok (cookies from the snack bar) while other food isn't (pizza)? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Very very few books from my REF section have been touched this year, either by students or teachers. I had decided to take a closer look at them and found that a few books could easily belong in the non-fiction section instead, and I can continue to include REF books in my thematic displays. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But after a quick research on Google (I liked this blog entry especially, it kind of sums up where I am in my thinking process right now: &lt;a href="http://ricklibrarian.blogspot.com/2010/03/reference-books-to-go-liberation-of-our.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://ricklibrarian.blogspot.com/2010/03/reference-books-to-go-liberation-of-our.html&lt;/a&gt;), I've seen that some (a few? a lot? I don't know) libraries are now circulating their REF books. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Do you circulate reference books in your library? Would you? Wouldn't you? What are the pros and cons? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;ETA: I'm moving a good stack of books from REF to non-fic. I've decided to let teachers know that they can borrow the REF books (I don't think many of them know that they can, or even what we have), but I'll hold off on letting students checking them out for now. Kind of feeling the waters first :D   I'm still interested in your opinions and your stories, if you have decided to circulate your REF- or not - and what kind of response you've gotten from your patrons. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I feel that Reference books need to be non-circulating. They are there for the good of all. The information is so important that it needs to be available. If there are things in the section that would circulate due to interest then they need to be re-catalogued into the appropriate section. I have done this an pared my reference section to basically nil. The electronic collections we have including internet sources have made most ready reference obsolete at a middle school level in my opinion. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I work in a small academic library. The staff have recently decided to make most of the reference books circulating. Books that are part of a series will stay non-circulating (replacing one book from a series could prove difficult). It's a big summer project for us but the summer term students I've spoken with are enthusiastic about the change.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My college library had a coffee shop in a separate room, with a lounge area on one side, and a proviso that no food or drink could leave the room.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've been thinking about that with my collection as well.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Not everything would work in the circulating collection (nor would it fit).  However, there are books in my reference collection the previous librarian bought because the person doing collection development for the adults didn't want to buy them.  Her slightly seditious acts mean I have a bloated reference collection.  "Cool" books that would probably circulate linger amongst the voluminous (literally) reference works.  &lt;em&gt;Yes, I know, reference books are pretty nifty, too.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This should be easy to sort out, since the former reference librarian is now the adult services librarian.  She should be happy to take her hoard of books with her to the circulating collection.  However, space in those stacks is as precious as in mine, so perhaps not.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So, no, I wouldn't circulate reference works, but I might move some items out of reference all together.  Why not?  1) As Melissa said, missing bits and pieces of the collection would be a problem.  2) Space.  3) I know where to find things now (not a good reason, maybe).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have changed most of our youth reference collection to circulating and I will let some reference books check out, as well. I think the possibility of circulating reference books should be left to the staff's discretion. Usually I loan them to teachers (even though we are a public library) and others with good borrowing history. I do warn patrons that reference books are expensive so that if they lose them they have fair warning. A lot of our reference collection is on the older side as well, so I am not worried about them failing to return.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A quest of librarians...the movies crack me up.  :)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have one of those "One Cup machines" which we charge $1.00 per cup for. It's pretty low maintenance. We have a couple of nice tables nearby where people can eat or whatever, but we don't have a restriction on food in the library. Now if someone brought in their happy meal or whatever we might ask them to eat it in the "cafe bar" area...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A whisper of Librarians.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I feel that books such as &lt;em&gt;Jane Slayre&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Robin Hood and Friar Tuck: Zombie Killers - A Canterbury Tale&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Pride and Prejudice and Zombies&lt;/em&gt; have been given a raw deal with the uncreative "monster mashup" genre label.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I bet we can come up with something better. Any ideas?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about Neoclassics? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Frankenbooks&lt;/strong&gt;? Or &lt;strong&gt;Frankenstein books&lt;/strong&gt;, if you want the long form. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Same idea, but mythological instead of literary, &lt;strong&gt;chimeras&lt;/strong&gt; / &lt;strong&gt;chimera books&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Amalgamations&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I was lucky enough to visit about half-a-dozen libraries when I visited some friends who live on the border of Illinois and Missouri. My husband couldn't understand my fascination with them (but then he went into every computer games shop available!)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I loved seeing the layouts, the self-service machines (then a distant dream, now a looming reality!) and particularly the children's areas, as that is my main area of work at 'home'. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I wasn't brave enough to introduce myself in all the libraries, but I did in one particular library to ask if I could take a photo of the door. They thought I was mad, but said yes anyway - The door had a sign on it with the opening hours saying 'No Weapons Allowed' and it was too good to miss!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've explained ok and not-ok foods in the library this way:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;ok foods are "cold and dry" (e.g. chips and pretzels, unheated food, foods that won't spill)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;not-ok foods are "warm and wet" (e.g. heated food that will create an odor, wet foods that can spill or get things greasy)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As for beverages, they need to have a lid and NO FOOD OR DRINK is ok near the computers. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am curious if anyone knows the average lifespan of a high school textbook.  I am not looking for how long a text is relevant, as I know that in that area they are good for 3-5 years or less depending on the subject, but for the average circulating life.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have used the rough age of 5 years for a hard cover and 3 for a soft cover, but I would like to know if anyone has a more accurate number.  I know there are a lot of variables involved especially given that these are high school students, but a decent answer will help with budgeting and long term planning.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hello! There's a high school student who's looking for a person who's written an autobiography &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; had a biography written about him/her.  More particularly, a person who is still living and of likely interest to a teen.  The main contemporary people I could think of are political figures like Pres. Obama.  There's Helen Keller or Anne Frank, but they aren't too contemporary!  Thanks for any suggestions.  Are there any sports people or celebrities?  I'm sure there are, but I just can't think of any at the moment....&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There's a ton of sports people writing about their lives in an inspirational sort of way (with some help, naturally), but me being me, I don't actually recognize most of their names, so I'm not really sure who is still interesting. Dennis Rodman? Charles Barkley? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Michael Jordan (&lt;em&gt;For the love of the game&lt;/em&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;em&gt;Driven from Within&lt;/em&gt;)
i've seen a ton of juvenile biographies about Michael Jordan at least. A lot of them are called just &lt;em&gt;Michael Jordan&lt;/em&gt;  so I have problems distinguishing the different books, but it's a start.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Jackie Chan (&lt;em&gt;I am Jackie Chan&lt;/em&gt;) has at least one juvenile biography wandering around called (you guessed it) &lt;em&gt;Jackie Chan&lt;/em&gt; but more likely there's three or four different authors using the same title. The one that I spotted had him doing something athletic on the cover.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Sports figuresThis space intentionally left blank -- because the fingerslip I made while typing it was just that bad.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Sports figures/&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you don't mind the Lance Armstrong hagiography, he had a couple out, and some others have been written as well.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Mark "the Manx Missle" Cavendish has just come out with his own book, &lt;b&gt;Boy Racer&lt;/b&gt; which is a pretty apt title as Mr. Cavendish is all of 25 years old. Kids these days.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you don't want politicians or sports figures, I'd hunt down biographies or autobiographies of astrononauts. Or clergy. Oh wait, doesn't Garry Kasparaov have a book or two out?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;strong text
A good writer to read in prison might be George Orwell.In terms of non fiction his collected or selected essays are excellent reading-both for the fact that Orwell often writes about at least metaphorical imprisonment ("Shooting An Elephant";"Such,Such Were the Joys";"How the Poor Die")and that he is enormously readable and educational about literature,politics and history.Orwell writing about Tolstoy or Dickens or Swift is not writing in an academic or bloodless way-any reader who encounters his best essays would find it difficult not to follow Orwellup and read more.For those reasons alone Orwell is a life-enhancing writer who i wouls strongly recommend.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I like "a volume of librarians", although it might imply that they're just taking up space!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For some reason Hillary Clinton comes to mind, but I'm not sure about that. Probably political figures would be another good avenue to check.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Wangari Maathai, environmentalist and Nobel peace prize winner, wrote a memoir (&lt;em&gt;Unbowed&lt;/em&gt;), is still alive, and there have been four picture book biographies of her published in the past two years (&lt;em&gt;Seeds of Change&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Mama Miti&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Planting the Trees of Kenya&lt;/em&gt;, and &lt;em&gt;Wangari's Trees of Peace&lt;/em&gt;). I know picture book bios aren't ideal for a high schooler, but they have a lot of info (and all four are very different), and her memoir is pretty hefty.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Nelson Mandela comes to mind. His autobiography is &lt;em&gt;A Long Walk to Freedom&lt;/em&gt;, and I believe there are likely several biographies written by others.  What about the Dalai Lama? His autobiography is &lt;em&gt;Freedom in Exile&lt;/em&gt; and it appears he has written several other books that might be of interest. There must be other biographies about him as well. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our district looks at replacing textbooks for a subject at a 7 year cycle due to currency and wear &amp;amp; tear. At the end of the cycle they are really beaten up. I would say that they settled on that number by finding the tipping point to where it is more expensive to replace a lost or damaged text than it is to purchase new editions for everyone.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Celebrities in general tend to have autobiographies and biographies but with teens - Don't forget musicians! Pop figures like Eminem have autobiographies and biographies. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I just thought of a muddle of librarians.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I actually think Monster-Mashup describes them pretty well.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our districts looks at one of the four major subjects every year, so a text can get replaced every four years, or kept for another four before being reviewed again.  We changed the literature/langauge texts only in the past eight years, and the social studies about nine years ago - math and science all passed review twice so far.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I do murder mystery acting gigs which take the format of a three course meal to which the paying guests are coming for some plot reason e.g. it's the First Night Dinner after a play's opening night and they are press / friends and relations of the cast or it's a memorial dinner or a fundraiser or a wedding.  They get a programme with some "clues" in - some are helpful, some are red herrings. There are 5-8 actors, depending on the plot and the number of guests, who act out 30 sec - 1 min scenes - 3-5 before starter, same again between courses, body at coffee time.  The difficulty of this is that it's almost a reverse of a whodunnit and they don't always catch on that they need to talk to the actors as they move between tables about the scenes they've just heard as a body hasn't turned up yet.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Depending on how you are organising it, keeping the pace manageable might be tricky if there are no other things, like eating, going on to give them thinking time.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Do your reference books get used?  By your staff or patrons?  If not, they're only taking up valuable shelf space.  If yes, keep them as they are.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I discarded about a third of mine (things that are now freely available on the web, thereby saving myself the cost of annual updates), moved about a third to circulating, and left the very few that I wanted to ALWAYS have available in the Reference collection. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Freed up a lot of space for manga, as I recall, and some the former reference books did circulate.  Patrons didn't even know we had them when they were on the Reference shelf.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our system keeps it simple.  Outside foods are not allowed within the library.  The coffee cart doesn't sell anything sticky or what would normally generate an issue.  Not that it's an iron clad rule.  I'm sitting here eating a ham sandwich that I brought in as I write this. :)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;UNCC's library considers the coffee room outside of the library, even though it;s in the same building.  There's a self checkout right by the door.  If the book gets damaged, it's easy to tell who did it.  Well, in theory at least.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you are actually looking for comic book sources, maybe a site like Mile High would be best:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;milehighcomics.com&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you;re looking for a community to discuss graphic novels or find suggested material, I would suggest a Librarything-like site like stashmycomics.com.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our system got rid of them all.  They now use the drive up, free standing boxes that look like mail boxes.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Oh what the heck.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If anyone still has their collection and wants to get rid of it, I'll take it.  Gotta admit I was a big fan of his science fiction writings.  I did stay away from the more &lt;em&gt;cough&lt;/em&gt; interesting material though.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Supernatural Rewrites or Supernatural cover versions?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Everyone:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Case One:  Mission Valey Branch Library, San Diego City Library system. They USED to have a coffee cart on the outside. Alas, it went out of business. Nice crema on the espresso.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Case two:  Vineland Branch Library, San Jose Library System. There's a coffee  shop inside the library, but it is obviously a separate space. There's a a sort of entrance there, notices about not taking food out, tile floor instead of carpet, etc.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The trick for sucessful setups is to make a coffee shop/coffeehouse attached to the library a distinctly separate space. Or perceptably separate space. One thing Vineland also had is a long low outer countertop with stools and power outlets -- for the laptoppers. Another idea to cater to group study/LAN party people would be one of those tables with an inner slice and services (outlets, maybe network ports) available. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, if you're going to provide a catalog or internet computer terminal/system in the coffee area, make sure you've got one of those waterproof rubber keyboards. But not one of the rubber roll-up ones. Those disappear (due to novelty effect, I think).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For searching within wikipedia you can use ctrl F&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;As a kid, my parents would read a chapter or so a night of a book before we went to bed. I remember most clearly the Little House series, but I know there were others. We visited the public library regularly, and it was a special treat when we got to go to the "big" (two-story) public library in the nearest large town. We always checked out big piles of books, and the librarians at our local library quickly taught me how to request the books I wanted from other branches, since I'm pretty sure it was easier than requesting my long lists for me.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One of my favorite childhood reading memories is reading A Wrinkle in Time, The Magician's Nephew and The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe for the first time, standing up in the book aisle at Wal-Mart while waiting for my mom to finish shopping. I read quite a few others there, mostly cheesy series YA fiction, but those are the ones I remember most clearly. They're still some of my favorites.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I drove my mom nuts because I would do whatever chore I was supposed to do, then sit back down with my book, and she'd have to come get me to start the next one. And it took her awhile to figure out that I was taking my book into the bathroom with me...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I can't remember the name of this childrens book I got from a bookclub that I belonged to as a child growing up in the seventies. It was about a little boy that was so mad that he ran away. I remember him seeing lots of stuff in his neighborhood, like a dump truck or some kind of equiptment like that. I have been on every website trying to find this but with no title I haven't found anything that compares...PLEASE HELP!!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Bookpeople:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hi! On a completely different forum, there was much commenting about a &lt;b&gt;Time&lt;/b&gt; article/slideshow on the ten saddest children's movies. Of course they missed a few popular tearjerkers (&lt;b&gt;Grave of the Fireflies&lt;/b&gt; and &lt;b&gt;The Iron Giant&lt;/b&gt; were mentioned prominently). So, with no limit (because arbitrary limits lead to "honorable mention" lists that look more interesting than the bottom bracket of the "winners") -- what are some sad children's books, or "children's" books? I'm putting the "children's" books in there because some pointed out you'd only think &lt;b&gt;Grave of the Fireflies&lt;/b&gt; was meant for children if that was your default thought because it was animated.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'll lead off with "&lt;b&gt;Where the Red Fern Grows&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;The Diary of Anne Frank&lt;/b&gt;, and Mark Twain's &lt;b&gt;The Mysterious Stranger&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I tend to weep at most sad animal stories, especially about dogs. But one day I picked up a book in my library that had been purchased by a previous librarian. It had no cover so there was no picture on the front. I don't even remember the title of it. But it was the story of some elephants in a zoo during WW II. The elephants had been taught to do tricks for food treats for the zoo's visitors. Once the war started, there was not enough food to feed any of the animals, and ammunition could not be spared to put the animals out of their misery. The elephants would do their tricks for their keeper, literally begging for food. It makes me cry even now. I couldn't finish the book, so I am not sure how it ended (not happily), but I think they put up statues of them later. Who would write this story for children? Who would buy it for children? 
I've wept for people too, in other books, this was just the first one that came to my mind!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Every book by Sarah Dessen that I have read has reduced me to tears - I've stopped reading them in public because I've shamed myself by crying. Full blown weeping not just an attractive single tear rolling down my face.
Love, Aubrey also made me cry at the end.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Disclaimer&lt;/em&gt; I am a big wuss and will cry at adverts for Animal Protection charities and films like The Brave Little Toaster.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Okay, maybe the 'moronic' label might not be right for this subject (but it rhymed!), but I had a question the other day while out on desk that just struck my mind as an OMG one, so I thought if anyone else had anything similiar they might want to get it out also.
Some guy comes up to the desk, clutch a library job application nonetheless, and pointing to a spot on the application asks me, "What's this mean?"
Looking at the spot, I almost laughed.  It was the line where it asks "Do you have an MLS?"
Obviously, sir, you do not have one.
I politely told him, and he walked away.  In some way, it made my day, and gave me a chuckle. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The last one that made me bawl like a baby was "The Book Thief."  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We should probably make a distinction here; there are books that are sad for a purpose, like teaching children to deal with loss. Often one of the main characters dies in these - I recall one where a boy is stung by a bee ("Blackberries" may be in the title?) and one where a boy drowns ("On My Honor", I think.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bridge to Terabithia&lt;/strong&gt;. Hoo boy, that one hurt. In a good way.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Alan and Naomi&lt;/strong&gt;. First book I ever actually cried over.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In the "If I keep asking, maybe she'll cave category":&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I had stopped check-out a couple of weeks before the end of the school year, so as to do all the end-of-year tasks; but a few students kept asking to check books out. After a simple "sorry, there's no more check-out for this year, I have to do the inventory", all kids got it. All but one:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-"Can I check out this book please?"&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-"No, sorry, there's no more check-out, we're too close to the end of school".&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-"Really? &lt;em&gt;pouty&lt;/em&gt; ... Please?"&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-"No, sorry!" (still being nice and smiling, trying to let the medicine go down with some sugar, you know)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-"... &lt;em&gt;sulking&lt;/em&gt; ... &lt;em&gt;Pleaaaase??&lt;/em&gt;"&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-"No. Sorry" (no more Mrs. Nice Librarian). &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In the "The Library Sign isn't obvious enough" category:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(During the school year, nowhere near any vacation break) Student comes in, stops, looks at me and asks:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-"Can I check out a book?"&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My standard answer is now: -"Check out a book? At the Library? That's crazy talk!"&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I couldn't believe the number of students who asked me that this year. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We held a 'birthday party' for Shakespeare one year, which was great fun. We all dressed in period costume, had extracts of plays and a musician playing the lute.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I took a phone call from a customer who could hear the music in the background and asked if I had the radio on. I replied that it was a lute being played and about the celebration for 'The Bard' to which the very confused australian lady asked "&lt;em&gt;Shakespeare? But I thought he was dead?"&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It still gets mentioned to new staff members several years later!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This question wasn't actually asked at my library but at a colleague's library...  The phone rings and it's that kooky patron who will ONLY talk to the one specific staff member deemed worthy of question answering (no matter the question).  Anyway, the question asked that day: "How much experience do you have with swollen testicles?"&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Turns out, she was asking because of her dog...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I know this is probably not a frequent problem in most libraries but recently dealing with an especially irate patron had me thinking about such instances.  A few months ago, in a neighboring library system, an older librarian was speaking with a patron (I cannot recall in what regard) and said patron started punching and beating said librarian.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;How does one deal with an overly-aggressive patron?  In most instances I would guess that libraries have a code for the staff which means "call the authorities", but what happens before the authorities arrive?  What if the patron attacks either a staff member or another patron within the time frame it takes for authorities to arrive?  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;On a personal note, I have taken two different styles of martial arts, and I had always been told by instructors not to use techniques unless absolutely necessary.  However, what if an aggressive patron moves towards or attempts to strike me or a coworker?  I realize I'm representing my library system, but I would also like to remain in tact to continue representing said system.  What can be done to prevent harm befalling myself and the patron as well as the esteem of the system?  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What I am really asking is where is the line drawn in waiting before acting on an aggressive patron?  What can we as professionals do in such situations especially if we are the target of said patron?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I was co-teaching a class in my middle school about news resources and one 7th grade wanted to find the website of the local news station and said "How do you spell KCRG?" after a big laugh later in the day as he was leaving he said "You know, we need one of those internet thingys so that people can get information from around the world." I was floored. This kid just wasn't thinking that day.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is a really tough call, and especially so for those of us who work in school libraries. In a public library, when dealing with an adult patron, I would feel justified in defending myself if that patron assaulted me physically. I'm pretty sure that nowhere in your job description does it include "allow patrons to beat you up until the authorities arrive". &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A patron came in and asked for information on homeschooling her kids.  I showed her the section, and ten minutes later I saw her leaving with our copy of &lt;a href="http://catalog.mvlc.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=mcd&amp;amp;index=.GW&amp;amp;term=homeschooling+for+dummies&amp;amp;limitbox_1=LO01+%3D+mcd" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Homeschooling for Dummies&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - come on, should a "dummy" really be teaching kids?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This isn't quite the same thing, but we had a middle school male patron start a fight in the children's department with another boy and called the police. The kid ran out before the officer arrived, but the other boy was able to identify him and his family decided to press charges (it was not their first run-in with this kid.) The staff members that witnessed the event gave statements as well. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If someone were to attack me, I would feel compelled to defend myself, but they would have to hit me first. Another staff member (maybe even a patron in a public library) would call 911. I would make no effort to stop the attacker from leaving the building. I would definitely press charges, even if my library didn't want me to do so.  I would also call 911 if I had told someone irate to leave for causing a disturbance and they refused to do so. That is trespassing. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I always try to keep a piece of heavy furniture (circ desk, table, etc.) in between myself and irate patrons, and make sure there are other people around to witness this. This is why I think it is so important for staff members never to work during open hours alone, and that all staff members closing the library should leave together. Safety is so important. Staff members' safety is so more important than someone stealing a book or whatever. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You might be interested in the Black Belt Librarian Website and book: &lt;a href="http://www.blackbeltlibrarians.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.blackbeltlibrarians.com/&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;deleted answer, made it a comment&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hello! I'm wondering what resources you use to keep up with comics--specifically ones appropriate for teens.  I know that Batman and Iron Man are popular at my library, but they are so hard to keep track of with collections, standalones, and what not. I'm not a comics reader myself--though I enjoy the graphic format--and though I suppose I could read a few issues, I don't want to commit to reading them regularly.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here's what I currently do: I subscribe to the RSS feeds of several comics websites including ComicBookResources.com.  I also ask patrons what series they like if I see them browsing the area or checking out comics.  I check Ingram for new releases in popular series.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Beyond this, I'm wondering if you have any great comics news site suggestions or other tips.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams.  Full text is online.  Wahhhhhh, still makes me cry!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also almost anything by Charlotte Zolotow - in particular My Grandson Lew and A Father Like That.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I was taught three good things to do with someone angry/yelling etc.  one - get them to sit down if you can.  The ribcage compresses the lungs, it becomes actually physically more difficult to stay angry.  invite "shall we sit down over here and talk this over?" or "would you like to have a seat?"  Second, let them talk it out, you have to cope with the anger before you can cope with the problem.  Interrupting, even to say what the answer is, sometimes makes it worse.  Third, keep your voice calm, and low.  Humans are natural "mirrorers", we tend to adopt the attitude, tone of voice we hear so we can adapt to any particular social situation, so someone shouting at you means you are naturally, psychologically, inclined to shout back.  Force yourself to keep your voice low, and calm, and that person's natural inclination will be to mirror you.  They sometimes need to hear you being calm in order to realize they themselves are shouting.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Use your suppliers knowledge! They should know what will be relevent and appropriate and will be pleased that someone asks for advice (my husband is in the RPG/geek/comic trade and is always pleased when someone asks his opinion and listens to it!)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If the kids at your school like manga, this blog &lt;a href="http://manga-for-librarians.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://manga-for-librarians.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt; reviews them specifically with an eye for appropriateness. I've corresponded with the blogger in the past and she's very helpful. If you have any questions about a specific series, she will put it at the top of her "to read and review" list&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Ouch!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There's "aggressive," and then there's physical assault. For the physical assault questions, check with your local law enforcement agency. If you're lucky, they'll have a crime prevention officer or other briefer let you know what you should do in such circumstances. They may also be able to audit/check your alarm systems, locks, windows, etc. May even give you a "business case" for motion-activated security lighting outside the facility.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, check with your municipality/school district/other responsible authority. They may already have a policy or training for their staff that meet the public. By the way, I'm a believer in wide desks, countertops and invitations to sit (for the reference and other specialty area librarians). &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;While you're at it -- it might not hurt to check with the fire department/ambulance/EMTs. Maybe arrange a staff/volunteer CPR training, definitely check the phone numbers on the emergency phone list.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Check out Wizard as well.  If you can get copies of comic previews&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Old Yeller.  The Giver.  Number the Stars.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Probably the first sad book I remember reading was &lt;em&gt;Black Beauty&lt;/em&gt;, but of course a lot of animal stories are sad.  Even &lt;em&gt;Charlotte's Web&lt;/em&gt; has sad parts, as pointed out by my young granddaughter.  And yes, &lt;em&gt;Old Yeller&lt;/em&gt; was sad; good, but sad.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Not overall sad, but Anne of Green Gables makes me cry every time I read it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I will depart slightly from the original question, but will add the two following titles: &lt;strong&gt;Candy Candy&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;A Little Princess&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The reason I put them here is that they were both the saddest animes I watched when I was a kid. I actually had to stop watching them when I was a kid, because they upset me too much! * blushing *.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So, I'm talking about the animes here, but they are both based on books. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The ending of &lt;strong&gt;Cheaper by the Dozen&lt;/strong&gt; really caught me off guard, the first time I read it. (And yet, I appreciated that the original version of the movie did not depart from it). &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Little Women&lt;/strong&gt;, for Beth... &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein.  I started tearing up when I was reading it to a group of pre-schoolers for Earth Day and one little girl patted my hand and said, "that's ok, my grandma cries when she reads, too."  Never used it again.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A scroll of librarians.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'll try to stay away from ones others already mentioned. I cry pretty easily- still cry when watching Bambi...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Some of my favorite tear jerkers - &lt;strong&gt;*&lt;em&gt;Hurry Home Candy&lt;/strong&gt;,&lt;/em&gt;*Shiloh, Sounder.&lt;em&gt;*&lt;/em&gt;* Interesting how they are all dog stories. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Other sad stories that I loved - &lt;strong&gt;A day no pigs would die,  Soldier's Heart, Charlotte's Web, Cracker Jackson, Tear Soup.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Just thought of another one- Goodnight, Mr. Tom.  Lots of sad parts that had me crying.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I know there are tons more but can't think of them now...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A load of librarians, or loads of librarians ( I like the alliteration of it)
a mass of librarians, or masses of librarians
a sheaf of librarians or sheaves of librarians ( I like the sound of this one)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Kind of came a little late into this one...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I ask my student to make recommendations or have asked a few of my students who are really into comics, give me a list of ones they would like to see in the collection. The I look for on line reviews.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I love to write and have been writing since I was in elementary school. I am not published, I am not even sure I want to be published, but Oh I do love to write - short stories, long poems, short poems, travel journals, etc. I write in a diary, I write in my notebook.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am hoping that when I am no longer working two jobs I can spend even more time just writing...wouldn't that be just lovely!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I still read my favourite books from childhood:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Dark is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Heidi&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;all the John Bellairs books&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;the Trixie Belden books&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;all Madeleine L'Engle's books&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;the Little House books&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Phantom Tollbooth&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Lois Lowry's books&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Roald Dahl's books&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Michael Crichton's books&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;John Grisham's books&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And pretty much anything else I could get my hands on.  I was reading adult books by the time I was eight or nine, so a lot of the children's books, like Diana Wynne Jone's work, I've only come to know within the last couple years (I just turned twenty-nine), but that doesn't seem to lessen my enjoyment any.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Here's one to go with the "Homeschooling for Dummies" book -- we had an interlibrary loan request to send someone one of our books called "Private Investigating for Dummies"!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Now, I don't know which is worse -- that someone requested that book or that WE ACTUALLY HAVE IT !!!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I love it when students have looked the book up on the computer and then say to me, now what do I do?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I usually say, hmmm, let me think...if it was me, why I would look for the book, what do you think?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Sometimes I just can't stop myself from being sarcastic when they look at me like- and the book will fly off the shelf and come to me, won't it!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;At the academic library where I work, there are times when student workers are the only "staff" in the library -- mostly late at night. The student workers are trained that they should keep the portable phone with them at all times (the number to campus security is on the back) and not hesitate to use it if they are ever scared. (They can also call "911" if they choose.) Student workers are given permission to lock themselves in the staff bathroom (behind the desk; nice solid door) and wait for authorities to arrive if they feel threatened. We teach them never to get involved in quarrels that patrons may have with each other -- just call security and advise non-involved patrons to move out of the area. The student workers understand that if they become part of the problem (by getting involved and possible being injured) that cannot be part of the solution.
Thankfully, they've never needed the training.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Not sure if you're looking for adult or YA titles, but I LOVE survival/post-apocalyptic/extreme weather books!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Some more YA titles:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Tomorrow Series by John Marsden (starts with Tomorrow, When the War Began) (like Red Dawn but way better!)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (1st in trilogy, meteor hits moon and changes earth's weather)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George (the book that made me fall in love with wilderness survival)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness (1st in a trilogy, AWESOME take on "survival" on another planet)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Adult titles:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Things that Keep Us Here by Carla Buckley (adult version of Life as We Knew It)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival by Norman Ollestad (real life story but reads like fiction)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One Second After by William Forstchen (post-apocalyptic feel, electromagnetic pulse wipes out all energy sources in US)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World by Joan Druett (on my list to read) &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;from book jacket:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Auckland Island is a godforsaken place in the middle of the Southern Ocean, 285 miles south of New Zealand. With year-round freezing rain and howling winds, it is one of the most forbidding places in the world. To be shipwrecked there means almost certain death." "In 1864 Captain Thomas Musgrave and his crew of four aboard the schooner Grafton wreck on the southern end of the island. Utterly alone in a dense coastal forest, plagued by stinging blowflies and relentless rain, Captain Musgrave - rather than succumb to this dismal fate - inspires his men to take action. With barely more than their bare hands, they build a cabin and, remarkably, a forge, where they manufacture their tools. Under Musgrave's leadership, they band together and remain civilized through even the darkest and most terrifying days." "Incredibly, at the same time on the opposite end of the island - twenty miles of impassable cliffs and chasms away - the Invercauld wrecks during a horrible storm. Nineteen men stagger ashore. Unlike Captain Musgrave, the captain of the Invercauld falls apart given the same dismal circumstances. His men fight and split up; some die of starvation, others turn to cannibalism. Only three survive. Musgrave and all of his men not only endure for nearly two years, they also plan their own astonishing escape, setting off on one of the most courageous sea voyages in history." "Using the survivors' journals and historical records, maritime historian Joan Druett brings this untold story to life."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;James and the Giant Peach is what comes to mind for me - and yet, something is niggling at my memory that would be a better match, but I can't quite grasp it...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My memory is providing a recollection of a scene where the protagonist is now a gleeful water insect able to skate on water without breaking the water tension... and there's an illustration in there somewhere... and SHOOT, now this is really bothering me!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here's a thought: Could it be one of the Choose Your Own Adventure books? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Ones I've enjoyed The Island series by Gordon Korman. There are 3 in this series and I could not put them down. Hatchet by Paulsen. I find him a fabulous writer so anything by his is a must read. Others I have read Hunter by Cowley, Kensuke's kingdom by Morpurgo, and Static : a novelization by Sorrells.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;BTW, these are all older childrens books, you didn't say what level you were looking for. Happy Reading!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Here are two relatively recent ones:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;P: Do you have any audiobooks that teach American Sign Language?&lt;br /&gt;
Me: Audio probably isn't the best format for that. We do have some in braille though.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;P: I need a world map for my kid, do you have one?&lt;br /&gt;
Me: Yes, here let me print one out so that your kids can color it in.&lt;br /&gt;
P: It has Germany on it, right?&lt;br /&gt;
Me: ...I hope so.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In addition to many answers above, these are the books I go to when I need a good cry.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Because of Winn Dixie&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call Me Hope&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Walking Backward&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Our Tree Steve&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Martin's Big Words&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any book by &lt;strong&gt;Karen Hesse&lt;/strong&gt;, esp. &lt;strong&gt;Music of the Dolphins&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Just Juice&lt;/strong&gt; (okay, and &lt;strong&gt;Out of the Dust&lt;/strong&gt;, obviously).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Most &lt;strong&gt;Patricia Polacco&lt;/strong&gt; books.  When I was student teaching, the three teachers I was working with and I had to keep handing one of these off to each other to finish reading aloud due to tears.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My students think it's really funny when I warn them that a book they're checking out made me cry.  They say, "Every book makes you cry."  Which is true, I tend to cry a lot at books.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Georgeanne:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hi! Our local library here in San Diego (City of) can be irritatingly imprecise about book locations. If it'slocation is called "stacks," omething called "FIC/ [author's last name]" might be lurking on the shelves in the usual shelves, might be over in and among the "new books" shelving, on the special trade paperback fiction rotating displays or the mass market fiction paperback rotating displays.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, if you're looking for a book to read, as opposed to a specific book to read, the mass and trade paperback racks, fiction and non-fiction, are great browsing. Especially if you've got a soft spot for science or history popularizations -- those tend to end up on the trade shelves or racks all over, as opposed to one or two hardbacks for the entire system.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I imagine from a psychological standpoint deaccessioning trade and mass paperbacks is easier on the librarians than getting rid of hardcovers when the weeding time comes.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Yesterday a patron came up to me with the DVDs of &lt;em&gt;Ocean's Eleven&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Ocean's Twelve,&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Ocean's Thirteen&lt;/em&gt; in her hand and asked, "What order do these movies go in?"&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;"Published, unpublished, hopeful"&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;All of the above.  :O)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How appropriate, I'm reading Ender's Game right now!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm half-way through and from what I gather so far - depending on what appeals to you in the Ender series - some read-alikes might be:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Starship Troopers&lt;/em&gt; by Robert Heinlein - space academy, "buggers," coming-of-age, war, political overtones&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Foundation&lt;/em&gt; series by Isaac Asimov - space opera, classic of sci-fi, exceptional protagonist(s), war, political overtones&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Harry Potter&lt;/em&gt; series by J.K. Rawlings - exceptional protagonist, coming-of-age, school, political overtones&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A bit of an off-the-wall suggestion, but you might also consider William Gibson's Sprawl Trilogy consisting of &lt;em&gt;Neuromancer&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Count Zero&lt;/em&gt;, and &lt;em&gt;Mona Lisa Overdrive&lt;/em&gt;. I've only read the first one so I can tell you that the appeals are suspense, futuristic technology, computers, political overtones, also &lt;em&gt;Neuromancer&lt;/em&gt; is a classic of of the genre , which is an appeal in itself.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Fly away home by Eve Bunting.  A little boy and his dad are homeless and spend their days in an airport trying not to be noticed.  The boy sees a bird trying to get out through the glass doors and hopes that he will be able to get out too, one day.  I read it to myself before reading it to a group of children, but didn't realise it would make me cry!  Very embarrassing.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You might want to check out my earlier post, some of the same thoughts came up there.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What are the ramifications of incorporating reference type books into the regular collection?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Yes we circulate our reference to all staff and to students in grades 5 and up.
Pro's- the books get used more when they can get checked out. The only con I can think of is replacement cost if it is lost and it is almost impossible to replace one volume of a specialized encyclopedia. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We are a prek-8 school. I heavily weeded, moved many of the reference into the non-fiction when I had room. I didn't want to have to shift the whole non-fiction collection and have to change my signage at the end of the school year. I plan on doing some more weeding and continue moving more reference into the non-fiction.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So much is available on the internet- and sometimes the access is easier for the student.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It was a page turner for me but after finishing it, I am still not sure what truth or lies the main character Micah has told. It has an ending reminiscent of &lt;strong&gt;I am the Cheese&lt;/strong&gt; by Cormier. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I know this is not supposed to be a discussion but I was so disturbed for lack of a better word by this book and I am just looking for another point of view. I've read reviews but not seen any discussions. I've even listened to Scott Westerfeld talk about his wife's book but I am looking for more.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It's not a book, nor based on a book (I think) but on the theory that most libraries have a movie collection as well, I was hoping someone would know the answer. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There's a man, probably Japanese, who jumps in front of a train to stop it. Of course he dies, but he sacrificed himself deliberately because the train had to be stopped. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;ETA: It's a Japanese movie, because I seem to remember subtitles, but I don't remember much talking probably because of being too young to pay attention. Bad weather, ominous music, sort of thing.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That's all I know. There's some movies that feature Japanese train suicides, like &lt;em&gt;Suicide Club&lt;/em&gt; (aka &lt;em&gt;Suicide Circle&lt;/em&gt;) but those that I've found using Google don't appear to be the correct ones. It's difficult when I don't know any of the actors' names.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Let me give you two reactions--I read it and my library assistant read it and we had widely different reactions to it.  I believed her on everything except one--I think she really did have a little brother and I believe she really did kill him, and not necessarily by accident.  My assistant thinks that she killed her boyfriend and then had a psychotic break; the book is the fantasy that her mind came up with to protect her from the truth.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;One that I don't really think of as a sad story but it always makes me cry (sometimes even just telling someone about it) is &lt;em&gt;The Christmas Day Kitten&lt;/em&gt;, by James Herriott.  It truly does have a happy ending, but there is one very bittersweet part that gets to me every time.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For some reason &lt;strong&gt;The Wump World&lt;/strong&gt; by Bill Peet always destroyed me as a kid. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Oh!  How could I forget &lt;strong&gt;Goodnight Mr Tom&lt;/strong&gt; - I cry buckets whenever I read it.  For the sad bits and the happy bits too.  Michelle Magorian's other books are good but thsi is her best.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Most of what I can think of offhand are also animal books:  &lt;em&gt;Beauty&lt;/em&gt;, by Bill Wallace (a horse book), specifically.  Also, it seems like at least half of Marguerite Henry's horse books are tear-jerkers; &lt;em&gt;King of the Wind&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Black Gold&lt;/em&gt;, and &lt;em&gt;San Domingo&lt;/em&gt; especially are all peachy until the last chapter, where I usually cry buckets.  The Chincoteague-based books are much happier, though.  There's also a Lynn Hall book, &lt;em&gt;The Soul of the Silver Dog&lt;/em&gt;, that has a less-than-happy ending.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For non-animal books, &lt;em&gt;Island of the Blue Dolphins&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;The Cay&lt;/em&gt; both had some pretty heart-wrenching parts.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Just today:&lt;br&gt;
"Where are your books on DVD?"&lt;br&gt;
"Do you mean books on CD?"&lt;br&gt;
"No, books on DVD."&lt;br&gt;
"Do you mean TV Shows?"&lt;br&gt;
"No, books, on DVD."&lt;br&gt;
"Do you mean Audiobooks, &lt;em&gt;like&lt;/em&gt; books on tape?"&lt;br&gt;
"Yes!"&lt;br&gt;
"The books on CD are over there."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;... twas all I could do to stay professional.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I was working at the Circ Desk when a guy came in and asked if we had found a bag with his underwear in it.  Sure enough, it was in the lost and found pile.  I handed it right over, no questions asked.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about Gary Paulsen? His most famous autobiography is Guts and there are at least 3-4 other biographies written about him. He is pretty popular with most teens.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I enjoy working and plan to for another 10 years.  How do I answer interview questions that show I'm not overthehill.  I look younger than I am and am 'perky'  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I couldn't stand tearjerker stories like Bridge to Terebithia and A Taste of Blackberries as a kid. I'm still not fond of them, even though I recognize that they may be well-written. On the other hand, I love books like Slake's Limbo (Felice Holman,) A Chance Child (Jill Paton Walsh,) or The Goats (Brock Cole) which start out with tragedy but the characters and their situations transform through courage, imagination or even magic to something better or even wondrous. I cry, &lt;em&gt;then&lt;/em&gt; find healing and hope. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would concentrate on the following -&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;li&gt;Highlight the experience you have built up over your career and your depth of knowledge.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;*Smile and be very enthusiastic about your work - if you are truly passionate about it, let it show!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;*Above all - be honest. The interviewer is not trying to trick you (hopefully!) - they are trying to establish whether you will fit in in their place of work. Once I accepted that in my own head, I was much calmer about the terrifying interview for my dream job. I was offered it 45 minutes after the interview ended!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A few current buzz words can't hurt, but overall they want to find a person who will do the job well, with passion and integrity.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Good Luck!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Talk about newer trends in library service and some recent books written for the age group with which you would be working so that your interviewers know that you keep abreast of the field.  Be sure to highlight some of your own success stories.  Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Moronic, but in a different way: "My son has a report due tomorrow, and of course he hasn't done it, and I need 5 sources on this topic."  I didn't ask her who would ultimately write the report, but I had my suspicions.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Patron: I need a biography of Hamlet, please.
Me: A biography?
Patron: Yes.
Me: A biography is the story of a real person's life; Hamlet is a very famous character in a play, but he wasn't real.  So there won't be any biographies.
Patron:  Well, I don't know; my teacher said we had to read about him.
Me: Do you think you need to read about him or read the play?
Patron:  I don't know.
Me: Do you have a copy of the assignment so we can look at it?
Patron: No.
Me: Do you remember exactly what the teacher said?
Patron: That we had to read the story of Hamlet.  (Still very polite, considering his age and cluelessness)
Me.  Let's get a copy of the play, and you can check with your teacher tomorrow.
Patron:  It's due tomorrow.
Me:  Well, then let's get you a couple of things to look at tonight.
(I found him the play and some kind of study guide, 'cause this kid was NOT going to fly through a Shakespeare play in one night.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My absolute favorite:  "I need a book."  (to me, a librarian sitting literally in the middle of about half a million of them)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I always wanted to pick one up at random and say, "Here you go."  But I did restrain myself and start the reference interview. ;-)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to track down a book I had as a child.  The end of the story was a group of lightning bugs getting into a lantern to stop a train.  Sketchy, I know, but it's a been a while...  Any ideas as to the title of this book?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In addition to the above, which is all excellent advice, I would highlight your technology skills. Most schools rely on the librarian to be one of their technology gurus, and if you can demonstrate your comfort level with technology, it will definitely move you out of the "over the hill" perception&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Working in a bookstore, I've gotten asked for books where the title was needed for the next day. To be fair, some classes have this sprung on them with little notice, and the relevant title could be sold out before every one gets a copy. However, any student that received ample notice and failed to acquire the book in a timely manner gets no sympathy from me. You knew this was coming, why did you wait until the last minute? And school-age children aren't the only culprits!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here are two stories of what happened:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In New York State, they still have Regents Exams. These are end of year exams in various topics and are taken by middle and high schoolers. One day, a teenager came into my store in NYC, and asked for a Regents study book for X subject. He needed it for the exam which was taking place in ONE HOUR!!! I can guess what sort of grade he got.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This woman was helped by a coworker. The time was a few hours before the start of the first night of Passover. Now, when you invite people to a seder, you make sure everyone has an identical copy of the Hagaddah (the book of the service) so all are literally on the same page. If you're smart, you will have acquired the necessary copies ahead of time. If not, you come in at the last minute, as this woman did, and discover there aren't enough copies left for you. And another woman had done the same thing the previous year!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And my favorite "dumb" question:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ring! I answer the phone. Me:"How can I help you?" Phone:"I'm calling to see if you have a book in stock." Me:"Yes, we have a lot of books in stock. Which one would you like?" I usually get a laugh and the admission that perhaps the query was too broad.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have to agree with most of the books mentioned already. But then, I cry easily when I read.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Little Match Girl&lt;/em&gt; by Hans Christian Anderson always makes me teary.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I had this book, I want to say it was something as simple as Sam and the Lighting Bugs - I think Sam was an owl?  The lighting bugs spell out STOP to stop the train.  The cover is in my mind, illustration, colors (dark blue, since all happened at night), everything and of course I can "see" it all except the title.  It was an easy reader though.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm pretty sure you're thinking of &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/826281.Sam_and_the_Firefly" rel="nofollow"&gt;Sam and the Firefly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; by P. D. Eastman.  In which case Hillary had it, all but the exact title!  Sam is an owl who befriends a mischievous firefly named Gus.  When Gus learns that he can spell out words in light, using his tail, he causes all sorts of trouble.  However, he eventually redeems himself by spelling out "STOP!" to avert a train/truck collision.  This plot is somewhat different from your memory of a group of fireflies &amp;amp; a lantern, but it's pretty darn close so I'm hopeful.  And it's a great book for new readers!  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I had the unfortunate experience of finding a stool sample, in its sample case, in a brown paper bag, sitting on the counter beside one of our internet stations.  Needless to say, I washed my hands for a long while after disposing of it in the garbage.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;While standing behind the large, mostly enclosed circulation/reference counter at our main branch I have been asked multiple times "Do you work here?". Various answers have sprung to mind over the years and were kept firmly unspoken, but I once snapped (it must have been one of those days) and replied "no, they just let me stand in here" to the clueless patron. He didn't get it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've had students poke their heads in the library during posted library hours and say, "Oh, is the library open?"  No, I just leave the lights on and the door unlocked to raise your hopes.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm starting a new job this fall at a PK-8 school. I've only worked at middle/high schools before, so I could use some input on good books for story time. Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I was working in a library in Phoenix Arizona and had a patron approach me and ask me how long it would take to order a book from another library and I responded, "Since the book is in Minnesota it will take a few days" His response was: "Can I drive there?"&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Oh, there are so many!  My Friend Bear by Jez Albrough, We're Going on a Bear Hunt (I like the version by Jan Ormerod and illustrated by Michael Rosen), and Beady Bear by Don Freeman make a nice bear theme.  An Eric Carle storytime using Very Hungry Caterpillar, Very Quiet Cricket, Very Busy Spider, and Very Clumsy Click Beetle.  The Pigeon books and the Elephant and Piggy Books by Mo Willems.  For Halloween, Leonardo was a Terrible Monster by Mo Willems and There's a Monster at the End of this Book (a Sesame Street book.)  There Are Cats in This Book by Cronin (?).  Click Clack Moo by Cronin.  Widget by McFarland.  Bark, George by Jules Feiffer.  Slinky Malinki and Slinky Malinki Open the Door by Lynn Dodd.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I used to be in an elementary school and now I'm at a junior high; the part I  miss the most is reading to the students. So some of these recommendations maybe a little old.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm a big fan of Kevin Henkes' picture books. For bigger kids, I found they really liked Bill Peet, Chris Van Allsburg. William Steig's stories were always popular. Lois Ehlert is great for the wee ones. Oh, there was one called Double Trouble in Walla Walla, by Andrew Clements, that is full of tongue twisters that had the kids' complete attention. The Best and Dearest Chick of All by Bob Barton.  Books in rhyme always seem to hold their focus better.  I can't remember all the great ones, but I think the key is to read books that YOU like reading, and share your enthusiasm with the little ones. They love to participate, so make sure you involve them in the story. If you don't have access to your new library over the summer, head to the public library, and just sit down and start reading. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have a soft spot for books that rhyme - anything with rythem is good for reading out loud! &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Extra votes here for We're going on a Bear Hunt, and Slinky Malinki by Lynn Dodd.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also try 'Hairy Maclairy from Donaldsons Dairy'.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;'The Gruffalo' by Julia Donaldson - in fact most things by Julia Donaldson. It's a little longer than some picture books but so so so so good!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;'The lamb who came to dinner' is a particular favourite of mine.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My 100% sure-fire, laugh-out-loud, never-fail book is 'Who's in the Loo?' by Jeanne Willis. It might be a little 'British' and naturally it deals with toilet humour, but it's never let me down. I can read it with all ages, and usually the parents enjoy it more than the children! I usually involve the children in the reading of it by getting them to chant (shout!) 'Who's in the loo?' after every page turn.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;David Shannon's "A bad case of stripes," "Cloudy with a chance of meatballs" by Judi Barrett and the sequel "Pickles to Pittsburgh," "The big orange splot" by Daniel Pinkwater, many of the Patricia Polacco books (if they stay in the library long enough) including "John Philip Duck" (and yes! there really are ducks in the Peabody Hotel fountain in Memphis!), "Mr. Lincoln's Way," "Thank you, Mr. Falker," Aunt Chip and the great Triple Creek Dam affair," "My rotten redheaded older brother," "The bee tree" and "Chicken Sunday." 
Talk to the children's librarian at the public library -- I'm sure (he or she) will have some great suggestions as well as what the library plans are so you don't duplicate activities.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'd go for "The Stinky Cheese Man" or other picture books by Jon Scieszka.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would start the beginning of the year with some really fun books to break the ice a little. Perhaps some Jan Thomas? &lt;em&gt;Can You Make a Scary Face&lt;/em&gt; is a great interactive story. The kids will also enjoy her rhyming dust bunny books, as well as her other books. They are very short, but it is easier for me to read a bunch of short books at first to gauge the kids' attention spans. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you can get a copy of &lt;em&gt;A Soup Opera&lt;/em&gt; by Jim Gill, kids love to act out the different parts. He has info about making it a reader's theater on his website: jimgill.com. There is also an amazing YouTube video of Jim acting it out with a bunch of grown-ups and a real orchestra. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For your kindergartner/first graders, try &lt;em&gt;Pete the Cat&lt;/em&gt; by Eric Litwin. Kids love Pete's song and it has a positive message about rolling with the punches. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Boys will love Michael Rex's parody picture books. The new one is Furious George Goes Bananas, and older ones include Goodnight Goon. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Don't forget to try some picture book nonfiction for added educational-ness. There are some great titles in this category, especially about unusual friendships between different types of animals. I really recommend getting a hold of some of Rob Reid's books about storytime. They are full of really fun suggestions that are kid-tested. I also recommend Judy Freeman's &lt;em&gt;Once Upon a Time: Using Storytelling, Creative Drama, and Reader's Theater with Children in Grades PreK-6.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm looking for the title of a short story that I read a long time in my hometown library.
The story is about a British colonial planter who cohabits with a Native woman. At retirement he reluctantly makes plans to return to Britain. Eventually at the very last moment he changes his mind and decides to stay in the colony and  spend the rest of his years with his native partner.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I've always believed that the story was written by Somerset Maugham but I've never been able to track the story.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any help would be greatly appreciated&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Two great movie adaptations:
"Day of the Jackal" - brilliant version of a great book that will hold you in suspense even though you know the ending ( the original version starring Edward Fox)
"One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest'- one of the rare times that I read the book after seeing the film and was not disappointed with the film version.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;(we have a collection of new feature films called '3 day quick flicks' labeled very clearly with hot pink stickers.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;patron: "how long do the 3 day movies check out for?"
me: "...3 days."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I recently discovered another candidate for best-adaptation; it's an anime mini-series called &lt;em&gt;Gankutsuou&lt;/em&gt;, and is based on &lt;em&gt;The Count of Monte Cristo&lt;/em&gt;. While there are some departures from the book - including the futuristic setting and the fact that it's mainly told from the viewpoint of the younger-generation characters - it's more faithful to the original novel than many of the better-known film adaptations. [There are other key differences, including such fundamentals as the nature and fate of the Count himself, but then most of the films fiddle with the ending as well!]&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I had never heard of this until I stumbled across a number of references to it in TV Tropes; it has its own page there ( &lt;a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Gankutsuou" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Gankutsuou&lt;/a&gt; ), which not only provided a tantalizing description but also a lot of spoilers [they're hidden unless you choose to see them, so don't fear checking out the site]. I actually read most of the spoilers before choosing to Netflix the series, and for me that helped - I was somewhat prepared for the more wrenching scenes. [Hint: bring tissues.] I enjoyed the series so much that I decided to buy it, AND to acquire the Robin Buss unabridged translation of the original novel so that I could compare all the details...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am looking for a book set during the time of the plauge in Europe.  Main character a girl in her late teens who becomes an apprentice herbalist.  She ends up being found by a king and working for him taking care of his daughter whose mother died when she was born.  The king's daughter gets abducted by fairies and replaced with a changling, but ends up being saved by the herbalist.  Any ideas???&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our public library goes through cycles when we seem to be making more errors at check-in (things not getting checked-in, holds/reserves being missed, etc.) and/or shelvers making too many errors in shelving (transposed Dewey #s, formats being misshelved, not shelving on authors full name, etc.).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Whenever I institute double-checks (even unannounced), the errors almost entirely go away -- but there is huge amounts of extra staff time spent on stuff that should just be right in the first place.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think that the main problem is multitasking -- especially checking in lots of items while having a conversation with a patron or colleague, or shelving hurriedly and haphazardly (grabbing a few things here and there, rather than taking it section by section).  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Do you have any great procedures or training tricks that you think help in these areas?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think that you've hit it on the head. The task needs to be taught procedurally and become training until it is considered "just the way it's done". We can all suggest practices until the cows come home but when it is boiled down, the solution lies in your footprint and how things are laid out.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I like making myself walk when I shelve so I make sure I have everything from my shelving cart for that section before I go to the shelf. I also order everything on the cart first. We have a small school library (under 10,000 copies) so that makes it a lot easier. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That being said, if you are the person making the decision, write it up the way you want it done. Make it procedure, train your staff, and enforce daily until you can back off and know that it will be done correctly. It calls for someone to be the "Big Bad Librarian" but in the end you will know that the items are where they are supposed to be. If your staff knows this is one of the "Holy Grails" of your library they will either buy in or make it easy for you to isolate them for retraining. One maxim I believe in when it comes to training reluctant learners, is that it is not the severity of the consequence that matters, it is the inevitability. You have to make the effort to retrain until it is the way you want it to be. But remember that the people who understand why this is important will buy in right away. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I know this is going to seem dated, but  When Bad Things Happen to Good People  by Rabbi Kushner might be something to consider, if you don't already have it.  I know it's over 20 years old, but the message is timeless without being cloying and many prisoners are actively seeking an interior life.
I've always enjoyed the fantasy of Flatland by Abbott (can't remember the first name).  This book brought mathematics to life for me and I've recommended it to my fantasy/science-fiction readers every since.  Something like this might open a new area of interest for somebody to explore.
Sorry both titles are so dated, but I can't think of anything I've read recently that would answer your need, unless you would consider something along the lines of The Monster of Florence by Patterson.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I work in a elem /middle school with a collection of almost 18,000.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One thing that has worked for me ,because I only have volunteers, is I give my workers a choice of which job they would like to learn.  I teach them all the aspects of that job and double check for the first week. Time consuming yes!  After that, I spot check. Sometimes I find mistakes but I know who did them and I can make sure that the procedures are understood. I always double check my cataloger and myself as I do have problems with reversals.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We are always multi-tasking. I try to tell those who work the desk, to take it slow and not hurry. Kids can always leave something behind for us to check out to them later. We found when we rush that's when we run into lots of check in and check out problems. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Mistakes happen and it's not the end of the world. I fix them when I find them. The longer I am in the business, the less anal I have become...in the scheme of things what really matters...is it life threatening? Probably not. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I did something similar using Caldecott Books with our third grade. Since there are so many titles we started by reading the books from the year the students were born, comparing them to the year their parents were born, then to the year that their grandparents were born.It was really a fun literacy unit. I also get parents asking me what books to give as a gifts I usually start with the Caldecott in the year the child was born. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I also do Caldecott Units with second grades and they are particularly enamored with the really old titles, like, Song of the Swallows, White Snow Bright Snow, Make Way for Ducklings, The Biggest Bear. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I do have most of the Caldecott's in our school collection. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We did this with our book club of adults that read kid's books.  It would also work great with a parent/child group just to get a wide variety of titles.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;One of the best "sad" books I recall is &lt;em&gt;Missing May&lt;/em&gt; by Cynthia Rylant.  The narrator spends the whole book worrying about her uncle after the death of her aunt May.  However, as the story unfolds you find that it is the narrator who is really learning to deal with the death.  My daughter and I listened to this story together a few years after my own mother died.  Every emotion is strung out in the story for you.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I also love a happy/sad book from long ago call A Girl of the &lt;em&gt;Limberlost&lt;/em&gt; by Gene Stratton Porter.  Elnora is a wonderfully strong character who has been raised by a mother who seems to resent her.  As the story unfolds, the reader begins to understand the complexity of their relationship and how it becomes a true loving relationship.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The movie doesn't sound familiar to me.  I'm guessing it's not a recent release, though, since you talk about watching it when you were young.  I'm going to suggest that you browse through www.mysoju.com.  They don't have a great search function (or many older movies), but they do have quite a few Japanese movies there.  It might help.  If no one here can round up the movie, you can try a Japanese site with a forum (something like crunchyroll, maybe?)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Do you timetable jobs? I've worked at libraries that do, and don't. In my experience fewer mistakes happen when a person is scheduled to to a particular task and only concentrates on that. The mistakes don't go away all together but if someone knows that they are 'shelver' and they don't have to jump between that, and the front desk, and the requests (and everything else!) then they can concentrate on one task only!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Why Do Men Have Nipples? Hundreds of Questions You'd Only Ask a Doctor After Your Third Martini and the follow up Why Do Men Fall Asleep After Sex?: More Questions You'd Only Ask a Doctor After Your Third Whiskey Sour by Mark Leyner and Dr. Billy Goldberg M.D are fun to read.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm pretty sure that's not the actual title, unless it's so out of print that it won't show up anywhere, but it's something along those lines. Young adult age range.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There's three friends, I can't rememember why, who decided that they would make a girl from their high school into a pageant winner, so they each make a list of 10 girls, and only one girl appears on all the lists, Belinda something. She's not the prettiest, or the most popular, so she was fairly low on the lists, but she was the only one they agreed on, so they decided to work on her. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;She wants to be a doctor, or a vet or something of the sort, and I can't remember why she agreed (I'm guessing money for college?), but she starts in on their regimen of weight loss and whatever else they thought she needed to master for the talent portion. And I think she had to lighten her hair too.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One of the boys gets himself injured, and she applies some butterfly sutures to close his wound, which impressed the heck out of ... the ER doctor? the EMT? whatever medical professional saw them, anyway.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;At the library where I work, the reference/circulation desk is located in the very middle of the stacks. I once had a patron come up to the desk and say "So, um, where do I find the books?" I was dumbfounded. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We have beautiful solid oak end-caps.  We're looking for something that will hook over the top and then hang down that we could display books on.  We don't want to drill into the oak.  The top of the end-caps are curved.  We're picturing something like two wreath holders that have something in-between them where the book (s) would sit.   We would want it to be adjustable in the length and the width, if possible.  Has anyone seen anything like this or do you use a hanging display system that might work for us?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Here's some from my winner list- I'm all for using songs and music too. My primary classes for stories are 45 minutes. It can be a bit tough but I start with an activity song or chant, short poem, stories, end with another chant.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;A Boy and his bunny&lt;/em&gt; by Sean Bryan,  &lt;em&gt;Old Black Fly&lt;/em&gt;- Aylesworth, &lt;em&gt;Buzz, buzz, buzz&lt;/em&gt; -Barton,  &lt;em&gt;The Big Sneeze&lt;/em&gt;- Brown, Buzz-Egielski, &lt;em&gt;Who took the cookies from the cookie jar?&lt;/em&gt;- LASS, Teddy Bear's Picnic, &lt;em&gt;The Great Fuzz Frenzy&lt;/em&gt;-Stevens, Tacky Books by Lester, &lt;em&gt;Henry the Explorer&lt;/em&gt;- Taylor&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I also like the same story retold:
&lt;em&gt;I know an old lady who swallowed a fly, I know an old lady who swallowed a pie, There was a cold lady who swallowed some snow&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;When it starts to snow&lt;/em&gt;- Gershator, &lt;em&gt;Sleep big bear sleep&lt;/em&gt; - E wright, &lt;em&gt;Have you got my purr?&lt;/em&gt; by West, B*ark, George*-Feiffer, &lt;em&gt;Goats' Trail&lt;/em&gt; - Wildsmith, &lt;em&gt;Yo, yes!&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Penguins&lt;/em&gt;-Pichon&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Wait, no paint&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Hold onto your Horses&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Rainy Day&lt;/em&gt; - Lakin &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Don't forget the Caldecott titles, classic nursery stories and nursery rhymes: Three Little Kittens, Three Little Pigs, Goldilocks and the three bears, The Gingerbread man, The house that Jack Built, I'm going on a bear Hunt.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Some good elem authors- Robt Kraus, Leo Leonni, Tomie DePaola, Pat Hutchins. I could go on as this is my favorite part of my job finding the great stories that kids just love.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I also like to pick themes and include fiction and non-fiction. Having books at our fingertips for our lessons, is just perfect! Good Luck!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This was part of a small subplot in the book "Red Prophet" by Orson Scott Card.  The gunpowder was replaced by Mike fink, who continues as a character in later books in the series.  It's possible that this section of the book was printed in a magazine, as Card often does that when he's trying out ideas for a book.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm wondering which brands of college admissions test prep books are most reputable and/or popular.  We are currently collecting the Princeton Review &lt;em&gt;Cracking the ---&lt;/em&gt; series, and I'm not sure which other series to buy.  There's Gruber's, McGraw-Hill, Kaplan, College Board, Barron's, etc. and we definitely can't afford to buy them all and keep updating them every year!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm also wondering if you buy every year's edition, or just buy every other year or so unless there's a major test change.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Since library job postings are frequently asking for people with "technology skills" what would be some good computer classes for librarians to take ? I'm a newish librarian and I took all the classes on using digital things in the library that my school offered, but the only one that really focused on teaching some of the software was digital collections, which mostly introduced dreamweaver and collection building programs. I'm familiar with basic computer things, like the Windows Office programs, and some Adobe things like Photoshop and Dreamweaver, but I'm interested in what classes other librarians have taken, that have proven useful to them.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have found that being familiar with particular programs is less important than being able to produce results with types of programs. It doesn't matter whether your library uses FrontPage, DreamWeaver, or a content management system but can you produce a workable and usable webpage. I have found that types of programs are more similar than different. Find the similarities and emphasize those. This works for programs across the board. I run Mac at home and Windows network on the job. I have worked with 3 different CIRC/CAT systems, the similarities are more prevalent than the differences. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you learn digital video editing, you could create book trailers, PSAs, etc. for your library. But pretty much any technology course could be useful in some way, even if you don't see it right away. The more skills you have in technology, the better you will be overall and the faster you will pick up new skills. It's a cumulative process.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A Digital Storytelling Course was very helpful to me with working with my elementary school students. Another course that has been very useful Digital Media. This course included the use of graphics, audio, web management, digital photography, using avatars and much more.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Anything that will add to your skills would be a real plus for you. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As the school library media specialist, anything I can do helps with my work with students and with the PR for the media center program.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hmmmmm, I seem to remember 'Storm Boy' being sad, along with 'Watership Down' the poor rabbits got killed:( or even 'Lord of the Flies' which was quite gruesome for a kids book.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas' was pretty gut wrenching for me (even tho it is a teen read) &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Every few months we are sent a box of DVDs and or CD-roms from 'Him' - we simply take out the paper slips, frisbee the discs into the bin and re use the DVD cases as they often hold 4-6 discs and can be hard to come by in public libraries.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We are not censoring, we are simply weeding the rubbish before it gets to the shelves.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our test prep replacement schedule is driven by theft more than currency, unfortunately.  Less so for the college prep than for other things (Police and Fire exams, for goodness sake! and ASVAB's have a short life expectancy).  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We have a range, though Barron's and Peterson's factor heavily.  I'm ashamed to say I couldn't tell you if it's better or not.  I inherited the collection, with standing orders, and haven't changed it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think it would be worth exploring what type of library you wish to work in as well, and maybe what niche in that setting you particularly wish to focus in. In the public libraries where I have worked, a working familiarity with Microsoft Word was enough to get by as far as helping patrons. But I would assume corporate libraries and large academic libraries would have more sophisticated technologies at their disposal. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I also do a little with Excel for statistical purposes and budgeting for my collection. Being able to develop a functional Web site will be handy. Seems like many places are moving away from using Dreamweaver and related programs into using content management systems developed out-of-house and edited in-house. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In public libraries, I have gotten a lot of questions about transferring files from a digital camera to computer or about using an iPod or similar device as well. I also have had to spend time trying to figure out why someone's Internet device wasn't accessing our wireless connection. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I would try and keep up with open source programs, as a lot of libraries are moving to open source solutions for everything from word processing to ILSs and beyond, as licenses are so expensive. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Farewell to Manzanaar&lt;/em&gt; by Jean Wakasutki Houston&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Witch Baby&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Missing Angel Juan&lt;/em&gt; by Francesca Lia Block are not intended to be sad but they make me cry.  Ditto &lt;em&gt;The River&lt;/em&gt; by Rumer Godden.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Many of Ray Bradbury's Short stories: I remember particularly "All Summer in a Day."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There was a fantasy book I read in the 80s, and I can't recall the title. It involved a group of children traveling through the mists into a different world. I believe it was set in Scotland.  Any chance someone knows the series? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Andre Norton did a book called variously "Grey Magic" and "Steel Magic" that begins a series of stories about children plucked from their normal everyday contemporary lives and set down in the past (Steel Magic occurs in Arthurian England, the others in different places). They've all been republished several times, and by MacMillan most recently under their StarScape imprint (see &lt;a href="http://us.macmillan.com/steelmagic" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://us.macmillan.com/steelmagic&lt;/a&gt; for plot summaries &amp;amp; ordering info)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here are the titles in that series:
Steel Magic (1965) [= Gray Magic] 
Octagon Magic (1967) 
Fur Magic (1968) [Grant, 1993] 
Dragon Magic (1972) 
Lavender-Green Magic (1974) 
Red Hart Magic (1976) &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I don't remember any of them set in Scotland, but Steel Magic starts in the Hudson Valley (New York) and the 3 children end up in King Arthur's Avalon. There is fog, and a picnic basket which plays an important role.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have Learning Express's Library program (online, with library-card authentication) here in Ohio and it seems to have helped a lot. Now we only buy a few items and refer most people to the online tests. You might check with your State Library or whoever negotiates online database contracts to see if you can implement something similar.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here's the link if you'd like to check it out &lt;a href="http://www.learnatest.com/LEL/index.cfm/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.learnatest.com/LEL/index.cfm/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We also put our ASVAB and a few selected others behind the circulation desk and people have to ask for them and check them out right then and there before we let them take the items; that's cut down on theft too. Of course, we're in a small library and that may not be feasible for you.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I did a little searching and couldn't find anything like what you're looking for. I was wondering if you'd considered buying standard end-of-range displays and using 3M hooks to attach them, instead of drilling into your end-caps? It might be easier to find those.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You can get a similar display system from Demco (and probably other places), but the hangers go around the &lt;strong&gt;sides&lt;/strong&gt; of the end panel and the clear acrylic shelf hangs between them.  Your shelves have to be at the same height on each side of the range for it to work, but they're nicely versatile.  You can use as few or as many shelves per display as you like, and they're very easy to move from place to place.  Each unit consists of two u-shaped steel hangers and 1 acrylic shelf to hang between them.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;They're called "plastic shelf-end display bins," page 693 of my 2009 Demco catalog.  $70 apiece, but still cheaper than a wooden display unit.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've discovered than many people were frightened by librarians in their youth, so it sometimes pays to laugh with them.  Pretend you're pulling out the finger (the shushing finger -- what were YOU thinking?) and say, "Yep, got a Master's Degree in shushing; ya better be careful!"&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Other times they're just being unpleasant, and I laugh heartily at their sad little joke and let them wonder if I'm laughing with them or at them.  "Read all day, that's a good one!" &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've gotten all the snarky answers ("You have to go to school for that?") and all the lame jokes, but my favourite was when I told a girl what I did for a living, and her whole face lit up. "Cool!" It made my day!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The final Winnie the Pooh story, "In Which Christopher Robin Gives Pooh a Party and We Say Goodbye." always broke me, and it still does. I still can't read it to my little sister without getting choked. 
Carol Matas writes sad children's historical fiction too. Specifically, off the top of my head, "The Burning Time," about the witch hunts.
And a token sad animal book: The Yearling, by Marjorie Rawlings. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Controversial as the series is (you either love it or are appalled by it), the ending of the "His Dark Materials" series by Philip Pullman had me going for days.  When Lyra and Will say their final goodbye, my heart broke for them.  They went through so much together, it seemed unfair at the end for them.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Every storytime session I have, I always try to fit in a "Charlie and Lola" book by Lauren Child.  The kids recognize the characters from the show on Disney (the books did come out first however) and I try to make it more fun by reading it in a (crummy) British accent and talk the way Lola does on the show.  Usually brings on some giggles and some of the kids even shout out what happens next!  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The best just recently was when one of our check out computers had to be sent out for repairs and we only had the keyboard and scanner at the spot with a sign saying, "computer down, please form a line to the left".  Well, I'm standing there waiting for one of my clerks and someone comes up and asks me to check out for them.  So, I pretended to scan the book and stood there waiting until she got the joke.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I decided to treat the books like regular reference books with a five year update schedule.  I see no reason to update the books unless the tests change in some major way, but some of my over-achieving students get nervous if the dates on the book are too old.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have Barrons in my library.  I don't believe there's one publisher that I'd recommend over another...I'm just happy if the book has practice tests.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I need ideas on how to handle new books in my small library. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The current system is: a batch of new books out every 4-5 weeks, those books do not check out until the end of the time period, but people can pre-reserve them. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Some people really like this system since everyone has a chance to see the new books (we don't get that many) before they get checked out. For other people, though, it means they will only enter the library once every 5 weeks, since they know there will be nothing new in the interim. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I want to make it feel more spontaneous/exciting ("What's new this week?"), but I also don't want an empty New Books shelf because everything has already been checked out. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Should I dole out 2 new books each week (instead of putting out 10 at the 5 week mark)? Some weeks this may not be possible due to my work schedule. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Should I mark only the best and most interesting books as "reserve", but let everything else check out? In this scenario, there is always something on the shelf, but there is also movement in the library. When the checked out items return, I could add them back to the shelf (assuming the return happens in a timely fashion-- we don't have "due dates" so people sometimes keep things a long time). &lt;em&gt;This is the scenario I like, but I anticipate it being the most unpopular from a user standpoint&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Should I keep the existing system even though it creates a feast/famine situation? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Willing to hear any suggestions/comments! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I catalog and process all our new acquisitions. Along with doing readers advisory, working the circ desk, website and facebook updates, assisting the children's librarian, working on our tech plan, tech support for staff and patrons, etc etc etc.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So what this means is: The books go out when I have time to do them, lol.
We get anywhere from 2  - 30 new books a week. Sometimes, they'll sit there for several days, sometimes up to a couple weeks.  Sometimes, I get them processed and out within hours of them coming in. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What this means is, people come in, because they never know what they're going to find (except those who are a fan of our facebook page, where I publish a new book list every week). We do not allow pre-reserves. If it's not been processed, you can't have it.  We do have a good wait list system, though. :)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So, all that to say: Why have an exact system at all? Maybe do 3 books this week, get them out there, then next week, maybe you have time for one. Then 6. And so forth.  Keep your patrons guessing, and they'll keep coming in. :)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Every once in a while someone tries to adapt an Ursula K LeGuin Novel and the results are nearly always horrible.  "Lathe of Heaven" was incomprehensible, and the various Earthsea books became so...very...&lt;em&gt;blonde&lt;/em&gt; in addition to being dull.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A good poetic book that became a good poetic movie, "The River" by Rumer Godden, adapted by Jean Renoir.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Does anyone else wish someone would bring Chris Crutcher to the big screen?  Or Octavia Butler?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My sisters and I used to LOVE this book we had as children in the 80's , but none of us can remember the name!! It was a children's book with all black pages. And the main character was a girl, she fell into a hole under her bed into a monster world...there were some  monsters that she was kind of afraid of... and there was a slide that they had to go down that may have been the cover art... It wasn't My pet Monster, or Where the Wild things are... thats all I can seem to find reference to. Please help! It could even be from the 70's.... Very colorful...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I used to have an OB/GYN who obviously had a note in my medical file stating that I was a librarian. Each year, while I am in the "stirrups" he would try to make conversation to distract me from the business at hand, as it were.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Dr.: "Do you know what I miss about libraries?"
Me: (inward sigh, as I know what he will say) "What?"
Dr.: "The Dewey Decimal System."
Me: "We still use it. I think you mean the card catalog."
Dr.: "Yep! That's right. I miss looking up stuff in that wooden cabinet. I wish you still used the Dewey Decimal System. I can't figure out how to use the new computers."
Me: "Well, maybe you can buy one on Ebay."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Next year...
Dr. "Do you know what I miss about libraries?"
Me: (AUUUUGGGHHH!) "What....?"&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;He's not my doctor anymore. How do you think he made it through med school??&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We found a dead, slightly petrified (at least by the time we found it), pet fish in a ziploc bag. I can only assume that someone brought it in to try to identify the type of fish? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I found a wet little girl's swimsuit in the genealogy room last week.  But I don't recall any wet children coming in.. oh well.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What always used to upset my daughter were books I couldn't read aloud to her without weeping. She refused to let me read "The Selfish Giant" by Oscar Wilde to a class because I would inevitably tear up. Another of the saddest picture books I've read is "Always and forever" written by Alan Durant ; illustrated by Debi Gliori. I was reading it aloud to a group of preschoolers and started to hear sniffling from the accompanying adults.   &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Another series about children being pulled into the past was written by Susan Cooper: "Over sea, under stone", "The dark is rising", "Greenwitch", "The grey king", and "Silver on the tree." This series is set in Cornwall during Arthurian England. Susan Cooper wrote many other children's fantasy novels.   &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A good friend of mine is a middle school teacher in an urban school here in Michigan. Her language arts students are 8th graders, but many are reading a few grades below level. Does anyone have suggestions for novels and/or poetry collections they might enjoy? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For background, rhis will be her second year teaching. Last year she had some success with books by Walter Dean Myers (&lt;em&gt;Monster&lt;/em&gt;) and this year she is planning on adding a Christopher Paul Curtis title (probably &lt;em&gt;Elijah of Buxton&lt;/em&gt;) as well. She also used some selections from &lt;em&gt;You Don't Even Know Me: Stories and Poems about Boys&lt;/em&gt; by Sharon Flake. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I will pass any suggestions on to her and I know she will be grateful. Thank you! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There's an excellent list in &lt;em&gt;When Kids Can't Read - What Teachers Can Do: A Guide for Teachers 6-12&lt;/em&gt; by Kylene Beers.  Many excellent teaching suggestions, too.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When I was working at an urban alternative school, the kids ate up the Bluford High series from Townsend press. They're all on around a 4th grade level and deal with urban teens, but without the language or sexuality that a lot of urban fiction includes. &lt;a href="http://townsendpress.com/catalog/blufordseries.aspx" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://townsendpress.com/catalog/blufordseries.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;They're available from Townsend for $1 each in paperback, and they will usually send you a teacher's guide if you buy a few copies. If you sign up for their online learning center (which is free!) you can download a pdf of the teacher's guide for printing and reproducing. The teacher's guide is HUGE and has multiple choice questions, short answer questions, essay prompts, etc. Very useful.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The girls at the school also enjoyed Indigo Summer, one of the books from Harlequin's Kimani Tru imprint. There was some mild language, and the main character's boyfriend pressures her to have sex, then breaks up with her because she won't. I felt it dealt with the issue in a realistic manner.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I had some success with the Currents and Soundings line from Orca publishers &lt;a href="http://www.orcabook.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.orcabook.com/&lt;/a&gt; as long as I carefully chose those with plots that my students could relate to.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Chess Rumble&lt;/em&gt; by G. Neri is a good book for middle school reluctant readers/below grade level kids, especially urban ones—it's a novel in verse about an inner city kid dealing with anger issues. The same author's graphic novel &lt;em&gt;Yummy&lt;/em&gt; is coming out next month (I've read an ARC) and is heavier—it deals with gang violence—but is very powerful and is excellent for reluctant readers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Soul Enchilada&lt;/em&gt; by David Macinnis Gill is older—YA instead of middle grade—but still appropriate for 8th grade brains and not too hard to read. Urban (southwest) girl who's struggling just to pay the rent ends up fighting for her soul when a demon comes to repossess her car.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My library has a section of shelving where the new books sit for their first six months in the library.  People can check them out, and a lot of books get checked out often in those 6 months and may not circulate much more in the next few years once they're on the regular shelves.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We also have reserves.  In fiction, many patrons put in reserves based on a "new and upcoming" book list.  It has this month's new books and a few "teasers" that we know we'll be getting in the next few months (things already ordered).  They pounce on that new list, for sure!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Not everything new gets reserves, so we always have things on the "new" shelves, while the reserve shelf is usually pretty full, as well.  We do occasionally get complaints because there's not enough on the new shelves but that's rare.  And it depends on the day or time a patron comes in, since the shelf might be full in the morning and picked through by evening.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Our items get cataloged as they show up (generally), so we usually have new items each week.  Personally, I think the point is to get books out to people.  You shouldn't be afraid of an empty shelf because your books are checked out.  That's pretty much a librarian's dream, isn't it?  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you really needed something for people to look at, you could print out covers or brief synopsis so people would know what you have and the books could still circulate.  Holding books just to fill the shelves seems . . . irrational.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Then again, the fact you have no due dates seems weird to me, too!  You're obviously in a different situation than here.  I know some places have shorter loan periods on new items.  We don't allow renewals on items with reserves.  How do you get books back?  Do they have to return an item to get a new book?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our automated night drop has a conveyer belt leading to the central check-in station.  We've had any number of icky things arrive down the chute  -- the 24 empty beer cans were probably some confused soul who mistook the drop for the bottle return at the grocery store.  The second time someone took the trouble to put a turd on a sheet of paper and return it we changed the programming so the drop wouldn't open between 10pm and 7am.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Strangest item left behind in the library: a small American flag on a musical stand.  The stand played 3 or 4 different patriotic songs, and there was a curved rotating prop inside the top hem of the flag to make it "wave" as the music played.  The family that left it behind spoke mostly Korean.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Ok, there are many things I love about working at the library, so this is just one of my favorites: We collect email addresses from patrons, so that they may be notified by email when their books are due, or when they have holds available. I love it when they have to tell me their email address out loud. The most sensible looking people stammer in embarrassment and tell me that their email address is "hottsexymama49" or "idrinkbeerforbreakfast"&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What a hoot!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I take pictures of libraries I see while traveling. Photos of two:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Victoria Public Library on the island of Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands. Not exactly open for business when I took the picture (2007).. &lt;a href="http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m166/greenstarfish20/Libraries/victoria.jpg" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m166/greenstarfish20/Libraries/victoria.jpg&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Library, both English and Spanish, in Mazatlan, Mexico. Very welcoming! Love that they advertise "English and Spanish" on the front, but kind of funny because the world "English" is written in, um, Spanish??
&lt;a href="http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m166/greenstarfish20/Libraries/mazatlan.jpg" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m166/greenstarfish20/Libraries/mazatlan.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Ok, there are 3 guys that like me and I'm dating one of them...this other guy that likes me gets jealous and keeps telling me he loves me and stuff. I'm scared to tell my boyfriend, but I don't want anyone hurt either...the third guy also told me he loved me and it makes me feel bad when I dont know if I made the right choice... So, what should I do? -Kristin, 12&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Okay, every librarian has had this dilemma at one point or another.  A patron cannot remember the title or the author of a book, but he really wants to find to book for a friend.  The plot is about a woman who goes through child birth and later that night dies.  It is written with a religious spin, mentions Jesus, and he (the patron) thinks it was a non-fiction.  In my opinion, it could be a fiction based loosely off a non-fiction story.  Any help is most appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Is it... &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The launching of Linda Bell / by William F. Hallstead
(Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1981.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Three high school seniors launch a publicity campaign to make a local celebrity of one of the girls in the senior class, a project that is beset by mishaps, miscalculations, and ironic twists.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://openlibrary.org/works/OL5357521W/The_launching_of_Linda_Bell" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://openlibrary.org/works/OL5357521W/The_launching_of_Linda_Bell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Helping with homework questions.  I get the biggest kick out of finding obscure facts to include with projects...the best part is when the student, or in some cases a parent, comes in to tell me how well the work was received.  Rewards have included everything from hugs to cookies.  However, the biggest thrill was something that happened recently.  Several years ago an adult patron had gone back to study nursing.  She was having trouble with chemistry (one of my majors in college, the other being biology) and found out that other students in the area came in for help with their homework.  She asked for help, which I gave her and never really thought much about it.  This spring my mother had surgery, she flatlined during the procedure and was in CCU on a ventilator with a feeding tube for several weeks following her adventure.  Guess who one of her nurses was.  Yep. Mom got great care and when I visited I got free coffee.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I once had a child who kept calling me "Library Ann" he thought that was my name.  I liked it so much I used it for a password until our system began assigning passwords.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Could you tell me anything else about the story?  Approximate time?  1900's ?  current?  how many people involved in the story?  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our library uses Horizon 7x and I find it clunky and annoying. Does anyone know of any better systems or am I just doing something wrong?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My mom is trying to locate a book that used to be on her bookshelf, but is now gone:(  Here is all she remembers about the book:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I want to find a book I used to have.  Don't have title, don't have author.  It was about a lady who had a nervous breakdown (old words) and how disappointed she was by her Christian friends who said if she just had enough faith, it would all get better.  What set her over the edge, she was practicing organ in her church and she was thinking about having macaroni and cheese for supper.  Next thing she knew she was cowering in the corner of the choir loft, when her pastor found her. She spend time on the psych ward and really identified with the folks there and even envied them.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks for any leads you can provide!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm always looking for insightful/witty pro-library sayings and quotes. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;On my office door, I have an old ALA poster with the classic "Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries". :)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What is your favorite pro-library quote or saying? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have this one on my email signature:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Outside a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside a dog, its too dark to read! - Groucho Marx&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Another one I used to use is :&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;TV has been very educational for me, every time I walk into a room where one is on, I turn around and go read. - Groucho Marx&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We can't be the only one with this problem.  We have a few patrons who are way too comfortable with our rules and staff.  For example&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-The couple who bring their daughter in every day to check out a movie.  Because they are there so often, they feel no need to correct their child for running behind the circulation desk, and messing with our equipment, while they sit at the desk and "visit" with the staff - all of whom have work to do.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-The 20ish computer user who comes in several times a day, and has to be told EVERY SINGLE TIME to turn the ringer off on his phone.  He has a very "haha, I'm so popular here, the rules don't apply to ME" attitude.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-The mom who is friends with the president of the board, and so thinks that the item limit doesn't apply to HER.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And various other people who feel they are entitled, and don't need to obey the rules.  I'm at the pulling-out-my-(or their)-hair stage.  Help?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is my absolute favorite:
"A truly great library contains something in it to offend everyone." -Jo Godwin&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But I also love this: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians." -Monty Python  :)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Ooh, I kind of make a hobby of collecting good library quotes. There are so many good ones! But two of my favourites are: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"I ransack public libraries, and find them full of sunk treasure." - Virginia Woolf&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;and,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life." - Henry Ward Beecher&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;"The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them"   Mark Twain&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The First Forest, by John Gile.  It's an older book, but told in verse.  I usually give out pieces of paper and at the end of the story we tear a free form tree and put them up on the wall.  I like to use this early in the fall, especially for young 5's and head start groups visiting the library.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I received this reference question from a patron:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to track down a book that I read when I was a kid, probably before 1997. It's a fantasy / post-apocalyptic series (I think a trilogy).
The books are primarily fantasy, and the weapons are mostly swords and bows &amp;amp; arrows, etc. However, you discover sometime later that this is actually set in a post-apocalyptic time period on our planet. Some characters have telekinetic powers. I seem to remember a female archer on the cover of the book who could slightly guide her arrows with telekinesis. The books are also pretty dark, and involve the main enemy performing human sacrifice. I believe the main character's objective in book 1 is to kill this enemy. There was also some really dark bit in the first book about sacrificing people by placing them over a pit, suspended on this pillar of black gelatin, and the pit was full of scorpions or something of that sort. I think the main character almost gets sacrificed in this manner. In book 2, the main character's friend finds a book in a ruined city, which turns out to be a Bible. This friend later converts to Christianity. There are some mutant monsters, including a giant land jellyfish thing that rolls around absorbing people and digesting them (you can see the corpses inside of it). I think this occurs in book 2. The main character ends up killing it by stabbing its brain after being absorbed, but is seriously injured by the monster's toxins. The final book ends with the main character discovering guns or cannons, and for some reason attacking the city where his former friend (the one who converts to Christianity) now lives. Specifically, the main character is shooting through the city walls with the cannons. The Christians in the city begin to stand on the walls, preparing to be martyred. The main character, seeing this, gives up his attack. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;For older kids, I like using gross-out nonfiction books sometimes - the boys particularly find them fascinating. I paired &lt;em&gt;Disgusting Hagfish&lt;/em&gt; (Meish Goldish) with &lt;em&gt;The Pout-Pout Fish&lt;/em&gt; (Debi Gliori) and had them vote on which book was grossest. &lt;em&gt;The Pout-Pout Fish&lt;/em&gt; has KISSING at the end, and so it usually won.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about this one:  for the last week or so a gentleman has been turning our (very small) local history room into his private office.  He sets up his laptop and goes to work, staying for hours, and he is not doing historical research.  He talks with clients (taking liberties here, I'm just assuming they are clients) on Skype and when told that he can't do that claims that he can because after all he is not talking on a cell phone!  One evening he actually closed and locked the door to prevent anyone else from using the room.  He has been warned, but not yet ejected from the library.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Audrey, does your library have a patron behavior policy that addresses any of these situations?  We can tell anyone who is in violation of our patron behavior policy to leave the premesis.  After three such expulsions that person is barred from the library for a period of three months.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;“A library is like an island in the middle of a vast sea of ignorance, particularly if the library is very tall and the surrounding area has been flooded.” - Lemony Snicket&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;"I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library" - Jorge Luis Borges&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;More pro-librarian than pro-library, specifically, but I think this letter, published in an Indiana newspaper, counts:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Dear the government,&lt;/p&gt;
  
  &lt;p&gt;I don't like that you're firing our
  school librarians. I am a first-grader
  at Childs school, and I think that Ms.
  Williams is a great librarian. She
  reads wonderful stories, and her voice
  goes up when it is supposed to and
  down when it is supposed to.&lt;/p&gt;
  
  &lt;p&gt;She helps me find books and makes me
  interested in reading and makes books
  exciting for me. Ms. Williams makes us
  feel special. She knows each kid's
  name.&lt;/p&gt;
  
  &lt;p&gt;Childs school will never be the same
  without Ms. Williams in the library.&lt;/p&gt;
  
  &lt;p&gt;Why are you firing our school
  librarians?&lt;/p&gt;
  
  &lt;p&gt;Anna W.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Found at &lt;a href="http://ascattergood.blogspot.com/2010/04/gotta-love-your-librarians.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://ascattergood.blogspot.com/2010/04/gotta-love-your-librarians.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hello*,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This is a hard predicament for libraries to be in and we are finding ourselves more and more involved in many various forms of conflict resolution that were not faced before, thanks once again to our lovely economy people are getting creative with their low cost resources. Which is a main reason why we exist as libraries I agree, but there still needs to be a sense of sharing not hoarding when it comes to public use. 
However respect can go a long way, on both ends. And this is the hard part, to get the patron to see that there needs to be a level of courtesy given to those in the facility they are using. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I agree with GrammyL that you need to adopt a policy for patron behavior. Consult an attorney, and social services that may be applicable as well to get a well rounded policy. Also train the staff on this policy perhaps conduct a local work shop with your consultants and simulated exercises to gain a more comfortable atmosphere about these issues. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also something to consider adopting would be a key person on the staff that can deal with the larger situations as they arise. Someone that will not enable the patrons but someone that is courteous enough to let the rules be honored, not only by patrons but by staff as well (as is the case in my library system, the check out limit for example applies to everyone).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Our library has adopted such policies as a way to spot light issues with patrons that may have mental health problems, but I can see how this form of interaction may help in your cases. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Good luck.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;*I am by no means a professional or experiences and am only offering suggestions to be weighted on your own accord not implemented by a whimsical suggestion. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A Policy will definitely help here.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I understand the visiting staff for about 5 min, but then a polite I'm sorry I have work to do should help with that one. I would also let the parents know nicely that they need to keep their child in front of the desk, scissors, harmful equipment, etc are dangerous. You wouldn't want anyting to happen to their child.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You could make up some nice large signs that say Don't forget keep all cell ringers off. When the patron comes in, just show him the sign with a big smile.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A big, I'm sorry this policy applies to all who use the library, there are no exceptions.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Good Luck.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, it's all about being firm.  You will definitely lose some "friends" over this.  We have had things get so out of hand that, if said "friend" perceives the littlest slight, they go running to our Central branch.  I say, tell them how it is.  Get a list of rules established, give warnings.  If they ignore you, get the police involved (especially that guy in the historical research room...I would have the cops walk him out personally).  You have every right to do this if they are causing a disturbance.  Get the library board involved...if you have a central governing library, get them involved.  We all want to be nice, we all want the patrons to have a good experience in our libraries, but that does not mean we have to tolerate being taken advantage of.  Good luck.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;OK since nobody else has said this, I will.  Beware the retired librarian, especially if that person has worked in your system.  This patron not only knows which buttons to push but since they have so much time on their hands they can find new ones.  This situation can be really sticky...everything from telling us what we are doing wrong to what we should be doing despite budget/space restrictions (if we really try we can overcome any limitation).  I have been doing this job more than 20 years, but in the eyes of retired librarians I am, on a good day, incompetent and on a bad day completely inept.  I keep the criticism in perspective because in most cases I've experienced this person's work either as a patron or co-worker so the remarks don't really carry much sting, however these people (there are three) seem to delight in only voicing their opinions when there is an audience.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our library has several books on the topics of finding a good balance between work and home; job and family and social obligations, etc.  I have no clue where to put these books.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We're a medium-sized public library, and we classify using DD.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks! :)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think this may be "The Swords of the Spirits" trilogy by John Christopher.  They are&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Prince In Waiting (1970)
Beyond the Burning Lands (1971)
The Sword of the Spirits (1972)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;OCLCs Classify gives DDC numbers... &lt;a href="http://deweyresearch.oclc.org/classify2/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://deweyresearch.oclc.org/classify2/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Click on the DDC number and it takes you to DeweyBrowser.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Library Web
&lt;a href="http://libraryweb.info" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://libraryweb.info&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;From the Sandman by Gaiman&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Most people don't realize how important librarians are. I ran across a book recently which suggested that the peace and prosperity of a culture was solely related to how many librarians it contained. Possibly a slight overstatement. But a culture that doesn't value its librarians doesn't value ideas and without ideas, well, where are we?" &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Looking for title/author of a book my sister and I enjoyed in the mid-late 1960's.  All I remember is that it involved mice getting hurt/killed by a toy train.  It contained illustrations of bloody, injured mice and I think morbid fascination kept us returning to the library to check it out over and over again.  Would appreciate any insight.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My email signature:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Librarians are the secret masters of the universe. They control information. Don't ever piss one off." --Spider Robinson "The Callahan Touch"&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Sounds like something Edward Gorey would have written.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm assuming that there is no CIP on the verso page.  Do you have an online state catalog?  I would look the book up there and see how other libraries in your state classify the titles and use similar dewey numbers and subject headings.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Not sure if this is even close, but Graham Oakley's "Church Mice" books often included the mice getting into some pretty scary scrapes. I don't recall scenes of actual injured mice, but I haven't read all the books. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Roald Dahl is another author who might have managed something like this, but the only Dahl mice I recall are the ones in &lt;em&gt;The Witches&lt;/em&gt;, and I don't remember any mass toy-railroad casualties (but that doesn't mean it didn't happen!). &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Was this a picture book, or a chapter book with illustrations? Any other details?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am out of library school six months, looking for work as either a youth services or teen librarian in a public library or as a school media specialist.  I worked for four years as an intern in a public library youth services department while going to grad school.  I know I meet basic qualifications, because I have gone on several interviews.  Unfortunately, nothing has panned out so far.  What do administrators look for in candidates?  What can I do to make myself stand out in an interview?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Carle, Eric
&lt;em&gt;The Very Hungry Caterpillar&lt;/em&gt;
*The Very Quiet Cricket*
&lt;em&gt;The Very Clumsy Click Beetle&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Martin, Bill Jr. &lt;em&gt;Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?&lt;/em&gt;
*Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?*
&lt;em&gt;Chicka Chicka Boom Boom&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Numeroff, Laura Joffe
&lt;em&gt;If You Give A Mouse A Cookie&lt;/em&gt;
(For this story, I have a bag with a cookie, straw,cup, nail clippers, etc.  At the appropriate time, I pull out the correct prop.  Even kids who claim to have heard the story already are shouting out what prop to pull out by the end of the story time.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;San Souci, Robert D. &lt;em&gt;The Talking Eggs&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen
Fairy tales (these are not Disney - the villains meet gruesome fates.  Older students will be interested, younger students might need edited version)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Folktales and myths from various cultures. 
Japan: "Roly Poly Rice Balls"
Russia: "Baba  Yaga," "Firebird"
Africa: "Anansi"&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Posted outside our library is:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." — Cicero &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm in academic libraries but I've been on both sides of the interview table a few times, so this should hopefully apply. My first bit of advice is to be yourself - I could always tell when people were saying what they thought was "right", instead of what they actually thought. Another thing is to remember that you're having a conversation - don't wait until the end to ask them questions if you think of one mid-interview. I always see it as a good sign if both sides begin to feel comfortable enough for it to feel more like a conversation and less like an interview. And third, although some might disagree with this it's worked for me - if the interview is going well, try to make them laugh somehow. Don't pull out any dirty limericks or anything, but if you can say something to lighten the mood and again to show your true personality I think it's a plus. Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You should definitely read this 
&lt;a href="http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/07/20/notes-on-reading-resumes" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/07/20/notes-on-reading-resumes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Its a great breakdown of how employers, specifically library employers read resumes.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;in order to get her father to permit the marriage, the human agrees to allow his genes to be changed so that when he does impregnate her, the children will be 100% alien, 0% human&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;in the alien society, once married, a couple must choose whether to have children immediately, or four years later; seems the husband makes the decision; in the tale, the human does not really understand the impact of this decision&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;in this alien society, pregnant females make all the political decisions &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;after they're married, he gets a job as a dock worker; his fellow dock workers (who are these cat-like humanoids) laugh at him for wearing goggles in the cold wind, because for the same purpose they use small amoeba-like creature much like humans use contact lenses &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;can't remember why he's on this alien planet, maybe something to do with a trade or ambassadorial mission&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;the reason why these aliens give so much respect to their pregnant females is because delivery kills; the aliens evolved too quickly, specifically with regard to brain size and thus skull size; the evolution occurred so quickly that the delivery canal is not large enough to allow easy delivery, thus pregnancy is a death sentence; given that the expectant mothers are doomed, society believes that this makes them the best persons to entrust with all political decisions, since they won't be around to benefit, but their kids will&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;the final scene involves the human strapping his wife into a special chair that is designed to assist with delivery; he's come to understand that there's something bad about to happen, but thinks he can save her with this; instead, it puts his wife through the pain of delivery without anesthesia; she dies anyway, and he is left to raise "their" kids alone&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;in this society, the males do the nursing, so after his wife has passed, he awaits the arrival of the male wet nurse&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A series of Librarians, an index librarians, a database of librarians, a dictionary of librarians, a display of librarians, a desk of librarians&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I was looking through some o the older, unanswered questions, and I saw this. It sounds an awful lot like Robert Silverberg's &lt;em&gt;Kingdoms of the Wall&lt;/em&gt;, which was published in 1993 and is about a young woman who leads a group of pilgrims up a mountain, and as I recall, there are aliens at the top. It looks like it's out of print, but here's it's &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Kingdoms-Wall-Robert-Silverberg/dp/0553093096/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0" rel="nofollow"&gt;Amazon page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hello all,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I recently self published a book title "Common College Sense: The Visual Guide to Understanding Everyday Tasks for College Students." I was wondering if anyone could give me suggestions on how to get the book into college libraries (or any)?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The book shows and explains basic tasks college students should know, but might not. Tasks like tying a tie, changing a tire, or properly cleaning the kitchen. This book uses both visual diagrams and written explanations to clearly describe each common-sense task.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.commoncollegesense.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.commoncollegesense.com/&lt;/a&gt;
Author: James Pannafino
ISBN-13: 978-0982634806&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks a lot,
James&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;That's it! "The Swords of the Spirits" trilogy by John Christopher. The patron was very, very happy. Thank you so much!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I know when I was looking for a job (I've been in youth services for about 3 years, half that in my current position as a Children's Librarian) one of the things that interviewers remarked on the most was my portfolio. I printed out some of the better postings from my blog (on youth services issues) and had examples of displays and programs that I have done in the past. I also have a sample storytime outline. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think a portfolio (and mine was just paper, but you could easily do a nice Web-based one) helps SHOW people what you are capable of doing, instead of you just telling them "Oh, I present awesome programs!" It makes it easier to talk about your accomplishments without feeling like you're bragging, also. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I also joined a state library association committee to network and have other things to add to my resume. It's also been a lot of fun. You could try something like that? I'm hoping to present at the state youth services conference next year also. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You might just need to hold out for a while with the economy and all. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm looking for a word or two to describe several kinds of econtent. Specifically I'm trying to make our libraries online databases/reference page a little easier to use, and I'd like to combine 3 of our "databases" into one category. The services that would fall under this category are:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Overdrive Audio Books (downloadable content)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Net Library (Magazine and Newspaper search, not downloadable)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Elibrary (Electronic books, not downloadable)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I've thought about calling it "eContent" but that doesn't seem very descriptive or appealing. 
Any suggestions?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It's a long shot, but could it be &lt;strong&gt;Rite of Passage&lt;/strong&gt; by Alexei Panshin? It's post-apocalyptic and focuses on a young woman's adulthood trial, but there are no aliens and the trial isn't climbing a mountain. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A cart of librarians?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our school library is part of a town/community consortium. All libraries share the same data base and all out of town teachers/staff are given free personal cards for school use to the public library and its services. Normally all out of town people pay a usage fee. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Recently the library director from the public library mentioned that she felt one of my teachers was abusing the privilege. This teacher has been requesting Inter-Library Loans for her husband. I asked how she knew and she said they were books on Engineering. The teacher teaches English and LA.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;How should I handle this? The director didn't ask me to do anything but she was very annoyed so I think I need to respond in someway.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Should I approach the teacher and tell her to make requests through our school library? It would be more work for me as I am the only staff, but I do ILL at least twice a week.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have done personal ILL's in the past but things dropped off when we went to the consortium. Do other school libraries do personal and family inter-library loans for their staff? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any suggestions?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Need help with the tags it keeps rejecting my question...
consortium use-community relations, school and public library service    &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When I was in Primary school (mid-eighties) I read an old book about a kid whose elder brother usually got presents for the family at Christmas. For some reason the boy's brother probably won't make it home this christmas- can't remember why but it's a distressing reason- and so the boy starts secretly making presents for all the members of his family. They were all hand crafted items some wood-carved. The book had an old feel to it, like it was maybe set in the late 1800s or early 1900s. The elder brother does make it home at the very end. Either the boy or his brother may have been called Mattie.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have any ideas about what book this might be from my rather vague description.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Electronic resources?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi! Since these three categories have such distinct characters, you and your patrons may be best served by keeping them separate on the web page. This increases their number of choices at that level, but it keeps them one "click" closer to the actual content referenced.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This sort of echoes some previous posts, but walk in the door believing in yourself and your abilities.  Visualize yourself working there.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Be friendly and confident; answer questions directly without lots of "ummmmmms."  If you need a moment to think about a question, tell them that.  Interview questions are designed to be hard; say something like, "That's a good question," and take a moment to think.  Not too long, obviously!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you don't know have an answer, admit it and ask for more information about the question.  It shows that you can interact with patrons and think on your feet, without relying solely on experience.  No one knows everything, and people who can't admit that make poor public service librarians.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you're going for YS, they're probably looking for a personality the kids will relate to; don't be afraid to let yours show!  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you're being interviewed by a committee, at least look at each of them briefly while you're speaking.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Remember to re-apply to the same system if they have another job opening.  Just because they didn't hire you last time doesn't mean they didn't like you or think you're qualified, and if you give them enough chances, you may get a job there.  Many people are looking for work and they're probably choosing among several strong candidates, any of whom could do the job well.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And when you walk out the door after the interview, put it out of your mind and concentrate on the next opportunity you're going to pursue.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If the teacher is not requesting the books through you, I don't think you should have to deal with what appears to be the library director's problem. Should she even be discussing the books that the teacher is borrowing with you? It's not a privacy issue? The teacher will know that the director has been talking about her borrowing habits if you approach her about it. The director should send a policy reminder to the teacher. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you were to do the ILL, wouldn't you be getting the same material for the same person? You would probably not be ordering engineering resources for your school.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Several decades ago I read a postapocalyptic or alternative history novel where the Soviet Unin (Ithink) had conquered the U.S. A vagabond or hobo was part of the resistance and he used the old telegraph system to communicate as the lines were still up. Also in the novel, he was incarcerated and possibly tortured and found comfort in the full lotus position. I know that this novel is not Heinlein's Sixth Column.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, I am looking for the title and author of a short story about someone who figured out that our lack of time was due to some (alien) agency, but before he could pursue it, he got invited to so many seminars and conferences, he forgot all about it
I would greatly appreciate finding out the title and author of both the short story and the novel. Thanks in advance&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I like "You don't need to know very much to start with, if you know the way to the public library."  ~Lesley Conger&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;and this great quote from Dr. Who which the &lt;a href="http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/07/29/the-best-weapons-in-the-world" rel="nofollow"&gt;Swiss Army Librarian posted a few days ago&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm looking for a YA novel I read back in the late 80's or early 90's.  It was set in WWII England, and involved a boy who became best friends with/dated a girl who lived nearby.  She was killed during a bombing, but he could still see and talk to her ghost.  The ghost complained of always being cold, and he would allow her to steal his warmth/energy.  Eventually, her parents worried that she was draining the boy too much, and I believe he was able to persuade her to move on.  This may have been a Scholastic title.  Any help would be much appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;"Librarians are more than just librarians. They are like sage wizards who guard a sacred, mystical world. 
They are detectives who can track down any fact you wish to know, 
matchmakers who can fix you up with the stories of your dreams, and 
nurses who can repair what too much love will do to a book. 
Librarians are like scholastic superheroes who only use their powers for good."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;~ Jennifer Ziegler&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;"Mick Harte Was Here" by Park.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;All of the books suggested are great for emoting, but when I think of books that have made me sob two stand out: 
"I Love You Forever" by Robert Munsch (picture book...gave it to my guy friend and he bawled like a baby in the book store)
&amp;amp;
"Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech. I think I cried for half the book.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Heya..thanks for the post and great tips..even I also think that hard work is the most important aspect of getting success.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Does anybody have any thoughts on encouraging attendance at library functions.  I'm specifically referring to programs such a family night during the summer or book picnics in the park with homemade ice cream, two of my summer events that had zero attendance, as did seven other events.  Our summer schedule was well advertised and each week events were posted with books relating to that theme.
Since I do these programs at times when the library is closed I would like to be able to demonstrate some benefit to doing them.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We handle it in my library very simply...the person on desk has a set of guidelines, and anything that is disruptive, according to that individual's interpretation of the guidelines can be asked to stop\leave\whatever at any time.  The person on desk is the final authority in the building.  We don't have to consult, we don't have many clearly defined rules, other that cell phones and food, about what constitutes a "disturbance".  It makes it easy on them because if it feels like a disturbance, it's a disturbance.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The patron who is creating the disturbance gets one chance to correct the behavior, and after that they are asked to leave.  If they refuse, they are informed that failure to comply will result in a police presence being neccessary(In Oregon, if someone is asked to leave and refuses, they are technically trespassing, and the local police love to help us out!).  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Establish the guidelines, and trust your staff to enforce them reasonably, but firmly.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am the LMS for a pre-K - 4th grade public school. Last year, I moved all of the fiction books that were part of a series to shelves between general fiction and nonfiction. The kids loved it so much that this year, I am expanding that idea to include easy fiction books that are in a series and nonfiction books in a series.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Mad magazine is looked at and circs a lot at our library.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Reverse Phone Lookup services can help you track all those mysterious callers, that keep troubling you day after day. Get their details in a flash by using Reverse Cell Phone Lookup service.
&lt;a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/communication-articles/facts-on-free-reverse-phone-lookup-you-must-know-1598084.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Reverse Phone Lookup&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/communication-articles/facts-on-free-reverse-phone-lookup-you-must-know-1598084.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Reverse Phone Look up&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/communication-articles/facts-on-free-reverse-phone-lookup-you-must-know-1598084.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Free Reverse Phone Lookup&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wikipeers.com/health/3307-Can-You-Lose-Weight-With-Acai-Berry-Diet.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Acai Berry&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wikipeers.com/health/3233-Acai-Berry-Weight-Loss-Reasons-Why-Acai-Berry-Weight-Loss-Always-Successful.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Acai Berry Weight Loss&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I currently lost my media assistant due to budget cuts and am the only media personnel in a school of almost 600 kids. My principal wants children to checkout their own books on Destiny software. How do you train kids to do this?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi everyone:
At my library, we are just starting to get an archives room/start archiving material because the school recently took an interest in it.  We've been getting a number of binders/folders/filing cabinets of pictures from our marketing department, and...some of the material hasn't been stored as well as it could have been.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Case in point: the CD's at this point are stored in a floppy plastic sheet (two to a sheet) in large binders.  The problem is, with the humidity and the material, the plastic likes to adhere to the CD, trapping moisture and making some of the discs unreadable.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My question is : does anyone have any suggestions for good archival storage of CD's?  We usually buy our storage boxes and other products from Hollinger Metal Edge, but I'd be open to hear other places too.  What works, what doesn't?&lt;br&gt;
Thanks!-&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi! Have you tried asking some of your regular patrons, especially those in the target demographics for your events, why they didn't come?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Kat and Elsa:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have no experience with this, but I do have a few ideas.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Train the teachers and the classroom aids. The downside is this cuts down on independent visits by individual students. Also, if you have a large section or an entire class in the media center, you may wish the teachers and regular classroom aids were doing crowd control instead of book checkout.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Train one or two kids per classroom as "student checkout workers." Maybe even have tablards for them to wear when they're in the library. Downside -- they'd be torn between helping their classmates and getting their own media, and there's that pesky individual visit thing, again. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Asthe pindependent checkout people, be they instructional personnel or students, aren't going to be doing what they need to do every day, make sure there's a nice big step-by-step checklist/guide posted by the checkout area.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Robert in San Diego&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When we promise food, such as a spaghetti feed (which can be rather cheap), our school always gets great attendance for family events.  Our curriculum night has become more of a barbecue, but it allows large families a chance to attend something important without having to find childcare, and to feed their kids at the same time.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Are they one time events or do you schedule a program regularly?  I had a monthly Family Fun Night on the third Thursday of every month so the parents could put it on their permanent calendars.  The local elementary school eventually stopped having any kind of meetings on that night because the families would want to attend both events.  I had an average of 50 people every month.  They always had food and a craft to take home with them.  I made it very family interactive and had programming for all ages.  I also had theme related books available for check out to make it more "profitable" for the library.  That may be hard since you do yours after hours.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We use the plastic CD cases (Like what they come in when you buy one).  Takes more room, but everything is all safe and neat.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We find that having people register (and implying that there is limited space - even if there isn't) makes a huge difference. If you can get people to give you a phone number, then you can do reminder calls the night before, so they won't forget. People tend to take advantage of free events - thinking that it doesn't matter if they show or not, so it helps to get a bit more of a commitment out of them. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There are a number of ways to do this with Destiny; If you are a District site, you might want to restrict access to only your patrons. If you are a single site, you don't have to worry about that.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You would have to do some training in the beginning but most kids in grade 2 and up will be able to do this. I would also have a step by step procedure at the desk so if any staff came in with the class they could also help and also do their own check out. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Create a checkout patron with check in and check out access and maybe renewal too. This would be the patron that you would have set up for students check in and check out. Enough access for them to check in and check out only with a barcode. Students would have to be taught to reset after they are done to clear the screen so the next student doesn't accidentally use the wrong student name to check out in.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have tried many of these..&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Print out all the student name and barcodes on labels/cards. If the students visit by homeroom, you can put the labels/card in a binder by homeroom. When the students are ready to check out, they can go to the binder, pull out their id card, check out books. When they are finished they can put their barcode card back in the binder or you could put the cards on the desk for them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can give the student barcode cards to the classroom teacher to hold onto and if student come individually, they can get the barcode from the teacher.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I printed out barcodes for all my middle school students (gr 5-8) on labels. The labels were put on student planners. Students were always supposed to come to the media center with their planners if they wanted to sign out. Students were not always that great about remembering their planners.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If your students already have student ID's you can print out labels that fit on their student ID's. Make sure you put clear tape or label over them to protect them. I did this for my staff as we all have ID's that give us access to the building.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Purchase the keychain ID's for all your students to carry with them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Give every student a login and password. We use their cafeteria number for the password as all kids have to key that in for lunch. Once they login, they can scan their books for check out as long as you give them that access. Grades 2 and up do this at our school.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Create a check out patron that allows students to type in their name, first or last and also use a barcode.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've never done this, but what I would recommend is to set up an access level in the Back Office in Destiny that is only able to check out, no other access to the catalog. Then have one dedicated computer that is only logged in with this access level. This will prevent confusion, because they'll only have that access. Then it's just a matter of teaching them how to look up their account and scan the book(s) to check out. Maybe make library cards for them with barcodes (Destiny can print these) to make it easier to look up their account?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Try events while the library is open, and you may start by drawing people who just happen to be in.  I inherited a small branch with a storytime that happened before we opened.  When the one home preschool who always came stopped coming, I went from 5 kids to 0 kids.  I moved the storytime to 2 p.m. on a Saturday, when the library was at its busiest, and just scooped kids out of the aisles with "hey, do you want to come hear stories?"  We had a regular 15-20 within a couple of months who timed their visits with storytime.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You may interrupt some services, but unless you are taking down the automated system, or having to shut off all the lights or something like that, I've found people are very understanding, and often while waiting for access to the picture books that are behind you as you are performing, will watch and participate.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm a page at my local library (yes it's a paid position) so I'm the lowest on the food chain but I often am the only one working in the children's section and parents seem to think its ok to just leave their children in the library unattended, I try to explain to the parent why it's not ok to drop their child in the children's section and go do what ever else (normally use the public Internet) but they seem to just ignore me because of my age (being the youngest person working there) any suggestions on how to get them to listen?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;One of the best pieces of advice I've ever received came from a volunteer who used to be a librarian in the schools. She politely returns the child to the parent and requests that the child remain with them. It solves the problem whilst directing the responsibility back to the parent.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We give them to our fool and they sell them and then they donate the money they make to us&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Luckily, our library has an Unattended Children Policy.  It states that children under the age of 8 must be in the company of a responsible adult or care giver over the age of 12.  Children left alone or abandoned at closing time are turned over to the police for proper disposal, we've only had to do this once when a little one came for a program and nobody had shown up after closing, I waited an hour and held another staff person behind with me until I finally caved and called.&lt;br&gt;
But there are times when a child is with an adult and for all practical purposes is left pretty much "unattended". That is when we do ask the parent to have the child work next to them.  We provide plenty of colouring pages and puzzles as well as a toy box with blocks to entertain them.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have people register and then we call them the day before to remind them, but our activities lis is normally handed out before summer starts to the schools for them to hand out to the kids on the last few days of school&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We use it and I don't have many problems with it, but after our server gets replaced I have heard rumors of us switching to unicorn because horizon is being sent out to pasture as a legacy client&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've worked at my local library for a year and I was a volunteer for 2 years before that, since my time there we have not done anything like that but I was in storage the other day and I saw we had an old food for fines tub for the salvation army (looked old so no clue how long it's been)but I wish they would do it again it would be nice to help out the hungry&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Bouncing babies or bubbly babies (one we do with bubbles)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm a page at my local library, I was wondering what do other pages get to do or are not allowed to do?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Other than shelving, the Pages I worked with helped patrons find specific items, assisted at the circulation desk including checking materials out, and helped with programming.  They were held to the same standard of customer service as our "regular" staff.  Our Pages were treated as junior Library Assistants.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I once had a middle school student ask for a photograph of Muhammed to include with his report.  I reminded him that when Muhammed was alive and working the camera had not been invented yet, also early Islam forbade images...much like the  Old Testament prohibitions.  He looked at me for several beats and flopped into a chair before stating that he needed a picture for his report.  I suggested he draw one, using what he'd learned...just give it a try.  Some questions just can't be answered to the satisfaction of the patron.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In case you &lt;a href="http://www.unshelved.com/2010-5-17/The_Future_Of_Unshelved_Answers" rel="nofollow"&gt;missed it&lt;/a&gt;, the creators of the software powering &lt;a href="http://answers.unshelved.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Unshelved Answers&lt;/a&gt; are changing to a community-based model for their sites.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Anyone can propose a Q&amp;amp;A site on &lt;a href="http://area51.stackexchange.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Area 51&lt;/a&gt;. Everything we know about the process can be found in the &lt;a href="http://area51.stackexchange.com/faq" rel="nofollow"&gt;Area 51 FAQ&lt;/a&gt;.   &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Emily Jones, &lt;em&gt;Unshelved Answers&lt;/em&gt; user extraordinaire, proposed a new site for librarians and library lovers to share their expertise about libraries and everything in them. If approved, this will serve as a replacement for &lt;em&gt;Unshelved Answers&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;a href="http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/12432/libraries" rel="nofollow"&gt;The proposal&lt;/a&gt; needs at least 60 followers to move forward. The more the better. &lt;strong&gt;It also needs help in defining on-topic and off-topic questions as part of the early phase of development.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you’re interested, click on the link and then the orange “Follow It!” button and offer your input and questions. You do not need to log in to follow the proposal (but you do need to give them an email address.) Then read through the sample questions and vote for those you think are on-topic for the replacement site, and for those you think are off-topic for the replacement site.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What we know:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The new site will need dedicated users to move through the Commitment and Beta phases.  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;We’ll keep &lt;em&gt;Unshelved Answers&lt;/em&gt; up until April 2011 or until a replacement site is in place.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;When &lt;em&gt;Unshelved Answers&lt;/em&gt; disappears, we’ll make an archive of questions and answers available online, if we can.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Reputation on &lt;em&gt;Unshelved Answers&lt;/em&gt; does not transfer to Area 51, even if you use the same OpenID to log in. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What we don’t know:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;If &lt;em&gt;Unshelved Answers&lt;/em&gt; questions and answers can be exported to a replacement site.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;If your accounts will transfer over (though this seems increasingly unlikely).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(originally posted to the Unshelved blog on 7-15-10, though this has been updated slightly)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I wanna know how to find a book about poop!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Ours shelve, and help me process books (stamping and putting plastic covers on); some are comfortable helping at the desk, some aren't.  They helped with decorating and organization for our SRP this year, that was new.
And whatever random things we think of to ask them to do, to help fill their time. :)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org_all&amp;amp;q=poop" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org_all&amp;amp;q=poop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You could try this:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.librarything.com/tag/poop" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.librarything.com/tag/poop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Everyone Poops!&lt;/em&gt; by Taro Gomi is read by elementary students where I formerly taught.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Pester people to vote sample questions on- and off-topic!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(Pester pester pester)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I encourage mine to do everything they can.  I have an extensive training program and our pages know to grab me when they hit a wall&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hello! I'm trying to build our Star Wars YA collection, but I'm not sure which series are appropriate for teens.  I found this article on Wookieepedia that lists the various series in chronological order and even highlights which are considered Young Adult according to the author, but I looked up some of these and they seem more Juvenile.  Does anyone know if the adult books are generally appropriate for teens too, or if they are more mature?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Poop-Happened-History-World-Bottom/dp/0802720773" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/Poop-Happened-History-World-Bottom/dp/0802720773&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h1&gt;ISBN-10: 0802720773&lt;/h1&gt;

&lt;h1&gt;ISBN-13: 978-0802720771&lt;/h1&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Poop-Happened-History-World-Bottom
From Amazon: "Developing the premise that three of the four means of spreading disease—air, water, touch, and insect bite—can be blamed on bad plumbing, she pumps out a steady stream of comments on the miasmic effects of urbanization, waste disposal, and the roles of (not) bathing in ancient Greece, Rome, medieval Europe (“The Age of Shovelry”), and the “Reeking Renaissance.” She then digs into the gradual adoption of better practices in the nineteenth century in response to recurrent epidemics of cholera and other horrors."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The only one of the Star Wars series that I have read is the Thrawn trilogy written by Timothy Zahn; Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, The Last Command. They are excellent, and definitely teen appropriate (I've had them in a middle school library with no problems.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I started reading the &lt;em&gt;Star Wars&lt;/em&gt; books as a teen (I was fourteen, at the time), and never had a problem.  Even my mother--who wasn't happy when I read John Grisham, &lt;em&gt;Jurassic Park&lt;/em&gt;, or any of the other books or authors I was reading at that point--had no problems with me reading the &lt;em&gt;Star Wars&lt;/em&gt; books.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have told several librarian friends about Unshelved and since I discovered the question/answer location have been checking most days, I'll pass the word.  Perhaps others who know other librarians could share the bounty.  I do have one problem...I don't know how we vote.  My screen has been altered to make it easier to view, I have limited vision but the system I work for is great about trying to accomadate me, however that means I lose some things and have to navigate around for them so that might be the problem.  I've been meaning to ask, but thought I'd try some different things first. 
This is a great great resource, please don't let us lose it.  I have passed several tips along to my staff and we've read several posts together.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We shelve Juvenile and Young Adult series at the end of the fiction shelving.  These series are in order by series title...39 Clues is followed by Alias then Anne of Green Gables and so on.  Next to the collection is a binder with a page for each series having the listing of titles in that series, in case we are missing a title and need to intraloan it from another branch in the system.  Right now I am working on making magnetic labels for the shelves, but that's an idea that came to me during the summer when I had several volunteer pages doing the shelving.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Library People and Book People:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I know they did it for marketing reasons, not for the convenience of shelvers and catalogers, but I now understand why series book packagers such as the Statemeyer Syndicate ascribed their series to unitary pseudonymous authors, such as Carolyn Keene for the "Nancy Drew" series, and F.W. Dixon for "The Hardy Boys," rather than crediting the constracted authors.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I see Simino and Shuster, the current holder of the Nancy Drew "property," has let the guy doing the "Nancy Drew" graphic novels use his own name. What were they thinking?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The good news is that cataloging takes series titles into account.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Robert in San Diego, King of the run-on sentence!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Sign at several of our local coffeehouses:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Unattended Children will be given a double espresso and a free puppy before being returned to you."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One of them  (the coffeehouses) is next to the local pet wash. I don't think they'd carry through with it, but I imagine it's tempting.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, many of the tasks adults undertake at libraries can seem pretty boring to their children.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We are getting ready to request some funding for gaming in our library (all types, board to video)  I was wondering what types of games and game systems have been succesful in other programs of this type.  We do have access to two large televisions, but otherwise we are pretty much starting from scratch.  We do have a local game shop that would be willing to sponsor us as far as loaning us games so we have some variety.  If anyone has any tips or life experience to share, I'd be very grateful.  Thanks all.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We published a notice (in house and newspaper) that we were looking for donations of complete board games and puzzles for all ages. We got more than we needed.  We sold the extras in our book sale to raise more money for video/computer games.  We put 3 decommissioned computers on carts and used them for simple computer games (some were donated too).  Our Wii was the best purchase and we used it for 4 different age groups (k-5, 6-12, adults, and seniors).  Mostly the school ages use it now because the seniors have 2 Wiis at their senior center and have tournaments there.  You can also do a Dungeons and Dragons for Libraries game.  There is a boxed set that we got free from the company.  You can never go wrong with basic cards either.  There are a lot of card game books and you can challenge your patrons to try a game that they never have played before.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I agree with the previous two posts.  Star Wars is one of those difficult series that have adult books and children books, however, not much in the middle.  I also grew up reading different Star Wars series and all of them were appropriate for my teenage years continuing on to adulthood.  So, I think it's a safe bet no matter what you purchase and Wookieepedia is a good reference for that as well as different amazon lists.  Another thing to think about is what Star Wars era you want to explore purchase materials for.  There have been so many different books written expanding the universe it's a little unmanageable.  I'd see what your teens are interested in.  The Clone Wars saga is different from the original trilogy which is different from the New Jedi Order and so on.  And some people are not interested in the different time periods.  However, I wish you the best of luck and May the Force Be With You.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Back in the mid 80s I came across a book about a boy that was from another dimension. As best as I can remember it starts off with him watching fireworks at night. He is walking around and falls through a "trapdoor" (?) which takes him from his world to ours. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I remember that he had some kinetic ability and that the longer he stayed on our world, the sicker he got. He had people chasing him but a family helped him get away.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I went back to the library I got it from and scoured their books but they no longer had it. It isn't from any of the big authors and I'm fairly certain it was meant to be a "teenage book" as I was reading a lot higher than my grade level and got it from the public library.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Ask your supervisor if the library has an unattended child policy, and how you should approach a parent.  We have a policy, and a very nice handout that anyone can pick up and use.  For a problematic situation however, like a repeat offender or someone who seems to be aggressive or hostile, I would want you to go get your supervisor.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Nice to be visiting your blog again, it has been months for me. Well this article that I've been waited for so long. I need this article to complete my assignment in the college, and it has same topic with your article. Thanks, great share.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would like to thank you for the efforts you have made in writing this article. I am hoping the same best work from you in the future as well. In fact your creative writing abilities has inspired me to start my own Blog Engine blog now. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Strangely enough, we already answered this exact name-that-book question! It was The Forgotten Door by Alexander Key. And if that's not it, it's surprisingly similar.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'd like to know if anyone has good examples of phrases and language to use when interacting with patrons in common situations - phrases to put a helpful or positive spin on the situation, rather than sound defensive or accusatory.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I asked this question (and give more explanation) on my website (&lt;a href="http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/08/12/the-patron-whisperer-contest" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/08/12/the-patron-whisperer-contest&lt;/a&gt;), and hopefully will get some great answers here I can share with staff.  Also, the top-rated answer wins a prize!  Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think the technique is called "using the positive voice". When a patron asks for something, you never say no, you always respond in a positive way. Talk about what you CAN do for the customer. Creating a solution where you are saying yes we can.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Do you have this book? (you don't have the book)
Yes, we can get this book for you from another library. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There was also another technique when showing someone where something was, if you couldn't get up from the desk to show them yourself. Instead of pointing, you would wave your hand like you were welcoming someone in. Instead of pointing (it's over there), you would wave your hand in a sweeping motion to that direction and say, It's right over here. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(I can't seem to think of a better example, but I remember we had a staff member handle a situation with a $100. We couldn't break the bill, but I remember that she turned a possibly negative experience (no we can't take your $100) into something where they were both laughing about it in the end. I remember using the story with another staff member I know would have just said no, tough luck.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Disneyland is famous for it. I had a former Disney employee working for me at my last job and she was really good at it. I think there is a book about it called The Disney Way. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I used to work with an IT guy in the brary.  You could ask him any type of technical question, and he would always give you an answer that, although not what you necessarily were seeking, would make you feel better about your question.
Example:
Could we use the libraries pc's to connect to a NASA satellite to monitor our library from space?&lt;br&gt;
His reply would be like: "Well, conceivably that sounds like a feasible plan sometime in the future, but for now we would have to do this this and this"
he always made you feel anything was possible, even when it wasn't.  Plus, coming from an IT guys, thats golden.....&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Any ideas what this could be? I have a patron looking for this. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"I am looking for a children's book that I read when I was about four so in the late 80's. It is about a boy or man who always loses things. He lives in a boat and has uncles who are Admirals. At one point in the book he finds his parents- whom he has lost years earlier in a room full of stuff. I remember the illustrations were colourful and a little cartoony." &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I recently asked a question about how often to update college test prep books, like for the SAT, and concluded that once every several years is fine unless there is a major overhaul.  But I was also wondering how often you update your college reference books such as the Princeton Review's Best ... Colleges series.  The college information changes every year, but I'm wondering if it would be okay to purchase every other year and then refer kids to the college websites for the most current info.  Or, if there's a stellar series that's worth updating every year.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We also did a coats for kids drive.  The amount waived depended on the fines. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I know there was a thread about game suggestions before, but I don't think it included video games. That said, at the events I've attended, the most popular video games tend to be the multi-player ones for the Wii, like the Super Smash Brother series - I think "Brawl" is the latest, or the Wario Ware mini-games, where the controller gets passed around. Any version of Rock Band or Guitar Hero would probably also go over well, although those tend to be more expensive and harder to find storage space for!
For table-top games, I recommend "Apples to Apples" for big groups, or the classic "Settlers of Catan" for up to 4 people (6 with the expansion) - it takes about an hour. If you want shorter games, try something from Looney Labs like Fluxx or Zendo. Cheapass Games also has a good product line if you're willing to invest in a couple sets of counters, pawns and dice. Your local store can probably point out a few more popular new titles, too, like Pandemic.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Librarians:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hi! Try to "theme" books with the games. "The Adventures of Dan the Pawn" or "How to Beat Your Dad at Chess" for chess, Walter Tevis' "The Queen's Gambit" for the adults, don't know what to do with checkers, Louis Sachar's "The Card Turner" for Bridge. League with the local recreation center -- if you're doing an all board games night, they may have some they could lend you.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'd suggest teams nights, but sometimes the costuming can get silly/distracting. That's based on my experiences at chess team events.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I admit I'm a chess fan, but if you're going to do a chess event and do a living chessboard thing, try to find two pretty good players who are roommates or something, with lots of speed games in their recent past. Then tell them to keep the tempo pretty high. I had two roommates who were the players of a living chess demo in college. They had the players jogging, they were going that fast.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also keeep the mix in. Wii games are quite popular at a couple of my local branch libraries. I think its because the controlling motions are more "natural" tthan punching an esoteric keypad combo and twisting little knobs.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;By the way, I am not a very avid consule video game player. But that doesn't discount the play value of the genre.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My favorite one is the difference between "No running!" and "This is a walking place."  Obviously the first is presented as a negative and the second puts a positive spin on the rule.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;1) I'm not available until July 30.
11) You can reach me again from July 30 on.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;2) I don't think this is a good offer for us.
22) You certainly are able to offer us an alternative to this proposal.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;3) This tool is too expensive for us.
33) We are sure you will offer us a higher ROI than this.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;4) My English is not so good.
44) You will employ a team member who constantly improves her business communication skills.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;5) Let me explain that to you again.
55) Could you please recap what we have been covering so far?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href="http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic5232.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic5232.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In my experience, these are frequently books that go missing or are not returned after being checked out, so the libraries where I have worked have replaced them annually. That said, even if you purchase them every year, the most current information is always going to be on the college Website. Maybe a disclaimer is in order? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We struggle most with people bringing food and drinks into the library, especially those who plan to grow roots at the computer.  Despite signage and repeated requests it continues.  Now we ask the patron to let us put their drink into the staff refrigerator so it will be cold when they are ready to leave.  In the case of coffee, we offer to nuke it in the microwave.  Either way we set the drink aside.  Gum chewers and lollypop people are asked to dispose of what they are chewing, we have a jar of individually wrapped giant gumballs at the desk for them to replace new gum for old "when they are ready to leave".  I can't really come up with an example of the language but the spirit pretty much takes the sting out and leaves the patron contented.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We struggle most with people bringing food and drinks into the library, especially those who plan to grow roots at the computer.  Despite signage and repeated requests it continues.  Now we ask the patron to let us put their drink into the staff refrigerator so it will be cold when they are ready to leave.  In the case of coffee, we offer to nuke it in the microwave.  Either way we set the drink aside.  Gum chewers and lollypop people are asked to dispose of what they are chewing, we have a jar of individually wrapped giant gumballs at the desk for them to replace new gum for old "when they are ready to leave".  I can't really come up with an example of the language but the spirit pretty much takes the sting out and leaves the patron contented.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Two of my local libraries have board game night on a periodic basis.
One of them bills it as family night, and there's popcorn and board games and it's always well attended. It's on a weekday evening, at 6 PM.
The other one calls it "board game night" and it has had unsteady attendance though I've always had fun going, and it has a wider selection of games.  It's at 7 PM, which seems to make a difference for the family crowd.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Whenever I get a patron with an overdue, I always say, "I see a previous fee on your account." I find that works better than the word "fine".  "Fine" seems to have a more negative connotation (given, if it's overdue, it is their fault, but I try not to throw it in their faces).  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our library offers game night, chess club, and Wii game nights. We were able to get a grant for the Wii gaming systems and games. It is the most popular. We have a chess/checker game set up at all times in the teen area of the library and it has become very popular. Some of games we have out on game night vary. We have the old favorites like mancala, chinese checkers, candy land, and we also have some new favorites that we love, my personal favorite being Telestrations. We attended the Gen/Con conference in Indiana and learned new games and received a few new ones for attending.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am looking for the title of a book that was probably written in the mid 1980's.  The hero was an orphan with a sword raised by an elderly man.  The hero goes on a quest to find a princess trapped in a castle.  After he rescues the princess, he meets another girl who is  the true princess.  The rescued one was the real princess sister.  There is a great battle and his sword is destroyed but the part of the sword hilt melts and forms a ring around his finger that is needed to defeat the evil doers.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I work at rural community college library that serves both students and community members. Being a small library and one that focuses mostly on the academic side of things, our juvenile collection had also included chapter books and “young adult” fiction until now. We recently moved the YA books to our regular fiction section and want to add spine labels that make these books easy to spot. Our patrons include some Upward Bound (high school) students, ESL students and community members, as well as some adults who are just learning to read. So we’re looking for a label that is all-inclusive and that minimizes the chance that an older person might feel stigmatized or awkward when checking out a book labeled “easy” or “young adult”. We also want a sign that explains what different spine stickers mean and don't know what to do for this category. We’re not too keen on accidentally insulting someone by describing the books as easy readers or quick reads; many of the patrons interested in these books may find them challenging. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Anyone have a suggestion on a politically correct designation for these books? There doesn't seem to be an easy solution when you're being asked to tiptoe around everything.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Title>alternate label for "easy reader" books?</Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Some years ago, Hi/Lo was a term used for this kind of situation--high interest and low level (as in reading level.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In elementary school, we didn't say "E" was for Easy, we said it was "E" for Everyone. Just like video games are rated!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Okay, now that the ipad is really and truly out, I would love to see some more discussion on this topic. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I know the Kindle and the Sony Reader have now come down in price, so that should help more in making a decision to buy some kind of an ereader. It just depends on what kind of use the library is looking for. Some thoughts: How many ereaders can we afford to have in our library esp. with all the budget cuts? Although, I would love to have laptops available in my media center, it would be far cheaper for me to have ipads that do some of the same things. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I would really love to hear from people who have played with ipads.  What are your thoughts!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would do Picture Books for Easies, but I really do not see what is wrong with young adult. That is the target audience, even if other demographics enjoy them. It is what publishers call them. And that doesn't seem to buy stopping TwiMoms for example. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Same thing with J/FIC. It is about intended audience, not all audiences. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It sounds like you want something along the lines of "Beginning Readers" that wouldn't make older people embarassed to be seen checking them out. "Learn To Read" seems a little...off? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hello! My manager contributes a weekly book column for the local newspaper, and would like to include book cover images, but the editor says that the ones she gets from websites are too low quality to print.  Is there any resource freely available that lets you download high-resolution images of book covers?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Email the publisher.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Seriously, in my professional life I'm in marketing at a children's book press and that is part of our job. We're always happy to provide cover images to accompany reviews or other publicity, and it's something we do frequently. Go to the publisher's website and look for the "contact us" section; there's likely to be something like "press inquiries" or "publicity" with an address you can email. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Try to find out what specifications the newspaper needs (dpi (digital pixels/inch), file type (.jpg, .tif, etc.) and size ("300 pixels on the shorter side" "No less than 250 pixels on the shortest side or more than 500 pixels on the longest side," whatever)). This will make the publicity assistant handling the request very happy with you.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A patron is looking for a video that her daughter used to check out often about 10 - 12 years ago.  It was in VHS format at that time and we no longer have VHS.  It was an animated film featuring star characters (shaped like stars) in a junkyard in outer space.  There may or may not have been cats in it.  Any ideas?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is the original poster.  I was just hired as an elementary school media specialist.  The last several interviews, I brought samples of program fliers, booklists, and story time "props" such as my funky holiday hats, stuffed animals, and shirts.  My bag of tricks helped me stand out.  I am now going through the official hiring process.  Thank you for your wonderful suggestions.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our pages, called student assitants, shelve books, decorate, help with crowd control at popular events, help set up for programs, and sometimes work at the circulation desk.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Library People:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;the only thing I can think of to replace "easy reader" would be "start here." That might be a bit tough to get across, though.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Some communities have ruled that body odor or hygiene level is not grounds for ejection from public buildings or use of public facilities, and is discriminatory, so that reasoning would not apply in those areas.  And working service animals are not "pets", whether they are on a harness or in a bag.  The ADA is clear about their right to accompany their handlers. The manager may ask if the animal is a service animal, and what service the animal performs for the handler.  If there is a problem with allergic reactions caused by the presence of a service animal in a library, I would assume the patron affected would need to quickly complete their business in that particular area.  Persons so sensitive are often even sensitive to animal dander carried in on others' clothing, and are accustomed to removing themselves from allergy triggers.  That said, I would think that a person with a service animal would also understand and be courteous if there is someone in their vicinity with a serious allergy to their animal, and speed up their own business there.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think you're looking for Catillac Cats. Here is a series of clips on YouTube to identify it:
&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=catillac+cats&amp;amp;aq=f" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=catillac+cats&amp;amp;aq=f&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;As an elementary school librarian, I am lucky to have a volunteer who restores salvageable books, but she saves a few of those beyond repair, and I keep those for talks about creepy books no one wants any more, and about how much they cost to replace.&lt;br&gt;
We establish and post a few rules, NO FOOD or LIQUIDS WHILE USING BOOKS; KEEP THEM IN PLASTIC BAGS (like Walmart or Kmart bags) WHEN NOT READING THEM; NO PET ACCESS TO BOOKS; and YOUR BOOKS ARE CHECKED OUT TO YOU...NOT YOUNGER SIBLINGS OR OTHER LITTLE KIDS; of course NO WRITING IN THEM; CAREFULLY TURN PAGES.&lt;br&gt;
If a student has a book with damage, we are supportive, and help them see which rule might have helped them out. Usually one or the other rule would have prevented damage.  If it can be repaired, we don't fine, but the student helps the volunteer do some task like cleaning books, sharpening pencils or straightening up.  If a book is beyond repair, a fine is levied for replacement of the book and the parent is notified in writing and the child is told privately the book will have to be paid for.  We have almost NO books damaged due to writing in, torn pages or animal damage any more. Moisture from spills in backpacks and ? are our main issues now.
I encouraged parents to come in to check out picture books for preschoolers since making the rule that school library books are not checked out for sharing with younger siblings after getting some understandably negative vibrations about that from the students and parents. Our software allows making a note. This has cleared up the coloring in our books. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I like Barb's "E" for everyone, however if there is a similar labeling system this will be a change that you will have to widely promote for understanding. 
At our library we use a silhouette image of a young child bent over reading a book, this image is topped with a letter designating the authors last name. 
As for your sign needs: you could have sings posted in each section to explain or breakdown that sections labels, in the front of the library you could have sign directing patrons to view the sectional signs for label explication. This would eliminate a broadcasting of the various labeling systems and their accompanying genres. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When we began bar coding the books in preparation for computerized circulation we had a difficult time with patrons removing the bar codes.  Children do it the most because they don't understand the relation between the code and the book.  When I have young groups in I always include a talk about leaving spine labels, bar codes, special dots, etc. on the books.  I tell them this is how we know which book is which and where it belongs when it comes "home". Then we play a game which identifies each attachment and its purpose by letting each child find where the book belongs.  Prizes for correct answers of course. We have had children bring us a book they found in the wrong location on subsequent visits.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Pages at my library shelve, shelfread, get books from storage in the basement, and perform some technical services tasks - putting stickers, tape, and book covers on new books, CDs, DVDs, and other materials.  They are not allowed to handle money for fines or work on the desk, though after I'd been a page for several years I knew how to check in books and would check out my own.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We purchase them every year, one for the reference desk and one for circulation and we keep the current and past year in the collection.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In the past, we had only purchased one for reference and moved the previous year to the circulating collection, but overall we have had a good experience with allowing checkout of these books.  They're often out, and parents and students are really happy to have the most current book available to take home.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm a little unsure about what you mean by "easy reader" - are you labeling your young adult books as such?  For a time my library had to put the high school collection in with the adult fiction, and we just labeled them with a colored dot above the spine label.  Teens looking for these books knew what it meant, and perhaps some adults took them out without really thinking of it as a "young adult" label.  Since young adult generally means the main character is a teen, perhaps you could designate them as "teen character" or some such on the label explanation.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, you could call it something similar to Novelist's list of YA recommend for adult, "Not Just for Teens."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Call overdue fines "extended use fees" &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Remind patrons that they have the power to make choices -- they may choose to meet the Library's behavioral expecations (i.e., follow rules, comply with policies), or accept the consequences of their choice.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We use a clear yellow sticker over the top of the spine label to designate easier reading in all areas of the library. Thus, DK books (which combine short bursts of text with lots of graphics) in the adult section have the yellow stickers, picture-book level non-fiction in the children's area has the same yellow stickers.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Have you seen the &lt;strong&gt;Shelf Elf&lt;/strong&gt; series?  It covers library behavior and book care in a very cute way.  I think it is available from Upstart, and they used to have posters, bookmarks, and other teaching ideas to go along with the Shelf Elf.  A librarian in my district has even created a Shelf Elf award to give out each quarter to the class that has followed all library expectations the best.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, I do a "book graveyard" each October.  I set out a variety of damaged books that I accumulated for this purpose and create a fake headstone (&lt;em&gt;okay, I'm not super crafty, so I just print pictures of headstones, but it'd be cool to make them)&lt;/em&gt;.  Each headstone explains how the book died.  I usually show a moldy book, a book chewed up by a pet, one with pages torn, one that has been colored in, and etc.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think this is a fine theory, but I think it could lead to lots of errors in your circulations.  I have trained parent volunteers and have occasional problems with the books not getting checked out to the right kids, so I can't imagine if the students were doing it all themselves.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am the only media specialist for a building of 525 kids, and I do all of the checkouts myself.  Is there something in your schedule that prevents you from being able to do so?  I teach 24 classes of 30 min each week.  If I am busy teaching, students who come independently of their class just leave me their books with a note with their name and grade, which I check out and deliver or send with a student later.  So far, this has worked for me.  That way, I can make sure the student didn't have a full card or other issues, etc., and I can make sure the books end up on the correct card.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, does your district allow parent volunteers?  If so, that's a great way to go.  Also, I'm in a 4th-6th grade building, and I have a couple of 6th graders who come down during study hall to check out.  Our high school utilizes student aides who earn a credit for their library work--they have a curriculum and do special projects in addition to helping with shelving and circulation.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Do you want to keep doing so after April? Then get yourself over to &lt;a href="http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/12432/libraries" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/12432/libraries&lt;/a&gt; — the proposed new site when this site goes down — and &lt;strong&gt;vote questions on-topic or off-topic&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We need to do this, or there will be no more addictive library Q and A site to check, regularly or irregularly!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks to the people who don't need the harangue because they've already contributed. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;More info on the move and details on how to vote at &lt;a href="http://answers.unshelved.com/questions/3670/how-can-i-help-ensure-the-future-of-unshelved-answers" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://answers.unshelved.com/questions/3670/how-can-i-help-ensure-the-future-of-unshelved-answers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT:&lt;/strong&gt; We have moved out of the definition phase, so you &lt;strong&gt;can no longer vote questions on- or off-topic.&lt;/strong&gt; Instead, please &lt;strong&gt;commit&lt;/strong&gt; to the proposal by going here: &lt;a href="http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/12432/libraries" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/12432/libraries&lt;/a&gt; and clicking &lt;strong&gt;commit&lt;/strong&gt; in the upper left-hand corner of the page. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I read this hard cover book in 1981.
I don’t know the author, the title or how old the book was.
My mom gave it to me to read because she knew I liked mysteries.
I managed to recycle this book years ago and would love to read it again, as I do not remember the ending!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It is about four university (or college) girls who spend the summer on campus instead of going home.
“They all gained weight that summer” (This is how the book starts and theme is repeated through book)
The dorm house they were staying in was being renovated.
Their housekeeper/chaperone, a black woman, stayed on also and cooked and cleaned for them.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Flash forward to adult times and the dorm house is being torn down in the summertime.
Construction halts when they find a baby’s skeleton in the wall of this house.
The only time this area was exposed was the summer these four ladies were staying in dorm.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;All four ladies still live in the area.
One owns a beauty parlour.
Another is very athletic and has many children.
Cannot remember the other ladies professions.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The mystery is who had the baby?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Help me find this book?
I'd love to read it again...
Cindy Connell&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hello, library peoples.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am currently working my first professional library job, but nothing in my MLIS ever trained me for this : my entire job is to orchestrate the closure of a special library and help transfer the collection to various interested parties.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So my question is really more advice : has anyone else been in this position?  What kind of things should I expect?  Are there any projects I should be doing or organising?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Love,
The Librarian Who is Scared that "Library Slayer" will be her Career Path&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There's a whole book of these: &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Librarians-Book-Quotes-Tatyana-Eckstrand/dp/0838909884" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/Librarians-Book-Quotes-Tatyana-Eckstrand/dp/0838909884&lt;/a&gt;
The Librarian's Book of Quotes-- full of lovely quotations about how wonderful libraries and librarians can be! Definitely worth checking out (no pun intended...)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Edited to add:  One of my favourites in the book-- "The library profession is a profession that is informed, illuminated, radiated by a fierce and beautiful love of books. A love so overwhelming that it engulfs community after community and makes the culture of our time distinctive, individual, creative and truly of the spirit." [Frances Clark Sayers]&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Could that be &lt;em&gt;The Walls Came Tumbling Down&lt;/em&gt;, by Babs H. Deal? It was the basis for a TV movie I remember seeing, "Friendships, Secrets, and Lies", which had a very similar plot to the one you describe. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Liz:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have no idea how to do such a project. But double check the holdings against the catalog.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think this describes libraries perfectly:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"The love of learning - The sequestered nooks -- and all the sweet serenity of books." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am working on a set of department goals, and I'm looking for examples and suggestions.  Please share any goals you have for your library department (youth, adult, IT, etc.), and suggest any that you think I MUST include.  So far, I have a few headings: Programming, Collection, Reference, Technology, Outreach &amp;amp; Marketing.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Irregularly because if I check at work, I get too caught up in reading all the Q&amp;amp;As!  LOL!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Instead of full-sized CD holders, I'd suggest slim-lines. They take up about 1/3 the space width wise than the larger ones.  Better for CDs in my opinion than the binders.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You might try hosting a couple of the events while the library is open if possible.  This way your patrons could be immediately invited in.  They might enjoy the event and come back for future ones scheduled during closed hours.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Any idea if the book itself was about a minstrel? I can't remember seeing the poem, but do recall a couple of children's fantasy book with minstrels -&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cwidder-Dalemark-Quartet-Diana-Wynne/dp/0192752790/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1282868768&amp;amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow"&gt;Cart and Cwidder&lt;/a&gt; by Diana Wynne Jones and&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Adam-Road-Puffin-Modern-Classics/dp/0142406597/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1282868705&amp;amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow"&gt;Adam of the Road&lt;/a&gt; by Elizabeth Janet Gray (actually historical fiction now that I look at it)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Maybe &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Gregor-Overlander-Underland-Chronicles-Book/dp/0439678137/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1282869102&amp;amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow"&gt;Gregor the Overlander&lt;/a&gt;?  It's about a boy and his sister who discover another land populated with bats, cockroaches, rats and spiders, and come to find out that there's a prophecy related to Gregor's coming.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What about The Swarm? &lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38403201" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38403201&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Uncle Hoole wants to study the S'krrr, a race of creatures that look like giant bugs. While Hoole works, Zak and Tash visit the S'krrr's huge garden, it's the most beautiful place they have ever seen. It's also full of very strange creatures. When a bat like shreev swoops down at Zak, he panics and accidentally kills it. Suddenly, the garden is overrun by big beetles. When Zak wakes up in the middle of the night covered with creepy crawly bugs, he's terrified. Did Zak upset the garden's delicate ecological balance by killing the shreev? Or is something far more sinister at work?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am looking for a book I saw a few years ago. I mostly remember the creepy black and white illustrations that looked like they were etchings or wood block prints or something. I remember very little about the plot other than the main character was a little boy who was disfigured somehow, instead of ears he only had holes in his head, and his dad took him to an island (maybe for vacation?) i think it was comprised of short chapters, almost like vignettes.... please help!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;No, but thank you!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I remember Adam of the Road.  And it was a chapter book.   I checked Yolen and Jones.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Sigh.  And they've probably weeded it from the library I went to as a child by now.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Parvana's Journey.  realistic ficiton set in Afgahnastan.  much sadder than the book before it the Breadwinner.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Might want to remind people of this, because I finally finished my Area 51 registration today and was confused that the group wasn't called Unshelved or Top Questions.  I figured it out by coming back here.  But I almost forgot all about it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I read this book from the local library in the mid '60s. I believe it was called &lt;em&gt;"The Dictionary of Monsters"&lt;/em&gt;. The format was square and rather flat. Not sure if it was a picture book. It contained stories of monsters from world folk tales. There was a picture showing the monster with each story. The only one I can recall was the Tengu, a half-man, half-bird creature from Japanese folk tales. I have searched for this for some time and would love to get a copy. I'm hoping other Unshelved readers can help.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;As far as my knowledge goes, jewel cases provide effective protection of an optical disc. For long term storage it is best not to store CDs horizontally, and jewel cases can be arranged vertically without too much difficulty. The cases also isolate the individual discs from each other, which helps avoid unnecessary handling of the discs.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Other than that the usual archival concerns with avoiding heat, humidity, and rapid temperature changes also apply to CDs to some extent.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You may be interested in taking a look at &lt;a href="http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/digital/archival_storage.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;this photographer's website&lt;/a&gt; which has some very useful information about archival storage using CDs.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dictionary-Monsters-Mysterious-Beasts/dp/1903015588" rel="nofollow"&gt;A Dictionary of Monsters and Mysterious Beasts&lt;/a&gt; by Carey Miller sounds like the book you're looking for, however it was published in 1974. You may be able to purchase a used copy on &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dictionary-Monsters-Mysterious-Beasts-Piccolo/dp/0330296701/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1283105972&amp;amp;sr=8-2" rel="nofollow"&gt;Amazon.com&lt;/a&gt; if it looks like the book you remember.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I encourage everyone to register at &lt;a href="http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/12432/libraries?referrer=N6hF36PqpG4nUS59dLG9iw2" rel="nofollow"&gt;Area 51&lt;/a&gt; and commit to using the new Libraries Stack Exchange Q&amp;amp;A site. Progress on Area 51 is partially based on the total reputation the committed users have on the Stack Exchange network. Unfortunately, sites like Unshelved Answers that were built on the old platform aren't part of that network so reputation from here doesn't count on Area 51.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So, if you'd like to see this site continue and improve, please join Area 51 and commit to the &lt;a href="http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/12432/libraries?referrer=N6hF36PqpG4nUS59dLG9iw2" rel="nofollow"&gt;Libraries proposal&lt;/a&gt;, and then please consider participating on another site on the network. You can find a &lt;a href="http://stackexchange.com/sites" rel="nofollow"&gt;complete list on StackExchange.com&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If you join a new site with the same login method you used to commit on Area 51 the accounts will be linked and any new points can help advance the Libraries proposal.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Details of the &lt;a href="http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/53650/area-51-commit-percent/53733#53733"&gt;current method used to calculate progress&lt;/a&gt; on Area 51 have been published by the Stack Exchange developers. Official calculations behind the percentage completed are now posted on Area 51 &lt;a href="http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/12432/libraries?referrer=N6hF36PqpG4nUS59dLG9iw2" rel="nofollow"&gt;proposal page&lt;/a&gt;. Find the "more info" link below the large percentage in the status box in the upper right of the page.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The most significant limiting factor at the moment is committed users with 200 reputation points on an existing &lt;a href="http://stackexchange.com/sites" rel="nofollow"&gt;Stack Exchange site&lt;/a&gt;. The secondary factor is that the overall commit score is decaying due to the age of the proposal.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;However, a while back Robert Cartaino (the Community Coordinator for Stack Exchange, Inc.) posted at Area 51 that in his opinion the "Library site &lt;em&gt;will&lt;/em&gt; reach full commitment". &lt;em&gt;(To see the source, scroll down to the second comment (#5) from Robert Cartaino &lt;a href="http://discuss.area51.stackexchange.com/questions/80/is-there-value-in-merging-the-libraries-and-books-proposals/98#98" rel="nofollow"&gt;below this answer on Area 51&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;hr&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/12432/libraries?referrer=N6hF36PqpG4nUS59dLG9iw2" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;img src="http://area51.stackexchange.com/ads/proposal/12432.png" width="220" height="250" alt="Stack Exchange Q&amp;amp;A site proposal: Libraries" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You might be interested in considering &lt;a href="http://kete.net.nz" rel="nofollow"&gt;Kete&lt;/a&gt;, an open source digital archives program from New Zealand. It was developed by the Horowhenua Library Trust and Katipo Communications, the original developers of the &lt;a href="http://koha-community.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Koha&lt;/a&gt; open source ILS. I haven't had a chance to use it myself, but it's been sitting on my list of things to give a closer look for a while.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;HLT's digital archives site is called &lt;a href="http://horowhenua.kete.net.nz/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Kete Horowhenua&lt;/a&gt;. There is also an &lt;a href="http://kete.net.nz/site/kete_sites" rel="nofollow"&gt;online map&lt;/a&gt; of known installations of the system.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;According to its &lt;a href="http://kete.net.nz/documentation/topics/show/19" rel="nofollow"&gt;documentation&lt;/a&gt; it is designed to run on Unix-like operating systems (including Linux and MacOS X), and doesn't officially support Windows. (Kete is apparently just a Ruby on Rails application so in theory it could run on Windows but the developers have chosen to not support it.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There is an &lt;a href="http://kete.net.nz/documentation/topics/show/114-installation" rel="nofollow"&gt;Installation Guide&lt;/a&gt; if you want to assess the requirements of setting up an installation.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Once we commit, what do we do next? How do we continue to get reputation points? Yes, I know this is not an answer but it does belong with the original question I think.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;So what's your library planning for Banned Books Week?  I want to live vicariously through other people.  :)  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(I have some books in my school library that always make the top 10 list, and the only reason I get away with it is because my conservative constituents don't KNOW, and look!  Their ignorance is my bliss!)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have a tall display that changes themes throughout the year. I try to keep it filled with "banned books" from the ALA list for the last week of September. It empties fast! The only display that is harder to keep stocked is the ethnically diverse fairy tale selection.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I also print out some information and put it on the base of the display for those would like to continue to "read irresponsibly" throughout the year.
&lt;a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/index.cfm" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/index.cfm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Need to find a book for an elderly patron - all she can remember was some of the plot line.... a pediatric heart surgeon's wife dies and he uses her heart for a little girl.  Any help would be appreciated!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;That's not a lot to go on, is it!  There's a book called &lt;em&gt;When Crickets Cry&lt;/em&gt; that's about a heart surgeon who lost his wife, and features a young girl as well, but I don't think it has the transplant-wife's-heart-into-child aspect...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I work for a public library and we are in the middle of an upgrade. The Ipad looks nice for web browsing aspects like a laptop but with the added functionality of a e reader. It looks like a quite versatile piece of hardware, for simple tasks. Read a book, watch a movie, surf the web, access e-mail, read the news, and all for less than what we would typically spend on a laptop to do the same things. Apple did a good job in making the device intuitive for users who are unfamiliar with computers in general, and may even get some of the older patrons to give technology a chance. I am hesitant about the legal issues with digital print, but the additional features beyond the ability to function as an e-reader out weigh this. When there is a need someone inevitably finds a solution. Since jail breaking a hand held device to install non-proprietary software was declared within the owners rights, someone will create a program to read all formats of digital print eventually. I believe the potential of this product out weighs the concerns. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Uh, there's "Parasite Eve", where the wife dies in an accident and a girl gets her liver or something, and then he tries to preserve the rest of her body but it mutates into some kind of plague. I think it's fairly recent in English translation, though.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You might want to consider interviewing staff at your library or a local bookstore (the book-pushers!) about what changes they have noticed.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hell, last week I was at the midnight release of Suzanne Collins' &lt;em&gt;Mockingjay&lt;/em&gt; (mock me if you must) and thinking to myself that there was no such thing as a midnight book release before Harry Potter, let alone hundreds of teenagers and their friends camping out in a bookstore waiting for the newest book in a series. No one would have ever even suggested it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am thinking of either going with your basic throw up the caution tape...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;or&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am thinking about getting the greatest rock and roll biographies in history together 
ie:  Hammer of The Gods
     The Dirt
     Heroin Diaries&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I mean the biographies that really show the disgusitng behavior of the famous rock stars.  Then I am going to declare BAND BOOK WEEK! &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Each book will come with an explanation that if we let people ban books then these books will be banned. What do you think?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;So, this question might be a little bit of a stretch... but does anyone know good sources for fun decorating (bulletin board, displays, etc.) ideas for a youth services department. I'd especially like blogs and places that regularly have new ideas. Anything to do with scrapbooking materials would be interesting too. One of my goals is to brighten up our youth department. We serve babies through high schoolers, so any age group is fine. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It sounds from your question as though the library is making the copies, not the patrons, which changes things a little. If the patrons were making the copies, you'd have no obligations beyond posting copyright notices. If you're making the copies for them, you need to be sure you are not doing so in a "systematic" way--i.e. the the copies are for individual users upon request rather than e.g. for all the students in a particular course, or for all the faculty in a certain department, etc. The relevant law is at &lt;a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/usc_sec_17_00000108----000-.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;USC 17, Chapter 1 section 108&lt;/a&gt;, see especially part g).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'll go out on a limb and suggest The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It's not a perfect fit ...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Three" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Three&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I know that many libraries put stickers on the spines of their new releases to distinguish them from the general collection, but I'm hoping to find a better way to get around this. Our librarians don't want to use stickers mostly because they are hard to remove. I've seen the tips posted on here of how to easily remove stickers, but my co-workers seem adamantly against them. So far, we've been penciling the release date on the inside of the book, but it's a pain when you're trying to shelve a cartload of books, having to check inside every book to see if it's new. There's gotta be a better way to do this!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Point being...does anybody have a different idea of how to do this? What works for your library?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hello Catie, 
The library that I work in does use stickers, bright yellow about an inch big on the spine of the book. However most of our new releases are hardcover or on loan from a book publishing company so we wrap them in mylar and position the stickers and labels over the top of the mylar then placing a DEMCO label protector over the whole thing. 
We do this for many reasons, to distinguish for the patron mainly but on our end it helps with shelving, locating and distinguishing the books apart from the rest of the collection. I can't imagine that the patrons are happy being made to look on the inside of the book for the release date. 
Sticker removal is a chore I'll admit it, I did many hours as a volunteer rubbing, peeling and cleaning the books. For my branch the sticker system is here to stay and I have made peace with it. 
Ultimately you have to consider the patrons looking at the books and checking them out, I think a big yellow sticker and a dedicated section have really helped to boost our circ of the new releases. 
If you find a sticker free solution please post it here for us to see, I am curious as well. 
Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have a set of display shelves on the main level where we put out new titles. Each time a new batch is processed they go on display and the old new books go out to the stacks. Patrons are in the habit of browsing those shelves and it's not unusual for more than 3/4 of the titles to be taken before the next batch arrives.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The only drawback is that the status in the catalogue will say "in library" but I suppose we could create a "New Titles" status.  We know that if an item has 0 checkouts and was created recently then we should check the New shelf.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My local public library has a large whiteboard posted on the wall on which the titles of new books and movies are posted. The board is usually updated in small batches as the new purchases arrive. The staff try to use a different marker colours so that patrons can more easily notice if the board has changed.At the moment there are about 12 titles of each kind written on the board.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There is also a shelf where the new releases are displayed, but it isn't an exact system because the library doesn't have (to my knowledge at least) a specific definition of when a new release stops being so and the staff try to keep the shelf full.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I work in an academic library where we place the new arrivals on shelving just inside our entrance. When books are checked out and returned they just go to regular shelves. When the next load of new arrivals are ready the new book shelves are cleared and the books shelved in the stacks. This is not neccessarily the way I would have chosen to do it, but the decision makers want it this way.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Could you have your cataloging department attach a note to the record for that book that pops up on the computer when it gets checked in? The note could just state "New Release".  When the book is ready to be put in the regular stacks, the note can just be deleted.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've seen libraries that include the cataloging date (month + year) on the spine label. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;At our libraries, we use a shelving location. When the items are checked in, staff gets a "route to NEW BOOKS" message. This system does require that the shelving location be changed manually when it's time to move the items to the general collection, but it seems to work pretty well. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Okay, this isn't something I've done, but maybe it would work? Use different coloured highlighters or felt pens, and make a small zero ("cause it's 2010) near the top of the spine on the edge of the pages. Use a different colour for each month. All the shelver has to know is what colour this month is when sorting out the new releases. It's permanent, but fairly unobtrusive, and easy to see at the top of the book.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our system uses a large blue dot on the spine, as well as noting NEW on the catalogue under "shelf location".  When a book no longer qualifies as new we simply place a white dot over the blue one and change the holdings code from new to adult fiction. This makes the books stand out both to those looking for titles from the catalogue and browsers as well as shelvers.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We also use stickers - little colored dots - and new books go on our new book shelves.  We use four colors depending on which quarter the books arrive, and every three months we remove one set of colored dots from the shelves.  In the catalog, we precede the call numbers with NEW (so, it'd be NEW/Fic/Doctorow), and when we take the dots off we also edit the record to remove the NEW/ from the call number.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;However, we recently learned (the hard way) that the dots we use are TOO easy to remove - they tend to fall off, and the Pages shelve them in the regular stacks, even though the catalog said they should be in the new book shelves, so it's sometimes hard to find them.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I like our process, we just need to find better stickers - or a better way to identify new books in general.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our pages mainly reshelve books.  When there is no shelving to be done, they will shelf-read to make sure everything is in order, help at the circ desk to sort books on hold, do special projects (like pull a list of books off the shelf to be weeded), help shift a collection, help set up for a program, etc.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, here's a quirk at my library we sometimes run into with pages: my library has a union, and one rule they have is that we can't use volunteers to do anything that we pay someone to do.  So, we have lots of volunteers that offer to reshelve books or do other page duties, but can't because we have paid pages.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I wrote a post a while ago listing resources for library quotes (good and bad): &lt;a href="http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/07/31/quotes-about-libraries" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/07/31/quotes-about-libraries&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One favorite is still:
"A truly great library contains something in it to offend everyone."
- Jo Godwin &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Here are some of the things I have found, in case they are useful to anyone else: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Junior High/Middle School Library Displays &amp;amp; Bulletin Boards (Flickr Group): 
&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/junior_high_school_library_displays/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.flickr.com/groups/junior_high_school_library_displays/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hot Library Tech Blog:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://hotlibrarytech.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://hotlibrarytech.wordpress.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There are also some ideas on Cricut's message boards, especially in the educator's section: &lt;a href="http://www.cricut.com/messageboard/tt.aspx?forumid=136" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.cricut.com/messageboard/tt.aspx?forumid=136&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I would LOVE to see public library examples, especially from a multi-age group. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm planning on a 3-part display: first, a display of the banned/challenged books that we have. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Second, a two-part display based on this year's theme: "Think for yourself and let others do the same". One part will be books that encourage/promote thinking for one-self (philosophy, free speech, Bill of Rights, etc...), and the other part, the opposite (Bradbury, Orwell, HUxley, Westerfeld etc...). &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What are your thoughts on patrons texting?  Do you treat it as cell phone use or allow it?  I've never really had a problem until recently when groups of people gather over a single cell phone and, although they really aren't doing anything wrong, cause a bit of a bottleneck due to restricted space.  The noise level can become an issue...at least that's something I feel comfortable addressing.  Our "no cell phone" policy was intended to keep down patron agitation (the person calling can get quite involved in a conversation and forget they are in a public place where nobody wants to hear about three nights ago with Sally) and noise.
Any policies or practices that I could employ?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am building around a quote by Hypatia (the totally cool librarian who was stoned to death by early monks...now if that doesn't qualify her as the patron of banned books week, I don't know who it should be).  "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all."&lt;br&gt;
As usual there will be a display of books in our collection that have made the list of most frequently banned and challenged.  I also plan to have a poster area with the question:  Have you read something which caused you to question your thinking?  If so please write the title here.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;"No cell phone" policies prohibit a technology when what (presumably) is desired is to prohibit a behavior - i.e. being disruptive in the library.  If you have access to the means to change library policy (or to impact its consistent interpretation), I'd strongly encourage you to recast that policy in terms of the behaviors you feel are problematic.  It doesn't matter whether they're texting, talking on a cell phone, or conversing with the person across the study table: if it's disruptive, it's disruptive and if it isn't, it isn't.  I certainly wouldn't encourage a wholesale ban on texting, which can be a very useful and quiet information-gathering behavior, not to mention pervasive*.  Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;*just because everyone's doing something doesn't make it right, of course, but I expect you'll get pushback if you ban texting.  Folks expect to be able to text just about anywhere. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We write the processing date in the cover.  As to ease of shelving, when a book is checked in, if it goes to the New Release shelf, it's put in a different spot than books that go in the stacks.  We use 2 trucks, and when those get backed up, we move them to other trucks, lol.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Truck 1 - Adult fiction on top, non-fiction in the middle, and easy readers on the bottom.
Truck 2 - New releases (Both Juvenile and adult) on one side of the top, LP on the other.  Juvenile fiction in the middle, and Juvenile Non-fiction on the bottom. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Works for us. :)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I admit I'm not the most tech-savvy, but I found the Area 51 site difficult to navigate. I finally figured out how to get to the Library Q&amp;amp;A site - but only by searching &amp;amp; finding another user and clicking the link there. Then I tried to vote on questions and kept getting a "Beep!" message popping up while having my votes not register. Help? (Others with less time/energy to waste may be giving up, so more help/instruction may be helpful if we really want this to get up and running.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My local library had a poster contest a few years back, and the entries are still hanging in the meeting room. I think the theme was "draw yourself as a manga character" but you could do anything, really!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I work at an academic institution (although this might apply to public libraries too) and we have a problem with students using Facebook. Normally it's not a big deal - it's only a problem when there are students waiting to use computers for academic purposes and there are people spending 15-30 minutes on Facebook. Does anyone's library have a policy (formal or informal) on using social networking sites? Does anyone have a set time limit for "non-academic" usage?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I always have one table covered with a large sheet of paper and a can of markers near by.  In large letters, in the center of the paper I post a book related question.  "What is your favorite book?", "What was the last book you read?", and others.  It doesn't really matter what the question is, before you know it the paper will be full of colorful flowery (the girls particully like this) writing.  The teens have made the display themselves and they love to read what others have added.  I save all of these sheets of paper and at the end of the year I hang them around the library.  The students enjoy looking back.
This is not as pretty as some displays but I have learned not to concentrate so much on asthetics but instead to focus on students' responses.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Check Hobby Lobby or a similar craft store when they put out their spring decorating materials.  I've found a variety of 3D paper stars and globes to hang from the ceiling, as well as flowers, butterflies, twirly things, etc.  They are cheap and add a lot of color and appeal to the room.  Recently, I found an aisle there of party decorations, which had some nice non-themed decorations.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I also found some cool decorations when Kohl's had their back-to-school items out.  I found some window decorations with different letters on them.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I haven't found any blogs or regular sources of ideas, but I'd love to see one.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I forgot to mention the wonderful blog of &lt;a href="http://theimaginarylibrarian.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;The Imaginary Librarian&lt;/a&gt;, who has many fun ideas. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've been to schools that had a 15-minute "non-academic" system, but what it seemed to be was a "15 minutes from the time someone sees I'm on facebook" system.  The problem we had where I worked, however, was that students weren't likely to say anything to another student if they needed the computer.  They walked in, saw the computers were full, and walked out.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Where I work now (public library), we have a kiosk system that logs people in for a set amount of time and they can ask for more if they need it.  We do have a couple of dedicated "research" computers that are locked to specific sites.  They don't get much use, but they are available when someone needs it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have a 30-minute time limit.  You can go longer if no one is waiting, but if someone is waiting, after 30 minutes, you're done.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;However, we will waive the time limit for those involved in academic pursuits, job searching, etc.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Not that I approve of porn in the library, or anywhere for that matter, but here is a possible solution.  I have seen public computers in some libraries that have the monitor recessed into the table.  This ensures that others can't see the screen, which is also a plus when people are doing anything for which they want privacy whether it's entering a credit card number, checking bank statements, or just reading email.  One negative to this is that some people don't care for the angle at which they have to look at the screen as it can cause neck strain.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have just started to have patrons trying to use their library card (as stored in their iphone) to try to check out materials. They are using a barcode app instead of carrying around their physical cards. Has anyone else seen this? How are you handling it? Any policies that address it yet?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have yet to see this, however, I have personally been playing around with digitally manipulating the contents of my wallet, primarily my shoppers club cards and library card.  I think it is an incredible advancement, mainly because we have grown so accustomed to carrying our lives in our wallets and I feel it is good to shed some of the weight but also because we are using technology to make things a little easier and we may eventually save some plastic (which wouldn't be so bad).  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;However, in consideration to the library I work in I do not think this new technology would go over very well.  We ask that a person always produces their library card and we cannot look them up by name.  There are also restrictions on who may use an individuals card.  I would say my particular library is fairly strict but it is to insure the privacy and safety of patrons and we always carry out our requests in a friendly manner.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;While my director may not go for this I think it boils down to library preference.  If you do not mind patrons scanning library cards and presenting them in a digital format then it should not be a problem. On the other hand this is allowing patrons to make as many usable copies of their card as they want.  They could produce a copy for every member in their family and give them permission to pick up holds, ILLs and checkout books (depending on what your library allows).  I could see this becoming potentially hazardous and privacy would basically go out the window.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My feelings are it would be a good technology to take advantage of with certain precautions and rules.  Some rules I can think of that may or may not work in certain library settings are:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Only one digital copy of a library card can be used and only by the owner of the library card.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The library is not responsible for any lost or damaged mobile devices (just in case).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;If the device will not allow a proper scan the physical card must be produced.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;It must be on patron record that a digital copy of card is in use (just in case someone duplicates a card without permission).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I wish you the best and I think this could be a really good thing for libraries.  We want our communities to know that we are on the cutting edge of technology and information so why not allow them to use the new technologies being developed.  Just think about how you can make it fun and safe for everyone.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;~LibraryRon&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As a side note my library had 8.5 x 11 replicas of library cards for library card sign up month and a co-worker and I blew up our library cards to that size and pasted them on the back to make GIANT lib cards.  Surprisingly enough, they scanned just like a normal card.  Sometimes the reference desk is slow and you need to do something to occupy your time.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dana, 
I personally have not seen this happen in the library where I work however I am familiar with these applications. 
Our library has a policy for patrons to either know their card number or provide a card. If only a card number is provided then a quick check of alternate information is conducted in the form of a pop quiz for the patron, such as verify the phone number or point of contact. This is just another way to check for the identity. 
Usually the patrons that memorize their numbers are children and most likely don’t physically carry their card for fear of losing it. But there are parents that have their child's card memorized or written down in their wallet.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Are you 'friends' with your patrons on Destiny Quest? Why or why not? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Do you use this social network functionality to improve your services to your patrons? (e.g.: they can ask you questions online, etc...) How did it work out for you? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Elsa&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;PS: I cannot log in to here through OpenID anymore!! :( :( &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;"I really didn't realize the librarians were, you know, such a dangerous group. ... You think they're just sitting at the desk, all quiet and everything. They're like plotting the revolution, man."  -  Michael Moore&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Remember that library users never complain: they either have a concern or a suggestion. Library staff nevers deals with the public, we talk with library visitors/users or respond to their concerns/suggestions, or help them use the library. This change of language changes thought patterns and brings a more positive attitude to public service and conversations with callers and visitors.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We've just started seeing this at my library. There is now an iPod app for our OPAC. Patrons can log into their account on their phone, and give us a barcode to scan.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For now, we're operating on the assumption that, if they've gotten into the online account, odds are it is the correct patron. And it's usually the regulars that we more or less recognize that use the app anyways.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We just started offering it through our Boopsie app as well.  I tried it out this morning and it works great.  It is linked to my account, so there is no way with this to use someone elses card--plus you still have to enter your pin number.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The added bonus is that if you lose your card, now you wouldn't have to get a new one (unless it was stolen, of course).  People hate changing their card number.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am trying to find this nonfiction book about a zookeeper/zoo vet. It's an adult book, and I remember the basis of three chapters: One was about trying to get pandas together to mate, one was a look at the way animal rights groups help/harm animals in zoos, and one was about sick elephants who didn't eat after they got better until they started to eat balls of bread during a "game". Does this book sound familiar to anyone? I could have sworn the title was something along the lines of "From A_&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;_&lt;/em&gt;_&lt;/strong&gt; to Z_&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;_&lt;/em&gt;_&lt;/strong&gt;", but I could be wrong. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm pretty sure that this was a pretty short children's chapter book, and the one I read (IIRC) had holograph cover of someone's face on the cover. I only have a bare description of the plot, I'm sorry! The story was this guy/girl meets a girl/guy, and crazy stuff happens, and she/he turns out to be under some sort of curse that turns her into a statue at a grave. I'm &lt;em&gt;pretty&lt;/em&gt; sure that it was a &lt;em&gt;girl&lt;/em&gt; who was cursed, and a &lt;em&gt;teen boy&lt;/em&gt; that found her, but I'm not 100% positive. "He" wakes her up by kissing her statue, and in the end, "she" switches places with him, and "he" waits for someone to come and kiss him, so he can "wake up" from being a statue. I'm so sorry it's so vague! Please, anybody...? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hello, everyone!
I've been reading through the other questions tagged with "library school" and "mlis", and I have already gotten a great deal of useful information, but I still feel as if I could do with some advice.
This is my senior year in college (I'm a double-major in English and French), and I am hoping to pursue a master's degree in library science following graduation.  I have been an employee of the library in my town since 2003, so not only do I know that I love working in a public library, I have gained a certain amount of practical experience in many areas-- from shelving and basic circulation to acquisitions, cataloging, and so on.
Anyway, based on the answers to other questions (like this one &lt;a href="http://answers.unshelved.com/questions/734/how-do-i-identify-a-good-lis-program" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://answers.unshelved.com/questions/734/how-do-i-identify-a-good-lis-program&lt;/a&gt;), I have some idea of what to look for once I've narrowed the field a bit (The ALA-accredited list is rather lengthy)... and now I thought I might ask for some specifics.  I need help!
If you don't mind, could you tell me where you went for your library science degree, and what you thought?  Any other advice would be welcome, as well.  Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I went to Iowa and wouldn't know much about the program. It turned completely over during my time there. I didn't have any professors I had in class on my thesis defense. There was only one on staff. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;So My sister's son just finished Shade's Children at my advise (one of my favorites as a kid) and asked me for more dark kids books, the problem is I can't remember the names of two of the books I want to advise.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The first I read back around 97' was about a kids version of "The Monkey's Paw".&lt;br&gt;
The main character was a young girl who would think of all people as different animals (something I picked up from the book and still do :)&lt;br&gt;
She is given a coin by her uncle (the bear) and she gets a wish for each edge of the coin but the wishes keep backfiring. She finally ends up in the hospital before trying to throw the coin away.&lt;br&gt;
Sorry I don't remember much more, I was just a kid when I read it.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The second book I read back in 2001.&lt;br&gt;
The main character was a young boy who was invited to live in this house away from his parents who he was not happy with. The house is a paradise with several other kids.&lt;br&gt;
In the house and it's grounds they go through four seasons every day including having Christmas.&lt;br&gt;
He discovers that they are not allowed to leave and a bat like creature attacks any kid who tries to leave at night.&lt;br&gt;
I remember some other silly little details if they would help anyone helping me find this book.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thank you so much to anyone willing to help and for at least giving this a read. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Could the second book be Clive Barker's &lt;em&gt;The Thief of Always&lt;/em&gt;?
&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thief_of_Always" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thief_of_Always&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I did a bit of searching, and even though I'm not so confident about this one, I think I might have found it.
(I have read the Thief of Always, so it was easier to be sure about that.  Haven't read this one...)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Could it be The Queen's Nose, by Dick King Smith?
"The book by Dick King Smith features the story of Harmony Parker, a 10 year old girl who wants an animal of her own but is not allowed by her parents who think they are dirty. Harmony has a 15 year old sister, Melody who spends most of her time looking in a mirror. Harmony's best friend is a toy dog, Rex Ruff Monty.  Harmony believes animals are more interesting than humans and so the people she meets she pictures as animals. Her father is a Sea Lion, her mother is a Pouter Pigeon and her sister is a Siamese cat. In the book she receives a magic coin from her Uncle Ginger that grants her seven wishes."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Nose" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Nose&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Queens-Nose-Dick-King-Smith/dp/0141318236#reader_0141318236" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.amazon.co.uk/Queens-Nose-Dick-King-Smith/dp/0141318236#reader_0141318236&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I attended the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.  I like their program.  The faculty (when I was there) was genuinely enthusiastic about librarianship, and they offered several of their classes through a nifty real-time online format.  I also had the option to do a thesis or take a comprehensive exam.  Of course, there were a few issues (I had one COMPLETELY insane professor with tenure), and it is a smaller program, but it was good.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Best of luck to you in your search!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I went to the &lt;a href="http://www.lis.illinois.edu/" rel="nofollow"&gt;University of Illinois&lt;/a&gt; via the online &lt;a href="http://www.lis.illinois.edu/academics/leep" rel="nofollow"&gt;LEEP&lt;/a&gt; program.  I graduate in 2003 so I'm not sure how much is the same.  I was dubious about an online program but I was very happy with it in the end.  One of the reasons I chose UIUC was because it had already taught several years worth of online classes and had many of the bugs worked out.  I also liked that you were required to travel to Urbana-Champaign once a semester to work on group projects, etc.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I don't know if this matters to you or not but it seemed like many of my LEEP classmates were already paraprofessional librarians or interested in libraianship as a second career.  I was the 2nd youngest in the class which was a little odd but at the same time it was very interesting to talk to classmates who had such a wide variety of real-life experience already.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The biggest regret I had is I took a fair number of computer-related classes.  I had graduated with a BA in Computer Science so a lot of that was very redundant.  However, if I hadn't had much computer exposure up to that point, it probably would have been helpful.  The one thing about taking computer classes in an academic setting is you want to make sure you're learning the concept and not just a specific skill. For instance, if you take a database class, make sure you learn general good database design and not just the bare-bones mechanics of how to use a specific DBMS such as MySQL.  Once you have general concepts, it is fairly easy to pick up specific skills as needed.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;University of Missouri, Columbia&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Most of the course work was online, but the core classes had required face-to-face meetings (my sites were in Kansas City and Omaha). All the professors were great - knowledgeable and helpful. Best of luck!!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have a patron wanting basic books/websites on making your own ethanol and building and maintaining windmills.... but the books need to be reader-friendly and the websites valid... any suggestions?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;One suggestion for the shirts: a size guide, please! Sizing tends to vary so widely between manufacturers, it'd be nice to have a chart or some sort of guide to help us figure out what size would fit us.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It's rather depressing to buy a shirt online in your usual size, only to find that it's way to small for you.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;(Sorry if this is a duplicate post...the first didn't show up?)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm an American citizen, but I did my library degree at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. I highly recommend the program--let me know if you'd like more details. Coincidentally, a Dalhousie MLIS alumna posted some advice for incoming library school this week: &lt;a href="https://blogs.dal.ca/sim/2010/09/13/remember-this/" rel="nofollow"&gt;https://blogs.dal.ca/sim/2010/09/13/remember-this/&lt;/a&gt;. Some points to keep in mind as you weigh your options.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Could it be Sailing with Noah? (http://www.amazon.com/SAILING-NOAH-STORIES-WORLD-ZOOS/dp/0826216374/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1284470958&amp;amp;sr=8-2)  One of the chapters is "The Panda Wars" and another is "The Problem with PETA."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Well, I'm not in youth services, and this may not be quite what you're looking for, but my advice is don't be vague. Under each heading, be specific about what you want to do and how you want to do it so that next year you can show what you've accomplished.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I write up my own goals for the year prior to my performance reviews, along with a list of accomplishments.  Local history is one of my responsibilities, for example, so my goals are things like "Complete the inventory," "identify items that do not fit the scope of the collection." When I've completed them, I can include really specific accomplishments about how I've done so - "Completed a two-year inventory project with approximately 35 pages of local history materials, including an updated shelf list and what we have currently unaccessioned in the attic" or (what I would like to be able to say next year) "Identified X number of materials that do not fit our scope. Donated X to this museum, donated X to this library."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hope that helps!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would love to do dubbing for foreign movies or anime.  When I was a Youth Librarian, many of the parents complained to me that their kids didn't like the way they read the books I had used for story time.  "You don't say it right!" was the frequent phrase I heard repeated by the disappointed mommies &amp;amp; daddies.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I went to Pratt Institute in Brooklyn for my MLS. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;At the time I applied I had already worked in PA for two years as a school librarian. I had an undergraduate Major in Library Science from Kutztown University.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Pratt gave me the professionalism that I seemed to lack from undergraduate school. I was also looking for an ALA Accredited School in the NE that was interested in giving me an assisstantship and a scholarship.  Pratt did both. I got a really solid education, with depth and the ability to follow a variety of tracks. I was happy with the quality of program that I received at the time. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Good luck. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;CUNY Queens College. No idea how the program is currently but when I went is was pretty decent.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I show students how to friend each other and many have friended me. My students recommend books to me and I in turn recommend to them. I think there are lots of possibilities to talk about books through this feature and I am always happy to talk about books with my students and staff. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;At my school all of our school emails are posted. Students and parents are encouraged to email us with any question. I often have students emailing me about their passwords or a question about using destiny, etc. I am happy to email them back. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have a personal FB account but it is for my family and friends. I have not invited students nor do I encourage students to invite me. I am planning on setting up a school account where all my students can contact me, but I have not done it yet. Just haven't had time.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I got mine from Florida State University. They have a great distance learning program (though I took most of my classes on campus).  The School Media Specialist program is top-notch, too.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have a small (3,000 title) research library in need of cataloguing and organization.  We have been tracking it in MS Access, but think it's time for sometime more professional.  Can anyone recommend good and inexpensive software?  The books circulate only to staff, but the library can be used by our members.  We'd also like to be able to have staff members catalog their personal collections in the same system, so that information can be shared as well. Any recommendations?  Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A friend posted this question and asked for "super hero Librarian help". I think Unshelved Answers qualifies. ;-)  Anyhow, here's the question:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I've decided that I want to read the Koran cover to cover.  Which translation is closest in meaning to the original Arabic?  I don't have a clue where to start to find that information.  I do not want the translation that is easiest to read or most modernized, I want the one that most accurately reflects Mohammed's words.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think it's also safe to assume that she'd like it on the Internet or in bookstores, since she plans on reading it over a long period of time.  I'll edit if this is different.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks everyone!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.  I've been out not quite 10 years but at that time it was a decent program in person, and got rave reviews from distance learners.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It might not be what you had in mind, but &lt;a href="http://www.librarything.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;LibraryThing.com&lt;/a&gt; might work for you.  Other small organizations use it to catalog their collections, and for circulation (especially if only staff can check out books).  Your members can easily add their own books to LibraryThing too, and you can share them all by using the same tags.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Check in with Tim (&lt;a href="http://www.librarything.com/contact" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.librarything.com/contact&lt;/a&gt;) - he might even be able to get volunteer librarians to come and help you catalog everything into the system.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I did my MLIS at the University of Western Ontario, and I feel a bit mixed about it at the moment.  At the time, I really enjoyed it: the people were great, there were tons of resources, and the professors are fabulous (I'm still happy about these things, truthfully.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;However, I've been graduated for over a year with very little prospects, and Western does little in the way of getting you ready for the real world.  The local public library didn't have any sort of working relationship with the library school, which meant no internships or "student librarian" positions, and there was very little emphasis on technology.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;ABSOLUTELY do technology.  Even if you hate it.  You will thank yourself later.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;All right:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I cannot remember this book's title, but only a little piece of the plot.  I believe there are two adolescent children, one boy one girl (I could be wrong on the gender split). The only plot piece I remember is that at some point, they are trying to get into the library.  No one knows where it is, but they have books from the library.  In order to get the books back to the library, you have to treat them badly: say you don't want them, yell at them, and they will rise up and fly back to the library.  The kids hop onto the books and ride them to the library.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That's all I remember.  If anyone could help out with titles I would really appreciate it! Thanks! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It's actually a movie, &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Mirrormask&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, though they did make books of it. The scene happens more or less as you describe. The movie is about a young teen girl whose mother is sick who goes on a quest in a world made up of her own drawings, filled with fantastical creatures. Just as she gets there, she meets a group of musicians, and when they're attacked one goes with her and helps her--he's the boy (young man, really, he seems late teens or early twenties) you mention.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Your headings are quite broad.  One of the things I have as a goal under the broader heading of "Outreach" is to establish a relationship with the schools in the county (we are a county library system).  Toward that end, over the last couple of years we have been doing the following:  provided a "goodie bag" from the library containing early literacy info, a paperback book, pencil, etc to all incoming Kindergarten students; visited schools to promote the summer reading program; invited the schools to bring students to the library for tours, particularly middle school students as this is a good time to introduce them to the library's online databases; and set up display tables at Back to School Night as a way of promoting the library and providing parents with booklists, etc.  Alternatively to the older students coming here for the database presentation, I can go to the school to do that as long as they can provide an internet connection.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I earned my MLIS from the University of North Texas. Although they have an online program, I chose to take most of my courses face-to-face. There's just something about having the professor right in front of you that gives one a bit more confidence in the learned material. The program does work with most of the libraries within and around the area as well as libraries in other cities where they have an online base such as Houston. My one qualm is that they do not seem to prepare you for what employers are looking for once you finish. It took a bit longer than I was expecting to locate a librarian 1 position, but I am happy with the position I did find. I just hope that more will be available soon for future graduates. The other piece of advice I would offer is to definitely either volunteer or look for part-time positions available at local libraries. Whether a library clerk or even as a full-time paraprofessional, it will help you gain the experience that so many positions require even of entry-level employees. Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, I'm not able to provide a direct answer to this question, but I've got a bit of information that might be of some use.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Translations of sacred texts are almost always fraught with controversy and the Qur'an is no exception. Islamic theology considers the Arabic language to be integral to the revelation and so theologically a translation can only be an interpretation.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Reading online reviews of several of the widely available options leads me to believe that they all have significant issues of some kind. That includes sectarian or political bias, technical problems (e.g. non-mainstream verse numbering), or some similar problem.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The best solution may be to consult more than one variation, which is possible using the &lt;a href="http://al-quran.info/" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Online Quran Project&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. I don't know much about the website or its producers, but it does have a large number of translations on offer. Also the &lt;em&gt;Online Quran Project&lt;/em&gt; published a &lt;a href="http://community.al-quran.info/content/Developer.aspx#Translations" rel="nofollow"&gt;list of translations&lt;/a&gt; (scroll down for English) which has some additional publication info.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;CUNY Queens College.
It was a tremendous amount of work,time and effort but absolutely worth it.  Not a day goes by that I don't use something that I learned in one of my classes.  And there wasn't a single class that hasn't been useful to me.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I was trying to think of a way to have a trivia question for the quickest answer that was fair to the classrooms furthest away, and decided to do it by email.  I went on the school announcements and asked two questions - one from a well-known picture book, and one from a well-known young adult book.  The teacher in each homeroom had to quickly type in both answers (the students had to tell them) and send it to me.  The one that came up first on my email with both right answers won a bag of treats for the whole class.  It got very competitive!  I was then able to come right back on announcements to tell the winner.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Sample questions:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you give a mouse a cookie, what will he want next?
In the book Uglies, what is an Ugly?
When Max got back from where the wild things are, what did he find in his room?
In The Giver, Jonas saw something tossed through the air that "changed."  What was the object and what was the change?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Are you looking for a children's book or and adult one? For children, there is Susan Albee's "Poop happened: a history of the world from the bottom up" (New York: Walker, 2010), Cherise Harper's "Flush: the scoop on poop throughout the ages" (New York: Little, Brown, 2007), Nicola Davies' "Poop: a natural history of the unmentionable" (Cambridge, Mass.: Candlewick, 2004), Susan Goodman's "The truth about poop" (New York: Viking, 2004), Wayne Lynch's "The scoop on poop!: the fascinating science of how animals use poop" (Calgary, Alta.: Fifth house, 2001) and for the dinosaur enthusiast Jacob Berkowitz' "Jurassic poop" (Toronto, Ont.: Kids can, 2006).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;LOTR easily the worst adaptation. In no way true to Tolkiens vision. Jackson has a 6 yr olds understanding of Tolkiens work and the gratuitous changes to story line characters and background mangle a beautiful and subtle masterpiece. What a crime!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;So I'm looking for these 2 books I used to have as a child in the early '90's... Both are highly illustrated, both are in the style of large illustrated children's books; i.e. hardbound, thin, with full-page art and text on the other page. I know very little about them but here goes:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Book 1.
This book was illustrated, I'm pretty sure, with oil paints. Definitely some kind of paints. It takes place in the woods. Throughout the story there is a very dark and creepy mood. There are 2 scenes I remember well. The main character comes across a very large woman balancing on something, while balancing on a tricycle. In another scene there is a spiderweb, perhaps with someone trapped in it. There was a traveling circus, I believe it was a freak show. That's about all I can concretely remember.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Book 2. 
This was a little more elegant and traditional artwork then the other one. I think this was illustrated with pen or pencil (or maybe some sort of printing process like etching) with watercolor tinting. The main character was a young girl. I believe that she swallows a marble as a child, perhaps given to her by a bird in her cradle, and the marble allows her to talk to animals. She grows up in the story, perhaps she was raised by animals. Anyway there is a bear that is recurrent in the story. In the end, I am almost certain, she somehow loses the ability to talk to the animals.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you have any more questions that would help i.d. the book, I would greatly appreciate your input. Looking forward to some answers!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am looking to expand the graphic novel collection in my school ibrary to include manga. I am looking for resources to point me towards the better manga and to alos help me decide if they are proper for high school students. Similar questions have been asked but none that provided this information.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I would also love idea of what manga you think the students should be exposed to.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;About.com's Deb Aoki has good manga reviews.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Naruto seems like a winner in every collection that offers it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;YALSA's Great Graphic Novels for Teens includes manga titles.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The movement is to have students take on more responsibilities within the school as we reassign adults to work as coaches. No more para help or library assistant help in the media center. The admin wants students to be given more responsibilities within the school starting with the library media center.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What library media center roles or responsibilities do you think students could take on, at various levels (with appropriate training)?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Wow, sounds like child labor, rather than learning, but we had library volunteers when I was a student.  I can think of things they shouldn't be doing -- like checking out books to other kids.  I would think there are ethical implications of that, privacy being a big issue.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But shelving, definitely.  Maybe even some processing, if you get a meticulous kid.  You might even get some help with collection development.  Obviously, the librarian would have to approve purchases, but handing a few kids catalogs or reviews and letting them pick would probably be a "fun" thing for the kids.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I could see this working much better "down".  Having middle school kids working in an elementary library or high schoolers at a middle school.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm a public librarian (disclaimer).  Hopefully some other school media folks can chime in!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm going to duck this one and say "Ask the Imam." Then I'd say "THEN ask him why?" As a consumer of English language translations of sacred texts originally written in Aramaic and Greek, I'm quite aware translations, for study and worship, are often selected based on criteria that have little to do with quality. "That's the version we've always used." "Everyone has that one -- it's more accessible and we had to select something." "It's AUTHORIZED."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm reminded of an early Spanish printing of the Bible that featured original text, Greek translation, Latin Vulgate (the St. Jerome translation), I THINK the Erasmus Latin version of the New Testament and a Spanish translation, all on the same page. It was a magnificent printing achievement, a bookst to scholarship, but it was an incredibly expensive tome, so most of the purchasers were rich subscribers/patrons and seminaries.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Weeding. Double advantage is you'll get a preliminary screen of what should go and what should stay, while the child labor gets some practical experience in reading the bibliographic information. Better, with the older grades, you can have them check and see, online, what  acquisitions are available to replace weeded volumes, check book reviews, etc.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;THEN you can have the volunteered apprentice indentured library servants do poster displays about weeding, acquisitions, processing, shelving, and the catalog system.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't know whether it'd be the Department of Agriculture or the Department of Energy, but you might try US Government websites for some of of this, especially the windmilling. As for making your own ethanol, I imagine the Department of the Treasury's ATF Bureau would rather you didn't. On the other hand, I don't know where, but someone had some WWII-era biomass gassification plans I saw on-line once. Heat the biomass, and then feed combustible gasses into an internal combustion engine.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am surprised at the quality of some government information. Pleasantly surprised. I'd had my socks knocked off when I saw the Centers for Disease Control's diabetes publications (available on line, I think also in inkprint) were better and more simply written, and more consistently illustrated, than the "we're copying this and printing that and have no revision control" stuff the Certified Diabetes Educators next door were handing to their paying clients/paid for customers. I saw that stuff because they knew I'm a a production photocopier sort of person, and they wanted to "sharpen up" some stuff where the "originals" were about third or fourth generation.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Back from the "cool story" and anecdote stuff to Jessica's original question:
&lt;a href="http://windeis.anl.gov/guide/basics/index.cfm" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://windeis.anl.gov/guide/basics/index.cfm&lt;/a&gt; is a basic primer on wind power.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Lots more links are available by going to (note the "wind power" query is built into the link):
&lt;a href="http://search.usa.gov/search?query=wind+power" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://search.usa.gov/search?query=wind+power&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I hope this helps.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;"Trust, but Verify."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;1.If the opening/closing procedure involves "the back door" or service entrance for worker security/privacy concerns, put in a rule that only the first person in or last person leaving should use that door. Everyone else uses the patron entrance for exiting, for scanning purposes.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Putting "security cameras" in library staff and public areas can lead to privacy violation concerns. Legitimate concerns, I might add. Also, there's the issue of staff time use. Even if you have a dedicated "security" staff (either in-house or contracted), their time at work  is probably much better suited to service and prevention in the library (even if they're just walking around or standing by the doors, checking the status of "assistance animals" [a whole new kettle of worms, I've seen folks try to screen out legitimate, trained, working, in harness guide dogs due to an over-reaction from someone's purse pooch], keeping their ears peeled for a medical emergency or any other disturbance).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If someone is trying to expense a bulk purchase of "baby monitors," nip that in the bud before a) you're looking like a bunch of loony tunes, b) the local letters page to the local newspaper goes nuts, c) you have vastly more onerous controls placed upon casual purchases and expenses policies. I learned this one from a flap at a post office a few years ago -- it's rare to see the mail handles' union, the postal clerks' union, AND middle management (up to the level of Station Manager, anyway) united in saying "this is a really bad idea." Your library patrons should have a certain expectation of privacy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Staff culture -- try to get away from a "us staff, them patrons" mindset across the organization. JeanWas has that right.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How much does "shrinkage" cost your library system? This might be mentioned occasionally in staff talks -- if you can find a way to phrase it without inciting mild-mannered librarians to do Starsky &amp;amp; Hutch imitations when the magnet strip detectors at the door go off.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In my K-5 school, there are 4th and 5th graders who work in the library as a part of their community service.  I schedule them during younger students' book selection times so that the older students help the younger ones with their choices.  This benefits both age groups in their knowledge of the Dewey Decimal system and our local collection.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Where is the student-centered learning piece?  How do school chores achieve this goal?  Are parents informed and enthusiastic about this model?  Are there sufficient parent volunteers to replace the paras?  And with HQP, can the school actually do this?  Is the administration familiar with "School Libraries Work" and other research findings?  The library and LMS should be central to this initiative.  It's not just a book warehouse.  Your coaching role is different from everyone else's.  Not to mention your role in developing student literacy and love of reading! You need to be where the books and resources are.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Tell us more...when did this initiative come about, who planned it, who determined your role?  Is this the school mission/vision?  Were all groups involved in the process:  admin, teachers, students, parents, community?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would NEVER recommend Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris for teens. I am 36 and I have a hard time reading through the cussing and sex scenes. Not appropriate!!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi Georgeanne.
Hmmm is right. I wonder why the library was targeted first in this very bold move. If it were my town, I would know that this was due to budget issues being couched in terms of "helping students". But I don't know about your town. Removing you entirely from the library sounds like a terrible idea to me. I lost my clerk a couple of years back. Even before her position was cut we used 5th grade volunteers to work in the library, both with good and not-so-good results. It really depends on the student, just as it depends on the adult. Some folks are good with detail-oriented work like reshelving and covering books, while others are definitely not cut out for this type of thing.  But the key thing is that my clerk, in large part, ran the volunteer program. When she left it was hard for me to manage that along with teaching classes and all the administrative duties. The volunteer program was scaled down because it really takes a big chunk of someone's time to train the students and offer instruction and tasks that make it a meaningful service learning experience. Yikes. I am sorry you are being made the guinea pig in the experiment, and I do wonder what the true seed of this project is. 
I wish you the best and look forward to hearing how this all plays out for your school.
Cynthia&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'll just go ahead and endorse anything by Derek Kirk Kim. He's won awards! Falls more in the "graphic novel" camp, though. On that note, you could also look up some of the graphic novel presentations of Shakespeare, such as "As You Like It" (I think?)
As far as "proper" for high schoolers: Since manga is translated, it tends to have toned-down or no swearing, so I can only imagine you're worried about 1)sex, or 2)violence. Luckily, titles with graphic sex are clearly marked "Mature", or marketed under special labels like "Blu" or "Yaoi" (and generally male/male; male/female books are far rarer).  As far as avoiding violent books, you could do a web search for images for a title you're considering but not sure about, and see how many hits show someone getting hacked to pieces. Resources for determining whether manga is "appropriate" will depend heavily on the local definitions of "appropriate".
I will declare one caveat: The title "GTO" (Great Teacher Onizuka) features bad language, general lewdness, and juvenile delinquents. It would seem to have no redeeming merit, if not for the fact that it's a heartwarming story of a teacher who really cares, who stands up to bullies and jerks. Also, it's hilarious.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Manga students SHOULD be exposed to! Start with "Black Jack"; it's episodic medical drama, and at least as good as watching "House". You could pick up "Lone Wolf and Cub" for an accurate look at feudal Japan (warning for violence and rare nudity; the art's not detailed enough for it to be really racy.) "Twin Spica" is getting rave reviews. A couple of classic titles the students might not have seen elsewhere: "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" and "Battle Angel Alita". "Oishinbo" is good for learning about Japanese food (and Japanese food culture!) Additionally, I must recommend any works by Naoki Urasawa, like "Pluto" or "Monster". You should probably get at least one romance title (try Fruits Basket, or the more realistic Kare Kano) and at least one humor title (I recommend Ouran High School Host Club or Azumanga Daioh). 
In general, if you're looking for titles that will be popular, I'd say go with publishers like Viz and Tokyopop, but if you want something more obscure or new and different, try books from Vertical or Yen Press.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our Junior/Senior high school did this in the 60's, yes I said the 60's never mind about that.  Anyway in that instance you had to have a certain grade point average, the same was true for people who worked in the offices.  Work took place of your study hall so one person per office/library/teaching assistant position. I learned a lot and began my real love of library service right there.  As a matter of fact three people who were "student librarians" during that time have become librarians in real life.  One is district librarian for a moderate sized community, another is a branch librarian in a large college/industrial city and I fill the position of branch head for a small rural library that is part of a county-wide district library.  All three of us reside and work withing a 50 mile radius.  There is a benefit, but I would strongly recommend that you institute some qualifiers for the people doing the work.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Chelsea Quinn Yarbro writes a series set in different time periods referencing the exploits of Count Saint-Germain.  I have had good results recommending these titles to our Twilight readers and they have the advantage of being historically intriguing.  St. Germain is a forerunner of the "good" vampire who takes it upon himself to limit the actions of rogues and malicious members of the tribe.  Another writer who has a character set in New Orleans...somewhat more mature, but if you know your patron you can recommend to some.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Ah, it looks like no one's recommended the &lt;em&gt;Vampire Knight&lt;/em&gt; manga yet! Also features a lovely young girl wooed by two handsome young otherworldly beings.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I prefer Library Goddess! Believe it or not that is what quite a few students call me while giggling under their breath.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would recommend &lt;a href="http://www.noflyingnotights.com/index2.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;No Flying, No Tights&lt;/a&gt; as a review and lists source.  The site is graphic novels in general, but includes manga.  Robin Brenner, I believe the creator of the site and definitely one of the reviewers, also wrote a book &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Manga-Anime-Robin-Brenner/dp/1591583322/ref=sr_1_3?s=gateway&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1285853180&amp;amp;sr=8-3" rel="nofollow"&gt;Understanding Manga and Anime&lt;/a&gt;, which I highly recommend as a great introduction to librarians wanting to know more about manga in general, genres of manga, and collection development tips.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, ask you teens what they're reading! I think all of the manga readers I've talked to have been enthusiastic about sharing their favorites and making suggestions of which series to add to the collection.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Some time in the last several months, a link came through in one of the listservs or newsletters I subscribe to that was a training video for library staff about reference or customer service. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The striking thing about it was that the video was choreographed and had square dance-style calls and music and dancing librarians. I hope someone out there saw this and can direct me to it again.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Has anyone had anyone complain about a Banned Book Display? If so, how do you handle it?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Is it The Land of Lost Things?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The only complaint I have had is "why would anyone ban [that book]?"&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have a number of ninth graders who seem to be readers and they are devouring our small Stephen King collection.  We are going to buy some Dean Koontz but other then the King clan (we own both of Joe Hills books) and Koontz I do not know who writes horror that is acceptable on a teenage level. For example I love The Store by Bentley Little but there is at least one sequence in it that would make me uncomfortable. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So I need to know what horror authors are out there similar to King but good for teens?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;H.P.Lovecraft was an influence on Stephen King, that's how I introduced him to teen and adult King fans.  Also Robert McCammon...especially Usher's passing and Graham Masterton.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;By any chance, is it &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFhmSDIACew" rel="nofollow"&gt;The Roving Librarians&lt;/a&gt;? That's the Youtube link, but I found it through one of my bookmarks for &lt;a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/16/librarians-go-gaga-9-of-t_n_648177.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;funniest librarian movies&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How about the Demonata series by Darren Shan? I confess I have not read them, but the kids devour them. Maybe they are not scary enough?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There's some good horror titles coming out from Vertical Press, like "Parasite Eve".&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Could it be something by Edward Eager? He did lots of books like that. Can't say about the set in Scotland part though.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You might try contacting the acquisitions departments of college libraries and asking whether they'd like to preview your book for inclusion in their collection.  You've got a couple of options here, such as sending your book with an invoice for them to pay if they decide to keep it, or simply sending them a copy to keep.  Check with each library, though, as procedures for acquiring books can vary widely.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It's about a girl who wants to buy a  dollhouse then she hears this strange bell ringing and has a sudden desire to buy a dollhouse.  She uses her rollerskate money and later wants to move the dollhouse out of her room.  However it keeps coming back. the dollhouse keeps making lots of horrible things happen but she cant get rid of it, she tries burning it but it comes back.  It became haunted by another girl who was young a long time ago who owned the dollhouse, she had a horrible nanny who she accidentally killed and ended up haunting her with the dollhouse all through her life.  Please help me find the book&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I cannot remember the name of this book for the life of me, and all of my research efforts have yielded nothing (probably because I have little information to fuel my search). I am wondering if anyone here knows the name of a book from the 90s, wherein a young boy is celebrating Thanksgiving/Autumn with his grandfather and they go looking for walnuts/hickory nuts/some kind of nuts!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This book was read to me in elementary school between 1992 and 1995.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm not familiar with this one myself (though I heartily recommend M. R. James' classic stories about haunted dollhouses, one of which he wrote specifically for inclusion in an actual dollhouse!).  I did some Googling, though, and came up with a candidate:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sweet Miss Honeywell's Revenge&lt;/em&gt; by Kathryn Reiss&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The plot summary sounds very similar to the one you describe.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;thank you soo much! thats exactly what I'm looking for&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I actually had a complaint go to my director last year about the book &lt;em&gt;Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging&lt;/em&gt;.  The patron involved was upset about that title being displayed in the children's area for her child to see.  To be fair, the display was closer to the juvenile area than the YA area.  This year we have moved our display area to the YA side of our library and I have heard no complaints.  It has started alot of conversations though!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Perhaps twelve years ago I picked up some R.L. Stine style short novels written for Christian teens. They were fairly well written for the types of stories they were.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The plots typically revolved around popular teens tackling common issues such as premarital sex, drugs, bullying and the like while demons manipulating things from a control-room tried to steer them the wrong way.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I no longer have these books, but would love to read them again. I had thought Max Lucado had authored these stories, but his publishing group tells me that's not the case.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have a lead I can follow?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Title>Christian Thriller Novels for Teens?</Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Forbidden Doors series by Bill Myers deals with occult issues, not social issues, but falls into the thriller category.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Christie Miller series by Robin Jones Gunn is more social, but less thriller.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Nancy Bond's novel, A String in the Harp, is set in Wales, not Scotland, but it was published in the 1970s, and involves time travel. 
&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/String-Harp-Nancy-Bond/dp/0689804458" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/String-Harp-Nancy-Bond/dp/0689804458&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Most graphic novels also come with ratings, not all that different from the ratings system used for TV and movies. Tokyopop's catalogue even lists what earned a title a particular rating (sex, violence, language, ect.).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I will give one word of warning: In the case of imported graphic novels, such as Japanese manga, keep cultural differences in mind. A lot of titles rated for teens might still have some nudity (usually a topless female, and often as a comedic device).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I LOVE THESE BOOKS!!! Bought them for my nephew when he was a baby twenty some years ago....and saved a few for my own child someday. (who's now 18!!) WOULD love TO FIND THEM FOR MY GREAT NIECE!!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;College libraries, and all other libraries should have collection development policies.  Most of those policies would exclude self published books because they are not reviewed by "reputable review sources."  The way to get your books into college libraries is to have it published and reviewed in the traditional fashion. The Acquisition librarians would then be sure to see it and purchase it if it meets their policies and needs.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I know I pretty much ignore emails from authors that get to my inbox.  Getting it reviewed (someone did on unshelved didn't they?) where the college folks would see it would be best.  However, having worked in a college library, I doubt I would buy the book.  It sounds much more a novelty item than "academic" which as someone else said is often beyond the scope of many college library's policy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If anything, I'd probably try to be contacting college bookstores.  I can see parents buying this for their kids.  (What college kid cleans the kitchen?!)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Old alternate dimension type story. Hero is possibly called Falcon, villagers living in a the side of a hill/cave type settlement near a woods filled with monsters. There are few magic users in the village - store food with stasis spells. They have limited magic ie they cant create water but can use magic to pull the moisture out of the air. The villagers are starving as they cant escape the cave and few potential magic users are killed off when people start eating strange white mushrooms/fungus.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Now this may possibly be another book but there is a great war with an unknown enemy who use "fire clubs" ie guns, while they use energy/lightning based weapons, there is a general/commander who sacrifices himself to try stop the approaching enemy by blasting a dam in front of the enemy an overloading the energy cannon to electrify the resulting tidal wave. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That's bout all that i can remember from the book/books. Any help would be greatly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My manager would like to start a program to give away gift bags to congratulate children upon registering for their first library card.  She is thinking of purchasing backpacks and filling them with incentives like pencils, notebooks, bookmarks, etc. as well as a free book.  She's also hoping that we can have some of these products imprinted with our library's name.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My questions are&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Has anyone done something like this, and do you have any general suggestions about what is useful to include?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Are there specific vendors you would recommend for reliability, affordability, and/or a variety of attractive products (especially library-specific)?  I've looked at Gaylord, Brodart, Demco, Geddes, the ALA store, and the Oriental Trading Company so far.  Also 4Imprint for customizable products.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks very much for your ideas!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Yes, I've been doing that for quite some time.  I use a large zip-loc sandwich bag (the one with the picture of the hoagie on the box).  Small bottles of bubbles or seasonal bubbles (Oriental Trading), a small box of crayons (U. S. Toy or Kipp have some that are neon or glitter crayons/ four to a box), a small toy (usually a wooly ball or whistle) and a book mark with our hours on it and a picture to colour.  Depending on the season we might include an Ellison cutout of a gingerbread man or scarecrow.  It doesn't have to be a big deal just colourful and the kids love the attention.  We don't just do this for a library card we also give them to children when a new family registers the adults and older children.  These are aimed at pre-schoolers.
The mini rubber duckies are especially well received.  If you live near a dollar store, that's a great resource for small toys that usually come packaged in multiples or those collections of small prizes for children's birthday parties you find at the party store (little umbrelas are good in the springtime)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My first thoughts were practical.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Bookmarks.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Calendar -- so the new borrower could keep track of when books were due! (This can be based on the calendar templates in either Word or Publisher, or whatever page layout program you have on hand).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A nice big "Books I Have Read" sheet -- perhaps with a small prize after fifteen items (I don't do library promotions).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A nice big "Words I Learned" list -- so children (and their caregivers) can see the vocabulary progress they're making.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Reusable book bag (you may have to get sponsorship, or work with your regional library system partners, or both, to get the budget for this).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;To Whom It May Concern,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Motorbooks, the world's leading automotive and motorcycle book publisher, just launched a series of books that is perfect for the young reluctant readers in your home this holiday season! I would like to offer you advanced copies of 2 books of your choice from the series called FIRST GEAR in hopes that you will consider telling your readers about them. You will find a listing of all books in the series on the attachment. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;FIRST GEAR is an introductory automotive and motorcycle book series that is perfect for reluctant readers in the 8 – 16 age range... what kid doesn't like to read about cars and motorcycles?? With its small package, affordable price ($19.99), over 230 color photos and “did you know” boxes, the FIRST GEAR series is perfect for kids this holiday season! In fact, FIRST GEAR book Exotic Cars was featured in and endorsed by Boys Life Magazine, the official magazine of the Boy Scouts of America.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I would love to send you two books of your choice from the series for FREE in exchange for your consideration of informing your blog readers about the books and series. If you are interested in getting 2 free books, please provide your mailing address and indicated which of the two books you would like to sample. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thank you for your time and consideration. We look forward to hearing from you.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Salma Bagha
sales1@quaysidepub.com
Marketing and Sales Intern
Quayside Publishing Group&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We automated in February of this year (Finally).  We partnered with a grocery store in our area, who donated "Monster cookies". Any child, under 12, who came in and got their card updated with a barcode, between our first automation date (2/2) and June 1, got a coupon for a free cookie. It went over VERY well.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I love this idea.. might have to bring it up with our children's librarian...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I read this book probably 15 years ago and it was from my school library at the time. I've been trying to remember for a few years. It's a girl and her brother surviving in their house- all adults have perished. The scavage through old stores etc and there are gangs of other children that they need to protect themselves from. If this sounds familiar to anyone...PLEASE let me know!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It sounds like "The Kindling" by Jennifer Armstrong.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Kindling isn't old enough (2002).  I remember reading a similar book when I was younger--probably 20 years ago.  I remember that all the adults die and kids are left to fend for themselves.  They band together in groups, the groups fight sometimes and some kids develop specialties--one I remember a kid gets hurt, I want to say a gunshot wound, and another takes out the bullet and stitches up the wound after studying some medical books.  They got food from deserted warehouses and grocery stores.  I seem to remember it starting with a brother and sister.  Does that sound right?  I haven't been able to find it either.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I haven't read it, but picked it up on the recommendation of someone on this site - I think.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Is it  "The Girl who owned a City"?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My first thought was Lloyd Alexander's Prydain Chronicles too, only this also sounds a bit like the plot to The Iron Ring (by the same author).  Maybe you went through an Alexander phase and combined plots?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Library People:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This week I checked the new Unshelved book reviews in the morning. I saw the local library system had nine copies of &lt;i&gt;The Spies of Mississippi&lt;/i&gt; (not bad, but the system has thirty-seven branches). In the afternoon, I put in for a a copy to be shipped to my local branch for pickup, and found I was first in the hold line (there's someone behind me). Have you noticed spikes in demand for books that are reviewed on Unshelved, similar to the "Slashdot effect," where URLs presented on popular websites or news aggregation websites get a lot more traffic?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Alternately, does anyone use the Unshelved reviews as a resource for patron guidance?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Note 1: I'm now about 10th in line on the hold list for Suzanne Collins' &lt;i&gt;The Mockingjay&lt;/i&gt;. It may be a long wait, although the library does have a lot of copies.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Note 2: When a book has outstanding holds, checkout renewals for the current holder are not allowed locally. Does your library have a similar policy?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You're lucky you are 10th in line for Mockingjay.  We still have over 500 holds on that book, but we have 32 copies.  It used to be we would buy more (5 holds to 1 book) but times are tight.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I mostly read Unshelved Answers to see what is going on in other places, and if I can answer a question, that is a bonus.  You will find that librarians and library staff love to provide information, where ever they are.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I do notice that a book often gets renewed interest when it is featured on the radio (NPR especially) or on TV.  I have not noticed a direct correlation from Unshelved Answers, although the last post did make me look up The Girl Who Owned a City and I was sad to see my library didn't have a copy anymore.  I think it is out of print, but will have to do more searching to find out.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Every library system that I have worked for or belonged to has the policy that if a book has outstanding holds, you are unable to renew it.  Our initial job is to provide access to material, so we try to make sure that everyone waiting in line gets a fair shake at getting the item.  We have 3 week check out time on everything except dvd's though, so that should be enough time to read a book, as long as you don't end up with a lot of holds in at once.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;To be fair Mockingjay was highly anticipated to the point that no arcs were given out and it was written up a few times as the heir to the Harry potter/Twilight mania on a slighlty lower scale.  I cannot disagree with the spy book because I do not know where else it appeared but I think even Bill and Gene would admit that Mockingjay would have done well without them&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You never see the word "ubiquitous" until you know what it means and then you see it everywhere.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There's a certain amount of synchronicity here.  You wouldn't know if there are reserves on an item until you start caring about the item.  Those reserves would be there whether or not you paid attention.  I'm not sure you could "blame" the unshelved reviews for the reserves, unless you could tell that the person(s) placing the reserves are also unshelved readers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And, no, my library doesn't allow renewals on reserved items.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm looking for a source for e-books for library use. I've looked at OverDrive and NetLibrary, but they don't quite do what I'd like. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What I'd really like is something more like a periodical database to which a library pays a yearly fee for relatively unlimited access to books, i.e. the books can be downloaded to a device but then left there indefinitely rather than having them expire. Does such a thing even exist? Are there other good options besides OverDrive and NetLibrary?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks for all suggestions!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Check out Ebook Library (&lt;a href="http://www.eblib.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.eblib.com&lt;/a&gt;) - their ebook model is called “non-linear lending."  You get access to hundreds of thousands of titles, and libraries pay rental fee when the book is checked out (also option to buy if a title is heavily used). You get X number of hours of book use, which can be mixed and matched amongst titles that get used - you pay for the use of your patrons, not an inventory of ebooks.  I'm not sure if thet are indefinite loans, but they pay-per-use has potential.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We're considering an open source ILS and I'm wondering if anyone with experience with this sort of ILS could provide some costs that they have paid out for development of particular features?  For example, if you wanted a particular application designed for your library - what did it cost to get that developed?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My library uses KOHA.  We have two IT people on staff that are heavily involved in making sure things work for us.  I'm afraid I couldn't give you costs, since I don't know their salary.  They do other things as well, so even their salary isn't exactly the cost of operating or developing features for KOHA.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Which pretty much means I don't have an answer for your question.  You might want to ask on the forums for the particular ILS you're interested in.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We haven't done this for children getting library cards, but this past year we provided goody bags for all children entering Kindergarten.  We coordinated this with the schools, distributing the bags at Kindergarten Orientation, which I also attended to speak to parents about the importance of having a library card and regularly using the library.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We used a plastic bookbag, imprinted with the library name and web site, which we purchased from Janway.  The contents of the bag were:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;a pencil (also imprinted with library name and web site, from Oriental Trading) &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;bookmark from Upstart bearing the "Five Finger Rule"&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;library-theme coloring book from Positive Promotions&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;small pack of crayons from S &amp;amp; S Worldwide&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;softcover book (Scholastic has a program called Literacy Partnership through which libraries can purchase books in bulk at a reasonable price for projects in which the books will be given away)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We also included information about the library in general, how to get a library card, calendar of events, etc.  The parents, teachers, and administrators were thrilled!  The teachers were still talking about it last month when I attended back to school night and at least one principal said she hoped we would be able to do it again this year.  We are exploring some grant opportunities and will probably ask the Friends to fund some of this program in the future. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We all know (well, those of us who care) that the common library lending eBook formats (ePub, Adobe, etc) do not "work" on some readers, like the Amazon Kindle.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The reason: incompatible DRM (digital rights management) and format.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Well, it is fairly simple to strip an eBook file of its DRM, which would then allow you to use a conversion software to make the file readable by your digital reader. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Simple, but technically illegal.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;BUT - if a patron is upright and honest, etc, and only plans to strip the DRM to read the book within the allotted check out period, and would never share the file, save it forever and ever, etc, etc... is it still wrong? (Obviously, this is not enforceable which is why DRM exists....)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think it's akin to checking out an audio CD from the library and making a cassette copy for your car for the duration of your library loan. Then when the loan period is up, wiping the cassette and returning the CD.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My husband thinks that it's illegal, so it doesn't matter.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'd love some feedback specifically from the library community. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;As long as this is an academic though exercise, I'd say "no, don't." EBook vendors who load on the digital rights management may have different licensing from the eBook publisher than the member of the general public -- so they may get rights to modify rights and formats, although I doubt that would actually happen.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I DO know the Library of Congress Reading Service for the Blind (the original books on tape people) are more than slightly miffed that they finally had a tough as nails, tactile electronic book speaker/specialty MP3 player with locked  down DRM, as required in the 1996 appropriation where they finally got the funding to replace the cassette tapes, only to be asked by some congresscritter why they just didn't get IPods.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Close your eyes and try to work your iPod. And blind users for taped books require even more control, because some of them use spoken dictionaries.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Bitter? OH yeah. I'm bitter. But if you think you've had format problems with eBooks, I'd like you to meet my pal Oscar. Not only does he read Braille about as fast as I can read text, but he also knows his way around New York Point. Don't worry, there's a good reason why NY Point is a dead format for tactile reading.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There's a better than fair amount of genuinely public domain text material from Project Gutenberg, etc., that may run on e Books. Depending upon licensing agreements, you might try to do test distributions with "free" texts, just to see what works.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What if the patron was fine and upstanding and planned only to speed so he could get to the library before it closed to return the books of his elderly  homebound grandmother before they were overdue? Is it ok the break the law then?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And just out of curiousity do many people still have the ability to make cassettes let alone play them in their cars? I know that my last three cars did not come with cassette players.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Illegal in this case is illegal.  While a judge might make an exception for stealing bread to feed a starving family I am pretty sure that is not the case here.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;While DRM stinks it is here. And do not forget by buying a kindle or nook you also enter a licnesing agreement with that company. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This is a bad idea especially in a library where copyright law is always an issue.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We've been cleaning out our school library's AV collection and have weeded quite a few old VHS tapes.  There are lots of options for donating or recycling old books, but what about old tapes? I don't really want to just throw them in the dumpster.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I should mention that most of these are old and outdated science and history titles, so I doubt they'd be of much interest or use to other schools.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Here is a site that may offer some solutions.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.brighthub.com/environment/green-living/articles/71577.aspx" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.brighthub.com/environment/green-living/articles/71577.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The general mailing lists for either of the two widely used open source library systems - Koha and Evergreen - would probably be a reasonably starting place.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://koha-community.org/support/koha-mailing-lists/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Koha Mailing List&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://evergreen-ils.org/listserv.php" rel="nofollow"&gt;Evergreen General Discussion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You might also want to contact some of the companies providing support for Koha and Evergreen. I'm sure they would be happy to discuss what they offer in terms of custom development and setup services.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://koha-community.org/support/paid-support/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Koha Paid Support&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=faq%3aevergreen_companies" rel="nofollow"&gt;Evergreen Companies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We had a patron come in asking us if we were getting rid of books because she heard somewhere that people wanted to ban them.  I assured her that, no, we weren't banning books and that librarians (for the most part) are very anti-censorship.  Then I pointed out where our banned books display was for her to peruse, which she was very intrigued by.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have been looking for a book for years.  It was my favorite childhood book so it's probably from the 80s or early 90s.  I don't remember much. I do remember that it was hardback with a dark blue cover (my copy didn't have the cover page) and it was landscape in orientation.  The pictures had kind of weird looking people in them and also, a little mouse hidden in every picture, doing something similar to what the people were doing.  I remember a specific picture being of a kid (or kids) in a bathtub and in the corner of the page the little mouse was in a bathtub too.  Any insight would be fantastic.  No bookstores or libraries around my area have it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;At our K-4 elementary school, students are not allowed to take home library books until 4th grade. This policy has been going on for years. It was started because so many books were not being returned and parents would not/could not pay replacement costs. Our students live in a very high poverty area on a reservation. They are testing low in reading and it breaks my heart that they do not have access to books. I am wondering if other schools stop younger students from taking home books because of lack of funds.   &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Check earth911.com   I did a search in Washington, DC, as an example, and got a few places that take VHS tapes. Give your area a try.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;www.earth911.com&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We only have our kindergarten students keep their books at school.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This is so distressing!  Could you get donations, books from garage sales, thrift stores, and have &lt;strong&gt;them&lt;/strong&gt; go home? Could you go on-line and ask for donations through Kijiji or freecycle? Don't even catalogue them, just have them in section that says "Take one home for a week". If it doesn't come back, you don't have any extra work to do. They can still borrow the school library books to stay in the classroom.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But this might also be a chance to change their attitude. If you talk to them about how lucky they are to be able to take some books home, and show them how to take care of them, maybe they can borrow any book in the future. Keep a chart and give a sticker to the kids who remember to return their books. 4 stickers and they get a prize. ( I had rings, balls, and dinosaurs, etc., from the dollar store) I don't know if that kind of incentive would work for your school. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I hope you find a solution!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It sounds like something from Ursula Le Guin's Hainish Cycle, maybe Planet of Exile in particular?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_of_Exile" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_of_Exile&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If that's not it you might follow the rishathra trail and see what you come up with. There have to be some good lists out there of SF stories involving it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishathra" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishathra&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A patron was looking for a series of videos she watched in 7th grade algebra (around 1997) that was set in Euclid, Ohio (maybe?). The opening credits were definitely set to this song: &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vU22ts-Qcw&amp;amp;feature=related" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vU22ts-Qcw&amp;amp;feature=related&lt;/a&gt;. (All she remembered was the line "red right hand," and she was thrilled when I found the video.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Supposedly the characters on the series were supposed to solve some kind of math-related mystery, but she is unsure about that.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Can anyone help us out?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Any chance it was from that public television series "Square One"?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Got it: &lt;a href="http://woub.org/gofigure/mystery.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://woub.org/gofigure/mystery.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A series called "Go Figure," which was actually set in "Engima, Ohio." &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi there, I wonder if anyone will be able to help me identify this book from the very sparse details I have about it?!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to locate a book of fables from around the world I believe, which are not Aesops fables. It's a hardback book and highly illustrated - the only details I have are that the front cover had one main picture on it with smaller blocks of pictures around the edges. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One of the fables was about a man who married a woman who lived in a river or lake, and when she came out of the river she brought a load of animals with her. She warned her husband not to slap her three times, but over the course of time he did, and so she returned to the river. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There was also a really 'dark' picture in the book of a witch surrounded by animals that were dead, with a dead piglet under her arm and a lot of death and devastation all around her in the background. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Another story was about a giant/strong man who was fooled by a man (maybe called Finn?) and his wife - something about lifting a massive stone to get water, turning the house around and eating cakes with metal or something in them. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I know, sparse details, but if anyone knows what this book is I'd be really excited to find it again!!!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Many thanks :-)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The cover of this book, Stories to solve : folktales from around the world, matches your description. Here is the link to the book on WorldCat:
&lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44426601" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44426601&lt;/a&gt;
From there you can access a preview from Google Books&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;to whoever reads this&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;haha, this ones always my favorite&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"to whoever reads this" &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;its makes me giggle. hahahaa(:&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;haha, this ones always my favorite&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"to whoever reads this" &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;its makes me giggle. hahahaa(:&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;haha, this ones always my favorite&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"to whoever reads this" &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;its makes me giggle. hahahaa(:&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Some manga like Yotsuba&amp;amp;! are Plana-Chan and Shinryaku!Ika Musume. These two mangas are available at Mangafox.com.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm looking for books in which the main or major supporting characters tell stories as a way of making plot advancements, such as Scheherazade saving her life by telling stories in Arabian Nights, MCC in A Pack of Lies telling story after story to sell items in the antique store and Gooney Bird Greene telling stories in her second grade classroom.  Adult books, teen books and kids' books are all appreciated!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;When I do a keyword or subject search, many of the items that come up are books about how to do or teach storytelling, which is not what I'm looking for...help?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Could it have been one of the &lt;em&gt;Anatole&lt;/em&gt; books written by Eve Titus?  There is one entitled &lt;em&gt;Anatole and the Toy Shop&lt;/em&gt; which might be a possibility.  Here's the Amazon link: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Anatole-Toyshop-Eve-Titus/dp/0070648859" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/Anatole-Toyshop-Eve-Titus/dp/0070648859&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My town just chose The Hunger Games to be our community One Book next year.  I hadn't read it, so when I just recently read a description of the book, it reminded me a lot of a short story I read long ago, and I'm hoping someone can help me find it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The short story is set in the future, but civilization has progressed to the point where entire countries no long go to war against each other - instead, they each choose 10 (50? 100? some number) of their best soldiers, and then those two small units fight a battle in some kind of arena - whichever side kills all of the soldiers of the other side wins the battle and their country wins the war.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The only other element I remember from the story is each solider has a health monitor, which people inside the battle cannot see but everyone outside the battle can see.  I think early on, one guy gets shot but doesn't die, although the other side thinks he's dead.  As he lays there wounded and resting, the other side wipes out the rest of his team, and then starts celebrating because they think they've won.  However, since the one guy's health monitor still reports him as alive, the battle isn't ended.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That's all I can remember.  I've gone through all the short story books I've kept since college, but can't find it - any help is greatly appreciated.  Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Title>Looking for old short story similar to The Hunger Games</Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Canterbury Tales,
The Bible, 
The Princess Bride, 
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon,
Shadow Spinner&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm sure to think of more later.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Giver in a way is a story about telling stories.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There's a segment of C S Lewis's "The Horse and His Boy" where the girl tell the story of how she met her horse.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Patricia Brigg's character Aralorn from Masques and Wolfsbane is a storyteller.  I feel like this is a convention which is pretty common in the Fantasy genre (although I can't think of any more examples right now).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This search might be more successful on a site like LibraryThing which uses tagging (tagmash storyteller and fiction or storytelling and fiction), it might be a little beyond the scope of subject cataloging.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When you do a search, make sure you use "storytelling-fiction" so you weed out the how-to books. I found a few that looked interesting on our public library site in Edmonton.
You might also try using "books and reading" as a search term.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I don't know if it advances the plot, but one of my favourites is Stephen King's "The Body", from his Different Seasons collection of short stories. It is what the movie Stand by Me was based upon.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What's Your Poo Telling You?
&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Whats-Your-Poo-Telling-You/dp/0811857824/ref=sr_1_9?s=books&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1289252106&amp;amp;sr=1-9" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/Whats-Your-Poo-Telling-You/dp/0811857824/ref=sr_1_9?s=books&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1289252106&amp;amp;sr=1-9&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;1984 by George Orwell was the first dystopia novel I remember reading.  Also Brave New World by Huxley.  Those just come to mind right away, but if I give it some thought can I add to the response?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Sorry I read this too quickly and confused it with another post.  This isn't an answer to your question.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker are two authors that you might want to try.  I haven't read a lot of their work, but the few I've read do sound like your description.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Bitterbynde trilogy by Cecilia Dart-Thornton is set in a world where legends are told frequently among people, and do indeed figure in as part of the plot.  The first book is titled "The Ill-Made Mute".&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Storytelling plays a pretty important role in "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If I think of anything better, I'll edit.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We (Middle School with 425 students)are already starting to plan our summer reading program.  Last year's was very successful, with high participation.  Last summer we challenged our rival school and the losing school had to sing the other's Alma Mater at a football game. The reading participation was wonderful but the pay off was a flop because of miscommunication. 
We want to do something different this year, any ideas?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Take a page out of the mayoral handbook. The losing school has to fly the winning schools flag or banner for a week. The principal has to wear the winnign schools uniform jersey etc etc.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;OK here's a good one.  What do I do when a patron insists on getting Richard Castle's prize winning book In a hail of bullets (part of the Derrick Storm series, no less).  Hey this is part of an elaborate fiction surrounding the work of a TV writer who, because he is a friend of the mayor, works with detectives to solve crimes.  The show is on Monday nights and has spawned Dead Heat and Naked Heat two books we have in the library.  However, on the back flap of Naked Heat the Derrick Storm series is alluded to and I spent a good deal of time trying to track the books down before realizing that the whole thing is part of the fantasy.  Fiction at its finest, we can't convince people that it doesn't exist especially since Wikapedia has an article bearing witness to the reality of these titles. A few years back we began getting books by Jessica Fletcher, but people realized that these were just stories from Murder She Wrote after the show was canceled, the same happened when Alien Nation went off the air and there were story ideas left over, also Charmed spawned a rash of novels, but they have done such a good job of creating Richard Castle I can't convince my patron that the other titles don't and never did exist. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You could always say you don't have the book and it is not in print at this time. If you ever find it in print, you will be sure to order it and if they can find a source for you to let you know. Maybe they will buy this (it is all true) if they won't believe it never existed.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Book of a thousand days by Shannon Hale.
Fifteen-year-old Dashti, sworn to obey her sixteen-year-old mistress, the Lady Saren, shares Saren's years of punishment locked in a tower, then brings her safely to the lands of her true love, where both must hide who they are as they work as kitchen maids. Dashti tells stories to get through the confinement of 7 years with her mistress who is in such distress she can barely function.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Keturah and Lord Death by MArtine Leavitt
When Lord Death comes to claim sixteen-year-old Keturah while she is lost in the King's Forest, she charms him with her story and is granted a twenty-four hour reprieve in which to seek her one true love. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Jack Plant tells tales by Natalei Babbit
Because he is too nice to be a pirate, Jack Plank looks for a new career, but each night he tells tales of why the one job he looked into that day is wrong for him.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Book Thief by Markus Zusak.
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I also looked under the subject headings Storytelling - Fiction and Books and reading - Fiction&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am looking for picture books that may help kids to understand the following concepts associate with WWI. I have an 8th grade social studies teacher looking for picture books that hit these topics. I can think of just a few that might fit:  Bang, Bang Your dead,  Butter Battle Book, but even after doing some web searching, I can't quite come up with the books I think she is looking for.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Militarism:&lt;/strong&gt; Building up forces getting ready for war. When a nation's armed forces dominate a country's national policy. Glorification of military or war itself...... For this I was thinking about kids building themselves up for a fight and they they felt the needed to fight because of that. Not that they were really angry. OR any other connection you might make.
&lt;strong&gt;Alliances:&lt;/strong&gt; Agreements or promises to defend another. (Signed treaties in which each nation involved pledges to defend the other if attacked by an aggressor)
Imperialism: Trying to build up an empire. Domination by one country over the political , economic or cultural life of another country or region.
&lt;strong&gt;Nationalism&lt;/strong&gt;: Loyalty  and devotion to a nation; especially in the sense of prizing one nation above all others and placing primary emphasis of its culture and interests as opposed to those of other nations or groups.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The message or theme of each text would have to be that these are negative things to have be involved in or praise, as they are the things that led to WWI.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Not a picture book, but I keep thinking of &lt;em&gt;The Pushcart War&lt;/em&gt; in this context. Doubt it helps.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Also not quite a picture book, but DC Comics did a Superman land mine safety comic book (think public service announcement) back in the 1990s. It demonstrated, in rather graphic terms, the persisting damage war fighting can do to people and landscapes, but it was never, as far as I know, commercially or freely released in the US. (It came out in English, Serbian, Croatian, and I think two other languages, and the customer was the United States Department of Defense.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Appeal to www.amazon.com as the final authority on availability. Or get documentation of fantasy/hoax status for the series, but say you're going to keep an eye out in case "they" actually decide they'd better create, publish and sell a saleable commodity. Oh, but check Amazon privately before you present that as evidence of absence -- you just never know with literary hoaxes and other fictive constructs.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Can anyone suggest a great source that allows you to search for quotations by the region the person is from? I'm helping someone who wants to turn up interesting quotes from people associated with the Northwest (mainly OR, WA, ID) . Could be literary, historical, scientific, humorous... anything interesting, as long as the person is associated with the Northwest.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Quotes that are Northwestern in nature (even if the speaker is not of the NW) are of secondary interest, also, so a compiled source of these would be handy too.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Inkspell! and what a good read it is...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Would suggesting that the patron get a life be out of line?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The students at the losing school all have to write book reports about one of the books they read.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;These can be used as book suggestion resources for both schools (if you scrub the reviews of personally identifiable information, anyway).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;My suggestion has a misnomer: How can a school be "losing" if it had a successful summer reading program?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Christmas in the trenches&lt;br&gt;
  story by John McCutcheon ; illustrations by Henri Sørensen.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A World War I veteran tells his grandson of his experiences in 1914, when British and German soldiers declared a truce from fighting to celebrate Christmas together. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi everyone! I'm thinking of changing the way my library lends out headphones to students (I'm at an academic library). Currently we hang on to their ID/license while they have our headphones. I was thinking of actually cataloging the headphones and checking them out to users  - do any libraries do this? What are some of the problems, if any, that have come about? Any other approaches?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We do that. We are not an acedemic library but a high school library.  And we have no real problems with it other then the time it takes.  But in general it is a very simple way to do it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Applecake, we tried that in our public library. We were very successful with checking them out at the desk, and it was less trouble for staff and patrons than swapping out ids or library cards. I just entered them into the catalog as a temporary item, put the purchase price as the cost, and made it a one day only check out. When we upgraded our system, however, it did not support the cataloging of temporary items. Due to staff cutbacks, we no longer offer this option.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Trying to remember the title of a 70's children's book about Monsters.It had sections about Frankenstein's Monster,Vampires,Were-wolves,Bigfoot,UFO's,and Zombies;it also included activity pages and a game you could play (for two or more players).It was soft-cover.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There is a picture book in which two animals build bigger and bigger piles of weapons to compete with each other, and eventually the other animals get tired of the buildup, and pour water over everything; it turns to ice, causing a "nuclear freeze". Don't know the name of it, though.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dumb headphone question: How many people using the headphone-using gear (computers, CD/DVD players, etc)  bring their own?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I just realized &lt;i&gt;Stone Soup&lt;/i&gt; is about food rationing and foraging. We don't really talk about it now, but food and other commodities of life were heavily rationed in the combatant countries during WWI, including their civilian populations.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We are a public library, and we sell the 'cheapie' headphones at the computer services desk.  There are days when we sell a lot, other days when we don't sell any at all. This works, and we don't have to worry about them being returned or re-using used headphones. And for a buck and a quarter, the patrons are happy.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;"Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;~ Mason Cooley&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I had a first grade class that returned books with teeth marks, water damage, ripped pages, and sticky covers.  I found a free 10-page coloring book entitled, "Madame Libearian’s Guide To the Care and Handling of Books" and copied it reduced, two-sided, booklet style.  At their next visit to the library, I read it as I showed them the pages, and gave a copy to each student to color after they checked out their books.  They were much more excited to get it than I expected!  Students from other classes and grades came in asking for it later.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.carlscorner.us.com/Bears/CareBks.pdf" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.carlscorner.us.com/Bears/CareBks.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Gross Grub; board games; card games [LOVED Blink]; food-related events; giant color sheets; Wii; science/experiments; music; movies with snacks/drinks...  We had a lot of boys come to our Henna events!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am a new media aide at a K-6 elementary school.  Teachers bring their entire class to the library once a week, and book checkout length is one week, so students are expected to bring their books to return or renew every week.  I set up the computer system we use, Destiny, to automatically email the teachers a list of the titles their students have checked out the day before their library day.  Most teachers have been wonderfully helpful at reminding the students which books they need to bring back the following day, and this helps to "spread the wealth" if they are hearing it from their teacher AND me.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If they forget their books repeatedly, they get to sit down and fill out a form letter during their library visit to take home that says, "Dear Mom and Dad, I was unable to check out a library book today, because I forgot to return my books &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;_&lt;/em&gt;__&lt;em&gt;_&lt;/em&gt;_&lt;/strong&gt;, and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;_&lt;/em&gt;__&lt;em&gt;_&lt;/em&gt;__&lt;em&gt;_&lt;/em&gt;_&lt;/strong&gt;(fill in the titles).  Please help me locate these books and return them tomorrow."  There is a place for student signature and parent signature at the bottom.  I don't keep track of who I give them to, but THEY don't know that, and I get a LOT of books with signed letters back that way!  It gets the parents attention that their child isn't getting to check out books.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm in a public library and we put a record in the catalog and just check them out like books or anything else.  To answer Robert's question, I think it depends.  A lot of people who come in with laptops, small devices, etc. bring their own but not all of them.  I rarely see a patron bring their own headphones for the PAC.  We will loan headphones out to individuals on their laptops and public access computers as long as the headphones do not leave the building.  It works out well and you can get decent but relatively cheap headphones if you look around for them.  I would not sugget buying a pair of these but I wish our library had them:  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://dft.ba/-awesomeheadphones" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://dft.ba/-awesomeheadphones&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am in an academic library and we catalogued (very good, expensive) headphones and had them on 3-hour loan.  This caused problems because there is a limit of 1 three-hour loan item at a time.  We tried securing the headphones to each AV unit but they broke or vanished.  So we basically gave up, bought a few sets of cheap headphones to keep behind the desk and gave them to students when they asked, telling them to bring them back when they had finished.  Effectively this has solved the problem, because now we have no headphones at all!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our library always celebrates National Chemistry Week.  A few years back we had a scout troupe that volunteered to help and the response was amazing.  The boys completely took over.  For one week we had an after school program featuring toys made using chemistry with a basket of science toys going to a raffle winner at the end of the week.  One event featured homemade bouncy balls using Elmer's glue.  We had to send a parent out to buy more glue and completely emptied both the grocery store and drug store of their supplies.  The boys came up with a contest where everybody bounced their ball near measuring wall, apex was marked with postit tags having participant's name.  Prizes from Steve Spangler really made these events pop.  Really good, but no more scouts.  So I have had boys do special demonstrations that go along with themes of Earth Day or our Summer theme. I get a lot of girl volunteers that like to help younger children make gifts for Christmas, Hanukkah, Mother's Day, host Father's coffee and cookie day...but the boys really take over when we go to the park or do science/math related activities.  Best involved seem to be upper elementary/middle school ages, but I've had pre-K helpers.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How can you figure out what books your school library has without going to the library? I need to figure out if my school has certain books, can y'all help me?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It depends on your school.  Many schools do have their catalogs online and you can check from anywhere that has an internet connection.  If they don't, you might want to give them a call.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Some schools with older equipment might have a direct dial in to their catalog. You'll never know until you ask your school's librarians or resource specialists.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;WOW! What alot of great ideas here.  Our library has recently started a once a month cartooning workshop that the boys are really enjoying.  We have a recent high school graduate that is hosting our workshops and we make use of our learning to draw books as well.  The workshops cover both manga and classic style cartooning.  We use paper from our recycle bins and pencils/colored pencils and crayons for the medium so our costs are minimal.  The kids are loving it.  Check with one of your local high schools art classes or clubs for a likely volunteer to help out.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;WOW! What alot of great ideas here.  Our library has recently started a once a month cartooning workshop that the boys are really enjoying.  We have a recent high school graduate that is hosting our workshops and we make use of our learning to draw books as well.  The workshops cover both manga and classic style cartooning.  We use paper from our recycle bins and pencils/colored pencils and crayons for the medium so our costs are minimal.  The kids are loving it.  Check with one of your local high schools art classes or clubs for a likely volunteer to help out.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would like to get my five year old nephew a book for Christmas. Since he loves superheroes, I think a graphic novel would be the best. His favorite heroes are Superman Spider-Man and Batman. Does anyone have any suggestions on what graphic novels with those (or other super heroes) would be appropriate for a five year old?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Are there any books about the Emishi Warriors of ancient Japan,printed in English?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My library has a bunch in the children's room (I know because I just finished processing them).  However, I don't know what age-range they're intended for.  Could you visit your local library and take a look?  DK Readers has a few superhero books with a range of reading levels.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Super hero squad from Marvel has a line of collected trades.
Tiny Titans and Superfriends from DC.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Those three are kid friendly and perfect for that age.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think this should help.
&lt;a href="http://thinkexist.com/quotes/with/keyword/regional/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://thinkexist.com/quotes/with/keyword/regional/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Have you considered editing the Wikipedia article to more clearly explain which novels were published in the real world and which were just part of the show?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You're looking for Battle Royale by Koushun Takami.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Wikipedia article on Emishi lists: 
Aston, W.G. Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from Earliest Times to A.D. 697. London: Kegan Paul, 1924. Originally published in 1896. The standard English translation of the ancient Japanese compilation known as the Shoku Nihongi.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Farris, William Wayne. Heavenly Warriors: The Evolution of Japan's Military: 500–1300. Harvard: Harvard University Press, 1996&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi everyone - while cleaning out the storage room I found new boxes of book pockets. We don't use them and I can't think of any other library that does. Is there a website/organization/other way to donate library-specific supplies to other libraries that could use them? I'd hate to throw them away!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Any private schools in your area?  I'm thinking particularly small parochial.  Or you might try a local church.  Some of them have libraries.  I know my church's library still uses cards and pockets.  Doubt they'll get automated anytime soon, if ever.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Maybe something like &lt;a href="http://www.freecycle.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Freecycle&lt;/a&gt; would work for you?  It's not expressly library related, but someone might have a use for the pockets.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You'd be surprised.  Our library is automated, but we still use the short pockets, to have a place to put the receipt. :)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'll take them ;)  I love using them when I make cards.  Zine makers also use them.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Help - I have a children's book stumper.  The patron says it is a picture book, at least 20-30 years old.  The plot: an older man and woman are going to move because their house is so dilapidated.  But after fixing up their house (presumably to make it saleable), they like the house so much they decide to stay.  The characters are human, not animals.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That's all we have.  The patron has confirmed it is NOT &lt;strong&gt;The Little House&lt;/strong&gt; by Virginia Lee Burton (but she says her recollection is that the illustrations are reminiscent of Burton's), &lt;strong&gt;Peter’s Old House&lt;/strong&gt; by Elsa Beskow, or the story "The Magic Geranium" from &lt;strong&gt;Read Aloud Funny Stories&lt;/strong&gt; by Jane Thayer.  It is also not Hans Christian Andersen's "The Old House".&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(If it helps, I have a sneaky suspicion I'll be embarrassed at the answer - that it's a famous, classic title that "everyone" should know.  I hope I'm wrong for the sake of my dignity.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks for any ideas! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Story went like this as I remember, Three siblings solve mysterys involving hidden doors/ key.. lol been a very long time(over 20 years). They find  clues which would carry them to the next( who would have thought?). A cave was involved in this somewhere. I think there were @ least three books in this series. This helped me learn to love reading, hoping to pass the gift on to my sisters Child.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Is it The Key to the Treasure by Peggy Parish? I looked it up and these are the sequels.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;1  Key to the Treasure
 2  Clues in the Woods
 3  Haunted House
 4  Pirate Island Adventure
 5  Hermit Dan (1977); Mystery of Hermit Dan, The (1981)
 6  Ghosts of Cougar Island, The&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I read and loved the first three titles as a child and that must have been at least 35 years ago.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Peggy Parish also writes Amelia Bedelia&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Please read them with your sister's child, you will be the favourite Uncle!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;"Traction Man is here!" and "Traction Man meets Turbo Dog" by Mini Grey are very funny.  More picture books than graphic novels, but definitely suitable for a 5 year old.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I work for an academic library and we do lend headphones. We created a record for them and placed them in bags with barcodes. They lend for a short period of time and can be renewed. We had some nice headphones, but they broke quickly, so we now replenish our supply with cheap headphones each year.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I remember reading a paperback in the 80s, but can't find it anywhere. Although the story sounds like a medieval fantasy, setting was very much current. Basics of plot:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;1) Bunch of individuals are contacted by one man. He is a wizard/magician, and they are potential heirs to his power.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;2) They all travel to his castle(?) to compete as his successor. Survivor wins.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;3) Slowly unfolds that he is actually using them to supplement his own power, as they are all inferior to him.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;4) Main character actually has a lot of power of his own, which includes shape-changing. He ends up winning.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think the title was one word, like "Magician." Super vague, I know, I just remember really being taken with it when I read it. Then my dad gave away his entire library, and has no idea what I'm talking about with this book.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I cant't remember the name either.  Driving m crazy!  I remember that they formed militias, correct?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Unshelved Readers:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Have you ever had trouble suspending disbelief while reading fiction that got the facts wrong? Have you ever found out that some odd fact that you'd thought was just a plot point is actually grounded in reality?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Case one:  I forget the author,  but my brother says he's given up on one military fiction writer due to his lousy research.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Case two: &lt;em&gt;Girl to the Core&lt;/em&gt; by Stacey Goldblatt has one section at the end where a minor plot point is that on Mt. Laguna, in the Cleveland National Forest, there's no cell phone reception. I've been there on bicycling trips -- the description of trees, the road (twisty" doesn't BEGIN to really describe the driving challenge that is the Sunrise Highway), and the lack of cell phone service (depending on provider) are accurate. Not complete, but accurate.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So, what books got it right, and what drove you nuts, and what got flung with great force across the room?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Title>Fact Checking Fiction?</Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have no problem totally suspending disbelief while reading or watching a movie as long as the internal logic of the material remains.  For example I cannot watch Gladiator because at the beginning the Gauls speak Gaulish I guess while the Romans speak English.  Well the Romans did not speak English either so if the Gauls speak their native tongue the Romans best speak latin or I spend all movie being pissed about the internal logic (even though I know why it is done)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I know I have lots of things like this, but I just took an astrophysics final so my brain is completely fried o.O&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I can think of two, however. One is in the book &lt;em&gt;Stonehenge&lt;/em&gt; by Bernard Cornwell. At one point there happens to be a boat and when talking about it he references a "gunwale," but as the title advertises, this was long before the days when cannon were invented, let alone carried shipboard. It didn't really anger or annoy me. I just had to smile for a minute.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The other one is actually from the movie &lt;em&gt;300&lt;/em&gt;. I suppose it could be in the book, too, but I haven't gotten the chance to read it yet. It always annoys me when Leonidas hears the oracle's prophecy. It always breaks the spell for me because I just start thinking "That's not the way it happened!!!!! &gt;:O" which is silly to say the least given the historical standards of the entire movie, but that in particular always really bothers me.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We had a "build your own book display" with caution tape and men working signs. the display was empty except for a BYOBD blank bookmark and pencils. The teens were encouraged to pick a fave and build the display. It was interesting to see what they liked instead of what we tell them they should like...not a huge response, but it was still fun.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I read a great novel and can't remember title!!!!!(Old age sucks)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It was about a woman who was a prisoner of war for years. Dealt with it by remembering her family. She was released and returned to find husband remarried, children didn't know her and she devlops relationship with her partner who thought she had died.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;trying to find a book about cats, elementary book he is carting cats around in little wagon trying to see them&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Sorry about that, It was BOOK nor Bood.
i think it was a superromance book.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It sounds like &lt;em&gt;One Kitten for Kim&lt;/em&gt;, by Adelaide Holl.  The boy's cat has kittens but his parents won't let him keep all of them.  He puts the kittens in his wagon and goes around the neighborhood trying to give them away but always ends up trading a kitten for another type of animal - goldfish, parrot, etc.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;An English teacher at the Middle School where I work just told me that she's not happy with the way her department deals with Independent Reading (IR): students are known to cheat on those (not really reading), they have to do a project on each book they read, which then teachers have to grade, etc... It is time-consuming and not always reaching its goals.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have offered my services to help with IR; but before I meet with the teachers, I'd love to hear how you collaborate with the English/Language Arts teachers regarding IR and making sure that students do read.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm about to offer a Reading Challenge to my students (grades 6-12) when we come back from Winter break. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Have they worked for you? If yes, how/why did they work? If no, how/why didn't they? What would you change to improve your Reading Challenge program?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Yes, it's Star Ship on Saddle Mountain. He brought his horse with him on the spaceship, and sailed on the rings of the planet. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I bought it recently as a big treat for myself - and apparently a bargain - for $175.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You can get a list of Harlequin SuperRomance books at &lt;a href="http://www.iblist.com/series4336.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.iblist.com/series4336.htm&lt;/a&gt; They're by year, so if you know when it came out you should be able to find it!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am trying to remember the title of a book. I cant remember a whole of the story line, but here is what I remember: A man who is in the service, maybe SEALS, is out on medical leave after being injured in duty. He goes to see his best friend to talk, who is in Army or something but more of a desk job, but he is not at his house on base. His best friend's sister is there though. She had gone to have lunch with her brother but he wasnt home. She senses something is wrong and finally convinces SEAL to come with her to her apartment for lunch or something. She has always had a crush on him, but he always stayed away since she was his best friend's little sister. He also is attracted to her but never approaches her because she is his best friend's sister. He ends up going back with her to her apartment and stays the night. A relationship ends up developing. He is struggling with nightmares from the war he was in. She tries to help him through the nightmares.  I have had suggestions that it might be Taylor's Temptations by Suzanne Brockmann or Michael's Discovery by Sheryll Woods but its not either.  Can you help?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I read these books in Ghana west Africa in 1979 and 80. This little cute creature woke up from his hibernation and had an adventure while his family slept through the winter. Tired of looking for these books. Anyone have an idea? Could be British author or American...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Title>Children's book about some kind of cute creatures who slept in the winter from the 70's</Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We had a reading marathon at the local middle schools.  We challenged them to come to school or our public library on a Saturday and read as many minutes as they could fit in--so the school with the biggest percentage of readers/minutes read won a plaque and a pizza party. We also gave out prizes hourly to keep things lively (just books and a couple of mp3 players that had been donated). It was a lot of fun.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;ChristopherJ. Holcroft's &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Scott Morrow adventure series&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. His books are gripping yarns specifically aimed at boys aged 11-18. Adults love reading them too as the books are a rollicking page turning experience.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The books are &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Only The Brave Dare&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;CANYON&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; both available through Poseidon Books at www.poseidonbooks.com and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;A Rite Of Passage&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; available through Amazon and Borders.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Have a listen to excerpts at www.christopherholcroft.com and read reviews by teenagers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Christopher&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If we're only talking about books, then &lt;em&gt;Twilight&lt;/em&gt; is on my list.  At the point where Edward says something like, "But humans can't smell blood!" I threw the book.  Maybe he meant that humans can't smell small quantities of fresh blood, or not as well as he can, but blood itself does have a smell and believe me, I can smell it!  Be precise, you poncy vampire! :P&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is a tricky one!  I've only helped with IR in the high school, but here's my usual plan:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The students read more enthusiastically if the IR is structured more like a book club.  Small groups of four students all read the same book independently, and get together during certain designated times to discuss their book.  Discussion guidelines are a MUST, and there can be an assignment attached to the discussion, depending on what the teacher needs.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Sharing the experience seems to motivate the students.  Plus, it's easy to tell who hasn't actually read the book just by listening in on their discussion groups.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi folks,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My library started using a Dymo printer for spine labels, before Dymo put the disclaimer on their website that it was for mailing labels only.  The labels fade after 18 months, or one day left in the sun inside a hot car.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The alternative seems to be Zebra thermal transfer printer.  It costs over twice as much and not only require labels, but a printing ribbon as well.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Do folks have any suggestions for other stand alone spine label printers?  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thank you,
Fading away&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Moominland midwinter by Tove Jansson immediately springs to mind - Finnish author.  One of my favourites.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Suddenly our book circulation has dropped drastically.  It is less than half of what it was one month ago.  I know what has caused it to happen but I don't know what to do about it.  One month ago our school puchased a new computerized learning program with rights for all of our students.  Students and teachers all love this program and it seems to be a success for all.  BUT the students are only coming to the library to work on this program, no one wants to, or has time to check out books. 
How do I get them to check out books again?  I already do booktalks, contests, competitions, etc. I need some new ideas.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I can only say that you are trying to swim against the current here.  The program is a novelty, we had a similar experience when Internet access was first available at the library.  We actually had one user irritated that somebody was standing near him looking at a book.  Don't panic, just let some time pass before you let this become a worry.  For now perhaps people waiting to use the new device could be steered toward finding the information in a book.  I'm not sure what the atmosphere is like so it's difficult to really give you any input.  Keep the faith.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm curious, how much gets spent on Summer Reading Programs?  What kinds of budgets do you have to work with?  I have recently been given ALOT more freedom and responsiblity in planning programming, but I really have no idea how much is alot to ask for.&lt;br&gt;
Let's pretend that I have NO hard data for years past, but that I know that I work for a public library in a mid-size city.  Last year we threw togther a very successful program that about 100 kids and 30 teens participated in for around $150.00.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our Friends of the Library pay for the SRP, for the most part.  They give a minimum for $4000.  The library board usually throws in $500 - $1000.  Our consortium also received a Mary Heath Grant, so that will pay for one of the more expensive performers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A few weeks throughout the summer, we usually have volunteers to provide snacks. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So, basically, our general cost is about $6000, including performers, prizes, snacks, decorations, etc.  Our SRP serves about 200 - 300 kids each year.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It depends a lot on what type of activities you do.  We have performers for 7 of the 8 weeks. If you elect not to have programs, just prizes and smaller activities, you can get by with a lot less.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Georgeanne:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Got one! It still doesn't address the big "isms" but it is somewhat applicable to the WWI theme.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Passionella and Other Stories&lt;/em&gt; by Jules Feiffer includes a story, "Munro," about a four year old boy who gets drafted.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We spent about $700-800ish to hire 3 performers. We do a 6 week program and do a daily storytime (would not recommend every weekday, but it's what I inherited so I am going with it) at different areas around our branch's city. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We use the Collaborative Summer Reading Program and it saves us a lot of money. We probably spend about $50 to decorations from them and/or Oriental Trading-type places. I also make some with whatever we have on hand or can get at a dollar store. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Our service area is about 25,000 and we had about 180 kids preschool to 5th grade this summer. We are working on improving our numbers. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I found a few:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why? by Nikolai Popov&lt;/strong&gt;
A frog, peacefully sitting in a meadow, is suddenly attacked by an umbrella-wielding mouse in a confrontation that quickly turns into full-scale war.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The conquerors by David McKee&lt;/strong&gt;
A mighty country with a powerful General and large army conquers all its neighbours one by one. But the last country has no army and offers no resistance and soon the power of peaceful influence conquers the invaders&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tusk tusk by David McKee&lt;/strong&gt;
The white elephants and the black elephants go to war and kill each other off.  Some of each kind were peace-loving and hid, the grey descendants of those nonfighting elephants  emerge, only to eventually find new differences to set them against each other.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The duck in the gun by Joy Cowley, illustrated by Robyn Belton&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;a href="http://walkerbooks.com.au/Books/The-Duck-in-the-Gun-9781921150838" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://walkerbooks.com.au/Books/The-Duck-in-the-Gun-9781921150838&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The seed by Isabel Pin&lt;/strong&gt;
A seed falls onto the boundary between two rival tribes of insects and provokes preparations for war, but a simple solution is growing while they prepare. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;War and peas by Michael Foreman&lt;/strong&gt;
King Lion's appeal to his rich neighbours was treated with disdain and he and his Minister of Food were pursued from the land by the fat king's army. However, the other animals rallied to their assistance and thanks to the birds, and the rain, prosperity returned to the land.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The tin-pot foreign general and the old iron woman&lt;/strong&gt;
Fighting over an innocent little island, the ambitious Tin-Pot Foreign General and the greedy Old Iron Woman end up killing hundreds of brave men in a meaningless war.  (Though this might be a bit dated now as it is about the Falklands War.)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Ah!  I found this page because I'm looking for the name of the same story, I'm sure.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Other elements of the story that I remember:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The nations still enlist fairly large armies, but they are just "tryouts" for the selection of the unit that will represent the nation in the stadium.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The battle is covered like a sports event on TV/radio.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I don't remember if it was specifically the USA vs. USSR, but it had a Cold War feel to it, and the battle was because the nations realized that all-out war would destroy each other.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I read this story in a collection of Sci-Fi stories that was being used as a textbook in my high school science fiction course in 1991.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have been looking for the book "The Grounding of Group 6" for years myself, but couldn't remember the title or anything. . . somehow I found this Q&amp;amp;A and as soon as I saw the title, I knew I had found it. THANK YOU! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am also looking for this story!  I remember that one guy survives and returns home and is recognized as a hero &amp;amp; has some kind of immunity &amp;amp; then rapes (?) the girl next door.  I can't remember the title!!!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Is it by Vonnegut?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I can't think of the name of the book or who it is by, but i do remember a few details from the book.
The soul is in control of the colour and contents of his bedroom, and i think his room is green.
some of the souls work in something that resembles a garbage can
I also remember the cover of the book being white
please can someone help me figure out what this book is I would really like to read it again&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Title>I read a book when i was in high school about a man who dies and his soul goes somewhere that all souls go.</Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I can't think of the name of the book or who it is by, but i do remember a few details from the book.
The soul is in control of the colour and contents of his bedroom, and i think his room is green.
some of the souls work in something that resembles a garbage can
I also remember the cover of the book being white
please can someone help me figure out what this book is I would really like to read it again&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I can't think of the name of the book or who it is by, but i do remember a few details from the book.
The soul is in control of the colour and contents of his bedroom, and i think his room is green.
some of the souls work in something that resembles a garbage can
I also remember the cover of the book being white
please can someone help me figure out what this book is I would really like to read it again&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I believe your looking for The Survivor by Walter F Moudy&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Got the new Masterplots and have the 2nd edition revised on the shelf.  Limited space (isn't that just a given), not sure if I should try to stuff the new next to the old or get rid of the old.  I know there's stuff in one that won't be in the other.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Anyone want to convince me one way or the other?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I read a novel a few years ago and have forgotten the title. It's driving me insane. Hopefully someone here can help me. 
It's most likely by an American or Canadian author. Written with the past 10 years or so. 
It takes place in a coastal village, possibly Nova Scotia or New England. 
There are odd sighting/happenings in the sea. Something supernatural(maybe aliens, I can't remember). The miliary is brought in at some point, if I remember correctly. Whatever is causing the sightings is also causing an illness among the villagers. Some of the story takes place in a hospital. The main characters are a father and child, I think. 
Also, there is a subplot about a haunted house (a woman that someone keeps seeing, possibly a child is involved.) And a housefire. 
Sorry I can't provide any more details. Thanks in advance for your help. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Title>Sci-Fi book about strange ocean happenings, mysterious illness, haunted house.</Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've been thinking about including games (card games, board games, etc... - not video games (not yet at least, for a variety of reasons)) to our catalog. I know most of my middle schoolers, and some of my high schoolers would be interested, and in light of the 'play-based curriculum' coming back in style, I'd like to see if some of you have experience in this.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What rules do you have regarding selecting the games and checking them out? What happens when parts of the games are lost or broken? Did your students/children patrons like having games available? Was it a successful program?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As always, thanks for the help!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;As shelf space is at a premium, I would suggest:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Shelve the 2nd Edition books.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Put 1st Edition in storage. If you have a "storage."&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Question: Are these shelved as circulating, or reference? If you've Masterplots in circulation, see if there's room in reference for the 1st edition. If you normally have these in reference, see if there's space for the first edition in circulation.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Elsa:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;ALWAYS include Monopoly.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Your local game store will not only have recommendations for good board, card, and dice games, but also sources or suggestions for replacement pieces.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Got a secluded, preferably door/wall separated area? You're going to need it. A few years back my local newspaper had a "Police Report" item about the cops busting a noisy Scrabble (tm) game....&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Madeline L'Engle.. A wrinkle in Time&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My mom used to do this ins her school library.  I would recommend games that teach strategicv thinking like backgammon, checkers, chess, etc.  If you do not have a separate area you probably do not want to many games that involve more then two players because of the noise.  Also do not forget some of the japanese games like Go.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I wrote back in August asking about interview skills.  I was hired as an elementary school librarian, then forced to resign because the principal wanted someone with experience. (I was a first-year teacher, no experience with classroom management skills.  I am currently taking courses toward professional certification, including classroom management.)  I am now back to job hunting.  I've had several interviews (one almost was successful, but I wasn't the most qualified candidate).  I am revamping my resume.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My question: What goes into a "Summary of Qualifications?"  Also, is there someone who could critique my resume?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Lets back up one step here. How did the principal force you to resign? Did the union do anything to help you?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;OMG I totally remember that book and have been trying to find it again after 20 years because i don't remember how it ended LOL....anyone have any idea?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This sounds like "The Town That Forgot How to Breath: A Novel" by Kenneth J. Harvery.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Check out the summary on &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Town-That-Forgot-How-Breathe/dp/0312342225" rel="nofollow"&gt;Amazon.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have quite a few board games (along with a Wii system) in my Middle School library.  They do not circulate but they do get a lot of use before and after school.  The games that are most popular are:
Connect 4,
Battleship,
Blokus,
Stratego,
Scrabble,
Chess.
I chose each of these games because of their popularity but also because each one requires strategy and thought to play well. And of course because they are fun.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Im looking for a Romance novel I read years ago. Its a period piece set in England..18th century. It mostly revolves around an heiress who goes to a masked ball sees and falls for a masked stranger, gets seduced in the garden and says "Thank you". I believe they get married later but niether know that they were each others "masked loves"&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Title>It had a purple cover with a woman in white on the cover</Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Did you know that Google's image-search page has an option to select a color? I gave it a try on the keywords "regency romance, masked ball, cover art", limiting the results to primarily-purple images, and among the hits I found A Masked Deception by Mary Balogh; the plot summary sounds like it might be the one you're thinking of. [This is the page that came up from that search: &lt;a href="http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2010/11/11/review-a-masked-deception-by-mary-balogh/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2010/11/11/review-a-masked-deception-by-mary-balogh/&lt;/a&gt; ]&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If that's not it, you might try doing a similar search yourself, to see if you can spot the right cover among the images.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Bookfans:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What's the weirdest "normal" book you can recall reading? For fiction, I'd have to say &lt;i&gt;The Daughter of Time&lt;/i&gt; by Josephine Tey is pretty high up there.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For non-fiction, the off the wall winner simply has to be &lt;i&gt;Curious Punishments of Bygone Days&lt;/i&gt; by Alice Earl Morse, a 1896 work that just staggers me. THIS came from a pen that normally devoted itself to gardening and sundials? It's like Martha Stewart redoing &lt;i&gt;The Gulag Archipelego&lt;/i&gt;. Following that are the sadly out of date, but enormously erudite &lt;i&gt;Oddities&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Enigmas&lt;/i&gt; by Rupert T. Gould, which really need to be read out loud in your best Leonard Nimoy voice to bring out their "Unsolved Mysteries" flavor.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Anyone ever do a display of "weird books?"&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Snarkout Boys and The Avocado of Death comes to mind but in the end that turned out to be pretty typical Pinkwater. Of course pretty typical Pinkwater is plenty weird.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also The Man of Maybe Maybe  Half A Dozen Faces by Ray Vuckevich which concerns a detective who has mulitple personalities and tapdancing addiction.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I read a lot of strange stuff, but I would have to put THE CITY AND THE CITY by China Mievelle as one of the strangest.  I almost didn't finish it, the story was hard to follow at first, but it came to the part where the story was really interesting and I wanted to see how it ended.  Almost reminded me a bit of IT by Stephen King.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Almost sounds like one of Christina Skye's newer books.  She wrote some with SEALs as the hero.  It might not be, but that's what it sounds like to me.  Wish I could remember the title of the one it sounds very similiar to. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've always wondered about this in the many years I've been reading. Book collections of 4 or more are called a series. A collection of 3 is called a trilogy. But I've never heard what a 2 book is called? A set? But then even more so, what is a single book called that has no sequels prequels etc etc. Do you call it a novel? Can a novel be series or only singular?
I feel like I'm asking the secret to life...the answer is 42 by the way.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Title>If a three book series is called a trilogy was is a two book series called? Do you call a single book a novel?</Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The first part of this question has actually already been asked here: &lt;a href="http://answers.unshelved.com/questions/2589/what-do-you-call-a-two-book-series/2590#2590" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://answers.unshelved.com/questions/2589/what-do-you-call-a-two-book-series/2590#2590&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I would say a single book is a novel, yes. :) I usually call them "stand-alones" especially if the author's more famous for their series.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Richard Hill...The Murder of my aunt.  I believe this was alluded to in the Josephine Tey book mentioned because I remember getting it to read after I finished Daughter of time. I can't really say much and not ruin the whole thing, but this is a very short book...one evening's read at the most.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There were 2 species, furries and smoothies(not furries), and an talking snake called fsaaa or something.  The book cover had the picture of a Blue woman, and the book itself seemed to be young adult or adult.  Thanks if you can find the name of this book.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Title>Looking for the title of an adult Sci-fi book about 2 alien races</Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hmmm. The talking-snake element made me think of The Merro Tree by Katie Waitman, but it's not a perfect fit - there are many different species, not just two, and the cover shows the male protagonist (though he is very pretty {grin}). His somewhat-snake-like friend represents yet another species. It's definitely an interesting book, even if it isn't the one you were looking for!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A two book series is referred to as a duology.  I happened to learn that today while looking for the next Terry Brooks title due out in August of 2011.  There it was right there in the description of the book.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;my name is jesslyn and mymom named me after one of the Western Romance novels she read,but she cant remember the title or author of the book. The character also went by jessie &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;As soon as I saw your question I immediately thought of one of my favorite books when I was little.  It is an "I Can Read" book called &lt;em&gt;The Case of the Cat's Meow&lt;/em&gt; by Crosby Bonsall. It is from the sixties so it's pretty old (as am I).  I see you noted &lt;em&gt;One Kitten for Kim&lt;/em&gt; as the correct title but your question sent me on a scavenger hunt to find my old book.  It brought back fine memories of reading this one again and again.
&lt;img src="http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/harperchildrensimages/isbn/large/4/9780060205614.jpg" alt="alt text"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Without a doubt the weirdest book I have ever read was Dennis Franzen's &lt;em&gt;The Corrections&lt;/em&gt;. I know it won the National Book award and some have called it "The Great American Novel" but come on, how many pages were taken up by the discription of a turd climbing up a wall?  It was just too weird for my taste.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs is my weirdest: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Love-Curse-Rumbaughs-Jack-Gantos/dp/0374336903" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/Love-Curse-Rumbaughs-Jack-Gantos/dp/0374336903&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I read a book in '99 that I picked up at a library.  What I remember is the main characters being decendents of Atlantis survivors, they have powers that distinguish them.  I believe they have a balance, good vs. evil and the main girl character is a healer.  Anyone have a clue for me?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It sounds a little like "Nothing Ever Happens on My Block" by Ellen Raskin, but I'm not sure the time frame fits.  Plus the child is bored not mad.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I could only recall haunted by Chuck Palahniuk since it's the only one I've read last year. Still, it's strange enough for a normal book. Loved it.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I read the first two books of Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun, &lt;em&gt;Shadow of the Torturer&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Claw of the Conciliator&lt;/em&gt;. Both were wonderful, but incredibly strange....Actually on second thought that goes for just about every Gene Wolfe book I've read...:)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantis_in_art,_literature_and_popular_culture" rel="nofollow"&gt;Any of these look familiar?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I looked over the name-that-book entries and, while the book I'm looking for wasn't represented, it did give me a good Idea of how to ask my question.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm looking for a Fantasy book.  Main Character is male.  Book begins with the story of the main character saving two kids who jump off a building by catching them in magic sky ribbons. He gains enough notoriety to become uncomfortable and moves on.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Main part of story takes place in a town with very few outsiders, a woman is coming home and stops in a bar (car trouble?) Male lead feels compelled to help, though he is warned off by friends.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Woman is part of old, magical family.  They end up getting "married" almost immediately.  Male has a talent for hearing "under" voices - pretty much what the sub-conscious is saying.  During family event Male is "possessed" (in a nice way) by a powerful ancestor spirit, Peregrine. Peregrine, Male and Female proceed to shake up family and get it set back on a healthier path.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A notable plot point is when Male traps Woman's mean brother in a spell that makes him a little girl until he repents (which does eventually happen.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I could go on, but this should be enough, or so I hope.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I can't recall the Author or Title, But the plot - that I can nearly recite.  Please help me find this book.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Kate&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've read this book, but don't know the title or author.  I can tell you a bit more on the plot, however.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Every time someone comes to look at the house, they say "it's perfect, except &lt;em&gt;_&lt;/em&gt;_."  The homeowners fix that aspect of their house.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think it might be this one:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Thread That Binds the Bones&lt;/em&gt; by Nina Kiriki Hoffman. I found it by Googling "fantasy novel, magic ribbons, spirit ancestor, peregrine", and got a hit on Goodreads that mentioned the "flying the kids off the roof" rescue, so it sounds like the right book.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What do you think of librarians with tattoos? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I've been wanting to get a small tattoo of an open book on the inside of my wrist or on my lower calf. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So, would y'all hire a librarian with a visible tattoo? Some people I've talked to say they don't think a tattooed librarian would get hired. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any thoughts? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The story is told from the perspective of the prosecuting attorney. The case is about a  man being tried for killing a woman while she was in the riding her bike. The beginning of the book sets the stage making you think that she fell and that is how she died but the lawyer finds other evidence that makes you think that the man really did kill the woman. During the course of the book, the lawyer rides the path of the victim and almost falls himself much in the same manner that the beginning of the book described the woman falling. I believe in the end they find the man gulity. Read it in high school and I think it was old then. Anybody have any ideas?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I got my tattoo several months after I started my current job at a school library. The tattoo is of a blue star just behind my right ear, and since my hair is super-super short, the tat is clearly visible. My library director and school principle never said anything to me about it and that was nearly a year ago, so I guess it's no big deal here. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To be honest though, I waited until I had a full-time position and checked the policy and finding nothing about tattoos, I figured it was safe to go ahead and get the ink.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We use a Dymo too. But we put UV protection stickers over the labels as well. Not sure how they'll turn out in the long run though.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I hate to be a wet blanket at the tattoo party, but once upon a time I was shocked to learn the department manager (not the HR team) was evaluating job applicants in part based on the stamps they used when they mailed in their resumes. She had a bias against large commemorative and special stamps. She preferred, and preferentially called for interviews, those who used small definitive issues.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I was very happy I'd been hired before she started working there -- I've a preference for large, pretty-looking stamps.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi Jen, &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It would be interesting to see how that turns out.  A thermal printer like Dymo, even publishes on it's website now that the labels will fade over 18 months.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;After fighting it for two years my library finally purchased a Zebra thermal transfer printer, i.e. it uses a ribbon not just heat to burn into the label.  My new issue is with getting the extra program vgerspin to print directly to the printer. This software pulls spine labels out of our Voyager system by scanning the item's barcode.  Thus no errors for having to retype a label.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Trying to get it up and running.  When we bought the Dymo nearly 5 years ago the library made a project of replacing old labels.  All of them have now faded.  We're looking at replacing all of those and everything the library has processed since.  We've got a small book collection but the library is still looking at seven to nine thousand labels to redo.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Good Luck,
John&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We use a Dymo printer, and had the exact same fading problem.  We thought it was due to putting a barcode protector over top the label.  We switched to using regular 3M book tape, instead of a barcode protector, and the fading stopped.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I use Avery mailing labels, printed on my computer printer, and cover them with clear label protectors from Highsmith.com.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;the ghost was the dead twin of the living boy and the ghost took over the other one's body! I don't remember the title but that's what happened in the end. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;While I realize I'm coming late to this party, I have a manga suggestion.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Fruits Basket.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This is a series about a powerful family, 14 members of which are cursed according to the story of the Zodiac, and the girl who stumbles into their midst.  It is appropriate for younglings, has the supernatural twist, deals a great deal with relationship intricacies, has a lot of silly, yet, there is an element of darkness around the curse which keeps the whole thing from being Shoompy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This series is written in the Shoju style - for girls (female character surrounded by males interested in her company) but I have know many males who have enjoyed the series as well.  If you need an additional hook, the manga was animated into a anime of the same name that covers the beginnings of the story - However, if they want to find out what happens next, they will have to pursue it in print...&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I agree that no one should have to put up with the "creepy" peekies.  Your library should have a definitive policy on how to handle this very uncomfortable and possibly dangerous situation.  I will not hesitate to call local law enforcement as I am not a therapist and cannot possibly know for sure whether or not someone could become dangerous.  I go by instincts...if it feels wrong, weird, whatever, do not take a chance.  As far as the ranting, raving loonies, just listen as if that person is the most important thing in the world (eventhough you really just want to smack them!) Often, they just want to be heard.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hypothetically, if your resume/CV and interview prove that you are the best fit for the librarian position and the institution in question decides not to hire based on any aspect of physical appearance I would question the integrity of said library.  I would also wonder what other "unsaid" regulations would affect your career in the months/years to come.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The role of libraries is constantly changing in our society and if library staff are not willing to change and be accepting of cultural and personal differences (i.e. tattoos, piercings, dressing preferences, etc.) then I don't think I would want to work for them.  Also, I would think that if they have that big of a problem with tattoos perhaps they would treat there user base differently based on physical appearance (which is not OK).  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, if you just want a job no matter what their physical preferences are for employees I would recommend getting a tattoo in an area that could be easily covered up.  Or, like an above post sated, wait until you have a full time job.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think it was Ani DiFranco who said something along the lines of "realize a tattoo is only as permanent as you are."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Cheers.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;As a hiring supervisor, i can't imagine not hiring someone for a tattoo unless it was so utterly distracting that it made normal conversation difficult (e.g. large facial tats).  I live and work in a city known for its 'weirdness,' so body art is a normal fact of life for Austin residents.  Professionalism, attitudes and competence are what really matter, in my book (old pun, sorry).  I felt sorry for myself 25 years ago when i was told not to wear jeans to work on office-only days.  The Assistant Head of Reference gave me some perspective.  She said that when she was a beginning librarian in Austin, she was sent home to change one day when she came to work wearing - gasp!- a short-sleeved blouse.    Back to the tattoos.  if the design and art are fabulous, flaunt it.  if it comes in second-best, laser removal is your friend.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Librarians:
I was writing to a young relative, and advised him/her that to get an idea of why I thought Edgar Allan Poe was a great writer, get a copy of the poem "The Bells," and read it. Then read it again out loud.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Does your library have special rooms, special events, or a separated paneled off area for reciting poetry or dramas out loud?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have done poetry slams and Shakespeare days. Both are read alounds.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our public library has small study rooms and  several sizes of meeting room.  Depending on what else is scheduled, we could probably find a space which would work for a one-person reading, although none of our rooms was specifically designed for that purpose. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I wouldn't object to a discreet tattoo, my whole family advocates the art form.  However, I do draw the line at piercings.  There are times when I find it difficult to keep eye contact with a pierced patron, I don't want to have to sit across from a pin cushion when I am trying to work.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;At least once a day I have a student (middle school) who wants a "really good" love story.  I have a terrible time reccomending any.  Most love stories are written for an older audience or just go into too much detail. Does anyone have any reccomendations? My usual go to is any of Laurlene Mcdaniel or Sharon Draper books but most are not really love stories.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I really enjoy the fairy tales re-written in novel form. Beauty by Robin McKinley, Shannon Hale's Goose Girl, and pretty much anything by Gail Carson Levine. They have romance and plot and some good lessons. What does your student mean by "really good"? Has she an example of something she's enjoyed in the past? Many of my patrons want urban fiction or street lit, and there are some good middle school choices for that genre, too. How about a good list of lists:
&lt;a href="http://librarybooklists.org/fiction/ya/yageneral.htm#yarom" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://librarybooklists.org/fiction/ya/yageneral.htm#yarom&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think it depends on the library system and the values of the community.  That being said, as more and more "progressive" applicants enter the workforce, mores will likely change along with them.  I am a librarian at a small, rural school--not a place where tattoos are commonplace--and we've had teachers with tattoos.  If you present yourself as a highly-qualified professional, even conservative managers might be willing to look past elements of your appearance they find less than desirable.  As long as it is tasteful, I think you'd be able to find a job in most areas. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A Summary of Qualifications lists 3-5 items that most accurately display your work experience or qualifications....kind of a preview of the rest of your resume or a chance to highlight your most important attributes.  You can Google "summary of qualifications" to find tips and examples for writing one.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am a school librarian, and my 6th graders are often hunting for those budding romance stories.  Here are a few I they enjoy from my collection:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Shug&lt;/em&gt; by Jenny Han&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Summer Sherman Loved Me&lt;/em&gt; by Jane St. Anthony&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell in Love&lt;/em&gt; by Lauren Tarshis&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Rules&lt;/em&gt; by Cynthia Lord&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Stargirl&lt;/em&gt; by Jerry Spinelli&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Thirteen&lt;/em&gt; by Lauren Myracle &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Flipped&lt;/em&gt; by Wendelin Van Draanen&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I love your Dr. Who Library! If you have middle grade, they can read the books based on the series too. Where &amp;amp; what is the name of your library? I'm an interim librarian finishing my degree at TNU in Nashville, TN. Wish I could visit your world!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It would help to know other titles - and genres - that they may have enjoyed, not to mention their preferred reading level. Offhand I'd recommend some of Georgette Heyer's Regency novels; they're romances with some action and a lot of great dialogue, not to mention all the outfits {grin}. My favorite is &lt;em&gt;Cotillion&lt;/em&gt;, which not only has several different couples but (for once) does not suggest that the right woman can reform a rake!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Science fiction: James Schmitz' book &lt;em&gt;The Witches of Karres&lt;/em&gt; is a science fiction novel with a romantic-comedy subtext. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Fantasy: Peter Beagle's &lt;em&gt;The Last Unicorn&lt;/em&gt; is a fantasy novel with a (rather sad) romance. Patricia McKillip's &lt;em&gt;Forgotten Beasts of Eld&lt;/em&gt; isn't primarily a romance but does include some as significant subplots. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Humor: several of Terry Pratchett's Discworld books feature romantic subplots, though they're generally played for comedy. The "Tiffany Aching" books might be a good starting point. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'd also strongly recommend Steve Kluger's &lt;em&gt;My Most Excellent Year&lt;/em&gt;, told in the form of journals and emails by three main characters and their families and friends - very funny, and with several romances deftly handled.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Why not the princess diaries or angus thongs etc etc.?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I've been looking for this book for quite sometime
and if anyone is of assistance it would be much appreciated, all
I can remember of it is parts; a bunch of teenagers are camping in the woods and one
Of them is pushed or jumps off of a cliff, then the rest of the book is a trial
of who did it?! It's all I remember but it was very good that I can recall, please 
if you can help send me a message THANK YOU!!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Christoper Pike's Falling Into Darkness sounds like a likely candidate:
&lt;a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21012793" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21012793&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here is a link to a blog with a synopsis that includes the scenerio you seek:
&lt;a href="http://yarevisited.blogspot.com/2009/11/fall-into-darkness-christopher-pike.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://yarevisited.blogspot.com/2009/11/fall-into-darkness-christopher-pike.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'd recommend "Owl In Love". The trouble is, most books for the 11-13 age group don't deal primarily with romance, because the audience isn't interested in it yet!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There's plenty of romance manga that I think would be perfect; most shojo titles have at least some romance in them. Just look for books that have girls on the cover who aren't holding weapons. I can recommend Fruits Basket and Kare Kano, although they're both kind of long (~20 volumes). Hey, relationships take time to develop! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The story starts out with the king dying and the brother and sister (prince and princess) have to make peace within the kingdom. I believe that there is magic in the book, and I know the prince (named Bran) always says, "Curse it." or "Burn it."
What is the title of this book?
I think the cover is the main female character. She has reddish hair and a black eye...
And if I'm not mistaken, I believe that Bran got hit with an arrow and almost dies because he says, "Burn it. I'm as weak as a newborn kitten."
I really need to find this book! (also, if I'm not mistaken again, the girl's name is Mel)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Noisy parents can be a real problem during storytime.  One of the techniques that have worked for me  is a basic role-play in which I am the teacher and they are chatty students.  Sounds dumb, but it works a lot of the time.  I use  exxagerated hand motions.  First the "shhhh" followed with a finger shakey-shakey.  or a "tsk tsk tsk" sound.  Do it with a big smile like you find their behavior to be silly and endearing.  Do it like you are sharing a private joke with them.  Most mothers will fall into the role with sheepish grins.  They are not embarressed, but know they must behave themselves.  If this cutesy approach falls flat, just move into the obvious stare and waiting for them to notice they are being disruptive.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I post the very basic rules for storytime and include no whispering or chatting.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I drop my voice, and ask if everyone can hear me.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I remind everyone that I can't read the story until it is quiet.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And I agree that Grandmas are the worst.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What do you do about those mommies who are trying so hard to be "good" parents, and want their child to get the "most" out of every book during storytime?  The ones who paraphrase each page you read, either as you are reading the page, or a split second afterwards.  Sometimes they use an audible voice, but the whisperers are just as disruptive.  Their child is listening to them, and other children are listening to them, and they can be really distracting to the storyteller.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The usual techniques for chatty parents don't work, because these parents feel as if their behavior is not only acceptable, but an exampple of excellent parenting. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And, in the same vein, you have parents who want to "share the limelight" with you.  You are telling a story and a dog shows up for a brief moment on one or two pages.  You don't want to stop the flow of the story for a lengthy discussion about dogs.  You are trying to help the children follow the plot of the story.   TYour self-appointed sidekick will insert comments like, "So, who knows what a doggie says?"  and "What color is the doggie?". they've highjacked the story and they have all the children barking and talking about their pets.   &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have a tattoo on each forearm which are clearly visible.  I head a department and no one has said anything about them being problematic.  I also have coworkers with more tattoos than me.  Patrons, if they comment on my tattoos, always have nice things to say about them, not the other way around.  I would only consider a person's qualifications and personality when hiring them, nothing superficial, like appearance (including tattoos).&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Ditto to what Mara said.  I've had a few patrons ask if there's a good place for them to recite poetry or drama and if the room is available, I'll set them up in there.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Don't allow parents in storytime.  How old are the children? Certainly any child three and over does not need a parent with them in storytime.  When I did story time, only the children were allowed, many parents stood right behind the curtain and listened in but never disrupted the flow.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This was NOT my idea but I borrowed it from another library--- Young and Restless.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A "naughty" little boy found a just right book.  As I walked by he said "I love this book!"  A minute later he told me "This book is perfect for me!" Made my day.  the light in his eyes erased all earlier "naughtyness"&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm with Ex-libris here. If you have difficulty with parents clinging to children, say that in part library story time is practice for school, field trips, and even "Children's Church" (or however the parish. congregation, mosque, temple, worship center, denomination, deacons, wardens, etc. of your choice or lack thereof phrase it), where the little ones will have to all share one or two adults. That's why the children should all sit together facing the storyteller, not be seated with parents as spacers (and obstacles if you've more than one row of listening children). &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Some of the "young woman coming of age" graphic novels, while not mainly romances, have a romance element. And I have a solid illustrated romance suggestion, too.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Emiko Superstar&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;The Plain Janes&lt;/i&gt; come to mind. I forget the authors, but I'd recently recommended them to my nieces. Mark Crilley's &lt;i&gt;Miki Falls&lt;/i&gt; four book series has enough unseen/supernatural stuff going on with a solid "doomed love" romance story to hold onto the middle school people who'd gotten interested in via Stephanie Meyers' work. All of these have contemporary, or roughly contemporary, settings. Difficulty: The &lt;i&gt;Miki Falls&lt;/i&gt; story is set in Japan. Note: If the kids involved are reading, even with difficulty, the &lt;i&gt;Twilight&lt;/i&gt; books, maybe they're ready for some of the thinner works by Sarah Dessen.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It's been years and years, so I have no title suggestions, but some of the historical romances and Arthurian romances I used to devour in my own teen years were pretty approachable for ambitious younger readers. Hey, in middle school "they" had us reading &lt;i&gt;The Lady of the Lake&lt;/i&gt; by Sir Walter Scott! What WERE they thinking? This paragraph does not meet Ex-libris' client desires for contemporary settings, alas.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My own middle school age leisure reading was action/adventure/science fiction/fantasy/mystery stuff. Someone who slammed through fourteen "Tom Swifts" in eleven days is, I admit, a bit out of his league with middle school romance selections. The Sherlock Holmes novel &lt;i&gt;The Valley of Fear&lt;/i&gt; has a big romance in the middle of the incredibly violent class struggle tale framed by the actual Sherlock Holmes portion (which itself features perhaps the grisliest murder in the entire Holmes series). It is some of Doyle's most complex plotting, and it's from a Victorian guy's perspective, and at this date it's a period piece. In &lt;i&gt;The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes&lt;/i&gt; the disappearing bride story "The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor" is a little bit more female-centric, and has a huge romance element in the "reveal" at the end. Again, it is now a period piece. I'm not suggesting it for a romance/mystery bait and switch, but rather as a hold-over until a book that's out and better meets a reader's specifications returns from circulation.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As for the disjunction between literature type availability and client demand at certain age/readership levels, that may be more a disjunction between editorial and parental world view and what the kids really want than anything else. The editors, agents, and authors may even know that middle school readers want real, age-appropriate romances, but that parents don't think their children are yet ready for any romance.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Avoid all these issues and just get a Nook or Sony eReader.  Problem instantly solved.  And in a few years when Amazon loses enough market share because of this issue, this legal/illegal debate will cease.  Isn't competition great?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I received a somewhat large donation of DVDs, with ratings ranging from PG to R. All movies are great, could relate to our curriculum and/or students' interests. However, I have a question about appropriateness: my school is both middle- and high-school. I want to include the R-rated movies in our collection, but they are not appropriate to our younger students. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Should I restrict their access to older students? Is that ethically acceptable? Should I create a permission slip for students to have their parents/legal guardians sign before they can check out R-rated movies? Do you have other solutions?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I found the book! Thanks to @moberley, I found out how to answer my own question! It's called Crown Duel by Sherwood Smith! It's the best book I've ever read! It's the reason I wanted to become an author!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Do you already have a grade or age restriction policy in place for printed materials?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;What do an HC abreviattion means when it is placed after an ISBN?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Best guess, Hard Cover.  The different forms of the book have their own ISBNs, so paperback would be different.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;EDIT:  Where'd you see the abbreviation?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to remember the title of a book that I read about 7 years ago. I remember that Mina (the main character I think) has amber eyes and very much parallels Jesus' story. I want to say that she is the follower of an evil god who had been trapped or weakened or something, because the people are appalled that she was helping this particular god...It may or may not be a part of the series, but I would love to know the name of this book!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Found it! It is from the Dragonlance: War of Souls-- Dragons of a Fallen Sun&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Help! I'm trying to find this book in which a boy travels to another dimension in which there is this small (tiny) talking snake called "Me." There are strange black horses with red eyes and red streaks in their manes and tails. I believe that the boy has to save a princess from someone, but I honestly can't remember...Please help me!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;When I was in middle school, I LOVED the love stories by Paula Danziger, specifically &lt;em&gt;This Place Has No Atmosphere&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Remember me to Harold Square&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I also would recommend the &lt;em&gt;Alice series&lt;/em&gt; by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Sounds like "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.  But it has been a while since I have read it so I cannot be certain.  Hope this helps.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Go with the permission slip. Ethically it should not be an issue as you are following the protocol of the movie itself. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;My stepbrother had this book in the late 60's. early 70's.  The opening lines are "In a six-sided house, by an elm shaded lake, lived Mr. and Mrs. Barthlomew Blake."  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It described mice being everywhere in the house, dancing, partying, etc.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The book ended with the Husband saying "A mouse in the House?  Ridculous!"&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It was illustrated, pen and ink with a color wash.  I'd love to find it!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;just got the memo from OCLC and Lyrasis, that beginning in July 2011 OCLC will be doing its own billing.  Obviously one big advantage of OCLC cataloging, til now, has been the ability to bill through a "regional" network like Solinet, Palinet, Amigos, etc.  We are a very small academic library, and I'm starting to wonder if OCLC is significantly more expensive for cataloging, and if so, is it worth the premium.  Has anyone recently moved from OCLC to another MARC-record provider?  Would you do it again?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hey guys, I need to keep a steady stream of programming going for my new position as reference and adult services librarian.  So, I was wondering what adult programs have been successful for you in the past.  I am scheduling program after program, however, I'm afraid that I am going to start running out of ideas.  Any help would be much appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks,
Ron&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;interactive programs like a "what have you read" board where patrons (or you) can post brief reviews of books or movies.  And call numbers.  ;-)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Showing an afternoon movie a month is easy for us, but we don't get a big turnout.  Author visits are more work, but get a better response.  One nearby library has live music--chamber music or folk--monthly on a Friday afternoon and gets a good turnout.  The secret? They ALWAYS serve cookies and coffee, and they are within walking distance of a large senior apartment complex.   Another attendance booster is partnerships.  We'll co-sponsor with the local historical society, for instance, since their Victorian house is not suitable for large programs. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In order to run a Williams report, we need to have the textbooks assigned to specific courses.  I know how to add them to each class, but is there a quicker way to assign them to a course so all teachers who teach the same course will have that textbook assigned to it too?  This is specifically for Follet's Destiny program.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We belong to a small school board and the librarians are looking for a new web-based system. We have had a demo for L4U. Any other suggestions or warnings? We use Macs in all our schools.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We use follett destiny and absolutely love it in Great Neck&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Concerts. Either local or area musicians. When I first started my position, I was approached by a local blues organization about sponsoring blues concerts. It was one of the BEST things I did. We chose February (Black History Month) and did a concert a week in February that we called "Blues Under the Blue Roof". We've had huge turn out for the last five years. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, as we started having concerts, touring musicians of all types (classical and folk guitar, etc) began contacting me about doing a concert at the library. It was cool. :-)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Good luck with your programs.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In the past we've held breakfast/craft sessions based on recipes taken from culinary mysteries and crafts taken from authors such as Erlene Fowler...that time we each made an 8inch quilt square.  Recently, we held knit/crochet afternoons on Wednesdays to make baby hats, which were sent to Caps for Good.  Cookies and drinks being provided were also available to patrons visiting at that time, so we have a few gentlemen making sure to use the computers on Wednesday afternoon.  The Caps for Good project only went through February 28th, so we've moved on to making squares for Warm up America.  Both these organizations have active websites to help your programing. We've been lucky enough to have yarn donations coming in.
Good luck and have fun.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We've only just begun Adult Programming again - monthly Night at the Library events.
This month's program (which is tonight, actually) is Irish Traditional Music.
Food and door prizes are always a crowd pleaser. :)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For February, we had a local resident speak (in costume!), about the first free black settlers in our area, specifically one of his ancestors.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We had a book signing in January, a local author who is also involved in the Arts Council - several Arts Council members dressed up (The book's setting was turn-of-the-century London), and we hosted an authentic British tea.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We had Phillip Gulley last year, also.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We had a Genealogy for Beginners workshop (presented by members of our local Historical Society).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Bird Identification - local bird watching / outdoor store owner.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Next month's is on Floor Plans and Color: How to Upgrade Your Home Without Breaking the Bank, a local designer (who just did some work in our community room) is presenting that one.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;All that to say - look around your community, and see what's available.  People LOVE to help the library - even those who don't necessarily use it. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our small, special library of about 3,000 items has never been bar coded. I am looking into doing this, but it all seems more technical than I understand. We use ReQuest Manager for our software, although we are looking at moving to Evergreen later this year. What method do you recommend for starting a bar code system? Should we print our own bar codes or order them? Do they have to be special bar codes that match our software? If we switch to a new system, will the bar codes transfer? Could we just use ISBN purchase bar codes instead of replacing them with our own? Any help is appreciated!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Can't answer all your questions, but I will say that if you have duplicate items, you're not going to be able to go with the ISBN, since each item needs its own barcode in the system.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We do print our own barcodes.  You have some control over how it looks, so that's a plus, but the labels we print on are not as sturdy as some purchased barcodes I've seen.  That means if they're exposed, they need to be covered.  Inside the books, they generally hold up without protection (tape).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think you can program your scanner to read differently, if a new system requires a different set of numbers to be read.  We have used a number of different looking barcodes here over the years, but all keep the 8-digit identifiers in the computer.  Just sometimes you had to ignore the first four and the last digit when you were looking at it.  The computer reads it correctly, however, because it's programmed to do so.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Something else you might want to consider is WHERE you're putting the barcodes.  If they're really "special" books, you might not want them outside.  Outside is certainly faster to scan, however.  Perhaps others can opine on this, as well.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am looking for the title of a children's book I used to get from the library in the 80's.  As I recall the pictures are black and white photographs and the book itself was quite large.  The story is about a doll who gets left outside over the winter.  She is found in the spring and they take her to a doll hospital. Does anybody knows this book?  I've tried going back to the library and asking the children's librarian who had no idea so the book must not be there anymore.  Thanks! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The Loney Doll was a series, I beleive. Perhaps something by the same author or publisher?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Actually, I think you're talking about "Escape from Exile" by Robert Levy. :) Hira is the red-eyed horse and the snake is Me.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Please keep your bar code placement consistent -- I am sick of the self serve terminals at my local library advising people the bar code is on the outside rear cover when the people ahead of me have books with the earlier placement defaults of inside front cover, inside rear cover, and TITLE PAGE (!). It slows things down, which should not be an objective of bar coding.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm looking for some good library games to play with 4th and 5th grade students...especially ones that don't get the kids all hyped up. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Library games? Like "Find a book by someone with the same first or last name as you" kind of thing? Or did you mean more like board/card games you can play quietly?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I would prefer some type of board or "low activity" type of library skill building games. The scavenger hunt type of game is great fun for them, but it gets them so wound up that it's hard to settle them back down to appropriate library behavior.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hello!
I have a real stumper. We have a patron who is searching for a book which she read in the 1950-1960's about a cantakerous old man who hates kids and ends up renting a room to a music teacher. The music teacher teaches music to children in the room and the man is one unhappy camper. The patron says that the illustrations were large which makes me think that it was a picture book.
Thanks for any help that you can give!
Lisa&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Dear Debbie: Given you'd like "library appropriate behavior," there goes my idea of Dewey Decimal System Bingo. As far as board games go, I'd think checkers, chess, dominoes, maybe Connect Four. I'd also suggest the card game "Set," but I know from experience "Set" games can get quite rowdy. Decks of regular playing cards are possibly out -- the kids only see Texas Hold 'Em type poker on TV, and you'd end up refereeing those. Spinning the dreydl is probably out too -- even though it encourages Hebrew literacy, it's also a gambling game.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Anyone know some good games that involve maps? I find the atlas stand tends to be underused at libraries, and at work.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;You should check out the open source ILS Koha &lt;a href="http://koha-community.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://koha-community.org/&lt;/a&gt; and Bywater Solutions &lt;a href="http://bywatersolutions.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://bywatersolutions.com/&lt;/a&gt; for a system that is web based platform independent and always up to standards. We use Koha in my library and we are really happy with the system.
The best part is that you can download and test the system yourself without paying a cent.
You can decide how much support you want and shop around with different vendors to get a deal you like.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We have a village library.We have online access or anything like that. How we attract students there?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think the quick answer is that students aren't going to come because you want them to - they'll only use the library if there is something there they want.  Probably the only real sustainable and successful strategy is to find out what the students in your community need and want - internet access, homework help, a communal meeting place, social gaming, book groups, craft projects, whatever - and then develop library services around those focal points.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Has anyone tried an online book group for adults?  I am thinking about starting one but wanted to see what others have tried first.  Have you had any successes or failures on this front?  How about any experience with having more than one library involved?  Or, what platform have you used to host it?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Soldier or Soldier of Tomorrow by Harlan Ellison&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Posting to help out a colleague:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"A patron called today who is a school librarian and has been looking for this book that another patron described to her. Librarians here don't recognize it off-hand, and our keyword searches haven't turned it up yet.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here's all the info. we have: it is a picture book, read sometime in the 1980s (could have been published earlier). The book shows an ink spot on the pages of a book, that gets bigger and bigger, until it turns into a bird that flies out of the pages.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any ideas? We've already considered "It Looked Like Spilt Milk," but the book/ink scenario seems different enough that I'm not sure it's the right book. It sounds like a wordless picture book, but when I asked the patron she wasn't sure." &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Any help greatly appreciated!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Have you looked at Bear Hunt by Anthony Browne?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This is a series of books by Ann Maxwell (aka Elizabeth Lowell).  To the best of my knowledge there are three of them:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fire Dancer&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dancer's Luck&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dancer's Illusion&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I always wished she'd write more of these.  I really enjoyed them.  You might also check into a standalone novel of hers, &lt;em&gt;Timeshadow Rider&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If the "students" aren't coming to your local library center, where are they going? If they're going to a regional library system branch, can you join or ally with that system so the students can order the resources they need? Better yet, if the regional library system has a specialty homework/internet trainer, you can offer periodic classes in using databases that are better vetted/more authoritative than "google it" and "wikipedia."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, go with what Brian suggested -- find non-academic needs for the community children and youth. Get certified volunteer "grandparents" to curate and help with read-alongs and picture book exploration. My mom does that -- it's a treat to see her load down some elementary school kid with about a dozen age-appropriate books featuring African animals.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Now that I think about it, I'm not sure there's a board game that is of necessity played quietly. Board games involve considerable personal interaction. Even jigsaw puzzle solving can get pretty noisy. If you don't already have group study rooms, meeting rooms, or separate function space, you might either want to arrange specific "we're going to be noisy" game days/nights, or skip the games entirely.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If your students like paranormal stories, they might like Meg Cabot's Mediator series.  They're about a girl who can interact with ghosts (think Ghost Whisperer with serious attitude. :)  The story picks up not long after the girl's widowed mother has remarried.  Our heroine suddenly finds herself living in California in a 19th century house with three stepbrothers and the ghost of a handsome young man who hangs out in her room (where he was murdered in the 1890s).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There are six books in the series:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Shadowland&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ninth Key&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Reunion&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Darkest Hour&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Haunted&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Twilight&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;They were recently collected into several omnibus editions under the following titles:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Grave Doubts/Heaven Sent&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Love You to Death/High Stakes&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Mean Spirits/Young Blood&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Several fantasy/sci fi series might be good bets.  Try Terry Pratchett's Discworld books, David Eddings' Belgariad series and Harry Harrison's Stainless Steel Rat.  I can't imagine a teenage boy who wouldn't take to 'Slippery Jim' diGriz.  :)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How can we implement catalogue system easily?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;One of the better adaptations not already mentioned is The Neverending Story.  The movie was only the first half of the book (which was a fantastic story).  Whoever made the decision to chop the book and drop the last half (which was repetitive and boring to read) should be congratulated for his wisdom.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One of the worst not mentioned (probably because it wasn't a single book) is the Dungeons &amp;amp; Dragons movie that came out in 2000.  I almost fell asleep in the theater.  I'm constantly amazed that somebody could take magicians, thieves, swordsmen, an impossible quest and dragons dueling it out in aerial battles and turn it into valium.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We say here at our library that story hour is a sharing time, and I would hate to discourage a parent from sitting with their child and enjoying the books together. Instead, I would quietly speak with the parent after your reading and mention that story hour is an opportunity to model good behavior. If she interrupts then children will feel they've been given permission to do so as well. A kind conversation should do the trick - this mommy sounds as if she wants to be helpful. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am in the process of giving our youth collection a much needed revamp during a renovation period and I'd like to know what systems have worked for you when cataloging picture books and, especially, early chapter books (Junie B. Jones, Bailey School Kids, etc). &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;At present, early chapter books are set aside on separate shelves, although they're cataloged with the rest of the Juvenile fiction. Should I simply integrate these into the Juvenile Fiction or should I create a new spot for them, so that they would be labeled J PAR (Easy Chapters) etc? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What systems have worked in your libraries?  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;There is a book I read as a child in the early 90s. Unsure how old it really is. It is about a young girl who has huge ears and she tries to hide them different ways such as sticking them back with gum, taping them, wearing a baseball cap. All these options fail and she learns to accept herself. I believe she plays basebal, she is a stringy haired freckle faced kid as it shows in the pictures. I'm guessing this book is from the 80s to early 90s publication. It is extremely important and valuable for me to find this book and has provided next to impossible results in finding it so far. Please any ideas at all help. Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I have used it for 4 years with my boys. I have never been contacted by Sylvan and have not had any problem with ads overwhelming the site. I credit this site for making my oldest a lover of reading especially considering he started with language learning issues. It took the stress off of me making him read for himself. He was reading for points to get something he wanted, (awards and recognition) and I got the ability to know he was understanding the book. He was reading books so fast I was sure he was not understanding or remembering what he read. After each quiz, I was more and more reassured he was doing great.  He still does the program since he can put in his likes and get a book list of suggestions. My others are younger and already started with good results. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Our Juvenile area is split into 3 separate collections (well, 5 if you count non-fiction and biographies): YA, JF, and JE.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;YA is fairly self-explanatory. JF is about.. 3rd or 4th - 6th grade, and JE is Easy readers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For what it's worth, Junie B. books are JE, but they're shelved in our "Series" area.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;The main character, the man who plays as a Robin Hood type person at night, is trying to find the female character who had been taken away to be sold into prostitution, I believe. This is a very old book and I do not know the title nor the characters' names. The cover of the book is either red or white (I'm more leaning toward the white) and it is a more mature novel. Please help me! I just can't remember the name!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We catalog all our equipment in my library (firewires, cameras, xlr cables, everything) and was just wondering what everbody would think the best way to standardize is so that we can find it all with one search. Currently we change the Call number to Equip but I think we need more then that. We use follett destiny.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm in a school library.  Our children's books are divided three ways: Easy (E), Juv Fiction (JF) and Juv non-fiction (JUV or JB).  So, Junie B. Jones and Magic Tree House are shelved along with Gary Paulsen and Lois Lowry.  (This is all in a separate room from our Middle and HS books).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We do put colored dots on the spines to denote reading levels, though.  Students are not restricted to books on "their level" but are asked to preview the book or do the five finger rule before checking out a book that is harder than what they normally read.  The level system isn't perfect, but it's a tool to help students choose books by themselves.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Creating an "Equipment" copy category might work.  Once you make the category, you can add items by barcode from the catalog search page (in the "copy category" tab).    &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am interviewing for a library assistant position and I'm worrying that the following question will be asked of me:  How would you handle a long line of patrons when your supervisor is unavailable and you're alone at the desk? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have been asked this before and I felt uneasy about my response in the past.  Obviously I would look for someone who is in distress or in dire urgent need of assistance.  But in this scenario would it be best to continue addressing patrons on a first-come, first-served basis? or should I ask patrons who are dropping off books/checking out to form a separate line so I can process them quickly and return to the original patron? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thank you for your time and consideration in replying to my question.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I think the most important thing to do when you have a long line, is to acknowledge the people waiting and thank them for their patience. Then help them in order as quickly and efficiently as possible. If you can see that you can multi-task, like check out a few books while someone is filling out a form, I would consider doing it. But otherwise, it is unfair to the person at the front of the line, who has been there the longest, to have to wait while you help others. This also applies to people on the phone.  If you are doing reference work, then you could get the patron started on something and then go on to other people. I have had 25 years of customer service experience, both in and out of libraries, and this usually satisfies anyone who is satisfiable! Hope this helps!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;How do people feel about ignoring phones?  I've always thought people who come into the library take precedence over people on the phone.  I figure they can leave a message if they just wanted to renew something or call back if they really needed to speak to someone.  If I only have one more person to help, sometimes I answer the phone and ask them to hold because I know I'll be able to get to them in a timely manner.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;First come first serve is the fairest way to go.  Though sometimes it's not the easiest to do, since some people think they're more important that others (or if you've helped them once already they seem to think they're still "first" in line).  I've felt like a mother or a kindergarten teacher telling people they'll have to wait until I'm done with another patron.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You might also remind people that if they're just returning something, they can leave the books in a particular spot.  I have had people wait in line just to hand me videos when they could have put them in the slot at the other end of the desk.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Do you mean showing your patrons how to use the new system?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Wow!  In all my years of doing storytime I have never run into a situation like the ones you describe, only the parents who chatted among themselves and needed to be asked to keep it down.  It must be very frustrating.  How about if at the beginning of the program you ask the group as a whole to please refrain from talking during the story so as not to detract from anyone's enjoyment?  Or, if there is a parent you know well, you could ask her to quietly spread the word among the other parents that you find this practice distracting and maybe they could be a self-policing group.  Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Do you have plans to celebrate April 1st in your library? How will you prank your patrons, students, teachers, colleagues, etc...? &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I WAS going to put a "Closed Due to Flooding -- Please Donate to Our Preservation Team" Sign on the door....&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I was just at the Department of Motor Vehicles, so I don't see where the angst over a line at the library comes !from. Ideally, there would be no line. In the event there is a line, and only one staff on hand to work that line, first come, first served would get through the whole of the line more quickly than trying to triage it, take some ahead of others, etc.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As for the phone, most of the libraries I patronize have automated answering systems that allow users a menu for routine queries (operating hours, requirements for a library card, even renewals). Otherwise, if a live librarian is needed, and the calls aren't answered, they go to "voicemail." That said, you have to be "good" about calling back. In a customer service position it can be advantageous to "multitask," but you have to know when to drop the background task and give the patrons right in front of you your undivided and full attention. Unfortunately, "multitask" is a well-established Human Resources buzzword -- I don't think actual efficiency experts are fond of it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Foggyone's point that people sometimes wait in line to hand back videos is accurate. I'm one of those people. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;My local library system has a cap on number of audiovisual items you have checked out -- so if I'm at or near the cap I'd want my incoming stuff back in the system before I check out more.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;More so than books, DVDs of recent and popular movies are more of a target for opportunistic boosting. The outside book drop slots are usually "safe" enough for me to drop off materials, but I've seen folks checking the in-counter drop area to see what's been turned in. I'm usually OK with just dropping the AV materials first, then covering them over with a layer of books&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hi there,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to identify a book my brother and I had when we were kids... it's about a mouse that's trying to get to the ocean, he has to overcome all these obstacles and the last page is a picture of him sitting by the water.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Anyone know?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;the book is about a princess of wales i believe who had to marry this lord for some kind of treaty but on the day of the marriage when they went to their room they had drink waiting for them he drank but she didnt and he got poison she had to help him since she knew herb medicine so they dont suspect her and she had begin to like him so afterward he went to talk to his king but got ambush instead so she declare war on her own people to save him i think her name was princess morrigan and he was lord hugh HELP PLEASE ITS DRIVING ME NUTS I CNT FIND IT&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;In my other life I work at a camp and one of my jobs is webmater. My copy of dremweaver is all screwy so I am seeking new software to create and maintain a website. My criteria:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;As wysiwyg as possible.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;As gui as possible&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;FTP protocols included.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Powerful but a quick learning curve would be good.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Prefereably not to expensive.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Any ideas?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am going with &lt;em&gt;The Pledge&lt;/em&gt; by Helen Mittermeyer&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here is the link.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pledge-Helen-Mittermeyer/dp/0446604097/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1301500865&amp;amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/Pledge-Helen-Mittermeyer/dp/0446604097/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1301500865&amp;amp;sr=8-1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I plan on announcing a fine amnesty then charging the fines when the kids show up. April Fools!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Is it &lt;em&gt;The Island of the Skog&lt;/em&gt;, by Steven Kellogg?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I don't think it has the FTP included, but Amaya is "free" and cross-platform. Here's the URL:
&lt;a href="http://www.w3.org/Amaya/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.w3.org/Amaya/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;While the first story that comes to my head is Stephen King  "Breathing method" I don't believe that is what you want.  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It reminds me of the Mouse and his Child by Russell Hoban. I think different versions have different pictures, but there's a part where the rats are holed up in a doll house, and some animals and toys knock them down into the train. I didn't find the book until I was older, but I watched the movie a lot as a kid, and it definitely held a morbid fascination.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Hello- I am relatively new at writing and looking for grants for my library.  I just started work as the Head of the Children's Department of a smaller public library about a year ago.  During my first year here, we have been doing some major weeding and shifting of materials.  Now we are in a predicament with our picture books- most of them circulate on a regular basis or are classics- so we can't get rid of many.  They are tight and cramped and some are even damaged from this.  I know there must be a way to get grants to add more book cases to the library.  Also, I would love to have more book display areas.  Furthermore, I know that some libraries have received grants for creating play areas- with developmentally appropriate toys- especially ones that emphasize the 6 skills children need to read.  Where would I look for such grants- to allow us to expand a bit and make it more interactive and fun and developmentally appropriate?  All the grants I find are for technology or books, but these are not what I need to complete this shifting project.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I read a book in the 80's when I lived in Virginia. It featured two brothers who fell in love with a young girl who came into their lives as a runaway or orphan or something similar.  Seems to me it was a historical romance.  The brothers were opposites - one was tall, dark, rugged and kind of mean.  The other was blond and had suffered some crippling accident.  I think the blond was named Denby or something similar.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I could have sworn it was something like White Lilacs but have never been able to locate it again.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Help me Unshelved Answers, you're my only hope. Glad I discovered you before the end of your run!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Does your library have any budget for new furniture? If books are getting damaged, it's time to reallocate shelves or ask for a new shelving unit in the next budget. Also, is there unused shelving that matches in other library sections? Finally, if you have table or counter space, you can alleviate some of the book crush by doing weekly or monthly picture book themes, and pulling out all the "animals looking for their parents" or "silly rhymes" books from shelves and giving the other books room to breath.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, how much spare floorspace do you have? Good luck getting the shelves to wall off the read-along nook! &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Try looking for local grants.  Is there a community foundation covering your area?  Those folks love to match good (and visible) projects with appropriate funds--something which says children and/or education in its area of interest.  Meanwhile, prepare your "why we need this, how our public will benefit" statement. Then get out the catalogs and have your list of needs ready.  You might do the shelving and toys as two separate requests. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you school has a parent's club of some type, maybe they would like to "adopt" a book case.  This might also be possible for a local business.  I know this isn't a grant, but in small areas local businesses or parent groups are willing to help the library.  Maybe you could have a book sale using some of those squeezed out books and use the proceeds from that.  You can probably think of a lot of ways to promote something along these lines.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Could it be Lily by Cindy Bonner, or the sequel, Looking After Lily? The description reminds me of those two books.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;If you are still there, the answer is (I hope!)... &lt;em&gt;The King, the Mice and the Cheese&lt;/em&gt; by Nancy and Eric Gurney.  If it is, you can find it on Amazon!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Found a nice one. Webessential by serif.  $50 not the greatest FTP protocol but not bad and honestly so much simpler then dreamweaver which for me makes it more powerful as a lot of what I would need to code in DW is point and click in Webessential.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Geraldine, the Music Mouse by Leo Lionni?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/book/101924/geraldine-the-music-mouse-by-leo-lionni" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.randomhouse.com/book/101924/geraldine-the-music-mouse-by-leo-lionni&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;This will bump the question up at any rate. Does anyone know if there's an expiration date of sorts on the libraries proposal? It's been in commitment for months and months now without much change that I can see. Is there any danger of the proposal being shut down permanently due to lack of interest or some such?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Just to reiterate (and expand on) what @moberley has stated:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There are MORE than enough committers to the proposal. What's needed now is for the people who have already committed to participate in the other stackexchange websites and garner reputation.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There are a lot of sites.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I mostly play around on EL&amp;amp;U: &lt;a href="http://english.stackexchange.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://english.stackexchange.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There's also the Writer's site, which needs help! I know some people on here write or would like to. Why not check it out?: &lt;a href="http://writers.stackexchange.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://writers.stackexchange.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There's also a stackexchange devoted to sci-fi and fantasy, which could also use some help: &lt;a href="http://scifi.stackexchange.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://scifi.stackexchange.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here's the whole list of sites that have either made it completely or are in Beta. Check them out and see if there's something you're interested in!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://stackexchange.com/sites" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://stackexchange.com/sites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We have until the end of April! We can do it!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know this story?  A friend asked me for help tracking it down:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"I'm looking for this short story and was wondering if you could find me. i can't seem to recall the title nor the author. i thought it was titled "chieftain" but couldn't' find it in Google.  What i remember from the story is that it's about the future and the word collapsed from a nuclear war and a group of scientists went to this island where there was a chief named Mboyna. they were fascinated because they could make the box click which made the scientists gods in their eyes."&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm a University student in the great city of Knoxville, Tennessee.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But my permanent address is about six hours away, in Memphis.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What I want to do is get a local, Knoxville, library card. Would your library give me one? Or would an itinerant student (one on a very predictable schedule, mind) be undesirable somehow? If the latter's the case, can you think of a way in which such a student could convince you to relent?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance, fellow holders-on!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;It largely depends on the library and the city. I don't think there's a "usual" answer. Sometimes, colleges make arrangements with local libraries to allow students to use them. Your best bet is to contact your school and the local library and see. The odds of getting the library to "relent" are pretty small. Policy tends to be policy for a reason.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I had no problem getting a public library card when I went away to college. They just needed a local address.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I just checked the Knoxville library web site and came up with this.
QUOTE:
Apply for a library card today. It's a smart and easy thing to do! Simply complete a library card application and bring it to Lawson McGhee Library or any Branch Library with name and address verification. Each of the following items is considered to be acceptable proof for identity and Knox County address.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Proof of Identity
      * Current Driver's License
      * Credit Card
      * Social Security Card
      * School ID
      * Hunting/Fishing License&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Proof of Knox County Address
      * Current Driver's License
      * Current Phone or Utility Bill
      * Current Checkbook
      * Voter Registration Card&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You may check out up to four items as a first time card user. After these items are returned, you may check out up to 35 items.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Once you receive your card, you may use it at any Knox County Public Library location.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Out of County:
If you are not a Knox County resident or property owner, you and your household members may obtain a card for an annual fee of $40. To receive a card by mail, fill out the above application completely (don't forget to choose a PIN) and send it with your check to: Attention Circulation/Lawson McGhee Library/500 West Church Avenue/Knoxville, TN 37902. When we receive the application and $40 fee, we will email your card number so that you can begin using the databases and downloadable audiobooks immediately, and we will mail the library card to you.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;END of QUOTE&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Alternately, your college may have reciprocal borrowing privileges. Hope this helps.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;We've talked Slam (Hornby's book about teen pregnancy) in a book group and it went over well as all parent's were forewarned about the issues we would be discussing. There were no complaints and the book group was full. We're doing the Graveyard book next and the fact that it's based on a classic The Jungle Book, seems to pacify any parents who may have had issues with the violence. I'd love to do The Perks of Being a Wallflower, but how do you give parents and teens advance warning about the issues involved without ruining the story? Perks is an A+ YA book. I've have yet to meet a teen who hasn't enjoyed it, but getting a talk started is different. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Top Five:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Perks of Being a Wallflower&lt;/em&gt; by Stephen Chbosky,
&lt;em&gt;The Graveyard Book&lt;/em&gt; by Neil Gaiman, 
&lt;em&gt;The Absolutely-True Diary of a Part-Time Indian&lt;/em&gt; by Sherman Alexie, 
&lt;em&gt;The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy&lt;/em&gt; by Douglas Adams, 
&lt;em&gt;The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime&lt;/em&gt; - Mark Haddon.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(tested and approved by 15, 16 and 17 year-old volunteers)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;"Chief" by Henry Slesar in 100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;the lottery by shirley jackson&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;To everyone here this has been a wonderful time.   A quick quote that sums up everything here.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Not knowing everything is all that makes it okay, sometimes.-Delierium-Neil Gaiman's The Sandman.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It has been my honor and pleasure to find out everything with everyone here.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(unless unshelved answers has a reprieve)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Well said, Matt. I will miss visiting this site every day!
To everyone who participated, and of course, the gentlemen who began it all - thank you!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I truly appreciate all the great advice/ideas/feedback I've found at this site.  I hope to see everybody at area 51...hopefully, I'll figure out how to navigate it.  Thank you everybody for your help and encouragement that I've found just by reading your posts, sometimes we don't know how much we affect other people and I just want this one chance to say thank you.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have advice/suggestions/recommendations for helping my parish priest organize his voluminous private library?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;He has 4+ locations for his collection on our parish campus, &amp;amp; asked me to implement a solution so he doesn't waste hours looking for any one particular title (which may already be loaned out given his generous &amp;amp; forgetful nature).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I used ResourceMate in 2004 to help a small academic department at a state university catalog its 3k-volume collection according to LCSH (we created records for each item by copying Z39.50 records directly from LC). &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;However, that academic department was keen to have its books prepared for integration into the university's library, so there was no resistance to the theoretical concept of applying the LC classification to all titles, nor was there any rejection of my alteration of physical items with both call-number spine labels &amp;amp; bar-code back-cover labels.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm thinking my parish priest may want to apply his own taxonomies to organize his collection (hence rejecting the application of any standardized classification system like Dewey or LC). I'm also thinking he may not want the aesthetics of each item to be destroyed with spine labels.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks for your thoughts in advance--you're helping me help him!
Cheers, Candace&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Title>Suggested Resources to Organize a Church's book collection...</Title>
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I used Microsoft Access for my private library, if that's any help.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;Excel might work.  Also packrat if he has a decent mobile phone and that way it is with him all the time.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'm not clear if this is also to serve as circulation software.  If not, perhaps indexing software such as SkyIndex would work:  &lt;a href="http://www.sky-software.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.sky-software.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I am looking for this same book! I remember checking it out of the library over and over again, but I've had no luck finding the title. Have you had any success?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;A big "thank you!!" from me as well. I loved this place. Thanks, Gene, Bill, and everybody else who managed it, for all of your hard work. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And I'll join Matt: I've joined Area 51, and for the life of me, cannot figure out how to do anything else than view what was posted. How do people post new questions? How do you answer them? I'm no dummy when it comes to internet, but that thing is not user-friendly at all. :( (Please let me know how to use it! I want to use it!!)&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;I'd just like to post something, which I already posted as an answer to this question: &lt;a href="http://answers.unshelved.com/questions/3735/do-you-check-unshelved-answers-regularly-irregularly" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://answers.unshelved.com/questions/3735/do-you-check-unshelved-answers-regularly-irregularly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The most important point: We need more reputation! And we can only get it by participating!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If anyone else would like to participate, but isn't sure how the stackexchange system works, please look at the comments I left on @Elsa's answer. If those don't answer your questions, please ask in a comment! I still check the site daily, and I'll answer if I can.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm not a librarian, but I've gained a lot more respect for some of the seeming madness in my library by reading about the crap you all have to go through and put up with. I'd hate to see this place go without a successor.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I hope to see you all on the other (read: stackexchange) side!&lt;/p&gt;
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    <Body>&lt;p&gt;yes , i have read this book and would LOVE to find it again.
  The plot is like this: 
 the lady of the messy house buys a small geranium flower and puts it in the window
then she has to clean up the window area, 
then that side of the room, then the whole room 
eventually the whole house is clean! Magic!
hence we call it the" magic geranium effect'&lt;/p&gt;
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