Comments on: NYLA conference http://www.cathythelibrarian.com/archives/280 "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 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:16:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: cathy http://www.cathythelibrarian.com/archives/280#comment-660 cathy Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:42:46 +0000 http://www.cathythelibrarian.com/archives/280#comment-660 Adrienne - Jack is okay, although his lip really bothers him and he'll start crying out of the blue or if he's eating something and it hits his lip. Poor little guy. :( I do try and hit programming for each age group. Story Times for the five and under crowd, Thursday programs for the fifth grade and under crowd, Tuesday programs for the teens. Now I just need to come up with programs for the 6 - 8 graders... especially since my high schoolers don't like it when the middle schoolers come to the teen programs. Pat - I'm going to post about it, but I ended up getting into one of the teens faces and telling him he needed to leave. Its always scary, but it needs to be done. After he was gone, everything has been a lot better. All of the same kids (except him) and now things are much more comfortable. No one came to my program either. I do have some cool pictures of a fire one of the pages made for me. We put an electric candle in the center and it looked great. Unfortunately, there was no one but me to appreciate it. Adrienne - Jack is okay, although his lip really bothers him and he’ll start crying out of the blue or if he’s eating something and it hits his lip. Poor little guy. :(

I do try and hit programming for each age group. Story Times for the five and under crowd, Thursday programs for the fifth grade and under crowd, Tuesday programs for the teens. Now I just need to come up with programs for the 6 - 8 graders… especially since my high schoolers don’t like it when the middle schoolers come to the teen programs.

Pat - I’m going to post about it, but I ended up getting into one of the teens faces and telling him he needed to leave. Its always scary, but it needs to be done. After he was gone, everything has been a lot better. All of the same kids (except him) and now things are much more comfortable.

No one came to my program either. I do have some cool pictures of a fire one of the pages made for me. We put an electric candle in the center and it looked great. Unfortunately, there was no one but me to appreciate it.

]]> By: Pat http://www.cathythelibrarian.com/archives/280#comment-659 Pat Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:16:34 +0000 http://www.cathythelibrarian.com/archives/280#comment-659 Wow, it was contagious. I called the cops this week too. Totally outrageous in here on Monday afternoon. The whole loud, disrespectful disruptive unruly scenario. About 40 of them and 1 of me. Glad to know I wasn't alone. How did your Halloween program go? I had absolutely no one show up for spooky stories here. Have a great weekend. Wow, it was contagious. I called the cops this week too. Totally outrageous in here on Monday afternoon. The whole loud, disrespectful disruptive unruly scenario. About 40 of them and 1 of me. Glad to know I wasn’t alone. How did your Halloween program go? I had absolutely no one show up for spooky stories here. Have a great weekend.

]]> By: adrienne http://www.cathythelibrarian.com/archives/280#comment-656 adrienne Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:40:45 +0000 http://www.cathythelibrarian.com/archives/280#comment-656 Oh, no! Poor Jack! I trust he's okay? What will he be for Halloween this year? How about you??? The term "tween" seems to mean kind of two different things, depending on who you're talking to. I definitely think that we need to think of the 3rd-5th or 6th grade crowd differently than we're thinking of younger kids and older kids, but it's hard to know what to call them. I think they call themselves "kids," but that isn't much of a distinguisher. It always takes a while for things I hear about and learn at conferences to actually sink it. It's always so overwhelming--all the new ideas and people and things. It always gives me new energy, though, to tackle my stuff back at home. :) Oh, no! Poor Jack! I trust he’s okay? What will he be for Halloween this year? How about you???

The term “tween” seems to mean kind of two different things, depending on who you’re talking to. I definitely think that we need to think of the 3rd-5th or 6th grade crowd differently than we’re thinking of younger kids and older kids, but it’s hard to know what to call them. I think they call themselves “kids,” but that isn’t much of a distinguisher.

It always takes a while for things I hear about and learn at conferences to actually sink it. It’s always so overwhelming–all the new ideas and people and things. It always gives me new energy, though, to tackle my stuff back at home. :)

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