Every Book Its Reader

Camas New Books

Holly — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:28:24 +0000

We recently asked the staff at Camas for clarification on how long their materials stay in “New Book” status. As a general rule:

1. All Fiction materials stay as new books for 9-10 months.

2. Nonfiction materials stay as new books for 6 months.

Lately items have been staying in New Book status longer so that they have more items on their New Book shelves, so remember that this is just a guideline.

Playaway VIEW

Sue — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:49:08 +0000

The Playaway Views for kids (pre-loaded portable hand-held devices that display video content), will be arriving soon at the following branches: VA,CP, and VM. Vancouver Bond money paid for this initial collection of Playaway
View(s). They come in an orange case that is slighter larger than a CD case, with a small universal adapter (which is used to recharge the device). There are E’s and juvenile non-fiction, with the majority for the 3-year-old to 6th grade audience.

This new format will have orange Kids’ Lucky Day stickers on the cases and contain the following information; Kids’ Lucky Day Limit 2 on your account. No holds. No renewals. Return in 3 weeks.

They CAN float, so if they are returned elsewhere in the district, they will stay at that branch until they are checked out again, but they can’t be placed on hold or renewed.

During the pilot phase, which is for the first six months, patrons will not be charged for lost chargers or cases, or for damage of the Playaway View (we need to see how well they hold up in circulation, though we understand they are very durable). These come pre-processed with the RFID tag on the case, and TSD staff have applied the Lucky Day sticker.

1) Staff is not responsible for recharging the device; it is the patron’s responsibility.

2) Staff does not need to contact patron if charger is missing.

3) Each branch will receive a small amount of chargers to use for replacement.

4) Contact Joanette Jackson . if you need more chargers or Kids Lucky Day stickers.

5) Cases can be ordered off of the Supplies Database that Kelly Ackley oversees .

6) An 8 ½ x 11 flyer will be sent out to each branch to use in display if desired.

7) The call no. used will be VP followed by the level or Dewey no. (Ex. VP E KEATS for Snowy Day: and Other Stories by Ezra Jack Keats)

8) When the Playaway View is checked out or in transit it will be visible to the patron in the catalog, otherwise it will be shadowed and unable to be seen.

9) An initial shipment will arrive within the week.

~Sue B.

Booklist Online has a new newsletter

Meg — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:22:08 +0000

Booklist Online has a new e-newsletter called Corner Shelf that merges readers advisory information with collection development. You can find it at: http://ala-publishing.informz.net/ala-publishing/archives/archive_1875906.html
This second issue is about e books, including how to weed them.

Trouble in the Manga World

Kim — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:13:52 +0000

The publishing news keeps getting more grim by the day. The fall of Borders has hit the manga publishing word quite hard. Three of the major manga publishers have shut down their manga operations. This means that dozens of series FVRL currently get are not going to be completed. The publishers are DelRey, Tokyopop, and cmx. I’ve pasted in the lists below of defunct series. (We were not getting all of these series, by the way.) It’s good information to have so we can pass it on to our patrons. As always, let me know if you hear of any good graphic novel and manga series we should be getting.

Alice in the Country of Hearts
Animal Academy: Hakobune Hakusho
Aria (Manga)
Bizenghast
BRAVE10
Demon Sacred
D.N.Angel
Dazzle
Faerie Path (Manga)
Fate/Stay Night
Future Diary
Gakuen Alice
Genju No Seiza
Happy Cafe
Hetalia Axis Powers
Karakuri Odette
Loveless
Maria Holic
Me & My Brothers
Momogumi Plus Senki
Maid Sama!
Neko Ramen
NG Life
Princess Ai: The Prism of Midnight Dawn
Peace Maker Kurogane
Pet Shop of Horrors: Tokyo
Rebirth
Saiyuki Reload
Silver Diamond
Seekers Graphic Novels
The Stellar Six of Gingacho
Sgt. Frog
Shinobi Life
V.B. Rose
Warriors Graphic Novels
Zone-00

Alive
Apothecarius Argentum
Aventura
Bakugan Battle Brawlers
Ballad of a Shinigami
Ben 10 Alien Force
Broken Blade
Diamond Girl
Dragon Eye
Fairy Navigator Runa
Fire Investigator Nanase
Four-Eyed Prince
Gakuen Prince
Ghost Hunt
Hyakko
Kamichama Karin-Chu
Kasumi
King of Rpgs
Maid War Chronicles
Megatokyo
Minima!
Moyasimon
Musashi #9
My Darling! Miss Bancho
My Heavenly Hockey Club
Nadeshiko Club
Name of the Flower
Night Head Genesis
Nodame Cantabile
Nyankoi
Oh! My Brother
Orange Planet
Panic X Panic
Papillon
Pink Innocent
Princess Resurrection
Psycho Busters
Pumpkin Scissors
Samurai Deeper Kyo
School Rumble
Secret Saturdays GN
Shiki Tsukai
Stolen Hearts
Tale of an Unknown Country
Tears of a Lamp
Tenjho Tenge
Tsubasa
Two Flowers for the Dragon
Venus in Love
Wild@Heart
Yokai Doctor

Summer Movies of interest to Kids

Sue — Tue, 31 May 2011 17:50:43 +0000

Summer Movies Based on Books

of interest to children

JUN 3, 2011

Movie Title: X-Men: First Class

Director: Matthew Vaughn

Official Movie Site: X-MenFirstClassMovie.com

Based on: Marvel Comic Series by Jeff Parker and Roger Cruz; available in two volumes:

JUN 10, 2011

Movie Title: Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer

Director: John Schultz

Based on: Children’s series by Megan McDonald

Official Movie Site: JudyMoodyMovie.com

JUN 17, 2011

Movie Title: Green Lantern

Director: Martin Campbell

Official Web Site: GreenLantern.com

Based on: DC Comics series, Green Lantern

JUN 17, 2011

Movie title: Mr. Popper’s Penguins

Director: Mark Waters

Official Web Site: PoppersPenguins.com

Based on: Mr. Popper’s Penguins, Richard and Florence Atwater, LBYR, 1938

JUL 15, 2011

Movie Title: Winnie the Pooh

Directors: Stephen J. Anderson, Don Hall

Studio: Disney

Official Movie Site: Disney.com/pooh

Based on: Books by A.A. Milne

JUL 15, 2011

Movie Title: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Director: David Yates

Official Movie Site: HarryPotter.com

Based on: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

JUL 22, 2011

Movie Title: America: The

Director: Joe Johnston

Official Movie Site: CaptainAmerica.com

Based on: Marvel Comics Series

JUL 29, 2011

Movie Title: Horrid Henry in 3D

Director: Nick Moore (Wild Child)

Official Web Site: HorridHenryTheMovie.com

Based on: Horrid Henry series by Francesca Simon

Other movies; May 26 -, Kung Fu Panda 2, June 24- Cars 2, July 1 – Transformers: Dark of the Moon, July 8 – Zookeeper, July 29 – The Smurfs

Guide to summer movies 2011 (cbsnews.com)
‘Mr. Popper’s Penguins’ poll: What is your favorite Jim Carrey movie character? (popwatch.ew.com)
“Mr. Popper’s Penguins” Is A Kids Movie…Based On A Book…And It Doesn’t Look THAT BAD?! (popcornbytes.wordpress.com)
‘Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows’ Is The Second MTV Movie Awards Spoof To Be Revealed! (moviesblog.mtv.com)

~ Sue B.

It’s Your Lucky Day

Meg — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:37:44 +0000

Coming in June, we will start a new mini collection called It’s Your Lucky Day. Items in this collection will be current bestsellers, but unavailable through the hold queue. So how do you get them, you come in to your local branch. They are exempt from floating, can only be checked out for 3 weeks with no renewals and you can only check out 2 at a time on your account. So will you be lucky next time you visit your local branch and find a hot title available now?
VM, WS, and NB are currently trying this out as a pilot project. Why not visit and see what’s on the shelf today?

YRCA 2011 Nominees

Kim — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 18:58:46 +0000

The Young Reader’s Choice Awards nominees are out. (You can see the whole list here.) FVRL has copies of all the nominees. Yay!

—Kim

What to Read After Stieg

Meg — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:46:34 +0000

So you’ve read the entire Millennium trilogy by Stieg Larsson and are interested in reading more. You might try something by Norwegian writer Jo Nesbo. Her most recent bestseller is The Snowman, a bone-chilling new thriller about a serial killer who takes Harry Hole – Nesbo’s irascible police investigator – to the brink of insanity.

Jean Auel’s Land of Painted Caves due to be published soon

Meg — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:19:40 +0000

The 6th and final volume of the Earth’s Children series is set to be published on March 29. It’s the culmination of the story about Ayla and Jondalar that takes place 25,000 years ago and is written by Oregonian, Jean Auel. It took Auel over 20 years to complete the series. Patrons may want to reread earlier parts of the series starting with Clan of the Cave Bear.

ALA Awards – Newbery, Caldecott, Prinz…

Sue — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 17:13:04 +0000

The following titles are the winners for 2011:
Newbery Award – Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
Caldecott Award – A Sick Day for Amos by Erin Stead
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award – Bink & Gollie by Kate DiCamillo & Illustrated by Tony Fucile
Batchelder Award – Nothing by Janne Teller
Belpre Award – The Dreamer by Pam Munoz Ryan
Belpre Illustrator Award – Grandma’s Gift by Eric Velasquez
Coretta Scott King Award – One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia (also Newbery Honor book)
Margaret A. Edwards Award – Sir Terry Pratchett
William C. Morris – The Freak Observer by Blythe Woolston
Michael L. Printz Award – Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
Odyssey Award for Audio – The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Video – The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
Laura Ingalls Wilder Award – Tomie dePaolo
Robert F. Sibert Award – Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World’s Strangest Parrot by Sy Montgomery
For additional Award information see Ala website; www.ala.org