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As the scary day moves closer we put a plea on some of our favorite listservs* asking for libraries to tell us about their special Halloween Web pages. It would be seasonally chilling if no one had responded, but we report, with a sigh of relief, that libraries do indeed answer when we ring their cyber-doorbell. Here are some of our favorite "treats" — no "tricks" allowed:

• Anne Prestamo forwarded to me your message asking for Halloween Library Web pages. I have one for my department. The URL is http://www.library.okstate.edu/dept/hss
  
  Cheers! Dan Chaney
  Oklahoma State University Library
  
  
• ....I'm a YA librarian at the Ogden Library in Spencerport NY and the YA group I advise has done a big Halloween party for the past three years. You can see photos from 1996 and 1997 http://www.ogdenny.com/Library/Teen/hallow.htm
  
  This year, our party is Saturday 10/24 and we're doing a haunted house along with storytelling. Last year, we had around 450 kids and parents at the library between 2 and 3:30; the year before we had around 350.
  
  We're one of the only free Halloween programs in the area (which includes Rochester, NY). The ideas all come from the kids in the YA group, and they also do a good part of the work involved. All in all, it's always a blast!
  
  Patricia Uttaro
  Ogden Farmers' Library
  Spencerport, NY
  
  
• Salem Public Library, Salem, OR
  http://www.open.org/library/
  
  
• Here is a basic Halloween page that we put up, Elkhart, IN
  http://www.elkhart.lib.in.us/elkhart.hp/halloween.htm
  
  Brent Ferguson
  Elkhart Public Library/Webmaster
  
  
• Kinsman Free Public Library, Kinsman, OH
  http://www.kinsmanlibrary.org/
  
  
• One of our librarians, Rick Morse, has done a great Halloween page for the Flint Public Library. The URL is http://www.flint.lib.mi.us/fpl/resources/holidays/halloween/Halloween.html
  
  Enjoy! Kay Schwartz
  
  
• Check out the ALS Haunted Halloween page! Have fun! Alliance Library System, IL
  http://www.rsa.lib.il.us/halloween/hall.htm
  
  
• The Bristol Public Library, Bristolville, OH
  http://www.bristol.lib.oh.us/
  
  
• Multnomah County Library System, OR
  http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/kids/hs.html
  
  
• Bartholomew County Public Library, IN
  http://www.barth.lib.in.us/ChilProg.html
  
  
• Hoover Public Library, AL
  http://www.hoover.lib.al.us/youth/fall.1998.elem.htm
  
  
• Whithall Public Library, PA
  http://www.clpgh.org/ein/whitehal/theme.htm
  
  
• Friends of the Lawrenceville (PA) Branch Library Haunted House
  http://www.clpgh.org/clp/LV/halloween.html
  
  
• National Cathedral School Library, Washington, DC
  http://www.ncs.cathedral.org/library/upper/This_week.htm
  
  
• Ghostly Tales of Iowa, Ames, Iowa — The ISU Library Friends
  http://www.iastate.edu/news/releases/96/HalloweenLib.html
  
  
• A Halloween haunted house success — Junior Friends of the Lawrenceville Branch Library
  http://www.clpgh.org/clp/LV/gina.html
  
  
• From Jenny Payne, Graphics & Publications Mgr., Williamsburg (VA) Regional Library
  http://www.wrl.org/oct98.html
  
  
• From Kathy Shields, Sci/Tech Specialist, Redwood City (CA) Public Library
  http://www.ci.redwood-city.ca.us/library/news/oct_sites.html
  
  
• From Kathy Leeds, Business Reference Librarian, Wilton Library Association, Wilton, CT
  http://w3.nai.net/~wla/HalloweenPage.html

Our favorite listservs*:

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