[ISLMA-Share] To Dust Jacket or Not?

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For those that say you throw them away, offer them to your art teacher or kindergarten teachers or anyone who does projects or teaches scissor skills.
I volunteer at a school and we use the covers for all kinds of projects with kids.
One teacher just uses them to have kids cut out shapes.
Explore the possibilities.
One librarian I know has a stack that she has kids sort by Dewey, by genre, by boy books, by girl books (then she dispels them of that notion), and several other ways.
Have fun and happy reading.

On Aug 18, 2017, at 2:33 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info<mailto:islma at list.railslibraries.info>> wrote:

Dust jacket covers on all new books but I would not go through your entire collection and put covers on all of them.

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On Aug 17, 2017, at 2:53 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info<mailto:islma at list.railslibraries.info>> wrote:

Books with dust jackets tend to circulation more frequently than those without. I agree with Christine and Leah, the kids often read those blurbs to decide on a book.

Barbra Miller
Learning Resource Center Facilitator
Troy Community Consolidated School District 30C

Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination
- Sidney Sheldon

On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 2:24 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info<mailto:islma at list.railslibraries.info>> wrote:
I vote for dust jackets, too! There is information about the book, author, illustrator.


Christine Cahill
Teacher/Librarian
Carrie Busey School
304 Prairie Rose Lane
Savoy, IL 61874
217-351-3811
cahillch at u4sd.org<mailto:cahillch at u4sd.org>

On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 2:08 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info<mailto:islma at list.railslibraries.info>> wrote:
Hi,
I am starting my 2nd year going between schools in our district. The one I've been at for many years (middle school) always uses dust jacket covers for hardcover books. The other (elementary school) just tosses the jacket and puts spine labels, special stickers, etc (with label covers over them) directly on the book cover.

Do you all still use dust jacket covers? I think they protect the books better, but I'm debating whether the time/cost is worth covering all these books, if I just replace the well-loved books as needed. I do buy Follett bound when available, but often I don't want to wait for popular books to come out in this format.

Thoughts?

Thanks!
Carrie
Carrie DeForest
National Board Certified Teacher
Library Media Specialist
Roselle District 12
cdeforest at sd12.org<mailto:cdeforest at sd12.org>


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