[ISLMA-Share] To Dust Jacket or Not?

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Keep covers with the books.  It "sells" them.

On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 4:15 PM Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> 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> wrote:
>
> Dust jacket covers on all new books but I would not go through your entire
> collection and put covers on all of them.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 17, 2017, at 2:53 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
> Media Association <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> 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
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 2:08 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
>> Library Media Association <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
>>>
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