[AISLE-Share] H S book budget

Fri Oct 12 13:17:32 CDT 2018

My high school in a well-funded district with a large college bound student
population has a healthy budget dedicated to books that amounts to over $6
per student. We also have a separate budget for ebooks. I have found that
students much prefer physical books to our ebooks (which they can check out
to their own device through Overdrive or on a Nook device we provide). If
our physical book is checked out but the ebook is available, nine times out
of ten they say they'll just wait until the book returns. I find that
digital books can be helpful for reference materials that need multiple
copies, for a niche group of readers, or for very popular books, but our
circulation of books is vastly higher than our digital library's
circulation, despite our large and perceived convenience of our digital
collection.

If you're trying to make the case to your administration that keeping
actual books matters, research supports that readers tend to prefer books
to ebooks, and that readers learn and retain more from a physical copy than
a digital one. I think you can also make a case for not increasing the
amount of screen time our teenagers already experience in any given day:

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/9a7a/75809592ce06963b353e1a0a2cd81cd22119.pdf
https://www.businessinsider.com/students-learning-education-print-textbooks-screens-study-2017-10
https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2013/dec/04/ebooks-amazon
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/05/books/review/how-do-e-books-change-the-reading-experience.html

Katie Pausch
Librarian
Lake Forest High School

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> My high school library has a good budget and our users MUCH prefer
> physical books to ebooks.  I've been pushing the ebooks for several years
> and can't get any steam behind them.  I don't foresee us making that kind
> of change.
>
> Heyworth CUSD #4
>
> On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 8:31 AM Email list for the Association of Illinois
> School Library Educators <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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>> Hello,
>>
>>  The Minnetonka High School Media Center-The Port [Library] in Minnesota
>> has been transitioning to eBooks. They have very few print books left.
>>
>> Here is a link to their web page:
>>
>> <http://minnetonkaschools.libguides.com/MHSporthome/findingbooks>
>>
>> Mary Alonzi, NBCT in Library Media 2011-
>> Co-Head CASLN chapter of AISLE
>> LRC Director
>> Glenview CCSD34
>> Springman Middle School
>> 2701 Central Road
>> Glenview, IL 60025
>> malonzi at glenview34.org
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 10:06 PM, Email list for the Association of
>> Illinois School Library Educators <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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>>> Rock Falls High School has a healthy book budget and a separate database
>>> and supplies budget.  We buy books and ebooks!!
>>>
>>> *Kristine Schauff,* Media Specialist
>>> AISLE 2018-19 Chapters Function Representative
>>> Rock Falls High School
>>> 101 - 12th Ave.
>>> Rock Falls, IL 61071
>>> 815-625-3886 x248
>>> schauffk at rfhs301.org
>>> www.rfhs301.org
>>> sites.google.com/rfhs301.org/rfhslibrary/home
>>>
>>> Listening to:     Reading:
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>>> On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 10:25 AM Email list for the Association of
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>>>> If you are a high school librarian that still receives a budget for
>>>> purchasing books, please reply to this post.
>>>>
>>>> I know that *some *high schools are eliminating libraries with books -
>>>> is it still called a library then?
>>>>
>>>> I would like proof that while some schools are eliminating books in the
>>>> library, there are still many high schools that still see the value of a
>>>> library with books.
>>>>
>>>> I hope to hear from many of you!!!!!!!!!
>>>>
>>>> Thank you in advance
>>>>
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>>>> *Karen Varga*
>>>> *Librarian,** Marian Central Catholic H. S.*
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> Michelle Harris
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> Heyworth CUSD #4
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