[AISLE-Share] H S book budget

Fri Oct 12 14:31:30 CDT 2018

Katie Pausch,

Thank you!  I agree.  Students prefer physical books!!!  Not only do I see
all of what you are saying, but here it is like a badge of honor.  They
want and are proud to carry around a book!

On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 1:22 PM Email list for the Association of Illinois
School Library Educators <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> 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
>
> On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 8:38 AM Email list for the Association of Illinois
> School Library Educators <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> 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:
>>
>>> 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:
>>>
>>>> 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
>>>> Illinois School Library Educators <aisle at list.railslibraries.info>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> *Karen Varga*
>>>>> *Librarian,** Marian Central Catholic H. S.*
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>> Michelle Harris
>> District Librarian
>> Heyworth CUSD #4
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Kristi L.S. Pierce
Certified Library Media Spec.
Certified Educational Technology Spec.
Marion Junior High School
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Marion, IL  62959
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