[AISLE-Share] H S book budget

Fri Oct 12 14:57:03 CDT 2018

Students generally prefer print books here as well.  We still have a building print book budget, but the district pays for OverDrive.  The junior highs have much higher OverDrive circulation rates, so I will expect to see the high school students gradually shift to more eBooks as those students move up through high school.  Then again, the junior high students have much higher circulation rates for print books, too.

Cathy Gottlieb
Learning Commons Director
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Naperville Central High School
630-420-6549

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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<mailto: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<mailto: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<mailto: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
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Glenview, IL 60025
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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
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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<mailto: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

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