[aisle] Magazines for a small, rural high school

[Michelle Harris]

I agree with Amy's question:  what is the purpose of the collection? I'm in
a small, rural high school and we were eventually not getting much
readership of magazines. Students indicated that they wanted things they
could read on their Chromebooks or phones.  So we rolled that money into
new books. We don't subscribe to any phsical magazines anymore.  But I do
make sure to highlight how students can read issues of Sports Illustrated
and other popular magazines in our EBSCO subscription.

Michelle Harris
Heyworth CUSD #4

On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 2:50 PM Amy Phillips via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> My question to you would be, what do you see as the purpose of your
> magazine collection? I don't get much usage from mine, but I do get some
> browsers looking through Game Informer, things like Entertainment
> Weekly/People, or Rolling Stone. I do have one teacher who gives extra
> credit for reading in a French language magazine, so we make sure always to
> renew that.
>
> Amy Phillips
> Riverside Brookfield High School
> Library Media Specialist
> aebromberg at gmail.com
> phillipsa at rbhs208.net
> 847-722-6169
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 2:44 PM Jill Simpson via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> Hello all!
>> I need some advice on the selection of magazines for a small, rural
>> high school with an extremely small periodical budget.
>>
>>    - What methods have you found most effective to determine what
>>    you should subscribe to?
>>    - Are e-magazines a better choice these days?
>>    - What's the best way to display hardcopies?
>>    - What's the best way to promote an e-magazine selection?
>>
>> I started here last February and have only seen one or two people browse
>> the magazine stand. Many of our subscriptions are up for renewal and I
>> would really love to see the library do a more effective job of using its
>> periodical money.
>> Open to new ideas,
>> Jill
>>
>>
>>
>> Jill Simpson
>> Indian Creek CUSD 425
>> High School Library Administrative Assistant
>> jill.simpson at ictwolves.com
>> 815-824-2197 x1107
>>
>> "If a nation wants to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization,
>> it wants what never was and never will be." ~ Thomas Jefferson
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Michelle Harris
District Librarian
Heyworth CUSD #4
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