[aisle] Magazines for a small, rural high school

Tue Sep 8 17:40:23 CDT 2020

We're also a small, rural school; we serve grades 6-12. We continue to
offer magazines because they offer one more opportunity for students and
staff to read and become engaged. The magazines arent browsed a lot, but
they do get attention. We have many books that receive the same limited
attention
 However this year I only ordered a couple of titles, one which a teacher
requested for her class (Wired) and a couple of other very popular titles.
We use Discount Magazine Service, and they dont offer online subscriptions.
Next year, if these pandemic protocols continue, I'll switch to online
mags. Frankly, I just didnt deal with the magazine situation this summer
when writing P.O.s like I should have.
;) Kathy
On Tue, Sep 8, 2020, 4:09 PM Swegle, Laurie via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I just got in contact with Ebsco to give me a price on digital magazines.
> We stopped the magazines last year also because nobody was looking at them.
> I am hoping there will be more interest online and I can use them if I need
> to do a lesson on text features or main idea, etc.
>
>
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> *From:* AISLE <aisle-bounces at list.railslibraries.info> *On Behalf Of *Michelle
> Harris via AISLE
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> *Subject:* Re: [aisle] Magazines for a small, rural high school
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> 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.
>
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>
> Michelle Harris
>
> Heyworth CUSD #4
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> On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 2:50 PM Amy Phillips via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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> 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
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> Library Media Specialist
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> aebromberg at gmail.com
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> 847-722-6169
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> On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 2:44 PM Jill Simpson via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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> 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
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> Jill Simpson
>
> Indian Creek CUSD 425
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> High School Library Administrative Assistant
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> jill.simpson at ictwolves.com
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> 815-824-2197 x1107
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