That's interesting. I just had some Reps from Scholastic come to our school
last week and scout out the MS / HS library. They were excited about our
library size and were anxious to move the bookfair into my library next
fall. (Including cash registers, credit card machines, etc.)
The elementary librarian is running out of space for the event and I've
volunteered to work with her to have an all-school bookfair in our larger
library area, even though we are in two separate buildings on campus. We
have no security system, but we will have volunteers and teachers helping at
the bookfair. (aren't we brave?)
It sounds like they have done some "profiling" of your schools and decided
against it for whatever reason. Otherwise, why would the same company allow
a high school in one state to offer a bookfair but not in another? (I'm sure
there are basic guidelines that the company managers can take in each state,
but that's pretty sad to not allow a school to hold a bookfair because of
possible theft.) I'm sure there are other schools around the country that
have bookfairs for their high school students--and they probably use
Scholastic.
(We had a variety of materials at the last bookfair, including hardback
books, family books, games, software, etc. In fact, we made suggestions to
the company about what we'd like to have and were very pleased with the
materials we received. I believe the elementary librarian had her best
bookfair ever....and I was even able to take over $1200 in free books as a
part of HER profits to add to the MS / HS collection!) (We have 950
students in our school.)
(As a side note: I have once used Walden Books as a bookfair company for
high schools. However, their displays were less than desirable. )
~Shonda Brisco
Trinity Valley MS / US Librarian
Ft. Worth, TX
sbrisco021@charter.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Trina Rushing" <trushing@HENDERSON.LIB.NC.US>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 1:38 PM
Subject: high school book fairs
> Hi all,
>
> I am a Young Adult Librarian at a public library who has been asked
> for help by the high school media specialists in the county. Their
> dilemma is that they would really like to have a book fair, however,
> Scholastic and other such companies have said that they don't do
> high schools. (It has something to do with high loss through theft).
> So I am posting here to see if anyone out there knows of any
> company that WILL come to a high school in North Carolina. (I
> found one that would only go to schools in Illinois). Any help you
> can give would be appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
> Trina Rushing
> Young Adult Librarian
> Henderson County Public Library
> Hendersonville NC 28739
>
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