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If you haven't seen it, this year's SLJ Online editorial=20 about average book prices offers a bit more than just=20 dollar-and-cents comparisons. http://www.bookwire.com/SLJ/slj-editorial.article$7798 For example, Editor Lillian Gerhardt writes, "The per pupil allocation for library books would have had to rise by about 30=A2 per pupil every year for the last 10 years -- just to run in place. School Library Journal's national survey of expenditures for all=20 resources in school libraries for fiscal year 1995-1996 (SLJ, October 1997, p. 28) showed the median allocation per pupil for library books to be a mere $6.73, and that school library book budgets have generally remained static since 1994." "Last year on this page, I predicted that the 1998 average list price=20 for all grade levels would go to $16 and beyond and take no satisfaction=20 at all in coming within a penny of that forecast with this year's survey of the spring '98 catalogs." A chart compares '88 and '98 pricing. Maybe you'll find this information helpful when talking about your budget for the coming year. =20 =20 =09 =20 Chuck Pauley, Librarian pauleyc@Willmar.K12.MN.US Roosevelt Elementary 1800 19th Ave. SW Willmar, MN 56201 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= To quit LM_NET (or set NOMAIL or DIGEST), Send an email message to listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST * NOTE: Please allow time for confirmation from Listserv. For LM_NET Help & Archives see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=