Re: Jump Magazine

["Dorothy E. Tissair" <ricflair@MAIL2.NAI.NET>]

I agree with Nancy.  I was working as the serials librarian at my local
public last fall when the first unordered sample arrived.  I thought it was
trash, but took it to my director, without comment, to make sure she had not
ordered it.   Within a minute it was in no condition to be put on the shelf.

Dorothy E. Tissair
Library Media Specialist
Old Saybrook, CT  06475

ricflair@mail2.nai.net

----- Original Message -----
From: Nancy Westendorf <NSpringWes@AOL.COM>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 6:33 AM
Subject: Jump Magazine


> Just saw a couple of the posts re JUMP and have to say that having seen
the
> earlier posts I picked up a couple of copies at the doctor's office.  In
my
> humble opinion as an elementary librarian and mom of two girls, 15 and 11,
> there is no way this mag is appropriate for an elementary school.  I would
> question it being in a middle school.  And I would wonder just how much
money
> a high school library has to spend if they bought it.  I thought it was
> sleazy.  I don't really think I am a prude; for example I am not yanking
the
> old Teens (which I think is awfully similar to Jump) or the Seventeens out
of
> my younger daughter's hands when she "steals" them from her big sister's
> room. As an aside, Seventeen still remains the best magazine for high
school
> girls. So, in summary, lets not encourage publishers to publish this
stuff.
> Nancy Westendorf, Librarian
> Community School 14 (PreK-5)
> Rochester, NY
> NSpringWes@aol.com
>
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