I am following this discussion with great interest.
In Sydney I have a limited budget for 7-12 High School SO I CHOOSE
paperbacks rather pay the extra for library bindings. I would rather 2
resources than one. I figure that the curriculum changes, currency is
important, and the students' interets in fiction are subject to fashion.
When I arrived here 5 years ago there was a series which was hot hot hot!
but these books have not been borrowed in 4 years despite being in good
condition. Now the author has published a belated followup I have to resell
all over again.
When I get resources from the US.. such as Marshall Cavendish, I do
appreciate the bindings, however they are expensive and if I was offered a
cheaper version I would buy it.
I replace very few books because of poor condition.
I very occasionally will spiral bind a paperbound a resource to keep it
going.
HOWEVER, if an item donated is in poor condition, I too do not add it.
Our text book system also uses paperback versions. We are not offered nor
could we afford 30 copies in the more expensive binding.
Such a different point of view!
So my question is ... If you have a limited budget, why would you choose
library bindings?
What size are your collections?
Jan Radford
TL @ Delany College Library with 20,000 resources.
Granville NSW
AUSTRALIA
----- Original Message -----
From: "D. J Hendrickson" <DHendrickson07@ATLANTICBB.NET>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: [LM_NET] Hit:average price of book
>I agree with Jill, too. With my limited budget (under $400.00), I want
> every book to hold up. If someone gives me books that do not have
> binding, I pass them on the the classroom libraries unless they are
> something really special.
> I also do not have the time to do cataloging and processing (except of
> the occasional video that we are able to purchase/get free) as I have
> multiple jobs in my school and no help except for the occasional
> volunteer. We have had a "homemade" circulation system (since 2000)
> through the internet that accepts data from jobber's data disks quite
> nicely!
> I mainly use BTSB and Follett when BTSB does not have the title. I
> occasionally use other vendors, but unfortunately it does not take much
> time to spend my budget or any money that I can raise through magazine
> solicitations (excellent fundraiser!) book fairs and/or memorial
> donations.
> Deb Hendrickson
>
> Deborah J. Hendrickson
> Media Specialist/Technology Leader
> Westernport Elementary School
> 172 Church Street
> Westernport, MD 21562
> On Saturday, January 22, 2005, at 05:27 PM, Tony L. Pope wrote:
>
>> I agree with Jill. I was even thinking about the previous posting
>> while
>> walking on the treadmill at the gym! Ha... Go figure!!! I
>> primarily use Bound
>> to Stay Bound, but will go to Sagebrush Books if BTSB doesn't have a
>> particular title. I've compared prices and sometimes have found BTSB
>> to even be
>> cheaper than others. Out of 16 years in the library I've never had A
>> BTSB book
>> with poor pages, weak spines and never had one to tall apart. I
>> can't say
>> that about others...even Sagebrush. I had to have the same book
>> replaced three
>> or four times through Sagebrush after only a few checkouts each time.
>> While
>> that was rare and they have a lifetime replacement policy, it still
>> took a
>> lot of time to process the replacements.
>>
>> We had a Barnes & Noble open here about two years ago and this past
>> fall we
>> did a book fair with them at their store. We didn't make much (about
>> $80),
>> but afterwards our contact there began talking to me about buying our
>> library
>> books through them. When I mentioned about "library bound" quality
>> books,
>> she said oh ours are library bound! I think only media specialists
>> and our
>> special vendors understand the term...ha...
>>
>> Last year I had a father come to us after sending a note home about a
>> book
>> the son had lost. He came in to pay for it...then when we told him it
>> was
>> about $17+ (can't remember the amount) he told my parapro that he
>> would just
>> order it cheaper from Amazon.com. She explained to him the
>> difference. I think
>> they ended up finding the book!
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Tony Pope, Library Media Specialist
>> McHenry Primary School
>> 100 McHenry Drive
>> Rome, GA 30161
>> _Pope1966@aol.com_ (mailto:Pope1966@aol.com)
>>
>
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