Re: [LM_NET] Target: Ordering Magazines

[David Lininger <tigerlibrarian@GMAIL.COM>]

anne howard wrote:
>  
> 
> I recently received my reorder form from my vendor to reorder magazines for
> next year. Most of the magazines I order never have been checked out.
> Students aren't interested in Cricket, or Ladybug, or Calliope and neither
> are the teachers. I hate to spend money on titles no one reads. National
> Geographic is a library standard but I'm the only one who reads it. Has
> anyone severely cut back on the magazines they order? If so, what did you
> keep that circulates. I feel I'm wasting money purchasing magazines no one
> uses.

Missouri has recently revised our standards to reflect the fact that 
many of the periodicals students will use for research are available 
through EbscoHost, which is provided to most public schools at no cost 
to the school. We are moving toward periodicals that are more for 
recreational reading. That will probably affect how much money we spend 
on periodicals, but I'm not sure which way yet.

I'm in the process of making some changes, but since I order directly 
(no jobber) it will be a work in progress for a few years. We have along 
weekend coming up soon, and I'm going to spend some of it preparing a 
survey for our students that will (I hope) help me pick some magazines 
that they would actually like to read.


-- 
David Lininger, kb0zke
MS/HS Librarian
Skyline MS/HS
Urbana, MO 65767
(417) 993-4226
t i g e r l i b r a r i a n  at g m a i l  dot c o m

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