Hello everyone,
Many responses have been some form of “subscriptions ended, no one noticed” but I wonder how many of those were really no one said anything because they didn’t know they had a say. I often think young people believe things are the way they are and there is nothing they can do about it. I also contemplate if this is a reflection of the magazine industry. Are magazine subscriptions down? How many publications have gone belly up or merged?
Has anyone surveyed their patrons to ask what they want, if so I would love to see the survey you used and here how the experiment faired. I did a survey my first year and wonder if I should do it again? Lots of wondering, hopefully I’ll get somewhere.
Thanks for reading,
Dawn M. Zillich, librarian
St. Paul Catholic High School
"The old idea of the librarian as a sort of recluse closeted with his books and
interested only in them is the very antithesis of the modern librarian, who
must live with people equally with books, and who must also be keenly aware
of all that is going on in the world around him."
~Linda A. Eastman~ (Head Librarian of the Cleveland Public Library, 1918 to 1938)
From: CASL-L [mailto:casl-l-bounces@mylist.net] On Behalf Of Kathy McNeiece
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 3:08 PM
To: Carol Ansel
Cc: casl-l@mylist.net; Todd.LaMontagne@ct.gov; diane.jennings@somers.k12.ct.us
Subject: Re: [CASL-L] periodicals
I let my subscriptions go as well- and no one noticed!
Flipster is another tablet based magazine- I've checked them out through my local library.
Kathy
On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 2:27 PM, Carol Ansel <cansel@williamsschool.org> wrote:
I'm in a 6-12 school - when I arrived there were several magazine subscriptions going - I think maybe they had been parent-funded? With a very tight budget I let them all go - next to no one noticed. I put out the old yearbooks in their place - the kids love to leaf through those!
Anyone had any experience with tablet-based magazines? I think EBSCO sells them. For the most part we seem to be talking high-interest leisure titles - the stuff one picks up in a waiting room and browses through. Do kids do that anymore? Yes, there are magazines of teen interest available through researchit CT, but I really don't see them accessing them that way.
Just my two cents
Carol Ansel
Librarian/Information Wilderness Guide
The Williams School
182 Mohegan Avenue
New London, CT 06320-4110
"Today, with our powers of concentration atrophied by the staccato communication of the Internet and attention easily diverted to addictive entertainment on our phones and tablets, book-length reading is harder still" -- Colin Robinson
diane jennings <diane.jennings@somers.k12.ct.us> writes:
I'm in a middle school and my students never take out magazines. I've drastically cut the number of magazines for students and purchased subscriptions that would contribute to content areas. When those come in I look for articles that pertain to projects/units of study and let the teachers know.
On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 8:46 AM, LaMontagne, Todd (Ellis) <Todd.LaMontagne@ct.gov> wrote:
I am in a high school and I find very few students read magazines! Even those that you would expect to be very popular such as Seventeen or Sports Illustrated go unread from month to month. I spent nearly $800 on periodicals for the past two years and I am thinking of redirecting those funds towards books.
Todd M. LaMontagne
Library Media Specialist
H. H. Ellis Technical High School
613 Upper Maple Street
Danielson, CT 06239
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