[CASL-L] periodicals

[Carol Ansel]

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

860.439.2784 



"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 at 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. 
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>On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 8:46 AM, LaMontagne, Todd (Ellis) <[
>mailto:Todd.LaMontagne at ct.gov ]Todd.LaMontagne at ct.gov> wrote:
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>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
>[ tel:%28860%29%20412-7558 ](860) 412-7558
>[ mailto:todd.lamontagne at ct.gov ]todd.lamontagne at ct.gov
> 
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