[CASL-L] periodicals

[Kathy McNeiece]

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 at 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
>
> 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
> <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.
>
> On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 8:46 AM, LaMontagne, Todd (Ellis) <
> Todd.LaMontagne at 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
> (860) 412-7558
> todd.lamontagne at ct.gov
>
>
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*Kathy McNeiece*
Head Librarian
The Barbara Olin Taylor Learning Commons
Hamden Hall Country Day School

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