[CASL-L] periodicals

[Dawn Zillich]

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 at mylist.net] *On Behalf Of *Kathy
McNeiece
*Sent:* Wednesday, May 04, 2016 3:08 PM
*To:* Carol Ansel
*Cc:* casl-l at mylist.net; Todd.LaMontagne at ct.gov;
diane.jennings at 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 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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