[CASL-L] periodicals

[Michelle Luhtala]

We've been migrating to Flipster (EBSCO). So far, it's just an experiment
(se selected the cheapest magazines). Discovery is the challenge. Our
latest strategy was to embed our magazine carousel at the top of our EBSCO
Discovery Service (EDS) search results page. Possible distraction, but ...

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On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 3:07 PM, Kathy McNeiece <kmcneiece at hamdenhall.org>
wrote:

> 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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