Print+Periodicals

Print periodicals BACKGROUND I chose the elementary school of 1900 students in a K-6 building. To match my current position as closely as possible, I will also say that this school is also very poverty-stricken; 80-90% free or reduced lunch. This school also struggles on meeting many of its standards yearly, especially in reading and math. It is for this reason that I would like to include magazines for both educational and recreational reading— recreational, especially, to encourage students //to read// more than what is simply assigned to them. Also, the variety of topics in recreational magazines are for students access to topics that are, for some, common, but for them are new. Many of these students have never left the city blocks in which they live, with the exception of school and the grocery store; exposing them to new things broadens their horizons, to use the cliché. Students have also shown great interest, specifically, animals and nature. In our lower grades, too, science is often put on the back burner in trade for more math and language studies to meet msip goals. So these magazines could help fill those needs that aren’t in the classroom. CHOOSING THE PRINT PERIODICALS Before school started this year, I sat down with the previous librarian to review all requisitions for the year. Part of that list was our large amount of magazines purchased. Because I was surprised at the number this small, rural district (with a tight budget, by the way—//and// my school has only 500 students) subscribed to, we discussed how popular/needed each of these titles were. They were ALL recommended by her and said were used quite frequently for much of the reasons stated above (in the list following, all periodicals listed with “Charleston, MO Librarian” are ones we also currently subscribe to). I have deleted a few from that list that I am questioning for next year (like //Motorcross// and //Money//), but have kept most. I also would consider adding more newspapers than what we are currently subscribing to—see Newspapers, below.

I understand that this list would change depending on budget and need for other materials in the library.

Total Costs:

Student Magazines: 302.57 Prof. Magazines: 532.59 Newspapers: 315 TOTAL COST: 1150.16

Magazines (B9-E10-__**P11**__) – 14 total (//Newsweek// is shared with staff and students)
 * **Category** || **Title** || **Cost/yr** || **Recommendation** ||
 * Crafts || Pack of Fun || 19.97 || Charleston, MO Librarian ||
 * History || Cobblestone || $33.95 || Charleston, MO Librarian ||
 * Multi-cutural || Faces || $33.95 || Charleston, MO Librarian ||
 * News || Newsweek || $9.97 || Charleston, MO Librarian ||
 * Recreational || Boy’s Life || $24.00 || Charleston, MO Librarian ||
 * Recreational || Jack and Jill || $19.95 || Charleston, MO Librarian ||
 * Recreational || American Girl || $22.95 || Charleston, MO Librarian ||
 * Recreational/sports || Dirt Bike || $19.99 || Charleston, MO Librarian ||
 * Science/Nature || National Geographic Kid || $19.95 || Charleston, MO Librarian ||
 * Science/Nature || Ranger Rick || $24.00 || Charleston, MO Librarian ||
 * Science/Nature || Missouri Conservationist || $17.00 || Charleston, MO Librarian ||
 * Science/Nature || Kids Discover || $26.95 || [] ||
 * Science/Nature || Zoo books || $29.95 || [] ||
 * Sports || Sports Illustrated for Kids || $9.95 || Charleston, MO Librarian ||
 * State || Missouri Life || $19.99 || Charleston, MO Librarian ||

Professional Journals (B7-E8-__**P9**__) 15 total
 * **Category** || **Title** || **Cost** || **Recommendation** ||
 * Edu/Art || School Arts Magazine || $24.95 || [|LM_NET] ||
 * Edu/Teaching Ideas || Mailbox -Kindergarten || $29.95 || Charleston, MO Librarian AND [|LM_NET] ||
 * Edu/Teaching Ideas || Mailbox – Grade 1 || $29.95 || Charleston, MO Librarian [|LM_NET] ||
 * Edu/Teaching Ideas || Mailbox – Grade 2-3 || $29.95 || Charleston, MO Librarian [|LM_NET] ||
 * Edu/Teaching Ideas || Mailbox – Intermediate || $29.95 || Charleston, MO Librarian [|LM_NET] ||
 * Edu/Teaching Ideas || Teacher’s Helper – Kind. || $24.95 || Charleston, MO Librarian [|LM_NET] ||
 * Edu/Teaching Ideas || Teacher’s Helper – 1 || $24.95 || Charleston, MO Librarian [|LM_NET] ||
 * Edu/Teaching Ideas || Teacher’s Helper – 2-3 || $24.95 || Charleston, MO Librarian [|LM_NET] ||
 * Edu/Teaching Ideas || Teacher’s Helper Inter. || $24.95 || Charleston, MO Librarian [|LM_NET] ||
 * Education || Educational Leadership || $56.39 || Charleston, MO Librarian ||
 * Education || Ed Digest || $43.20 || Charleston, MO Librarian ||
 * Education || Education Week || $40.00 || [|LM_NET] ||
 * Education || Teaching Tolerance || FREE || Teachers from WEH (Charleston, MO) ||
 * Library/Book Review || School Lib. Journal || $68.50 || Charleston, MO Librarian ||
 * Library/Book Review || Library Sparks || $59.95 || Charleston, MO Librarian ||

Newspapers
 * **Category** || **Title** || **Cost** || **Recommendation** ||
 * Local || Mississippi County Times || $30.00 || Charleston, MO Head Librarian ||
 * Local || Enterprise Courier || $25.00 || Charleston, MO Head Librarian ||
 * State(ish) || St. Louis Post || $65/ 52 wks (Sunday only) || (couldn’t find a good source—but thought //St. Louis Post// would be a good, larger newspaper but closer to home than the //Kansas City Star//) ||
 * National || USA Today || $195 || Teachers request at WEH (Charleston, MO) ||