[CPSLibraries] Periodical Suggestions

Thu Jun 26 09:44:27 CDT 2008

Dear Collette,

     There are lots of ways to order magazines but I think it's easiest
to order from a magazine subscription service. A subscription service
organizes all of your magazines into one order with one purchase order.
That makes it easier on your clerk as well. Some subscription services
include:

ALINI MAGAZINE SERVICE

Gerald Zukowski - gzukowski at alinimag.com

961 Oakwood Place

Plainfield, NY  07060

Phone:  1-800-292-1231

             1-908-791-4445

Fax:      1-908-791-4434

http://alinimag.com/

VENDOR # 80521

DEMCO PERIODICAL SUBSCRIPTION

Attn:  Periodical Department

P.O. Box 7760

Madison, WI  53707-7760

Phone:  1-800-448-6764

http://demco.com/

VENDOR # 31614

EBSCO SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES

Tanya Dowiat

1140 Silver Lake Road

Cary, IL  60013

Phone:  1-847-639-2899

http://www2.ebsco.com/en-us/Pages/index.aspx

VENDOR #13042

POPULAR SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES

Adeline Stark

P.O. Box 1566

Terre Haute, IN  47808-1566

Phone:  1-800-426-5038

Fax:      1-812-466-9443

             1-800-962-4706

VENDOR # 14072  

For many magazines, you can order just the school year so that you don't
receive magazines in the summer if you are not a year round or track E
school. It saves money so you can buy more magazines. You can also
frequently get a price reduction if you order 2 years at a time. If you
are sure your kids will love a magazine, it's a good idea if your
funding is not assured for the subsequent year. Also, ordering magazines
for a school takes a million times longer to start than ordering for
your home. It can take up to 2 months (or more) for subscriptions to
start arriving - that's why it's important to get your magazine orders
in early. After a year, a subscription service will send you one renewal
notice. You can cross off magazines that were not popular and add
magazines that you would like and send it in with a P.O. rather than
reordering everything individually.

I always found it was a good idea to order a magazine for your principal
or administrator. She or he will miss their magazine and may be more
likely to budget money for subscriptions if he or she is directly
affected. You can also order magazines for your staff, parents and
yourself, LMC, School library Journal, BookLinks, etc. 

My general rule of thumb for magazine orders is 1,000 kids = $1,000 per
year for magazine subscriptions, 500 kids = $500 per year for magazine
subscriptions, etc. It's important to include magazine orders in your
library budget requests in the early spring when budget choices are
being made by your LSC. 

Some popular magazine titles include:

American Girl

Ask

Biography Today

Calliope

Career World

Chicos

Current Events

Current Science

National Geographic Kids

New Moon

Sports Illustrated for Kids

Time for Kids (TFK)

Weekly Reader

ZooBooks

Good luck and happy reading! 

Sincerely,

Dorsey

Dorsey Chambers

CPS Area Library Coordinator

Phone (773) 553-6218

Fax (773) 553-6211

GSR # 80

Medill Technical Center

1326 W. 14th Place, Room 216

Chicago, IL 60608

-----Original Message-----
From: cpslibraries-bounces at lists.lib.uchicago.edu
[mailto:cpslibraries-bounces at lists.lib.uchicago.edu] On Behalf Of
Colette Wright
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 11:10 PM
To: Chicago Public Schools Librarians
Subject: Re: [CPSLibraries] Periodical Suggestions

What is the most effective way to order periodicals?  

Chicago Public Schools Librarians <cpslibraries at lists.lib.uchicago.edu
<mailto:cpslibraries at lists.lib.uchicago.edu> > writes:

I have National Geographic for Kids, Highlights, Ask (which is Arts 

an d Sciences for kids), and Click.

Sheryl Gates

CICS-Longwood Librarian

----- Original Message -----

From: "T ownsend,Regina" <TownsendR at pecs.k12.il.us
<mailto:TownsendR at pecs.k12.il.us> >

Date: Thursday, February 28, 2008 12:17 pm

Subject: [CPSLibraries] Periodical Suggestions

> Hello all, does anyone have any periodical suggestions for 

> elementary school libraries?

> 

> Regina M. Townsend

> Library Assistant

< font style="font-family: Geneva; font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
color="#000000" face="Geneva" size="-0">> Providence Englewood Charter
School

> 6515 S. Ashland

> 773-434-0202

> 

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