Mary Alice Anderson,
I also quitted subscribing NGS, if you think NGS is too difficult, as English
native speaker, how about us, who use English as an second language! I now
subscribe Chinese version from Taiwan and also NGS World (Kids) and they are quite
attractive.
======= 2004-12-29 22:03:38 wrote this in your previous mail=======
> Hi,
>This is such a typical situation. We get at least one phone call per year from
>someone who wants to donate National Geographic magazines. I can't quite figure
>out why so many people think we might want them.
>
>Seems to me that NGS is in the past---Most of it is too difficult elem. and middle
>school kids to read and we don't even subscribe anymore. With TV, the web,
>online resources etc etc NGS also doesn't have the appeal that it had years ago.
>We don't even subscribe anymore--but we do get National Geographic Kids.
>
>Regarding keeping magazines---we keep them only two years and our subscriptions
>are very few since most is online. What we do subscribe to are the browsing
>magazines that kids read for fun. We keep the current issues available for two
>day checkout and after about 6 months they go in colorful crates for browsing.
>Kids seem to enjoy digging through the crates ; these back issues of popular
>magazines are VERY WELL used and we are really getting our money's worth out of
>the subscription.
>
>Mary Alice Anderson
>
>On Wednesday, December 29, 2004, at 00:14AM, Tim and Carol Nanney
><nanney@AENEAS.NET> wrote:
>
>>I will be taking over as librarian at our elementary school at the beginning of
>the year and I am in the process of weeding the library (something that has not
>been done in YEARS). We have National Geographic magazines dating back to the
>60's in storage which are NEVER touched. Any suggestions of what to do with them?
>>How long do most of you keep other magazines in archives?
>>Thanks for your help.
>>Carol Nanney
>>McKenzie Elementary School
>>
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>Mary Alice Anderson, Lead Media Specialist
>Winona Middle School - 1570 Homer Road
>Winona MN 55987 - ph: 507 494 1050
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Hung Ming Michael
SKH Bishop Mok Sau Tseng Sec School
Hong Kong
http://library.mst.edu.hk
mhung@mst.edu.hk
mmhung@school.net.hk
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