Magazines, Part 2

Greetings!

Last week I talked about magazines and focuses on the secular options which are usually the ones that come into question. This week I will talk about some options for SDA publications.
You are likely associated with a church and can get your name on a list to receive the children’s weekly papers like Little Friend, Primary Treasure, Guide, and Insight. It may be that the church will pay for a copy of each for you. You might think that the children already have read them, but remember that many of our schools also have children from other denominations in them that may not have read them.

Other SDA publications that might work in your library are your local conference paper – North Pacific Union has the Gleaner.
Liberty magazine - information on religious freedom.
Listen and Vibrant Life – focus on health and nutrition.
Winner – health, temperance and focused toward middle grades.
Signs of the Times, The Review, and other publications could also be options for your school library.

It may be that families or church members might sponsor subscriptions to the magazines that you choose or may donate their copy when they are finished reading them.

How you subscribe to your magazines is another option. Your school may have a magazine campaign fundraiser and you get your subscriptions through the school. This is certainly an option. If you only have a few magazines, this is probably the best way to go for you. However, if you have many periodicals each month, you should seriously consider using a subscription service called “EBSCO”. I use EBSCO for these reasons. The price is competitive. It is easy for me to renew all the subscriptions at once rather than one at a time. If I miss an issue, I report it to EBSCO and they handle it for me.

I hope this information is helpful to you.

This is the last post until January. Have a blessed, restful, happy vacation.

Audrey