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Need creative ideas for library displays? PUBLIB has had a recent discussion
about this. Results from several libraries are compiled below.
Laurie
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:14:02 -0400
From: "Jessica Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Publib] Displays compilation
Hello everyone,
Thank you so much for the wonderful display ideas! Our director was very
excited by all of the great suggestions. Here is a compilation for those
who are interested:
General Suggestions:
- Good signage is very important
- Creative signage helps
- Props make for good displays- Dollar Stores are your friends!
- Use all endcaps
- minimum of five books on an endcap
- maximum of fifteen
More Specific Suggestions:
- Themed historical fiction
- Civil War
- Holocaust
- Books from which movies were based
- Seasonal displays (this was repeated by many respondents)
- Seasonal displays that are less obvious
- Comfort Foods display during very snowy weather
- Topics people enjoy but don't associate with books
- TV Shows
- TV Stars
- Gambling (Texas Hold 'Em Poker is very popular right now)
- Cookbooks for "sinful" foods: mac 'n cheese, fried foods,
cookies)
- Current Affairs/Gossip
- one librarian put out all books on the Kennedy family when
JFK, Jr died and all of the books, even the old ones, went out very
quickly
- Color-themed displays (surprisingly, this was repeated by a few
different respondents)
- pink, red, yellow books were the most popular colors
- National _________ Month displays
- National Chocolate Month
- States
- a different state every few weeks
- neighboring states are very popular, especially during months
when people travel
- "one-tank trips" _type books
- local travel
Specific Display Ideas:
- "Delicious Summer Reads"
- fake grapes and an empty Chianti bottle
- any book that has words or pictures of a beach or
summery-looking places
- Staff Picks
- especially "Becca's Pick", "Frank's Pick", et cetera
- Movie star biographies
- Gardening
- Pets
- Ohio/Columbus history
- Tattoos
- Manners and Etiquette
- Customized Cars
- Bodybuilding
- Identity Theft
- Good Books You Might Have Missed (bestsellers from the past 10
years)
- Wedding
- Banned Books (this was repeated by many respondents)
- Ways to Go Green
Recommended websites:
- http://www.sjrlc.org/tradingspaces/toolkit/index.shtml#tipsheets
- http://www.scholastic.com/librarians/printables/index.htm ("Shelf
Talkers")
--
Jessica Simpson
Youth Services Librarian
Columbus, OH
