Last week I went to a Library Journal Lead the Change Workshop. The main speaker was David Vinjamuri, a guy from outside the library world. He’s a marketer who teaches branding at NYU, but started writing about libraries and the book world for Forbes and is now speaking at continuing education workshops for librarians. The different… Continue reading Library Displays: Merchandising Tips
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Library Display: Books and Clouds for Teen Read Week 2014
Arts and crafts are fun! We’ve struggled with how best to create displays in our new space. We’ve also had trouble finding the time to do more than a simple sign. But for Teen Read Week, we decided to try a project I’ve always wanted to do: make clouds. To make the clouds, I adapted… Continue reading Library Display: Books and Clouds for Teen Read Week 2014
Teen Library Display: Under the Mistletoe
On Saturday I took down a display of writing books I’d pulled to highlight our NaNoWriMo programs. I was surprised how few books had made it the last two weeks. It ended up being one of our most successful displays (in terms of checkouts) of the year, which goes to show you it never hurts… Continue reading Teen Library Display: Under the Mistletoe
Banned Books Week: Display and Programming
Happy Banned Books Week! I’m been super busy with both the public library and my internship at a school library, hence less posts here than normal, but I wanted to take a moment and share what I’ve been up to for Banned Books Week. I’ve had trouble with putting posters on the green wall in… Continue reading Banned Books Week: Display and Programming
Out + About: Road Trip Teen Library Display
Our summer reading theme is “out and about” — so I thought a display featuring YA roadtrip books would be a fun take on the theme. It’s been a challenge to put up displays in our temporary space. Instead of having a window like the one in our building that is under renovation, we have… Continue reading Out + About: Road Trip Teen Library Display
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