I love all your suggestions and I've made note of my favorites! The Stone Lion. Angela F from Seattle, WA on December 25, 2011: Anything that promotes reading for all ages is aces in my book! Well, I'm only a Maths teacher :) It is quite interesting to see how much thought goes into one might see as a boring chance of book displays. Try featuring a trio of books in the center of a round study table. (feature popular titles for teens), GET ORGANIZED WEEK - The first week in October (display books on overcoming clutter, home storage, organizing at home or work). Library displays play an important role in helping draw the attention of customers (students and staff) to new books,special collection material,the items that are under-circulated and especially the items those are important for reading and studying but often left unseen. (Student Writers and Readers Meet!) 31 Jan, 2020. We have a TV on wheels in the school library that shows a slideshow of book recommendations and photos. Any newsworthy event gives you free hype for a display. When the display gets depleted, it's easy to change the sign and put fresh books on the rack. THIS YEAR I WILL LEARN HOW TO (fill the display with how-to book on hobbies, sports, cooking, all sorts of skills), READ IT WITH A BOX OF KLEENEX (a chance to feature weepers from the fiction collection), KICK OFF YOUR YEAR WITH A GREAT BOOK (pretty much an open topic for award-winning books or classics or favorites). Don't forget quickie one-day displays. I've included a bunch below with some general discussion around them. Show more details. Way to liven things up! This set includes 21 posters and 36 read-alike bookmarks in themes including: Sept 11, Grandparents Day, Banned Books Week, Labor Day, and more. Very cool information. Laraine Sims from Lake Country, B.C. Then see who on the staff has some talent in staging and filming these short promos to put on the cable channel. Sept. 8: International Literacy Day. This will open a PDF. I do have a Countdown to Vaisakhi printable available for teachers interested on my author site please feel free to reach out:). I really love seeing this. ORGANIZED AT LAST (books on storage, de-cluttering, housekeeping, filing, time management) A common New Year's resolution is getting organized. The Santa Rosa Quilt Guild and the Roseland Regional Library are teaming up to showcase the work of local quilt artists. Includes editable readalike bookmarks. Just looking at the spines on the shelves (and turning your head sideways to read them, lol) isn't the best way to get enticed by something. I work with children and am responsible for displaying their book choices on a daily basis. Your displays are incredible! Your displays are clean and simple, easy to read, and still beautiful. Thank you so much for this list! I love our public library, one thing they do is show local artists work along with some of the local school students art work. 2020. Feature lots of historical fiction from all different eras. What a great resource for librarians. This one got a lot of attention, not only because I included a cartoon of He Who Wont Be Named. I think these photos and how tos would make a great ebook that you could market to libraries/librarians. "Space Place" on NASA's website. 30% off $150 or more. The sign could say MONEY MATTERS or MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR MONEY or DOLLARS AND SENSE. Add to cart. (there is a time lag before the comment posts, it goes to the moderator first). Easter is in March or April. Reading a book, to me, is like having a conversation of sorts with the author. I mostly stood in awe of her expertise. No-Name Calling Week - Display books about kindness! Thanks. You can add this page to your favorites or pin it on your Pinterest board. Note that, in the advice above, I didn't mention anything exclusive to academic libraries, or exclusive of them, either. This vintage Valentine from my collection could be enlarged and words added next to it for your February display of books for Valentine's Day. I was curious what tool you use for creating the flyers, specifically the DIY craft one? READY FOR A MONEY MAKEOVER? Read Woke is an idea created by Cicely Lewis, an amazing librarian who has created some amazing initiatives. The Saint John Public Library in New Brunswick, Canada has a wall for displaying books and a freestanding unit too. There's a certain cachet to a book that someone else has just read. Book, Magazine and Floor Displays Whether you're looking for a bulletin board to highlight community events, easels to create a shelf display for your books, or a magazine rack to showcase your periodicals, we have everything you need to create an engaging display in your library or classroom. Also, participate in our monthly themed art activity by crafting your own creation. Then I run into the article on Admission-Essays.org about the most amazing libraries in the world and here we go, I am secretly dreaming about becoming a librarian. I found library work challenging and felt I made a difference in my community with literacy programs and internet connectivity (had to get lots of grants to do that). I'm the queen of library book displays. Perhaps you can have a theme about a particular book series, to promote a new book in the series, or a themed book character. The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers to this website may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Thank you for the ideas. I made this small display around the time I was running my library lessons on misinformation and responsible researching. This set of December Library Display Posters contains all you need to create eye-catching book displays for December holidays, including Christmas. The potential reader has a manageable selection to browse through. Bookmarked! I believe and hope that this is not the case. Some topics we included are music, science, history, cooking, and sports. February is Library Lovers' Month! Washington, DC 20002-4201. Using hashtags like #LibraryDisplays can be just one way to find some great ideas to keep library displays going in your school or public library space. I'll have to come back a few times, but definitely good information to consider. Thankyou so much for sharing! February 26th - TELL A FAIRY TALE DAY (besides fairy tales, include some biographies of Hans Christian Anderson or even Walt Disney), FAMOUS LOVERS (This can be fictional lovers or real people. If you don't have enough books to keep a display filled for the whole month, then make a smaller display for those items and change it once the display is depleted. Id love to hear your display secrets! Seasonal book displays are a great way to brighten up your school library. This one is also MARAVILLOSO! Read stories with a library setting, including: Midnight at the Library. We have a wonderful one at school though. I've collected themes to use throughout the year for your library's displays. Once a coworker had to go to lunch and asked me to finish. To sit and think of a display is really tricky in my opinion, as every time I try to make one I think that Im failing at it and not doing as well as other people do. Sign up to receive Check Your Shelf, the Librarian's One-Stop Shop For News, Book Lists, And More. Dont forget Groundhog Day (Feb 2) and Irish Heritage Month in March, Thanks for the list. I'm posting this on Amplify. A general winter display is always popular. Library displays have the ability to shout very loudly in a library without actually saying anything. This month, our theme is Flowers Everywhere! I will certainly use many of them. So much info that I can't process all of it. ), CHRISTMAS BAKING (put out all the cookie, pie, and cake books), DECEMBER HOLIDAYS (Chanukah, Kwanzaa, Christmas in other countries), HOLIDAY PARTIES AND FEASTS (party planning books, party foods, holiday cookbooks), National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (on December 7th feature some books on a tabletop display about Pearl Harbor and World War II), Wright Brothers Day (December 17 set up a tabletop display about them and about the history of flight), LET IT SNOW (fiction books with the word snow or blizzard or winter in the title, books on winterizing the house, books about snowmen, skiing/skating/sledding books), Get Hooked on Books (use fishing gear to set the tone), Books Take You Anywhere (use a world map for the backdrop on this display). An alternate title for the display is ALL THINGS PIZZA or EVERYONE LOVES PIZZA. Ann Hinds from So Cal on November 08, 2011: As the daughter of a librarian, I spent hours helping her setup displays and many of my wonderful memories are of being in the library. Display ideas: books with schools as one of main settings, books about education, faculty members photographed with a favorite book. Send it to ProgrammingLibrarian@ala.org. Thanks so much for sharing so many wonderful library display ideas. Neat Lens! Her rather blah book display ended up with several puppets, a wheelbarrow, plastic fruit and maybe even a little glitter. . BACK TO SCHOOL - school stories for children, books about adjusting to college, home schooling, adult education. I do not have an upgraded service. I love the idea of using clear plastic stands to display all the books you are trying to feature. You may like to consider books about Vaisakhi during April, since this celebration ties well into a Spring display. You would be amazed at the number of books including dots and spots. Many students have approached it, scanned it with their finger in the air, trying to see if there is a cover that jumps out at them. Travel Back in Time with These Stories (put a variety of dates around the slogan; 1845, 1930, 1900, 1230, etc.) MAKE A GIFT FOR MOM (show off craft books for making gifts that would appeal to mothers), GROW YOUR OWN FOOD - (vegetable gardening, edible landscaping, fruit and nut trees), BEAUTIFY YOUR YARD - (landscaping, tree planting, shrubs, decks, paths, pools). Feel free to download and use any of my signs in your library, or check out my tips for creating non-boring non-fiction displays. i used to manage the periodicals floor at a college here in Hawaii :-) i wish i got to do displays, great lens! I fell asleep in Toronto's reference library (which is gorgeous) but most libraries I frequent with my daughter barely keep up with their displays. Ted Kaczynski. Note the display is on end-of-stack slatwall shelving. Its inclusion offers a mirror for a diverse population (especially in BC), and a window for those readers wishing to learn something new. Past Library Displays; Library Events; Current Newsletter; Past Faculty/Staff Newsletters; December 2021 Displays Shining a Light on Human Rights. Alternate title: SCHOOL DAYS, CREATIVE COSTUMES (books on making costumes, include ones from the theater section and make-up area), SPOOKY READING (horror stories by authors like Stephen King, John Saul, etc., check for short stories too), HALLOWEEN IS COMING (include books on carving pumpkins, planning Halloween parties, decorating for Halloween, and setting up a haunted house), FALL READING (any fiction with autumn or fall in the title, you can mix in some harvest books on canning/jelly making, making scarecrows, New England foliage travel books or photo books), TEEN READ WEEK In mid-October. I do love the library though - it just smells so good. But this also means Ive been spending a lot of time whipping up posters and scouring the internet for display ideas. Thank you for signing up! Send me your link for a display or series of displays to be included in this listing. lots of good info! This site provides a variety of ideas for display and promotion of library materials. Hi! Bookmarks are editable in PPT, PDF, and Google Slides.Save 20% when you buy the full-year bundle! In honor of National Memo Day, I have chosen this wonderful lens. Don't forget medieval, Roman times, and other very early fiction. Did I miss any ideas your community loves? sukkran trichy from Trichy/Tamil Nadu on February 21, 2011: movies, radios, televisions and other means of entertainment which also have some instructive value tend to decrease the importance of books and divert our attention from them. Caterpillars & Butterflies. (books on money management, getting out of debt, budgeting, thriftiness, investing) People often resolve to improve their finances in January, so set up a display with that theme. And, I can see a connection between a certain lensmaster's resourceful creativity and her former career as a librarian, Virginia! Reading is so important in our lives and the lives of our children. Fabulous book display resource page! thank you very much for taking this subject and giving some useful ideas. International City/County Management Association. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Of course, the books listed here can be borrowed through interlibrary loan. Trying too hard in front of teens and middle graders is a death sentence. Feature a different author with the words, IF YOU LIKE STEPHEN KING, TRY THESE. It makes me wish I was back in the public library world, instead of the dry corporate one (where we don't even keep the dust jackets!). Library bulletin boards can be a great way to show off your current programs, books, and ideas. Set up a display called WINTER READS and fill it with books on skiing, skating, and any book that has winter or snow in the title. The love for reading has been taken over by the internet for most people but I still love to read and visiting libraries has been a great joy for me. You can stand the book up by fanning out the pages or get some slim wire racks to place the books upright on the tabletop display. I often get frustrated in libraries by poor book displays. If you have any books on the topic youd recommend, I would love to order them for my library! Take a Backyard Safari - include books about insects, birds, small animals, tree identification, weather experiments. Love Your Library Month 2/4 - Take Your Child to the LibraryDay (first Saturday of February) 2/14 - Library Lovers' Day March First full week - Return of Borrowed Books Week 3/2 - Read Across America (Dr. Seuss's Birthday) 3/4 - National Grammar Day 3/5-11 (First full week of March) - Read an eBook Week 3/5-11 Teen Tech Week Doing displays on video games or memes can be tricky. For locked glass display cases, invite the community to make Lego or other creations on an upcoming theme. CruiseReady from East Central Florida on September 22, 2011: LOVE the "Score with a Good Book" display. I think Canva can be a wonderful tool, especially if we dont rely too heavily on the preset templates. Thanks for all the ideas both about book displays and as a lens maker. Monthly displays in the library. January: New Year, New You Puzzled Over What to Read Next? Explore this guide to learn about the display topics and discover more books in our collection. American Education Week Nov. 18 -24th. January: New Year Celebrations Around the World! Ultimately, the library wants to circulate books, encourage reading and connect with patrons. Some great book display ideas for libraries. Make sure you do this where no patrons will be aghast at the sight of their librarian burning a book and where you won't accidentally set a grass fire. and of course Thank You for the great ideas. LATINO BOOK MONTH (great time to feature Latino authors from fiction, short stories, memoirs). I'm thinking I should do something similar at my house for different seasons. Excellent lens on books displays. Our local library isn't so exciting -each time we ask for specific books they tell us to go online!! Maybe I should recommend this lens to their Head teachers LOL! Gather picture books, both fiction and nonfiction, which have pumpkins in the title or pictured on the front. This Library Bulletin Board Bundle contains 15 bulletin board kits that will carry you through the whole school year. Browse Catalog. (LogOut/ Alternate slogans: AROUND THE WORLD IN A BOOK, LET'S TRAVEL, BOOKS TRANSPORT YOU TO FAR AWAY PLACES, NATIONAL QUILTING MONTH (books about quilting and patchwork projects) or PIECE BY PIECE. Hello thanks for this list! There's a lot going on this February for school libraries everywhere, with plenty to celebrate for Library Lovers' Month. I'm always searching for fresh ideas . I usually have a stack of books I have to read in the future, but sometimes it's more difficult to find books for my daughter. "Most importantly," writes the American Library Association (ALA), "libraries also connect communities to .
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