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. It'll draw people into the library. The great joy of going to libraries is window shopping the stacks and just seeing what is there and book displays do a great job of aiding that. This is excellent . The club will meet every last Tuesday of the month. I've always loved books and libraries. 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. It can still be used by readers and students. I had to tell you that when I go to the library these days, I take a quick glance around to see any changes and think of you. You can add this page to your favorites or pin it on your Pinterest board. HubPages is a registered trademark of The Arena Platform, Inc. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. ALZHEIMER AWARENESS MONTH - fiction and nonfiction about alzheimer's, caregivers, choosing a nursing home. December is Human Rights Month Ive done a successful display for that! By using Twitter and Instagram, I feel you can find some pretty amazing library displays ideas that wont take up too much time or kill your budget. This month, our theme is Flowers Everywhere! This is some really good information about library display ideas. :P. I ALWAYS check out the displays, book selections, looking for inspiration, so your work is not wasted. 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. Neat Lens! Christine Larsen from South Australia on September 13, 2010: That's why I have such a painful muscle in my upper arm - lugging all my books around and reading every night in bed with my head propped up by same arm. Zip. There was a heavy emphasis on merchandising the collection. I do spend quite a while in my local library and will pay more attention to the displays! This itself is a great library lens of brilliant ways to keep and collect books. Continue the reading theme by observing International Literacy Day. January National Braille Literacy Month 1 - Copyright Law Day 2 - National Science Fiction Day 9-15 - Universal Letter Writing Week 11 - Poetry at Work Day 18 - Thesaurus Day 18 - Winnie the Pooh Day (birthday of author A.A. Milne) 19 - Edgar Allan Poe's birthday 23 - National Handwriting Day Thanks for an excellent lens and a wealth of information . Super lens! 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. Phone. You have provided some good display ideas:), The books are the stars in a library for me. Monthly Library Displays - A Celebration of Diversity by Patty Barfield | This newsletter was created with Smore, an online tool for creating beautiful newsletters for educators, nonprofits, businesses and more . Fill these with enticing displays of books and other library materials. Have a volunteer search the stacks and the catalog for 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!). We encourage students to take both books to learn more about the topics. This is why the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) established September as National Voter Registration Month in 2002 to . Freedom, Equality, Diversity, Pride Words Have Power Love (LGBT) Romance at the Library Blind Date with a Book African American History Timeline March: St. Patrick's Day Women's History Month April: Will you be updating your list and sharing? I need some idea or some topic for book display in December. Take a Backyard Safari - include books about insects, birds, small animals, tree identification, weather experiments. I love the idea of using clear plastic stands to display all the books you are trying to feature. All books can be found using Hoopla or Overdrive & Libby! Reading a book, to me, is like having a conversation of sorts with the author. The Franks were a Jewish family living in Germany, then Austria throughout Hitler's rise to power and during World War II. 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. Don't forget biographies of people who had it. A tabletop can hold a quickie display for something that's in the news today or display books that aren't sufficient to fill a regular display case. To use a Virtual Book Display: 1) Click on the display you want to explore. The children's display could be IT'S RHYMING TIME. Peggy Hazelwood from Desert Southwest, U.S.A. on August 11, 2011: Very nice! 31 Jan, 2020. And librarians could get some good ideas from bookstores as well. What do you use to cut out your letters for your displays, especially the ones with different fonts? Seasonal book displays are a great way to brighten up your school library. The 2019 theme is "Everyone Belongs @ Your School Library.". Thank you for your help in the past and for,I am sure, the help in the future. Have a stack of titles nearby so you can easily refill the display. Im not sure if this is celebrated out of the US but I learned the other day that May is National Foster Care Month. If you have a Spanish Language collection, then also set up a display of LIBROS EN ESPANOL. Knowing library budgets, I'm sure they prefer having the info here for free. Your email address will not be published. Explore this guide to learn about the display topics and discover more books in our collection. I didn't set up book displays, but I put together bulletin boards which was fun. In January I started working at a new library. This is a cool idea for a lens. :p. I especially like the One World Many Studies display. This set of 21 library display posters contains all you need to SAVE TIME and show off your school or public library's best books and themes for January. I used to work at a bookstore and was in charge of the "trade books"we had someone in charge of creating book displays but I sometimes did some too, so I know how important displays are. 9 October - World Migratory . ~~Blessed~~. If you have any books on the topic youd recommend, I would love to order them for my library! You'll want to come back each month for more ideas. HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY (Irish legends, leprechaun stories, Irish history, Irish travel books, Irish biographies), GREAT IRISH STORYTELLERS (noted authors, Irish biographies). Osceola County Public Library (Poinciana Branch). If you have a handy volunteer in your Friends of the Library group, ask them to make the top part to put on one of your tables. Native American Heritage Month Library Display by Mary Alessi at The Decker Library at Maryland Institute College of Art the pin Mustache Library Display at Hinsdale Public Library View this post on Instagram Check out our own #heygirl series being featured on our Women's History display at the Southeast Branch Library. I really like the For Dummies display. Our school library closed last year, so I try to keep teens interested in reading with my classroom library. Join us for songs, rhymes, fingerplays, and more! | Karissa in the Library, Karissa Fast - Children and Teen Librarian, 10 Poems That Teenagers Might Actually Love. Month - International School Library Month. The potential reader has a manageable selection to browse through. lots of good info! This month, our theme is Flowers Everywhere! Also, December is a good month for winter topics. Trying too hard in front of teens and middle graders is a death sentence. A general winter display is always popular. I may have to steal National Pet Month such a great way to get those pet books circing. Fill the display with authors similar to the featured author. :) i like the halloween display. Browsers often overlook books on the bottom shelf, as they don't want to bother bending down. Thank you for sharing these great ideas! Weslandia Contest! This might be a good spot to display a sign like TODAY IN HISTORY with something fresh each day. Very clever! Looks cool. Visit us at the Roseland Regional Library to see these amazing quilts. I love how you found a way to take the display one step further by helping the community. St. John's Public Library in New Brunswick, Canada - The books are wrapped in plain brown paper with a short description written on it. 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. Reading Gives You All the Feels Bulletin Board Display, New Year, New Books Bulletin Board Display, New Year New Goals Adult Non-Fiction Book Bin Display, YA Display Materials: Not Your Average Highschool, April Is Poetry Month: Teen Display Resources, Blind Date With A Book with List Tips and Tricks, Flow Chart Display: Try a New Type Of Book, Flow Chart Display: Meet Your Next Literary BFF, Sick of Superheroes? This site provides a variety of ideas for display and promotion of library materials. RePurpose! You can put books between two bookends and place a small sign next to it. Anne Frank. 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. "Kids are our future'. Thank you, you are a mind reader this type of list has been on my To Do list (as you can see from that sentence my lists have lists!) Alisha Vargas from Reno, Nevada on September 08, 2010: So those tempting book displays are really just a sneaky way to convince me to take home even more books. 2. Her rather blah book display ended up with several puppets, a wheelbarrow, plastic fruit and maybe even a little glitter. Browse Catalog. Following that, we assembled a Roald Dahl and Mem Fox author focus for our library. And, I can see a connection between a certain lensmaster's resourceful creativity and her former career as a librarian, Virginia! Merchandising and displaying the library's collection is not a frill. I believe and hope that this is not the case. They love the idea of promoting books and you can place a small donor plaque on the shelving unit. Eileen from Western Cape , South Africa on May 04, 2012: Wow ! 20% off $100 Discount. For things that change each year Ive given a range as I will likely forget to update this calendar each year. NATIONAL PIZZA MONTH - Display some pizza cookbooks, some Italian cookbooks and any fiction with pizza in the title, like Pete's a Pizza from the children's section. I use a Cricut to cut most of the letters, and I get most fonts from Font Squirrel. This set of December Library Display Posters contains all you need to create eye-catching book displays for December holidays, including Christmas. Diane Cass from New York on August 31, 2012: Fantastic! Can't even tell you what else they have on display ;-). Excellent lens on books displays. What a great idea for a country to have. This one takes time but is something you can add to and change over time, making it a more permanent display. Thanks for your consideration! Will certainly bookmark this ! As a former teacher, I know how important reading is. Enter your email address to receive notifications of new blog posts. You, my friend, are the most helpful and the best cheerleader a person could hope for. Your email address will not be published. Library displays have the ability to shout very loudly in a library without actually saying anything. There are some options listed on this calendar. I was curious what tool you use for creating the flyers, specifically the DIY craft one? I really love seeing this. Feature shelf-sitters.) When I saw how many exciting new books were being released in May 2016, I thought I would do a feature where I spotlighted my favorites each week. Change). You can make table-top book displays and display individual books on the shelf near their normal shelving area, but it's good to have a big display in a prominent place in the library. Your topic is more important than mine . What a great resource for librarians. As part of a quest, we are asked to leave a thank you for the most helpful squidooer. The sign could say MONEY MATTERS or MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR MONEY or DOLLARS AND SENSE. She reads up a storm, and then we have to find something else for her to read. I no longer work in a library, but I do enjoy the displays. Show off the library's books, movies, music and other materials with effective displays. Washington, DC 20002-4201. Hero Images/Getty Images. 35 Library monthly themes ideas in 2023 | library book displays, library displays, school library displays Feb 11, 2023 - Explore Julie Kaschmitter Krueger's board "Library monthly themes" on Pinterest. Thanks for the great lesson. I love this list! ), GREAT CHRISTMAS BOOKS FOR KIDS (all the cute storybooks about the holiday, plus children's holiday nonfiction), HOMEMADE CHRISTMAS (fill this with all the Christmas craft books and ones on making gifts, check the woodworking, cookbooks and sewing sections for this too), MAKE A GIFT (variation on the Homemade Christmas display), ALL ABOUT SANTA (any story that includes Santa and nonfiction books about Santa). Free Library Display Resources 3D Flower Bulletin Board Display Guess Who Children's Character Display Reading Gives You All the Feels Bulletin Board Display Spot the Difference Snowpeople Display New Year, New Books Bulletin Board Display New Year New Goals Adult Non-Fiction Book Bin Display Romancewith a twist I Read Canadian Day What's Cooking? It is nice and bright and it incorporates student voices. You may like to consider books about Vaisakhi during April, since this celebration ties well into a Spring display. But this also means Ive been spending a lot of time whipping up posters and scouring the internet for display ideas. HUG A POET - National Poetry Month (feature poetry books, biographies of poets and how to write poetry) I recommend separate displays for poetry for children and poetry for adults. Unfortunately my library doesnt have enough childrens books about the holiday to form a display, so I didnt put it on this list. Sometimes they will save cardboard book display dumps for you. You can put Thanksgiving books in with this or give them their own display. Definitely makes one more likely to pick up a book. I wanted to make a display to highlight the amazing range of stories by diverse authors in our library and to bring to light important societal issues. I am a high school English teacher. For Immediate Release August 29, 2019 . Here is a link to the site: https://ireadcanadian.com/day/. (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). Feature a different author with the words, IF YOU LIKE STEPHEN KING, TRY THESE.
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