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FROM: "Erin Shepard" <[removed]@waukesha.lib.wi.us>
REC'D: 11/23/99, 3:21 PM

Hi all!

I do most of the fiction displays here at my library, and while I have enough ideas to get me through the rest of the year, I am running out of good ideas. I will reuse displays that have gone over well, but would like some fresh ideas to start the new year.

So, if you could, please tell me about your favorite displays that you have done - your most successful displays, or just ones that your thought were particularly clever or fun. That is if you are willing to share the idea with me!

TIA

Erin

FROM: "Karen Bilton" <[removed]@wccls.lib.or.us>
REC'D: 11/23/99, 4:37 PM

I did a "Staff Picks" display earlier this year. I sent emails to the
entire staff soliciting titles and also encouraged staff to put books on
the display on their own. I did not put out staff members' names for
privacy reasons. It was extremely popular with our patrons. So this
made it somewhat labor intensive having to stock the display every
couple of days when usually we stock up once a week. It was fun though!
I encourage you to give it a try.

Karen Bilton
Cedar Mill Community Library
Portland, OR

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Erin Shepard [[removed]@waukesha.lib.wi.us]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 1999 1:24 PM
> [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
> Subject: Display Ideas (General)
>
> Hi all!
>
> I do most of the fiction displays here at my library, and while I have
> enough ideas to get me through the rest of the year, I am running out
> of good ideas. I will reuse displays that have gone over well, but
> would like some fresh ideas to start the new year.
>
> So, if you could, please tell me about your favorite displays that you
> have done - your most successful displays, or just ones that your
> thought were particularly clever or fun. That is if you are willing
> to share the idea with me!
>
> TIA
>
> Erin

FROM: "L. M. Lockley" <[removed]@mail.win.org>
REC'D: 11/23/99, 5:00 PM

Erin:

Earlier this year we did a display called "Debut Novels" which was fist
novels that had been published in the last year or so. It was very
successful. We used the lists of "First Novelists" that are published in
Publishers Weekly off and on throughout the year to compile a list of the
titles that we actually owned in our collection and displayed them on an
end panel in Adult Fiction with a big sign saying "Debut Novels" "Be the
first one to read the next hot authors!" (Or something like that.)
Enjoy!


Lucy M. Lockley Phone: 314/441-6454
St. Charles City-County Library Dist. Fax: 314/441-5898
McClay Branch
2760 McClay Road E-mail: [removed]@mail.win.org
St. Charles, MO 63303


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heart of a virgin? No one has any standards any more!"

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FROM: "Viccy Kemp" <[removed]@ci.carrollton.tx.us>
REC'D: 11/23/99, 5:03 PM

We have done a winter sports display several times and it has been very well
received. I ask people in the library to donate their sporting equipment; we
have folks who play hockey (yes! even in Texas) or have stuff left over from
their youth they couldn't bear to part with. Then I put up books with a
winter sports theme, both fiction and non-fiction. This went over very well
during the winter Olympics.
HTH
Viccy Kemp
The opinions are my own; the library wouldn't want 'em!


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Erin Shepard [[removed]@waukesha.lib.wi.us]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 1999 3:24 PM
> [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
> Subject: Display Ideas (General)
>
> Hi all!
>
> I do most of the fiction displays here at my library, and while I have
> enough ideas to get me through the rest of the year, I am running out of
> good ideas. I will reuse displays that have gone over well, but would
> like some fresh ideas to start the new year.
>
> So, if you could, please tell me about your favorite displays that you
> have done - your most successful displays, or just ones that your thought
> were particularly clever or fun. That is if you are willing to share the
> idea with me!
>
> TIA
>
> Erin

FROM: "Reedsburg Public Library" <[removed]@scls.lib.wi.us>
REC'D: 11/23/99, 7:04 PM

>

Are most successful one has to be when we had "Beat the Heat Read".
with a new section of romance books that were donated. We currently
have christmas books on the display now. We have just done, "Oh the
place you can go" travel and different locations, Southern Fiction,
"Family Chronicles", "Spine-Tingling Tales for Halloween", "Notable
Books".


Ryan

Reedsburg Public Library
370 Vine St.
Reedsburg, WI 53959
Phone:1-608-524-3316 Fax: 1-608-524-9024
<A HREF="http://www.scls.lib.wi.us/ree">http://www.scls.lib.wi.us/ree</A>

FROM: "Donna Jo Atwood" <[removed]@JCL.LIB.KS.US>
REC'D: 11/24/99, 11:10 AM

We did a couple that went over well. In April we stretched a length of
yarn across the display and used little clothespins to hang hankies--the
tear-jerkers went out like wildfire, plus a lot of lookers--something about
real fabric handkerchiefs really drew them in.
Also did Mother's Day theme with fiction & nonfiction on Mother/Child
relations. Used old snapshots of staff and their mothers.
"Promises, Promises" was based on all the book titles like Train Your Dog
in two days, Easy web pages in one hour type stuff--guess that isn't
fiction, but it was fun pulling the books.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
> [<A HREF="mailto:owner-fiction_l@maillist.nslsilus.org]On">mailto:owner-fiction_l@maillist.nslsilus.org]On</A> Behalf Of Erin Shepard
> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 1999 3:24 PM
> To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
> Subject: Display Ideas (General)
>
>
> Hi all!
>
> I do most of the fiction displays here at my library, and while I
> have enough ideas to get me through the rest of the year, I am
> running out of good ideas. I will reuse displays that have gone
> over well, but would like some fresh ideas to start the new y
> ear.
>
> So, if you could, please tell me about your favorite displays
> that you have done - your most successful displays, or just ones
> that your thought were particularly clever or fun. That is if
> you are willing to share the idea with me!
>
> TIA
>
> Erin
>

FROM: "Tom Dillie" <[removed]@wadsworth.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 11/24/99, 11:19 AM

Erin,
A popular display here has been "Fabulous First Fiction" which I do using the First Novelists articles that LJ does in the fall and spring. The most recent is in the October 1 issue. I photocopy and save the articles and check off the titles we own, so it's
easy to stroll through the stacks and pull books.
A really easy display is "Good Reads in Small Packages" using books of smaller than usual trim size. For example, most of the fiction published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill or the novels by Josephine Hart. More publishers seem to be using that format
occassionally, for nonfiction as well, and it certainly is quick to pull from the stacks.

Tom Dillie, Adult Services Librarian
Wadsworth Public Library
132 Broad St.
Wadsworth OH 44281
www.wadsworth.lib.oh.us

FROM: "Barry Trott" <[removed]@mail.wrl.org>
REC'D: 11/24/99, 1:29 PM

Our two most successful displays this year (in terms of circulating the
titles) were on historical mysteries and late 18th and early 19th century
sailing fiction. The book lists for these two displays can be seen at:
www.wrl.org/REF/Booklists/historical_mysteries.html
www.wrl.org/REF/Booklists/sailing.html

Barry

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Barry Trott 7770 Croaker Rd.
Readers' Advisory Librarian Williamsburg VA 23188
Williamsburg Regional Library Phone: 757-259-4050 or
[removed]@mail.wrl.org 757-259-7720
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On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Erin Shepard wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> I do most of the fiction displays here at my library, and while I have enough ideas to get me through the rest of the year, I am running out of good ideas. I will reuse displays that have gone over well, but would like some fresh ideas to start the new year.
>
> So, if you could, please tell me about your favorite displays that you have done - your most successful displays, or just ones that your thought were particularly clever or fun. That is if you are willing to share the idea with me!
>
> TIA
>
> Erin
>

FROM: "Cathy Reid" <[removed]@ccpl.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 11/24/99, 3:34 PM

Right now our display has an "end of the world" theme. I chose
apocalyptic-type fiction, made a few signs and decorated with New Years
decorations. I thought it was a great idea, but it has only been moderately
successful.

A couple of our more successful displays this year have been a "staff picks"
display. I made up a form, and asked staff to submit their favorite
fiction. Lots of books checked out from that display.

I also did a display of ethnic cookbooks (not fiction, I know) in conjuction
with ethinic foods month and the multicultural festival here in Springfield.
It went over well, also.

Next month I'm planning a display of books into movies--yes, I got the idea
from good ol' Fiction_L! I hope it will go over well--we've never done this
particular display before.

Hope this helps! (I'm hoping to get some new ideas, too!)

Cathy Reid
Clark County Public Library
Springfield, OH

FROM: "Jaffe" <[removed]@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
REC'D: 11/26/99, 9:37 AM

Hi,

I love new display ideas myself. Two fun ones we did here were

Short Stories for a Short Month (February)

March to the Music (March) - we included all types of music books, fiction
& non fiction, bio, etc.

Karen Jaffe
Comsewogue Public Library
Port Jefferson Station, NY

FROM: "Indian Prairie Readers Services Dept. INS 630-887-8760" <[removed]@sls.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 11/29/99, 3:42 PM

In November, we displayed fictional diaries/letters/journals...everything
from young adult titles to Nick Bantock's series, to The Diary of Mattie
Spenser, to The Late George Apley, to Nicholas Sparks' books, to The Secret
Book of Grazia dei Rossi. There were many more than expected to choose
from for display. Diane Smith's, Letters from Yellowstone, is a new
novel which fits this category.

Naomi Miller, Readers Advisory Assistant


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Indian Prairie Public Library Phone: 630/887-8760
READERS' SERVICES FAX: 630/887-8801
401 Plainfield Rd. E-mail: [removed]@sls.lib.il.us
Darien, IL 60561
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FROM: "Donna El Tabib" <[removed]@boulder.lib.co.us>
REC'D: 12/2/99, 3:29 PM

Hi, Erin,
I do the displays at the Main branch of the Boulder Public Library
- the displays that highlight different areas of the collection, that is. (We also have some glass cases that have artistic displays - usually relating to an upcoming library program. I have nothing to do with these creative endeavors!) At any rate, I have two display shelves to work with. The large one is 3 sections across, the small one has 2 partitions; both are five shelves high. Usually, I change the small display weekly and the larger one every other week. The displays are listed in our monthly 'bulletin/newsletter,' so I have to come up with a monthly schedule. Chase's Calendar of Events is very helpful for ideas - i.e. Older Americans Month; National Gardening Week, etc. I try to mix up the displays as much as possible - fiction and nonfiction from different areas of the collection. Here are some displays that have been quite popular (read, I can't keep the shelves full!), that I don't recall having been mentioned already:

The Best of Intentions (for the New Year, of course)
Historical Mysteries - Past Crimes in Past Times
Digging in the Dirt - National Garden Week
Over the Years - New York Times Bestsellers Revisited
Dog Days of Summer - Reading to Keep You Cool
Sisters in Crime - Female Detectives
A Rainbow of Titles (anything w/a color or the words color or rainbow in the title)
Perchance to Dream - Sleeping and Dreaming
Guilty Pleasures (those books we barely admit to reading!)
Salute to Pets in Fact and Fiction
Celebrate the Freedom to Read - Banned & Challenged Books
To the Ends of the Earth - Explorers & Adventurers
From the Desk Of . . . Essays, Letters, & Misc. Writings (818s)
Dragons, Unicorns, and Other Mythical Creatures

and so on . . . !
Doing the displays is one of my favorite parts of the job, but I never seem to have quite enough time!

Donna

Donna El Tabib
Boulder Public Library
Boulder, CO
[removed]@boulder.lib.co.us

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