Re: re; SEC Shelf Displays

[sbrisco <sbrisco021@CHARTER.NET>]

I was thinking of doing that with my library (5-12) but was sort of
"pooh-poohed" when I mentioned it to others at our school because they
thought it was too "elementary"...however, I work with 5th graders who come
into the library at the 4th grade level and are "bouncing Tiggers" when they
check out books, so I think the "elementary" aspect is just a little
elitist.

I may go ahead and follow through on this idea just because I think it would
give some interest to a "dull" area on the shelf that is filled with air.
(I have tried placing books on display holders on the shelves, but I noticed
that many students (and library staff) often miss the books on the stands
when they begin looking for the call numbers on the shelves.  Then the book
is marked as "missing" only to later be picked up by someone who thought it
looked interesting.)

Your idea might be one that I can use to eliminate so many of the stands on
the shelves and give some visual clues to students who still won't use the
card catalog for research.  *sigh*

Thanks for the insights....

~Shonda Brisco
Trinity Valley MS / US Librarian
Fort Worth, TX
sbrisco021@charter.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rosemary McCarthy" <rmccarthy@WINTHROP.K12.MA.US>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 9:46 AM
Subject: re; SEC Shelf Displays


> The Librarian before me weeded vigorously every section of the High School
> library. We have neither the funds, staff, or time to replace all those
> volumes.
>
> Anyhow, to try to fill the voids, I placed interesting items relating to
the
> subjects on the shelves. The 550s feature a large petrified tree limb. In
> the 570s one will find a teddy bear and a "taxidermied" bird. The anatomy
> section has an arm dangling off the shelf (I purchased it for $2.00 one
> Halloween). The 900s has a castle atop the Middle Ages books.
>
> The HS kids get a kick out of finding the objects and they serve as
> landmarks and visual cues for many.
> For instance, I heard a student direct a classmate to the Uncle Sam
> bobblehead doll for the books on political parties in the U.S.
>
> The science teachers were a great source for objects and I patrol the
halls
> after "locker clean out day" to see if I can scavenge anything interesting
> and of course, being a former classroom teacher, I have lots of "stuff" of
> my own.
>
> I stopped putting live plants on the shelves because we had too many water
> and dirt spills.
>
> In the fiction section, I just do mini displays like, books made into
films,
> horror, local writers, etc.
>
>
> Rosemary McCarthy
> Winthrop HS
> Winthrop, MA
> rmccarthy@winthrop.k12.ma.us
>
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