Sign the students up to do displays of books they liked. They were in
charge of their section for a month. They created a sign, which I would
print in color; they then kept their section full. Now, full is a
relative term here! They would put two or three books per shelf,
standing up and facing out. If it was a paperback, they would lay flat
on the lower shelves, or I would use some extra book ends to help them
stand. Oh, I would do a section every so often, my para-pro and any
other teachers I could find.
Principal is nuts for baseball, put up all the baseball books, see what
pictures he has or ask the PE teachers or coaches for props. (Team
pictures, uniforms and whatever you think will make an interesting
display. Some things might have to be nailed down.) I've also run some
laminate out and then used that to cover the section; things are visible
but not touchable.
Curriculum sections! 8th grade is studying Revolutionary war. Put
those books out! Science is doing their earthquakes and disasters unit!
Create displays from various book lists. Caldecott, Evergreen (insert
your state here) and any lists from best sellers or whatever I could
find.
Next, use the series you have in your library to create displays. Just
pull them out of the regular areas and group them. Can be with any
group of books, feature an author. Series are tough; once book 1 is
gone it really becomes hard to promote the series to a new patron.
Use only the middle shelves, leaving the top and bottom empty. Put cool
things up there. Books, rocks, art projects, Author information or
whatever you can find. The shelves don't look so empty and the lower
shelves won't stand out because the tables, chairs and students standing
around block the view.
This would be a great place to put those mystery reader displays or
teacher's favorite books.
You could even leave some empty shelves in the middle of full shelves to
do cool displays next to a popular author. (And then it helps with
expansion)
Put up signs like you see on those new building projects around town;
"Future Home of..." then write up an exciting explanation of what is to
come to that area.
Do a days of... cover the shelf section with butcher paper, cut doors in
different places that when opened could reveal a book. When a student
takes one, they have to find a good one to put in its place. Can't just
grab something, it needs to be something they recommend. I would write
the slogan right on the paper and then cut the doors so it is all part
of the fun.
Like home for the holidays, and all books behind the doors need to be
about holidays; fiction, non-fiction and even magazines could be tucked
behind the doors.
Jean
R. Jean Gustafson
Selah Jr. High
Selah, WA 98942
jeangustafson@selah.k12.wa.us
http://www.selah.k12.wa.us/JHS/Gustafson/Library.cfm
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From: School Library Media & Network Communications
[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Moree, Alicia
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 2:35 PM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: MID/HIGH Suggestions for special collections
I would like to ask for response to this as well. I recently opened a
new media center that will house approx. 20,000 volumes and right now I
have about 3200 volumes. It looks really empty and I hear that comment
all the time. I am trying not to get defensive, but I'm tired of hearing
it. I have jokingly responded to some by telling them that we will
gladly take their monetary donations to help out. I have threatened to
take some pictures of shelved books and make posters out of them and
hang them on the shelves.
Alicia G. Moree
Media Specialist
amoree@forsyth.k12.ga.us
West Forsyth High School
Cumming, GA 30040
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From: School Library Media & Network Communications on behalf of Laura
Strathman
Sent: Wed 11/28/2007 3:51 PM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: TAR: MID/HIGH Suggestions for special collections
Hello, all-
This is a problem I'm happy to have, but I'm stuck. Last year we moved
our
7-12 library into a new facility that is much larger than our old
facility,
so there are quite a few empty shelves. We planned to grow into the
space
over the next few years.
Recently, our superintendent mentioned that she is irritated that the
first
comment people make when they see our beautiful new space is, "Boy, you
don't have many books, do you?" So, she's giving me $3000 to fill in
the
shelves.
The problem is 300 or so books won't begin to fill the wall of empty
shelves, which is in the back of the library. The only solution I can
think
of is to display some special collections on those shelves. I have a
separate graphic novels section that I will move over and a professional
development section for teachers that I will also move over. I have
separate areas built in for reference and new arrivals that I can't
move.
Can you think of other special collections that I could more or less
permanently display away from the main fiction and non-fiction sections?
All ideas appreciated.
Thank you-
--
Laura Strathman
Library media specialist
Maplewood Richmond Heights LMC
St. Louis, MO
lstrathm@gmail.com
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