Read Lovely Books
This is a simple yet very effective concept and can help your library in many ways
There is evidence to suggest that having too much choice can be detrimental
This is reflected in the UK supermarket giant Tesco and their decision to reduce the number of
There can be parallels drawn to a school library and this decision by Tesco to reduce the
Then they are faced with nothing but row after row of spines that tell them absolutely nothing
In my opinion, dynamic shelving cannot exist without a good weeding policy
There’s no such thing as a neutral library, at least there shouldn’t be
Dynamic shelving means you are creating space on your library shelves for a lot of face out
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There are many reasons for this, one of them being that there is so much competition for
If a young user of a library comes in and doesn’t see something eye-catching or immediate,
The librarian’s job is there to guide them, yes, but it is much, much easier to
I use their skills to write reviews (see below) and to talk about great books, especially YA,
When you enter a bookshop, you’ll see that it’s laid out in a very specific
Libraries, often stretched for time themselves, have limited shelf space and even limited budget to bring in
That makes it difficult to “think like a bookshop,” but it is still worth mentioning
Another great display promotion I like to use are things that are called “shelf-talkers” which are simply
Often, seeing a decorated card sticking out of the book can entice them enough to start thumbing
Too much choice without a dedicated librarian on hand can have a detrimental effect
Using dynamic shelving by bringing great books to the forefront with well-written reviews and presented in a