You Don’t Have to be Barnes & Noble to Have Cool Book Displays! Misha Stone -- Fiction Dept., Seattle Public Library & Mary Stillwell Power -- History, Travel & Maps Dept., Seattle Public Library

Why do book displays? Increase in fiction circulation of 90% Increase non-fiction circulation of 25% Patrons who are browsing are open to suggestions Alert patrons to parts of your collection of which they are not aware

More Reasons Why Displays are FUN! Visually appealing Displays help patrons make choices Show ‘em what you got! Increases circulation, of course!

Basics of Book Displays Choose a theme Make easy-to-read signs Keep a display calendar Store display backstock, if you can Involve staff! Keep refreshing and replenishing

Basics of Book Displays Use any & every surface you have! Make the shelves disappear! Make it clear that items are for check-out Look to a variety of places for display ideas

Displaying Non-fiction Examples of themes Biographies—birthday display that changes every month National “whatever” month National “whatever” day Tie-in to local events Tie-in to current news events Tie-in to library events

More ideas for non-fiction displays Famous birthdays, month-by-month: http://www.holidayinsights.com/bday/september.htm YALSA’s non-fiction for teens: http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teenreading/trw/trw2005/nonfiction.htm Celebrate today! : more than 4,000 holidays, celebrations, origins, and anniversaries / John Kremer. Rocklin, CA : Prima, c1996. On this date-- : a day-by-day listing of holidays, birthdays and historic events and special days, weeks and months / compiled by Sandy Whiteley. Chicago : Contemporary Books, c2003. Chase's ... calendar of events.Chicago, Ill. : Contemporary Books.

Signage examples for Non-Fiction

Signage examples for Non-Fiction

Link displays to your website…

Link displays to your website…

Shelftalkers for Non-Fiction Biographies Subject areas Direct patrons to your displays Referrals to other areas of the collection

Shelftalkers for Non-fiction

Shelftalkers for Non-Fiction

Equipment for Displays Book easels, Plexiglas sign holders, shelves, Shelftalkers, etc. US Gerslyn Ltd.--Tel: +800 GER SLYN Fax: +516 767 7476

Fiction Displays Themes: Banned Books, Black History Month, Local Authors, Chick-lit, etc. Pull-lists: how to find enough books! Easy displays: Staff Faves, Good Books You Might Have Missed Semi-permanent displays: African-American, Romance

More Fiction! Signs Face-outs Include other formats

Shelf Talkers for Fiction

Shelf Talkers for Fiction

Shelf Talkers for Fiction

Children’s Displays Invite them in: vibrant color, collage, shapes, signs—have fun! Props Make shelves disappear Fun themes: Back to School, Poetry Month, Mother’s Day, Biographies, Read a Rainbow, Science Fair Projects, Raining Cats & Dogs, Around the World, etc.

Questions? Ideas?

Resources for Book Display Ideas Reedsburg Library Past Book Displays list: http://www.scls.lib.wi.us/reedsburg/reading.html Linking displays to library website: http://www.lcl.lib.ne.us/depts/bookguide/disp/currentnfdisplay.htm & http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/depts/bookguide/displays.htm Johnson County Library’s book displays flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jocolibrary/ Signs and displays info: http://librarysupportstaff.com/libsigns.html Ideas for legal/law displays: http://www.aallnet.org/sis/allsis/legalresearchcommittee/library_display_ideas.html

Resources for Book Display Ideas Baker, Sharon L. The Responsive Public Library Collection: How to Develop and Market It, Libraries Unlimited Inc. 1993. Seipp, Michele et al. Book Displays Increase Fiction Circulation Over 90%, Non-Fiction Circulation 25%, Library Research Service, Colorado State Library, May 1, 2002. Woodward, Jeannette A. Creating The Customer-driven Library: Building On The Bookstore Model, American Library Association (November 2004). San Jose Public Library.  The Merchant Librarian: A Hands-On Approach to Collection Promotion, 1993.

Contact us with questions or ideas… misha.stone@spl.org mary.power@spl.org

Good Luck! Have fun with your own displays!