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Six Years of Transformation: Trading Spaces in Mount Laurel Kathy Schalk-Greene Director, Mount Laurel Library kathy@mtlaurel.lib.nj.us SWAT Team of Library Transformers NJLA Conference 2010
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Once upon a time… Preconference: Merchant Librarian April 2003 Dave Genesy
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Trading Spaces Project Brainchild Karen Hyman, South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative Norma Blake, New Jersey State Library Gondola
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Project Goals Show affordable retail merchandising techniques Show policy, cultural and physical changes Demonstrate increased circulation and customer satisfaction
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Project timeline Project start: July 2003 Project budget: $45,000 Unveiled: March 23, 2004 The adventure continues… Slat wall Fun
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Before: August 2003
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AFTER: March 2004 Slat wall Retail Area Rug
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… and they lived happily ever after
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The library is a growing organism
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S pecial W eapons A nd T actics More solutions than you first think
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Weeding creates space
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Less is more
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Create comfort
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Use creative signage
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Buy everything you can on wheels
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Live in the NOW
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Remember Raganathan Books are for use Every reader his or her book Every book its reader Save the time of the reader
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The library is a growing organism
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Mess equals success
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Simple things you can start today Remember: Willingness is more valuable than money
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Two Good Books to Read Underhill, Paco. Why we buy: the science of shopping. New York : Simon & Schuster, 1999. Brand, Stewart. How buildings learn: what happens after they’re built. New York : Viking, 1994.
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Leap the chasm! “You can’t leap the chasm taking baby steps. Baby steps will kill you.” --Dave Genesy
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www.sjrlc.org/tradingspaces
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