Monday, May 13, 2013

Interested in doing a special first floor book display?


We are looking for displays for July, August, September and December, and we have some suggestions.

Take a look at the suggestions below, and see if one of them tickles your fancy. Or maybe you have an idea of your own for a display that you’d like to try.

Contact me, Elizabeth Kelly, if you would like to do a book display on 1st floor for July, August, September, or December.  Circulation staff, please talk to your supervisor first if you would like to do this.

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Possible ideas for book displays


I.                    General ideas on book displays, good for any month:

A.  Pets, Sports, Food, Cooking, Health Improvement (Fitness, Recipes), Arts & Crafts
B.  A subject you particularly like


II.                  Ideas appropriate to particular months:

A.      July
1.       Vacation or Summer Fun or Travel
2.       Fourth of July (and related topics)
3.     National Anti-Boredom Month
4.     (or consider one of the general ideas—or your own idea)

B.      August
1.       Back to School
2.       Black Business Month
3.     Romance Awareness Month
4.     Family Fun Month
5.     (or consider one of the general ideas—or your own idea)

C.      September
1.       Hispanic Heritage Month
2.       Library card Sign-up Month
3.     Self Improvement Month
4.    (or consider one of the general ideas—or your own idea)

D.       December
                                1.  Holiday Recipes & More
                                2. Winter Fun
                                3. (or consider one of the general ideas—or your own idea)


Note:
The following subjects would not work well for July, August, September or December 2013
(because they have already been used this year or are scheduled for October or November):
New Year, New You (used in January)
Martin Luther King, Jr. (used in January)
African American Heritage (used in February)
Women’s History (used in March)
Humor (used in April)
Graphic Novels & Comics (used in May)
LGBT Pride (scheduled for June)
Gulf Coast Reads (scheduled for October)

·         NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)(scheduled for November)

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