I am very lucky in that I have two very artistic assistants who do displays for our teens. After 20some years doing displays, I was getting kind of burned out and to be honest, I wasn’t awesome at it. But my assistants are, so it was a task I was happy to delegate. We would […]

Next week marks the start of National Library Week!

Get into the holiday spirit and unwrap sheer excitement with this slideshow of the most incredibly festive holiday library displays.

How to Decorate A Long, Narrow Living Room

Children's Mystery Book Display for Juvenile Fiction and Nonfiction Nancy Drew silhouette on the side with READ footprints, leftover from an old Summer Reading program Sherlock Holmes silhouette cut out on black cardstock with the Cricut on and stuck down in a open bookSince cutting out actual magazine letters wouldn't be large enough for the display, I cut out the Can You Solve the Case? with Ransom Note font on the Cricut, then glued onto various construction paper/cardstock scraps. Get a…

Dalton School Library — Sara Littlejohn

The Adopt-a-Shelf program at a Georgia middle school gives students a chance to put their creativity on display while offering book recommendations to their peers. This interview with school librarian Liana Etling offers inspiration and ideas straight from student’s shelves.