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Academic, General, Public, School Media Specialist, Special

A treasure trove of book display ideas

Thought-Provoking Reads for Junior High StudentsCheck out our newer article on this topic, featuring a large number of book display ideas!

Looking for something unique and creative to add pizzazz to your library this winter? These book display ideas are sure to capture everyone’s attention and get them talking.  Your creative juices will flow as you check out all of these book display links to Pinterest, Library Girl, EBSCO, Flickr, and Google.

Media Specialist’s Guide – Book display ideas

Here is another blog post that we shared in December from Library Girl on meaningful book displays.

Academic, General, Public, School Media Specialist, Special

Data Walls – Create a transparent library environment

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photo-1422080567534-309d0d19392aFresh from the ITEM conference, CMLE has learned from Library Girl the power of data! Actually, the power of sharing your data with users in order to tell your story. Rather than just tell people, or worse yet not telling anyone, display your data, and your story, for the world to see. Library Girl, who was a keynote at this years ITEM conference, advocates for the power of transparency. She posts her library’s data, what she is doing, how she’s doing it, and who she is working with too. What happened when she put her data on the wall for the world to see?

“Within minutes of the data going up, students were coming in to the library asking questions: They wanted to know more about the number of books that were circulated, what the busiest time of day was.”

She also talks about teachers seeing it as well as parents. Remember, you can take your data beyond the wall too! Social media is a great tool for telling your story and creating a transparent library environment.

Academic, Special, and Public Libraries can use this idea too! How are you telling your story? Share your data and create a transparent library!

Read Library Girl’s Data Wall blogs Part 1 or Part 2 now!

More current content from CMLE

General, School Media Specialist

What to look for when you’re hiring a school librarian

The magic umbrellaWe realize this is the time of year that some districts are hiring media specialists. This might include districts that have been without them for awhile or who are replacing retirees. In her recent “Open Letter to Principals,” Library Girl gives hiring principals a list of things to look for when hiring school librarians. As she says, hiring a school librarian can be more important than hiring a new teacher, “because your school librarian will work with every teacher and every student in your building. Here’s what to do:”

  1. Look for someone who loves children more than books.
  2. Look for the right person as opposed to the right degree.
  3. Look for data and outcomes.
  4. Look for someone who can grow readers, not just reading scores.
  5. Look for a leader (or one in training).
  6. Look for a learner.

Read the whole article now!

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