Look, It's Books!: Marketing Your Library with Displays and Promotions

by Gayle Skaggs

Overview

For the elementary or middle school librarian (or the classroom teacher) looking to encourage literacy, this volume provides detailed ideas for promoting reading and encouraging students to learn about and use the library. The work begins with practical ideas to market library services, including curriculum suggestions such as lessons to teach the Dewey Decimal System. A second section focuses on economical ideas for decorating library spaces and various themes for reading programs as well as instructions for carrying these themes school-wide. Numerous patterns for use in the various displays and suggested surveys to fine-tune library programs to the needs of a specific student body are also included.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786431328
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	01/28/2008
Pages:	194
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Gayle Skaggs is the librarian at Cole R–5 Elementary School in Eugene, Missouri.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface     
Introduction     

Part I . Practical Ideas for Marketing Your Library Services
Getting Started     
Starting the Year in Style     
Doin’ the Dewey     
Other Curriculum Suggestions     
Puppetry in the Library     

Part II . Marketing Through Displays and Reading Themes
The U.S.A.     
Around the World     
Give Yourself a Gift     
A Paint Theme     
A Medieval Theme     
The Gigantic Garden     
Is It Spring Yet?     
The Farm     
“Leaf ” It to the Library     
A Reading Tree     
Let’s Go Camping     
Gone Readin’     
Thirsty for a Good Book?     
Take a Walk on the Wild Side     
Pirates     
Pencils     
Library Building Blocks     
Exercise     
Jump Right into a Good Book!     
Get in Step … Read!     
Money     
Good Book Cafe     
Recipe for a Great Book Report     
T-Shirts with Library Style     
Socks     
Welcome Back     
Need a Hand?     
Cowboys     
Make Time to Read a Good Book     
We’ve Gone Batty for Books     
Read a Good BOO-OOK Today     
Accessorize!     
Catch the Vision     
Keys     
Friends     
Elephants     
Before You Play the Game     
Seeing Stars?     
Out of This World!     
Reading … It’s Like Magic!     
Library Snapshots     
No Need to Speed … Just Read and Enjoy     
Tired of Jumping Through Hoops?     

Conclusion     
Index     

Editorial Reviews

a good basic resource”—Booklist; “this is a resource that you will refer back to many times throughout the school year, so keep it handy!”—Catholic Library World; “many useful, inexpensive and easy-to-do display and promotion ideas”—Feliciter.

From the Publisher

"many useful, inexpensive and easy-to-do display and promotion ideas"

Feliciter

this is a resource that you will refer back to many times throughout the school year, so keep it handy!

Catholic Library World

a good basic resource

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