A collage of ideas..

By Fran Karmann

Fran started out the school year with quotes and flowers.
She says "It was early August so too early for Halloween and it sure as heck didn’t like fall!"

I like the use of chalk-boards and twinkly lights!

Thanks for sharing Fran.

In this library you are ...

 By Michelle Walsh

Thanks to Michelle for sharing this wonderfully affirming 'welcome back to school' display. 

It's a lovely idea and looks great Michelle, thank you.

Back to the Books

By Stephanie Trzeciakiewicz

Welcome to a new school year all those in the Northern Hemisphere - hope it's a good one! 

Thanks to Stephanie for sharing her 'Back to School' display. It's great that she was able to recycle book covers used in previous displays. Here are her comments:

'Here is my Back to School display. I cut out giant letters that read Back to the Books and centered them on our HUGE bulletin board outside the library. I then surrounded the letters with different sized book covers. It has gotten a lot of attention when people stop to see which books they have read and which books they would like to read. Believe it or not, about 80 percent of the book covers were ones I had saved from past displays, and only had to print out some of our newer titles. Took a lot of staples, though!'

Meet the library staff

By Mary Leyva

Thanks to Mary from Colorado Academy for sharing this great way to introduce library staff to new students. Here are her comments:

'We created a 'Meet The Library Staff' display for the beginning of school. We have a new librarian and incoming 6th graders at our middle and upper school library. It is a fun way for students and faculty to meet us. We included basic information like our names and work hours, but also fun stuff like our favorite books, interests, areas of expertise and what we would be doing if we weren't working in a library. Essential to this display are our pictures, so folks can but a name to a face. It's a little busy with the 'vintage glasses' wallpaper (from Papersource) in the background, but kids have enjoyed it!'

Oh the places we have been...AND...the places we will go

By Mary Beth Spivey
This is a great display by Mary Beth Spivey, Library Media Specialist at Riverside Middle School, Evans, Georgia. She used it to start the new term off with a very positive message, celebrating the activities of summer and encouraging the students to try new activities in school. I love the way Mary Beth has used the wordle idea.
This is what she says:
"To start the new school year off, I wanted the students to be aware of fun school events/clubs they could expect throughout the year by comparing it to typical activities they may done over the summer. Using wordle.org, I created a display of activities “words” with the saying…”Oh the places we have been AND….. the places we will go”. I used real flip flops to emphasize the summer activities, and tennis shoes, cleats, etc. for the school activities. It’s been a great visual for students (especially 6th gr.) to learn of various team sports and clubs offered at the middle school level".

Click on the link below to find out more about Wordle:
Wordle

Start your term on the right foot!

By Jennifer
Mahurangi College, Warkworth
Some interesting footwear and good books on those shelves Jennifer!