{"id":10292,"date":"2015-02-17T07:01:33","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T12:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=10292"},"modified":"2015-02-17T06:48:49","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T11:48:49","slug":"making-bulletin-board-patrons-first-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/making-bulletin-board-patrons-first-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"Making the Bulletin Board Your Patrons’ First Stop"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Urban Dictionary’s definition of Shelfie.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In our library we have a bulletin board just to the right as folks walk through the door. \u00a0We’ve always kept it looking “nice”. \u00a0Some timely book displays…occasionally some student work (our second graders’ tall tale characters are a favorite) graced the construction paper background. \u00a0But honestly? \u00a0I was getting bored looking at it all the time.<\/p>\n

So I did what any good librarian would do and I headed to Pinterest for some ideas. \u00a0Sure there were lovely book ad type of displays, but this is exactly what I wanted to get away from. \u00a0And I realized, what I wanted was for our students to have an interactive experience.<\/p>\n

We started with gratitude. \u00a0Modeled off the Gratitude Graffiti Project<\/a>\u00a0we seeded our bulletin board with post-its featuring things we are grateful for. Every time anyone (teacher, parent, student) walked through our doors they were invited to add something. \u00a0In no time our board filled up with positivity.<\/p>\n

Next, I found this fabulous first lines<\/a> interactive board on Pinterest. Intriguing first lines have always been of interest to me, and I knew some titles that would have to be included. \u00a0It’s super easy to switch out the titles after a little while to freshen the board up, and I have to say, circulation of the titles featured has gone up as well! \u00a0Bonus!<\/p>\n

Our next venture helps our students see that not just our fabulous team of librarians are readers, but all the folks in our school. \u00a0We put out a call for staff and faculty to send us a selfie AND a shelfie. \u00a0We will ask our students to see if they can pair up the person with their shelf!\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0The next month we will put out a call to the students, and feature their selfie\/shelfie combos.<\/p>\n

Our bulletin board is quickly becoming a talked about, interacted with and exciting part of our space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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