This course will give library displays some new bite! You will develop skills in targeting audiences and understanding reader motivations to support successful displays which engage more deeply than the standard seasonal themes. Working across collection areas and age groups, you will explore how to use display to find readers for less well-known books in your collection to take the pressure off those wait lists.
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| Welcome | |
| Taking time for the course | |
| How to use the course | |
| Learning from others | |
| How your work is assessed |
| Why promote? | |
| Sell the sizzle | |
| The importance of range | |
| Choosing appropriate books | |
| Filling the gaps |
| The reading experience | |
| Reading lives | |
| How we choose | |
| Barriers to discovery | |
| A different way to choose |
| Power displays | |
| Using colour in displays | |
| Experimenting with graphic cover styles | |
| Practising display skills | |
| Seasonal displays | |
| Displaying non-fiction | |
| New books | |
| Books that need your help | |
| Targeting audiences | |
| Display as a conversation | |
| Let books do the work |
| Reader-centred themes | |
| Interpreting a theme | |
| Go on a journey | |
| Planning your display | |
| Choose two types of journey | |
| Select your books | |
| Journeys Option One | |
| Journeys Option Two | |
| Create your promotion | |
| Record your results | |
| Ask for your assessment |
| Libraries can be so much more | |
| Tell us what you think | |
| More Opening the Book courses | |
| Credits | |
| Photos and illustrations |
