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Displays

March 16, 2020 by Karen Jensen, MLS

The Masked Stories Book Display, a guest post by Abbey Lynch

YA Librarian Abbey Lynch shares a display she created inspired by the popular television show The Masked Singer.

August 20, 2018 by Karen Jensen, MLS

We Need to Talk About LGBTQ Book Displays

A few days ago, an article surfaced that made it known that the director of Washington County libraries in Utah told their staff that they could not put up LGBTQ themed displays. Source: LGBTQ displays not allowed at any Washington County libraries. The reasoning is that the director didn’t want to alienate a part of […]

August 6, 2018 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Rethinking Book Displays – Again

I am very lucky in that I have two very artistic assistants who do displays for our teens. After 20some years doing displays, I was getting kind of burned out and to be honest, I wasn’t awesome at it. But my assistants are, so it was a task I was happy to delegate. We would […]

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March 1, 2017 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Displays are my arch nemesis. This wasn’t always the case, but after 22 years working as a YA librarian, I was beginning to feel burned out on displays. Let’s be honest, displays take a lot of work. There’s planning, creating book lists, and then – what for me is the hardest part – trying to […]

TPiB: Self Directed Displays in Action

October 11, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

A few weeks back I posted about self-directed displays and how they are a life-saver for when things go wrong and you NEED something to pop. However, they are also particularly awesome for gaining interest in things you are already doing- whether it’s a program, or drawing interest to a particular collection, or anything else […]

TPiB: Self Directed Displays for the Last Minute

September 20, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

We all have the best of intentions for our libraries and the most creative ideas. We’ve scoured the internet and pinterest, culled and shared ideas through listservs and friends, and made plans to do the most AMAZING things. And then that thing known as life smacks you upside the head and laughs and says, “HAHAHAHAHAHA, […]

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TPiB: 5 Things To Do With Post-Its In Your Library

August 8, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

With only a few minutes and a couple dollars, you can do some really creative and engaging things.  Check out these ideas, take a look around your space, grab some sticky notes and see what you can do! Encourage teens to write poems to share on a wall or window, or encourage them to copy […]

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November 23, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

It all began because Kearsten, the teen services librarian at Glendale Public Library in Arizona,  Tweeted us a picture of a display she put together.  More accurately, she came up with the idea and her teen volunteers helped her put the display together.  It was simple really, but genius.  Her teens held up a fake […]

Generate Marketing Creativity with iPhone Apps

July 19, 2011 by Karen Jensen, MLS

First off, I realize not everyone has an iPhone and I apologize.  Also, I don’t know if the apps are available on other form platforms, but if they are – I recommend you check them out.  When trying to come up with images to promote activities, reads, etc – well, sometimes I just can’t find […]

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