Library shelf display ideas

By Chris Plumley Another fabulous display by Chris from Lincoln College, UK. This fun display is based on fictional travel destinations.

Dalton School Library — Sara Littlejohn

Great mystery display! Could take out more shelves and make a body outline!

It's Halloween time and the library has some awesome displays this year! Our first display is covered in slime! I got this idea from Pinterest, it was easy to make and looks great in person. I started off by getting a stack of lime green paper. I cut out five different variations of slime and then used those as templates to cut out approx 40 pieces of slime. For the top three shelves I taped the slime of the inside top of the bookcase along with the outside edge. The bottom four shelves you…

The Adopt-a-Shelf program at a Georgia middle school gives students a chance to put their creativity on display while offering book recommendations to their peers. This interview with school librarian Liana Etling offers inspiration and ideas straight from student’s shelves.

I created the following circus display in the children's area of the public library I managed for 9 years. We didn't have a budget for displays, so I used whatever I had on hand at the library or could find at my house, with the exception of the beach balls, which I picked up at the dollar store. I wish I had better picture of the Big Top, but I strung crepe paper from the ceiling at the middle of the children's area to create the illusion of a circus tent. I hung a couple of beach balls…

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