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Materials Merchandising: Boost Your Circulation! Rebecca Hass Shayna Siegel March 24, 2011
Objectives ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Bookstores
Libraries
Advantages of Display ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Why?:  It’s All About the
Motivations to Display Bookstore Sales Libraries Community Usage increase increase Circulation increase increase Profit Funding Continued Existence of the Library! increase increase
Understanding  Floor Plan Layout ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Display Tables
 
 
Bestsellers/New Books
Endcap Displays
 
 
Faceouts
Face-outs:  Sarah   P. Long Study Long, S. P. (1987, Fall). The effect of face-front book display in a public library.  North Carolina Libraries 45 . 150-153.
People do judge a book by its cover, especially young adults Jones, L. A. (2007). The Great Cover-up.  School Library Journal
 
 
Shopping Bags
Quick Survey ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Circulation Increase ,[object Object],300-1000%
Cash/Wrap or Point of Check Out
Pratt Cafe
Ideas for a Library
Assignment: Determine Your Traffic Flow
Extreme Library Makeover ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Bernstein, J. E., & Schalk-Greene, K. (2006, April). Extreme library makeover.  American Libraries36 (4). 66-69.
E-Merchandising: Kiosks/Monitors Sullivan, M. (2010). Merchandising your library resources.  Teacher Librarian, 38 (2), 30.
E-Merchandising Social Media - monitor and promote! Starred Reviews in the Catalog Featured Booklists Sullivan, M. (2010). Merchandising your library resources.  Teacher Librarian, 38 (2), 30.
What to Avoid….
Creating Effective Displays  and Signage ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Display  Guidelines
 
Display Guidelines ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
[object Object],Glenwood Branch, Howard County Library
Use a book truck for your display
2. Determine Topic and Audience ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
 
What do people outside the library think?
What are some topic ideas?
Topic Ideas ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Glenwood Branch, Howard County Library
Mellow Yellow ,[object Object]
Children’s Books  ,[object Object]
3.  Check catalog for availability   Do you have enough books to display?
March – Women’s History Month ,[object Object]
4.  Pull books and examine for visual appeal
 
5. Sort books by size
6. Visualize shape of display-Pyramid
7. Distribute books by size, color, and cover design – Class picture
 
Book Easels and Sign Holders Easels and Sign Holders can be purchased from Demco, Gaylord, Highsmith, or any other place you buy library supplies.
Props
8. Stand back and look at it
 
9. Keep an eye on it
 
How many things are wrong  with this display?
What’s better about this?
And now for the fun part.
What have we learned? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Any Final Questions?
For More Information: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Delicious bookmarks:  http://delicious.com/epflslrc_boostyourcirc Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/slrclibrarydisplays/

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Notas do Editor

  1. Interactive bit: Go into bookstore and what do you see? Bright colors Clean, tidy piles Different levels of displays – walls, pyramids, shelves Interesting organization and dimension Face-out books Good lighting – you can read the titles Uses themes to connect displays
  2. Interactive bit: Walk into a library and what do you see? Dimly lit Tightly packed spines facing you. No exciting and colorful covers are lost in a sea of spines The most exciting - Children’s area Why is that? Take lessons from bookstores to increase exposure and circulation
  3. In retail, simple, numeric model: the dollars per square foot rule Nothing stays on valuable floor space unless it is paying for itself, so merchandisers must ask: Are customers buying it? If you take this approach in your library , you have to decide not only what your customers need, but also what they use. Sullivan, M. (2010). Merchandising your library resources. Teacher Librarian, 38 (2), 30.
  4. First 20 steps in the bookstore – most important! (What libraries can learn from bookstores article)
  5. What do you see in the first 20 feet of bookstores these days? Main thing being displayed right now – eReaders (note news about Overdrive use over the holidays - What are they using to merchandise the Nook? Height, color, signage (more on this later)
  6. Power Aisle
  7. Book clubs displays – “If you like,” each shelf a different book and read-a-likes, Up and Coming Authors -
  8. Capitalizing faceouts Publishers spending time/money on cover art Companies paying to have certain places on display
  9. Messages we send – Sex in the City at the end of the Christianity section…
  10. Left – ours at Central (not so much choice there) Right – children’s dept. – lower level, colorful, not beat up books
  11. Sarah P. Long conducted a study on the use of face front book display in a public library. The purpose of the study was to look at the method of face front book display to discover if these books circulated more than books displayed spine out. Tulip book – BST Spine vs. inside photo of tulips!
  12. Jones’ study Summaries of books vs. book covers “ No way am I reading that – that book looks lame!” http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2010/may/07/book-cover-design?picture=362342494
  13. Study guides – boring!
  14. Face outs Color – even study guides have color Grabs attention
  15. Baskets Marketing – bookstore/logos Encouraging browsing – fill up those bags!!
  16. Sharon L. Baker studied the factors thought to cause an increase in circulation. First, placing books in a prime location increases their visibility and accessibility and makes them more likely to be noticed and ultimately chosen by browsers. Second, displays are thought to help narrow a reader’s choice by guiding him or her to a small collection of titles.   Sharon Baker’s book display experiments in 3 public libraries showed that effective displays must be in high traffic areas. Books on display near the front desk circulated 300% to 1000% more frequently than books on the shelf. Books displayed at the rear of the fiction stacks circulated at best only 60% more than books on shelves. Displays on window sills and other isolated areas in the library are a waste of time.
  17. Impulse Items Holidays – Barnes and Nobles, Jo-Ann’s
  18. Events Monthly themes Coffee books Audio books
  19. Book trucks Computers – books on software, how to write resumes Point of check out – small display (circulation and ref desks) Lower shelving units – put them on top! Children’s area that has Adult books as well
  20. Orleans on left Southeast on right Fine Arts – reference desk, display in the back – draws you to the back
  21. Large monitors, communication boards, preview materials, alert to new materials in library
  22. What impedes the flow of your traffic? Move a table? Open spaces, encourage browsing Dark corners
  23. What impedes the flow of your traffic? Move a table? Open spaces, encourage browsing Dark corners Avoid making it boring, hard to find, and hard to see.
  24. Merchandising helps focus customer attention…
  25. Where are the high traffic areas? Draw a map of your library (a la the example given earlier) – note traffic flows, good places for displays, etc.
  26. Change to shout out answers format.
  27. Income Taxes Books that became movies Spring Cleaning New Years Resolutions Covers with the same colors
  28. Walk into a library and you will not experience the same merchandising ephoria. Most likely the building will be dimly lit and there will be shelves of tightly packed spines facing you. Exciting and colorful covers are lost in a sea of spines. Usually the most exciting section is the children’s area. Why is that? Toddlers and babies are not the only ones who like bright colors and shapes. We need to take lessons from bookstores on how to better merchandise books and AV materials. Better merchandising can make our job more fun and show customers that the library has more to offer than just bestsellers. Using bookstore display tactics in a library setting will not only increase exposure to the collection, but will increase circulation of its materials.