October 2013 Display- This Is Halloween

Hello,

Halloween is one of the most fun times of year.  

Ghost, werewolves, zombies, and more emerge from the dark to prowl the night.  Candy from trick or treat bags satisfies a sweet tooth.  And scary stories are told to keep friends and family up at night.  That is what Halloween is.  

And during October patrons were able to see the theme of "This Is Halloween" throughout the Teen Zone.

- D. Reynolds 

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Decorations

For Halloween the Teen Zone became a haunted graveyard.  Bats emerged from behind pumpkins, tombstones were covered in spider webs, and giant spiders watched patrons from above.

At the end of the shelves bats were arranged so it looked as if they were in midflight from behind the pumpkins.  Their red eyes seemed to follow those walking through the book stacks.

Bat In Flight

I was able to reuse the fence that was previously used in the Banned Books Week display for the graveyard.  The black fence was placed in front of the tombstones with pumpkins on the side.  A black owl was perched by the fence, standing guard.

 

Graveyard Display

Spiders were used throughout the display.  One was covering the Teen Zone sign with its web.  While the other, Sheila, looked down at patrons walking beneath.  A caution sign was made to warn that Sheila bites, though the skulls she had previously collected were a sign of what might happen.

 

Spider Covering The Teen Zone Sign With Web

Caution Sheila Bites!!

At the end of the stacks I created shadow silhouettes of a variety of monsters people may see during Halloween.  The creatures ranged from a werewolf, zombie, vampire bat, and even a cthulhu.

 

Werewolf Silhouette

Demon Silhouette

Vampire Bat Silhouette

Cthulu Silhouette

The Monster Silhouette

Zombie Silhouette

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Book Display

The books put on display were related to the theme of "This Is Halloween."  Novels about vampires, zombies, demons, and many others were available for teens to read for a scary good time.

This Is Halloween Book Display

September 2013 Display- Banned Books Week

Hello,

Banned Books Week is a very important time for librarians.  They are able to bring to the forefront the issue of censorship.  Patrons can learn about the history of book censorship, as well as contemporary books that are being challenged today.  Programs, displays, and book talks are just a few ways librarians can educate during this week.

Following is the display I created for the 2013 Banned Books Week, which was held from September 22 to 28.

- D. Reynolds

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Decorations

Displays that I created for Banned Books Week included: imprisoned books and wanted signs.

For the imprisoned books I found some plastic fencing and spray painted the bars black.  By doing this I was able to transform the fence into prison bars.  From there I found covers of young adult novels that have been challenged and placed them behind the bars.  The final touch was the x-ray hands, which allowed the books to reach out through the bars to patrons that passed by. 

Imprisoned Books Display

Imprisoned Books Display

I researched what contemporary wanted posters look like and emulated that design in the banned book posters I created.  Again covers for young adult novels that have been challenged or banned were included.  I was also able to use caution tape at the end of the stacks.  This allowed for the display to stand out in the library and draw patrons in to take a closer look at the posters and imprisoned books.

Banned Books Week Wanted Signs

Banned Books Week Wanted Signs

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Book Display

The books put on display were "Among the Banned" and were more examples of young adult books and graphic novels that have been challenged or banned.  Many of them were popular titles, such as the "Harry Potter" series and "Hunger Games" series.

Banned Books Week Book Display

During this week many patrons asked questions about Banned Books Week and the display.  They learned about censorship and the impact it has on everyone's freedom to read.