[aisle] Picture Book Browsing Bins/Shelving

Wagoner, Benjamin benjamin.wagoner at d303.org
Tue Mar 10 10:48:24 CDT 2020


Wow!  That looks amazing!

Ben

On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 10:03 AM Lucy Elford via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> We're in the midst of reconfiguring our entire picture section from
> regular spine-facing shelves to front-facing. Only downside is that we've
> had to weed a lot of books, but the students (K-6) seem to like it a lot.
> We're also going to do this to our biographies in hope of increasing
> circulation. Supplies were relatively cheap - zinc-coated aluminum rods
> from Home Depot
> <https://www.homedepot.com/p/1-4-in-x-36-in-Zinc-Plated-Round-Rod-802297/204273961> that
> fit perfectly in pre-drilled holes at front of shelves, Clear Gondola or
> Wood Shelf Lips
> <https://www.amazon.com/Clear-Gondola-Wood-Shelf-Lip/dp/B07BW14J8P> to
> keep books on shelves. We used double-sided removable tape
> <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07V1L2ZVD/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1> to
> attach the lips to the shelves.
>
> *Lucy Elford*
> *Teacher Librarian, **Pierce Downer School*
> *Kindergarten Teacher Librarian, **Lester School*
>
> Currently reading *Stealing Our Way Home *by Cecilia Galante
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 8:30 AM Wagoner, Benjamin via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> I am at a high school but we have a collection of picture books for our
>> RISE/Life Skills students.  We have your typical wooden shelving, but I
>> would like to find some bins or angled shelving to make it easier for the
>> students to look through and find the book they want to read.
>>
>> Does anyone have any bins or cheap shelving that they purchased that
>> works well with picture books?  I want to make sure that all students are
>> able to successfully find the book they want.
>>
>> Thank you for your help!
>>
>> Ben
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> *Ben Wagoner*
>>
>>   LRC Director/Media Specialist
>>
>> St. Charles North High School
>>
>>   255 Red Gate Road, St. Charles, IL
>>
>>
>> Currently reading: What School Could Be by Ted Dintersmith
>>
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*Ben Wagoner*

  LRC Director/Media Specialist

St. Charles North High School

  255 Red Gate Road, St. Charles, IL


Currently reading: What School Could Be by Ted Dintersmith


St. Charles CUSD 303 <http://district.d303.org/>

331.228.6324

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