Apollo 11 Display & Newspaper front pages

Normally, I don't mention about displays but decided to try something a little different with a display.

Recently, the world marked fifty years since the Apollo 11 lunar mission which saw man set foot on the moon for the first time.

Given that the event is about space travel and space, my library assistant and I managed to find some books while I took advantage of my library of scanned newspaper articles (associated with my ongoing work at Fab Sydney Flashbacks) to create a daily news stand featuring newspaper front pages from each day of the lunar mission. They encompass daily newspapers here in Sydney.

Below are some photos of the display as taken on a "point and shoot" camera.

I also made some booklets featuring the front pages that are on display. You may want to do one for your city or town.

Some Geography Fun in the Library II

Just before the school holidays in NSW, I had posted a photo that I had taken on the wall in the library, with a lure of a small prize for a correct answer.

I did mention that senior students were "keen" and they got even keener. We had some junior students also give it their shot.

It did not take long for a Year 9 student to take out the prize because they got the mountain range correct and then it led them ultimately to the city - Los Angeles. The mountain range was the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The photo was taken by me in December 2016 from the Observation Deck atop the US Bank tower in central Los Angeles.

My second photo looked like it was going to be hard, but they got New York and Central Park correct. The common reason was that they felt that they saw that location or setting in a film. I took this one in early 2017.

With so many people wanting to take part, I have had requests for when the next photo is being posted on the wall and some students want to submit their own photos. I look forward to what students submit and how they can challenge others in this!!!

Some Geography fun in the library

As some of you may know, I love taking photos and came up with an idea today to tie in with a library display to reflect the winter season.

I've decided to post a photo of a snow capped mountain range rising over the suburbs of a city outside of Australia. There is a prize of chocolates for the first student to get it correct and an extra prize if they can name the mountain range!!!

I know many students dread Geography, but they are even getting into it. The senior students are most keen at this stage!!!

I do have a second one planned...

20 Tips for Better Book Displays

Sometimes when confronted about creating a new book display, my mind can go blank and that happened to me recently for some reason. Some of the ideas that are suggested tend to go along the lines of the American School Year, which follow their seasons, not ours.

I needed remind myself of the some of the rules that can make a book display a good one.

Also I thought I'd share a link  with tips on how to make a library display more eye catching. It was prepared by Lynne Mannolini, a library officer in Western Australia. It can be anything library related as well where you can apply it to.