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MERCHANDISING LIBRARY MATERIALS TO YOUNG ADULTS Libraries Unlimited Professional Guides for Young Adult Librarians Series C. Allen Nichols and Mary Anne Nichols, Series Editors Merchandising Library Materials to Young Adults Mary Anne Nichols Library Materials and Services for Teen Girls Katie O’Dell Merchandising Library Materials to Young Adults MARY ANNE NICHOLS 2002 LIBRARIES UNLIMITED A Division of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. Greenwood Village, Colorado To Allen, Evan, and Bennett—I am truly blessed. Copyright © 2002 Mary Anne Nichols All Rights Reserved Printed in the United States of America Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinare- trieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,orotherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Theauthorgratefullyacknowledgesthepermissionofthefollowing companiesforallowingphotographsoftheirproductstobeincluded in this work: Brodart Co., P.O. Box 300, McElhatten, PA 17748; Demco,Inc.,P.O.Box1488,Madison,WI53707;Displays2Go,55 BroadCommonRoad,Bristol,RI02809;GaylordBros.,P.O.Box 4901,Syracuse,NY13221;Gressco,Ltd.,P.O.Box339,Waunakee, WI53597;Highsmith,Inc.,P.O.Box800,FortAtkinson,WI53538; Library Display Shelving, 173 W. Ohio Avenue, Lake Helen, FL 32744;LiteratureDisplayProducts,P.O.Box501790,Indianapolis, IN46250;TexwoodLibraryFurniture,P.O.Box431,Taylor,TX 76574. Libraries Unlimited A Division of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. 7730 East Belleview Avenue, Suite A200 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 1-800-225-5800 www.lu.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Nichols, Mary Anne, 1967- Merchandising library materials to young adults / Mary Anne Nichols. p. cm. -- (Libraries Unlimited professional guides for young adult librarians series, ISSN 1532-5571) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-313-31382-2 (alk. paper) 1.Librariesandteenagers--UnitedStates.2.Youngadults’libraries--UnitedStates.3. Teenagers--Booksandreading--UnitedStates.4.Libraryexhibits--UnitedStates. I. Title. II. Series. Z718.5 .N53 2002 027.62'6--dc21 2001054545 Contents Tables and Illustrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii Series Foreword. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi 1—Marketing—AnIntroduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Promotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2—Knowing the Teen Patron. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Teens Today. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3—TheYACollection—GivingThem What They Want . . . . . . . . 13 Collection Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 A Cool Collection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 And the Survey Says . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Fiction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Nonfiction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Magazines/Comic Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Audio Visual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Collection Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 4—Merchandising Your YA Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 v vi ◆ Contents 5—The Case for Display Shelving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Face-Front Shelving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Browsing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Exposure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Attention. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Interpretation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Factors That Influence Borrowing Decisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 What Are Good Books to Display?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Fiction Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Reader’s Interest Categorization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 6—Techniques of Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Visual Merchandising. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Principles of Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Balance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Emphasis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Simplicity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Unity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Shapes of Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Techniques/Arrangements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Components of Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Signage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Display Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Props and Other Materials Used in Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 7—Fixtures for Merchandising. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Fixtures for Merchandising and Displaying the YA Collection . . . . . . 73 Fixtures for Shelving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Fixtures for Displaying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 List of Vendors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Contents ◆ vii 8—Promoting the YA Collection: Other Ideas. . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Promotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Contests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Tours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Bulletin Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Booktalking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Promotional Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Booklists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Websites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 9—LibraryServicestoEnhance YourMerchandisingEfforts . . . . . . 119 Reader’s Advisory for Teens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Pacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Characterization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Storyline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 10—ARunningStart!IdeastoBeginYourMerchandisingEfforts . . . 141 General Themes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Specific Themes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Go to Jail . . . Go Directly to Jail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Get Over It! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Who Do You Think You Are? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 ThisIsHappilyEverAfter?DumpYourSignificantJerkDay. . . 149 Are We There Yet?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Working for a Living . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 What in the World? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Short on Time? . . . Try One of These . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Can You Haiku?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Psst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Make Yourself Heard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 That’s Not the Way I Heard It! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 I Don’t Need No Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Got Guts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Just the Way You Are . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 And You Think You Have It Bad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 This Is War! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Honorable Mentions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Yearbook Memores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Tables and Illustrations Tables 1. Most Popular Genres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 2. Where Teens Turn for Reading Advice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 3. Resources for Bulletin Board Ideas and Themes. . . . . . . . . . . . 108 4. Booktalking Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 5. Sample Reading Log Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 6. Selected Reader’s Advisory Sources for YA Librarians. . . . . . . . 134 Illustrations 1. Acrylic Magazine Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 2. Economy Wall Mounted Displayers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 3. Rotating Countertop Literature Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 4. Periodical Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 5. Hinged Display (Magazine) Shelf. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 6. End-of-Range Display Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 7. Brodart Classic Double-Faced A-Frame Slatwall Displayer . . . . . . 79 8. Gaylord®Baldwin Kiosk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 9. Grid Wall Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 10. Back-Slant and Zigzag Shelf Inserts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 viii Tables and Illustrations ◆ ix 11. End-of-Range Display and Shelving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 12. End-of-Range Space-Saver Displayer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 13. Bookstore Shelving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 14. Mar-Line Quad Rotor Stand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 15. Display Exhibit Divider System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 16. Lighted Display Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 17. Modular Display Cubes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 18. Information Center with Slatwall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 19. Double-Sided Tent Sign Holder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 20. Three-Sided Sign Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 21. Gibson Easels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 22. Acrylic Easels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 23. Tabletop Displayers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 24. Brodart-Crafted Book Gondola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 25. Best Seller Table, Riser, and Step Pedestals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 26. Octagonal Display Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 27. Triad Book Displayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

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