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Mount Laurel Mount Laurel Library: Library: The Nuts
and Bolts of Putting it Together
Mount Laurel Library Merchandising TeamMarch 2004
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Importance of being readyImportance of being readyStrategic PlanSeize OpportunitiesHave a budgetBuild support
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Importance of being readyImportance of being readyExpect some initial resistance
both from staff and customersCreate excitementDevelop key talking points for staffAdmit to the uncertainty
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Managing change with the staffManaging change with the staffStrategic Plan signaled “Change is coming”Walk-through library with staff before beginning
What makes it hard/easy to find your way? What’s on your Wish List? What changes would you like to see?
Allow everyone to have a voice
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Managing change with the staffManaging change with the staffCommunicate multiple ways/multiple timesTeam building Include a variety of staff members on planning team and sub teamsCreate an opportunity to mourn the way “it used to be”
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Managing change with the staffManaging change with the staffWork on the concept of consensusStaff need to present a united front Hold staff meetings in new areas Remember: It’s easy to buy furniture. It’s hard to change behavior.Everybody will keep their jobs, but their jobs will change
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Managing change with the publicManaging change with the publicIdentify key messages to communicate to the publicDisplay large map showing all changes Post positive newspaper articles about the changes“Look for Changes” signs
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Managing change with the publicManaging change with the publicAsk for feedback from the public Use positive quotes that people write on their response formsGive the public time to come aroundRemember you can’t please everyone
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What got done What got done …… A lot!A lot!Created new spaces and more display areasCreated new collectionsShowed community we would act on their suggestionsSelf CheckoutEstablished Greeter role
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WhatWhat’’s left to do (or continue doing)s left to do (or continue doing)Create more spaces Enhance displays, signage and lightingCreate/refine collectionsCulture change
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What things cost What things cost and where we got themand where we got them
Gondolas & CD Browsers
Franklin Fixtureswww.franklinfixtures.com
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What things costWhat things costTapered double sided
case, 2 slatwall ends
60”(h),48”(w), 40” (d)12 @ $784 each
60”(h),48”(w), 30” (d)14 @ $771 each
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CD Browser
45”(h), 44”(w), 26”(d)
4 @ $689 each
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Slatwall End Panels89”(h), 21”(w), 1.5”(d)
16 @ $129.81 each
66”(h), 21”(w), 1.5”(d)
7 @ $128.24 each
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Slatwall accessories
Clear Solutionswww.cleardisplays.com
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What things costWhat things cost8.5 x 11 Sign Holders135 @ $6.00 each
6” Book Shelveswithout lip 750 @ $4.75 each
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What things costWhat things cost24” Book Shelf with ends
140 @ $17.50 ea.
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Magazine Ladders 6 @ $79.50 ea.
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What things cost What things cost and where we got themand where we got them
Slatwall
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What things cost What things cost and where we got themand where we got them
Area Rug Lakeshore Learning Materialswww.lakeshorelearning.com
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$375
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EssentialsEssentialsKnow your community’s priorities Front EntranceSlatwallAcrylic holders to fill the slatwallGondolas
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EssentialsEssentialsSignagePaintComfortable furnitureColorful accessoriesRepurpose, reuse, recycle
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PlusesPlusesPeople like the new areas Easy browsingPuts collections up frontCirculation has increased
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PlusesPlusesWorking together across departmentsCross trainingGreeter allows everyone to work
with the publicImage as a groundbreaking library
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ChallengesChallengesConfusionMore ideas than moneySurprisesResistance to change
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WhatWhat’’s Nexts Next
Celebrate!
Keep the momentum going
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WhatWhat’’s Nexts Next
Phase II
Integrating nonfiction
Moving service points
Learn how to do it better
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Time for QuestionsTime for Questions
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Mount Laurel Library Merchandising TeamMount Laurel Library Merchandising TeamJoan Bernstein, Director [email protected] Boydston C.L. Quillen-CornwallEileen Gallagher Kathy Schalk-GreeneKathy Kasprzyk Lisa WhitleyAngel Kuntz
100 Walt Whitman Avenue, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054 856-234-7319 www.mtlaurel.lib.nj.us