Display Case: Happy 95th Birthday ANBL!

In May our library celebrated the 95th anniversary of when it was dedicated, so I thought it would be appropriate to display some of the old pictures and items from that era in my glass case downstairs.

Sorry they're not the greatest photos -- it's hard to take pictures down into a display case with a phone! :-P

There are a handful of photos from dedication day, two actual programs from the "Dedicatory Exercises", ribbons given to people in attendance, an original inkwell and stamps, an old library card, and a photo of the first head librarian.

I can't wait for five years from now when the Alvah N. Belding Library turns 100!!!

Display Case: Dig into Reading!

To entice kids (and adults too!) to sign up for our Summer Reading Program, I put together this display in my glass display case for the 4 weeks we ran our signups (this is the view from above):

It's an I Spy sort of thing. In the bottom left corner is a tag that asks "Can you dig and spy these items that can be found beneath the surface?"

It was mostly random stuff I gathered from the bottom of my own kids' toy box, and some other little things I found in my library's storage closet.

The big poster in the middle was purchased through CSLP/Upstart, and I printed out little labels to stick on it that described our four programs (Read to Me, 1st-6th grades, 7th-12th grades, and adult).

Easy and fun, and I think the kids liked it!