Week Six Prompt Response

For this week's prompt, I would like you to think of an innovative way to promote romance or horror at your local library (pick one, just one!). What would be most effective? A catchy display? Some passive programming? In what ways could you incorporate integrated advisory? Pretend you're pitching an idea to your boss and write at least a paragraph in your prompt response. Hint, Pinterest can come in handy, so can Facebook's ALA Think Tank. Have fun with this one!!

For this prompt I am going to go off of that base idea and create a horror display for an adult audience. The main idea is to pick out three different horror media properties that were popular that year, find ten books, for each property, with similar themes, and put them on a display table. The decorating/theming of the space will be tailored to the properties or just general spooky décor.  This whole idea is a way to incorporate integrated advisory as well. You are using the media that the person is interested in, outside of books, to recommend them titles. Since there are direct tie-ins with media there is a really easy way to incorporate programming with the display. For the month that the display is up you could have three programs where people watch the media in question. This idea is also not limited to just a horror display for adults, this can be tailored to any topic or age range. To adapt this to teen or children you would just need to find out popular media in that age range and the display builds itself from there. 

This idea comes from the person who used to be the Adult/Teen Services Librarian at my library. She would have to do two displays a month when she worked at our branch. She would usually one display that was a completely original theme, and one that was one of her few fall backs. A really common one that she would do was a "For Fans of..." display. I thought that she was putting a lot of effort into these displays, but now I know that it is just a section on NoveList. They have a ton of lists that are all structured around this basic idea. If there is not a pre-built list that fits your specific theme you can always create your own.