Adopt a shelf in the library

The Adopt-a-Shelf program at a Georgia middle school gives students a chance to put their creativity on display while offering book recommendations to their peers. This interview with school librarian Liana Etling offers inspiration and ideas straight from student’s shelves.

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This summer I posted my free Adopt-A-Shelf program materials (if you haven't downloaded them yet, what are you waiting for?!?). I had high hopes for implementing the program in my own school library. In my mind, this was going to solve many of my messy shelf problems. If you're new around here, you may not know

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Christmas Display. MPL Children's Dept., 2013.

Adopt-A-Shelf is something I’ve been considering for my library for some time now. A few weeks ago, several librarians were discussing it on my state’s listserv, so I thought I would start it in my library for the upcoming school year. I’ve been working hard on all the materials so you don’t have to! I’ve

Last week, I posted a video of our library’s “Adopt-a-Shelf” initiative on my Twitter feed, which my fabulous colleague Caroline Carrel and I dreamed up over lunch one day and whi…

It's the library advent calendar! Each book displayed has a number from 1-25 in the title, with a new title added each day until Christmas #librarydisplay