Displays all around …

Just another friendly blog to make you aware of what the reference librarians are up to by giving you ideas and sparking the interests for those who want a good book to read. Even before you enter the library, there is a nice display of books in the window that gives readers a chance to take out or put on hold a title they may want to read. The display case changes about every few weeks with a different theme in mind. The one currently on display is “New Arrivals”, but there have been specific themes as well, such as “Library Staff picks”, “Jewish Book Month” or “Latin American Authors”.

If in case you’re wondering---the books in the display case are NOT real copies of the book. They are actually books the library no longer circulates. We’ve placed the covers of the featured books on top, just to show what we have.

One of my favorites from the previous display is: “The curious incident of the dog in the night-time” by Mark Haddon. If you haven’t read it yet, I urge you to pick up a copy. It is a fast-flowing book that I couldn’t put down and along with some laughs, there is a bit of a mystery to solve too. It is written in the view-point of an autistic teenage boy, and you begin to sympathize with the character right away.

Another little display we have at the Reference desk are books periodically put out according to a theme (such as art in fiction), or are in sync with an event that is happening at the time. Right now, we have a display of books from the author Norman Mailer, to honor his passing away several weeks ago. If you are a fan of him or want to check out what he wrote, come to the Reference desk and ask any of the librarians for his books---or help yourself to one of the books at the desk.

When you walk to the Mystery section, you will see a display up of Jewish Mystery books, accompanied by a bibliography and bookmarks. This display also changes often. We had featured mystery authors previous to this and will continue to do so when the Jewish Mystery display is done. Come by frequently to see the changes of all the displays and don’t miss out on taking home a few great books, even if they are not the newest ones out there!