Ref: Staffordshire Art Gallery
Opportunities: This gallery has created a beautiful effect to promote it's housewares. This is an opportunity to partner with your local furniture companies for them to sponsor a similar room in your library.
How to: Consider creating effect with colour - your 600's could be housed in a living room zone with contemporary wall colours and furnishings.
Ref: Central Highlands Regional Library - AUS
Opportunities: Support your parent organisations' hot topics and strategic projects by displaying their collateral. Promote your bookstock where applicable ie Water-wise gardening info promote books as well.
How to: If you are approached by an organisation to display their leaflets or posters, ask for a perspect display box or menu holder - there is nothing worse than poorly displayed brochures.
Ref: Central Highlands Regional Library - AUS
Opportunities: A chance to make your library counter/desk/entrance more attractive and welcoming. Support local businesses - build economic development. A chance to get rid of those dusty cheese and spider plants.
How to: Approach your local garden centre or florist and offer to promote their business to your customers. In return ask them for a weekly/monthly floral arrangement or quarterly indoor plant.
Ref: Dymocks Bookstores - AUS
Opportunities: We are not in competition with bookstores. Bookstores grow booklovers that borrow. Libraries grow booklovers that buy.
How to: One library we know of has partnered with a bookshop so that library patrons can get a discount and in return, people are encouraged to join the library in the bookstore ..... WOW.
Ref: City of Stirling Library - AUS
Opportunities: The Baby Book Bag from BookStart is a great way of getting parents to sample books and reading. Why not offer library membership and a book in your local health authorities Baby Bounty Bag (a free sample bag for new borns)
Ref: Canterbury Libraries
A small bookshop selection in this library is restricted to up-to-the minute bestsellers. Libraries we know who have done this tells us that selling best sellers generates income for the loan stock and takes pressure off waiting lists. Just make sure that your budget for loan stock is protected while you generate income!
