This has actually been something I have been discussing with staff this week. We have always kept our DVD's behind the desk and at present we do not have ANY...
A couple of our larger branches are using locking cases for DVDs, but we don't have security on anything else. We have started using self checkout at two...
At Randolph Library, we keep rental DVDs from a circuit behind the desk. Our 2-week-loan DVDs are in locking security cases stored on open shelving. Music and...
We keep Videos (cassettes and DVDs) behind the desk. The boxes on display are empty. Because all the videos are in separate storage boxes the time it takes...
Marilynn G. Mullen
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Oct 10, 2004 6:21 pm
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The final report for the Trading Spaces project is now available from the project at website at: http://www.sjrlc.org/tradingspaces/. It's a largish .pdf...
OK, I admit it. I'm a makeover show junkie. I like that combination of practical advice along with the hope of change. On Saturday night I saw a most unusual...
Kathy Schalk-Greene
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Oct 18, 2004 3:07 pm
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in the area of customer relationships/satisfaction is James G. Barnes, PhD. He is the author of Secrets of Customer Relationship Management: It's all about...
Tammy Pritchard
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Nov 18, 2004 6:22 pm
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Mount Laurel Library has just released statistics on how the Trading Spaces project has affected circulation of materials. Kathy Schalk-Greene's summary is...
Greetings from the land of Ahhs (Kansas). I am a High School media specialist. I have been looking over the Trading Spaces site and have been very impressed...
MessageDear Paula -- How wonderful to hear from Kansas! We're coming up on our first anniversary of the unveiling of the Trading Spaces Project on March 23rd...
Kathy Schalk-Greene
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Feb 16, 2005 5:42 pm
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MessagePaula, I just got back from Middletown NJ PL, another brand new, gorgeous site, and they have "stainless steel" bulletin boards in their teen zone, with...
Marian R. Bauman
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Feb 17, 2005 3:38 pm
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I would love to see the pictures. I am looking for any ideas to create a better space for our kids. Do you have bookstore style shelving in your library? I am...
Marian, I would love to see the photos. Would you send them to my private email address because the base strips attachments many times and we do not get them....
Hanselmann Kathleen C...
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Feb 17, 2005 4:16 pm
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Thanks for the pictures. They have some great ideas. What is the floor covering? Carpet? I have been looking at rubber flooring. If I wasn't so concerned...
Is your library applying any merchandising principles as a result of the Trading Spaces : Reinventing the Library Project at Mount Laurel Library? If so, we...
Kathy Schalk-Greene
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Mar 3, 2005 10:51 pm
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Hello everyone--I'm forwarding this on with Kathy's permission. Congrats on a wonderful event! ... Dear Folks -- We've posted a summary of all of the comments...
Congratulations! It looks like you got a lot of positive feedback, and the criticism was constructive. (Actually, I don't know how constructive requesting...
Tomczak, Justine
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Apr 6, 2005 9:55 pm
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Thanks, Justine, for your feedback. Yes, I too liked the spirit behind the laser tag comment. On Self-Check-out. We had a free trial period of self checkout....
Kathy Schalk-Greene
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Apr 7, 2005 3:53 pm
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Hi! I am new to the group, and wondered if there was a way to view the archives for this group, so that I don't unnecessarily repeat questions or responses. ...
Dear Folks -- I've just received a new book from ALA Editions by Jeannette Woodward. It's called ... Creating the Customer Driven Library: Building on the...
Kathy Schalk-Greene
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Apr 26, 2005 9:07 pm
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Strike one! OK ... try this link: http://www.alastore.ala.org/SiteSolution.taf?_sn=catalog2&_pn=product_detail &_op=1709 If this doesn't work, try...
Kathy Schalk-Greene
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Apr 26, 2005 9:10 pm
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Our library developed a capital request for merchandising furniture based on furniture manufactured by Franklin Fixtures. Unfortunately, Franklin Fixtures has...
Devlin, Linda
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May 31, 2005 2:12 pm
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We've been working with Sandy Molnar at Library Interiors. Phone is 732-282-0991 ext 12. Nancy Adamczyk, Director, Madison Public Library ... From: Devlin,...
Adamczyk, Nancy
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May 31, 2005 2:28 pm
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Congratulations to Joan Bernstein, Kathy Schalk-Greene and Angel Kuntz (Mount Laurel Library) and Karen Hyman (South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative) on a...
A BIG thanks to the Mount Laurel staff who functioned at our PLA presentation as program greeters, handout wranglers, and spare seat finders... Becky Boydston,...
Kathy Schalk-Greene
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Mar 29, 2006 10:01 pm
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Thanks to Kathy Schalk-Greene, Assistant Director at the Mount Laurel Library, for providing some great new (and updated) merchandising tip sheets for the...
The Trading Spaces Website has been updated with the following information under the "What's New" section ( <http://www.sjrlc.org/tradingspaces/#new> ...
SJRLC recently had Dave Genesy, Director of the Redwood City (CA) PL and consultant to the Trading Spaces project, speak at our annual membership meeting. ...
[please pardon cross-posting] A podcast of Dave Genesy's talk, "What People Want" is now available in three parts at: http://www.sjrlc.org/meeting. Selected...
Recently added to: http://www.sjrlc.org/tradingspaces/fixtures.shtml The Neon "Movies" sign was purchased from <http://www.neoncentral.com> Neon Central....
