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Six Years of Transformation: Trading Spaces in Mount Laurel

Six Years of Transformation: Trading Spaces in Mount Laurel. Kathy Schalk-Greene Director, Mount Laurel Library kathy@mtlaurel.lib.nj.us SWAT Team of Library Transformers. NJLA Conference 2010. Once upon a time…. Preconference: Merchant Librarian April 2003 Dave Genesy.

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Six Years of Transformation: Trading Spaces in Mount Laurel

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  1. Six Years of Transformation:Trading Spaces in Mount Laurel Kathy Schalk-GreeneDirector, Mount Laurel Library kathy@mtlaurel.lib.nj.usSWAT Team of Library Transformers NJLA Conference 2010

  2. Once upon a time… Preconference:Merchant LibrarianApril 2003 Dave Genesy

  3. Trading Spaces Project Brainchild Karen Hyman, South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative Norma Blake, New Jersey State Library Gondola

  4. Project Goals Show affordable retail merchandising techniques Show policy, cultural and physical changes Demonstrate increased circulation and customer satisfaction

  5. Project timeline Slat wall Project start: July 2003 Project budget: $45,000 Unveiled: March 23, 2004 The adventure continues… Fun

  6. Before: August 2003

  7. AFTER: March 2004 Slat wall Retail Area Rug

  8. …and they lived happily ever after

  9. The library is a growing organism

  10. Special Weapons And Tactics More solutions than you first think

  11. Weeding creates space

  12. Less is more

  13. Create comfort

  14. Use creative signage

  15. Buy everything you can on wheels

  16. Live in the NOW

  17. Remember Raganathan Books are for use Every reader his or her book Every book its reader Save the time of the reader

  18. The library is a growing organism

  19. Mess equals success

  20. Simple things you can start today Remember:Willingness is more valuable than money

  21. Two Good Books to Read Underhill, Paco. Why we buy: the science of shopping. New York : Simon & Schuster, 1999. Brand, Stewart. How buildings learn: what happens after they’re built. New York : Viking, 1994.

  22. Leap the chasm! • “You can’t leap the chasm taking baby steps.Baby steps will kill you.” --Dave Genesy

  23. www.sjrlc.org/tradingspaces

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