I've compiled a list of most of the libraries in case it's of interest to anyone else on the list:
Palmerston North City Library (NZ)
http://citylibrary.pncc.govt.nz/what_weve_got/
The Palmerston North City Library uses a unique “living room” approach
to arranging their collections.
Queens Borough Public Library (New York) USA
http://www.queenslibrary.org/branches/index.asp
All of the 63 branch libraries have some form of book store display.
There are pictures on the library web site. Each branch site has
several photos on it, which shows some of their displays (click on the
inside library photos for a better view).
Ironwood Branch of Richmond Public Library B.C. Canada
http://www.rpl.richmond.bc.ca/rplinfo/ironwood/
Contact: Cate McNeely [log in to unmask]
At first glance walking into the new branch one might think they are
in a high-end bookstore. Hundred of copies of popular bestsellers are displayed
with front covers facing out. State-of-the-art maple display carts hold
listening stations and hundreds of music CDs. Refreshments are available
in the Library's Living Room where customers browse through 50 magazines
and newspapers while enjoying a coffee in a comfy chair beside the river-rock
fireplace.
East Brunswick Public Library, New Jersey, USA
http://www.ebpl.org
Has displayed new fiction, new non-fiction, new biographies, large
print books
and uncatalogued paperbacks on Showbest display fixtures for about
15 years.
The paperbacks are by genre. The other collections are shelved loosely
in
Dewey order and combined face out and spine out, the ratio dependent
on the
number of books on the shelf. The regular nonfiction collection is
still in
Dewey order. The nonfiction videocassette collection is arranged topically
-- travel, self-help, etc. -- not by Dewey order.
Baltimore Public Library USA
http://www.bcplonline.org
Link to photos of displays the branches made for the Summer Reading
Club:
http://www.bcplonline.org/kidspage/src2001/src01_branchdecor.html
Minds Eye (UK)
http://www.readersonline-europa.com/mindseye/promoters.asp
Mind's Eye is the first national reader-centred promotion for non-fiction.
It uses approaches developed in fiction promotion in libraries which start
from the reader and the experience of reading, rather than the author,
genre or title. Mind's Eye provides high-quality point of lend material
to promote a collection of new narrative non-fiction, creating high visibility
for stock which is difficult to classify and sometimes gets lost amongst
traditional non-fiction titles.
regards, Mylee