#DecDisplay month over at GLLI

Despite appearances to the contrary I’ve actually been extremely busy blogging this month, doing a daily blog over at GLLI-US.org. Here is a summary of the month’s blogging with links to the individual blogs:
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I hope you’ve enjoyed my advent calendar type selection of “displays” for the month of December with a variety of ways to slice and dice collections and perhaps you’ve even found a few new or different books to add to your collections.

A couple of people have asked me about the how and why and wherefore of these posters, so in this wrap-up I’ll give links to the templates and also some ideas of how they are used in the various contexts. Generally all posters are put into A4 presentation books and are available in the ELA classrooms and in the library. Some selections are used for displays at the entrance of the library or on the display wall. Others are more of a “pop up” display when different classes come into the library to browse or borrow books with their classes.

Country Celebrations

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Country celebration posters are sent out in our student and staff bulletins to coincide with the National Day of the various countries. I asked our Powerschool guru to run a list of all countries where we had at least 3 students having the country as their first, second or third passport, got a list of national days and worked from there. Sending out those email “birthday cards” is one of the most rewarding things I do as a librarian as I get so many thank you emails in response and students and adults coming in to borrow some of the books on the list. Depending on how busy our display space in the library is, I may or may not display the books at the library entrance.

Here is the Canva template with the posters made so far.

Read Around

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The read around posters are shared with our teachers of various subjects and generally they print them out in A3 size and put them either on their walls, doors or display boards outside their classrooms. Sometimes, when students come into the library with their ELA or Social Studies teachers I’ll have the books laid out on tables for them to have a look at and borrow.

Here is the Canva Template with the posters highlighted and more.

Reading Recommendations

These and many other “Read alike” posters are printed in A4 and put into plastic “look book” presentation books that are available in the library and also in all our English Language Arts classrooms. Since our middle school students come to the library with their classes around once every 4 to 6 weeks, it makes it easy for students to browse for books in the classroom thematically and then go to the library with purpose in between the more formal library visits. When they come with their classes, I’ll generally confer with the teachers as to what they’d like displayed / what’s “hot” or wanted and then I’ll haul a bunch of tables to a part of the library where they can browse. Then these posters will be put into A3 acrylic sign holders on each table.

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All Posts

Finally here is a list of all the posts from this month.

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By Nadine Bailey – middle school teacher librarian, currently living and working in Dubai, formerly in Beijing China, Singapore and a bunch of other cities around the world. Passionate about our students seeing themselves and their worlds in literature and developing curiosity and a passion for reading and learning.

The views, opinions, and thoughts expressed in this blog post are solely my own and do not reflect the positions, policies, or opinions of any current or former employer. Any references or examples provided are intended for informational purposes only and should not be construed as endorsements or official statements from any organization I have been associated with.

Author: Nadine Bailey

I’m currently living in Dubai, UAE, which is the latest in a long line of places I’ve been living in the last few years including China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Spain, Switzerland, Brazil, Netherlands, Italy, Luxembourg, and South Africa. I’m married with two adult children. Having lived around the world I’ve acquired quite a few languages and my big passion is bi/multi-lingualism and - culturalism, which I try to incorporate into my work, learning and essays wherever possible! I finished my MIS degree in December 2014 and my M Ed (Knowledge Networks and Digital Innovation) in October 2016. My murky past is in commerce and industry as a Chartered Accountant, doing a lot of random studying and learning and I’m currently working in an American School but have been a librarian PYP, MYP and IB in other international schools. View all posts by Nadine Bailey

One thought on “#DecDisplay month over at GLLI”

Karen Van Drie says:

11, January, 2025 at 18:34

What a month it was, Nadine! Thank you for lending your considerable talents as a teacher librarian to the Global Literature in Libraries Initiative project as a guest curator! People shared your posters far and wide and I know they were so valuable to so many of us school librarians. Thank you!

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