If you're interested in all things "high school library", you probably well know Kelsey Bogan's Don't Shush Me!, one of my favorite high school librarian posters. I've been rolling her posts about dynamic shelving in my brain since last Spring. Well, I finally finished a good weed in the fiction section and we're closing up our annual inventory, so we started turning our fiction shelves from boring/static to inviting/dynamic!
Steps, I had genrefied fiction quite a few years ago....so the next step was to make the shelves more appealing. We had dabbled with a bit of face-forward book, but nothing dynamic. I've been working on updated signage all year (thank you Canva) and playing with a Cricut (tons of fun)!
I have both wooden and metal shelving....and surprisingly found the metal stacks to be less stable. As kids walk by, books are falling. Got to do some work here, thinking of adding magnets to the bookend/props. I've also found the bottom shelf may be best face up....easier for kids to see without stooping down.
Here's an example of before and after:
