Reader's Advisory

     1. At my library branch, keeping displays consistently "fresh" is a great way to promote the fiction collection. We have a display table at the entrance that all patrons need to pass when they enter the library. For a long time we had new fiction here and then NYT best sellers. I had assumed that this would be a great place for the new fiction because I assumed that everyone would want the newest thing, but that turned out not to be true. Instead, we now swap out the fiction display on this table every week and a half to 2 weeks. Recent topics have included: beach reads and light romance, books that are not new fiction but recent fiction (think books that are 3-6 months old), random assortment of books that are shades of blue and purple, and books by BIPOC authors. What catches the attention of patrons is the fact that the display has changed since their last visit. Keeping this pivotal display fresh is more attractive to patrons than any one title specifically.     2. I