[Michlib-l] VOX Books Shelving Solution
Lauren Aquilina
laquilina at commercelibrary.info
Wed Apr 9 10:57:03 EDT 2025
At Commerce we use file dividers like these for the picture books:
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And then slotted shelving (the kind we use for DVDs) for the chapter books that
are too big for the dividers:
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We started doing this a while ago, and haven't run into any issues!
On Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 10:49 AM Glen Lake Library via Michlib-l <
michlib-l at mcls.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> We over at the Glen Lake Library are getting more VOX books, books with
> electronic talking speakers in them that narrate the book for kids, and
> we've been grappling with what's the best way to shelf them. We have a
> small handful right now and they're just on simple metal divider shelves
> which works, but since they have a bulky plastic part on the inside cover,
> they don't line up nicely like other kids books. Since we only have 20 or
> so, we can put a lot of them on display holders, but we plan on getting
> more and they definitely won't sit nicely with more of them there. We have
> the shelf space allotted already but I'm wondering if others have some
> shelving solutions for them. What have you guys done? Bins, magazine
> holders?
>
> Thanks,
> David U.
>
> Glen Lake Community Library
> Empire, MI 49630
> 231.326.5361
> www.glenlakelibrary.net
>
>
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Commerce Township Community Library
248.669.8108 ext. 124
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