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People will not interact with things they do not know exist. So, my top three favorite ways to let patrons see and be made aware of our fiction collection are through a monthly Staff Faves Display, dynamic shelving, and relevant materials on display during programming. The Staff Faves Display is a display that gets changed at the beginning of each month. Every staff member at my branch is asked to choose a "fave" -- a book they finished recently and enjoyed, a movie they would recommend, a CD they think more people should listen to, whatever! This display allows our staff and patrons to passively interact. It sits right by the checkout/reference desk, so while people are waiting to be checked out, they often grab an item off of the shelf and add it to their materials they are checking out. I have found that this display also strikes up conversations quite often. A patron will ask about a book on the display, and I will get to talk about it with them for a few minutes (the ite

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