Harry Potter Cabinet of Curiosities

Pop goes the library!

There’s a great book called Pop goes the library that discusses ways to use customers’ interest in pop culture at the library.  Knowing the impending interest in Harry Potter because of the last movie, we created the Harry Potter Cabinet of Curiosities.  In a garage sale cabinet, we displayed memorabilia from three staff members.  There’s a spell contest to invent a new spell to win Bertie Bott’s Every Flavour Beans.  There have been 26 entries in the 3 weeks the display has been up.   Stay tuned for the winning spells!

The ease and appeal of chalk

The quickest way to promote an upcoming program is to drag out the sidewalk chalk and do a little advertising on the pavement outside the front door.

Fun way to advertise a contest

This MARC record advertises a Harry Potter contest held at our library.  It appeared in the catalogue during the duration of the contest, during the peak of Harry Potter nostalgia when the last movie was released.

The Monster Book of Monsters : [which you can win by visiting Riley branch!]

Title:

The Monster Book of Monsters : [which you can win by visiting Riley branch!]

Variant title:

Harry Potter's Monster Book of Monsters

Publication info:

Calgary : Riley Branch, c2011.

Physical description:

58 p. : noisy, may bite fingers.

General Note:

This toy book from "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter" can be won by submitting a name for a new spell at Louise Riley branch. Two runner up prizes are a Chocolate Frog and some Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans. Come check out our Harry Potter cabinet of curiosities!

Held by:

RILEY

Added author:

Flourish & Blotts

Make it Fun!

Calgary has a tradition of painting cartoon cowboys on commerical windows during the Calgary Stampede.  Fresh from the royal wedding, Kate and William are visiting Calgary, and the city is enthusiastic.  My husband did the drawing and I painted by number.  I added the corgi and a Banksy rat too.  We used tempera paint sealed with hair spray.  The best part is that when the automatic door opens, Will walks behind Kate!