Book displays as a tool to highlight collections and draw people into the library have re-emerged and become enthusiastically embraced by librarians in our academic library. They have become a dynamic way to acknowledge events, celebrate holidays, and to spotlight any number of academic or recreational topics. In addition to the work individuals do to design and produce displays, coordination between library units and management of these book displays (and often their online Alma/Primo VE counterparts, we refer to as “Featured Collections”) has become increasingly complex and dynamic. Planning space, processing display books into temporary locations, and maintaining a system for collecting circulation statistics are all part of the equation. This poster will provide detailed information on what has become a fine-tuned book display workflow and describe the innovative ways in which we have leveraged functionality and metadata fields in Alma to track statistics and make sure lingering/legacy book display metadata is cleared after they come down. The process for streamlining the work to produce online featured collections based on book displays will also be illustrated.
