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 http://www.glenlakelibrary.net
At Commerce we use file dividers like these for the picture books: [image: image.png] [image: image.png] And then slotted shelving (the kind we use for DVDs) for the chapter books that are too big for the dividers: [image: image.png] 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@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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Hi David, We have a lot of VOX books, and we are always purchasing more. These are a huge hit in our library. We ended up swapping out the shelves for hanging bars. Each VOX book goes into a bag patrons can take home including the charger. If we want to display them, they are stood up on top of the shelving units. Kathy McKinney Interim Director | Mount Clemens Public Library 150 Cass Ave Mt. Clemens, MI 48043 586-469-6200 ext. 108 kmckinney@mtclib.org On Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 10:46 AM Glen Lake Library via Michlib-l < michlib-l@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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We also have a bunch. We use these containers purchased from the Container Store: [cid:image005.jpg@01DBA976.3F8D9500] Cari [A logo for a library Description automatically generated] Cari Fry Head of Youth & Teen Services (734) 326-6123 ext. 2844 6123 Central City Parkway, Westland, MI 48185 westlandlibrary.org<http://westlandlibrary.org/> From: Michlib-l <michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org> On Behalf Of Kathy McKinney via Michlib-l Sent: Wednesday, April 9, 2025 11:03 AM To: Glen Lake Library <info@glenlakelibrary.net> Cc: michlib-l <michlib-l@mcls.org> Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] VOX Books Shelving Solution Hi David, We have a lot of VOX books, and we are always purchasing more. These are a huge hit in our library. We ended up swapping out the shelves for hanging bars. Each VOX book goes into a bag patrons can take home including the charger. If we want to display them, they are stood up on top of the shelving units. Kathy McKinney Interim Director | Mount Clemens Public Library 150 Cass Ave Mt. Clemens, MI 48043 586-469-6200 ext. 108 kmckinney@mtclib.org<mailto:kmckinney@mtclib.org> [https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4xabEEEupKGfR-Bw_fCUtbehsQkN...] On Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 10:46 AM Glen Lake Library via Michlib-l <michlib-l@mcls.org<mailto:michlib-l@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<http://www.glenlakelibrary.net> _______________________________________________ Michlib-l mailing list Michlib-l@mcls.org<mailto:Michlib-l@mcls.org> https://mail3.mcls.org/mailman/listinfo/michlib-l
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