Each time you write an update for your website, create an event for your Facebook page, or tweet about an upcoming program, think about what it is that you want the reader to do.

Do you want your customer to...

Laura Nicosia took a photo of this most excellent book display sign:

Consider trying out something like this at your library, and see how well it works with your customers!

Source: Laura Nicosia's Facebook photos

If you want to encourage kids to read, but their cards are blocked because of fines, consider trying a "read down" your fines project at your library.  Here are some success stories you can use as models for your library's program:

In the article 10 Steps to a Better Library Interior: Tips That Don't Have To Cost a Lot, an interior designer offers simple and inexpensive ideas you can try at your library.

How will you celebrate Teen Read Week (October 16 – 22, 2011) at your library? The Teen Read Week website and Teen Read Week Wiki have lots of …

Sara Wilson — director of Mill Pond Public Library in Kingston, Wisconsin — shared this tip:

Colleen Leddy— director of Stair Public Library in Morenci, Michigan (service population: 3134) — shares her tips for creative ways to provide programs in her article Programming on a (Long, Colorful) Shoestring.

Here are some tidbits: