Lowther Hall gives window shopping a new twist

Imagine ambling down a street lined with stores, looking at all the window displays. You can do this whether stores are open or closed, but if you want to actually get something, the store has to be open and you have to have money. Now imagine you can get what you want, for free. And right away. Window shopping just got a whole lot more enticing, right? Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School in Australia has transformed their Library Resource Center windows into “virtual library shelves” by decorating them with book covers. Now that would be enough to grab my attention, but they've taken it one step further and added QR codes on the covers so that students can scan them with their smart phone or tablet. They're then taken directly to the title's details page on their school's OverDrive digital library, where students are able to easily borrow the title. Lowther Hall has seen an increase in checkouts each month in 2014, and giving their students such visible and quick access to their titles has certainly been a big reason why. You can read more about their concept here and see a picture here. Do you have any creative ideas that have helped your students get the most out of your digital library? We, along with other schools, would love to hear about them. Now, if there was only a way to bring free window shopping to the dessert industry…

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