How to do a public library booth at your local festival.

1. A ROANOKE PUBLIC LIBRARY
BOOTH AT THE ROANOKE FALL
FESTIVAL
This PowerPoint gives the
steps, I as a library director
of a small town library and
others went through to
provide materials for and
to help set up a booth to
promote the library at our
local festival. The festival
was held from September
4th -7th. Hopefully this will
be guide to other librarians
and others that are
planning a promotional
booth at a local festival.

2. THESE DOUBLE-SIDED BOOKMARKS WERE
MADE OUT OF REGULAR PAPER AND WERE
DESIGNED TO PROMOTE THE FRIENDS OF THE
ROANOKE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
THESE ARE TRI-FOLD BROCHURES THAT WE
GIVE TO ALL NEW PATRONS OR ANYONE
INTERESTED SINCE THEY CONTAIN ALL THE
VITAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE LIBRARY.

3. The se were made up especially for this event but may be kept for
other such events to try to increase those that that use the library.

4. Since the Roanoke Fall Festival is a widely attracting event, we might as
well promote upcoming events at the library to more people.

5. The Roanoke Fall Festival is held at the Roanoke Park so the used
books that will be sold have to be boxed for transport to the park.

6. The President to the Roanoke Public Library’s van was loaded up
with the boxes of used books and other needed items for the booth.

7. This is the spot at the Roanoke Fall Festival that the Roanoke Public
Library booth has been designated on the tennis courts.

8. Since the van was load with books there was no room for the book
carts so a friend and I walked the 2 carts to the park.

9. The book carts got to the designated spot before the other items
arrived since we walked them there.

10. A canopy tent and a waterproof sign are the bare bones of the booth.

11. The President of the Friends’ son unloaded the van full of books
onto the tennis court at the park for us.

12. The President of the Friends’ husband and the Board of Trustee
President set up a table under the canopy.

13. The books are then unboxed and put out on the book carts ready to
be sold.

14. It was decided that not enough brochures were made up so here more
are readied to be handed out so everyone knows what the library offers.

15. A table cloth was put over the wood table and the printed up items
are set on display to attract everyone’s attention.

16. To attract even more attention, flags were hung diagonally across
the Library’s booth area.

17. There has been talk of the library leaving Roanoke and merging
with Allen County or the Huntington Public Libraries.

18. Because there were so many used books to sale another table (with
the red tablecloth) was added besides the 2 book carts.

19. The area was finally all set and ready to go with time to spare before
the Roanoke Fall Festival was even ready to officially open.

20. This is the final product. As you can see, people indeed were
buying used books and learning about the library.