Head Tale

I always enjoy trying to come up with something creative for a FTRW display at my library and this year was no different.

Going back to what I said earlier in the week (in a post that had a display we did just as Covid was starting to turn towards pandemic status in early March 2020), I tried to do a theme about “good/reliable/science-based” information and policy versus that which is more controversial or less likely to prove useful.

I initially thought about grouping two piles of books – one of “good” info and one of “less good” info but realised that gets to the crux of the issue.  There is never going to be 100% consensus on any piece of information and the library skates that narrow line between providing good, reliable info plus info that doesn’t meet that criteria but would be of interest to some.

For that reason, it morphed into a bit more of a display about a range of books connected to Covid – not just science vs. homeopathy for instance but also politics, travel and so on.

This is a photo of the display at the start of the week.  For interest’s sake, here’s some of the books that moved off the display over the course of the week:

“What’s the Issue? Fake News”
“Anxiety Busters”
“Fear: Trump in the White House”
“Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything?”
“How Not To Worry”