Exhibits And Displays

Author : Carol Ng-He,Patti Gibbons
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781538144046

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Exhibits and Displays by Carol Ng-He,Patti Gibbons Pdf

Exhibits and displays are booming and in demand at all types of libraries. From simple displays of books to full-scale museum-quality exhibitions, library exhibits can highlight collections that surprise visitors, tell stories, and engage audiences in innovative ways. Often, exhibits feature more than books—showcasing art, photographs, archival materials, multimedia elements, as well as hands-on activities. Stepping outside traditional walls, digital exhibits reach audiences beyond the circulation desk and pave another way for libraries to share information, promote resources, and even lead change in the community. Despite the growing interest, most library and information science (LIS) programs do not include exhibit development courses. It is not uncommon for librarians learn exhibit production on the job or through resources in the museum sector. Wearing many hats, librarians absorb exhibit work as part of community outreach initiatives, or take on exhibit duties as a general professional interest in the emerging field. Exhibits & Displays is a practical how-to guide that helps librarians unleash their library’s potential to engage and wow visitors. The guide explains how to kick-start and grow an exhibit program through expert advice, insights from professional literature, and winning case studies that cover exhibition development from conceptual planning through de-installation packing and evaluation. Exhibits & Display: A Practical Guide for Librarians covers: · Pre-planning · Curation and content development · Project management · Graphic design and writing for readability · Preservation and collection care · Legal considerations and loan registration · Installation/de-installation and maintenance tips · Hands-on interactives and digital exhibits · Educational programming · Marketing · Audience evaluation · Supplemental examples and case studies Librarians in academic, public, school, and special libraries will benefit from Exhibits & Displays: A Practical Guide for Librarians. The book is also an excellent textbook for LIS courses covering exhibition development and outreach.

Author : Peter H. Hoffenberg
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0520922964

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An Empire on Display by Peter H. Hoffenberg Pdf

The exhibitions of the Victorian and Edwardian eras are the lens through which this book examines the economic, cultural, and social forces that helped define Britain and the Empire. It focuses on exhibitions in England, Australia, and India from the Great Exhibition to the Festival of Empire.

Author : Anne Tedeschi,Jane Pearlmutter
Publisher : Upstart Books
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : STANFORD:36105019323638

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Book Displays by Anne Tedeschi,Jane Pearlmutter Pdf

Handbook for small and medium-sized libraries offers practical advice on planning and mounting exhibits.

Author : Jane Greenfield
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781629140483

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The Care of Fine Books by Jane Greenfield Pdf

The Care of Fine Books is a thorough, readable guide to caring for books of value. From a discussion of the various techniques and materials used in bookbinding to advice on handling and storage, Jane Greenfield has created a succinct yet complete resource for anyone who wants to preserve and protect their fine books. Whether you are a collector, a librarian, or a conservation professional, you will benefit from this expert advice. Learn about appropriate levels of light, temperature, relative humidity, and pollution; how to secure a collection against fire, insect infestation, flood, and theft; and methods for cleaning and repairing books that have already been damaged. Always practical and amply illustrated, this is a must-have reference for anyone who loves fine books.

Author : Mary E. Brown,Rebecca Power
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781476605494

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Exhibits in Libraries by Mary E. Brown,Rebecca Power Pdf

Library exhibits are more than entertainment for patrons. They can inspire and educate, stimulate an interest that can be explored in a book, or attract visitors who otherwise wouldn't stop by. Displays are also an opportunity for a library to put its creative foot forward or help patrons navigate the facility itself. This comprehensive “how-to” includes a everything a librarian or staff member needs to know to put on an exhibit, from hatching ideas to evaluating the end result. Illustrations and photographs show practical methods of planning, labeling and displaying. An introduction discusses the history and rationale of exhibits, and what librarians need to know to be responsible for them. Most of the book’s pages, however, are dedicated to the hands-on process of creating an exhibit. The first part is a ten-step process for beginners. The second part includes everything a librarian or staff member might want to consider when creating an exhibit: the beginning idea (theme, goals, location); the development and design (layout, labeling and related concerns); the fabrication (materials and installation); and the exhibit from installation to removal (maintenance, care of volunteers, evaluation). Related issues include safety, administration, funding, contracts, public relations and other practical topics. Another section looks at special projects such as traveling displays and hands-on exhibits. Finally, the authors provide syllabi for continued study in a workshop or college course, along with a self-study guide.

Author : Julia Noordegraaf
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Museum exhibits
ISBN : UCSC:32106017797777

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Strategies of Display by Julia Noordegraaf Pdf

History of museum presentation within the context of the nineteenth- and twentieth-century visual culture. Taking the remarkable display history at the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam as a point of departure, it reflects on the history of presentation in museums in Western Europe and North America. Museums communicated with their audiences through their presentations. Boekbespreking in: Boekman. 16(2004)61(herfst. 167-169).

Author : Kate Coplan
Publisher : Dobbs Ferry, N.Y : Oceana Publications
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015028111410

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Effective Library Exhibits by Kate Coplan Pdf

Provides information on the arrangement, construction, decoration, illumination, and promotion of library posters and displays, including a variety of exhibit suggestions.

Author : Mary Anne Staniszewski,Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : MIT Press (MA)
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015043767212

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The Power of Display by Mary Anne Staniszewski,Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) Pdf

Staniszewski treats installations as creations that manifest values, ideologies, politics, and of course aesthetics.

Author : M. B. Alt,D. C. Gosling,Dr R S Miles,R. S. Miles
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135129941

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The Design of Educational Exhibits by M. B. Alt,D. C. Gosling,Dr R S Miles,R. S. Miles Pdf

This is the second and fully updated edition of an authoritative handbook aimed at all those involved in designing educational exhibitions. It lays out guidelines for exhibition design that, for a given cost, will tend to optimize the educational value of exhibitions to their target audience. It offers practical guidance on all aspects of the work, from the planning, administration and evaluation of a large programme of exhibition work down to the selection of media and the design and construction of the single exhibit. It discusses the things that should be thought about and the things that should be done in setting up educational exhibits, paying particular attention to the pitfalls that must be identified and avoided if the work is to be done well. The handbook is essential for all those who are concerned with mounting educational exhibitions, whether they be administrators, designers, educationalists, planners or in specific subject areas. It will be required reading for students following postgraduate courses in museology (museum studies) or similar courses at institutions throughout the world. No special background knowledge is assumed as the readership will be as varied as the skills required to put together and evaluate an exhibition.

Author : United States. Office of Civil Defense
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Civil defense
ISBN : MINN:31951D03743949L

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Civil Defense Display Catalog Exhibits by United States. Office of Civil Defense Pdf

Author : United States. Office of Civil Defense
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Civil defense
ISBN : IND:30000090018486

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Exhibits, Civil Defense Display Catalog by United States. Office of Civil Defense Pdf

Author : Henry Walter Gilbertson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : Agricultural exhibitions
ISBN : UIUC:30112102047906

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Educational Exhibits by Henry Walter Gilbertson Pdf

Author : United States. President
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 984 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Executive orders
ISBN : UIUC:30112021718330

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Codification of Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders by United States. President Pdf

Author : Sharon Macdonald
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136878787

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The Politics of Display by Sharon Macdonald Pdf

The assumption that museum exhibitions, particularly those concerned with science and technology, are somehow neutral and impartial is today being challenged both in the public arena and in the academy. The Politics of Display brings together studies of contemporary and historical exhibitions and contends that exhibitions are never, and never have been, above politics. Rather, technologies of display and ideas about 'science' and 'objectivity' are mobilized to tell stories of progress, citizenship, racial and national difference. The display of the Enola Gay, the aircraft which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima is a well-known case in point. The Politics of Display charts the changing relationship between displays and their audience and analyzes the consequent shift in styles of representation towards interactive, multimedia and reflexive modes of display. The Politics of Display brings together an array of international scholars in the disciplines of sociology, anthropology and history. Examples are taken from exhibitions of science, technology and industry, anthropology, geology, natural history and medicine, and locations include the United States of America, Australia, the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands and Spain. This book is an excellent contribution to debates about the politics of public culture. It will be of interest to students of sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, museum studies and science studies.

Author : Karen A. Rader,Victoria E.M. Cain
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226079837

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Life on Display by Karen A. Rader,Victoria E.M. Cain Pdf

Rich with archival detail and compelling characters, Life on Display uses the history of biological exhibitions to analyze museums’ shifting roles in twentieth-century American science and society. Karen A. Rader and Victoria E. M. Cain chronicle profound changes in these exhibitions—and the institutions that housed them—between 1910 and 1990, ultimately offering new perspectives on the history of museums, science, and science education. Rader and Cain explain why science and natural history museums began to welcome new audiences between the 1900s and the 1920s and chronicle the turmoil that resulted from the introduction of new kinds of biological displays. They describe how these displays of life changed dramatically once again in the 1930s and 1940s, as museums negotiated changing, often conflicting interests of scientists, educators, and visitors. The authors then reveal how museum staffs, facing intense public and scientific scrutiny, experimented with wildly different definitions of life science and life science education from the 1950s through the 1980s. The book concludes with a discussion of the influence that corporate sponsorship and blockbuster economics wielded over science and natural history museums in the century’s last decades. A vivid, entertaining study of the ways science and natural history museums shaped and were shaped by understandings of science and public education in the twentieth-century United States, Life on Display will appeal to historians, sociologists, and ethnographers of American science and culture, as well as museum practitioners and general readers.