Library Displays on a Shoestring: 3-Dimensional Techniques
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Barteluk, Wendy D. M., PUBLISHER: Scarecrow Press, When governments face financial difficulties, among the first departments to feel cutbacks are resource centers. Today, promoting libraries and the services they offer has become a necessity. Displaying that wonderful book with uninteresting cover will get it off the shelf and increase circulation; promoting the ong>libraryong> informs users that there is more to the research than books. Barteluk shows the ong>libraryong> worker in small to mid-size libraries how to turn out eye-catching, interest-raising ong>displaysong>. Using three-dimensional exhibits rather than bulletin boards, she focuses on the actual fabrication of exhibits. Liberal illustrations and photographs reinforce the philosophy that creating appealing ong>libraryong> ong>displaysong> is easy, fun, and economical. The author explains why promotions are necessary and tells where to place the ong>displaysong>, when to put them up and when to take them down, what materials to use and where to find them, how to build and use a mannequin, how to draw when you think you can't, and how to use color. Readers will also find tips on using and creating brochures and handouts, building ong>displaysong> that can be used more than once, scrounging and using props and ideas, and, lastly, how to store everything for further use.