Liz Delzell, YS Library Assistant at Fox River Grove Memorial Library sent along this link:
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By ana
For her senior thesis project, Valerie Madill reconsidered how design could make using the library more engaging and easier. She used half-wrap labels that would unify a particular subject by color as well as provide a consistent place for relevant information about each book. The result is a more sensual, desirable library experience that could draw more people to libraries and make find material more intuitive.
As library geeks, this is the kind of design and creative thinking that makes P+P giddy. |
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August 6th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
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August 7th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
I was trying to remember the name of the library that experimented with arranging materials by color. (I don’t think it was Huddersfield from the Flickr link below.) Anyone know which one it was? While I was searching around, I came across a few interesting related links.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/organised/98972109/
http://www.superherodesigns.com/journal/archives/000453.html
http://freshome.com/2008/02/12/rainbow-bookshelf/
August 7th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
[...] Getting Warmer: Unleashing the Real Power of RFID I ran across an interesting post over on Michael Stephens‘ blog. Valérie Madill created an interesting senior grad [...]
August 8th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
That is awesome. I especially like the citations in MLA and APA format on the half-wraps. I wonder how it would translate for a Public Library using Dewey — as opposed to the LC here…
August 8th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Then again - reading the comments from Ryan and Bill on the P+p site — I totally forgot about accessibility for those that are colorblind.