Susan P. Phillips

Displays!

Dynamic Design Ideas for Your Library Step by Step

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Just about any librarian needs new ideas for dynamic, topical library displays. This new second volume offers ideas on a wide range of subjects including women of note, news-worthy events, Mother Nature, great moments in time, prominent figures in history, global cultures and more. Each display topic includes a comprehensive background discussion along with detailed assembly instructions, an explanation of the genesis of the idea and suggestions on ways to adapt these designs to fit into larger spaces. The author includes everyday items, prized collectibles and authentic antiques in each of the 45 displays featured.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 478g
• ISBN-13: 9780786440245
• ISBN-10: 0786440244
• Artikelnr.: 33266944

Autorenporträt

Susan P. Phillips is the former Lending Services Supervisor at the Cressman Library of Cedar Crest College. She lives in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Preface     
1. Globe Trotting
Land of the Rising Sun     
Maya Mysteries     
Olympic Fever     
Egypt on the Nile     
2. Mother Nature
Garden Gate     
Yosemite in Focus     
Land Down Under     
3. Women of Note
Reel Women     
Legends: Women Who Have Changed the World     
Frida     
Ladies of the Court     
Gutsy Girls     
4. Pure Whimsy
Shore Summer Reads     
and the Winner is     
The Jersey Shore     
Rock & Roll     
5. In Memory
Mostly Mozart     
A Wild Wilde Ride     
A Brush with History: Portraits of the Presidents     
Edgar Allan Poe     
Will Power     
FDR Remembered     
The Wright Stuff     
6. Moments in Time
Titanic!     
1776     
The Great War, 1914-1918     
Far Out! Surviving the 1960s     
7. Festivities
Cinco de Mayo     
Bastille Day     
Lovers in History     
Season's Readings     
8. Newsworthy
When We're Gone     
Fit or Fat: Are You Fed Up?      
Autism Aware     
Gallery of Rogues     
Election Central     
Connections: The Social Network     
Going Green     
9. Books and More
Sci-Fi     
Generations     
Get Lit at the Library     
10. Etcetera
...Isms     
In Stitches     
The Great Ships of Sail     
The Plain People     
Appendix: Month by Month Display Ideas     
Bibliography     
Index