Exhibits and Displays by Carol Ng-He

Exhibits and Displays by Carol Ng-He

This book guides readers to unleash their library's potential in making and hosting exhibits. Readers will gain a fundamental understanding about managing an exhibit program and a comprehensive view of planning and implementing exhibit projects, ranging from physical, traveling, to virtual.

What a generous and helpful book! Reminding their readers that libraries are free, public, and well-used, the authors point out that they are perfect places for exhibits about books and anything else that will excite and educate peopleNot stopping there, the writers also suggest that everyone can learn to make wonderful displays and then proceed to offer guidance to exhibit development that will be useful in all settings. I love the book’s vivid and approachable writing—‘Underlining text is clunky and sort of ‘screamy’’—and direct messages—‘Variety is energizing.’ But best, to me, is its can-do attitude—Yes, you, make an exhibit!—and presumption that exhibit makers should be concerned with their audiences. Exhibits must engage, the authors assert. And their book is a good guide toward that goal.

-- Therese Quinn, director, Museum and Exhibition Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago

The kind of practical advice found here will be useful for any librarian hoping to create and curate exhibits or improve current ones. Advice by librarians, for librarians, is the best kind; I first became aware of Carol Ng-He’s interest and expertise in library exhibits when she contributed a successful article to the ILA Reporter journal. These Illinois librarians have thought of everything exhibits so readers don’t have to, from why and how, to promotion and programming around exhibits, to assessment.

-- Diane Foote, executive director, Illinois Library Association

Carol Ng-Heis an award-winning art library and museum professional who served as the exhibits coordinator at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library in Illinois. She has written book chapters and articles on a broad range of topics relating to art education and visual learning in higher education, libraries, and museums. Ng-He has served on various committees at the Art Libraries Society of North America. She holds an MA in art education from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is an MLIS candidate at San Jose State University.
Patti Gibbons has three decades of experience preserving cultural heritage materials, developing exhibitions, and registering loans in library and museum settings. Currently she is the head of collection management at the University of Chicago Library’s Special Collections Research Center. She earned an MA in museum studies from the University of Washington and an MS in library and information science from the University of Illinois, and graduate certificates in special collections librarianship and philanthropy & nonprofit administration. Gibbons is the author of the book The Modern Kiteflier, and she has published several chapters and articles on exhibition best practices, book preservation, and library science topics in textbooks and professional journals, and she is the co-editor of the “Special Libraries, Special Challenges” column in the journal Public Services Quarterly.

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ISBN 13	9781538144039
ISBN 10	1538144034
Title	Exhibits and Displays
Author	Carol Ng-He
Series	Practical Guides For Librarians
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Rowman & Littlefield
Year published	2021-04-13
Number of pages	152
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