[Publib] Too many signs

[Dale McNeill]

Not just negative, but also too much.  I'd encourage you all too look at
signs in your favorite retail store.  Compare the messages and quantity of
signs there with the signs in your library. And just think about it.

And a brief "commercial": if you're planning to attend the Texas Library
Association's conference in April, you can hear a panel of design
professionals (all library users, by the way) talk about just this.

And TLA is a great conference.  If ALA just seems too big (altough I love it
and have been to both annual and mid-winter most years since 1985), try
TLA.  You don't have to be a Texas librarian.  The conference will be in
Houston in 2006.

Anyway, great cartoon!

Dale


On 12/1/05, Diedre Conkling <diedrec at charter.net> wrote:
>
> I think a lot about the way we communicate to the public in libraries.  So
> often the communication seems negative.  The over use of signs is one of
> these areas.  I was amused today when the Unshelved guys addressed these
> issues in today's comic:
> http://www.overduemedia.com/archive.aspx?strip=20051201 .
>
>
> Diedre Conkling
>
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