[Publib] Universal Library Symbol

[Fred Beisser]

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Fred Beisser
Trustee
www.elbertcountylibrary.org
(Colorado)



Carl Long wrote:
> Anyone got a link to this "universal library symbol"? Not sure exactly 
> what is being referred to here.
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> Thanks,
> Carl
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> Judith Turner wrote:
>> Greetings, all --
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>> I'm hoping that some longtime publibbers can send me to a good source 
>> of information on the "universal library symbol"  -- the hands 
>> holding a book open (ALA sells it in a pin version) but my quick look 
>> at the site failed to turn up any background on the symbol and the 
>> process by which it was adopted.
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>> Specifically, I'd like to find out how it was developed. when it was 
>> adopted and how widely used it has become.  I've mostly seen the 
>> symbol on street signage and have found it very helpful over the 
>> years as I'd traveled to meetings at libraries I'm visiting for the 
>> first time. Was the adoption of the symbol for road signage brought 
>> about through the efforts of local libraries, or was it recognized by 
>> Federal or State highway depts. and happened from the top down?
>>
>> Do individual libraries or library organizations use the symbol for 
>> their logo?  Does anybody use it on their business card?  An Archives 
>> and Archivists List subscriber brought up the subject of developing 
>> an archival logo.  He mentioned that that he has seen professional 
>> business cards where physicians use the caduceus and lawyers use 
>> scales of justice and suggested that a universal logo or symbol on an 
>> archivist's business card could serve as a way to promote the 
>> profession.
>>
>> If anybody can point me toward a good source of information on the 
>> symbol, I'd be very grateful.  I tried wikipedia and the ALA site as 
>> I mentioned above but no luck.
>>
>> Thanks for your help.
>>
>> Judy Turner
>> Whitefish Bay, WI
>>
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