Sign-a-Palooza

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Main Authors: McMorran, Charles, Reynolds, Veronica
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2010
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author McMorran, Charles
Reynolds, Veronica
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Reynolds, Veronica
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Reynolds, Veronica
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contents Sign-a-Palooza McMorran, Charles Reynolds, Veronica Library Services Space Utilization Signs Visual Aids Library Development Publicity Communication Strategies Change Strategies A halo of signs, some stuffed into thick plastic sheaths while others curled under yellow tape, cluttered the service desks of the New City Library. They bleated out messages of closings, procedures, and warnings. Their number undermined their cause. All too often a customer would ask a question that was answered by the very sign they had pushed aside to speak with the library staff. Signs were preventing library staff from communicating rather than facilitating communications. If they could remove them, condense them into a more useful and attention-grabbing form, they would be more approachable, and customers would receive information in a more streamlined and efficient manner. The desk space that they could unearth was an added bonus. In this article, the authors describe how their goal of clearing away the barrier of signs without losing a notification system was achieved.
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spellingShingle Sign-a-Palooza
McMorran, Charles
Reynolds, Veronica
Library Services
Space Utilization
Signs
Visual Aids
Library Development
Publicity
Communication Strategies
Change Strategies
Sign-a-Palooza McMorran, Charles Reynolds, Veronica Library Services Space Utilization Signs Visual Aids Library Development Publicity Communication Strategies Change Strategies A halo of signs, some stuffed into thick plastic sheaths while others curled under yellow tape, cluttered the service desks of the New City Library. They bleated out messages of closings, procedures, and warnings. Their number undermined their cause. All too often a customer would ask a question that was answered by the very sign they had pushed aside to speak with the library staff. Signs were preventing library staff from communicating rather than facilitating communications. If they could remove them, condense them into a more useful and attention-grabbing form, they would be more approachable, and customers would receive information in a more streamlined and efficient manner. The desk space that they could unearth was an added bonus. In this article, the authors describe how their goal of clearing away the barrier of signs without losing a notification system was achieved.
title Sign-a-Palooza
topic Library Services
Space Utilization
Signs
Visual Aids
Library Development
Publicity
Communication Strategies
Change Strategies
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ899824