Encouraging Better Graphic Design in Libraries: a Creative Commons Crowdsourcing Approach |
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| Authors: | Veronica Arellano Douglas April Aultman Becker |
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| Institution: | 1. Reference &2. Instruction Librarian, St. Mary's College of Maryland Library, St. Mary's City, MD, USA;3. Manager, Education, Outreach, and Reference, Research Medical Library, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA |
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| Abstract: | A dearth of published literature about graphic design in libraries reveals that little attention has been focused on librarians' visual communication abilities and the impact of print and Web publications on users' interaction with library services and collections. This case study examines one approach to improving the quality of graphic design in libraries. Through a combination of social media and accessible cloud-based storage, Librarian Design Share, a crowdsourced archive of library-related visual materials, highlights exemplars of visual communication in libraries and makes designs freely available for adaptation under a creative commons license. |
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| Keywords: | libraries graphic design visual communication outreach marketing print publications web publications crowdsourcing creative commons |
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