Open AccessThe display’s the thing: A successful interactive, analog community college library display
Author(s) -
Vikki Terrile
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
college and research libraries news
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.281
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 2150-6698
pISSN - 0099-0086
DOI - 10.5860/crln.82.2.80
Subject(s) - space (punctuation) , computer science , information display , virtual space , community college , visual arts , prime (order theory) , computer graphics (images) , world wide web , art , artificial intelligence , medicine , mathematics , combinatorics , medical education , operating system
One of the first things you see when you enter the Kurt R. Schmeller Library on the Queensborough Community College campus are three display cases arranged in a horseshoe, accented with a poster display case on a stand. This prime floor space often serves as a waiting space as students read their texts or wait for friends to join them in the library. Historically, the displays featured rotated content, generally heritage months and other broad topics, with the cases packed full of books (in varying states of repair and condition), artifacts, and matted description and information labels and captions. According to everyone, the displays were routinely ignored.