Library Signage and Wayfinding Design: Communicating Effectively With Your Users - Softcover

Polger, Mark Aaron

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0838937853 ISBN 13: 9780838937853

Verlag: ALA Editions, 2021

Inhaltsangabe

This book connects wayfinding and signage with user experience (UX) design principles to assist libraries in creating positive, welcoming signage that communicates effectively and efficiently. 

Take a more user-centered approach to crafting library signage with this handy guide. Well-designed signage is clear, direct, and reduces confusion and frustration among library users and library workers alike—and also complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), bolstering accessibility. Using the principles and examples laid out by Polger, you’ll learn

• how to spot the telltale features of poor design, from signage that’s wordy, passive aggressive, too small, unfriendly or threatening, to wayfinding that uses inconsistent terminology or different color schemes or typefaces;
• why taking a UX (user experience) approach can help make the library a welcoming space;
• core UX criteria for effective wayfinding design, such as the specific design zones of a sign, appropriate typefaces, color schemata, text to image ratio, text and image sizes, contrast, and viewing distance;
• about important considerations like placement and touchpoints;
• best practices for using ADA compliance guidelines when performing a library signage audit;
• special approaches for digital signage; and
• techniques that signage designers can use when studying library users to better understand their perceptions, feelings, and attitudes regarding signage and wayfinding.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Mark Aaron Polger (they/them) is an academic librarian and information literacy instructor who has been working in libraries since 1992. They received their MLIS degree in 2000 from the University of Western Ontario (London, Ontario, Canada) and has worked as a librarian in public, hospital, and academic libraries. Currently, they are the Coordinator of Library Outreach at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York (CUNY).

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: ALA Editions
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0838937853
• ISBN 13: 9780838937853
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 128
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Mare Nostrum Group B.V.; gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk; ; Doelen 72; Breda; 4831 GR; Niederlande