An excellent resource that was just reviewed in /Archival Issues/ is
/Exhibits in Archives and Special Collections Libraries/ by Jessica
Lacher-Feldman [Society of American Archivists (2013), ISBN: 1931666644].
From the review:
“[The author’s] enthusiasm shows in the tone of her writing, and she
encourages readers to ‘proceed and be bold’ in approaching exhibit
work. . . . For those with experience, it serves as a tune-up to get
back into good habits and perhaps revisit or establish best
practices. For students and those new to exhibit work, it is a core
text that makes exhibit development achievable, enjoyable, and less
daunting.”
You may recall Jessica's presentation at the 2010 ARLIS/NA conference on
the creation of the online resource *PBO <http://bindings.lib.ua.edu>*
at UA. Here is a copy of my post to ARLIS-L the following day (April 26,
2010). If you missed this presentation and are interested in the
development of online exhibitions, the links still work after five
years, including the slideshare link to her power point, but who knows
how much longer, so check it out soon:
Those who attended Session J yesterday saw Jessica's presentation on
The Art of Books From the Real to the Virtual
<http://www.slideshare.net/jessica666/publishers-bindings-online-and-the-artistic-cultural-and-historical-significance-of-american-decorated-publishers-bindings>.
Despite the fact that her plane was grounded in Birmingham due to
severe weather damage, and there was no way to get to Boston,
Jessica appeared at the session on time, projected live on-screen
and over the speakers via Skype. She was able to give her PowerPoint
show, and answered questions from the audience as well.
Publishers' BindingsOnline (PBO) <http://bindings.lib.ua.edu/> is an
astounding resource, with 12,892 images of 5,297 books. It includes
fully searchable metadata and has value-added components such as
pre-packaged galleries, lesson plans, essays and much more. All the
information on how this was done is in the project
manual<http://bindings.lib.ua.edu/about.html>, which will assist
librarians as a model for conceptualizing, funding and executing
similar projects for their own collections on any subject.
Jessica is now Head of Special Collections at LSU.
The ARLIS/NA Book Art SIG is currently preparing guidelines for Book Art
exhibitions under the excellent guidance of Amanda Meeks. If you are not
up on what the SIG is about, check out the blog:
<http://arlisnabookartsig.blogspot.com>
Richard
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