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“[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 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.Jessica is now Head of Special Collections at LSU.
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.
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