Happy New Year 2012 to everyone! Last year for the new year we asked visitors what their new year resolutions were. We had a great response from visitors and look forward to another round of interactive participation this year. To change it up for this year, however, we're asking what everyone's predictions are for the new year. We'll be asking them on our library Facebook page (www.facebook.com/alachuacountylibrary) and at the Headquarters Library, where our alcove displays a large format poster of a crystal ball, among other interesting things.
On the book shelf beneath the poster, visitors are encouraged to fill out Post-It notes and place them directly onto the image of a large crystal ball in the center of the poster. The poster also provides a definition of what a prediction is, as well as some suggested reading from our collection of books. Viewers are even primed with a selection of potential our own predictions...from the serious to the downright silly. We look forward to everyone's response and will be updating a library blog post with all the results (and saving them to read again at the end of the year!).
This large format poster at 116x72 inches was printed out in-house in two 116x36 inch sections, then stripped together using double stick tape. Images are a mix of clip art and photographs provided from a variety of sources.
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| Picture of the display after installation. Post-It notes with viewer predictions already began accumulating in the crystal ball. |
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| Detail of where patrons have added their predictions into the crystal ball. A few more days after this shot, Post-Its spread up into the headline and covered the wooden base. |
Wow! Looks like you got a lot of work done in the last couple of weeks. Some very impressive posters! I really enjoy the interactive ideas best, like on the crystal ball one. Keep up the great work!
ReplyDeleteOkay, now I'm wondering if any of the predictions have come true yet. Will the library keep them and let everyone know which ones were true next year? Hopefully one about beautiful weather in abundance for the whole US is up there...and comes true!
ReplyDeleteKris, the librarian overseeing this display has written a blog about it at www.aclib.us/research/blog/what-are-your-predictions-new-year and will be posting results after the end of the month. She'll also save the results to revisit near the end of the year as a way of reflecting back on which of the many did and didn't come true (assuming, of course, that the Mayan one didn't come true, that is!).
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