New Year 2012 Library Prediction Poster Results

The New Year Predictions display poster results at the end of January 2012.

Just a quick update on the results of the New Year 2012 prediction display installed during January at the Headquarters Library and online at the library's Facebook page (first blogged here: http://librarygraphicdesign.blogspot.com/2012/01/happy-new-year-predictions-at-library.html ). Visitors were encouraged to add their prediction for what may or may not happen during 2012 and the resulting participation was both fun and encouraging. As you can see in the image above, there were so many predictions (114 in fact!) written on Post-It notes and stuck to the crystal ball that they couldn't all be contained within it.


On the last day of the display, the librarian managing it gathered the Post-It notes to tally up the answers. You can see the results here:  http://www.aclib.us/research/blog/what-are-your-predictions-new-year-part-2

Creating a display that encourages viewer participation is a great way to engage visitors in promotional efforts and to get feedback from them to see how you are doing. I receive a lot of positive feedback from the staff about displays like this, so I always enjoy exploring themes and presentations that lend themselves to incorporating an interactive, value-added component to what would otherwise be a static poster and message. It's great fun to see the poster continue to visually evolve during the time it is on display.

Happy New Year Predictions at the Library

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.

Picture of the display after installation. Post-It notes with viewer predictions
already began accumulating in the crystal ball.

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.