Exhibitions and Displays: experiences of tertiary education libraries and beyond

Exhibitions and Displays: experiences of tertiary education libraries and beyond

Dexterine Ho Soo Miang
With guest speaker Mrs Wong Chin Choo
14 Oct 2002 at Bukit Merah Library

I just started to move all the web pages hosted by Pacific Net to this blog. Looking at the works done over 10 years ago give a kind of time gap in retrospect.

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Exhibitions and Displays: experiences of tertiary education libraries and beyond

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Some definitions:

* Exhibition (n): Collection of things shown publicly

* Display
(v.t.): Show; placed or spread out so that there is no difficulty in seeing
(n.) show or exhibition

Source of information:
The Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English

* Tertiary education libraries:
The libraries that I worked NOW / before
Aug 2001 - to date Nanyang Technological University Library
1998 - 2000 Temasek Polytechnic Library
1982 - 1966 National Institute of Education Library

The Macro view:
(by Mrs Wong Chin Choo, Deputy University Librarian, NTU Library)

• Where: Venue, location 
• What: Events & themes 
• When: Time & period
• Who: Selection of work group & members, Forming of "Invisible team/committee" etc...

The Micro view: The HOW aspect

• The Knowledge & Know-how 
• --Retrieval & organization of Information  
• The Graphic and artistic skills/techniques 
• --Making things presentable and inviting 
• Logistic & PR Connection 
• --Publicity & workflow
• Putting ideas into practice

Major National Education Exhibitions Organized by NTU Library, Nanyang Technological University, 2002-2003 held at Lee Wee Nam Library, Level 3

http://www.ntu.edu.sg/lib/ne/E_Res.htm#Exhib

- Examples from photos & publications

  

1st National Education Exhibition at NTU Library

25 Mar 2002 - 13 Apr 2002

Civil Defence, National Disaster & Crisis. [Photos]

http://www.ntu.edu.sg/lib/ne/Exhib02-1.pdf
 
2nd National Education Exhibition at NTU Library

1 Oct 2002 - 26 Oct 2002

Bonding Our People, Defending Our Nation. [Photos]
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/lib/pub/v11n4.pdf
(go to page 6-8 of this issue to read the report)

3rd National Education Exhibition at NTU Library
17 Feb 2003 - 28 Feb 2003

Living in Harmony: Baba and Nyonya Heritage. [Photos]
http://www2.ntu.edu.sg/LibraryBulletin/V12n1/Features/baba.htm

Beyond tertiary education libraries ...

School libraries (1999 – To date)

• Secondary schools 
• Primary schools

NLB: 

Creative display ideas at Student Reference Centre, National Library, Stamford Road, March-June, 2000

Singapore Philatelic Museum

A series of "3D-Stamp Display Using Singapore Stamp" to commemorate the Museum's 5th Anniversary on 27 Nov 2000 to 10 Jan 2001

Question and Answer session

For more imformation, Contact  Ms Dexterine Ho Soo Miang
 
Senior Assistant Director (Aug 2001- Aug 2003)
Lee Wee Nam Library, Nanyang Techonlogical University
Tel: 9660 4692 (hp)

Email:
smho@e.ntu.edu.sg

or
dexterine@yahoo.com