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Interactive Display Board
~ Library Book Wishes ~
To open conversation with the public, I created this interactive public display board for the
Victoria Native Friendship Centre's ~ Bruce Parisian Library during my UVic Co-op Position.
I completed this on March 26, 2019 ~ it was on display Summer 2019.
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This interactive display is10 ft wide by 5 ft tall
Created large to draw attention to receive patron input.
Two portions of the display:
a Book Wishes Display and a Book Wish Box.
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The Book Wish Display The Wish Box
where patrons can see book wishes the place for patrons to
(little books flying away) make their Book Wish
~ books are drawn to look like ~ books patrons wish to see
dandelion seeds flying~ upon the shelves,
Each have within the collection
ISBN #'s and book titles of the Bruce Parisian Library~
on little papers
for patrons to take with them,
should they wish to fulfill a wish.
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How I Created the Display
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How You Can Create one too!
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Time: 25 hours Tools: glue gun, staples, scissors, labels,
overhead projector & laminator.
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Materials Needed for Each Component:
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Girl Blowing Dandelion
*enlarged with an overhead projector
onto white poster paper,
*cut out girl image in one cut,
then flip over,
*glue white portions to a
black poster paper.
~One Cut = Two Images~
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16 Dandelions
*pipe cleaners
*yarn
*shoestrings
*glue gun
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4 Dandelion Pens
*green straws
*pen inserts (taken out pens)
*green paint
*dandelion craft flowers
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Grass
*green poster paper cut into strips
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Dandelion Pen Vase
& Wish Box
*re-used plastic boxes from toys
*cut tops off into wavy flaps
*add stickers & silky cord
to wish box and pen vase,
*add blue glass stones for
'fake water' in the vase.
~stones add weight & stability
for holding pens upright.
*add a pad of paper for patrons
to add their wish to the wish box.
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Text & FLYING BOOKS
*photocopied on paper
*enlarged
*laminated
*cut out
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Be Sure To Include
Instructions on Your Display
for Patrons to know what to do!
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Ta Da!
Now, YOU can make a display for your library too!
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