Showing posts with label graphic design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label graphic design. Show all posts

Thursday, April 30, 2015

May'15: Let's Make This Look Good: Graphic Design for Maximum Engagement (Nebraska State Lib)

http://nlc.nebraska.gov/scripts/calendar/eventshow.asp?ProgID=14052

5/6/2015    10am - 11am  (Central Time)

The future is a visual place. The media is dominated by image-based sharing. Carefully designed ads and brands are constantly bombarding us. Such a visually stimulated world raises important questions about visual literacy but it also asks questions about how libraries are communicating without words. What do our materials and use of images say about us? How are we engaging our communities with intentional graphic design?

Thursday, March 26, 2015

May-Jun'15: Basic Graphic Design for Library Staff (Infopeople)

May 5, 2015 to June 1, 2015

Fee: $75 for those in the California library community and Infopeople Partners, $150 for all others.

For a complete course description and to register go to https://infopeople.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=484

Are you disappointed with the publications you’ve been creating? Do you feel you are targeting the right audience with the type styles and graphics you’re using? From simple bookmarks to signs to handouts of all kinds, the care and attention you pay to creating attractive and informative publications reflects the respect your library has for its customers. In this course, you will learn quick and easy ways to get positive results for your basic desktop publishing needs.

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Feb'15:Graphic Design for Libraries (Part 2 of 2) (Library Learning)

Thursday, Feb. 19 (12:30-1:30 pm Mountain)

This interactive two-part workshop will improve your graphic design skills and give you the opportunity to put them to work. In Part One, Schmidt will cover the basics of practical graphic design, show examples of good graphic design in libraries, suggest tools that you can use to improve your library's signs, posters, brochures, websites and more. The session will end with an assignment. Part Two will be hosted two weeks later, giving you some time to apply what you've learned and continue the conversation. Schmidt will be available between the sessions to answer any questions.

For more information and to register for this program, visit: http://www.librarylearning.info/

Feb'15: Graphic Design for Libraries (Part 1 of 2) (Library Learning)

Thursday, Feb. 5 (12:30-1:30 pm Mountain)

This interactive two-part workshop will improve your graphic design skills and give you the opportunity to put them to work. In Part One, Schmidt will cover the basics of practical graphic design, show examples of good graphic design in libraries, suggest tools that you can use to improve your library's signs, posters, brochures, websites and more. The session will end with an assignment. Part Two will be hosted two weeks later, giving you some time to apply what you've learned and continue the conversation. Schmidt will be available between the sessions to answer any questions.

For more information and to register for this program, visit: http://www.librarylearning.info/