The moving image can make a powerful impact on people. Terry Parker of our Media Services Unit recently presented an exhibit on African-American History. During the course of African-American History Month, Terry ran documentaries on a variety of topics of historical and cultural importance. The exhibit proved to be creative and educational. The library exhibit does not have to be limited to the physical confines of a display case.
Exhibits placed on the Internet, or on a CD-ROM can become multimedia teaching tool.
Placing the images of a library exhibit online automatically makes them available to a large audience. Online exhibits can be accompanied by text or audio narration, providing the viewer with sight, sound and the printed word. And the online exhibit can be tailored to the needs of multilingual students simply by translating the text or narration into the appropriate languages. As more and more people use the Internet, the online exhibit will become another medium for promoting information literacy. If you are interested in doing an exhibit at the LaGuardia Library, please give me a call at extension 5434.