Print Sources

• Blais, Andrée, editor. Text in the Exhibition Medium . Québec City: Musée de la civilisation, 1995. (AM151.E2513 1995)
  Most complete look at the subject, including the rhetoric of text, its reception and production. Also contains sections on typography and layout.
• Bjorncrantz, Jeffrey Garrett, Harrie Hughes. "Northwestern's Art of the Story: Public Relations on a Grand Scale" in American Libraries , Dec. 2000: 50-53.
• Dean, David. Museum Exhibition: Theory and Practice. London: Routledge, 1994.
  (AM151.D43 1994)
  Excellent place to begin, with sections on all relevant issues.
• Dutka, Andrew, Sheman Hayes and Jerry Parnell. "The Surprise Part of a Librarian's Life" in College & Research Libraries News , Jan. 2002: 19-22.
  Provides insight for librarians who also find themselves working as exhibit specialists.
• Metropolitan Museum of Art. Standards Manual for Signs and Labels . American Association for Museums, 1996. (AM 157 S73 1996)
• Miles, R. S., compiler. The Design of Educational Exhibits . London: George Allen & Unwin, 1982. (LB1043.6.M54 1982)
  Provides good overview on planning and implementation.
• Serrell, Beverly. Exhibit Labels: an Interpretive Approach . Walnut Creek, CA: Alta Mira Press, 1996. (AM157.S46 1996)
  Includes a section on typographic design.
• Taylor, Samuel, ed. Try it! : Improving Exhibits Through Formative Evaluation . Washington, D.C. : Association of Science-Technology Centers, 1991. (AM151 .T79 1991)

Electronic Sources

• Ashman, Meg. Eight Steps for Effective Exhibits . University of Vermont Extension.
  http://ctr.uvm.edu/ctr/8steps.htm
• National Parks Service. Exhibit Conservation Guidelines - (CD-ROM)
• National Park Service. Museum Exhibit Planner .
  http://www.nps.gov/hfc/exhibits/exhibit-planner/
  This is database software to be used with FileMaker Pro to plan exhibits.
• Raiselis, Bob. What Makes a Good Interactive Exhibit? Montshire Museum of Science.
  http://www.montshire.net/stacks/exhibits/goodexhibits.html
• Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Library and Archival Exhibitions on the Web. A listing of online exhibits from around the country and internationally.
  http://www.sil.si.edu/SILPublications/Online-Exhibitions/online-exhibitions-title.htm
• UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Exhibits Committee & Guidelines
  http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/url/urlexhibits/about.htm#guidelines
• Vermont Museum and Gallery Alliance. Exhibit Planning & Design. [A bibliography].
  http://www.vmga.org/lendinglib/libfiles/exhibitplan.html

This is the Jan. 2003 update of a document originally compiled in May 2001 by the Interest Group on Exhibitions and Public Programming, University Libraries, University at Buffalo.