Category Special Libraries

LIBRARY of Congress (2018)

Institution: Library of Congress
Designer: Pentagram / Paula Scher

Every so often, a library releases a visual identity that people (besides yours truly) actually sit up and pay attention to. This is one of them.

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PR Xchange Awards 2017 Round-up: Annual Reports

2017 PR Xchange Award Winners

Rounding up the winning entries from the Annual Report/Strategic Plan category (Print and Electronic) of the PR Xchange Awards 2017.

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Banned Books Week Posters & Art (USA, 1982-present)

Banned Books Week is an annual campaign meant to draw attention to censorship, the freedom to read, and to highlight banned or challenged books. It has been running in the last week of September since 1982. It is jointly sponsored… Continue Reading →

ALA’s Libraries Transform (2015)

On October 29, 2015, the American Library Association officially launched the large, multi-year ((the website does not indicate precisely how long the campaign will run; Library Journal calls it a three-year campaign)) Libraries Transform campaign (along with corporate sponsor Overdrive). The… Continue Reading →

National Library Week posters (USA, 1958-present)

National Library Week, a project of the ALA ((it was initially a joint project with the now disbanded National Book Committee.)), launched in 1958 with the slogan “Wake Up and Read!” ((National Library Week Fact Sheet)). A useful history of… Continue Reading →

In Brief: Tool Library Logos

Click images above to visit webpage/source. Tool libraries, where members can sign out tools and machinery for a small annual fee, are becoming increasingly popular. They are also a great excuse for logo designers to go vintage and include saw… Continue Reading →

State Library of Queensland Rebrand (2012)

In 2012, the State Library of Queensland (a beautiful library; I can attest to this personally) underwent a major rebranding. The rebranding process was extremely collaborative, working with a large internal brand team, bringing in the opinions all SLQ staff… Continue Reading →

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