Sign Business.  1986-  m.  $45.
National Business Media, Inc.  ISSN 0893-9888
Tel.  (303) 469-0424
http://www.nbm.com/signbusiness

Signcraft.  1980- bi-m.  $30.
Signcraft Publishing Company, Inc.  ISSN 0270-4757
Tel. (813) 939-4644
http://www.signcraft.com

Signs of the Times.  1906-  13/yr.  $36.
ST Publications, Inc.  ISSN 0037-5055
Tel. (513) 421-2050
http://www.stpubs.com/ST.html

Step-by-Step Electronic Design: The How-to Newsletter for Electronic Designers. 1989-  m.  $48.
Dynamic Graphics, Inc.  ISSN 1055-2774
Tel. (800) 255-880

Step-by-Step Graphics: The How-to Reference Magazine for Traditional & Electronic Graphic Designers.  1985-  bi-m.  $42.
Dynamic Graphics, Inc.  ISSN 0886-7682
Tel. (800) 255-8800
 

ADA-Law@listserv.nodak.edu  Americans With Disabilities Act law.

ADADPT-L@listserv.american.edu  Library adaptive technology.
 

Look for information on the signage web sites listed in 6.0 and in the journals listed above.

7.4    Selected Bibliography on Library Signage

Basic how-to guides
"New directions for signage: clear, concise signage is key to building aesthetics and functionality," Buildings, March, 1989, p. 72+

Good old texts, parts of which are still useful
Pollet, Dorothy, and Peter C. Haskell, editors.  Sign systems for libraries: solving the wayfinding problem.  New York:  Bowker, 1979.

Reynolds, Linda, and Stephen Barrett.  Signs and guiding for libraries.  London:  Bingley, 1981.

Spencer, Herbert, and Linda Reynolds.  Directional signing and labeling in libraries and museums: a review of current theory and practice.  London, Readability of Print Research Unit, Royal College of Art, 1977.

Research studies you can understand
Eaton, Gail.  "Wayfinding in the library: book searches and route uncertainty," RQ, v.30 no.4, Summer 1991, p.519.

Eaton, Gail. Michael Vocino, and Melanie Taylor.  "Evaluating signs in a university library," Collection Development, v.16 no.3, 1992, p.81.

O'Neil, Michael J.  "Effects of signage and floor plan configuration on wayfinding accuracy," Environment and Behavior, v. 23 no.5, September, 1991, p. 553-574.

Seemingly unrelated but useful information
Cubberly, Carol. W. "Write procedures that work," Library Journal, September 15, 1991, p.42-45.

Matthew, Diane L.  "The scientific poster:  guidelines for effective visual communication," Technical Communication, v.37 no.3, p. 225-232.

Thought provoking background material
Arthur, Paul, and Romedi Passini.  Wayfinding: people, signs, and architecture.  New York:   McGraw Hill, 1992.

Berger, Arthur Asa.  Seeing is believing: an introduction to visual communication.  Mountain View, CA:  Mayfield Publishing Company, 1989.

Berger, Arthur Asa.  Signs in contemporary culture.  New York:  Longman, 1984.

Morgan, John, and Peter Welton.  See what I mean: an introduction to visual communication.  London:  Edward Arnold, 1986.

Tufte, Edward R.  Envisioning information.  Cheshire, CT:  Graphics Press, 1990.

Tufte, Edward R.  The visual display of quantitative information.  Cheshire, CT:  Graphics Press, 1983.

Wileman, Ralph E.  Exercises in visual thinking.  New York:  Hasings House Publishers, 1980.

Wurman, Richard Saul.  Information anxiety.  New York:  Doubleday, 1989.