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Over a year ago Aaron over at Walking Paper blogged about the need for good print design in the library. Well, this inspired my to highlight some of the great design we have at the University of Michigan Library…and a year and a half later, I finally got around to it!

We are very fortunate to have a Director of Marketing and Communications, Liene Karels, who also happens to be a super designer. The quality of our promotional materials has increased tenfold since she started – I’m not really sure what we did before!

Here are some of my favorites. See the rest here.

You Can’t Judge a Book By Its Behavior On Spring Break

Dude, everybody can see your ISBN

I’m always on the lookout for nice AND free graphics to use in print and web design for the library. Here are a few of my favorite resources:

Flickr

My first go to for images is the Flickr’s advanced search because it allows searching of images with Creative Commons licenses.

DeviantArt

DeviantArt content includes photographs, Photoshop add-ons (brushes, textures, borders, graphics, etc.), animations, arts, crafts, and more. Most of the users make their resources free but request that you leave them a comment about how you used their work. www.deviantart.com

Open Clipart

OpenClipart.org is an archive of public domain clip art. This site offers a wide variety of clip art including vintage and retro illustrations and modern graphics. www.openclipart.org

Wikimedia Commons

“A database of 6,576,096 freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute.” commons.wikimedia.org

Find Icons & Icon Finder

Search engines for interface icons. Looking for new icons for your web page or OPAC? findicons.com and www.iconfinder.com

From Old Books

“Scanned Images, Engravings and Pictures From Old Books. Over 2,600 high-resolution free images scanned from more than 160 different old or rare books.” www.fromoldbooks.org