I don't know much about presentation, but my class recently had the
opportunity to meet Janice Majewski at the Freer Galleries at the
Smithsonian.  I learned a few valuable things about presentations that
are not at all accessible to the entire audience.  Try the following
thought experiments before sealing up your case:

        Put yourself in a wheelchair--are the labels and objects still
        accessible to you?

        Pretend you're a child.  What do you see?

        Imagine that you walk with a cane:  will it go under the case,
        allowing you to walk into the glass?

        Your audience includes people with various visual impairments.
        Is your text contrasty enough to be read?  Can visitors place
        their eyes very close to the text if they need to?


--Missi Mercer

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On Sat, 14 Oct 1995, Fraser Elisabeth wrote:

> Does anyone know of any good books or articles on effective layout in glass
> cases? Conservation is not a problem here, and lighting is something I've no
> influence over - it's merely a matter of the layout. I'd very much like to get
> a few tips and standard tricks - otherwise I'll have to try to reinvent the
> wheel. One should be able to do so much more in a glass case, with three
> dimensions at one's disposa,l than with traditional layout on a
> two-dimensional page. I'm looking forward to learning more about this!
>
> Regards,
> Elisabeth Fraser
>