Signage systems are used in areas, where a great number of people is moving, like roads, stations, areas of specific use (e.g. the signage system during Olympic Games), public buildings and various transportation means (e.g. ships, trains, airplanes). All these require the application of a rational signage system, which must be consistent, informatory concise and aesthetically pleasant. Academic libraries are places that host a great number of users, with particular tasks and conditions of realization (e.g. available time). For this reason the interior signage of these spaces is of critical importance, not only because they contribute in the formation of a reliable image of the library organization, but because they must support the effective movement of the users.udLibrary and Information Service, parallel to the upgrading of its services, organized and implemented the transfer to new building facilities, which guarantees improved storage of the information material, evolvement of actions multiplicity and friendlier reception and serving of the user community. The new building, which is extending to four levels of total area 8.000 m2, created the need for the rational confrontation of the direction and orientation problems of the users, as well as the minimization of the reference requests, regarding these issues. The signage system had to be harmonized with the architectural conditions and the predefined distribution of areas and functions’ flow.udIn the present poster we exhibit the work of LIS personnel and the freelance partners for the development of an effective interior signage system. The aims of the workteam were set as follow:ud1. To confront with success the issues of user navigation and orientation. ud2. To develop, via a signage system, the conditions for users’ familiarization with the spaces and the distribution of functions per level, in order to minimize reference requests. ud3. To develop a conjectural interference through a “hi-tech” reaction to the modernistic architectural design of the building.udIn this present poster a generalized framework of consideration about the signage of interior spaces, which guided consistently the workflow, is also developed and exhibited.
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