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Maybe there is something in Beverly's book Exhibit
Labels:  An Interpretive Approach?

A quick glance at the index isn't helping, but since
the whole book is about labels, it might be in there
somewhere...

Kim Kenney

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> The study you recall sounds like one Beverly Serrell
> conducted some
> years ago. She presented those findings at, if
> memory serves, at a
> visitor studies conference I think during either the
> 1994 conference or
> the 1995, so the visitor studies association might
> have something on it.
> I wish my memory was better, but hope that helps
>
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> Subject: research on reading graphic panels
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> I vaguely recall research from the past that
> described how visitors
> appeared to ignore graphic panels (observational
> study), but they were
> actually reading the panels as they were walking
> towards or approaching
> the
> exhibit instead of pausing or stopping to read.
>
> I have used a couple of search engines such as
> informalscience.org and
> other databases, but I cannot seem to find what I'm
> after.
>
> And of course, I do not remember the author,
> journal, publication date,
> etc.
>
> Is anyone's memory/library better than mine?!
>
> Thanks
> Cindy Chambers
>
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