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Digital Art on CD: Library Art from ALA Graphics

When your design time is limited or desire for great promotional materials outweigh your design skills, you can look to ALA Graphics for ready-to-print artwork solutions on CD. ALA Graphics has released Library Art CD #1, a collection of over 40 royalty-free digital clipart pieces from 15 different artists available in ready-to-use file formats.

Library Art CD #1 contains diverse images suitable for children’s services, YA, adult, and business communications. Most images are in JPEG format and are easy to add to brochures, flyers, or letters created with Microsoft Office programs. Permission to modify or customize the artwork is included on the CD.

Library Art CD #1 joins four other ALA Graphics digital artwork CDs created with the novice and experienced graphic designer in mind. These new products will help libraries promote their programs and services with pre-made promotional pieces as well as fully customizable digital artwork solutions. Each CD contains ready-to-print posters,
bookmarks, notecards, buttons, postcards, and print ads in Acrobat (PDF) format.

For the experienced designer, layered Acrobat files, suitable for customization, are included with permission to re-create designs using the graphic elements included with each CD.

The four CDs are:

· Poetry Resource. Perfect for National Poetry Month; custom and pre-printed "Slammin' @ Your Library" messages.

· One Book. Includes a guide for developing a “One Book One Community “ event with ready-to-print marketing materials; ideal for small to medium sized communities.

· Library People. Offers colorful and interesting images to support National Library Week 2004 and beyond; features diverse silhouettes of people using library services and is adaptable for marketing and PR campaigns

· Balloon. Originally developed for National Library Week 2003; provides customizable images for other campaigns and are a valuable resource for any design library. Balloon is currently available at an introductory price.

Further information about each digital artwork CD can be found at the ALA Online Store website. To view the artwork or to order, please visit http://www.alastore.ala.org and click on the link, Digital Art.

Submitted by John Chrastka, Graphics Office, American Library Association, jchrastka@ala.org

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