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Educational graphics in the National Zoological Garden of South Africa, Pretoria

Educational graphics in the National Zoological Garden of South Africa, Pretoria L. J, SMITH Head, Division Educational Services, National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, POB 745, Boom Street, Pretoria, South Africa Providing the visiting public with information on the animals in a zoological garden starts with the labelling of the exhibits so that the individual species can be identified. At the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa in Pretoria we, in common with many other zoos, had suffered problems with labelling over a period of years. Accordingly, it was decided to design a series of labels which would link to our future educational graphics and would survive at least for a few years. The Division of Educational Services of the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa has at its disposal the services of two full-time artists on the permanent staff. This enables all artwork for new exhibits to be designed and prepared in close co-operation with the construction section, and the type and siting of the educational graphics can be decided on while the new enclosures are being built. This combined planning has ensured that the placing of labels and information panels is made to best effect. SPECIES IDENTIFICATION LABELS In a zoological garden such as Pretoria, covering a http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Zoo Yearbook Wiley

Educational graphics in the National Zoological Garden of South Africa, Pretoria

SMITH, L. J.
International Zoo Yearbook , Volume 21 (1) – Jan 1, 1981
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Copyright © 1981 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
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0074-9664
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1748-1090
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10.1111/j.1748-1090.1981.tb01939.x
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L. J, SMITH Head, Division Educational Services, National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, POB 745, Boom Street, Pretoria, South Africa Providing the visiting public with information on the animals in a zoological garden starts with the labelling of the exhibits so that the individual species can be identified. At the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa in Pretoria we, in common with many other zoos, had suffered problems with labelling over a period of years. Accordingly, it was decided to design a series of labels which would link to our future educational graphics and would survive at least for a few years. The Division of Educational Services of the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa has at its disposal the services of two full-time artists on the permanent staff. This enables all artwork for new exhibits to be designed and prepared in close co-operation with the construction section, and the type and siting of the educational graphics can be decided on while the new enclosures are being built. This combined planning has ensured that the placing of labels and information panels is made to best effect. SPECIES IDENTIFICATION LABELS In a zoological garden such as Pretoria, covering a

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