RESOURCE CENTRE MANUAL
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TIP: How to make a hanging display
You can make a hanging display from cloth, for lightweight resource
materials such as leaflets or newsletters.
Take a piece of cloth about 240cm (8 feet) by 100cm (3 feet). Turn
under all the edges by about 2.5cm (1 inch). Fold the cloth in two,
bringing the shorter edges together. Sew across the cloth about 5cm
(2 inches) down from the fold, to make a space to insert a pole. Sew
along the other edges, to sew the two folds of cloth together.
Mark places on the cloth to make pockets for leaflets or newsletters,
by laying leaflets or newsletters on the cloth and drawing round them
in chalk. Sew round the shapes, along the chalk lines.
Cut an opening across each shape about 8cm (3 inches) below the top
of the shape. Turn under and sew the edges to prevent them from
fraying.
Insert a wooden or metal pole in the space where the cloth is folded.
Attach some string to each end and hang up the cloth on a hook.
3.3.3 Other furniture and equipment
The resource centre will also need:
• tables, chairs and desks for staff and users
• locked cupboards for video cassettes and other audiovisual materials
• filing cabinets with suspended files for materials such as small reports and
papers, leaflets, pamphlets, press cuttings and photographs
• pamphlet boxes for soft-cover materials, such as pamphlets, leaflets,
periodicals and newsletters
SECTION 3: SPACE, FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT
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