TY - CPAPER KW - cultural heritage KW - Education outside the classroom KW - Exhibition design KW - Rare books KW - Virtual exhibitions KW - Virtual labs AU - Anna Bernabe AU - Marina Contarini AU - Marco Manfra AU - Davide Turrini AB - Alongside Teaching and Research, Italian universities are also committed to Public Engagement activities featuring teaching and cultural initiatives for a non-academic audience. At the University of Ferrara, this commitment was translated into an exhibition in April 2019, originating from a virtuous union of cultural heritage and teaching activities. The creation of the “Natura Naturata” exhibition involved the synthesis of taught courses and research by the University of Ferrara s Industrial Product Design students together with their teachers, in collaboration with librarians. In the Product Design 2 Workshop, students develop exhibition projects, starting from the curatorial concept, through the construction, up to the graphic-communicative aspects and the creation of information and teaching tools. The exhibition was created based on the study of rules used to properly protect library assets so that students could gain specific skills for the preparation of bibliographic exhibitions. It took shape in the Chemistry and Life Sciences Library Santa Maria delle Grazie to emphasize the importance of the University s tangible and intangible cultural heritage with the intention of conveying the world of library collections - and also the University s historical and architectural heritage - to students, scholars, and citizens. DO - 10.4995/HEAd20.2020.11085 LA - English N1 - Journal Abbreviation: Int. Conf. High. Educ. Adv. N2 - Alongside Teaching and Research, Italian universities are also committed to Public Engagement activities featuring teaching and cultural initiatives for a non-academic audience. At the University of Ferrara, this commitment was translated into an exhibition in April 2019, originating from a virtuous union of cultural heritage and teaching activities. The creation of the “Natura Naturata” exhibition involved the synthesis of taught courses and research by the University of Ferrara s Industrial Product Design students together with their teachers, in collaboration with librarians. In the Product Design 2 Workshop, students develop exhibition projects, starting from the curatorial concept, through the construction, up to the graphic-communicative aspects and the creation of information and teaching tools. The exhibition was created based on the study of rules used to properly protect library assets so that students could gain specific skills for the preparation of bibliographic exhibitions. It took shape in the Chemistry and Life Sciences Library Santa Maria delle Grazie to emphasize the importance of the University s tangible and intangible cultural heritage with the intention of conveying the world of library collections - and also the University s historical and architectural heritage - to students, scholars, and citizens. PB - Universitat Politecnica de Valencia PY - 2020 SN - 26035871 (ISSN); 9788490488119 (ISBN) SP - 455 EP - 463 TI - Design for Cultural Heritage at the University of Ferrara UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85088367571&doi=10.4995%2fHEAd20.2020.11085&partnerID=40&md5=2d41703a3720a91f7eab9fd320ab8aa8 VL - 2020-June ER -