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Subject:        RE: call-number labels for maps
Date:   Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:01:14 -0700
From:   Diaz, Carlos <[log in to unmask]>
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I use Avery 5366 (acid free) labels (1/3 cut).  The laser printer in my office is a HP Laserjet 5.  This printer is definitely a workhorse.  It was in my office the day I arrived over 11.5 years ago and hasn't given me any problems with the aforementioned labels.

I've been happy with both the labels and the printer.


Carlos A. Diaz
The Evergreen State College
Olympia, Washington
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-----Original Message-----
From: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Angie Cope
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 2:48 PM
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Subject: call-number labels for maps


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From: "Chris Winters" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Air Photo Maps, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 12:47:54 PM
Subject: call-number labels for maps

When we first started classifying maps in the early 1990s, we penciled the call numbers in the lower left-hand corner. This worked (and continues to work) all right, but you've always got to keep in the mind the staff member whose L's and C's were impossible to tell apart and the other staff member whose 1's looked exactly like his 7's--and the fact that most people's 5's and S's can be hard to distinguish.

For the last few years, we've been using Preservation-Department-approved Gaylord labels. The printed call numbers are much easier to read than handwritten call numbers. The only catch is that the labels do occasionally get stuck in printers, a fact that makes our Desktop Systems Department rather unhappy. We've looked into using a label-making machine similar to the one used by the Library's Binding Department, but the labels are too big and thick for maps.

Is anyone out there using a label-making machine for maps that you're happy with? I'd be very grateful if you'd be willing to share the details.

Thanks.

Chris Winters
University of Chicago Library