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Subject:        RE: call-number labels for maps
Date:   Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:13:20 -0600
From:   Christopher Thiry <[log in to unmask]>
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Chris,

We use acid-free labels--sheets that can be put in printers.  We then put a cover on the clear label and apply heat.  This does a good job.  We are a working library and all of our maps get checked out, so keeping labels attached to maps is important.

Christopher J.J. Thiry
Map Librarian
Colorado School of Mines
1400 Illinois
Golden, CO 80401
p. 303-273-3697
f. 303-273-3199
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Subject: call-number labels for maps

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From: "Chris Winters" <[log in to unmask]>
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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