Here are two messages in reply to the requeust for info about rubber stamps
for map numbers. ----Johnnie
 
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          Mon, 30 Aug 1993 13:51 MST
      DEBBIE LORDS  <[log in to unmask]>
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          Re: Rubber stamp for call numbers
 
We have used a variety of methods.  For large sets, like the 7.5 minute
topos, we had a rubber stamp made for that set.  Then the unique portion for
each quad was written by hand.  We also have a set such as you describe.  But
once we decided to enter our maps into our online catalog and to circulate
them, that meant attaching a bar label.  The extension from a bar label to a
book call no. label was only a short move.  Now we cross between the
cataloger writing the call number on by hand or having a book label made.
 
Granted, it does cause thickness problems when the maps are filed away in
drawers, but so does the bar label needed for circulation.
 
Debra Lords
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Marriott Library
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah  84112
 
 
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      Mon, 30 Aug 1993 16:15:21 -0700 (MST)
      Linda Zellmer <[log in to unmask]>
         Map Stamp vs. Labels
 
We have just ordered a multiple-line stamp for series maps.  We are
going the stamp route rather than using labels because our success
rate with stick-on labels of any type is not good.  You will find
that printed labels fall off within 4-6 years, and you will have to
go back and re-do your previous work.  I much prefer a stamp, which
we were able to obtain through our University bookstore.  It is
manufactured by W.T. Rogers, and is called a Printing Kit.
 That is my $0.02.  Linda Zellmer
 
 P.S.  Maybe our lack of success with labels has something to do with
our lack of humidity?