Two messages.------------------------------Johnnie ------------------------------------------------------------ >Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 16:30:25 -0700 (PDT) >From: Phil Hoehn <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: new subscriber Why go to the trouble of putting labels on maps? Why not just pencil on the call number? Phil Hoehn Earth Sciences & Map Library University of California,a Berkeley [log in to unmask] On Wed, 13 Sep 1995, Annette Vigil wrote: > ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > Hi, > > I am new on the list, and also new to the area of map librarianship. How > do some of you veterans feel about applying labels (with call #) directly > onto maps to be shelved in flat steel file drawers? Are there problems > with the labels drying up and falling off? Does the thickness of the > label have a cumulative effect when stacking? Thanks for your input. > > ********************************** > Annette D. Vigil, Librarian > Phoenix Public Library > (602)534-0596 voice > (602)261-8751 fax > [log in to unmask] > ********************************** > ------------------------------------------------------------ >From: "Judith Scurfield" <[log in to unmask]> >Organization: State Library of Victoria >Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 17:04:36 +1000 >Subject: Re: new subscriber Annette, Welcome. You should never actually stick the labels onto the maps. Here at the State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, we pencil the call# on the bottom righthand corner of the map. We also bag our maps in bags made of poly-ethylene which we have made to various sizes the label with the call# is then stuck onto the bag. This makes it easier to 'drag' the maps out of the drawer and means the public don't have to wear cotton gloves when looking at our more precious maps. Sets of maps like your US Geol 1/4 sheets we simply pencil as described and keep in the drawers in order, and pray that they don't get damaged! Estelle Acting Map Librarian @ the above address.