----------------------------Original message---------------------------- In our library you can stampede people by threatening to form an "Accompanying Materials Taskforce". Through the years--and several committees--we have developed the policy of removing any folded material from books and housing it in map drawers in the Map Collection. Some of this material is not cartographic; it's anything on flat pieces of paper--biochemical pathways charts, history timelines, etc-- that accompany a book which would go into the regular stacks. The flat item receives the same call number as the book. The catalog record's holdings statement says "accompanying material shelved in Map Collection..." We have rubber stamps which say "Accompanying book shelved under same call number" which is stamped on the "map" and "Accompanying material shelved in the Map Collection under the same call number" which is stamped on the back flyleaf of the book. A similar sytem is used for folded material in serials. Items in our Map collection thus are predominately G3000-G9999 but also include other LC call number classifications (and a few Deweys, and a few unclassified journal titles). This decision was made mostly for preservation purposes and to increase documentation for circulation (All our items are barcoded and circulate through the regular check out system). Now there's also the case of a book accompanying a map..... Barbara Cox [log in to unmask] Science and Engineering Division, 159 Marriott Library University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah USA 84112 (801)581-7533 fax (801)585-3464