[DCRM-L] Criteria for identifying books needing flat shelving

[Ann Myers]

We shelve anything over 34 cm. in an oversize section, and anything over
40 cm in flat shelving. These cutoffs are dictated by our shelving
constraints; we also shelve anything too wide to fit completely on the
shelf in the flat shelving, but I don't have a measurement for that at
the moment. I believe the cutoff for the general collection at SIU is
anything over 44 cm goes to flat shelving. As others have mentioned, we
call our flat shelving folio even though it might not be the
bibliographic format of the books shelved there.

 

--Ann

 

Ann Myers

Special Collections Cataloger

Morris Library Mail Code 6632

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

605 Agriculture Drive

Carbondale, IL 62901

618-453-1499

amyers at lib.siu.edu

From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On
Behalf Of Kate Moriarty
Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 11:31 AM
To: DCRM Revision Group List
Subject: [DCRM-L] Criteria for identifying books needing flat shelving

 

Hello, All,

We are looking at reconfiguring our rare book stacks and are starting to
address how we shelve very large pre-1820 volumes. We shelve our
pre-1820 volumes according to format and currently have three areas: 1)
12mos and smaller, 2) 4tos and 8vos, and 3) folios. We're going to have
to create a fourth area for volumes that are large enough to require
flat shelving. Is there a measurement cut-off point that people use to
identify books requiring flat shelves? A height at which books really
should not be shelved vertically? We're considering going with flat
shelving for anything that is 44 cm. or larger. Of course, if a book is
shorter than that but in bad condition we'll also consider flat
shelving. 

Thanks for your help,

Kate

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Memorial Library  |  
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