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

[Kate Moriarty]

Thank you to everyone who responded. This was very helpful.

-Kate

On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Ann Myers <amyers at lib.siu.edu> wrote:

>  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
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>
>
> Ann Myers
>
> Special Collections Cataloger
>
> Morris Library Mail Code 6632
>
> Southern Illinois University Carbondale
>
> 605 Agriculture Drive
>
> Carbondale, IL 62901
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> 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
>
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>
> 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
>
> --
> Kate S. Moriarty, MSW, MLS  |  Rare Book Catalog Librarian  |  Pius XII
> Memorial Library  |
> Saint Louis University  |  3650 Lindell Blvd . |  St. Louis, MO 63108  |
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>



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Kate S. Moriarty, MSW, MLS  |  Rare Book Catalog Librarian  |  Pius XII
Memorial Library  |
Saint Louis University  |  3650 Lindell Blvd . |  St. Louis, MO 63108  |
 (314) 977-3098 (tel)  |  (314) 977-3108 (fax)  |  moriarks at slu.edu  |
http://libraries.slu.edu/
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