[DCRM-L] Call no. flags

[Jennifer K. Nelson]

Here we use rare book ID strips without tabs, also for the reason cited 
by Eric. The kind I order is from Hollinger Metal Edge, product # 
IDNT110. They are long so, as is, they work well for large format books. 
For smaller books we just cut them in half. I chose these because I like 
the thinner width, and I like that they don't have tabs.

We pencil the call number on the tag (which, yes, leads to the 
occasional transcription error). We also pencil the call no. inside the 
book in case the tab gets separated from the book.

Jennny

On 2/11/2010 12:19 PM, Mary Person wrote:
>
> Here we use strips of acid-free paper and pencil the call numbers on 
> the front and system i.d. number on the verso, at the time of 
> cataloging. Neat hand writing helps!
>
> Many years ago the library used paper strips with cutout flaps with 
> the same result that Eric Holzenberg describes below --they were also 
> non-acidic. Two reasons why we now replace them whenever we come 
> across them.
>
> Since they do fall out sometimes, we also write the system i.d. no. 
> (discretely) in the book.
>
> Mary Person
>
> Rare Books Cataloger
>
> Historical & Special Collections
>
> Harvard Law School Library
>
> *From:* dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] 
> *On Behalf Of *Eric Holzenberg
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 11, 2010 3:08 PM
> *To:* 'DCRM Revision Group List'
> *Subject:* Re: [DCRM-L] Call no. flags
>
> A warning about those cutout flaps, if the strip is made from 
> card-stock: yes, they do a great job of holding the strip in the text 
> block, but they also make it horribly easy to damage the page to which 
> the strip is fixed: the slightest knock of the strip against the 
> underside of a shelf, say, and you've torn that text page.
>
> Eric Holzenberg
>
> Director
>
> The Grolier Club
>
> 47 East 60th Street
>
> New York, NY 10022
>
> phone: 212/838-6690 ext. 1
>
> fax: 212/838-2445
>
> e-mail: ejh at grolierclub.org <mailto:ejh at grolierclub.org>
>
> website: www.grolierclub.org <http://www.grolierclub.org/>
>
> *From:* dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] 
> *On Behalf Of *Sotelo, Aislinn
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 11, 2010 2:57 PM
> *To:* DCRM Revision Group List
> *Subject:* Re: [DCRM-L] Call no. flags
>
> We use them and we type the call number, main entry and title with a 
> typewriter. It makes it very clear for paging. Ours have a little 
> cutout flap so it holds to the page where we place it better, but we 
> also write the call number in the item. Since I type them right after 
> I catalog something, there’s no confusion about mixing up streamers 
> and putting them in the wrong book, etc.
>
> *Aislinn Sotelo*
>
> Special Collections Cataloger, UC San Diego Libraries | ( 858-534-6766 
> | * asotelo at ucsd.edu <mailto:asotelo at ucsd.edu>
>
> *From:* dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] 
> *On Behalf Of *Schneider, Nina
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 11, 2010 11:48 AM
> *To:* DCRM Revision Group List
> *Subject:* Re: [DCRM-L] Call no. flags
>
> We use them here at the Clark.
>
> Cut from acid-free folders for a bit of sturdiness, written in Pigma 
> Micron archival ink.
>
> Good=easy to spot call #
>
> Bad=easy to fall out, or be separated from book/print/&c. So we also 
> write call # in the item.
>
> Nina
>
> +-------
> Nina Schneider
> Head Cataloger
> William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
> 2520 Cimarron Street
> Los Angeles, CA 90018
>
> 323-731-8529
> nschneider at humnet.ucla.edu
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> *From:* dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] 
> *On Behalf Of *Ryan
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 11, 2010 11:37 AM
> *To:* 'DCRM Revision Group List'
> *Subject:* [DCRM-L] Call no. flags
>
> To those of you that use call no. flags in your books: would you mind 
> giving me an ever-so-brief summary of how they are prepared? Of 
> particular interest are compelling arguments for/against hand-written 
> flags.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ryan
>
> --
>
> Ryan Hildebrand
>
> Book Cataloging Dept. Head
>
> Harry Ransom Center
>
> University of Texas at Austin
>
> P.O. Box 7219
>
> Austin, TX 78713-7219
>
> 512-232-1681
>
> www.hrc.utexas.edu <http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/>
>

-- 
Jennifer K. Nelson
Reference Librarian
The Robbins Collection
UC Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall)
Berkeley, CA 94720
Tel: 510.643.9709
Fax: 510.642.8325
jnelson at law.berkeley.edu
www.law.berkeley.edu/library/robbins/