[DCRM-L] Call no. flags

[Ruth Ann Hay]

We also have acid-free flags with  cutouts as well as a bookplate with a very thin strip of soft adhesive. The bookplate has the location, collection, barcode and call number. The flag has only the location and call number. We use an electronic typewriter that will accommodate macros to enter the call number on both the book plate and the flag. The macros are also handy for multi-part items.

Ruth Ann Hay
Brigham Young University


-----Original Message-----
From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Manon Theroux
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 1:39 PM
To: DCRM Revision Group List
Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] Call no. flags

We also print out a call number label (though we do it from the OCLC
record), attach both label and barcode to an acid-free strip, then
pencil in the call number on the item itself.

Manon Théroux
Head, Cataloging & Metadata Services
George Mason University Libraries
Fairfax, VA

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Randal Brandt
<rbrandt at library.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> We use strips of acid-free paper cut about 2.5 in. wide We place both the
> barcode and the call no. label on these strips. The labels are printed from
> within Millennium. We use the built-in label printing program, but our
> Systems people had to make serious modifications to it to accommodate the
> massive variety of types of call numbers generated in the UC Berkeley
> libraries (not just special collections). All of the label printing is done
> by student employees.
>
> Like others have mentioned, these flags can get separated from the books so
> we also pencil in the call number at the back of the book.
>
> Pros of printing the labels: Legibility, uniform formatting, easy, fast
>
> Randy
>
> Ryan wrote:
>
> 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