Hi Barbara,

We begin using magnetic labels about 5 years ago and I think they are great. In that five years we have had several shifts, major withdraws and one big move to another floor of our periodical collection. With the magnets all you had to do is move them with the title. Wonderful!

 

There is the occasional loss of a label but not enough of a problem to off-set how easy they make any changes. The boxes that our magnetic cardholders came in also say Aigner Index, inc. and while several sizes are available we opted for the 3/4" X 6" size.

Wilma

 

>>> Barbara Pope <bpope@PITTSTATE.EDU> 7/1/2010 5:35 PM >>>
Hello.  For years, we have used those little plastic label holders and
put pieces of paper in them to identify where each current periodical
title is shelved.  Our plastic label holders don't really fit out
shelves, thus necessitating using doublesided foam tape to hold them
on.  I was at another library once and noticed that they use some kind
of magnetic tape with labels on them for this same purpose.  The magnets
intrigued me, because I realized how easy shifting the collection would
be.  I was wondering if any of you have used this option, or any other
option for shelf labels.  What product do you use and where did you buy it?

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Barbara M. Pope, MALS
Periodicals/Reference Librarian
Axe Library
Pittsburg State University
1701 S. Broadway
Pittsburg KS  66762
620-235-4884
bpope@pittstate.edu