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Subject: ? wording on shelf dummies
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 12:02:38 -0400
From: Steve Black <blacks@mail.strose.edu>

  We are about to replace some of our shelf dummies.  These point
patrons to
microfilm for individual missing journal volumes.  Despite what I
thought
was clear wording, we've had some people shred dummies apart.
Apparently
some patrons think that the journal is in there, if they could only get
all
that tape off.  I hope the new ones will be more obvious, since the guts
are
made of styrofoam (light reading?).

  What wording do you use on your shelf dummies?  I'd like to see the
exact
wording you use, especially if you've hit on something that clearly gets
the
message across.

Thanks in advance,

Steve Black
Reference,Instruction, and Serials Librarian
Neil Hellman Library
The College of Saint Rose
392 Western Avenue
Albany, NY 12203

blacks@mail.strose.edu
(518) 458-5494