Date:         Fri, 15 Mar 2002 10:34:56 -0600
From:         Helen Guenter <guenter@UAMONT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Shelf label holders for magazine display/storage shelving?
              (Diane Neumeister)

Di,

We like our new shelving with clip-on plastic label holders.  We insert
computer-made labels into the holders, giving a neat appearance that is easy
to maintain.  Labels stay in place but can be shifted easily as titles are
added or deleted.  (The stick-on label holders that we had earlier were very
unsatisfactory.  We also resorted to using super-glue with little success.)

With these new holders we had some problems in putting labels on the bottom
shelves, but several creative staff members solved that by raising the
shelving slightly with a crow-bar and sliding the holders underneath it.  Now
we leave these holders in place and simply move the inserted labels as needed.

We definitely wanted labels for each title because the boxes are sometimes
left empty when titles are in use, at the bindery, or received on microfilm.
If there were no labels for each title, our shelvers wouldn't know where to
put the issues on the shelves (as we noticed when our stick-on labels fell
off).

Good luck in finding a labeling system that works for your library.  Our new
system has really made our lives much easier and patrons like it, too.

Helen Guenter
Serials and Reference Librarian
University of Arkansas at Monticello

>===== Original Message From "SEREDIT: SERIALST Editors"
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>Date:         Thu, 14 Mar 2002 17:20:23 -0600
>From:         Diane Neumeister <DNEUMEIS@LORAS.EDU>
>Subject:      Shelf label holders for magazine display/storage shelving?
>
>Hi all!
>
>I'm wondering what kind of experience (positive or negative) others have
>had with shelf label holders for the type of periodical shelving that has
>storage for back issues behind a lift-up display shelf.
>
>I'm especially interested in clip-on or magnetic holders and any problems
>you've had with them.
>
>I'd also like to know if someone (especially in the U.S. Midwest) has had
>a positive experience with any type of adhesive shelf labels.  I've had
>some clear plastic adhesive ones for years and I don't like them because
>I've never found a good way to keep them stuck to the shelf!  I've tried
>regluing them with a variety of glues over the years but even Super Glue
>didn't work well.
>
>Or do I even need the individual label holders?  Maybe a sign (ex:
>"American Psychologist - Ariel") on the end of each range would be enough?
> I tend to think that wouldn't be enough, but...
>
>We shelve the unbound issues in alphabetical order, two to four titles to
>a shelf and we have about 1000 titles.  We're an academic library and the
>shelving will be open-access (new for us).
>
>Any suggestions are welcome.
>
>You might want to respond to me directly at dneumeis@loras.edu and then I
>can summarize for the list if anyone else is interested.
>
>Thanks in advance!
>
>Di
>
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>Di Neumeister
>Serials Coordinator
>Wahlert Memorial Library
>Loras College
>
>e-mail: dneumeis@loras.edu
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