Today I heard from the Nebinger Friends group. They are eager to start helping with the dot label application project. This is a plan to apply dot labels to the spine of every book in the Nebinger Library Collection based on their designated section. I identified the following sections designations in Nebinger Library:
REFERENCE
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
BIOGRAPHY
CULTURAL STUDIES
NON-FICTION
EARLY PICTURE BOOKS
EASY PAPERBACKS
BOARD BOOKS
EARLY FICTION
EASY CHAPTER BOOKS
JUVENILE FICTION
So I came up with a plan that would accomodate everyone's unique availability., as well as the multiplicity of book section designations.
The plan for the dots is this: There will be a chart posted for the various book categories and their corresponding dot color. I posted that chart on the bulletin board behind the ciculation desk when I was at Nebinger today. I also used today to make the section labels for the corresponding bookshelves using the p-touch labeler. Each bookshelf will have a section label and a corresponding colored dot sticker to identify it. (Note: I ran into a little difficulty with the P-Touch labeler. It ran out of label material after the first section label printed, and the replacement label was a different background and font color. Lisa of Nebinger Friends has been notified and is working on the repalcement label tape. In the meantime, I put some temporary paper labels on each section, so volunteers can still get started on the project.)
This should be helpful on several fronts:
a. For persons coming in to do the dot sticker labeling, they can work as they are available, no need for supervision or cordination of schedules
b. for students as they use the library and look for specific types of books.
c. for anyone shelving books in the future.
Dot Label Color Chart (posted at Circulation Desk)
Bookshelf Section Label and Identifying Section Dot
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