[padg] Call Number Reclassification, Label Printer and Acid-free Labels

["Robert J. Milevski" <milevski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Folks,

I looked at the PADG archives on a topic in which I am interested but 
did not find anything to satisfy this interest.  So, I ask the following.

Firestone Library staff will begin to reclassify books from its 
homegrown Richardson classification system to LC to create a unified 
collection out of collections presently separate.  We are interested 
in reliable PC-connected label printers and archival labels to 
(re)label the spines of books (mostly 19th and early 20th 
century).  The label printer should be able to generate labels about 
1" or so wide.  The labels should be archival (as much as 
possible).  And they should be pressure sensitive.

A Dymo printer was identified as a possibility 
(http://global.dymo.com/enUS/Categories/LabelWriter_Printers.html) 
but it appears that the labels are not acid-free (at least this is 
not mentioned in label descriptions) and may not have as tenacious an 
adhesive as we would like.

Does anyone have suggestions for other equipment and labels?

When I checked the PADG archives, Deb McKern wrote in 1999 about an 
LC spec for labels that would soon be published but there was no 
evident follow-up on PADG about this.  Anyone know something more?

As well, I have heard that NLM may have a label spec as well?  Any 
news on this?

So, any info will be much appreciated.  Thank you.

Robert
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Robert J. Milevski
Preservation Librarian
and Manager, Typography Studio
Princeton University Library
One Washington Road
Princeton, NJ 08540
609-258-5591