Re: TARGET: Spine labels

[Dan Robinson Indexing Services <drobinson@INFO.HWWILSON.COM>]

The Abridged Dewey is starting to use longer numbers too. I checked
our files and, in the numbers that we have used,  there are a few 4
digit numbers to the right of the decimal point, and one 6 digit
number.  If labels are being printed from the opac, maybe there is an
overlooked option to print the number LC classification style in
there, or a vendor might be able to print the labels that way, if
requested.

Dan Robinson
Indexing Services
H.W. Wilson Company
Bronx, NY
drobinson@hwwilson.com

On  8 Sep 99 at 8:57, Carol Simpson wrote:

> >>> Penny McAllister <PMcalli718@AOL.COM> 09/08 6:32 AM >>>
>
> Have the label be 3 lines long with the main number on top, the decimal in
> the middle, and the cutter on the bottom.  While numbers with longer =
> decimal
> places than 3 digits are still a problem, they are still easier to get in
> order by the first three places of the decimal.....
>
>     598         629         398     599
>     .2          .123        .2      .79
>     Wex     Bar         Gri     Lam
>
>
> This has been the convention for libraries using LC classification for a =
> long time. I've always wondered why Dewey libraries haven't followed suit. =
> Of course, those who use ABRIDGED Dewey generally don't have many very =
> long numbers anyway.
>
>
> Dr. Carol Simpson

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