[LM_NET] AR Label--other places & information--HIT #1

[Robert Joyce <virginialibrarymediaspecialist@YAHOO.COM>]

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ORIGINAL QUESTION :

I  need to make a decision about the location of AR information label on
books.  I have two choices - large or small labels.  They are the same
price.  The large label contains full title, author, and AR information.
The small label just has the AR info.  The large one usually goes on the
outside front cover or the inside front cover.  The small one goes on the
spine above the spine label.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?  Pluses? Minuses?

I am thinking placement on the spine alleviates the pulling of the book from
the shelf except for the thin easy/picture and nonfiction and fiction books
.  I am in a preK-5 school.  The small label can be seen as the child
approaches the shelf.

Your quick reply to me OFF the listsev is appreciated.  I want to make my
decision first of next week.

Thanks!

Robert Joyce
School Librarian/Library Media Specialist
Pittsylvania COunty
robert@gcronline.com


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REPLIES :


1. I label my AR books with stickers from The Library Store (see link
below) that are color coded for each grade level but do not have the AR
book logo--it takes up too much space.  Under the grade level I put the
AR grade level by hand.  On the inside pocket I put the grade level and
point value.  Although I've only been in the library 2 years I've got
most of the books marked this way and students are quick to find the
books that aren't complete.

2.  We use the large label.  From time to time, students have difficulty 
locating the test they need to take if several titles are similar.  Having 
the test title printed gives them the exact title they need to select. 


                
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