[Michlib-l] Series titles on spine labels?

[Catherine Les]

Hi -We do series spine labels for our Childrens and Young Adult sections. The labels have the first word of the series on them. We do not put the series number on the labels (or anywhere else on the book). We also have them in a separate section from the "regular" single title fiction books.Samples:
For Harry Potter:
JSERIES          HARRY
and
For Vampire Chronicles:
YASERIESVAMPIRE
Our patrons really like it.
Catherine McCullough LesTechnical Services SupervisorSterling Heights Public LibrarySterling Heights, MI
 
      From: Janelle Martin <jmartin at lib.lapeer.org>
 To: michlib-l <michlib-l at mail.mcls.org> 
 Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 4:06 PM
 Subject: [Michlib-l] Series titles on spine labels?
   
Hello Everyone,
I had a patron mention that it would be nice if we had the series number on the spine label of the adult/young adult fiction books and I started thinking about it. It sounds like a good idea, however, it seems like it would be a lot of work. I discussed it with my director and she wants to know if other libraries do this. Does any library do this? What is the process? How are your labels set up and what information is on it? 
An alternative that was discussed was to put a list of the series titles attached to the shelf where the books are shelved (on a shelf talker) but this seems like a lot of information to attach to a shelf, especially for the series with more than 10 books. Does anyone do this?

Does anyone have something that works better than these two options?
I am more than willing to look up series titles for patrons but I thought this might help the patrons who want to do it themselves. 
Any information that you have would be greatly appreciated. 
Thanks in advance,

Janelle

Janelle Martin
Head of Fiction
Marguerite deAngeli Library
Lapeer District Library
jmartin at lib.lapeer.org
810-664-6971 ext 3218

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