[Michlib-l] Call numbers & labeling for music CDs

[Mark Morton]

We label the front but we also have these dandy roll out shelves so we can
shelve face out that make browsing a breeze.
Out collection is right at about 1000 titles but they are getting checked
out less and less as patrons steam and download more.

Mark

On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 5:56 PM Don Priest via Michlib-l <michlib-l at mcls.org>
wrote:

> I'd like to pick some brains on managing our music CD collection.  We've
> got thousands of them, and they're only broken up by genre and artist/band
> first letter (example: Metallica is under Rock/Pop M, as is Megadeth, John
> Mellencamp, etc).  They're labelled the same, and only on the front of the
> CD case, so the collection is a pain to search through.  The call number
> isn't necessarily a problem, I just need to figure out how to label
> everything in a way that makes our music more accessible.  So, what I'd
> like to know is
>
> 1.  What labels do you place on your music CDs that make them easy to find?
> 2.  Do those labels exactly match the call number? (I'm considering
> abbreviating labels to keep them short and uniform, but I'd like to retain
> the descriptiveness of call numbers).
>
> I appreciate any and all ideas and suggestions, and, if there's interest,
> I'll share the compiled answers.
>
> Donald Priest
> Director
> Southgate Veterans Memorial Library
> 14680 Dix-Toledo Rd.
> Southgate MI 48195
> 734-258-3002
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-- 
*Mark Morton*
Director
Leland Township Public Library
203 E Cedar St
PO Box 736
Leland, MI 49654
231-256-9152
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