Greetings,
Thanks in advance for your help - I'm a public librarian but I've
lurked on this list for some time, as I'm fortunate to work as a
"consultant" for two friends with excellent libraries, a curator in
Switzerland and an art dealer in Venice Beach, California. I'm
currently cataloguing the dealer's library of about 3000 items on
Library Thing, and if any of you have comments about that I'm glad to
hear it. So far I like it...especially the use of the infamous Cue
Cat that so many of us had sitting in a drawer. But here's my question:
Many of my friend's catalogues are of the spineless variety...almost
3 linear feet. My municipal employer, the City of LA, likes to bind
these (and has the money to do so.) I've seen other libraries keep
them in a nice manila envelope or folder and put them in a file
cabinet. I've seen others (and I don't like this solution) interfile
them and hope for the best. How do you deal with the spineless
individuals, which I consider a very valuable part of her
collection? I'll be glad to compile the responses to this list, thank you.
Joel J. Rane
Author and Librarian
http://www.joelrane.com/
Read the Book at: http://www.screamatthelibrarian.com/
Read the Screed at: http://www.californialibre.com/
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