Deanna and Laurie, Thanks for the in put but what would you suggest instead.
The metal ones that sit and slide on the helves are useful so I begged for
these and they are in one of the grants so Eileen probably will not want to
change, as they use them at the sainted school district. Judy
Judith Anne Merritt, Library Director
Nellie Pederson Civic Library
Clifton, TX 76634
254-675-6495
254-675-3175(fax)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Deanna Frazee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 9:38 AM
Subject: RE: ctls.l
> You may want to reconsider these supports. While they tend to look nice
and
> neat, they don't necessarily work as intended.
>
> When they built their new main library and got all new shelving, Texas
> Woman's University chose to go with the wire book supports that are
> suspended from the underside of each shelf. Unfortunately, these supports
> did not always slide easily so many library users simply quit trying to
move
> them over whenever they removed books from the shelves; of course, this
> meant books falling over or leaning at odd angles and damaging the spines.
> The other problem we encountered there was that since the wire supports
are
> so narrow and unobtrusive, users often did not notice them when sliding a
> book back on the shelf--a lot of books sustained damaged pages when books
> were accidently shoved into the supports.
>
> You may have wonderful users who pay attention and use these supports
> properly. If so, they may be right for you. But if you have usage by
> children, teens or users who don't assist you in taking care of the
> materials, then you may want to avoid the wire supports.
>
> Deanna Frazee
> Director of Library Services
> 205 E. Church Ave.
> Killeen, TX 76541
> (254) 501-8994
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nellie Pederson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 5:05 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: To: ctls.l
>
>
> Laurie, am I doing this right to send to the list?
> We are planning to buy wire book supports and wonder if any other
libraries
> use them and do they use 9in or 6in, the type we are looking at suspends
> from underside of shelf above! Thanks for any input. Judy
> Judith Anne Merritt, Library Director
> Nellie Pederson Civic Library
> Clifton, TX 76634
> 254-675-6495
> 254-675-3175(fax)
>
>
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