[Nhcoll-l] Labels for case drawers

[William Shepherd]

Hello Nancy,

                I'm sure you looked into this, but could you get stronger magnet sheets? Beyond that you could print your full labels on paper and use rare earth magnets to hold the labels on. A small one in each corner should do the trick. I doubt they'd fall off then. If it's an issue with the metal of the drawer not attracting magnets enough or if there's potential for them to be knocked off, how about buying/making a plastic/Mylar sleeve and adhering that to the drawer so you could slide labels into the sleeve.

                Good luck!

William Shepherd
Collections Officer
Swift Current Museum
44 Robert Street West
Swift Current, Saskatchewan
S9H 4M9
Phone: 306-778-4815
Fax: 306-778-4818

From: nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Nancy Glover McCartney
Sent: June 1, 2017 11:29 AM
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Labels for case drawers


I am going to need about 250 small labels for numbering drawers in 25  new specimen cases.  We have used magnetic sheets and printed the  numbers on the 1.5" square labels, but these are not magnetically strong enough and frequently fall off which is messy and annoying. There are card holders for each drawer but by the time I put taxonomic information there (many families with few specimens in each drawer) there's no room for a nicely visible drawer number.   I'd appreciate some ideas about a better system and where to purchase the needed supplies.  Thank you.


Nancy Glover McCartney, PhD
Curator of Zoology
UA Collections Facility
120 BIOMASS
University of Arkansas
2435 Hatch
Fayetteville AR 72701

Phone: 479-575-4370
Fax: 479-575-7464

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