[Nhcoll-l] Labels for case drawers

Fri Jun 2 13:07:08 EDT 2017

We use magnetic card holders. It comes in a roll so you can cut to length.
You do have to buy the card inserts separately.

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Ann-Eliza Lewis, PhD
Collection Manager
Joseph Moore Museum
Dennis 031
Earlham College
lewisan at earlham.edu
765-983-1320

On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 9:12 AM, Erling Holm <erlingh at rom.on.ca> wrote:

> We have found laminated paper labels stuck to ½” magnetic tape, which has
> an adhesive on one side, to work well for labels on our steele shelving.
> The tape is about 1.5 mm thick and available from Uline (S-6807).
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> Erling Holm
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> *From:* nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@
> mailman.yale.edu] *On Behalf Of *William Shepherd
> *Sent:* June-01-17 4:11 PM
> *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] Labels for case drawers
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> Hello Nancy,
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>                 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.
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>                 Good luck!
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> William Shepherd
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> Collections Officer
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> *From:* nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@
> mailman.yale.edu <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
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> 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.
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