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Saturday, December 14, 2019

Series-order labels for books

Books in the 'Magic Treehouse' series, shelved with their spines facing outward. They are arranged from left to right in numerical order, as indicated by a white label with black lettering on the upper spine of each book

Series-order labels really help identify which book should be read next. They streamline shelving books in order, and help to flag series gaps- but often numbers that were printed by the publisher are in a tiny font or missing entirely from the spine of the book. Labeling some of our series books was one of my projects this week in SRCSA library. I worked my way through “Captain Underpants” and embarked on “Magic Treehouse.” I designed the labels with a high-contrast black text against a white background, in the same size-14 font that I use for books’ call numbers.

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