Spine Labels

Create spine labels for all cases.

Creation: After editing a book’s holdings record, copy the call number and place on a sheet of spine labels. For additional instructions, follow the directions in the Books End-Processing Manual wiki.
Put FRAGILE on the last line of the spine label for all Book Hospital titles. Put LOOSE MATERIAL after FRAGILE for titles with supplemental materials such as a letter, newspaper clipping, or calling card.
Placement: For additional information, view the Books End-Processing of Cases wiki page.
- - For cases with a substantive spine, place the spine label about 1.5 cmh from the bottom of the case and center it left to right.
  - For cases without spines, such as prefabs and envelope wrapped books, place the spine label beneath the barcode and HD sticker in the upper left hand corner of the front. For an example, refer to the Books End-Processing Manual wiki.
Protectors: Plastic protectors are placed over all spine labels. They are centered on all sides to prevent label removal or damage.

Ownership Labels

When processing books, always verify that an ownership label is firmly pasted into each book.
On rare occasions, there is no ownership label. Create an appropriate ownership label according to Houghton policies and procedures and paste in the upper right hand corner of the inside back cover. Refer to the instructions and examples in the Books End Processing Manual wiki i.

Bookplates are not placed in books as a general rule for two reasons. Nearly all books already have bookplates in them, and new bookplates are not placed in books because of time constraints. Once in a while, a book will have a bookplate inserted, but not pasted, into the book. Paste the bookplate in the book according to the Books End Processing Manual wiki .

Barcodes are applied to the front, top left corner of the case or envelope. The twin barcode is not used and can be discarded or saved to generate statistics. Additional information if on the Books End-Processing of Cases wiki page.

All titles, except for phase box titles, will be shipped to Harvard Depository. Place an HD HOU sticker underneath the barcode but above the spine label. Follow the instructions in the Books End-Processing manual.