Oversize Books

13 November 1992

This is to apologize for the confusion caused by my "Cataloguing from copy" document of last November. The "Dimensions" section (p. 7) led people to use 32 cm. as the benchmark spine height for placing books into the Oversize stacks. Except for the art and music sections (the N's and M), shelf height in the stacks is fairly uniformly set at about 30.3 cm. This means that Oversize should be used when the 300|c is greater than 30 cm. Remember that this figure is rounded to the next higher full centimeter, thus:

I still think that it is wise to give spine height in |c when it is over 30 cm. or under 12 cm., and also when the width is greater than the height (e.g. 16 x 28 cm.). Continue to use |c and |e where needed for A-V and multi-media (in the broadest sense) items.

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