Sharon,
We are in the process of revising our bookplates as well. I am
also interested to hear what solutions others have developed.
At present I'm looking at the following: have a printer print up
(in color) generic bookplates. The printer will lay out six or
eight bookplates to fit on an 8-1/2 x 11 sheet of paper with crop
marks as guides for trim for each plate. At the library we can
fill in specific information ("Gift of John Q. Donor") on a
template using PageMaker and print out on a laser printer in
black only. Library staff trim the plate to size and apply it to
the book. Drawbacks to this system: wasted plates when you have
to put a whole sheet through the printer but need only one or two
bookplates; and the need for library staff to trim (neatly!) the
plates.
Other options we've considered:
1. Start with the plates trimmed to size (the small sheets of
paper jam in a regular printer)
2. Use a label printer (these seem to require manufacturer
provided paper on rolls; we can't use our choice of quality and
color of paper)
3. Use peel and stick label stock (unacceptable for special
collections and not much desired for general collections because
of the difficulty of removing the label)
4. Use a typewriter to print the donor's name onto a pre-printed
label (what we do now and are trying to move away from--our
development office considers typewritten names a bit tacky).
Are there other ways libraries are generating bookplates?
Shannon Zachary, Head, Conservation Services
Preservation Division, University Library
The University of Michigan
837 Greene St. / 3202 Buhr Bldg.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1048
Phone: 734/763-6980 Fax: 734/763-7886
email: szachary@xxxxxxxxx