Audio Visual Materials

Double Sided DVD

• Add a “Double Sided Disc” label to the back cover beside the barcode – cover with mylar
• Do not label or tattle tape the disc
• Place labels on the cover and any accompanying booklets as above

• Tattle tape:
  • Archer, TPC, La Cite:
    • Do Not Tattle Tape

• • Luther, Campion, FNUNIV libraries:
    • Tattle Tape the container
    • Place  single sided (white) tattle tape on the inside of the container

PAL-Format DVD

• North American DVD’s are all NTSC format and will play on regular dvd and blue ray players, however some films only come in European format – PAL, these dvd’s require an additional label as they require specific equipment to play
• Place PAL-FORMAT label on the top left hand corner of the DVD case, cover with book tape
• Place PAL-FORMAT label on each disc inside the case on the top centre of the disc, cover with book tape
• Labels are saved to the t drive:
  • file:///T:\library\Technical%20Services_Collections\TechServ\End%20Processing\PAL-FORMAT%20Labels.docx

VHS

• Place mylar over the barcode
• Call number labels are placed on:
  • Lower side of the case (similar to the spine of a book), cover with mylar
  • Front of the VHS tape, Cover with mylar

• VHS Tattle tape:
  • Archer, TPC, La Cite:
    • Do Not Tattle Tape

• • Luther, Campion, FNUNIV libraries:
    • Tattle Tap VHS
    • A thin strip from the VHS tattle tape box is placed along the bottom edge of the tape and is covered with a blank VHS label that is stamped for the appropriate federated college library
    • Tattle tape along bottom edge covered with a VHS label

CD-ROM

• Place mylar over the barcode
• Put “Contains: “ label beside the barcode and cover with mylar
• Call number labels are placed on:
  • Spine of the box, cover with mylar
  • Each jewel case gets a call number label on the lower front left side, cover with mylar
  • Left hand bottom corner of booklet, cover with mylar
  • Disc, cut the call number label for the disc so that it is small enough not to cover any information printed on the disc

• Disc Tattle Tape:
  • Archer, TPC, La Cite:
    • Do Not Tattle Tape

• Luther, Campion, FNUNIV libraries:
  • Tattle Tap the disc
  • Place disc tattle tape on top of cd-rom
  • If required, put a title label centered on the top front and another title label on the spine, cover with mylar
  • If the jewel case does not include a booklet with the title information, add a title label to the jewel case

Example: Front of container

Example: Back of container

Example: Spine of container and jewel case inside plastic container

Music CD

• Put mylar over the barcode
• Place a “Contains: ” label beside or underneath the barcode on the back of the jewel case if there are multiple pieces
• Call number labels are placed on:
  • Front lower left corner of the jewel case, cover with mylar
  • Front lower left corner of any booklets, cover with mylar
  • Disc, cut the call number label for the disc so that it is small enough not to cover any information printed on the disc, cover with mylar

• Disc Tattle Tape:
  • Archer, TPC, La Cite:
    • Do Not Tattle Tape

• • Luther, Campion, FNUNIV libraries:
    • Tattle Tap the cd
    • Place disc tattle tape over the call number label on each disc

LPs

• Place the call number label on the lower left side of the LP cover just above the barcode
• If the LP contains more than 1 item, add the contents information to the call number label when printing using the Spineomatic Label printer:

• Example:

• Place mylar over the barcode and label
• Do not place any labels or tattle tape on LP or Booklets inside
• Do not stamp the item with location stamps

Example: Front of record jacket with contents

Example: Front of record jacket, no contents

Cassette Tape

• Cover barcode with mylar
• Add a contents label on the back beside the barcode if there are multiple pieces, cover with Call number labels are placed on:
  • Front lower left corner of the case, cover with mylar
  • Top right corner of the accompanying booklet, cover with mylar
  • Right side of the cassette. Cut the label to fit the cassette but do not cover any information on the cassette label, cover with mylar
• Place location stamp on booklet
• If using a generic folding plastic container, include a title label on the front and on the spine, cover with mylar

• Cassette Tattle Tape:
  • Archer, TPC, La Cite:
    • Do Not Tattle Tape

• • Luther, Campion, FNUNIV libraries:
    • Tattle Tap the cassette
    • Cassette tattle tape comes in two pieces. Place the shortest piece of tattle tape along the bottom of the face of the cassette and cover it with the sticker.
    • The stickers are printed for the University of Regina Library but are stamped for federated colleges.