If you are not concerned about browse-ability for users, then your idea sounds fine. But to add to Jean's comments, I think that instead of using an author/title combination for your call number you may want to use a simple sequential number system. By doing this, all new items will simply be shelved at the end of the range and you won't need to shift your collection as often (you won't have to move books off a crowded shelf to make room for a new item that belongs in the middle of the sequence). In fact, if your items have barcodes, then you could use *that* number to shelve by (as long as they're sequential); but the barcode will need to be on the spine so that you can easily see it when the book is shelved. Otherwise, you're pulling out books to look at the barcode all the time, not very efficient and hard on the books. Maybe one barcode on the spine and one on the inside of the book? The Remote Storage Facility at the University where I work shelves items by *trays,*with multiple books in each tray. The books still have their own individual barcodes and call numbers because they were originally in the publicly accessible library, but the tray number is how the item is now physically located. This type of sequential shelving works fine for staff-use, but not for patrons/users, especially with our 40-foot shelves. You can view their FAQ here: <http://www.library.uiuc.edu/circ/oak/MoreOSInformationforLibraryUsers.htm> Jennifer D. Miller Librarian, Family Resiliency Resource Center Graduate Student, Library and Information Sciences University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/No-edge-label---Is-is-realistic---tf4058351.html#a1156... Sent from the Koha - Discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com.