Network Bulletin No.  98-49

Date:  August 28, 1998

Subject:  Machines (NLS playback equipment)

Index term:  CBM identification labels

To help increase the return rate for cassette book machines
(CBMs) when they are no longer being used by patrons, NLS
will supply personalized CBM identification labels to
interested machine-lending agencies (MLAs).  We have
selected a label stock used by a Telephone Pioneer group
that is easy to apply, adheres well to CBMs, and has proven
extremely durable.

NLS will provide each MLA that requests it with sufficient
stock to label three years supply of new and returned
machines.  Every three years, NLS will distribute new labels
to participating MLAs.  Any MLA whose address or telephone
number changes in intervening years may obtain replacement
labels directly from the label manufacturer.

In discussions with chairpersons of the four regional
conferences, it was decided that it would be most practical
to:

1. List only MLAs on the labels.  In states where
sublending agencies (SLAs) exist, machines move among SLAs
so frequently that it will be more efficient to provide a
single point of contact for all machines.

2. List the MLA's name and telephone number(s) but omit
the MLA's mailing address in states where SLAs exist.  This
will prevent SLA-inventoried machines from being shipped to
the MLA.  The MLA will supply the address of the appropriate
SLA to anyone who calls the number(s) on the label.

3. In areas where no SLAs exist, list both the MLA's
address and telephone number(s).

The labels will be 2" x 4", printed in black fourteen-point
type on a brushed silver foil background, and formatted as
shown below.

MLA with SLAs:

Property of U.S. Government
To return, please contact:
Georgia Regional Library for the Blind
and Physically Handicapped
(404) 756-4619   1-800-248-6701

MLA with no SLAs:

Property of U.S. Government
To return, please contact:
Oregon Talking Book and Braille Library
250 Winter Street NE
Salem, OR 97310-0645
(503) 378-3849  1-800-452-0292

NLS plans to ship labels to participating libraries before
the end of 1998.  Please fill out the attached form and
return by September 25, 1998, regardless of whether your
MLA wishes to receive NLS-supplied labels.

For further information contact:

Michael Moodie
Research and Development Officer
Telephone: (202) 707-5108
Fax: (202) 707-0712
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
____________________________________________________________
CBM Label Request Form

If you are already using locally produced labels and wish to
continue doing so, please check in the space provided and
sign where indicated:

Thank you, but we will continue using locally produced
labels ______.

MLA Director's Name     ___________________________________

MLA Name  _______________________________________

If you would like to order CBM labels, please fill in the
form below as you wish your labels to read, keeping in mind
the fourteen-point type size and four-inch label length.

Property of U.S. Government
To return, please contact:

line 1  ___________________________________________________

line 2  ___________________________________________________

line 3  ___________________________________________________

line 4  ___________________________________________________

line 5  ___________________________________________________

Please indicate here how many new CBMs you receive per year:

__________

Please indicate here how many labels you would expect to
need for older machines returned to your agency during one
year:

__________

Total labels needed per year:
__________

Labels may be used on TBMs as well, if MLAs wish.

Please return to NLS, Attention: Research and Development
Officer, by mail or fax [(202) 707-0712] by September 25,
1998.