Printing Library of Congress LC spine labels

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Printing Library of Congress LC spine labels

1VanPremCollege
mayo 20, 2021, 10:51 am

Can someone let me know how to print Library of Congress spine labels? I am a newbie at this. Please help!

2kristilabrie
mayo 20, 2021, 11:25 am

You can generate your own labels by exporting your book data from LibraryThing (see https://www.librarything.com/more/import) and running a Mail Merge of sorts.

There's a Talk thread where other members discuss what they've done here, as well: https://www.librarything.com/topic/97585. I hope this helps!

3VanPremCollege
mayo 20, 2021, 6:48 pm

>2 kristilabrie: Can you walk me through with the Mail Merge? Thanks!

4kristilabrie
mayo 21, 2021, 9:51 am

It depends on where you'll be generating your labels. Here's a post that explains how to do this sort of process within Google Docs, for example: https://www.librarything.com/topic/97585#5308827.

If you're using Microsoft Word, the process sort of walks you through already, but here's an article online that might help: https://www.webucator.com/how-to/how-use-mail-merge-microsoft-word.cfm.

Please let me know if there's anything else I can do to help!

5VanPremCollege
Jun 14, 2021, 3:31 pm

Can you tell me if I can use Avery labels 1 x 1/2 for the spine labels?

6MarthaJeanne
Jun 14, 2021, 3:49 pm

What labels you use is your business. You may want to consider how well they will hold on various cover materials, both right away and over time. Also, can they be removed without damaging the book, not just at first, but after a few years. This will vary by cover material.