We re-visiting once again how we produce labels for our art museum. 
Initially, we generated these in-house creating the labels in Word,
printing them out on high-quality paper, and mounting on Foamcore. 
Inexpensive, but labor intensive.  Also, difficult to maintain a
consistent level of quality especially since I rely heavily on volunteer
labor.  So I tried outsourcing to a printing company who created the
labels on a plastic material.  Great looking labels, quick turn around,
etc.  However, I have to have at least a dozen labels printed at once to
get a decent price which means we often several works of art unlabeled at
any given time.  Also, if we decide (as we are considering) to change the
format of the labels, a full reprint is costly.

I would like to hear from other museums about your solutions - in house or
outsourced - for generating nice looking labels at minimal expense.

Julie
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Julie Holcomb, MLIS, CA
Director of the Pearce Collections Museum/
Navarro College Archivist
Pearce Collections at Navarro College
3100 W. Collin St.
Corsicana, Texas 75110

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