Book Shelving Part One

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Book Shelving Part One

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• to begin.

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Broad sections of the library

• Fiction
• Nonfiction
• Reference
• Story Collections
• Professional Books
• Manga

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Fiction

• Typical Fiction call numbers
• FIC F JOH or JOH
• Shelve in alphabetical order by the three letters
  on the bottom line. (Theyre the first three
  letters of the authors last name.)
  

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Nonfiction

• Typical call numbers for Nonfiction
• 808.1 973 001.9 MIL LIN AST
• The number on the first line is a Dewey Decimal
  number.
  
• The letters on the second line are the first
  three letters of the authors last name.
  
• Shelve in order first by the Dewey Decimal
  number, and then by the letters on the second
  line if you have two Dewey numbers that are the
  same.

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Reference

• Reference call numbers begin with REF.
• The remainder of the call number is pretty much
  like a nonfiction call number. Sometimes the
  three letters on the last line stand for the
  title (if there is no author). Sometimes there
  will be a date on the fourth linefor instance to
  give a 2001 almanac a different call number than
  a 2002 almanac.
• Typical Reference call numbers
• REF REF 920 001.9 MAG WOR
• 2003

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Story Collections

• Collections of short stories. Typical call
  numbers
  
• SC SC GHO MYS
• Youll shelve these books alphabetically by the
  three letters on the second line. The three
  letters will usually stand for the title of the
  book.

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Professional Books

• Professional books are books for teachers to
  use.
  
• Typical call numbers
• PRO PRO
• 371.3 001.67
• RAP LIN
• These are shelved in the Professional Collection
  according to their Dewey Decimal numbers.
  

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Manga

• Manga are book-length Japanese comic books
• Typical call numbers
• MANGA MANGA
• NAR RAU
• You will run across a few books with call numbers
  like this
  
• GRA
• MAU
• Mix the GRA books in with the MANGA,
  alphabetizing all by the letters on the bottom
  line
  

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Where are the sections?

• Youll be able to locate them now that you know
  the typical call numbers for each section.
  
• Youll also be making the signs to identify each
  section so that others can find them.

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In the next presentation . . .

• Youll learn the details of how to sort books and
  put them in the exact spot on the shelf where
  they belong.
  
• And then youll practice with flash cards
  before youll actually shelve books.
  
• If it sounds like its important for you to know
  exactly what you are doing when you shelve books,
  thats because it is!