Lightning round!

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Lightning round!
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Lets practice how to
read call numbers
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• Before we get started, keep this in mind
• In academic libraries, Library of Congress call
  numbers are assigned to every item the library
  owns.
• (e.g. books, DVDs, music scores,
• maps, government documents, etc.)
• Call numbers are like license plate numbers.
• Each book is assigned its own unique number and
• then grouped together by subject.

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Heres the big picture of letters to subjects
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One other thing to keep in mind

• In the Catalog, call numbers appear on one line,
  and are read left to right

In the book stacks, call numbers appear on the
spine of books, and are
read line by line from top to bottom.
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Lets try some examples together...
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• Exercise 1
• Imagine you searched the Catalog and found the
  book you want.
• The location is
• Which floor would you go to get this book?
• Look at the McKeldin Library Floor Plan.

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Answer7th floor, Stacks, R853.H8 M66 2000
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Exercise 1Heres the shelf. Where is the book
placed? Call Number is R853.H8 M66 2000
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Answer
Alphabetically, R comes after QR and before RA.
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Lets try another one
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Exercise 2Where is this book on the shelf? Call
number R853.H8 M66 2000
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Answer R853.H8 M66 2000
Numerically, R 853 comes after 852 and before
854.
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theres just one more!
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Exercise 3Where is this book on the shelf? Call
number R853.H8 M66 2000
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Answer R853.H8 M66 2000
.H8 comes after .H78 and before .H801.
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• Lets review!
• You read call numbers
• Alphabetically
• (GA, GC, GN...)
• Numerically
• (GA141, GA237, GA1401...)
• And as a decimal
• (GV682.F41, GV682.F42, GV682.F43)

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When finding a book bring a floor plan,
and know in advance if the book is in Folio,
Stacks, or somewhere else
FOLIO
STACKS
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And when youre at the book shelf

• Read call numbers on book spines starting on the
  TOP shelf
• then read left to right all the way DOWN a
  section of shelves.

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Were done! Good luck on safari!