Guidelines for Shelving and ShelfReading

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Guidelines for Shelvingand Shelf-Reading

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The book collection is divided into

• Fiction
• and
• Nonfiction

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Fiction books can be found in the following
collections

• General Fiction
• Story Collection
• Paperbacks

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Fiction Books

• Fiction Books are arranged alphabetically by
  authors last name.
• If two or more authors have the same last name,
  books are grouped together arranged
  alphabetically according to the first name of
  authors.
• If one author has more than one book, his books
  are grouped together then arranged
  alphabetically according to title. Articles A,
  AN, and THE are ignored when arranging titles
  alphabetically ONLY WHEN THEY COME AT THE
  BEGINNING OF THE TITLE.

Note When an authors last name begins with Mc,
the name is arranged as if written Mac.
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Study the example below of the correct order for
shelving fiction

• Chase, Mary Ellen
• Clarke, Arthur
• Clarke, Mary
• Conrad, Joseph
• Conrad, Joseph
• Davenport, Marcia
• Del Rey, Lester
• Del Rey, Lester

• Edge of Darkness
• Sands of Mars
• The Glass Phoenix
• Typhoon
• Victory
• My Brothers Keeper
• The Runaway Robot
• Step to the Stars

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Now you try it. Arrange these books in the
correct order for shelving fiction. Use scratch
paper to write down your answers.
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Check your answers
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Nonfiction books can be found in the following
collections

• 000s 900s
• Reference
• Biographies

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000s 900s

• Non-fiction books are arranged numerically on the
  shelf by the Dewey Decimal Classification System.
• Put together in a group all books with the exact
  same whole number. Next arrange these books by
  the last name of the author. If two or more
  authors have the same last name, then use the
  first name to arrange the books.

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Books with numbers after the decimal point should
be placed after books with the same whole number.
For example
394 394.01 394.76
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The fractions after the decimal point are also
arranged from the lowest fraction to the highest
fraction.

• Hint Always arrange numbers by the first
  difference. For example, in the two numbers 458
  and 459 the first difference is in the last
  numbers, 8 and 9. The lowest of the two numbers
  is 8 therefore, 458 comes before 459. In the
  two numbers 917.803 and 917.812, the first
  difference is in the second numbers after the
  decimal, 0 and 1. Since 0 is a lower number than
  1, 917.803 comes before 917.812.

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Study the example below of the correct order for
shelving non-fiction.
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Now you try it. Arrange these books in the
correct order for shelving non-fiction. Use
scratch paper to write down your answers.
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Check your answers
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Biography and Autobiography

• Autobiographies and biographies are shelved
  together under the symbol B.
• The Bs are all grouped together and then
  arranged alphabetically according to THE PERSON
  ABOUT WHOM THE BOOK IS WRITTEN. The authors of
  all the books about one person are then arranged
  alphabetically.
• The reason for arranging by the subject of the
  book rather than the author is so that all books
  about one person are shelved together.

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Study the example below of the correct order for
shelving biographies.
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Now you try it. Arrange these books in the
correct order for shelving biographies. Use
scratch paper to write down your answers
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Check your answers
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Special Collections

• Reference Arranged numerically on the shelf.
• Paperbacks Arranged alphabetically by authors
  last name or the main entry.
• Story Collection Arranged alphabetically by
  authors last name or the main entry.
• Professional Collection Arranged numerically on
  the shelf.
• French and Spanish Collections Arranged
  numerically.
• Class Sets Arranged numerically.
• Audio-Visual Arranged numerically.
• Software Arranged numerically.

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CALL NUMBERS

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Call Numbers

• Located on the spine of the book
• Include classification numbers or letters
• Include cutter letters located under the
  classification number.

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Classification Number
822.3 SHA
Cutter Letters
Note Cutter Letters are derived from the first
three letters of the authors (or main entrys)
last name.
Classification Letters
FIC MIT
Cutter Letters
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Fiction Call Number

• FIC
• MIT

• Gone With The Wind
• By
• Margaret Mitchell

Cutter letters MIT derived from author of book
Mitchell.
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Story CollectionCall Number

SC IRV
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other
Stories By Washington Irving
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Nonfiction Call Number

• Gettysburg The Legendary Battle
• By
• Shelly Tanaka

• 973.7
• TAN

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Biography Call Number

• Ben Franklin and his First Kite
• By
• Stephen Krensky

• B
• FRA

Cutter letters FRA derived from subject of the
book Franklin.
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Reference Call Number

• REF
• 500.2
• ENC

Encyclopedia of Earth and Physical Sciences
This book does not have a single author. The
cutter letters ENC are derived from the main
entry (title) for this book.
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Paperback Call Number

PA CRI
Jurassic Park By Michael Crichton
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