Guidelines for Shelving and Shelf-Reading

1. Guidelines for Shelvingand Shelf-Reading EHS Media Center

2. The book collection is divided into: Fiction and Nonfiction

3. Fiction books can be found in the following collections: • General Fiction • Story Collection • Paperbacks

4. Fiction Books • Fiction Books are arranged alphabetically by author’s 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 author’s last name begins with Mc, the name is arranged as if written Mac.

5. 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 Brother’s Keeper The Runaway Robot Step to the Stars Study the example below of the correct order for shelving fiction:

6. Now you try it. Arrange these books in the correct order for shelving fiction. Use scratch paper to write down your answers.

7. Check your answers:

8. Nonfiction books can be found in the following collections: • 000’s – 900’s • Reference • Biographies

9. 000’s – 900’s • 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.

10. Books with numbers after the decimal point should be placed after books with the same whole number. For example: 394 394.01 394.76

11. 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.

12. Study the example below of the correct order for shelving non-fiction.

13. Now you try it. Arrange these books in the correct order for shelving non-fiction. Use scratch paper to write down your answers.

14. Check your answers:

15. Biography and Autobiography • Autobiographies and biographies are shelved together under the symbol B. • The B’s 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.

16. Study the example below of the correct order for shelving biographies.

17. Now you try it. Arrange these books in the correct order for shelving biographies. Use scratch paper to write down your answers

18. Check your answers:

19. Special Collections • Reference – Arranged numerically on the shelf. • Paperbacks – Arranged alphabetically by author’s last name or the main entry. • Story Collection – Arranged alphabetically by author’s 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.

20. CALL NUMBERS EHS Media Center

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

22. Classification Number 822.3 SHA Cutter Letters Note: Cutter Letters are derived from the first three letters of the author’s (or main entry’s) last name. Classification Letters FIC MIT Cutter Letters

23. FIC MIT Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell Fiction Call Number: Cutter letters “MIT” derived from author of book “Mitchell”.

24. Story CollectionCall Number SC IRV The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories By Washington Irving

25. Gettysburg: The Legendary Battle By Shelly Tanaka 973.7 TAN Nonfiction Call Number

26. Ben Franklin and his First Kite By Stephen Krensky B FRA Biography Call Number Cutter letters “FRA” derived from subject of the book “Franklin”.

27. REF 500.2 ENC Reference Call Number 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.

28. Paperback Call Number PA CRI Jurassic Park By Michael Crichton

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