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Firestone Library Reclassification Collection Organization: Evolutionary Outline

Firestone Library Reclassification Collection Organization: Evolutionary Outline. Firestone Stacks ca. 1949 1 classification scheme: Richardson 3 “sub-locations”: General stack collection – Equivalent to “F”; 2 small special sub-locations: DPA and Pitney

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Firestone Library Reclassification Collection Organization: Evolutionary Outline

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  1. Firestone Library ReclassificationCollection Organization: Evolutionary Outline • Firestone Stacks ca. 1949 • 1 classification scheme: Richardson • 3 “sub-locations”: General stack collection – Equivalent to “F”; 2 small special sub-locations: DPA and Pitney • 5 size groups: “Small,” Octavo, Quarto, Folio, Elephant • 15 stack shelving sequences • Late 1960s - Forrestal Annex • “Small” books automatically located in Annex for protection from loss • Reduce stack collection division to 12 sequences • 1975 - Library adopts Library of Congress Classification Arab and Clas sub-locations established (LC only) • 32 stack shelving sequences • Ca. 1980 - Indo & Mycen Sub-locations established • 16 additional shelving sequences • 2000 - Frist Campus Ctr. - SY & SYS relocated from Jones Hall to Firestone • 16 additional shelving sequences

  2. Firestone Library ReclassificationCollection Organization: Current Stack Divisions • 9 “Sublocations”: F, Arab, Clas, DPA, Indo, Mycen, Pitney, SY, SYS • 7 Divided into 2 Classification Sequences: Richardson & LC 2 LC only sequences: Arab & Clas • All class sequences subdivided into 4 Size Categories: Octavo, Quarto, Folio, Elephant • Result: 64 separate shelving sequences

  3. Firestone Library ReclassificationCollection Organization: The Master Plan • Firestone Master Renovation Plan Second Guiding Principle: “Improve navigability and signage in the Library. Increase linearity of the collection.” • Implementation directions resulting from proposals made and agreed to by the Faculty Steering Committee on the Firestone Master Plan: • Reclassification from Richardson to Library of Congress of.. • Firestone collections in stacks and grad study rooms • Consolidation of sub-locations into broader related collection groupings • Consolidation of size groupings

  4. Firestone Library ReclassificationCollection Organization: Strategy Going Forward • Reclassification of all stack and graduate study room collections from Richardson to Library of Congress. • David Paton Collection of Egyptology and Assyriology (DPA) Pitney Collection on International Law and Diplomacy (Pitney) Integrated into the General Collection (F) • The Indo-European Philology Collection (Indo) Mycenaean Collection (Mycen) Consolidated with the Classics Collection (Clas) Reclassify and Integrate collection currently in 2500-2999 into new (Clas) • Arabic Collection (Arab) Near East Collections (SY and SYS) Consolidated into new Near East Collection (NEC) Reclassify and Integrate collection currently in 2200-2499 into new (NEC) • Folios and Elephants: Two largest separately shelved size categories in all current collections Consolidated into a new “Very Large Books” (XL) Collection • Result: Reduction in shelving sequences from 64 to 7

  5. Firestone Library ReclassificationCollection Organization: New Linear Stack Layout

  6. Firestone Library ReclassificationErnest Cushing Richardson, 1890 THE END

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