Shelving Procedures
Since a library is “an organized storehouse of the cultural records of mankind,” the library stands or falls on accurate shelving. In turn, accurate shelving depends on minute distinctions, a sharp eye, and a clear mind.
CODES: All books have spine labels (located on the spine of the book or on the front cover in the upper left-hand corner) with location codes. Read the codes from top to bottom, left to right. Below are the codes we use and their locations.
B (biography)
Cassette (AV)
CD (CD book)
CD Music (music CD area)
COMICS (comic area )
DVD (DVD)
E (picture books—children’s)
E-L (little/board books—children’s)
E-R (easy readers—children’s)
f (folio/oversize )
F (fiction)
Fic (fiction)
Fic PB (adult paperback shelves)
I (intermediate/young adult)
I PB (young adult paperback)
J (juvenile—children’s )
J Office (children’s professional collection-office)
J PB (children’s paperback)
J R (children’s reference)
LP (large print)
LPRC (large print rotating collection)
M (mystery)
MANGA (comic area)
MP3 CD (CD book)
Mystery PB (mystery paperbacks—mystery)
Over (oversize/folio2)
PS (Parent shelf—children’s)
Prof. Coll. (Professional collection—children’s)
R (adult reference)
S (science fiction)
Sci-Fi (science fiction)
Sci-Fi PB (science fiction paperbacks—science fiction)
Sp (Spanish)
Video (videocassette)
W (western)
W PB (western paperbacks—western)
WYO (Wyoming Room)
YA (young adult)
123.45 (or similar series-nonfiction)
741.5and I/YA 741.5 (graphic novel—shelved in comic area)[note: j 741.5 is not shelved in children's comic area]
Dewey Decimal System, basic outline:
000 Generalities
010 Bibliographies and Catalogs
020 Library and Information Sciences
030 General Encyclopedic Works
040
050 General Serials and Their Indexes
060 General Organizations and Museology
070 News Media, Journalism, Publishing
080 General Collections
090 Manuscripts and Rare Books
100 Philosophy and Psychology
110 Metaphysics
120 Epistemology, Causation, Humankind
130 Paranormal Phenomena
140 Specific Philosophical Schools
150 Psychology
160 Logic
170 Ethics
180 Ancient, Medieval. Oriental Philosophy
190 Modern Western Philosophy
200 Religion
210 Natural Theology
220 Bible
230 Christian Theology
240 Christian Moral and Devotional Theology
250 Christian Orders and Local Church
260 Christian Social Theology
270 Christian Church History and Geography
280 Christian Deonminations and Sects
290 Other and Comparative Religions
300 Social Sciences
310 General Statistics
320 Political Science
330 Economics
340 Law
350 Public Administration
360 Social Services and Associations
370 Education
380 Commerce, Communications, Transport
390 Customs Etiquette, Folklore
400 Languages
410 Linguistics and Nonverbal Language
420 English and Old English
430 Germanic Languages-German
440 Romance Languages-French
450 Italian, Romanian, Rhaeto-Romantic
460 Spanish and Portuguese Languages
470 Italic Languages-Latin
480 Hellenic Languages-Classical Greek
500 Natural Sciences and Math
510 Mathematics
520 Astronomy
530 Physics
540 Chemistry
550 Earth Sciences
560 Paleontology & Paleozoology
570 Life Sciences
580 Botanical Sciences
590 Zoological Sciences
600 Technology
610 Medical Sciences & Medicine
620 Engineering
630 Agriculture
640 Home Economics
650 Management
660 Chemical Engineering
670 Manufacturing
680 Manufacture for Specific Uses
690 Buildings
700 The Arts
710 Civic & Landscape Art
720 Architecture
730 Plastic Arts—Sculpture
740 Drawing & Decorative Arts
750 Painting &Paintings
760 Graphic Arts—Printmaking & Prints
770 Photography & Photographs
780 Music
790 Recreational & Performing Arts
800 Literature & Rhetoric
810 American Literature in English
820 English & Old English Literatures
830 Literatures of Germanic Languages
840 Literatures of Romance Languages
850 Italian, Romanian, Rhaeto-Romanic
860 Spanish & Portuguese Literatures
870 Italic Literatures--Latin
880 Hellenic Literatures—Classical Greek
890 Literatures of Other Languages
900 Geography & History
910 Geography & Travel
920 Biography, Genealogy, Insignia
930 History of the Ancient World
940 General History of Europe
950 General History of Asia—Far East
960 General History of Africa
970 General History of North America
980 General History of South America
990 General History of Other Areas
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