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Shelving Library BooksBy Call Numbers
LBMS Library
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The book collection is divided into:
Fiction
and
Non-Fiction
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Fiction books can be found in the following collections:
General Fiction
Short Stories(Story Collection)
In the LBMS library, the call
number for Short
Stories is SC followed by the
first three letters of the author’s last
name
SC
SC CRU
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What is a CALL NUMBER?
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A call numberis a group of numbers and/or lettersput together to tell youwhere in the libraryyou can find a book.Think of the call number as the ADDRESS of the book. It lets you easily find a single item out of thousands in the library!
A call number is locatedat the bottom of the book on the spine.
FIC
PAU
FIC
PAW
Fiction and Nonfiction Call Numbers
• Nonfiction call numbers begin with a Dewey classification number, and then the first three letters of the author’s last name on the 2nd line.
• In our library, Fiction call numbers begin with FIC, and then the first three letters of the author’s last name on the 2nd line. It’s still a call number even though there are no numbers in it!
599
GIB
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FICTION CALL NUMBERS CAN LOOK DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT LIBRARIES
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MORE FICTION CALL NUMBER EXAMPLES
This is what the Burneson Library uses
First 3 letters of author’s last name
•Fiction Books are arranged alphabetically by author’s last name using the call number as a guide.
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•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. See examples below:
Fiction Books
Author Title of Book
Shan, Darren Hunters of the dusk
Shan Darren The Lake of Souls
Shan, Darren Lord of the Shadows
Shan, Darren Trials of Death
Shan, Darren Vampire Mountain
Shan, Darren The Vampire Prince
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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 the authors, and then alphabetically by title (ignore A, An, and The at the beginning of the title). See examples below:
Brooke, Lauren After the Storm
Brooks, Bruce The Moves Make the Man
Brooks, Bruce What Heart
Brooks, Kevin Martyn Pig
Brooks, Terry The Scions of Shannara
Brooks, Terry The Sword of Shannara
Brooks, Terry The Talismans at Shannara
Brooks, Bruce comes
before Brooks,
Kevin, and Brooks, Terry
is last
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Adams, Douglas The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Adams, Douglas Mostly Harmless
Anthony, Piers Realty Check
Armstrong, Jennifer The Kindling
Asimov, Isaac Fantastic Voyage
Barron, T.A. Heartlight
Barron, T.A. The Lost Years of Merlin
Barron, T.A. The Merlin Effect
Bechard, Margaret Spacer and Rat
Same AuthorBook Title --H comes before
M
Same Author—Titles in Order by
First Letter
Author’s last names are in
strict alphabetical
order
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Now you try it. Arrange these books in the correct order for shelving fiction. Write your answers on your worksheet.
MacLachlan, Patricia Baby
MacHale, D.J. Black Water
Mahy, Margaret The Magician of Hoad
Mackey, Mary The Widow’s War
MacHale, D.J. The Lost City of Faar
Mack, Tracy Drawing lessons
McKay, Robert The Running Back
Martins, Albert Pinned
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Check Your Answers
MacHale, D.J. Black Water
MacHale, D.J. The Lost City of Faar
Mack, Tracy Drawing lessons
Mackey, Mary The Widow’s War
MacLachlan, Patricia Baby
Mahy, Margaret The Magician of Hoad
Martino, Albert Pinned
McKay, Robert The Running Back
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000’s – 900’s
Biographies Have a 92 call number in this
library
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Not all books in the Dewey Decimal System are Nonfiction
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1st 3 letters of author’s last name
Dewey Decimal
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Series booksBooks that are series are marked with a red dot and dots below so you know what series that book goes
with.
These are 3 series by the same author. The first series has numbers and one dot (or can have no dot); the second series has two dots below the number, and the third series has three dots. Shelve the series together.
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000’s – 900’s• Non-fiction books are arranged numerically on the
shelf by the Dewey Decimal Classification System. Books in the Dewey Decimal system are filed digit by digit, not by whole number.
• When you shelve non-fiction books, the Dewey Decimal System puts 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.973 Allen, Thomas
973 Baker, Jeffery
973 Douglas, Donald
973 Douglas, Frederick
973 Douglas, John
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DEWEY DECIMAL CALL NUMBER FOR NON-FICTION BOOKS
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DEWEY DECIMAL NUMBERS CONTINUED
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Dewey and Decimals
Think of a Dewey number as if it were dollars and cents! For example:
595.23Comes Before
595.30When in doubt, add one 0 (zero) or more if needed to even out the digits after the decimal.
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The number in black is the Dewey Decimal number; add the red zeros to even out the numbers so you can see smallest to largest.
917.2000917.2904917.3000917.3040917.5604917.5704917.5800
Don’t forget below the decimal numbers come the first three
letters of the author’s last name. When two books have the same number, then they go in alphabetical order
by the letters
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Here is an example of the correct shelving for these Dewey Decimal numbers.
Dewey Decimal Number Author’s last name
917.2 Olawsky
917.2904 Hamlyn
917.3 Cobb
917.304 MacNeice
917.5604 Turnage
917.5704 Leifermann
917.58 Edge
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Here is an example of Dewey order with decimal numbers and letters. The zeros have been added in the second column to show you what the number looks like if all the numbers were the same length, and to show you lowest to highest..
ACTUAL CALL #
917.2OLA
917.2904HAM
917.3 COB
917.304MAC
917.5604TUR
917.5704LEI
917.58EDG
Zeros Added
917.2000OLA
917.2904HAM
917.3000COB
917.3040MAC
917.5604TUR
917.5704LEI
917.5800EDG
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Play This Short Decimal Game
http://www.quia.com/pp/5258.html
Did you get them all right the first time?Second time?Are you totally confused?On your worksheet, write down how many you got correct the first time, and any other times you tried.
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BIOGRAPHIES
A biography is a book about a person’s life.
Biographies are filed alphabetically by the person the book is about.
Call numbers for biographies in the Burneson library begin with a 92 on the top line.
92Cleopatra
The second line is the last name of the person the book is about.
Biography Call Number
Locating a Book on the Shelf
Remember this rule for how books are usually shelved!
You start at the left on the top shelf, and move to the right until the shelf ends. Then you go to the next shelf beneath that, and do the same-left to right, top to bottom.
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Congratulations! You made it through the slide show! Hopefully you learned a little about shelving books in a library.
Ask Mrs. Kosik for a
For your last mission, go to the next slide to see what to do.
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Now let’s see what you have learned….
There are two carts, each with a shelf of books (one fiction; one non-fiction) for you to
practice putting the books in order.
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