Guidelines for ShelvingGuidelines for Shelvingand Shelf-Readingand Shelf-Reading

Guidelines for ShelvingGuidelines for Shelvingand Shelf-Readingand Shelf-Reading

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The book collection is divided into:

Fictionand

Nonfiction

Fiction books can be found in the following

collections:

• General Fiction

• Story Collection

• Paperbacks

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.

Study the example below of the correct order for shelving fiction:

Chase, Mary EllenClarke, ArthurClarke, MaryConrad, JosephConrad, JosephDavenport, MarciaDel Rey, LesterDel Rey, Lester

Edge of DarknessSands of MarsThe Glass PhoenixTyphoonVictoryMy Brother’s KeeperThe Runaway RobotStep to the Stars

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

Murphy, Rita Night Flying

MacLean, Alistair The Golden Gate

Morrison, Toni Sula

Murphy, Shirley Nightpool

McKay, Robert The Running Back

Morrison, Toni Jazz

Marshall, Catherine Christie

Check your answers:McKay, Robert The Running Back

MacLean, Alistair The Golden Gate

Marshall, Catherine Christie

Morrison, Toni Jazz

Morrison, Toni Sula

Murphy, Rita Night Flying

Murphy, Shirley Nightpool

Nonfiction books can be found in the following

collections:

• 000’s – 900’s

• Reference

• Biographies

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.

973 Allen, Thomas

973 Baker, Jeffery

973 Douglas, Donald

973 Douglas, Frederick

973 Douglas, John

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

394

394.01

394.76

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.

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

824.001 Jones

824.002 Johnson

824.002 McGregor

824.01 Swift

824.02 Lee

824.021 Cleland

824.3 Wood

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

826 Masterson

824.397 Jones

824.3 Smith

824.039 Barron

822.33 Shakespeare

822.3 Shakespeare

Check your answers:

822.3 Shakespeare

822.33 Shakespeare

824.039 Barron

824.3 Smith

824.397 Jones

826 Masterson

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.

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

B The Three Lives of Helen Keller

By Richard Harrity

B Helen Keller By John Tribble

B A Tribute to John F. Kennedy By Pierre Salinger

B Young John Kennedy By Gene Schoor

B John F. Kennedy, President By Hugh Sidney

B Four Days (John F. Kennedy) By U.P.I.

B Robert F. Kennedy By Robert Thompson

B Sister Elizabeth Kenney By Henry Thomas

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

B Lincoln’s Virtues (about Abraham Lincoln)

By William Lee Miller

B Abraham Lincoln By Thomas Keneally

B Theodore Roosevelt By Betsy Kraft

B Benjamin Franklin: an American Life

By Walter Isaacson

B Franklin D. Roosevelt By Brian Grapes

B Theodore Roosevelt By Louis Auchincloss

B The Amazing Mr. Franklin (about Benjamin Franklin)

By Ruth Ashby

Check your answers:

B The Amazing Mr. Franklin (about Benjamin Franklin)

By Ruth Ashby

B Benjamin Franklin: an American Life By Walter Isaacson

B Abraham Lincoln By Thomas Keneally

B Lincoln’s Virtues (about Abraham Lincoln)

By William Lee Miller

B Franklin D. Roosevelt By Brian Grapes

B Theodore Roosevelt By Louis Auchincloss

B Theodore Roosevelt By Betsy Kraft

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.

CALL NUMBERSCALL NUMBERSCALL NUMBERSCALL 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.

Classification Number

822.3

SHACutter Letters

Classification Letters FIC

MITCutter Letters

Note: Cutter Letters are derived from the first three letters of the author’s (or main entry’s) last name.

Fiction Call Number:

FICMIT

Gone With The WindBy

Margaret Mitchell

Cutter letters “MIT” derived from author of book “Mitchell”.

Story CollectionCall Number

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

and Other Stories

ByWashington Irving

SC

IRV

Nonfiction Call Number

Gettysburg: The Legendary Battle

ByShelly Tanaka

973.7TAN

Biography Call Number

Ben Franklin and his First Kite

ByStephen Krensky

BFRA

Cutter letters “FRA” derived from subject of the book “Franklin”.

Reference Call Number

REF500.2ENC

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.

Paperback Call Number

Jurassic Park

ByMichael Crichton

PA

CRI

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