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❅ Call Numbers & Shelving Locations ❅
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Contents

  • Introduction
  • Anatomy of a Call Number
  • Special Location Labels
  • Dewey Number
  • Cutter Number
  • Work Mark
  • Putting it Together
  • Quizzes
  • Other Resources
  • Glossary
  • Web Resources
  • Special Location Labels
      Some items will have a label indicating a special location.These are used as shelving indicators:
      Curriculum Collection - 1st floor•Children's books
      Circulating
      •Housed at end or Reference
      Folios - 3rd floor•Oversize Books
      Circulating
      •Kept on verso of Olkes shelf, straight off the 3rd floor elevator
      Olkes Collection - 3rd floor•African Art books
      Circulating
      •Kept on verso of the Folios, straight off the 3rd floor elevator
      Ready Reference - 1st floor, at the Reference Desk•High in-demand Reference Books
      Non-Circulating
      •Kept at the Reference Desk
      Reference - 1st floor•Reference Books
      Non-Circulating
      •SHelving units are to the left of the elevator
      Reserve - 1st floor, Circulation Desk - Restricted•High in-demand books
      Non-Circulating
      •Kept behind the Circulation Desk
      Reserve Reference - 1st floor, Circulaiton Desk - Restricted•High in-demand books
      Non-Circulating
      •Kept behind the Circulation Desk
      Year of... - 1st floor Display•Global Studies
      Circulating
      •Directly to the left of the main entrance

      Items with the following labels have no special shelving requirements and can be inter-shelved on the Main Circulating Stacks on the 2nd and 3rd floor:
      Dr. Wendell Wray Collection:  Rachel Carson Collection:

      Quick Quiz

      Type the letter of the phrase on the right that matches the one on the left. Click the "correction" button to see if they are all right (incorrect answers will be cleared).


      1. What does "Folio" stand for? a. Among the main regular stacks on the 2nd or 3rd floor
      2. Which Label gets shelved alongside regular books? b. Oversized Books
      3. Where are the "Reserve" books shelved? c. Behind the Circulation Desk
      4. If an African Art book doesn't have an Olkes label, where does it get shelved? d. WRAY
      5. What is the "Curricum Collection"? e. Children's books

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