SHELF- READING - CHILDREN’S SECTION CALL NUMBER SYSTEM:
Children’s books are separated into several different categories: PICT, FOLK, COLL, CHAP, and Non-Fiction.
Picture book – call numbers are in order by at least 4 to 5 letters of the author’s last name, and the Author’s first initial, than by the title of the book.
Example: Books that only need to be re-shelved by the Author’s last name
PICT Aber, B Charlie 1990
PICT Asch, F Bear's 1985 c. 1
PICT Bake, K Big 1994
PICT Baker, A Two 1991
Example: Books that need to be re-shelved by the Author’s last name & first initial:
PICT Baker, A Two 1991
PICT Baker, J Home 1984
Example: Books that need to be re-shelved by the Author’s last name, first initial & title of the book:
PICT Carl, E Drea 2000
PICT Carl, E Quiet 1990
PICT Carl, E Ten 2005
Unusual Call Number Issues:
Example: A title of book that begins with numbers comes before any letters:
PICT Muns, R 50 Be 1986
PICT Muns, R Alli 1997
Any Author’s name that contains an apostrophe is not treated any different than an author without an apostrophe.
Example: L’engle is treated like Lengle
Any Author’s name that has a space between the letters is treated like one word.
Example: De Paola (De Pa would come after Dea)
Folk & Fairy Tales - call numbers are in order by Author’s last name, first initial, and the title of the book. These books begin with the letters: FOLK, but follow the same shelving rules as Picture books.
Collected Works - call numbers are in order by Author’s last name, first initial, and the title of the book. These books begin with the letters: COLL, but follow the same shelving rules as Picture books.
Chapter books – call numbers are in order by Author’s last name, first initial, and the title of the book. These books begin with the letters: CHAP, but follow the same shelving rules as Picture books.
Non-Fiction – call numbers are in order by the Library of Congress (LOC) system.
