Re: SEC: More Call# Questions

[Gladys Neilsen <rochlib@SOVER.NET>]

I use a three line call number also--for artists in the 759, ie. 759.46
PICASSO  DAI. It keeps them all together when the section is a large
one.
Gladys

Edith Fuller wrote:
>
> If I remember LC properly, books by an author and about an author are
> cuttered together.
>
> I say, go ahead and change.  YOu might consider a three line call number=20
> where the first line is the dewey number, the second line for the
> "author" (i.e., Hemingway) and a third line to be used for the
> author of the critical works.
>
> Cheers. Edith.
>
> Edith Fuller
> Librarian, Professional Library
> Portland Public Schools
> Portland OR 97208
>
> On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, J'aime Foust wrote:
>
> > To add to Vicky's dilemma re. the 920's, I have another (different) one.
> >=20
> > I realize it isn't "proper" format in any category other than
> > biographies to use the subject's last name as the call # letters (921
> > EIN for Einstein even though written by someone else) but what about
> > using that "system" for authors in the 800's?  Or artists in the 700's?
> > I have multiple shelves of 813.52 or 813.54 for Lit Crit and think it
> > would be much easier for students if all the Hemingways were 813.54
> > HEM.  I know that the call # includes the correct letters to find but am
> > looking for a way for students to find books more easily.  And what
> > about Lit Crit books about books by an author? (Same question re. the
> > art books).
> >=20
> > Is this just crazy talk?  Will I be burned at the stake as a heretic??
> >=20
> > J=92aim=E9 L. Foust, Librarian
> > jfoust@mum.neric.org
> > Queensbury High School
> > Queensbury, NY 12804
> >=20
> > =93We shouldn=92t teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.=
> =94  B.
> > F. Skinner
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Gladys Nielsen
Library/Media Specialist
Rochester School
Rochester, VT 05767
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