Shelving guide - one page

[Leah Hawkins <leahleah@ATTBI.COM>]

Several of you expressed interest in my one-page, front & back, laminated
shelving guide for volunteers.  Here it is.  NOTE:  Many of the things are
specific to my library, of course, such as colored labels, colored dots, etc.
Because I had to cut&paste instead of Attach, the bold lettering, etc., didn't
all come out the same.

SHELVING GUIDE

E               Easy Readers/Picture Books
KEL             Shelve alphabetically by three lower letters on spine label

FIC             Fiction/Chapter Books
CLE             Shelve alphabetically by entire last name of author, not just
                three letters.
                Example:
                First   Alcock, Vivian
                Then    Alcott, Louisa

                If same last name, shelve by last name, then first name.
                Example:
                First           Christopher, John
                Then            Christopher, Matt

                If more than one book by same author, shelve by author
                first, then by title.
                EXAMPLE:  Books by Beverly Cleary:
                First   Henry and Ribsy
                Then    Mouse and the Motorcycle
                Then    Ramona and Her Mother
                Then    Ramona Quimby, Age 8

RED LABELS              Newbery Award books
                        Shelve with FICTION
                        unless there is a Dewey number

GREEN LABELS            Caldecott Award books
                        Shelve with EASY/PICTURE
                        unless there is a Dewey number

ORANGE LABELS           Beginning/First readers
                        Remove orange label; replace with orange tape
                        above label
                        Shelve with EASY

BLUE DOTS               Bluebonnet Award nominees (Young Readers'State Award)
                        Shelve on table display

YELLOW DOTS             Battle of the Books
                        Shelve behind CheckOut Desk for 5th grade only

REF                     REFERENCE collection
                        Shelve on wall under tree, by Dewey number

PRO                     PROFESSIONAL collection
                        Shelve in room behind CheckOut desk, by Dewey number

NON-FICTION             Books will have numbers on the spine label.
                        Shelve by numbers first, then by three letters.
                        EXAMPLE:  398.2   GAL
                                  398.2   GRI
                                  398.2   MAR
                                  398.24  ALL
                                  398.24  SCH
                                  398.246 BUR
                                  398.4   ALE
                                  398.48  AAR

IF:     1.Spine label cannot be easily read
        2.Spine label is missing

THEN:   Give to Librarian


--
Leah Hawkins, Librarian
West Hurst Elementary
Hurst, TX
leahleah@attbi.com

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