Re: [LM_NET] Call numbers by any other name?

[Karen Mitchell <kem@QOFASCHOOL.ORG>]

There was a very good posting on this subject awhile back by Dr. Allan 
O'Grady Cuseo, whose posts I always enjoy.  I saved this one, and am 
repeating it here:

"I have always taught it this way - may be true or it may just be in my 
warped mind. In the old days - many books were in stacks and closed areas - 
so the librarian had to "call" someone to get it for the person. Sometimes I 
yell across the room "Hey I need 398.2 Colum right now - get it for me! I 
talk about conveyor belts, elevators, phones, someone yelling down the 
stairs -- all "calling" for the book. I even tell them about NYPL and pages 
on roller skates going to get the books - fascinating story - and the 
students love it - and they never forget what a call number is (hopefully)." 
Allan

Karen Mitchell, Librarian
Queen of Angels School (K-8)
1007 S. Oak Street
Port Angeles, WA  98362

kem@qofaschool.org


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brianna Huffman" <bhuffman@BONNER.K12.MT.US>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 9:02 AM
Subject: [LM_NET] Call numbers by any other name?


I had a fifth-grade student ask me today why call numbers are called
call numbers, and I didn't have an answer for him.  What does the "call"
part mean?



Brianna Huffman, MLS

Librarian

bhuffman@bonner.k12.mt.us



Bonner School, K-8

PO Box 1004

9045 HWY 200 E

Bonner MT 59823 

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