library of congress call numbers: a quick & active learning tool
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Library of Congress Call Numbers: A Quick & Active Learning Tool. Ada L. Woods S. Lisa Sweeney [email protected] Albert S. Cook Library Towson University – April 2009. Instructor’s slide PE 1421 .T78 ? ?. Library of Congress is a new code for almost all freshmen. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Library of Congress Call Numbers:
A Quick & Active Learning Tool
Ada L. WoodsS. Lisa Sweeney
[email protected] S. Cook Library
Towson University – April 2009
Instructor’s slide
PE 1421 .T78 ? ? •Library of Congress is a new code for almost all freshmen.•Does anyone (other than a librarian) know that the dot before the T is a decimal point?•This 3-minute activity fits the limited teaching time.•The PowerPoint format permits the instructor to alter the pace to fit the students’ needs.•Could be used after University of Arkansas’s “How to Read a Call Number” tutorial.
Instructor’s slide
Concepts• A single letter shelves before a double letter.• The dot is a decimal point even when it’s in front of a letter. • .M59 shelves before .M6• A number without a decimal shelves before the same number with a decimal• The number of display lines on the spine is not important.• See “notes” frame at bottom of many slides for more details. Use the “In Perfect Order” slide to explain these concepts.
Instructor’s slide
Activities
• Ask students to call out the color of the next call number. • Solve disagreements with a show of hands before displaying the
correct answer.• After the PowerPoint the students will find the book that matches a
call number that they located earlier by using the catalog. • On their worksheet they will record the title of the book that sits to the
RIGHT of their book. (This part of the larger library assignment proves both that they can find a book and that they have experienced the value of browsing the library collection.)
Library of Congress Call Numbers:
Avoid the Sand Traps
Ada L. WoodsS. Lisa Sweeney
Albert S. Cook LibraryTowson University
In Perfect Order
L21.A6 B4
LB11.A59 B4
LB11.A59 B4 c. 2
LB11.A6 B42005
What color will shelve first?
BF173.F85 C731986
B1623.B342003
BF173.F85 L38
BF692.C52
Which one is second?
BF173.F85 C731986
B1623.B342003
BF173.F85 L38
BF692.C52
B1623.B342003
Which are third & fourth?
BF173.F85 C731986
B1623.B342003
BF173.F85 L38
BF692.C52
B1623.B342003
BF173.F85 C731986
BF173.F85 C731986
B1623.B342003
BF173.F85 L38
BF692.C52
B1623.B342003
BF173.F85 C731986
BF173.F85 L38
BF692.C52
One more time
RJ506.6.A9B6713
RJ506.A9 C61984
RJ506.A9 C53
RJ506.A9D46
First
RJ506.6.A9B6713
RJ506.A9 C61984
RJ506.A9 C53
RJ506.A9D46
RJ506.A9 C53
Second
RJ506.6.A9B6713
RJ506.A9 C61984
RJ506.A9 C53
RJ506.A9D46
RJ506.A9 C53
RJ506.A9 C61984
RJ506.6.A9B6713
RJ506.A9 C61984
RJ506.A9 C53
RJ506.A9D46
RJ506.A9 C53
RJ506.A9 C61984
RJ506.A9D46
RJ506.6.A9B6713