shelving training

Shelving…the right way

Created by Kayci Barnett

At the

The importance of ShelvingA customer

comes to the Library

looking for an item.

Checks our catalog and

finds an item they want is checked in.

Customer or Staff will be able to find item quickly and easily because of accurate shelving.

= Happy Customer

You CAN tell a book by it’s cover.

Barcode Author

Title

Spine Label

and you can tell more by it’s Spine. The spine

label tells you where the book belongs.

Layout First Floor Category – Spine Label

Hold Shelf – has a sticker with customer’s initials

Popular – Fiction, Non Fiction, Biographies - F, ###.##, B

DVD’s – Fiction, Non Fiction, Biographies - F, ###.##, B

Newspapers/Magazines – Bust, New Yorker, Time, etc.

CD’s – Classical, Country, Gospel, Holiday, Jazz, Rap, Rock, etc.

Audio books – Fiction, Non Fiction, Biographies - F, ###.##, B

Special Collections – TEX, D TEX, & G

Most of our sections on the first floor like Popular, DVD’s and Audio books are further divided into Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Biographies.

Fiction is alphabetized by the author’s last name, and is indicated by a “F” on the spine label.

Non-Fiction is sorted numerically using the Dewey Decimal System and is indicated by numbers, and then the first

three letters of the author’s last name.

Biographies are indicated by a “B” on the spine label, and are alphabetized by the fist three letters of the

subject’s last name. A book about Sam Walton is B WAL.

Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Biographies

Popular

The Popular section includes - Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Biographies.

They have been released within the last 6 months.

They have a little yellow sticker on the top of the spine.

The items on the left are “popular,” the ones on right are not.

Adult Fiction

Fiction is arranged alphabetically according to author’s last name.

Books by authors having the same last name are arranged alphabetically by the author’s last and then first name. For example: Collins, Jackie comes before Collins, Joan

Adult Fiction - same author, multiple titles

Books by the same author are shelved alphabetically by the first significant word in the title. This means you ignore the “A,” “An,” or “The” only if it is the first word in a title.

The following are in the correct order:

Author Title

Jones, B. Equal Measures

Jones, B. An Extreme Remedy

Jones, B. The Long Road

Non Fiction

YouTube - The Dewey Decimal Rap

Click the link

How does the Dewey Decimal system work? The basic thing to remember about the

Dewey Decimal filing system is this: file digit by digit -

. 451 _ (nothing goes before

. 451.01 any #)

. 451.012 (1 is less

. 451.023 than 2)

. 451.04 ALE (if two numbers are the same then . 451.04 BEC alphabetize by the letters)

DVD’s

We have Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Biographies

DVD’s with the Children’s sticker on the spine go upstairs.

Biography, Non-Fiction, Fiction

Audio books - Adult

Fiction

Non-fiction

Biography

CD’S

CD’S are alphabetized by the category. Once you find the category then alphabetize by the artists last name.

Watch out for Childrens they go upstairs.

Special Collections

These items cannot be checked out, but will occasionally end up on our carts. If they do, hand it to the person at the Special Collections desk.

Second Floor – Adult

Adult Fiction F Graphic Novels GN Adult Non Fiction ###.## Large Print LP Paperbacks have a genre sticker Reference R Biographies B World Languages Spanish/Chinese

Second Floor…Getting there is half the fun.

Use the lift to get from floor to floor with your cart.

You have to PUSH & PUSH & HOLD HOLD the button to go up or down.

Please assist patrons who are trying to use lift.

Graphic Novels = GN

We have three different age groups of graphic novels:

Adult Graphic Novels - are divided into Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Biographies

Adult Graphic Novels are shelved after the “Z’s” in Adult Fiction.

Large Print

Large Print also has Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Biographies. Large print is identified by:

LP or it has a big green dot above the spine label

Paperbacks

In general, Adult Paperbacks are shelved in their own separate area according to genre (Romance, Mystery, Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror) and are marked with genre stickers

and white spine labels with the first letter of the author’s last name (if it has 3

letters on the spine label it

goes with regular Adult Fiction).

Biographies

Adult Biographies have a “B” on the spine label.

This youth biography is shelved in a different location.

Reference

Reference books cannot be checked out, and have an “R” on the spine label. Youth and Adult are shelved together.

World Languages

Spanish – all Spanish materials have “Spanish” written on the spine label, and most have a Spanish sticker on them.

The Spanish Collection includes magazines, DVD’s Audio books, Fiction, Non-fiction, and Youth materials. Chinese, similarly, has “Chinese” written on the spine label.

Second Floor - Youth Youth Biographies – YS B Graphic Novels-

GN J, GN Teen Teen Fiction -Teen Youth Magazines –

Disney, Nick, Thrasher, J-14,

Teen Vogue, etc. Audio Books - E, JF, YS, and Teen Youth Non Fiction – YS ###.## Junior Fiction - JF Story Totes – ST Children’s CD’s -

Childrens (on first line) Children’s DVD’s –

Childrens sticker Parent Magazines –

Mother, Parenting, etc Easy Fiction - E Easy Readers - E with ABC sticker Board Books - BB Program Books - Program

Biographies - Youth

Biographies written for young people have a “YS” (youth services) on the spine label, and are shelved next to Adult Biographies.

Graphic Novels = GN J and Teen Junior = GN J and is shelved at the

beginning of the shelf.

Teen = GN Teen is shelved after the

GN J’s.

Easy Fiction vs. Easy Readers Both Easy Fiction and Easy

Readers have “E” on the spine label, but are shelved in different locations.

Easy Fiction are usually bigger picture books.

Easy Readers are usually smaller, are for beginning readers,

and have an ABC sticker ABC sticker on the spine.

Program Books

Have “PROGRAM” written on the spine label, and are used for programs, so are not available for checkout. Hand them to the Librarian at the Reference desk.

Guidelines for Shelving

Concentrate on Accuracy Be courteous, pleasant,

and businesslike at all times.

Adhere to dress guidelines.No Jeans, Shirt with Collar

Refer all customers to appropriate library staff when you are asked anything other than directions to an area.


Be especially careful at the ends and beginnings of shelves so that the correct sequence of materials are not interrupted or confused.

Park your cart across the end of the book stack, leaving the aisle clear for customers.

Check the books on either side of each one that you shelve in case there is an error in the sequence.

Re-shelve any books that you find slightly out of order.


Straighten up the books on the shelf as you go, and pull the books forward to the shelf edge.

Push bookends into place.


Shift books to the next, or the previous, shelf if they are overcrowded.

Pick up and take books to the “in house count” area of the reference desk if they have been left lying on the floor, or piled up at the ends of the shelves.


Large books need to be shelved spine down to avoid pages coming loose from the binding.

NO


Always, shelve books facing down to facilitate shelf reading.

Watch for children and customers while pushing

book cart.


Next time you come in you’ll be ready to shelve on your own.

Remember to sign in and wear your name badge. When done, sign out and return the badge.

Thank You

Thank you very much for helping our staff and customers get to the items they want by shelving “the right way”.

Tell your trainer you are done with the slideshow so you can take a brief test on the material covered, and then get a tour of the library.

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