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SML Youth Services Shelving TutorialTRANSCRIPT
Black Belt Shelver at
Sump Memorial
Library
Sump is not just a place of learning, it’s
a place to have FUN, RELAX, and FIND
THE JOY IN READING!
Have you ever gone to
the library and searched
for a book the catalog
says is there, but you
can’t find it no matter
how hard you search???
The number one
reason proper
shelving is so
important...
If shelves start to look
like this...
A book could be lost for weeks,
months, even YEARS.
And we want you to be
the best shelvers
you can be!
This tutorial is to help guide you
through the basics of shelving in
Youth Services.
Don’t worry! We don’t expect you
to know everything. Cathy and
Mary, your shelving sensei, will
still be around if you need help
Karate chopping through any
blocks.
When you’re done with this
tutorial, you will be able to:
1. Describe the basic layout of the youth
services shelving setup
2. Identify the various spine labels used on
materials and their corresponding locations in the
library
3. Properly organize and alphabetize individual
materials within their labeled sections
Part One:
Learning the
Sections of Youth Services
Breaking it Down
There are
Seven main
sections of
Youth
Services
Within those
sections there
are special
collections:
Media Bags,
Graphic Novels,
Golden Sowers,
Eyewitness,
Star Wars,
LEGOs, and
Series
(These are
subject to
change)
Fill ‘Em In
Label the
sections on the
map: YA Non-Fiction
Special
Collections
YA Fiction
Bin Books
Easy Readers
Juvenile Picture
Books
Juvenile Fiction
Series
Juvenile
Non-Fiction
Part Two:
Spine Labels
J
811
SID
*Juvenile Non-fiction example
Spine Labels (aka Call Numbers) are
located on the spine of the book
Part 1:
The Classification
Number or Letters
(Tell the section the
book goes in)
Part 2:
The first three
letters of the
author’s last name
Fiction Books have
letters as their
Call Numbers
Non- Fiction Books
have Dewey Decimal
Call Numbers
JP
STE
Ex Picture
Book: A Sick Day for Amos McGee
By Philip and
Erin Stead
J
629.454
FLO
Ex Juvenile
Non-fiction:
Moonshot : the flight of Apollo 11
By Brian Floca
Bin Books BIN
Junior Picture Books JP
Junior Fiction J
FIC
Junior Easy Reader JE
Young Adult YA
LEGO LEGO
Star Wars STAR
WARS
Series SERIES
Media Bags JMB
Golden Sowers Has a Golden Sticker
Graphic Novels GRA
Eyewitness EYE
WIT
Now you try! Match the section with the
correct spine label, drawing lines
between them.
Bin Books JMB
Juvenile Picture
Books
YA
Juvenile Fiction Golden Sticker
Juvenile Easy Reader JP
Young Adult GRA
Media Bags BIN
Golden Sowers JE
Graphic Novels J
FIC
Part Three:
Time to Start Shelving
Fiction materials are
organized (within their
sections) alphabetically
by the author’s last
name
If multiple authors
have the same last
name, their first names
are the next to be al-
phabetized
Multiple books by the
same author are then
alphabetized by the
book title
Arthur Lost and Found Marc Brown
Arthur’s Perfect Christmas Marc Brown
Arthur’s Pet Business Marc Brown
Dora Loves Boots Alison Inches
999 TADPOLES Ken Kimura
Piggy Pie Po Audrey and Don Wood
Silly Sally Audrey Wood
Nothing To Do Don Wood
When in doubt, always remember NOTHING comes
before SOMETHING!
George Foreman Let George Do It!
Phyllis Root Ten Sleepy Sheep
Norman Bridwell Clifford’s Thanksgiving Visit
Michael Foreman Fortunately, Unfortunately
Alice Schertle 1, 2, I Love You
Norman Bridwell Clifford, We Love You
Alice Schertle When the Moon is High
Put these books in the order you would shelve them
Norman Bridwell Clifford, We Love You
Norman Bridwell Clifford’s Thanksgiving Visit
George Foreman Let George Do It!
Michael Foreman Fortunately, Unfortunately
Phyllis Root Ten Sleepy Sheep
Alice Schertle 1, 2, I Love You
Alice Schertle When the Moon is High
You’re almost
there! Your
non-fiction
brown belt is
coming up!
Non-fiction books are
shelved numerically using
the Dewey Decimal
Classification System.
It has numbers ranging
from 000-900s, and each
number range corresponds
to a different subject.
First, put together all
books with the same
whole number.
Then within those whole
numbers arrange books
from smallest to largest
based on their decimal
places.
You’re not done yet...
Many times, several books will have the
same Dewey Decimal number.
When that happens, the books are then
shelved using the same rules as fiction
books: first alphabetically by author’s
last name, then first name, then title.
J 027 Kathi Appelt Down Cut Shin Creek...
J 576.8 Hei Deborah Heiligman Charles and Emma...
J 576.8 Slo Christopher Sloan The Human Story...
J 577 All Michael Allaby Biomes of the World: Mountains
J 577 All Michael Allaby Biomes of the World: Temperate
Forests
J 598 Ler Carol Lerner On the Wing...
J 598.47
Hol
Kevin J. Holmes Penguins
Put these books in the order you would shelve them
J 811.43
Ste
James Stevenson Just Around the
Corner
J 793.8 Pre Fay Presto Magic for Kids
J 793.8 Lon Bob Longe Easy Hand Tricks
J 910.9 Phi Nathaniel Philbrick Revenge of the Whale
J 811.008
Nye
Naomi Shihab Nye Is This Forever, or
What?
Don’t get confused by all
those decimal places. Just
remember...
NOTHING BEFORE
SOMETHING!
J 793.8 Lon Bob Longe Easy Hand Tricks
J 793.8 Pre Fay Presto Magic for Kids
J 811.008
Nye
Naomi Shihab Nye Is This Forever, or
What?
J 811.43 Ste James Stevenson Just Around the Cor-
ner
J 910.9 Phi Nathaniel Philbrick Revenge of the
Whale
If you got
these
right...
you’re going
to be a
black belt
shelver in
no time!
If you found a Harry
Potter LEGOs book
sitting in the middle of
the library, where would
you shelve it?
How are shelving
fiction and non-fiction
different and how are
they similar?
Draw me a picture of a
spine label for a
Juvenile Graphic Novel
by Brian Vaughn
Now that you know the basics,
grab a cart and
GO FOR IT!
If you need any help, don’t hesitate to ask!
Just remember the two basic rules:
1. Nothing before Something
2. Accuracy not Speed