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Everything in the library is shelved according to the call letters found on the spine of the book. All the books are shelved by category — fiction, non-fiction, reference, etc. The following is a more detailed list of each category. Fiction is shelved in alphabetical order using the author’s last name. In addition, if an author has more than one book, those books stay together. An example of a call letter for a fiction book would be FIC CAB — the FIC standing for fiction and the CAB is the first three letters of the authors’ last name. Non-fiction is shelved in numerical order and then alphabetically if there is more than one book with the same number on it. An example of a non-fiction book would be 023.506 ABB. Use the number to find its place and then the letters to shelve it alphabetically. Another example of non fiction is 92 FRA. Anything beginning in 92 belongs in the biography section marked 92 at the end of nonfiction. Graphic novels are shelved alphabetically using the call letters and belong in the short shelving system closest to the check-out desk. An example of graphic fiction would be GRA FIC MET. GRA FIC tells you it’s a graphic fiction book and the MET is where it should be located alphabetically. There is also graphic nonfiction and it also belongs in the same shelving system as the graphic novels. It is shelved numerically and then alphabetically. The last category of the graphic novels is the graphic story collection and an example is GRA SC MET. It is shelved in the same shelving system. All graphic fiction has an orange label over the call letters. Story collection is shelved alphabetically and an example would be FIC SC MAT. The first part (FIC SC) tells you it belongs in the story collection and the MAT tells you where it belongs alphabetically. Story collections belong in the short shelving system that is closer to the magazine/ couch area. On the other side of story collections is the Easy readers and an example would be E PAT. The E signifies an easy reader and the PAT tells you Where it belongs alphabetically. Reference books belong on the far side of the library. All reference has an REF in the call letter, followed by numbers, and they are filed numerically then alphabetically. Any books with PRO in the call letters are professional books and they belong in the Periodicals room. Shelve a book only if there is enough space for it. If there isn’t, let us know, and we’11 do a bit of moving. If you see a book in the Wrong place, remove it, and re-shelve it. If you find a damaged book, please pull it off the shelf, and we’ll repair it. Damaged books should be put in the workroom, at the end of the counter, closest to the supply catalogs.