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Of all your library responsibilities, shelving library books is the most important, and therefore
counts the most heavily in your grade. It is essential that you make a sincere effort to shelve
the books in the correct order. If a book is shelved
incorrectly (whether by you or someone else) it is a lost
book. It is your job to:

àÊ îhelve the books belonging to your section accurately

àÊ ÿind books that have been shelved incorrectly in your
section
àÊ eep the shelves clean and orderly

Below is an example of the form that will be used to evaluate

your shelving. Each grading period (every 5 weeks) your fiction and nonfiction sections will
be evaluated. When they are evaluated, and which parts, is random and unannounced, so
be ready at any time. Checking the order of the books on your shelves will take some time
(if done properly). Manage your time, so that you have checked your entire sections at least
once a week.
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  àÊ che shelves should be free of dust and trash.
Dust your shelves regularly.
àÊ Books should be able to be easily removed
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so the spine is facing up. Never cram a book on the

shelf.
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of the shelf, or shelves above, from the beginning
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àÊ Books are arranged in alphabetical order by the authorƞs last name. Do not only go by
the call number, as matching call numbers might have different authors (as in &!ck
and &!we in the example).
Example: îteinbeck îtock îtowe îtrauss
àÊ îtory Collection books ƛ 6 - are arranged in alphabetical order by the authorƞs last
name except where there is more than one author. It is then shelved by the title. Do
not alphabetize with article A, An or The. Use the second word in these cases.
Example: The Witches Brew is arranged using '(&

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àÊ ’rrange books by their Dewey Decimal îystem Classification Number (see

Understanding Dewey handout).
Example: 973 973.01 973.019 973.03 973.1 973.42
àÊ If there is more than one book with the same number, arrange them in alphabetical
order by the authorƞs last name.
Example: 973 973 973 973
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àÊ Individual Biographies are located in the 921 section. chey are arranged in
alphabetical order by whom they are about. ’ll books about the same person must be
shelved together.
Example: 921 921 921 921
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(Jackson) (Johnson) (Jones) (Justin)


   

àÊ art of your daily routine, or Mantra, should be to check the shelf containing books to
be shelved and shelve them. If we notice that books have not been shelved from your
sections, you will be have points taken away.

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