Shelving Anomalies:therefore often

Cataloguing anomalies!

Fiction Anomalies

Mac OR Mc: that is the question. Often “Mc” is treated as though spelt “Mac”. Names such as “Mace” and “Mack” are sorted with those names which commence with “Mc” and “Mac”.

McDonald, Cary MacDonald, CaryMacDonald, G MacDonald, G Mace, Henry (Mace) Mace, HenryMacey, Peter Macey, Peter McFarlane, Kathleen MacFarlane, KathleenMack, W. D. Mack, W. D. McKay, L. J. MacKay, L. J. MacKay, Martha MacKay, Martha

Name Treated as

Mac OR Mc: that is the question. Depending on the model chosen, both shelving lists below are correct.

MacDonald, G Mace, HenryMace, Henry Macey, PeterMacey, Peter Mack, L. J.McFarlane, Kathleen MacKay, MarthaMack, W. D. McDonald, CaryMcKay, L. J. McFarlane, KathleenMacKay, Martha McKay, L. J.

McDonald, Cary MacDonald, G

Hyphens: stuck with glue

Names which contain a hyphen are treated as one word, and are sorted accordingly.

Cassar-Daley, TroyKing-Smith, Dick

Miller-Heike, Kate

Hyphenated examples

Prefixes: not always stuck with glue

A prefix is not always included as part of the surname of an author. Beauvoir, Simone de De Burgh, Chris Le Carre, John Le Guin, Ursula O’Neill, Mary le duc

Prefix examples

Author Pseudonyms: alias or not Some authors write in different genres and styles, and when they do this they use a pseudonym.

Krentz, Jayne Ann Castle, Jayne (fantasy) James, Stephanie Krentz, Jayne Ann (modern day) Quick, Amanda (historical) Rendell, Ruth Rendell, Ruth Vine, Barbara Roberts, Nora Roberts, Nora (romance) Robb, J.D. (murder)

Author Writes as

Author Pseudonyms: alias or not

Some libraries choose to catalogue to the Pseudonym (as the author wanted); others choose to catalogue all works by one name, so customers can find everything by that author.

Shelving to the END of an authors surname and 1st name

Even though a call number has 3 or 4 letters, when shelving you should shelve to the end of an authors surname and then if required their 1st name.

Patterson, James Patterson, Michael Pattinson, James Smith, Ann Smith, Anne Smith-Jones, Anne

Full name shelving

Series: together or not Sometimes a series title is used to “market” books. For example: Star Trek, once again some libraries choose to catalogue under the author’s name and others under the series title. Where would you put it?

Star Trek Aftermath Bennett, Christopher L.Star Trek After the fall David, PeterStar Trek Demands of honor Ryan, KevinStar Trek Burning dreams Shatner, William

Series Title Author

Non-Fiction (Dewey) Anomalies

A 820s and NZ 820sMost libraries identify Australian (A) and New Zealand (NZ) literature. However, some inter-file the Dewey numbers and others shelve these “runs” of numbers separately (between 828 and 829). Examples are:

820/ HUTC 820/ HUTC A820.803995/ GROW 820.809282/ COLE 820.809282/COLE 821.008035/ FORW 821.008035/ FORW 823.8/ DICK A821.3/ MACD A820.803995/ GROW 823.8/ DICK A821.3/ MACD 829/ AAAA 829/ AAAA

Interfiled Not interfiled

ShakespeareShakespeare has his own special place in the Dewey system (DDC23, Vol. 3, p. 802-803). Different titles of his works have different Dewey numbers.

All’s well that ends well 822.33/ O1/ SHAK Anthony and Cleopatra 822.33/ S1/ SHAK Hamlet 822.33/ S7/ SHAK King Lear 822.33/ T3/ SHAK Macbeth 822.33/ T5/ SHAK Romeo and Juliet 822.33/ U3/ SHAK

Title Dewey Number

Different “runs”As you know from using the library, there are many different “runs” of Dewey numbers. The prefix depends on the type of collection or the target audience.

J Junior REF or R Reference CH Chinese JQ Junior AV Audio-Visual CHJ Chinese Junior Q Quarto DVD DVD CHAV Chinese AV Y Youth Video or V Video CHDJ Chinese DVD Junior YQ Youth quarto PTC Parent Teacher CHD Chinese DVD Coll’ F Folio TMW Tell me why CH Chinese Talking TB Book P Periodical TB Talking book ++++ many, many more

Prefix Collection Prefix Collection Prefix Collection

Want to practice Dewey (DDC) shelving Dewey practice online

http://monarchlibrary.wikispaces.com/OrderInTheLibrary

http://frank.mtsu.edu/~vvesper/dewey2.htm

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