ORGANIZATION
Standard
library practices are followed in the processing
of materials for the Church Library. Cataloging
is somewhat abbreviated but follows the traditional
identification of author, title, subtitle, edition,
publisher, date of publication, series, and
subjects.The librarians combine the best of
Sears’ List of Subject Headings, used
mainly by school libraries, and the Library
of Congress Subject Headings, used mainly
by public and academic libraries, to index subjects
in a reasonable contemporary manner.
Collections of the Church library are identified
and shelved primarily by age groups:
|
Children
|
Pre-school through grade 2, call numbers preceded
by a "C" |
|
Juvenile
|
Grades 3-9, call numbers preceded by a "J" |
|
Adult
|
Grades 10-upward; some call numbers preceded by a
" Y" to indicate appeal
to young people |
Further divisions are for various types of
audio-visual media:
|
VT
|
Videocassettes |
|
FS
|
Filmstrips |
|
CT
|
Audiocassettes |
The Dewey Decimal System, abbreviated
edition, is used to organize the non-fiction
in all age categories. Following the decimal
number, the first three letters of the author’s
last name are added to facilitate easier location
on the shelves.An "F," followed
by the first three letters of the author’s last
name, identifies fiction. Biographies are identified
by a "B," followed by the first
three letters of the last name of the biographee.
Within the children’s and juvenile collections
an additional category is used for story collections,
identified as "SC."
The Dewey Decimal Classification
System outline:
|
000-000
|
Encyclopedias, reading
|
500 - 599
|
Science
|
|
100 - 199
|
Philosophy, psychology
|
600 - 699
|
Business
|
|
200 - 299
|
Religion
|
700 - 799
|
Art, crafts, sports
|
|
300 - 399
|
Social science, families, education
|
800 - 899
|
Literature
|
|
400 - 499
|
Languages
|
900 - 999
|
History, travel, geography
|
|
