Week 5 Lecture And Readings

Question 1

In terms of shelving arrangements, what is closed access?

Answer 1

An arrangement that does not allow users to collect materials directly from the shelves. Staff must be available to retrieve.

Question 2

In terms of shelving arrangements, what is open access?

Answer 2

Users can browse & retrieve materials from the shelves.

Question 3

How may parts of a collection be arranged by?

Answer 3

Format, alphabetical order, numerical order, classification number order, audience, lending conditions and by type of print.

Question 4

DDC divides all human knowledge into how many main classes?

Answer 4

10

Question 5

DDC is used primarily where?

Answer 5

In public and school libraries.

Question 6

Shelving tasks fall to what department/who?

Answer 6

It can fall to circulation staff, pages/shelvers, or public services staff

Question 7

What are the 4 main shelf reading activities?

Answer 7

Scan, straighten, remove, shift.

Question 8

What does shelf reading mean?

Answer 8

Making sure books/shelves are in good order and the task usually falls to circulation staff. The staff scan the collection, ensuring items are in the right place by following the classification number.

Question 9

What does classification mean?

Answer 9

Categorizing items into groups of “like” items.

Question 10

What are ways libraries classify material?

Answer 10

Main one is by subject. Others are fiction vs. Non fiction and format.

Question 11

In public libraries how are non fiction items classified?

Answer 11

Subject, sub-topic, author.