Created April 2009Collection Arrangement and Organization

Policy: The Faust library will arrange the collection by Dewey Decimal numbers and organize the collection according to material type and then classification numbers.



Procedures:
Material Types:
The collection is divided into the following material types:
Books-Fiction
-Paperback
-Short Story
-Graphic Novels
-Non-Fiction
-Collection Biographies
-Biographies
-Reference
-General Encyclopedias
-Professional
-Local History

Periodicals-Magazines
-Professional Journals
-Daily Newspapers

AV-VHS
-DVD


Classification Scheme:
All of the non-fiction materials follow the Dewey Decimal classification system. Classify materials by the following:

Books			Example
Fiction	FIC	First three letters of the author’s last name.	FIC CAB
Paperback	PBK	First three letters of the author’s last name.	PBK CAB
Short Story	SC	First three letters of the author’s last name.	SC COL
Graphic Novel	GN		GN
Non-Fiction
Non-Fiction	DDC Number	First three letters of the author’s last name.	973.9 PFI
Non-Fiction Collection Biographies	920	First three letters of the author’s last name.	920 MIL
Non-Fiction -Biography	921	First three letters of the person’s last name who the biography is about.	921 KIN
Non-Fiction Reference	R and DDC Number	First three letters of the title of the book.	R 822.3 SHA
General Encyclopedia	R and 031	First three letters of the title of the book.	R 031 WOR
Professional Collection	PR and DDC Number	First three letters of the author’s last name.	PR 372.45 TRE
Local History	LH and DDC Number	First three letters of the author’s last name	LH 973.8 MAC
Periodicals:
Magazines		No Classification number; see collection arrangement below.
Professional Journals		No Classification number; see collection arrangement below.
Newspapers		No Classification number; see collection arrangement below.
AV
VHS	VT and DDC Number	Fictional VHS are arranged by first three letters of the title	VT 574.92
DVD	DVD and DDC Number	Fictional DVD are arranged by first three letters of the title	DVD ROM

Collection Arrangement

The Faust library collection should be arranged in the following manner:
Fiction:
The fiction books should be arranged alphabetically staring with the As and ending with the Zs.All of the fiction books should be housed together.
Paperback:The paperback collection should start on the next available top shelf after the fiction section and should start with the As and end with the Zs. Short Story Collection: The short stories should start on the next available top shelf after the paperbacks and should start with the As and end with the Zs.

Graphic Novels:
The Graphic Novels have the same call numbers, GN, but still have an arrangement scheme amongst the books. The Manga books are arranged alphabetically by title and all the series are kept together. The non-Manga books are arranged in file cases by series. All of the DC comics, marvel comics, etc. are kept together. Also, all of the historical comic books and educational comic books are also kept together. Finally, all the miscellaneous comics are together. Note: At this time there are no spine labels or shelf labels designating the various graphic novel areas, because this was a trial run to see how this arrangement would work. Previously, graphic novels were located at various spots in the library, but the collection has gotten so large that the graphic novels were becoming hard to find.

Non-Fiction:

-The non-fiction section is arranged first by the lowest DDC number 000 to the highest DDC number 999.999 and then within the DDC numbers the books are arranged alphabetically by the author’s last name. In addition, the collection biographies and biographies are also arranged within the non-fiction section where the 920s start.
Reference:
The reference section is arranged between the non-fiction section and the classroom area. The reference starts with the lowest DDC number and goes to the highest number. Then it is classified alphabetically by the title of the book.

General Encyclopedias:
The general encyclopedias are kept on the back wall in the classroom area. 031 and the first three letters of the title arrange them. These books are not classified with the rest of the reference primarily for teaching purposes. This helps the students have easier access to the general encyclopedias when they come into the library with their classes and also helps them to remember that they need to cite these differently then other types of books or multi-volume books.
Professional Development
The professional development section is located in the classroom area along back wall. It is arranged by lowest DDC number to highest DDC number and then is arranged alphabetically by author’s last name. It is kept in the back by the classroom area so that all the teachers and librarians have access to the collection, but so that it is kept away from the student’s books.
Local History:
The local history books are kept next to the professional development section. These books are non-circulating books. They are arranged by lowest DDC number to highest DDC number and then alphabetically.








Periodicals:
Magazines:
The current magazines are kept in the reading area of the library and arranged alphabetically by titles. Once the newer magazines come in the older magazines are kept in the office in file cases. The older magazines are arranged alphabetically by title. The older magazines are kept for one year and discarded/donated to classrooms at the beginning of every school year.
Professional Journals:
The professional journals are kept in the classroom section of the library next to the general encyclopedias and are arranged alphabetically by title.
Newspapers:
The daily newspaper is placed on a rod and displayed in the reading area of the library. Each school day the newspapers are replaced with the current edition. The old newspapers are kept on a shelf in one of the library storage rooms. The old newspapers are kept for approximately one month and are donated to classrooms/recycled.


AV:

VHS and DVDs: Are located in the office back storage area and are arranged by DDC call number starting from the lowest number to the highest. The DVDs are arranged with the DVDs. The VHS and DVDs are only available for checkout by teachers.

Created April 2009