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Library of Congress Classifications and Call Numbers: A Brief Explanation
SCRIBNER LIBRARY USES
THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS (LC) CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM
Listed below are the letters and titles of the twenty-one (21)
main classes of the Library of Congress (LC) Classification. Click
on any class to view an outline of its subclasses.
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco.html
~ Library of Congress 2004 |
You know the Number…Now What?
If the book you’re looking for is What Color Is Your Parachute?,
Call Number HF5382.7 .B64 and the “location”
listed in the LUCY2 catalog record says Stacks (2nd-4th floors), you can
pinpoint the exact location by looking at the Call Numbers listed on the
Collection Floor Chart. By referring to the Library of Congress Classification
System listing you’ll notice that HF5382.7 .B64 has
been cataloged under the category of Social Sciences.
Collection Floor Chart
Ground Floor
Bound periodicals (back issues), alphabetical order by title
Microform; readers/printers
First Floor
Browsing Collection/Galant Reading Room, (Circulating) Popular fiction/non-fiction;
Open Reserves
Newspapers
Current Periodicals, alphabetical order by title
Government Documents
Reference Collection (Non-Circulating) Call Numbers
A-Z
Second Floor
(Circulating) Call Numbers A-G
N (Art Books)
TR (Photography Books)
Art History Open Reserves; Study Photos
Visual Resources
Third Floor
(Circulating) Call Numbers H-M, P (with
the exception of N)
Curriculum Library
Special Collections/Archives & Rare Books
Fourth Floor
(Circulating) Call Numbers Q-Z (with the
exception of TR) |
Where and When Can I Use It? Now You Know….
- Circulating materials may be checked out and leave
the library.
- Non-circulating materials, such as the Reference
Collection, may be used only in the library. Materials placed on Closed
Reserve are located at the Circulation Desk and a valid Skidmore
ID is required to use the materials. Materials may be borrowed for pre-determined
periods of either three hours (in library use only),
one day, or three days; and students are generally limited to one item
at a time. Photocopies automatically circulate for three hours. There
are no renewals on reserve material.
- Materials placed on Open Reserve are available in
the Galant Reading Room and outside of the Art History offices on the
second floor. Open reserve permits students to work with multiple items
at one time and to browse materials for the course. Materials on open
reserve may not leave the library unless the instructor has so specified.
The time limit indicates if the item can go out of the building.
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