[Publib] Fiction Shelving question

[Emily Horner]

For authors with more than 5 or 6 titles, it makes it much easier for  
requests if we can keep the titles in alphabetical order. For authors  
with 2-4 titles, we tend not to worry about that so much.
The exception is some of our picture books-- the picture book section  
tends to entropy so quickly that it's really hard to make sure the  
Berenstain Bears books are all alphabetized.
For adult series, generally we shelve by title instead of numerically  
(obvious exception: graphic novels). For children's series (Junie B  
Jones, Magic Treehouse), we go by number-- if there is an obvious  
number printed on the spine, at least.

When I was working at a larger library in the same sysem, where  
requests were pulled by volunteers rather than pages and library  
assistants, they made sure to keep the alphabetization meticulous so  
that the volunteers pulling requests would have less trouble finding  
the books.

Emily Horner
Southgate Branch Library
Wake County, NC

On Jun 1, 2007, at 6:34 PM, wildflowerlibrarian at comcast.net wrote:

> This question is for those of you who label your fiction titles  
> with the author's last name (maybe first initial, but no Cutter  
> numbers)
>
> In a library where you would have about 20 titles by your average  
> bestselling author and 2-5 titles by lesser known authors -
>
> Within the same author, do you shelve your titles in alphabetical  
> order?
>
> And how do you address series (I'm thinking those with an obvious  
> number printed on the spine)?
>
> Just doing a rough survey.
>
> Thanks!
>
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