Call numbers
Call numbers are unique designations, used to identify and locate physical materials in the library collection. It is synonymous with the term shelfmark.
 This article contains text copied from legacy files and may or may not reflect current information.
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Size designations
General shelving on Decks B and C accommodate the following three sizes: quarto (the default size), folio, and flat (or broadside). Sizes are indicated either in a prefix to the call number (for folio or flat) or a suffix to the call number (for accession books). These size designations have nothing necessarily to do with the bibliogrphical formats of folio and quarto.
- Quarto: up to and including 30 cm.
- Folio: 30.1 cm. - 50 cm.; oblong with width 23.1 cm. and up
- Flat: 50.1 cm. & up; any item whose housing cannot safely hold its weight upright on the shelf.
Preferred font
When making flags and box labels, prefer Palatino Linotype.
Art Vault
Uncataloged accessions
ART 252173 (realia) (no designation of whether it's Craven or not: that comes from the catalog record)
ART 241532 (size S) (for prints and drawings in the first room)
ART 246171 (framed) (for framed works; indication of where they're hanging will usually be in Hamnet, but not as part of the call number)
ART 123456 (poster) (for posters, stored rolled on Deck C, opposite the elevator)
ART 242177s (for prints in the Craven collection, in the second room, where the s, m, l, or xl at the end of the number indicates what size paper folder it's in)
ART 242306 (Craven size L) (for re-housed prints in the Craven collection, in the second room)
The distinction between ART xxxxxx and xxxxxx ART no longer applies (it used to indicate degree of cataloging, but that has been replaced by a code in the MARC record). Acc. number call numbers are being converted to ART xxxxxx plus a size designation as they come up.
Cataloged accessions
ART 241- 532 (size S) (for cataloged prints and drawings in the first room)
Other call numbers, alphabetically
ART Box C439.5 no.3 (size L)
ART Box D653.5 no.1 part 6 (size S)
ART Box J48 no.17 (restricted)
- (fragile item, not to be given out; digital image available. Shelved in lower right drawers of map cases on Deck C, opposite elevator)
ART Flat a26 no.3 (ART Flat will only ever be a, b, c, or d)
ART File G241 no.2 (size XS)
ART File B621 no.2 PHOTO (size S)
ART File L847t1 C1 no.3 (size S)
ART File S528m5 no.3 copy 1 (size M)
ART File S899h2 no.27 part 10 PHOTO (size XS)
- For full list of ART File Cutters for Shakespeare's works, see Art File Shakespeare Cutters
ART Inv. 1004 (a pseudo-accession number; could be any format)
ART Vol. b45 no.24 (ART Vol. will only ever be a, b, c, d, e, or f; always lower-case)
ART Vol. c91 no.6a (always a lower-case letter in the suffix)
Coin Env. 101
Figurine no.12
FPs5 (FP indicates a framed, or formerly framed, painting -- or what was formerly thought to be a painting. Sighhhhh. The letter following FP will only ever be a, b, m, or s)
Wood no.7
Ex.Ills.
PN2598.G3 F5 Ex.ill. copy 4 v.8 no.5
(but Ex.ill. call numbers are being replaced as the items get cataloged and moved to their appropriate homes in the cage, art or manuscript collections)
Books
Uncataloged accessions
The following goes in the 852$h:
- six-digit accession number
- preceded by "Sh.Col." or "Sh.Misc." and a space for Shakespeare editions and Shakespeareana, respectively
- followed by a space and "(folio)" or "(flat)" if oversized
Call numbers derived from accession number
[Unindexed prefix][Space][First three digits][hyphen][space][last three digits, including decimal number in a sammelband][size indication (q, f, or b)]
159- 261f 852 8_ ǂb DeckC-Rare ǂh 159- 261f
259- 482.2q 852 8_ ǂb DeckC-Rare ǂh 259- 482.2q
Sh.Col. 266- 326q 852 8_ ǂb DeckC-Rare ǂh Sh.Col. 266- 326q
Sh.Misc. 266- 335q 852 8_ ǂb DeckC-Rare ǂh Sh.Misc. 266- 335q
STC shelfmarks
[Unindexed prefix][Space]["STC" #][space]["copy" #]["item" #]
STC 22276 852 8_ ǂb DeckB-STC ǂh STC 22276
Folio STC 23048 852 8_ ǂb DeckB-STC ǂk Folio ǂh STC 23048
STC bound with another STC
STC 3418 Bd.w. STC 3416 copy 2 852 8_ ǂb DeckB-STC ǂk STC 3418 Bd.w. ǂh STC 3415 copy 2
STC 14751 copy 8 Bd.w. Folio STC 26145 copy 2 852 8_ ǂb DeckB-STC ǂk STC 14751 Bd.w. Folio ǂh STC 26145 copy 2
Wing bound with an STC
J319 copy 2 Bd.w. STC 21945 852 8_ ǂb DeckB-STC ǂk J319 copy 2 Bd.w. ǂh STC 21945
Non-STC or Wing item bound with an STC
Note: Wing-era items not in Wing (and therefore without a Wing number) fall into this category
STC 21945 item 16 852 8_ ǂb DeckB-STC ǂh STC 21945 item 16
Cataloged Wings
[Unindexed prefix][Space]["Wing" #][space]["copy" #]["item" #]
"Cataloged Wings" refers to classification based on Wing number, now frozen.
J613.2 852 8_ ǂb DeckC-Rare ǂh J613.2
Wing bound with another Cataloged Wing
H1049 copy 2 Bd.w. H1521 852 8_ ǂb DeckC-Rare ǂk H1049 copy 2 Bd.w. ǂh H1521
Non-STC or Wing item bound with a Cataloged Wing
Note: Wing-era items not in Wing (and therefore without a Wing number) fall into this category
M417 item 11 852 8_ ǂb DeckC-Rare ǂh M417 item 11
Library of Congress shelfmarks
[Unindexed prefix][Space][Classification number (including first cutter number if there are two)] [Space][Book number (including date, copy numbers, item numbers)]["v." #][location suffix]
Note: For incomplete multi-volume sets, add the volume number to the shelfmark. If the copy comprises only a fragment from one volume, include "fragment" in the shelfmark.
PR2752 1714a copy 4 v.8 Sh.Col. 852 8_ ǂb DeckC-Rare ǂh PR2752 ǂi 1714a copy 4 v.8 Sh.Col.
PR2752 1714a copy 6 v.5 fragment Sh.Col. 852 8_ ǂb DeckC-Rare ǂh PR2752 ǂi 1714a copy 6 v.5 fragment Sh.Col.
- Note: copy 6 contains only one play out of several in this multi-volume set.
One cutter number
DA452.S7 1962 852 0_ ǂb DeckB-Mod ǂh DA452 ǂi .S7 1962
DA 452 S7 1962
Two cutter numbers with location
PN2598.G3 M7 1801 Cage 852 0_ ǂb DeckC-Rare ǂh PN2598.G3 ǂi M7 1801 Cage PN 2598 G3 M7 1801 Cage
Unindexed size prefix with copy number and location
Folio QK41.G4 1975 copy 2 Art Cur. 852 0_ ǂb DeckA-Artǂk Folio ǂh QK41 ǂi.G4 1975 copy 2 Art Cur. Folio QK 41 G4 1975 copy 2 Art Cur.
Non-standard, LC-like Folger shelfmark
PR2823 1821a copy 2 Sh.Col. 852 0_ ǂb DeckC-Rare ǂh PR2823 ǂi 1821 copy 2 Sh.Col. PR 2823 1821a copy 2 Sh.Col.
Copy and volume number
PR2753.P47 1999 copy 2 v.3 852 0_ ǂb DeckB-Mod ǂh PR2753 ǂi .P47 1999 copy 2 v.3 PR 2753 P47 copy 2 v.3
PR1241.R6 v.10 item 3 Cage 852 0_ ǂb DeckC-Rare ǂh PR1241 ǂi .R6 v.10 item 3 Cage PR 1241 R6 v.10 Cage