1. Learning about Call numbers

2. What is Call number?

3. What is a call number?
A call number is location tool used to identify individual books, periodicals, or audio visual media within a your library.

4. Call numbers can be between one line and five lines.
Each Line of a call number identified specific information about the book.
This information includes:
Book Type
Location
Author’s name
Year of Publishing
Number of copies

5. Book Type How does a call number tell you what type of book you have?
Call numbers define if a book is fiction, non fiction, Reference, biography, or children material, oversize, or even large print.
Call numbers can even tell you if the author of a book is anonymous

6. Fiction books are alphabetical by the first three letters of the authors last name.
Non-Fiction books have a combination of number and letters in the call number.
Biographies will either be classified by the full last name of the bio subject, or 92.

7. Location
The primary purpose of a call number : is to tell you the location of the book on the shelf. Think of Call numbers and the books address.

8. Non-Fiction Books
Book Title: The book of enlightened masters : western teachers in eastern traditions Author: Andrew Rawlinson Call Number: BL1032.R
The first two lines describe the subject of the book BL1032 = Asia--Religion, spiritual biography
The third line represents the author's last name R = Rawlinson
The last line represents the date of publication

9. The Structure of a Call number
Line 1 : Location
 Line 2: Author or Non-Fic number
Line 3: Author or Copy right year
Line 4: copy number or copy right year

10. Can different books have the same call number?
Yes they Can!
Fiction books by the same author will have the same call number. Non- Fiction books within the same subject area will as well.

11. Where are they located?