Thursday

The numbers at the book


Have you ever wondered what the spine label at the books means?
When you are in a library, you can see every single book with a spine label on it.



This spine label includes the call number which is composed of several numbers and letters which contains the information about the book and its place at the bookshelf.


You can count up to four lines with different codes and color to specify and locate the book: 

  • In the first to line, the information regarding the classification at the library such as: subject, speciality... will be shown
  • The third line shows the author code
  • And the last one has to do with the title of the book.

Regarding the color, each library will use them freely to indicate the subject or the suitable range of age. Of course these labels are not only at the books but also at every library material to be loaned (audiovisual materials, computer files, maps...)


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