JUVENILE BOOKS

There are 3 classes of juvenile books in the collection : Easy (through 3^rd grade), Young Adult Fiction ( 4^th grade and above) and Nonfiction ( all levels).

Procedures for Juvenile Books:

1. Search the catalog to determine if the title is already held.

2. Check catalog for other titles by the same author if all the titles need to be shelved together.

3. Search for title in OCLC

a. make sure record is for the same edition

b. edit record as necessary.

c. Call number is in field 090

for Easy Books : use prefix YE1 + author’s last name, first 2

letters of first word in title, and year.

[may need a 3^rd letter of first title word or 1^st

letter of second word if library holds other

books by the author]

Ex. YE

1

Dana

Mo

2002

for Young Adult Fiction : prefix YF1 + author’s last name and

initial, first 2 letters of the first word in title, and

year.

Ex. YF

1

Hundley/P

Se

2002

for Juvenile Nonfiction is based on Dewey classification.

all nonfiction except biographies:

prefix Y + Dewey number, space, period, 1^st

letter of author’s last name (for collections use

1^st letter of title) + cutter number space

b 1^st letter of main word in title

Ex. Y

810

.K248

B

for biographies: If there are other holdings about the

person in the juvenile nonfiction section, use that

cutter number.

The cutter number is based on the subject’s last

name. The final part of the call number is the 1^st

letter of the author’s last name.

Ex. Doreen Rappaport’s Martin’s Big Words, a

books about Martin Luther King, Jr.

Y

323.092

.K585

R

d. Holdings code: (Easy) GWCE

(Young Adult) GWCJ

(Nonfic) GWCN

4. Create label, update, and export record to Voyager.

5. Voyager

a. set Options/preferences

location: for Easy Books juveasy

Young Adult juvfic

Nonfiction juvnf

import profile: add-condit. or OCLC-Replace

item type : book

b. create holdings and item records

6. Process book – ownership stamp, security strip, label application

Unique Procedures for Juvenile Books:

Easy Books - Trace illustrator in Field 700

Young Adult Fiction – Illustrators generally are not traced. If subject

headings are used, they should have subdivision denoting

juvenile fiction.

Juvenile Nonfiction – Library of Congress subject headings are used.