Year/Number Call Numbers
(Approved for use January 10, 2000)

The books and serials in the Beinecke Library General Collection are assigned call numbers in numerical order as cataloged. Call numbers consist of  the location ("Beinecke Library"), the year of cataloging, and consecutive number; they are divided into three groups: octavo, quarto, and folio.

Size

For materials with year/number call numbers, the boundaries for each size are:

Octavo:

up to 25 cm. high (and gaylords slightly over 25 cm. high)

up to 23 cm. wide (and gaylords slightly over 24 cm. wide)

Quarto:

between 25 and 37 cm. high

over 23 and up to 31 cm. wide

Folios:

over 37 cm. high

over 31 cm. wide

1. Mark on Yale bookplate when there is one, generally in the upper left corner
2. Mark on back cover, lower right hand corner, when there is no Yale bookplate unless cover is too dark
3. Mark on last page, lower right hand corner, when 1 or 2 don't apply
   
   The lower left hand corner is the alternate location when the lower right hand corner is unusable.

Classification

The location code is the code for the collection that owns the material  (e.g. beinwa or beinycal, etc.).
For information on the form for inputting into Orbis see the call numbers document.

Broadsides for gen, ycal and ycgl are classed in the year/number collection.  Western Americana broadsides are classed in wa.  For more information on marking see the Broadsides document.
 

Serials and monographic series or multipart items which are open entries are assigned year/number call numbers preceded by S on the same line as an indication that shelf space is to be left for additions.
 

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Contact: Stephen Young
Last revised: 5/15/2002
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