Determine if 'picture' or 'chapter' book

These are terms that the children's literature community uses to distinguish between books where the predominant focus is on the illustrations vs. books where the predominant content is text. So a "chapter book" may not actually have chapters, per se--it is just a book that has too much textual content to be considered a picture book.

• Picture books usually have these indicators:

  • 32-60 pages
  • Larger size
  • Extensive illustrations
  • usually on every page
  • usually in color
  • Glossy pages
  • Text printed in larger font size
  • Picture books require a special call number and streamer (see below).

• Chapter books usually have these indicators: 

  • 40-50+ pages
  • Chapters or long blocks of text with paragraph indents
  • Smaller size
  • Illustrations less extensive
  • more often in black and white
  • Matte pages
  • Text very predominant, printed in smaller font size
  • Chapter books do not require any special steps.
• NOTE: Content, subject matter, & reading level aren’t good indicators!
  • Picture books can be for younger or older audiences--it just depends.
  • From Wikipedia: “Picture books are most often aimed at young children, and while some may have very basic language especially designed to help children develop their reading skills, most are written with vocabulary a child can understand but not necessarily read. For this reason, picture books tend to have two functions in the lives of children: they are first read to young children by adults, and then children read them themselves once they begin learning to read. Some picture books are published with content aimed at older children or even adults.”
• If questionable → send to Autumn. Jill will periodically examine any books that appear to fall in the gray area between these two categories and decide where she wants them placed.

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Add location code

Create custom call number

• Determine sublocation
• Consult chart below
• Insert custom call number in the 099 field
• C-tag the 099 and y-tag any other call numbers present in the record

Biographies

For any biography:

• Determine if the title is individual or collective
• For individual with common form of name, proceed as usual
• For collective or individual with form of name variations, see protocols below
• Contact Elizabeth Webster with any questions.

For Dewey numbers:

• Many copy records already include a Dewey number in the 082
• Otherwise, use the OCLC Classification service: http://classify.oclc.org/
• Numbers should not expand beyond 2 digits after the decimal (just delete any extra digits)
• Forward any issues to Autumn

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Add series note, GFT, & Sierra bib location

• Series note = 830 #0  MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection. $5 MiEM
• Potential GFT to apply include:
  • 655_7 Picture books. $2 lcgft
  • 655_7 Poetry. $2 lcgft
  • 655_7 Graphic novels. $2 lcgft
  • 655_7 Biographies. $2 lcgft

• After export:
  • add mnjuv as an additional location in the bib record in Sierra
  • although 5-letter codes are not usually used in bib records, one is used for this collection because it facilitates a scoped search in the public catalog; thus, the bib should contain both mn and mnjuv in its location field (per Dao, 2018)

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• 830 #0  MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection. |5 MiEM

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Review call number

• If item is a PICTURE BOOK:
  • ​copy existing call number to 090
  • put |f picture at beginning of call number, followed by |a [call number]

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PZ (Fiction) & Work Marks

• If item is clearly fiction for younger readers, make sure a PZ call number is present
  • typically the call number will in the PZ7 range
  • if no PZ call number available, send to Autumn
• If item is non-fiction, graphic novel, or fiction for older adolescent readers, other call numbers are ok to accept

Call numbers in the PZ5 - PZ10.5 range only should have what LC calls a "work mark." This is used instead of a title Cutter and contains the first two or three letters of the title. 

• If PZ5-10.5 call number has title Cutter → change to work mark
• If PZ75-10.5 call number has no title Cutter or work mark → add work mark

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Adds

• Adds for LoM and Law will be funneled into appropriate workflow (addcats)Law 
  • label as Copy 1
  • add 830 series note to bib record
  • if no call number present, send to Autumn
  • perform all steps above, but insert the 099 in the item rather than the bib
• Adds to MSU locationsLeave dust jackets on.
  • if same call number, label as Copy 2
  • if different (see below), label as Copy 1
  • add 830 series note to bib record
• If graphic novel add for Special collections, do not use local call numbers between PN6278.1 - PN6278.8. Instead:
  • use LC- or PCC-assigned call number (usually a PN) if available in SkyRiver or Remote OR
  • send to Autumn if no number outside PN6278.1 - PN6278.8 is available

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Send to labeling

• • perform all steps above, but insert the 099 in the item rather than the bib

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Processing

• Call number & label formatting:
  • Call numbers may still be written on the inside corner for hardcover books with dust jackets.

  • Call number formatting examples:

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    borderWidth 2 borderStyle solid title Call number formatting examples
    099__|fFC|aFaulkner =

• Insert purple streamer.
• If item is a PICTURE BOOK → mark streamer with "P"

• • FC Faulkner 099__|fNFC|a338.96 Illman =  NFC 338.96 Illman 099__|fBIO|aAndrews T =  BIO Andrews T

    
    

• Leave dust jackets on.
• Place on Children's Literature shelf in CatMan area.
• If item has supplemental material

• Handle , handle via normal workflows
  • accompanying CDs or DVDs go to DMC, etc.

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Note on subject headings

Biography protocols

Individual with variant forms of name

The following chart indicates how to address various forms of name for the 099 call number and label (aside from the Last name + first initial pattern established above). For any scenario with a controlled list, contact Elizabeth Webster to confirm the correct form of any name not included in that list.

Biographies about more than 1 person

Groups

Some biographies cover a group of people rather than an individual (e.g., Wonder Women of Science). In these cases, we add a prefix that collocates all collective biographies on the shelf and then file by main entry. This could either be author last name or first word of title.

• 099__$f BIO $a GROUP [author last name]
• 099__|fBIO|aGROUP Schatz
• Label example:
  BIO
  GROUP
  Schatz

Two people

Some biographies may deal with two associated people, like spouses or public figures who worked closely together. In these scenarios, Elizabeth will make case-by-case decisions about which person’s name to use in the call number and label.

• Example: A work about Martin Luther King, Jr., and Mahalia Jackson → BIO Jackson M

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