Detailed Explanations of Call Number
abbreviations, With Examples
1. Special collections: can be recognized by an
additional capitalized abbreviation of the name of the
person, preceding the standard classification. Examples:
“SCHUM B 142 .M24 L32” is a title
from Fritz Schumacher’s personal library, with
the Library of Congress classification of “B
142 .M24 L32.”
“RVE HD 56 .J1232” is a title from
Robyn Van En’s collection, with the Library of
Congress classification “HD 56 .J1232”
Also Note:
“AUTH” following a special collection
prefix indicates the library’s former owner authored
a part or all of the text. This enables researchers
to find titles to which Schumacher contributed, but
did not author, by entering “specific topic search”
and typing “schum and auth.”
“FAM” following a special collection
prefix indicates a book removed from the collection
by a child or relative of the former owner after his
or her death.
2. Pamphlets: Small publications, excerpted articles,
and other non-book articles are separated from books and
placed in a pamphlet file. They can be recognized by call
numbers beginning with “p.” or “p-,”
followed by a number. Example:
“p- 1236” is the 1,236th pamphlet
catalogued from the general collection.
Pamphlets from a special collection can be recognized
by the customary pamphlet designation and numbering, followed
with the abreviation for the special collection.
3. Oversize books from any collection are designated
with “OVERSIZ” in the call number. Example:
“OVERSIZ HD 7293 .N67” is an oversize
title from the general collection with the Library
of Congress Call Number of “HD 7293 .N67.”
4. Books with unidentifiable Library of Congress call
numbers: Occasionally we come upon books in a collection
which cannot be found in the Library of Congress catalogue.
Many of these are older titles or books from over-seas
which may never have made their way into the Library of
Congress, and lack a Library of Congress Call Number.
In this case, books are given the prefix “EFSS”
(E. F. Schumacher Society call number), and then classified
into general subject groupings and numbered. Examples:
“EFSS Tech 4” is the fourth book
(catalogued in the general collection) about technology
that was not found to have a standard Library of Congress
call number.
“SCHUM EFSS Agri 12” is the twelfth
book about agriculture (catalogued in Fritz Schumacher’s
personal library) that was not designated a standard
Library of Congress call number.
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