<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">The zero is a place holder. I only use them when I have additional numbers in the same category. <div><br></div><div>For example 972.1 972.45 and 972.670</div><div><br></div><div>This becomes misunderstood by many. 972.1 with the extra zeroes is 972.100 them 972.450 and 972.670. Sometimes the person shelving the books forgets about the place holder. It’s a personal organizational preference. Drives me crazy when they aren’t right. <br><br><div dir="ltr">Kathryn Green</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Oct 21, 2021, at 7:22 AM, Kathy Wickline via AISLE <aisle@list.railslibraries.info> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Dear All,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">I was taught that the zero at the end of a call number is just be ignored when shelving. For example, 972.1 and 972.10 are the same call number. Is that correct or should I shelf all the 972.1 items together and then the 972.10 items together?</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="'arial black', sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#660000">Kathy Wickline</font><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#660000">Unity Junior High Librarian</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#660000">Tolono, IL</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#660000"><a href="mailto:wicklinek@unity.k12.il.us" target="_blank">wicklinek@unity.k12.il.us</a></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#660000"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#660000">Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @ujhslibrary</font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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