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At the BL we also give our closed access stock a running sequence of shelfmarks (e.g. for Humanities and Document supply) with Dewey numbers in the records for online browsing. However, we arrange our open access stock, by subject, for browsing at the shelf (e.g. Humanities Reference items, and science material. So, yes, if your customers aren't browsing the shelves, your idea would work. But whichever approach is taken, there needs to be a consistency of approach across formats, as Lynne rightly points out below, Gill British Library Digital Processing Boston Spa -----Original Message----- From: CIG E-Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lynne Dyer Sent: 26 September 2011 12:45 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [CIG-E-FORUM] Reclass projects - schemes Wendy, We used to use a running number sequence for our video recordings, but we decided to classify these quite a few years ago. One of the reasons for this was so that people looking for books classified at a particular number would therefore find it easier to locate all types on material on the topic they were interested in. Lynne Lynne Dyer Bibliographic Services Team Manager Content Management, Planning and Innovation Library and Learning Services DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY Leicester LE1 9BH T: +44 (0) 116 257 8033 E: [log in to unmask] W: dmu.ac.uk -----Original Message----- From: CIG E-Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Garner, Helen J (LIS) Sent: 26 September 2011 11:31 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [CIG-E-FORUM] Reclass projects - schemes I'd be interested to know if anyone out there has given their stock a running sequence of shelfmarks (e.g. a numerical sequence) for the actual books on the shelves. RNIB is considering this for our stock. We have the advantage that our customers don't come into the library to browse the shelves - all we require is a picking location. Our music collection in particular contains various Dewey editions and it would make life much easier if we only had to amend the catalogue for searching purposes and not the book and its location. Wendy Wendy Taylor Librarian, Bibliographic Services RNIB National Library Service Tel: 0161 355 2093 Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>