Fig. 81.—Shelf-check Register ([Section 245]).
246. Dummies and Overflow Stock.
246. Dummies and Overflow Stock.—Sometimes the library becomes congested at certain places owing to limited space and rapid growth, and if discarding is not resorted to some of the less popular, or old, books must be removed to a supplementary store. There is scarcely a library which does not possess a second classification stored apart, where such crowded-out books are kept. On the shelf-register these books can either be indicated by some such means as a red-ink cross, or they can be removed from the original and entered on supplementary sheets. Dummies, such as those described in [Section 247], can also be used to show books located elsewhere, especially in open access libraries, or lists can be mounted on cards and kept beside each tier. The question of surplus stock is one which ought to be dealt with on the broad lines of the discarding policy discussed in [Section 199], but, of course, an actual division of stock caused by overcrowding must be treated as recommended above.
Large and odd-sized books should be shelved in special presses, and their place in the classification can be indicated by means of dummies, as described [below].
Fig. 82.—Shelf Dummy for Book Shelved
out of Order ([Section 247]).
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Milner, Henry E
Art and practice of landscape gardening 1880.
This book is too large for the ordinary shelves, and will be found in its order on the special shelves for QUARTOS AND FOLIOS.