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YCAL classification is alphabetical by author and, under each author, chronological by date of first edition. When using the online Cutter Tool, convert Mc and M' to Mac for all classification schemes, so that the authors or titles continue to be arranged the same as with the print Cutter table.are indicated by the addition of a plus sign (+) before the book number (usually the last line) of the call number. Quarto call numbers shelving at 121 Wall St.and broadsides use the year/number scheme with the location beinycal.

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See Appendix and the >Historical manual for details of past practice. Generally, do not reclassify unless necessary for collocation.

Past practice encompasses a variety of approaches many books in the collection are not classified according to the instructions given here.

Verso of the first usable page from the end.Ĭollected works, translations, & works about an author | too dark or shiny or filled with text or illustrations), mark the Hand corner is the alternate location when the lower right hand corner is unusable.

Mark on verso of last page, lower right hand corner, when 1 or 2 don't apply.

Mark on back cover, lower right hand corner, when there is no Yale bookplate unless cover is too dark.

Mark on Yale bookplate when there is one, generally in the upper left corner.

The following guidelines are used when marking volumes in YCAL: Use octavo call numbers for all items shelving at LSF. The maximum size restrictions for material shelving at LSF can be found on the Guide for Materials Going to 121 document.

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are: Octavo: up to 25 cm high up to 23 cm wide Quarto: between 25 and 37 cm high between 23 and 32 cm wide Folio (Class in Year/number folio sequence with location code bein,ycal): over 37 cm high over 32 cm wide Broadsides (Class in Year/number broadsides sequence with location code beinycal) See Broadsides: Marking Call Numbers on Items & Folders

The size boundaries for YCAL materials shelving at 121 Wall St. The YCAL collections are housed in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and the general cataloging policies for monographs are followed. For more information consult the Guide to the Collections. Some Canadian literature is represented in the collection. There is a separate collection relating to Black literature, the James Weldon Johnson Collection of Negro Arts & Letters, and there are also several name collections. Aldis in 1911 and contains books, manuscripts and ephemera relating to American literature. The Yale Collection of American Literature (YCAL) was founded by Owen F.