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Library of Congress Classification: Introduction

This guide is about Library of Congress Classification System (LCC). LCC is what the Owen Hall Library & Learning Resource Center uses to shelve books. This will help you find where books are located.

Shelf-reading and Stack Maintenance

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Owen Hall Library & Learning Resource Center

(This tutorial was adapted from the Carnegie-Vincent Library’s “Library Student Worker Guide” at Lincoln Memorial University, and has been substantially edited for content)

 

Library of Congress Classification

The CVCC Owen Hall Library & Learning Resource Center uses the alphanumeric Library of Congress Classification System to organize its book collection. This system allows us to easily and efficiently keep track of large amounts of books. This tutorial will teach you how to use the LCC system to shelve books, shelf-read, and to perform general stack maintenance.