I love the article Susan found on practical advice for new reference providers. Here is their mnenomic for remembering the Library of Congress Classification
A=Anything (general works, encyclopedias, almanacs)
B=Bible (religion, psychology, supernatural, philosophy)
C=Classical Stuff (auxiliary sciences of history such as classics, archaeology,
genealogy, heraldry, archival science, civilization, biography)
D=Datelines (history of Europe, Asia, Africa, Gypsies)
E=E Pluribus Unum (general U.S. history)
F=For every other kind of history (history of U.S. localities, Canada, and Latin America)
G=Geography (atlases, anthropology, fashion, costume, human culture, holidays, sports)
H=How Society Works (sociology, social statistics, social work,
criminal justice, women’s studies, social pathology, social classes)
J=Jurisdictions (political science and government)
K=Kourts (Law)
L=Learning (preschool-college education)
M=Music
N=Fine Arts (artists, painting, drawing, architecture, pottery, antiques, handicrafts)
P=Poetry and Stuff (language and literature)
Q=Quest for Knowledge (hard sciences)
R= Rx (medicine)
S=Seeds (agriculture)
T=Technology
U=Uniforms (army, air force)
V=Voyages (navy, marines, coast guard, shipping)
Z=Bibliographies and Librarianship
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- Books like sapphires : from The Library of Congress Judaica Collection / Ann Brener ; foreword by Martin J. Gross.
- Temples of knowledge : art & science / texts by Alberto Manguel, António Filipe Pimentel, Stefano Salis; photographs, Massimo Listri.
- Jewish languages and book culture / edited by Judith Olszowy-Schlanger & César Merchán-Hamann.
- The book-makers : a history of the book in eighteen lives / Adam Smyth.
- Ductus : an online course in paleography / course, Bernard J. Muir ; software and graphics, Nick Kennedy ; video and ms images, Graeme Smith.
