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call number

noun

Library Science.
  1. a number, letter, symbol, or combination of these, indicating the specific location of a work in a library, especially the combination of the classification symbol and the designation for the author.


call number

noun

  1. the number given to a book in a library, indicating its shelf location Also calledcall mark
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of call number1

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80
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I called the number; don’t call numbers like this.

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Who read every book in the classroom library, and remembered the call numbers of favorite volumes in the school library.

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“Three-two-three-point-four-four is the call number for ‘freedom of action,’ also known as liberty.

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"Staff need not read the call numbers one by one on the shelf, and this reduces the routine and labour-intensive aspects," said Lee Yee Fuang, assistant director at the National Library Board.

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When I was growing up, my mother was both alphabetically and thematically fastidious about her books; the shelves for which she was responsible basically required call numbers and card catalogs.

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