headings
Jenna: (on phone) "So my books go, fluffy pagan, fluffy pagan, and then, Joseph Campbell, fluffy pagan..."
me: "So what exactly is the call number for fluffy pagan? Is it... B something..."
Jenna: "BF."
me: "Right, right. Yeah, I wonder what my bookshelf would look like arranged that way. I mean I don't do it partly because I don't know the subject headings off the top of my head..."
Jenna: "Well I don't either."
me: "You looked it up."
Jenna: "Yes. That's what the Library of Congress Subject Headings site is for."
me: "Oh, you little nerd."
Jenna: (laugh)
me: "I do find it hilarious, though, that the call number for Christianity is BS."
Jenna: (laugh)
Yes, these are the kinds of things that crack librarians up.
me: "So what exactly is the call number for fluffy pagan? Is it... B something..."
Jenna: "BF."
me: "Right, right. Yeah, I wonder what my bookshelf would look like arranged that way. I mean I don't do it partly because I don't know the subject headings off the top of my head..."
Jenna: "Well I don't either."
me: "You looked it up."
Jenna: "Yes. That's what the Library of Congress Subject Headings site is for."
me: "Oh, you little nerd."
Jenna: (laugh)
me: "I do find it hilarious, though, that the call number for Christianity is BS."
Jenna: (laugh)
Yes, these are the kinds of things that crack librarians up.