call number

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noun Library Science.

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.

Origin of call number

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80

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Related Words for call number

pressmark

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Historical Examples of call number

Charge slips are deposited temporarily in a drawer, and next morning are arranged by call-number and filed in the charging tray.
Papers and Proceedings of the Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of the American Library Association Held at Ottawa, Canada June 26-July 2, 1912
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Put on every card in the catalog the call-number of the book to which it refers.
A Library Primer
John Cotton Dana
On this book-card, at the top, write the call-number of the book in the pocket of which it is placed.
A Library Primer
John Cotton Dana
On this pocket, at the top, write the call-number of the book.
A Library Primer
John Cotton Dana
This call-number should be written with ink on the pocket and book slip, which is kept in the pocket, or on the book-plate.
A Library Primer
John Cotton Dana

British Dictionary definitions for call number

call number

noun

the number given to a book in a library, indicating its shelf locationAlso called: call mark

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