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shelf mark

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noun Library Science.

a symbol indicating the location of a work on a shelf.

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shelf, shelf angle, shelf fungus, shelf ice, shelf life, shelf mark, shelf paper, shelf talker, shelf-stacker, shelfful, shelflist

Origin of shelf mark

First recorded in 1835–45

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for shelf mark

The shelf-mark can be placed at the top of the right-hand corner.
How to Catalogue a Library|Henry B. (Henry Benjamin) Wheatley
There are no marks of any kind in the book except the mark K11 (I suppose a shelf-mark ) on the inside of the cover.
Three Centuries of a City Library|George A. Stephen
This is undoubtedly the shelf-mark of the Norwich Public Library.
Three Centuries of a City Library|George A. Stephen