Shelving

A call number reads top to bottom.

813.54subject F553author gtitle

Both numbers are decimals.

Compare digit by digit — never as whole numbers.

813.5 → 813.54 → 813.6 F5 → F553 → F6

Same subject? Sort by author code.
Same author code? Sort by title letter.

If it will not seat, it does not belong there. Nothing is counted.

Click anywhere to close

Class

F — close

Overdue

Circulation · Night shift

Shift

9:00 PM

— begins

W A S D

Walk. There is no running.

MOUSE

Look around.

ARROWS

Also look around. Use these if mouse look is unavailable — some embedded views block it.

C

Crouch, and stand again. Stays down until you press it again — the bottom board takes a while. Look up for the top one.

E

Interact. Whatever you are looking at — take a book, shelve it, load the cart, press a button, read a card. If you are looking at nothing, E takes the next book off the cart.

RIGHT MOUSE

Hold to lean in and read a shelf.

F

Look closely at the book in your hand. F again to close.

R

Leave the cart where it stands, or pick it up again when you are next to it. Useful for walking a row with one book in hand.

WHEEL

Pick out a book on the cart. Hold one and click a gap on the cart to slot it in — sorting the cart is done by hand, or not at all.

Z

The shelving guide — how a call number is read. Z again to close.

M

This menu. Esc does the same.

Forgiving shelving — ignore the author code, match the subject only Match my clock — the library keeps your real local time Volume

The cart holds twenty. Nothing is scored, nothing is timed, and the returns never run out. Take the long way if you like.