Library
How our library is organized
The Lahaina Intermediate School Library houses a collection of over 11,000 printed resources available for student and staff use!
Resources are separated into several categories including graphic novels, manga, quick reads, sports, fiction novels, non fiction and Hawaiian.
Refer to our Library Layout to see how our library is organized.
Shelf Organization
Each book in our library has a call number on the spine which indicates the section it belongs to in the library and its shelf location. Most call numbers will have 2 or 3 lines.
Fiction
Section
Our fiction section is organized alphabetically according to author’s last name. Shelf order: Author’s Last name > First Name > Book Title. If the book is part of a series, the books are in series number order.
Call number:
1st line: FIC
2nd line: First 3 letters of the author’s last name
Quick
Reads
Books in this section are chapter books that range between 50 to around 150 pages.
Call numbers will all start with QUICK FIC on the first line then the first 3 letters of the author’s last name on the secondl ine.
Manga/
Graphic
Novels
Labels will be yellow and will read MANGA or GRAPHIC.
The first three letters of the author’s last name will follow. These books are organized alphabetically.
Nonfiction
Section
Nonfiction books are organized according to the Dewey Decimal System so will have a number on the first line of the call number. The second line will be the first three letters of the author’s last name. Non fiction books should be put into numerical order. Shelf order: Dewey Decimal Number > Last Name > Book Title
Call numbers:
1st line: Dewey Decimal Number
2nd line: First 3 letters of the author’s last name
Biography and Autobiography Call Numbers:
1st line: 920 for autobiographies, 921 for biographies
2nd line: First 3 letters of who the book is about
Hawaiian
Our Hawaiian section includes biographies, fiction and non-fiction books. The call number for all books in the Hawaiian section will start with H for Hawaiian.
Hawaiian Biography call numbers:
1st line: HB
2nd line: First three letters of who the book is about
Hawaiian Fiction call numbers:
1st line: H FIC
2nd line: First three letters of the author’s last name
Hawaiian Non-Fiction call numbers:
1st line: H followed by the Dewey Decimal number
2nd line: First three letters of the author’s last name
Sports
The sports section includes biographies and fiction books. Biography call numbers start with SPORTS B and the second line is the first three letters of who the biography is about. Example: the call number for a book about Lebron James would read:
SPORTS B
JAM
Sports fiction books are fiction stories that have some kind of sport involved in the story. The call numbers for these books will read SPORTS FIC and the second line is the first three letters of the author’s last name
Both sports biographies and fiction books are organized alphabetically..