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What does a “q” following the classmark number mean?

April 26, 2017classmark mean

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What does a “q” following the classmark number mean?

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It stands for a “quarto” (oversize) book. Quartos are generally shelved at the end of their subject in the Edward Boyle Library (with the exception of stack quartos which have their own section in the stack), and in a separate quartos section in the West Building of the Brotherton Library.