shelf mark
noun Library Science.
a symbol indicating the location of a work on a shelf.
Origin of shelf mark
First recorded in 1835–45
Words nearby shelf mark
shelf,
shelf angle,
shelf fungus,
shelf ice,
shelf life,
shelf mark,
shelf paper,
shelf talker,
shelf-stacker,
shelfful,
shelflist
Example sentences 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) WheatleyThere 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. StephenThis is undoubtedly the shelf-mark of the Norwich Public Library.
Three Centuries of a City Library |George A. Stephen