Volume Designators

This table gives the abbreviations and other terms used as designators in call numbers. The abbreviations in this list are not necessarily valid in field 362 or in series statements; see AACR2, Appendix B, for abbreviations used in parts of the bibliographic record other than the call number.

Note that for the sake of the automated marking subsystem, all volume designators should be treated as abbreviations (i.e., they are followed by a period) so that no space will come between the designator and any related number. This will ensure that the volume designator and number print on one line. The marking system can accommodate a maximum of nine spaces on a line. If it is necessary to drop a line in marking, leave a space after abbreviations or omit the period following whole words. If no number follows the designator, the period is omitted.

Examples: v.3, graph.1, dil.1, v. 10 and.index v.1-10

Do not use diacritics or special characters in the call number; the marking system will not print them.

 

Abh.	Abhandlung
Abs.	Abschnitt
abstr.	abstracts
Abt.	Abteilung, Abtheilung
addendum.	addendum
addit.	additamenta (Latin)
afd.	afdeling
afl.	aflevering
anejo.	anejo
anexo.	annexo
annex.	annex
appx.	appendix
ar.	arithmos (Greek)
arg.	argang
atlas.	atlas
aux.	auxiliary
avd.	avdeling

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Bdchn.	Bandchen
Bde.	Bande
Bd.	Band (German)
bd.	band (Swedish), b'and (Yiddish)
bk.	book
bklet.	booklet
Buch.	Buch

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canto.	canto
cart.	cartridge
cs.	cassette
c.	cast
chap.	chapter [1]
charts.	charts
ch.	chast', chastyna
cis.	cislo
class.	class
comment.	commentarium, commentaries
cong.	congress
cz.	czesc

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d.	disc
dala.	dala
dalis.	dalis
deel.	deel [2]
del.	del [2]
deo.	deo
dial.	dial
diel.	diel
dil.	dil
dzel.	dzel

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ed.	edition
Ergbd.	Erganzungsband
Erghft.	Erganzungsheft

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F.	Folge
fasc.	fascicle, fasciculus
Fasz.	Faszikel

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g.	godina
Gesamtausg.	Gesamtausgabe
graphs.	graphs
guide.	guide

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hft.	hafte (Swedish)
Halbbd.	Halbband
halvbd.	halvband (Swedish)
handbk.	handbook
Hft.	Heft
hov'	hoveret (Hebrew)

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illus.	illustration, -s [3]
index.	index
intro.	introduction [4]

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jaarg.	jaargang
Jahrg.	Jahrgang
Jahrhdt.	Jahrhundert

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Kap.	Kapitel
kn.	kniga, kniha
knj.	knjiga
koide.	koide
kommentar.	kommentar
kot.	kotet

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Lfg.	Lieferung
livr.	livraison
livre.	livre

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maj.	major
manual.	manual
maps.	maps
med.	medium
min.	minor
module.	module
ms'.	mispar (Yiddish)

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n.F.	neue Folge
n.s.	new series, nuova serie,nova serie, nueva serie [5]
nom.	nomer
nouv.	nouveau, nouvelle
no.	number, -s, numero (French), numero (Spanish)
nr.	numer
n.	numero (Italian)
n:o.	numero (Finnish)
Nr.	Nummer
nr.	nummer

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op.	opus
osa.	osa
osat.	osat (Finnish)
otd.	otdel, otdelenie

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pars.	pars
pt.,pts.	part, -s
pt.	parte
ptie.	partie
p.	pik
plates.	plates
portfolio [6]	portfolio
prelim.	preliminary

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qtr.

quarter

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reel.	reel
rept.	report
rev.	revised, revision
r.	rik
roc.	rocnik
rocz.	rocznik
r.	rok

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Samml.	Sammlung
sect.	section
sejums.	sejums
ser.	serie, series
ses.	sesit
sess.	session
study.	study
sub.	subject
suppl.	supplement
sv.	svazek, svazok, sveska, svezak
sz.	szam

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tables.	tables
T.	Teil, Theil
Tbd.	Teilband
theme.	theme
title.	title
Titel.	Titel (German)
t.	tom, tome, tomo, tomos, tomus
tl.	tayl, tiyl (Yiddish)

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Uabs.

Unterabschnitt

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v.	volume, -s
vol.	volumul
Vorber.	Vorbericht
vyp.	vypusk

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workbk.

workbook

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yaarg.

yaargang (Hebrew)

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zesz.	zeszyt
zosh.	zoshyt
zv.	zvazok, zvezek

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1. Use in call number only; in other parts of the record, use "ch."  
2. Use in call number only; in other parts of the record, use "d."  
3. Use in call number only; in other parts of the record, use "ill."  
4. Use in call number only; in other parts of the record, use "introd."  
5. Use in call number only; in fields 4XX/8XX, use "new ser." for "new series".  
6. Because "portfolio" contains 9 characters, it cannot be followed by a period.

OTHER DESIGNATORS  

Use the following abbreviations for ordinal numbers in English. For foreign ordinal numbers, use "1.", "2.", "3.", etc.

Ordinal Numbers
1st	21st
2nd	22nd
3rd	23rd
4th	24th
5th	etc.
6th
etc.

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Use the abbreviations given for the English names of months and seasons. For names of months in foreign languages, see AACR2, Appendix B15. Do not abbreviate names of seasons in foreign languages unless the term is longer than nine characters.

Months		Seasons
Jan.	January	win.	Winter
Feb.	February	spr.	Spring
Mar.	March	aut.	Autumn
Apr.	April	fall.	Fall
May.	May	sum.	Summer
June.	June
July.	July
Aug.	August
Sept.	September
Oct.	October
Nov.	November
Dec.	December