Urban Public Library Departmental Structures – 2010 (separate units shown within topic by a dividing line)
Library
Name
Fiction
Popular
Library/
New
Books
First Floor
New &
Featured
Audio
Visual
Nonfiction
General Collections Dept. (Nonfiction,
bestsellers, AV)
Austin
Fiction
Baltimore
Fiction
Boston
Brooklyn
Buffalo-Erie
Chicago
Language,
Literature
and
Fiction
Youth
Film &
Audio
Multimedia
Nonfiction
Reference
Services
Children’s
Teen
Reference
(Govt..
Docs.,
Newsp/Mag
s,, Fdn.
Ctr.)
Reference
Services
Childrens
Teen
Tech. and
Homework
Ctr./Young
Adult
Wired for
Youth
Youth
Serv.
Children’s
Young
Adult
Student
Express
Young
Adult
Room
Sights &
Sounds
Information
Services
Audiovisual
General
Reference/
ILL (Hum.
and Sci.)
Popular Library
Children’s
Young
Adult
Popular
materials
Popular
Library
Children’s
Rm.
Children’s
Library
Cincinnati
Popular
Library
Cleveland
Popular
Library
Art/
Music
Humanities
History
Social
Sciences
Jobs and
Career
Business
Science
& Tech
Special
Collections
Education
Carnegie
Library of
PGH
150,000 sf
3,000,000
items
AtlantaFulton
New Books
Reference
General
Information
Services
(incl. mags.
and
newsp.)
Information
&
Reference
Dept..
AudioVideo
General
Reference
Children’s
Learning
Ctr.
Homework
Central
TeenSpot
Youth
Services:
Children’s
Rm./Teen
Serv. Rm./
Resource
Ctr.
Music
Business
Located
Downtown
Local
History/
Archives
Govt.
Docs
PA
(and
Genealogy)
Learning
& Career
Ctr. - ESL
and lang.
Humanities
Music
Dept.
Fine
Arts
Dept..
Arts,
Music,
Media &
Sports
Visual &
Perform
-ing Arts
Social Science and
History
African American Dept..
History,
Biography,
Religion
Dept.
Job and
Career
Info Ctr.
Social
Sciences
Dept.
(Includes
Foundatio
n Ctr.
Humanities
and Social
Sciences
Foreign
Literature
Literature
History &
Geography
Social
Sciences
S&S
Business, Science &
Technology
Business Ctr. (sm.
Bus)
Special
Collections
Business
Dept.
(recently
moved
from
separate
location to
Main)
Special
Collections
Prints and
photographs
Dept..
Rare Books
and
Manuscripts
Dept.
Society,
Science
and
Technology
Business, Science &
Technology
Business, Science
and Technology
Maryland
Dept.
Regional
Info Ctr.
Govt.
Ref.
Govt.
Docs.
Brooklyn
Collection
Special
Collections
&
Preservation
Business,
Economics &
Labor
Science
& Tech
CPL
Archives
Special
Collections
Customer
Services
Comment
Reorganized in
2006
Circ/Cust.
Serv.
Magazines &
Newspapers
Literacy &
Adult Ed.
New Immig.
Circulation
Services
Periodicals
Dept..
Grants
Public
Computer
Ctr.
HL Menken Room
State Library
Resource Ctr.
Microtext
Newspapers
Book
Delivery and
Periodicals
Desk
Access
Services
(disabled)
Adult Readers and
Info Servicesvarious desk
locations
Plans to
reorganize and
consolidate
departments 2010
due to budget
issues
Microform
and
Computer
workstations
Multilingual
Ctr.
Map Ctr.
Borrowers
Services
Govt.
Pubs.
Genealogy &
Local
History
Fine
Arts
Microfilm
Genealogy and Atlanta
History, GA and SE.
Education
and Job
Information
Humanities & Social
Sciences
Literature & Social Science &
Language
History
Other
Foundation
Ctr.
World
Languages
Fine
Arts &
Music
Newspaper
Magazines.
Govt.
Docs.
Patent
Col.
Spec. Collections
- limited hours.
Magazines &
Newspapers
Tech Ctr.
Periodicals
Center
/Microform
Center (areas
Computer
Learning
Connection
Public
Admin. Lib
at City Hall
are part of
General
Reference)
Circulation
Services
Dept..
Reorganized in
2007
Studying
reorganization
2010
Library
Name
Columbus
Popular
Library/
New
Books
Arts Media & Fiction
Dallas
Downtown Branch
Denver
Fiction
Audio
Visual
Reference
Youth
Art/
Music
Humanities
History
Social
Sciences
Jobs and
Career
Business
Science
& Tech
Special
Collections
Education
Center for
Discovery
Children’s
Ctr.
Homework
Help Ctr.
Hoyt First Floor (includes Teens)
District of
Columbia
Nonfiction
Second
Floor Non
Fiction 000
-799
Third Floor
Circulating
Collection
800-900
Reference
Services
(Incl. Govt.
Docs)
Humanities
Div.
Arts & Humanities
(incl. Music)
Govt.
Docs
Newspaper
Magazines.
Business & Technology
Social
Sciences
Div.
Business, Science &
Technology Div.
e-BIC (enhanced
business for
entrepreneurs
Comment
Fine Books
Div.
Texas
/Dallas
History &
Archives
Div.
Western
History &
Genealogy
Govt.
Info.
( Patents &
Grants
Magazine
Ctr.
Special
Collections
Community
Technology
Ctr.
Circulation
Adaptive
Services
Div.
Foundation
Coll.
Indianapolis
-Marion Co.
Popular Collection
DVD Fiction, 1st Floor
Jacksonville
Fiction
Coll.
Newspapers and
Periodicals, Indexes,
Philosophy, Psychology,
Religion, Sociology,
Govt.ernment, Education,
Fiction and Mysteries and
Science Fiction (Cret
Building) 000-379 3rd
Floor
Non Fiction Periodicals
&
Reference
Popular
Library
(bestsellers
and AV)
Audio
Visual
Non Fiction
Future is
Now The
Learning
Curve
Children’s
2nd Floor
Music Coll.
Music, Entertainment,
Sports, Literature,
Feature Video
700-800 5th Floor
Children’s
Library
Teen Area
Languages,
International
Collections, Business,
Sciences,
Technology, Fine Arts
(except Music)
380-769 4th Floor
Business & Career Ctr.
Central
Reference
Children’s
Dept.
Fine
Arts
Dept.
Milwaukee
Children’s
Room
Young
Adult
Arts
Music &
Recreati
on Rm./
Media
Rm.
Art, Music, Literature
3rd Floor (incl.
Magazines &
Newspapers
Fiction, World Languages, AV
1st Floor
Biography
History &
Travel
900s 6th
Floor
African
American
Col
Miami-Dade
Minneapolis/
Hennepin
Customer
Services
Circulation
Houston
Kansas City
Other
Science Business &
News
Children’s
Library
Children’s
Div.
Teen
Space
Popular Library
Fine
Arts Div.
Genealogy
History &
Travel
History
and Social
Science
Div.
Local
History/
Archives
Children’s
Library 1st
2nd Teen
Central
Humanities
Social
& Young
Sciences
Adult
Foreign
Lang.
Humanities Room – Reference: (incl. hist. bio. genealogy geog, soc. law pol.
psych. rel. phil;
Archives and Spec. Col
History, Geography,
Philosophy, Religion,
Languages, New
American Ctr. 4th Floor
Business & Science
Indianapolis
Spec. Coll.
Rm. 6th Floor
Map
Patents
&
Trade
marks
Florida
Col
Genealogy Col
Missouri Valley Room Special Col, Local
History & Genealogy,
Archives
Florida Dept. Genealogy
Business &
Technology Rm.
Rare Books
Science, Business
Services (incl. Docs)
2nd Floor.
Special Collections
Minneapolis Collection
Govt.
Docs.
Periodicals
Col
Govt.
Docs.
Col
Periodicals/
Microforms
Center for
Adult
Learning
Electronic
Classroom
Check out
Foundation
Ctr.
Customer
Services
Foundation
Col
Urban
Affairs
CAL-remedial and
ESL
Grand reading
room on 4th Floor
with all special
coll.
Grand Reading
Rm.
7 librarian
information desks
Arranged by floor,
1 service desk per
floor.
Library
Name
Multnomah
(Portland)
Fiction
Popular
Audio
Library/
Visual
New
Books
Popular Library/Fiction
And Teen (incl. some AV0
Nonfiction
Reference
Youth
Children’s
Library
Library
Central
Reference
Central
Children’s
_____
Young
Adult
Philadelphia
Popular
Library
General
Info Dept.
Central
Children’s
Children’s
Literature
Research
Col
2nd Floor General
Reference
Children’s
Place 1st
Floor
4th - Teen
Central
Children’s
Rm.
Young
Adult Rm
Phoenix
First Floor - New Books/Best
Picks/AV/Intl” Languages
Queens
Humanities
History
Social
Sciences
Jobs &
Career
Business
Science
& Tech
Special
Collections
Education
Orange Co.
Orlando/
Art/
Music
5th Floor
Nonfiction
Current
Collection
Art and
Music
Library
(CDs)
Literature & History Dept..
Science & Business
Library
Law
Art
Dept.
Music
Dept.
Education,
Philosophy
& Religion
Dept..
Literature
Dept..
Theater Col
Social Science &
History Dept..
Literature &
Languages
(includes
fiction)
Govt.
Docs.
Florida
Collectio
n
Genealogy
Workplace
Business, Science &
Industry with Patent
Col.
Social Sciences – Social Sciences
Div. / History/Travel/Biog coll./
African-American Culture & Life/
Foundation Ctr. coll./
Job Info Ctr.
Business, Science &
Technology
Magazines/
Microfilm
Print &
Picture
Coll.
Rare Book
Room
4th Floor
Rare Book
Newspaper
Magazines.
Govt.
Docs.
Newspapers
& Microfilm
Ctr.
Central
Circulation
Lower Level Periodicals
Govt. Pubs.
St. Louis
San Antonio
Fiction
Media
Texana
& Genealogy
Govt.
Docs.
San Diego
San
Jose/and
San Jose
University
Shared
space and
collections
Media
Center
Browsing Collection –
New books / AV
6th, 7th, and
8th Floors Nonfiction
2nd Floor
Reference
Children’s
Room
Teen
Space
Art,
Music
&
Recrea
tion
Literature &
Languages
Section
Children’s
Room
Music
and
theater
Collecti
ons
3rd Floor
Languages
History &
World
Affairs
Section
Social
Science &
Business
Reference
Section
Science
&
Industry
(patents)
Computer
Resource
Ctr.
Adult
Literacy Col
Automobile
Ref Col
Regional
foundation
Center
Center
Sacramento
Room
Non
Fiction
Comment
Customer
Service
Archives
Children’s
Kid’s
Place &
Teen
Currently undergoing a major renovation – operating in alternate temporary location
Popular, New, AV
(self service on 1st
Floor)
Customer
Services
4th Floor
Arizona
Room
Fiction, Nonfiction &
Reference 2nd, 3rd, 4th
Floors
Sacramento
Other
Periodicals
Rm
Disney
Archives
2nd Floor – Business
Ref, Govt. Docs,
Magazines/Newspapers
College Depot
Fine
Arts,
Recrea
tion/Me
dia Ctr.
Special
Col
Local
History/
Archives
California Rm.
Genealogy Room
Newspaper Rm.
Rare Books
Computer
Lab
I Can Ctr.
(for
disabled)
Cultural
History
Ctr.
California
Room
Circulation
Information
Services –
supervises CS,
Ask Lbn.,
Community
Resource
Databases, Govt.
Docs___
Periodicals and
Reference mixed
with subject areas
Departments not
available on
website
Library
Name
Seattle
Fiction
Popular
Library/
New
Books
Living
Room
(mediaDVD &
audio
books,
family
fiction,
new)
Audio
Visual
Nonfiction
Reference
Youth
Art/
Music
Humanities
History
Social
Sciences
Jobs and
Career
Business
Science
& Tech
Special
Collections
Local
History/
Archives
Govt.
Docs
Spiral 7 –
Business
Collection
Genealogy –
Spiral 9
Level 6 spiral – Govt.
Docs. and periodicals
Small
Business
Center
Genealogy
Coll.
Local
History
Magazines &
Newspapers
Education
Spiral 7
– NF
media
Spiral 9
– Music
CDs
TampaHillsborough
Popular Reading &
Listening
ToledoLucas Co
Popular
Library
Tulsa
Reader’s
Library
Audio
Visual
Dept.
Media
Ctr.
Mixing Chamber with
nonfiction book spiral
Spiral 7 – 000-300
Spiral 8 - 301-799
Spiral 9 – 800-999
Level 10 Reading Rm.
Children’s
Center
Teen Ctr.
Reference Services
Children’s
Collection
Children’s
Library
Research
Ctr.
(includes
special
coll.)
Road to
Reading Children’s
Rm.
Spiral 8
Perform
ance
Arts
Room,
Regiona
l arts
Humanities
Dept..
Business Technology
Dept.
Newspaper
Magazines.
Other
Customer
Services
Comment
Learning
Ctr.
(literacy
and world
lang.)
Tech.
Training
Ctr.
Aviation
Room
Foundation
Center
Book
Return/
Check Out
Each level of the
spiral has a
reference desk
Local History/
Genealogy
Rare Book Rm.
Adult
Literacy
Borrowers
Services