The Dewey Decimal System number for cooking (generally speaking) is 641.5. And as you browse through the shelves in that section you’ll find more books that focus on various aspects of cooking. For example, the books labeled 641.55 cover “Money-saving and timesaving cooking” (OCLC, 2003) and the books labeled 641.52 to 641.54 deal with “Cooking with specific fuels, appliances, utensils;” (OCLC, 2003) all of which is very interesting if you like to cook! However, my favorite Dewey Decimal System number for cooking is 641.59 because the books that feature spine labels with that number fall under the category of international cooking. So if you’re looking for recipes and/or cook books that feature French, British, Polish, Italian, Brazilian, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish and South African cooking then 641.59 is your number!
And of course what this has to do with tech is very simply the fact that you can look up cook books (and all other library materials) and request them in the library catalog which is called StarCat. To request an item, either one that is checked out or one that is on a shelf at a library within the Southern Tier Library System, you simply click on the word “Hold” found on the item record and you’ll then be prompted to enter your library card number (the long number on the back of your library card without any spaces) and your PIN number (the last four digits of your telephone number) and that is it! The item will then be requested and you’ll either be sent an email notification when the library item has been pulled from the shelves and is available for you to pick up (if we have an email addresses on file for you) or you’ll receive a telephone call notifying you that the item you requested is ready to be picked up.
Here’s the link for StarCat which may also be accessed by going to the library’s home page – SSCLIBRARY.ORG – and clicking on the Library Catalog link at the top of the page.
http://enterprise.stls.org/client/default
Have a great day!
Linda R.
References
The Dewey Decimal Classification and Relative Index. (2003). OCLC Online Computer Library Center. Dublin, Ohio.
*Our library, the Southeast Steuben County Library, is a member of the Southern Tier Library System – also known as STLS for short. And patrons of all the member libraries in the system (which consists of all the public libraries in Steuben, Chemung, Yates, Schuler and Alleghany counties) can request items from all the libraries within the system. So if that book you want to read is only owned by The Wide Awake Library in Fillmore, NY, which is located in the north western corner of Alleghany County – you can request it and have it sent to our library where you can much more easily pick it up than you could if you had to drive to Fillmore to retrieve it!
Tech & Book Talk at SSCL 