Student Worker Help Guide: Shelving Books

Why do we shelve the slightly oversized books with their spines down? 

• "store volumes with the spine down (storing a book with the spine up may cause the text to pull out of the binding due to its weight)." http://www.nedcc.org/free-resources/preservation-leaflets/4.-storage-and-handling/4.1-storage-methods-and-handling-practices (accessed 15 April 2014)

This is a game that teaches you more about putting books in order. You can play around with it until you get confident enough to shelve books on your own.