Numerus currens

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Numerus Currens (Latin for "consecutive number") or mechanical arrangement refers to a method of storage especially in library magazines and archives , in which the media are numbered and arranged consecutively in the order in which they are received. As a rule, the format is separated.

variants

There are different variants and mixed forms with installation systems.

  • Numerus currens in specialist groups: It is set up systematically and within the system departments upon receipt.
  • Numerus currens according to years: A new constellation group is started for each year of acquisition or publication.

Web link

  • Numerus Currens on the pages of the University Library of the Humboldt University of Berlin. Retrieved May 2, 2013.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernd Lorenz: Systematic listing in the past and present (= contributions to books and libraries. 45). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2003, ISBN 3-447-04616-3 , p. 88.