67!

67 is everywhere these days, and the library is no exception! Read on for a smattering of collection highlights with call numbers that include 67. See if your recognize any emerging patterns! 

For an explanation of why the kids today are obsessed with this prime number, visit Know Your Meme.

267 - Titles on religion can be found in the 200s; 260 is Christianity specifically, and 267 is for Christian associations for religious work, such as Nothing is Impossible: Stories from the Life of a Catholic Worker by Worcester author Scott Schaeffer-Duffy.

367 - The 300s are for social sciences; 360 is for associations, and 367 is for social service clubs. You'll find the 1949 By Laws for the Monday Evening Club -- a men's literary social club -- in the Worcester Room, under 367.

467 - The 400s are designated for language resources; 460 is Spanish & Portuguese languages, and 467 is for Spanish language variations, such as Get Started in Latin American Spanish.

567 - Science books can be found in the 500s; 560 is paleontology, with 567 earmarked for fossil cold-blooded vertebrates-- dinosaurs! Check out Dinosaurs: The Grand Tour: Everything Worth Knowing About Dinosaurs from Aardonyx to Zuniceratops by Keiron Pim, a catalog of 300 known dinosaurs.

667 - The 600s contain books on Technology and Applied sciences--660s is for chemical engineering, and 667 is cleaning, and color-related technologies, like this book on the history of a blue for dye: Indigo: In Search of the Color that Seduced the World by Catherine E. McKinley.

767 - Art books are housed in the 700s, with 760s designated for graphic arts, printmaking; 767 is Etchings, and Etching Techniques will teach you how to make printed by scratching a design onto a coated metal plate, then dipping it in acid wash before making a print by filled the scratched design with ink and stamping it onto paper.

967 - The 900s section covers history and geography, and 960 is general history of Africa, while 967 is specific to Central Africa & offshore islands. Isak Dinesan's memoir Out of Africa, about life on a plantation in Kenya, was voted one of 100 best nonfiction books of all time by Modern Library, and remains a classic.

What's YOUR favorite library 67?

Fascinated by library organization? Northeast Iowa Community College has an excellent introduction to the Dewey Decimal system of classification and a breakdown of Dewey by subject category.