reshelve

Put books back

To reshelve is to return something to a shelf, especially books to their proper places in a library: Please don't reshelve books yourself—leave them on the cart.

The word implies putting things back where they belong after use or misplacement.

Library staff spend considerable time reshelving materials that patrons have browsed.

organize

arrange

Place methodically

classify · sequence · straighten · align · order · neaten · systematize · file · stack · place

library

books

Bound written works

  • stacksVertical arrangements of items
  • librarianCollection manager at reading hall
  • spinesStiff, pointed projections

aisles · cataloging · classification · Dewey · genres · fiction · nonfiction · periodicals · journals · archives

circulation

return

Go back again

due · overdue · renewal · lending · hold · interlibrary · cardholder · circulation desk · fines · barcode

retail

stockroom

Storage for merchandise

backstock · products · goods · display · endcap · facing · planogram · inventory · warehouse · bins

Categories
Opposites
library/retail action

reshelvecheck out

Settle up and leave

borrow · remove · unshelve · checkout · take

order vs. disorder

reshelvedisplace

Remove from proper position

misplace · scatter · disorganize · leave out · abandon

item disposition

reshelvediscard

Deliberately throw out

deaccession · weed · dispose · trash · recycle

Family

reshelving, reshelves, reshelved

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G