| Library Code | Location Code | Display text | Comments |
| HOU | GEN | GEN | |
| HOU | AS | AS | This is for any archival collection represented in ArchivesSpace that is shelved in "B" and/or "PF". This code tells staff that they need to look in ArchivesSpace to see the physical location of the object |
| HOU | B | b | Boxed items/small broadsides |
| HOU | BLUE | BLUE STAR (Part of the Woodberry Poetry Room) | |
| HOU | BLUEF | BLUE STAR f (Part of the Woodberry Poetry Room) | |
| HOU | BLUEP | BLUE STAR p (Part of the Woodberry Poetry Room) | Flat files |
| HOU | BLUEB | BLUE STAR b (Part of the Woodberry Poetry Room) | Shelved with other Blue Star material |
| HOU | BOUND | [Check holdings] | Use for non-parent titles in a bound-with, only the main title with the item record will have the actual location (GEN, HD) of the item. |
| HOU | F | f | Books more than 28 cm. |
| Do not use. Obsolete. | |||
| HOU | GENHRZ | GEN (horz) | Quartos shelved horizontal |
| HOU | WID | Harry Elkins Widener Collection | |
| HOU | WIDF | Harry Elkins Widener Collection f | Books more than 28 cm. |
| HOU | WIDPF | Harry Elkins Widener Collection pf | Books more than 46 cm. |
| HOU | HDBLU | Harvard Depository (Part of the Woodberry Poetry Room) | Blue Star material at HD |
| HOU | HD | Harvard Depository | |
| HOU | HOULC | HOU-LC | |
| HOU | HLCB | HOU-LC b | Boxed items/15 x 11 folder (small broadsides) |
| HOU | HLCF | HOU-LC f | Books more than 28 cm. |
| HOU | HLCPF | HOU-LC pf | Books more than 46 cm. |
| HOU | HLCP | HOU-LC p | Large broadsides |
| HOU | HLCPP | HOU-LC pp | Oversized broadsides |
| HOU | HYDE | Hyde Collection | |
| HOU | HYDB | Hyde Collection b | Boxed items/Small broadsides |
| HOU | HYDF | Hyde Collection f | Books more than 28 cm. |
| HOU | HYDP | Hyde Collection p | Large broadsides |
| HOU | HYDPP | Hyde Collection pp | Oversized broadsides |
| HOU | HYDPF | Hyde Collection pf | Books more than 46 cm. |
| HOU | M | m | Miniature books (less than 10 cm.) |
| HOU | MANU | Manuscript Department | MS-Ref books |
| HOU | P | p | Large Typ broadsides; Houghton-classed books more than 46 cm |
| HOU | PF | pf | Books more than 46 cm. |
| HOU | PFBR | pf (br) | Large accession broadsides (obsolete?) |
| HOU | PFHRZ | pf (horz) | Large horizontal books, kits, anything that needs to be laid flat on shelf (anything over the GENHRZ size will receive this designation). |
| Do not use. Obsolete. [Flat files] | |||
| HOU | PFD | PFD Case Range-half drawer | Use for Flat File cases on Houghton Basement and P1 Case Range under the new accession number scheme (18" x 24" (45 x 61 cm)) |
| HOU | PP | pp | Oversized broadsides |
| HOU | PPF | PPF Case Range-full drawer | Use for Flat File cases on Houghton Basement and P1 Case Range under the new accession number scheme (28" x 38" (71 x 96 cm)) |
| HOU | RR | Reading Room | |
| HOU | RRF | Reading Room f | Books more than 28 cm. (?) |
| HOU | ROOS | Roosevelt | |
| HOU | SOLID | SOLIDAR BIBL CTR | |
| HOU | TRCLC | TRC-LC | Roosevelt books, LC class |
| HOU | TRLCF | TRC-LC f | Roosevelt books, LC class, more than 28 cm. |
| HOU | TRCB | TRC b | Roosevelt boxed collections |
| HOU | TRCF | TRC f | Roosevelt, more than 28 cm (Roosevelt class) |
| HOU | TRCPF | TRC pf | Roosevelt, more than 46 cm (Roosevelt class) |
| HOU | TRC | TRC | Roosevelt |
| HOU | TS | Technical Services | Mezzanine; Pusey Cataloging; Manuscript section; Preservation Librarian's Office |
| HOU | VAULT | VT | |
| Do not use. Obsolete (2021-12-16) [Thomas Wolfe books] | |||
| Do not use. Obsolete (2021-12-16) [Thomas Wolfe books more than 28 cm.] | |||
| Do not use. Obsolete (2021-12-16) [Thomas Wolfe books more than 46 cm. ] | |||
| HOU | Z | Z-Closet |
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