First and Last Books in the Library

For no reason at all I decided to check out the first and last books in the library (shelved according to the Dewey Decimal system)

I found the first book shelved at 002 Lan - Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of A Man Who Rescued A Million Yiddish Books by Aaron Lansky. This book seems to be a well-told tale of person who decided to save Yiddish books that were being discarded from various collections. I can almost see myself doing this. Well, maybe not rescuing Yiddish books specifically, but you get the idea.

The last book was shelved at 999 Sha - South: A Memoir of the Endurance Voyage by Ernest Shackleton. This book is on a subject that interests me, and it is written by the man himself. The text does seems to be a bit more difficult to read than modern accounts.

Unfortunately, this book seems to be improperly cataloged. 999 is the DDC number for "Extraterrestrial worlds". Most libraries choose either 998 Arctic islands & Antarctica, or 919 Geography of & travel in other areas, although SCPL is not the only library that classifies Antarctica as an extraterrestrial world.

So, does this book really qualify as the last book in the library? Does anybody care?

Random aside: Schenectady County is home to the 109th Airlift Wing of the Air National Guard. They provide airlift support for Arctic and Antarctic missions using a ski-equipped version of the C-130.