When I worked at a public library, we would have listed J. Navy first. (You alphabetize word by word, secondarily by letters within a word.) But there are complications. Here's
a link to the ALA filing rules:
http://www.ala.org/tools/libfactsheets/alalibraryfactsheet27
Of course the whole alphabet is arbitrary, so you could probably use any system you wanted, as long as it enabled you to find things again.
Beth
Dr. Beth Rapp Young
Associate Professor, English
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University of Central Florida
"Reach for the Stars"
I have never seen an alphabet question on the list, but there's a first time for everything:
If you're alphabetizing J. Navy and Jade (two colors), which comes first?
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