diff --git a/static/css/library.css b/static/css/library.css
index 55a835e..f3b6fcf 100644
--- a/static/css/library.css
+++ b/static/css/library.css
@@ -164,6 +164,109 @@
     margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
 }
 
+/* Per-shelf ornament sitting before the heading text. SVGs in
+   /images/dingbats/ painted via mask-image so they inherit
+   currentColor (→ the same muted tone as the heading). */
+.library-section-ornament {
+    display: inline-block;
+    width: 1em;
+    height: 1em;
+    margin-right: 0.5em;
+    background-color: currentColor;
+    mask-repeat: no-repeat;
+    mask-position: center;
+    mask-size: contain;
+    -webkit-mask-repeat: no-repeat;
+    -webkit-mask-position: center;
+    -webkit-mask-size: contain;
+    vertical-align: -0.12em;
+}
+
+.library-section-ornament[data-ornament="research"] {
+    mask-image: url('/images/dingbats/research.svg');
+    -webkit-mask-image: url('/images/dingbats/research.svg');
+}
+.library-section-ornament[data-ornament="nonfiction"] {
+    mask-image: url('/images/dingbats/nonfiction.svg');
+    -webkit-mask-image: url('/images/dingbats/nonfiction.svg');
+}
+.library-section-ornament[data-ornament="fiction"] {
+    mask-image: url('/images/dingbats/fiction.svg');
+    -webkit-mask-image: url('/images/dingbats/fiction.svg');
+}
+.library-section-ornament[data-ornament="poetry"] {
+    mask-image: url('/images/dingbats/poetry.svg');
+    -webkit-mask-image: url('/images/dingbats/poetry.svg');
+}
+.library-section-ornament[data-ornament="music"] {
+    mask-image: url('/images/dingbats/clef.svg');
+    -webkit-mask-image: url('/images/dingbats/clef.svg');
+}
+.library-section-ornament[data-ornament="ai"] {
+    mask-image: url('/images/dingbats/ai.svg');
+    -webkit-mask-image: url('/images/dingbats/ai.svg');
+}
+.library-section-ornament[data-ornament="tech"] {
+    mask-image: url('/images/dingbats/tech.svg');
+    -webkit-mask-image: url('/images/dingbats/tech.svg');
+}
+.library-section-ornament[data-ornament="miscellany"] {
+    mask-image: url('/images/dingbats/trefoil.svg');
+    -webkit-mask-image: url('/images/dingbats/trefoil.svg');
+}
+
+/* Inter-shelf divider. Adjacent-sibling selector renders between
+   actually-emitted sections — a section hidden by its $if$ gate
+   leaves no orphan divider because it never hits the DOM. */
+.library-section + .library-section::before {
+    content: "";
+    display: block;
+    width: 240px;
+    max-width: 60%;
+    height: 24px;
+    margin: 2.5rem auto;
+    color: var(--text-faint);
+    background-color: currentColor;
+    mask-image: url('/images/dingbats/library-divider.svg');
+    -webkit-mask-image: url('/images/dingbats/library-divider.svg');
+    mask-repeat: no-repeat;
+    mask-position: center;
+    mask-size: contain;
+    -webkit-mask-repeat: no-repeat;
+    -webkit-mask-position: center;
+    -webkit-mask-size: contain;
+}
+
+/* "More on this shelf →" link, shown when the portal has more
+   items than the shelf's cap. Right-aligned, italic, subdued. */
+.library-more {
+    text-align: right;
+    font-family: var(--font-serif);
+    font-style: italic;
+    font-size: 0.9rem;
+    color: var(--text-muted);
+    margin: 0.65rem 0 0;
+}
+
+.library-more a {
+    color: inherit;
+    text-decoration: underline;
+    text-decoration-color: var(--border);
+    text-decoration-thickness: 0.08em;
+    text-underline-offset: 0.2em;
+    transition: color var(--transition-fast), text-decoration-color var(--transition-fast);
+}
+
+.library-more a:hover {
+    color: var(--text);
+    text-decoration-color: var(--border-muted);
+}
+
+/* Leading blockquote above the shelves, lifted from content/library.md. */
+.library-intro {
+    margin: 0.5rem 0 2rem;
+}
+
 .library-section h2 a {
     color: inherit;
     text-decoration: none;
diff --git a/static/images/dingbats/fiction.svg b/static/images/dingbats/fiction.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44a3fee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/images/dingbats/fiction.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor">
+  <path d="M3 6 L 11.5 5 L 11.5 20 L 3 19 Z"/>
+  <path d="M21 6 L 12.5 5 L 12.5 20 L 21 19 Z"/>
+  <path d="M11.5 5 L 12.5 5 L 12.5 20 L 11.5 20 Z" fill-opacity="0.55"/>
+</svg>
diff --git a/static/images/dingbats/library-divider.svg b/static/images/dingbats/library-divider.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5c3076
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/images/dingbats/library-divider.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 240 24" fill="currentColor">
+  <rect x="20" y="11.5" width="80" height="1"/>
+  <circle cx="106" cy="12" r="1.5"/>
+  <path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M120 4 L 126 12 L 120 20 L 114 12 Z M120 8.5 L 123 12 L 120 15.5 L 117 12 Z"/>
+  <circle cx="134" cy="12" r="1.5"/>
+  <rect x="140" y="11.5" width="80" height="1"/>
+</svg>
diff --git a/static/images/dingbats/nonfiction.svg b/static/images/dingbats/nonfiction.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e31b6f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/images/dingbats/nonfiction.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor">
+  <path d="M20 2 L 22 4 L 10 16 L 7 19 L 4 20 L 5 17 L 8 14 L 18 4 Z"/>
+  <path d="M15 7 L 13 7 L 14 5 Z"/>
+  <path d="M18 4 L 16 4 L 17 2 Z"/>
+  <path d="M12 10 L 10 10 L 11 8 Z"/>
+</svg>
diff --git a/static/images/dingbats/poetry.svg b/static/images/dingbats/poetry.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c9f580
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/images/dingbats/poetry.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor">
+  <path d="M5 4 C 3 9, 3 16, 6 20 L 8 20 C 5 16, 5 9, 7 5 Z"/>
+  <path d="M19 4 C 21 9, 21 16, 18 20 L 16 20 C 19 16, 19 9, 17 5 Z"/>
+  <rect x="4.5" y="3" width="15" height="2" rx="0.8"/>
+  <rect x="9.8" y="5" width="0.7" height="15"/>
+  <rect x="11.65" y="5" width="0.7" height="15"/>
+  <rect x="13.5" y="5" width="0.7" height="15"/>
+</svg>
diff --git a/static/images/dingbats/research.svg b/static/images/dingbats/research.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7695c1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/images/dingbats/research.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor">
+  <path d="M6 3 C 4 9, 5 17, 11 21 L 11 19 C 7 16, 6 10, 7 5 Z"/>
+  <path d="M18 3 C 20 9, 19 17, 13 21 L 13 19 C 17 16, 18 10, 17 5 Z"/>
+  <rect x="9.5" y="20" width="5" height="1.5" rx="0.6"/>
+  <circle cx="12" cy="12" r="1"/>
+</svg>
diff --git a/templates/library.html b/templates/library.html
index 2eb008d..13a06c9 100644
--- a/templates/library.html
+++ b/templates/library.html
@@ -1,95 +1,125 @@
 <div id="markdownBody">
 <h1 class="page-title">Library</h1>
 
+$if(library-intro)$
+<div class="library-intro">
+$library-intro$
+</div>
+$endif$
+
 <nav class="library-see-also" aria-label="See also">
 <a href="/new.html">New</a><span class="library-see-also-sep" aria-hidden="true">·</span><a href="/commonplace.html">Commonplace</a><span class="library-see-also-sep" aria-hidden="true">·</span><a href="/colophon.html">Colophon</a><span class="library-see-also-sep" aria-hidden="true">·</span><a href="/bibliography/">Bibliography</a>
 </nav>
 
 $if(research-entries)$
 <section class="library-section">
-<h2 id="research"><a href="/research/">Research</a></h2>
+<h2 id="research"><span class="library-section-ornament" data-ornament="research" aria-hidden="true"></span><a href="/research/">Research</a></h2>
 <ul class="item-card-list">
 $for(research-entries)$
 $partial("templates/partials/item-card.html")$
 $endfor$
 </ul>
+$if(research-has-more)$
+<p class="library-more"><a href="/research/">More on this shelf &rarr;</a></p>
+$endif$
 </section>
 $endif$
 
 $if(nonfiction-entries)$
 <section class="library-section">
-<h2 id="nonfiction"><a href="/nonfiction/">Nonfiction</a></h2>
+<h2 id="nonfiction"><span class="library-section-ornament" data-ornament="nonfiction" aria-hidden="true"></span><a href="/nonfiction/">Nonfiction</a></h2>
 <ul class="item-card-list">
 $for(nonfiction-entries)$
 $partial("templates/partials/item-card.html")$
 $endfor$
 </ul>
+$if(nonfiction-has-more)$
+<p class="library-more"><a href="/nonfiction/">More on this shelf &rarr;</a></p>
+$endif$
 </section>
 $endif$
 
 $if(fiction-entries)$
 <section class="library-section">
-<h2 id="fiction"><a href="/fiction/">Fiction</a></h2>
+<h2 id="fiction"><span class="library-section-ornament" data-ornament="fiction" aria-hidden="true"></span><a href="/fiction/">Fiction</a></h2>
 <ul class="item-card-list">
 $for(fiction-entries)$
 $partial("templates/partials/item-card.html")$
 $endfor$
 </ul>
+$if(fiction-has-more)$
+<p class="library-more"><a href="/fiction/">More on this shelf &rarr;</a></p>
+$endif$
 </section>
 $endif$
 
 $if(poetry-entries)$
 <section class="library-section">
-<h2 id="poetry"><a href="/poetry/">Poetry</a></h2>
+<h2 id="poetry"><span class="library-section-ornament" data-ornament="poetry" aria-hidden="true"></span><a href="/poetry/">Poetry</a></h2>
 <ul class="item-card-list">
 $for(poetry-entries)$
 $partial("templates/partials/item-card.html")$
 $endfor$
 </ul>
+$if(poetry-has-more)$
+<p class="library-more"><a href="/poetry/">More on this shelf &rarr;</a></p>
+$endif$
 </section>
 $endif$
 
 $if(music-entries)$
 <section class="library-section">
-<h2 id="music"><a href="/music/">Music</a></h2>
+<h2 id="music"><span class="library-section-ornament" data-ornament="music" aria-hidden="true"></span><a href="/music/">Music</a></h2>
 <ul class="item-card-list">
 $for(music-entries)$
 $partial("templates/partials/item-card.html")$
 $endfor$
 </ul>
+$if(music-has-more)$
+<p class="library-more"><a href="/music/">More on this shelf &rarr;</a></p>
+$endif$
 </section>
 $endif$
 
 $if(ai-entries)$
 <section class="library-section">
-<h2 id="ai"><a href="/ai/">AI</a></h2>
+<h2 id="ai"><span class="library-section-ornament" data-ornament="ai" aria-hidden="true"></span><a href="/ai/">AI</a></h2>
 <ul class="item-card-list">
 $for(ai-entries)$
 $partial("templates/partials/item-card.html")$
 $endfor$
 </ul>
+$if(ai-has-more)$
+<p class="library-more"><a href="/ai/">More on this shelf &rarr;</a></p>
+$endif$
 </section>
 $endif$
 
 $if(tech-entries)$
 <section class="library-section">
-<h2 id="tech"><a href="/tech/">Tech</a></h2>
+<h2 id="tech"><span class="library-section-ornament" data-ornament="tech" aria-hidden="true"></span><a href="/tech/">Tech</a></h2>
 <ul class="item-card-list">
 $for(tech-entries)$
 $partial("templates/partials/item-card.html")$
 $endfor$
 </ul>
+$if(tech-has-more)$
+<p class="library-more"><a href="/tech/">More on this shelf &rarr;</a></p>
+$endif$
 </section>
 $endif$
 
 $if(miscellany-entries)$
 <section class="library-section">
-<h2 id="miscellany"><a href="/miscellany/">Miscellany</a></h2>
+<h2 id="miscellany"><span class="library-section-ornament" data-ornament="miscellany" aria-hidden="true"></span><a href="/miscellany/">Miscellany</a></h2>
 <ul class="item-card-list">
 $for(miscellany-entries)$
 $partial("templates/partials/item-card.html")$
 $endfor$
 </ul>
+$if(miscellany-has-more)$
+<p class="library-more"><a href="/miscellany/">More on this shelf &rarr;</a></p>
+$endif$
 </section>
 $endif$