HIT->Easier Dewey-2

[cathron cole <ccole@UNLINFO.UNL.EDU>]

Dear LM_netters,
Here is the remainder of the HIT on Easier Dewey solutions.  Thank-you
all again so much!  I hope I haven*t forgotten or lost any.  I don*t
seem to have a filing system, it is more of a piling system!  I beg
your pardons if I left any out.
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*Catalogs such as Wonderstorms from World Almanac, Robert Jacobsen,
Upstart, DEMCO and Highsmith offer posters and shelf markers for the
Dewey sections.
*Hanging typical objects and items over appropriate sections.
*Placing bright cards with little cartoon drawings (created by an
artist friend) on the ends of the shelves listing the hundred ranges
of the Dewey categories.
*Painting color-coded stripes on the binding (purple for biogs for
ex.).  Be sure to make a poster to explain the colors including the
numbers that go with each color, so it is the numbers that tell the
story.
*Contact the OCLC in Ohio and look in SLJ for ads for *BIBLIO-VISUEL*
a new poster/shelf-marker system designed by a Canadian artist with a
very kid oriented picture graphics for each category.
*Use as many whole numbers as possible, with only one decimal place if
necessary.  Simplify the 900*s.  It makes no sense to place countries
in two different places (geography vs. history).
*ALA graphics catalog poster *Numbers You Can Count ON.*
*Picture spine labels above the regular Dewey spine label, horses,
cats, dogs, dinosaurs.  Usable in both fiction and non-fiction.
*Several mentioned playing Dewey number games with students to
introduce them to the Dewey *addresses*.
*Use metal bookends and bend the part that goes under the books in a
hook shape (place the bookend on the edge of a table top and bend down
and under).  Then books like eyewitness books can be faced out and
displayed.  It gives the library a decorated look and assists the
children in finding the books they need.
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Thanks again to all who wrote!
Thanks also to those of you who sent words of encouragement, they were
greatly appreciated!

Cathron Cole-O*Connor
ccole@unlinfo.unl.edu