Animal section of Dewey....

[Tracey Donaldson <Bookluv@AOL.COM>]

Hi all!
   I have a question pertaining to your library's section on animals.......my
library
has been a mess since I started in September.  Nothing seems to be in order
anywhere (and I haven't really had time to go through and organize it,
unfortunately).
         Anyway, on Friday I think I got a clue as to why.  I have a parent
volunteer
that comes in once a week, who has been volunteering for about five years, I
guess.  She shelves books, etc.  Well, she told me she finally got the animal
section in order for me.  I thought great!!!  I thanked her, and told her
that it's been hard to find specific things after looking them up in the card
catalog (nope, no automation) because materials were all over the place.  She
then informed me that she just ignores the Dewey number and places all like
books together.....all dog books together, all rabbit books together, all
bear books together, etc.  I didn't really know what to say to her, although
I wanted to yell out in pain.   Does anyone else do this in their library???
  As far as I can see the benefits of this type of practive would be
outweighed by  the problems, but I wanted some of your input.....please!!!
 Thanks!

Tracey Donaldson
Genesee Valley Elementary-Middle School
Angelica, NY
bookluv@aol.com

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