Dewey shelving

[Karen Stevens <kstevens@BUCKSNET.BCIU.K12.PA.US>]

  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!!!

Yes, I follow this practice to some extent.  In my elementary school it
seems a waste of time to continually put the heavily used sections in
strict order.  I try to keep all 599.2's together, etc.  In the 796's, as
long as all the books on a certain sport are together, I don't worry about
the exact order.  No one seems to have any problem locating what they want.
However, I do try to be a little more careful at inventory time.

Karen Stevens, Librarian
Valley Elementary School
Bensalem, PA 19020
kstevens@bciu.k12.pa.us

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