Shelving the animal books

[MaryAnn Rizzo <rizzoma@PRIMENET.COM>]

Hi all,
  I thought I'd add my 2 cents. I solved this problem. I stretched out the
Dewey number until it meant that all the bear books were together, lion
books, etc. Yes, the numbers are terribly long. However, it was a matter of
necessity. The elementary library that I did this for had 9 shelves of
books in the 590's (over 4 shelves were the 599's by themselves)! The only
way we could find a book was if it had a looo---oong Dewey number. My
volunteers tease me about trying to make the Guiness book of records for
Dewey number. Still, it works.
  Have a good turkey day.
MaryAnn

P.S. If the animal section was lo--ng, it was nothing compared to what I
had to do with the fairy tale, folk tale, etc. section. It was 12 shelves
deep.!!! Still, all the pig, chicken, country tales were together. ;-)


MaryAnn "the librarian" Rizzo
District Library Media Specialist
Bisbee Unified School District Re-2
Bisbee, AZ 85603
Web page: http://www.bisbee.k12.az.us/std/rizzo/rizzomain.index.html
rizzoma@primenet.com

"We need to educate our children for their future and not for our past" A.
C. Clarke

"Keep smiling -- it keeps everyone wondering about you."  M. Rizzo

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