re HIT: 398.2

[Dan Robinson <dlrbnsn2@eclipse.net>]

I don't know.  In my last elementary position we had a very small
collection. Even then the whole library was open to first graders in
the last quarter who felf ready for the 'big' books and second
graders on up.  There was positive delight as they discovered the
poetry and folklore sections. Of course I made sure that those
sections had plenty of books that appealed to them <grin>.

After all, if you have multiple copies of easy folklore and poetry
(and other stuff), it's easy enough to give it the regular dewey
classification and file it with the rest of the stuff.

Dan Robinson
Indexing Services
H.W. Wilson Company
Bronx, NY
drobinson@hwwilson.com (work)
dlrbnsn2@eclipse.net (home)

On  9 Mar 99 at 19:31, Joni J Rathbun wrote:

>         >----------
>         >Do what is best for you, the teachers and your kids.  I find a lot of 
>books
>         >in the 398.2 section in my elementary library when we don't even let kids
>         >browse those sections until third grade.  They can browse Easy, but not
>         >Dewey.  If I had started all this (or when I have time to redo) I'd put 
>more
>         >into Easy and let into 398.2
>
>         The logical solution here seems... to be to allow primary children
>         to use the Dewey sections. I don't have my statistics at hand as
>         I write but primary use of the Dewey area is most years higher
>         than use of the fiction section and other years very, very close.
>         It would never have occured to me to not let all children use
>         the Dewey area. No books to take home about dinosaurs? No
>         books about lions and tigers and bears? Oh my! No books about
>         trucks or t-ball? No poetry? No arts or crafts? No science
>         or nature books to explore? No ... folklore?
>
>         I do like to place my folklore in the folklore section as
>         it draws attention to how it is different from "regular"
>         fiction, and I believe those differences to be of historical
>         and cultural significance.
>
>         I do entire units on folklore with every grade level, beginning with Ks
>         (helping to ensure that by the time they have gone from K thru 5,
>         they have been exposed to ... all those folktales I'd like them to know).
>
>         I also do units on non fiction and research with all grade
>         levels, using books and other information sources to answer
>         questions, etc.
>
>         So I guess... I really want to know why some choose not to
>         allow the little ones to use the Dewey section?? What am I
>         missing here?
>
>         Thanks!
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> || Joni Rathbun, North Area Regional Media Specialist: jrathbun@orednet.org
> || Lincoln City, Oregon -- Lincoln County School District
> || Online Library: http://lincolncity.org/naims
> || If you need a vacation, you should see the state I'm in!
>

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