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Heretics unite! Catalog and classify books the way that best helps =
your
students access them. If you are not part of a union catalog then do =
what
you think works best in your library. Dewey and LC are good systems =
but
they are far from perfect (who had the bright idea to arange country =
books
geographically instead of alphabetically ?!). If you have a lot of =
browsing
in the 800s then arranging the books by subject may be best for your
library. If the principal means of access to those books is through an
electronic catalog then it may not be worth the trouble. We should all
remember that cataloging is an art and not a science and we all like
different kinds of art.
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Tony Doyle, Librarian
Livingston High School, Livingston, CA
tdoyle@muhsd.k12.ca.us
<Http://www.lhs.muhsd.k12.ca.us/html/lhslibrary/lhslib.htm>
"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get
people to stop reading them."-- Ray Bradbury
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From: J'aime Foust
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Sent: 11/28/2000 7:45 AM
Subject: SEC: More Call# Questions
To add to Vicky's dilemma re. the 920's, I have another (different) =
one.
I realize it isn't "proper" format in any category other than
biographies to use the subject's last name as the call # letters (921
EIN for Einstein even though written by someone else) but what about
using that "system" for authors in the 800's? Or artists in the 700's?
I have multiple shelves of 813.52 or 813.54 for Lit Crit and think it
would be much easier for students if all the Hemingways were 813.54
HEM. I know that the call # includes the correct letters to find but =
am
looking for a way for students to find books more easily. And what
about Lit Crit books about books by an author? (Same question re. the
art books).
Is this just crazy talk? Will I be burned at the stake as a heretic??
J'aim=E9 L. Foust, Librarian
jfoust@mum.neric.org
Queensbury High School
Queensbury, NY 12804
"We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading." =
B.
F. Skinner
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