Re: Target:Elem. # of Dewey Decimal Places?

[Donna Steel Cook <donnacook@lycos.com>]

Jayne and LM_Net colleagues:
   One decimal place in Dewey for Elementary is completely sufficient.  I wrestled 
with this decision eight years ago.  I switched all to one decimal place in my 
elementary school, and things just got better.  Kids could find things, and kids 
could use the on-line catalog better. Unless you have a HUGE collection, you can 
find things better with fewer decimal places lapping around the edges of books.
   When I moved to my present high school, I started truncating them to two decimal 
places. Our primary, elementary, and jr. high have decided to go with just one 
decimal place.  Mr. Dewey has not risen from his resting place to haunt us.
    Vendors, I've discovered, have specifications that accommodate this change.  If 
you don't see it on the spec sheet, just call, and ask. They'll lop off those extra 
digits for you during processing. If they don't, just get out the correction fluid.
---
Donna Cook, Nacogdoches, Texas :
Teacher Librarian Central High;
District Coordinator, Central ISD;
Library Consultant, Douglass ISD;
"Minister of Information" First Baptist Church.
donnacook@lycos.com
936-853-9345 (work)
936-569-2426 (home)








On Thu, 4 Jan 2001 16:51:17
 Jayne Dambman wrote:
>Do you find really find it worthwhile to carry dewey decimal numbers
>more than one decimal place in an elementary library? I find it
>confusing for the students. Do you think one place is enough?
>
>Jayne Dambman, librarian
>Bywood Elementary School
>krhine@netreach.net
>
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