GEN: Thank you for fiction/literature responses

[Deborah Martin <dmartin@EACS.K12.IN.US>]

Thank you to all who have responded to my inquiry about fiction and
literature.  They were pretty much what I was expecting.  There is no
"real" definition to decide where a particular book should go.  Most of
you said (as I thought I remembered from library classes) that all
fiction is actually literature  and technically goes in the 800's
section, but since it is such a large section, we pulled it out and made
it be the fiction section.  It also has a lot do to with who your
patrons are.  I was looking for the information for my job at the used
bookstore, not my library, so it is more of a decision of patron needs
and the owners choice.

There has been a lot of discussion lately about setting up a library
like a bookstore.  I should have followed that and I may have gotten
some more information.

Thanks to all who answered so far.  This is an awesome group!



Deb Martin, Librarian
Woodlan Jr/Sr High
dmartin@eacs.k12.in.us

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