Never heard of that but years ago I decided to do what I wanted - so I
recataloged all criticism under--
American -- 810.91
Twain
Brown (author of book)
and 820.91
Dickens
Brown
ditto for other countries
for Shakespeare - I used the letters in the complete Dewey which divide up
each play as to text or criticism.
Works for me - and the kids have an easier time finding criticism - which is
one of the mostly heavily used areas in this library.
Allan
Dr. Allan O'Grady Cuseo (Brother Donogh Allan, MGC)
Bishop Kearney High School Library
125 Kings Highway South
Rochester, New York 14617
585-325-4000 x231
585-342-4694 (FAX)
library@bkhs.org
Education in the tradition of the Christian Brothers
FAC OMNIA BENE (Do all things well)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jan McGee" <JMcgee8038@AOL.COM>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 12:07 PM
Subject: Target>High School>Cataloging?Literary Criticism
> Dear LMNetters,
> I've moved back to a high school library after 14 years of elementary
> school libraries. The previous librarian had a large book order arrive
after she
> left--the majority of which were books on literary criticism. The books
came
> preprocessed, but, because of a mix-up in barcode numbers, I had to
rebarcode
> most of the books. As I was working on the books, I noticed something
> unusual in the call numbers. The Dewey numbers were the usual variety
for English
> and American criticism, but the call letters under the Dewey number were
very
> inconsistent. For example, a book on the writing of J. D. Salinger used
"JDS"
> for the call letters. There were several like this, in which the initials
of
> the author were used. Some of the books used the first three letters of
the
> last name of the author on whom the literary criticism was written, some
used
> the first important word in the title of the literary work being
criticized,
> (excluding "the"), and some used the first the letters of the series, such
as
> "Bloom." I went to the shelves to see if there was any consistancy. I
noticed
> that most of the books on literary criticism over the past several years
were
> like this. All of the less recent books previously ordered were cataloged
in
> the usual way with the usual call letters. I know that trends come and
go,
> and I've been away from "high school" type cataloging for a while. Is
this
> something new that I've missed during my elementary years?
> Personally, I lean toward consistency. I can see some reasoning in
> using the first three letters of the last name of the author whose works
are
> being criticized, (like a biography, it would place all books written
about a
> specific author together) but this would only be useful if I went back and
changed
> literally over a thousand books. Our criticism collection is quite
extensive.
> I called several high school librarians in my area to see if their
books
> were like this. After checking shelves, one told me, "I think you've
opened a
> can of worms. I hadn't noticed it until you called, but mine are the same
> way."
> So, my question is, is this something new? How are other high school
> librarians handling this? Are you changing the new books to be consistent
with
> what you already have, or changing your old books? These books are
heavily
> used, so we have duplicates of some titles. One book will use the "old
> fashioned" call letters, one copy will have this "JDS" business.
> Thanks,
> Jan McGee, LMS/Tech Coordinator
> West Monroe High School
> 201 Riggs Street
> West Monroe, Louisiana 71291
> jmcgee8038@aol.com
>
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