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Definitely put them in fiction - dramatizations ARE fiction. Separating fact - plain unvarnished facts - from fiction is a major component of information literacy. If your tools (the classification system) don't reflect accuracy, your credibility as an information expert is degraded. Using the catalog is an information skill that all educated folks need to have. If your teachers need help (lot's do), then training is preferable to ignoring good practice. Hopping off the soapbox, Karen *************************************** Karen Shull, Director of Library Media Services Richardson ISD Richardson, TX 75080 469.593.0739 (o) 469.222.6305 (c) 469.593.0854 (f) -----Original Message----- From: School Library Media & Network Communications [mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Sara-Zoe Patterson Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 9:22 AM To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU Subject: TAR: Cataloging videos I am very needy today . . . My boss (the real librarian) and I inherited an entirely uncatalogued video collection - organized just by title (sometimes by "The"). So we have tackled this undertaking and find ourselves going back and forth and over and over where to put dramatizations of historical events, ie Roots, Joan of Arc, and so on and so on. The librarian in us says to put it in fiction - they are dramatizations, after all. The teacher-friendly helpful side of us says to throw it in with the Deweys under the right historical subject so people browsing can easily find it. Especially since our history department is our biggest user. The librarian side says they will find it wherever it is because now it is in the catalog and they should be happy to look there instead of blankly staring at a wall of videos for thirty minutes. The teacher-friendly side says they are too trained into staring and are going to struggle with the switch to the catalog and will balk at things labelled 'fiction.' What do you guys do? We are avoiding the generic 791s like the plague. Sara Zoe Patterson Library Facilitator Hawley Library Media Center Winnacunnet High School Hampton NH szpatterson@winnacunnet.k12.nh.us -------------------------------------------------------------------- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/el-announce/ LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/el-announce/ LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------