Not to mention, I have found series broken up as well. Some of the titles
might be in regular fiction, while the rest are in mysteries. Of course, I
found the same thing at BAM a couple of weeks ago.
L. Elaine Willis, EdD
Media Specialist
Irwin County Middle/High School
Ocilla, GA
drewillis@planttel.net
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From: "Molly Clark" <mclark2@PHOENIX.K12.NY.US>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 7:37 PM
Subject: [LM_NET] Sperated genres(was shelving for series)
> Am I the only one who hates having the public library fiction
> collection divided by genre? The public library I worked at in high
> school (25 years ago) had the mysteries in a seperate section way back
> then. My local public library just made that switch and I dislike it.
> Why is Grisham in the regular fiction but Evanovich in the mysteries?
> Who decides? Does a mystery have to have an actual detective? I
> suppose Grisham is more suspense than mystery....
>
> At least when we seperate series books, there is a clear method to our
> madness....
>
>
> Thanks for allowing me to vent
>
>
> Molly Clark
> Intermediate Librarian
> Michael Maroun Elementary School
> Phoenix, NY
> mclark2@phoenix.k12.ny.us
>
> "I really didn't realize the librarians were, you know, such a dangerous
> group. They are subversive. You think they're just sitting there at the
> desk, all quiet and everything. They're like plotting the revolution,
> man. I wouldn't mess with them." Michael Moore
>
> >>> Dawn Sades <yayagoddess@SBCGLOBAL.NET> 06/30/05 5:04 PM >>>
>
> Now, I'm in a public library, and the adult collection
> is divided into sci-fi, mystery, paperbacks (which is
> further divided into genre), and African-American.
> But, many public libraries are doing that nowadays.
>
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