I'd be interested in seeing what others are doing also. We have a separate
Fiction section, as do most other school libraries, I think. If you choose
to shelve your fiction strictly according to Dewey, and not separate them
out, then you'd use the 813 number. Our library is designed such that
there's an alcove where we shelve the fiction and we use FIC. I bet this is
why some vendors are doing it that way, but let's see what others are doing.
Good question!
Reggie Buresh / Librarian & Webmaster
Mahtomedi High School
8000 75th St. North
Mahtomedi, MN 55115-1795
USA Phone: 651-407-2157
Fax: 651-407-2125
rburesh@mahtomedi.k12.mn.us
www.mhsmediacenter.homestead.com
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From: School Library Media & Network Communications
[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Anne Busch
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 11:08 AM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Target: 813 or Fiction?
Dear LM_NETters,
I am interested in knowing if anyone out there uses 813 for the call
number instead of FIC for fiction books. As I order more fiction these days,
I notice that some vendors are using 813 with some novels, but not with
others. Anybody know why? Is this a trend? Is it just different catalogers'
preferences? I know that Dewey used 813 to designate fiction, but it has
been the practice, as far as I know, to use the FIC consistently in most
libraries that I have used (not including those that use the LC system, of
course). Has anyone rearranged the collection using 813? There is some
discussion of this in archives, but I wondered if there's something afoot
here that I am unaware of in cataloging land. Just wondering. Thanks.
Anne Busch
Librarian
Pleasant Hill High School
Pleasant Hill, MO 64080
abusch@pleasanthillschools.com
It's the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without
accepting it. Aristotle
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