I sent this directly to Deb - but it got a note saying it was blocked by
her filter...
Do you teach library skills? How would you reconcile the bookstore
approach to what you are teaching them about being able to find materials in
your library and ANY library? Do you really have the time and materials to
re-organize the area? Remember - you will have to re-label or at least add
a label to every book - you will have to take them down and then re-shelve
them, thus re-arranging the entire area - you will have to note the location
in your OPAC so students will be able to search them properly.
Why not just make sure your OPAC has as one of its search strings"genre" -
you could add it to the notes- thus they can find what they want quickly and
you wouldn't have to do all that extra work.
Toni Koontz
Librarian
St.Charles Preparatory School
Columbus,Ohio
akoontz@cdeducation.org
Carpe Diem
----- Original Message -----
From: "drupp" <drupp@MOBERLY.K12.MO.US>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: [LM_NET] GEN, MID/SEC: Reorganizing Fiction by Genre
>I did this at a K-2 building and the circulation has gone
> up, the students love it, the teachers love it. I did my
> whole collection. One word of caution, my state LMS said she
> would ding a library for doing the change. I have good
> arguements so I did it any way.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Deb Evers <devers@CUSHINGHS.K12.OK.US>
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: GEN, MID/SEC: Reorganizing Fiction by Genre
> Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 11:12:32 -0600
>
>> The October, 2005 issue of Library Media Connection
>> included an article written by Middle School LMS Elizabeth
>> P. Dumas. The article, "Give 'Em What They Want:
>> Reorganizing Your Fiction Collection by Genre," outlined
>> steps to "merchandise" the fiction collection by
>> rearranging and shelving fiction in like groups (Mystery,
>> Historical fiction, Romance, Fantasy, etc.) This would
>> make the fiction collection more user-friendly since the
>> kids are used to finding books arranged in this way in
>> bookstores. It would also answersome of those infernal
>> questions like, "Where are all of the funny books?" or "I
>> can't find the fantasy books."
>>
>> I guess my question to you venerable sages is...What do
>> you think about this? I keep thinking about the pros and
>> cons, and mulling it over. I realize that it would require
>> a LOT of work initially, but I can't seem to shake the
>> idea that it would be a good idea. HELP! Talk me out of
>> it!
>>
>>
>> Deb Evers, Library Media Specialist
>> Cushing High School
>> Cushing, OK
>> devers@cushinghs.k12.ok.us
>>
>> A house without books is like a room without windows. No
>> man has a right to bring up children without surrounding
>> them with books.... Children learn to read being in the
>> presence of books. - Horace Mann
>>
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> Deanna Rupp
> North and South Park
> Moberly, MO
> "Leaders are readers."
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