Thanks to all who responded. I called one vendor and I guess the reason they
have some fiction books in 813. Apparently it depends on the cataloger's
approach, and as long as they have the customer's preferences on file, it
works out. Many who responded designate 'classics' as those books belonging
in 813, but it seems it's a matter of choice and consistency. Some of you
requested a HIT so here you go:
I have Follett, who provides most of our books, change any fiction cataloged
with 813 to F.
I think most school libraries use FIC and shelve separately. However, I
moved my classics to 813 (Amer),823 (British), 833 (German), 843 (French),
etc. I figured the Honors and AP kids would find them there and it
"uncrowded" the regular fiction. Another benefit is that the novels and the
criticism for them are in the same area. It has worked out well.
There really isn't one... If they have criticism, I figure they're important
enough to be in the classics section ;) Sorry that's not more definitive...
It's really a judgement call, I think.
That is where I put videos made out of fiction books, but still use FIC for
books.
We use FIC for fiction. I've been in places where popular fiction was in
FIC, but fiction that has stood the test of time and is considered "great
literature" was in the 800's depending on author's nationality. This was
especially true if the volume in question also contained critical notes of
some sort.
The only books that have come cataloged in 813 were the novels told in
poetry. I leave them in the poetry section since they are still poetry,
even if it is a novel.
Because of the arrangement of my library I've put my fiction into the 800's.
This way I can have the paperbacks and the fiction books together. Before
my paperbacks were on one side of the library and there wasn't room for the
fiction books to be in the same place. I wanted all the literature (800's),
fiction, and paperbacks shelved together. Therefore I got rid of the FIC.
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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