Joseph Boffa wrote:
> Remember dear people that we are training users to move to other
> libraries once they leave school. Will they find the biographies with
> BIO in the area public libraries?
Good question. This is one area that isn't as standardized as maybe we
would like. Some libraries use 92, others use B, others use BIO, and a
very few even use BIOGRAPHY. Some libraries may not even have a separate
biography section as such, putting the materials in the proper subject
area (Sammy Sousa in 796.357 for instance). College and university
libraries tend to use the LC system, so the numbers we have so patiently
taught all these years don't apply. What to do?
Perhaps the key is that we are teaching a skill, not a specific library.
Knowing that a biography is in a certain Dewey section still doesn't
tell the patron where the physical location is. Rather, we have taught
our students HOW to search for a biography, and the details may vary
from one library to the next.
--
David Lininger, kb0zke,
MS/HS librarian
Hickory County R-1 Schools
Urbana, MO 65767
417-993-4226
tss003 at tnp dot more dot net
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