Re: [LM_NET] F or FIC?

[Donna Steel Cook <donnasteelcook@YAHOO.COM>]

"Fic" is better than F, just like "Bio" is better than B, and "Ref" is better than 
R.  It took me YEARS to realize it.  The epiphany came when a librarian aide 
explained to me that the students instictively know that "Fic" means "Fiction."  
When they see "F" they don't instinctively complete the word.  Similarly "Bio" 
nearly automatically completes to "biography" and "Ref" completes to "reference."  
How many times have you had a student look at you and ask, "What does B mean?"  
They very seldom, close to never, ask "What does "Bio" mean?"
      When I understood it, I wanted to change all the F's, and B's and R's to Fic, 
Bio, and Ref, of course.  What a daunting task!  But is really isn't such a chore.  
You can quickly transform them in the on-line catalog.  Follett has a global change 
feature just for this necessity.  And the catalog is the place where the students 
need to be thinking "fiction," "biography," and "reference."  If they are standing 
at the shelves, surely they know which section they are in--because you have such 
good signage, of course. 
       Then you just call up your vendors, request the change, and start putting 
the "right" designations on your new books.  Your old items will be just fine, and 
they will gradually, over the years, leave your collection. 
        You'll be helping your students with this little change.  Additionally, 
tell your principal you've made the change to help your students--after you've done 
it.   He or she will understand just enough of the change to be proud of the way 
you are thinking of your students and making library management decisions to help 
them.  

 
Donna Steel Cook
Central ISD Library Director
Central High School Librarian
7622 HYW 69 North
Pollok, TX 75969
donnasteelcook@yahoo.com
 
"Books are the holes in the fences of life." --Peg Kehert



----- Original Message ----
From: "BOATWRIGHT, VALERIE" <BOATWRIV@MAILBOX.SC.EDU>
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 7:55:12 AM
Subject: F or FIC?

I received the following question from a colleague.  Being a first-year media 
specialist, I thought I would refer it to the listserv:

Could you find out from someone in the know (maybe you already know), what is the 
preferred cataloging for juvenile fiction....is it F or Fic?
Which do you use?  I am trying to standardize but don't know which is preferred.
Your thoughts?

Thank you!

Valerie Boatwright
Library Media Specialist
A. R. Lewis Elementary School
School District of Pickens County

We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone 
today.  ~Stacia Tauscher

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