Re: [LM_NET] Dewey

[Marsha Redd <marsharedd@HOTMAIL.COM>]

I agree that Dewey can sometimes be confusing especially to kids, but it does 
provide an organizational structure. I can't imagine doing away with it at the high 
school level. That said, I think in a school library it is important to adapt your 
organization to fit your patrons. That is why I took all graphic materials out of 
the 700's and made a graphic materials section. Don't most of us adapt Dewey 
already when it comes to fiction? How many of us actually put fiction in the 800's? 
Similarly, I use educational license in creating subject heads. If I followed Sears 
faithfully, students would often be lost when searching for books by subject.


Marsha Redd
Librarian, Kelloggsville High School
Grand Rapids, MI
marsharedd@hotmail.com
Education is not a goal; it is a life-long process. Everyone is a student. Everyone 
is a teacher.

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