I totally agree with Tony. I did the same thing with Reading Counts only
the have the person who followed me move them all to one place. I too
felt the students needed to be able to locate a book and perhaps when
looking for their RC book they might find another of interest. Since I
am in an elementary school I am not as detailed with Dewey as I may be
if I was in a public or secondary library. I have the 599's all on the
same shelf because it is not worth the stress to order them on the
shelf. My students shelve their own books because I have no assistant
and I have no extra time. I do what works for me. I would not want to
totally give up Dewey. Using the catalog is easy and the system is not
that hard to understand. People do not need to memorize the numbers or
anything like that so what is the problem?
Tony Pope wrote:
> Jacquie, I've wondered about this trend myself...and if school library media
>classes are not teaching skills to catalog books/materials using the Dewey System?
> While it has been about 15 years since my last college library media classes at
>the 6-year degree level...I do not recall hearing of anyone not using the Dewey
>System at that time other than colleges.
>
> Could this be a result of so many libraries arranging their collection around AR
>or RC reading levels? That was the first I had ever heard of a non-traditionally
>organized library...to make it easier for students to find their RC books, the
>librarian put all the RC books together in a separate section. She commented to
>me that kids rarely even bothered going to her non-RC books.
>
> When our school started investing in Electronic Bookshelf (now Reading Counts), I
>was bound and determined to keep my collection in a traditional
>arrangement...because I wanted them to at least have the opportunity to lay their
>hands on a good book whether or not it was RC. RC books are tagged with a bright
>yellow spine-label protector that makes them stand out and the reading level and
>points level are written inside the front cover. After a number of years, the
>friend moved her RC books back together with the non-RC books.
>
> Maybe I am old fashioned, but I feel as a group of professionals we are losing a
>cohesiveness we once had. I am not saying everyone should do the exact same
>thing, but to have a format in place that students can go from one location to
>another and be familiar with the arrangement and quickly pick it up is beneficial
>in my mind. Our local public library does arrange by "themes." However, I have
>learned over the years that placement of some books is determined by the
>cataloger. Many times I find books in one series in the Science Fiction section
>(my favorite), but I also check the "regular" fiction because some in the series
>have been cataloged in that section. As for using the on-line catalog there...I
>can generally find materials faster than I can get access to a computer or that I
>can use the cumbersome search engine.
>
> Just my two cents!
> Hope everyone is having a great summer!
>
> Tony Pope
> Library Media Specialist
> McHenry Primary School
> 100 McHenry Dr.
> Rome, GA 30161
> Pope1966@att.net
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Jacqueline Henry <JHenry@GANANDA.ORG>
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Sent: Monday, June 8, 2009 8:02:55 AM
> Subject: Dropping Dewey - I don't understand....
>
> I have read articles such as this one before. I know there are public
> libraries dropping Dewey and organizing the books more like a book
> store. I understand the change in subject headings. What I don't
> understand is - how is the location indicated in the catalog. And - if
> the heading is Animals (or even as specific as Mammals), once you find
> the subject area, are the books then in alpha order by author? By
> title? Is there SOME sort of number assigned? I can see that finding
> the right section might be easy for browsers - but what about quickly
> locating a specific book?
>
> Here is one of several articles I have read recently. Apparently there
> is some sort of number assigned. Can anyone enlighten me?
>
> Quoting from this article: Rangeview Library District, CO, First
> System To Fully Drop Dewey
> http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6663145.html
>
> "there were small tweaks necessary to make to the ILS like changes to
> display the call numbers properly."
>
> Looks like there are call numbers of some sort. Or is the call number
> simply a broad subject category and from there you have to scan the
> whole section to find a specific book?
>
>
>
>
> Jacquie
>
> "You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where
> people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of
> employing wild animals as librarians...." (Monty Python)
>
> "The Librarian, whose job is to heal ignorance, to keep life safe for
> poetry and to put knowledge smack dab in the middle of the American
> way." ~ The Philadelphia Inquirer, 9-20-03
>
> “Education is not about filling a pail, it’s about lighting a fire." ~
> William Butler Yeats
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