Query:
Our book about "Dewey, the library cat" came processed as BIO, should we keep it a
921 or move it?
Your responses:
I put our copy under B Myron (Vicki Myron) because after I read the
book, I felt it was as much a story about Vicki's life as it was Dewey's
life.
Ha! Ours is located at 636.8092.
The call number I got from Alliance + for the Dewey book when I cataloged
mine is 636.8092, It will be interesting to see where others are putting
this in their collections!
I would do B or 921 DEWEY! That is funny though! I loved the book I just
read it last week. People are more apt to think of the DEWEY than the
BOOKS? v (Read it if you haven't).
According to Titlewave.com, it is listed as 636.8. Can you reprocess?
Our library has it at 636.8 Myr so I can't help you.
Well heck, it IS a bio! Kind of a fun read, too. How about 636.8092?
Since you're in a school library, I'd label it 921 Dewey, because it'll be easier
for middle schoolers to find (we all know they would sooner eat worms than look for
"Books").
I put it with the cat books! Not a bio, IMHO. Funny to think of, tho'!
Actually- to totally add to your confusion, we send it catalogued at 636.8.
AS much as anything it is the story of the author more than the cat. I'd
make it B MYRON but I think I might change the call # to 636.8 for your cat
lovers.
The catalog I looked in placed it in 636.8092
I check WorldCat and found:
Dewey (Cat)
Library cats -- Iowa -- Spencer -- Biography.
Dewey: 636.8092/9
Goodness! It was processed as 636.809 MYR on the Mackin copy. So, I guess
you will need 921 DEW MYR, eh? What a hoot!
Ours is cataloged in the 636.8 section...
Soo...I've decided (in my infinite wisdom) do leave it as 921 DEWEY. Our classes do
big biography projects and I think the middle schoolers will make more use of it
there. They're a little more likely to read a book about a cat than a librarian.
(Nothing personal!)
Sorry if that discombobulates my OCD cataloger friends!
Thanks for everyone's help.
Harry
Harry F. Coffill
hcoffill@egrps.org
Media Center Specialist
East Grand Rapids Middle School
Drama Department
East Grand Rapids High School
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