Daniel,
WOW! That's a really good response. The answer is that they get a GPS device.
Maybe that should be the next library advance. We need a tech device that gets you
to the book. I love it. I'm not patenting the idea, so someone else get a move on.
Jo Reinmiller MLIS
Country Day School
Costa Rica
-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Stuhlman [mailto:ddstuhlman@earthlink.net]
Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 2:10 PM
To: Jo Reinmiller
Subject: Re: After spine labels
At 02:50 PM 10/22/2009, you wrote:
>To all you movers and shakers,
>This conversation about spine labels got me to thinking. What do the
>libraries do who have chosen to organize more like a bookstore? No
>labels? I love the Dewey system; I understand it; I use it. But
>even though students are taught Dewey from early elementary up at my
>school, many students could not find a book if left to their own
>devices. I know that I could find a book by Dewey number without
>any previous exposure to the system simply by following the signage
>that shows which way according to the number. It's rather like
>looking for your hotel room. Why is it that students seem unable to do this?
Perhaps they are the same students who can't find addresses of the
places they are trying to visit?
Daniel Stuhlman
Chicago, IL
ddstuhlman at earthlink.net
Blog: http://kol-safran.blogspot.com/
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