Genrefying library collections
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Find out how and why you can reorganise parts of a library collection. And, find out some tips if you are interested in genrefying aspects of your own collection
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- 1. GENREFYING A LIBRARY COLLECTION P r e s e n t e d b y I s o b e l W i l l i a m s , H e l e n C h a p m a n , M a n d y K e r b y a n d R a e l e n e B a r k e r Australian School Library Association Inc.
- 2. Housekeeping Australian School Library Association Inc. Sue Johnston ASLA Board Director Chair ASLA Professional Learning Project Team Facilitator for this webinar Housekeeping: Participation options Attendee control panel Question facility Post-webinar information Future PL events 2
- 3. A NEW WAY OF FINDING - GENRE AND THE FICTION P R E S E N T E D B Y I S O B E L W I L L I A M S A N D H E L E N C H A P M A N O G I L V I E H I G H S C H O O L Australian School Library Association Inc.
- 4. Introduction Australian School Library Association Inc. 4 Isobel Williams Currently ASLA President, teacher librarian and year 7 Science teacher And Helen Chapman Library Technician Both at Ogilvie High School in Hobart isobel.williams@education.tas.gov.au
- 5. What we started with Australian School Library Association Inc. 5 All girls 800 students Grades 7-10 8000 fiction titles Cramped shelves Do not use SCIS
- 6. The weeding Australian School Library Association Inc. 6 Huge weeding effort Older than 2000 Dog-eared Yellow pages Ancient illustrations Food spills More than 1 copy Reduced to 6000
- 7. Thinking about genre Australian School Library Association Inc. 7 Girls’ school Interests of our students Graphic Novels already done Requests for genre rather than author Wanted a way to reinvigorate our fiction collection
- 8. What genre? Australian School Library Association Inc. 8 Adventure Animals Crime Fangs and Wings Fantasy Friends Funny Futures Graphic Novels History Love Lucky Dip Science Fiction War
- 9. What we didn’t choose Australian School Library Association Inc. 9 Classics Australian Mystery Sport Spies Horses Relationships Movies
- 10. Making the lists Australian School Library Association Inc. 10 Create lists in OPAC
- 11. After the lists Australian School Library Association Inc. 11 Graphic for labels Image search – clip art and free for reuse Printed out 3-5 designs and trialled them with students “What does this label mean to you?
- 12. Managing the process Australian School Library Association Inc. 12 Lists used to find books Every book examined Made clear definitions Holds or check-in notes Made signs
- 13. Adding to the record Australian School Library Association Inc. 13 Added subject headings Added genre F xxxxxxx ACB to call number New spine labels only on new books
- 14. Making room Australian School Library Association Inc. 14 Moved books And moved books again Shuffled and crammed to make space
- 15. Left overs Australian School Library Association Inc. 15 Not on the lists? Multiple genre – a dog solving crime Check online reviews Read some of the book Ask if someone has read it All else fails - Lucky dip
- 16. Down sides Australian School Library Association Inc. 16 Some could be in two or more genre Students who want to read 1 author Keep series together even if they cross over different genre Huge job – taken 3 terms - but not a huge cost
- 17. Non Fiction Australian School Library Association Inc. 17 War Tasmania Biography
- 18. Reaction from students and teachers Australian School Library Association Inc. 18 I am tempted to try a different genre now - Grade 8 I am really excited to find new books – Grade 7
- 19. GENREFYING A LIBRARY COLLECTION M A N D Y K E R B Y R A E L E N E B A R K E R V I C T O R H A R B O R H I G H S C H O O L , S A Australian School Library Association Inc.
- 20. 20 Victor Harbor High School Victor Harbor SA 5211 Victor Harbor High School Co-educational Year 8-12 Public School situated 80km South of Adelaide on the Fleurieu Peninsula 750 Students Australian School Library Association Inc.
- 21. 21 Victor Harbor High School Research Centre Victor Harbor High School Research Centre 5,038 Fiction titles 7,347 Non-fiction titles Australian School Library Association Inc.
- 22. 22 Victor Harbor High School Research Centre Staff Raelene Barker Research Centre Officer Mandy Kerby Research Centre Manager Australian School Library Association Inc. Photography by yr 12 student Shara Iriks at Asian Market Day VHHS 2015
- 23. Genrefying Fiction Australian School Library Association Inc. What the students say! “I prefer to look for a book by its Genre as I have favourite themes and not a favourite author.” Year 9 Students What the teachers say! “I have learnt most of the books I’m looking for are in Senior Fiction.” Year 12 Teacher “It fits the curriculum.” Year 9 Teacher 23
- 24. 24 Adolescents – teenage, adolescence A5 Acrylic Signage Shelf Label Stickers Australian School Library Association Inc.
- 25. 25 Graphic Novels – Comics, illustrated stories A5 Acrylic Signage Shelf Labels Stickers Australian School Library Association Inc.
- 26. 26 Senior Fiction – Senior Students Only A5 Acrylic Signage Shelf Labels Stickers Australian School Library Association Inc.
- 27. 27 Quick Reads – variety of Fiction & Non-Fiction titles Quick Reads A4 Acrylic Signage Australian School Library Association Inc.
- 28. 28 War – War Stories A5 Acrylic Signage Shelf labels Stickers Australian School Library Association Inc.
- 29. Australian School Library Association Inc. 29
- 30. Genrefying Fiction – Tools to Assist Australian School Library Association Inc. 30 Victor Harbor High School - Research Centre Middle School - Oral Reading Rubric Students Name: _____________________ Date: _____________ Today I read: ________________________________________ By: _________________ To (Teacher): __________________ 1. My favourite authors are: _____________________________________________ _______ 2. My favourite book is: ____________________________________________ ________ 1. My favourite genres are: ____________________________________________ ________ 1. I rate reading as an enjoyable activity by:
- 31. Genrefying Fiction - Stages Australian School Library Association Inc. 31 First: Visit to another school Continuous weeding Labelled each novel using genre sticker Changed sub-location to new genre on V-Library According to SCIS mostly Next: Shelf shuffle Labelled shelves Promoted
- 32. Genrefying Non-Fiction - Stages Australian School Library Association Inc. 32 First Continuous weeding Modified Dewey to fit with topics from ACARA and local subjects -compiled a unique Dewey list Label books with spine labels - unique picture for each Dewey category Change call number and sub-location on V-Library to suit Next Shelf shuffle as we progress Label shelves Promote
- 33. Genrefying Non-Fiction - ACARA Australian School Library Association Inc. 33 HISTORY TOPICS YEAR 8 MEDIEVAL EUROPE SHOGUNATE JAPAN BLACK DEATH YEAR 9 INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION MAKING A NATION WORLD WAR I YEAR 10 WORLD WAR II RIGHTS & FREEDOMS POPULAR CULTURE SENIOR YEARS ANCIENT HISTORY (SOCIETIES, PEOPLE, POWER AUTHORITY) MODERN HISTORY (EVENTS, IDEAS, MOVEMENTS, DEVELOPMENTS) SCIENCE TOPICS YEAR 8 THINKING SCIENTIFICALLY Introduction to equipment & method BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Cells as the unit of living things Multi-cellular Organisms CHEMICAL SCIENCES Particle Theory Chemical Change PHYSICAL SCIENCES Types of energy EARTH & SPACE SCIENCE Rocks HUMAN ENDEAVOUR YEAR 9 THINKING SCIENTIFICALLY Lab Safety & scientific method review CHEMICAL SCIENCES Atoms & Molecules & Reactions Reactions BIOLIGICAL SCIENCES Organisms Coordinated Systems Ecosystems EARTH & SPACE & SCIENCES Tectonic plates CCP SUSTAINABILITY PHYSICAL SCIENCES Energy Transfer Introduction to Electrical Circuits
- 34. Genrefying Non-Fiction - Dewey Australian School Library Association Inc. 34 Dewey Numbers for Medieval History For example are, 305.409 Women 340.5 Law 391.009 Clothing 394.1 Food 398.094 Myths etc… 509.4 Science & Tech 610.9 Medicine Combined these Dewey Numbers into the one Dewey Location 940.1 Medieval History Email mandy.kerby194@schools.sa.edu.au Phone: 08 8551 1914 Victor Harbor High School Research Centre
- 35. Post-webinar information Australian School Library Association Inc. Certificate of attendance will be emailed Membership information is available at http://www.asla.org.au/membership.aspx Future Webinars http://www.asla.org.au/Professional-learning/webinars.aspx Follow ASLA on Twitter https://twitter.com/aslanational Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ASLAOnline 35
Editor's Notes
- Isobel Experiment with kids doing the classification State wide shared catalogue
- Isobel Weeded old, tatty books Some re-ordered Covers looked old Ruthless on this process Weeded about 20% of all fiction titles Ripped them up and threw them away – past experience was that teachers took them to classrooms and let them sit Took most of term 1 With a view to what students had been asking for: Sad stories Love stories Vampires Huuuuggge weed! Shuffled books to clear a bay causing some temporary overcrowding in other areas Isobel ran reports concentrating on subjects to identify books. We wanted to have enough of each genre to fill a bay. Isobel decided that the genres would be shelved alphabetically according to genre type and then within that alphabetically by authors last name (just like normal). So we have Adventure – Animals – Crime etc (Show what we have decided on??) = Word document Friends includes Families School and Bullying, but that has become quite large so Isobel is thinking about dividing this genre. We decided that adding a clip art or graphic sticker above the usual spine label was the best way to go. We did experiment a bit about how the spine labels would print out because in our system if you had a space it started a new line – so science fiction became F SCI.FI XYW The book spines have become covered with stickers (we also have a sticker denoting series number), but the girls weren’t looking at the spines much anyway. We had many discussions about genre stickers and most often had a selection of 5 or 6 at the front desk so that the students could give us feedback. We did one genre at a time. We had already identified the Graphic Novels, so it was fairly easy just to re-shelve them when we got to G We pulled those books off the shelf and had a good look at them. Looked at the blurb, looked at subject headings and, if in doubt, a couple of websites that allocates genres. Helen liked goodreads.com but just used it to as a guide. As we went we found that we needed to define the genres specifically – especially when we got to Fantasy. In the end we created a Fangs and Wings genre for all the paranormal romance (like the Twilight series). We also created Futures which includes Steampunk and Dystopias (uumm and I forget what else – I need my cheat sheet) Fantasy is still very large! At times it was “too hard” so we put them back on the shelf in the usual place so that we could have a fresh look at the next round of genres, or when we got to the “left overs” We placed Holds and checkin notes on any items we couldn’t find. Fortunately we had a stockpile of new books that we could dribble out onto the shelves, so we stopped processing our new items while we were completing the genres. Right now, as items are returned any without a genre sticker is not being re-shelved and will be genre-fied. We ended up with 3 bays of “leftovers” that needed some critical “looking at”. We had created a genre of Lucky Dip and Isobel was happy that if a book seemed to belong in a couple of places, it could go there. (Not sure if Isobel actually has this policy in mind). It has been a mammoth task! There has been a massive amount of reshelving, and shuffling books up – very physical work!! It has also been a time when Helen has had a quick look at our catalogue record and fixed any glaring mistakes and added any extra subject headings. The gi
- Isobel Already had Graphic novels Knew we had fantasy Brainstormed about 20 genre Girls interests What others did Talked about what we thought would work Had Mystery. Classics Difference between scifi and fantasy and magic and steam punk, friends, family and school
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- Helen Decide on graphic for labels Never thought of coloured dots Didn’t like the labels that were available commercially Image search – clip art and free for reuse Printed out 3-5 designs and trialled them with students – “What does this label mean to you?
- Helen Books were taken from shelf from lists Every book - looked at blurb and catalogue record Did not create new collections Genre - clear definitions At no time did we close the library Holds or check-in notes on books that were on loan Made signs with spine label image and definition
- Helen Added subject headings if required Added genre F xxxxxxx ACB Checked that it would print on spine label New books get spine labels with full call number Did not print new spine labels just added the image Mini address labels from Avery Have to classify by subject heading all new Fiction
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- Helen The books that did not appear on lists Multiple genre – a dog solving crime - eg Check online reviews Read some of the book Ask if someone has read it All else fails pop it in - Lucky dip
- Isobel Cross overs could be in 2 places Students who want to read 1 author Keep series together even if they cross over different genre Huge job – taken 3 terms - but not a huge cost Books can be reassigned
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