1. Daring to be Dewey-less Deb Hoadley, Library Director Langley-Adams Library Groveland, MA
2. Daring to make the leap This book describes it all! Why, what & how we did it! Inspiration Motivation Perspiration Justification 2 NH READS Fall Program 2011
3. INSPIRATION Patron desired space Why do patrons prefer to browse/buy from bookstores? Accessibility Familiar subject headings Comfortable areas Attractive spaces Browsing allowed 3 NH READS Fall Program 2011
4. BISAC Categories ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES ARCHITECTURE ART BIBLES BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY BODY, MIND & SPIRIT BUSINESS & ECONOMICS COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS COMPUTERS COOKING CRAFTS & HOBBIES DESIGN* DRAMA EDUCATION FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS FICTION FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY GAMES GARDENING HEALTH & FITNESS HISTORY HOUSE & HOME HUMOR JUVENILE FICTION JUVENILENONFICTION LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES LAW LITERARY COLLECTIONS LITERARY CRITICISM MATHEMATICS MEDICAL MUSIC NATURE PERFORMING ARTS PETS PHILOSOPHY PHOTOGRAPHY POETRY POLITICAL SCIENCE PSYCHOLOGY REFERENCE RELIGION SCIENCE SELF-HELP SOCIAL SCIENCE SPORTS & RECREATION STUDY AIDS TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING TRANSPORTATION TRAVEL TRUE CRIME 4 http://www.bisg.org/what-we-do-20-73-bisacsubject- headings-2008-edition.php NH READS Fall Program 2011
5. Where do you find the BISAC headings? My Spine Label: SPORTS BASEBAL Red Sox 5 NH READS Fall Program 2011
8. Volunteers helped to box up over 500 boxes Coming up with our spine label standard Re-labeling our non-fiction spine labels Changing records Where should we put the new categories? Perspiration 8 NH READS Fall Program 2011
9. Justification Statistical data to support Patrons love the new layout of the library Patrons love the ability to look at the sections and find what they are looking for Shelving is easier No conflict with consortium/just a change in local call number 9 NH READS Fall Program 2011
10. Flexibility & Adaptability Watching patron traffic patterns to best arrange collections Using merchandising techniques to best display collections Signs, signs, signs… 10 NH READS Fall Program 2011
11. The Children’s Room is next! We have many parents and children asking us if we are going to put things together like the adult books Get Ingram to build a program for automatic spine label processing to include BISAC Do we dare do more? 11 NH READS Fall Program 2011
12. Information Webinar by National Book Network http://pdfs.nbnbooks.com/BI/SAC/BISACWebinar.pdf Book Industry Standard Group http://www.bisg.org/ Book publishers are putting categories on backs of books http://waltshiel.com/2009/09/14/to-bisac-or-not-to-bisac/ My information: debhoadley@gmail.com SlideshareUrl: 12 NH READS Fall Program 2011
Editor's Notes
It all started with Jeremy Reeder from Maricopa, AZ and his presentation at MLA on how his libraries were going Dewey-less. Right from the start, I loved the idea. Timing is everything – we were going to replace a rug which turned into a renovation; we embarked on a strategic plan; and I had the buy-in from staff, Trustees and patrons.
I really wanted to find out the biggest complaints from patrons in finding items they were looking for – they told me they didn’t understand the “number system” and “how come everything wasn’t together in a subject.” Weddings is a perfect example – there are so many Dewey categories and patrons can’t find what it all together
I use Ingram and this is what they have for categories. I would choose to put SPORTS, BASEBAL, Red Sox
Our process…
Since everyone wants fiction, mysteries an biographies, we make people walk through non-fiction to get there.
We learned a lot in this process: staff learned to weed and how to improve collection development decisions; volunteers learned what we do, and were part of that process from moving books, typing labels, moving collections, and shelving; it took much longer than we wanted, but had patron reassuring us that they love it; we aren’t finished yet!
Statistics only show part of the picture.
We have learned a lot about how patrons browse, and what gets their attention. We are never thinking that we are done moving books and locations of materials. Patrons and staff are part of the process when we want to make a change.
We have already put the YA non-fiction in with the adult books. We designate them with a YA label for easy identification.
