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DEWEY & BEYOND: A PANEL DISCUSSION LACONI RASS September 17, 2010 Melissa Rice Head of Adult Services Frankfort Public Library District www.deweyfree.com

DEWEY & BEYOND: A PANEL DISCUSSION Bleue Benton Oak Park Public Library Michael Geeraedts Highland Park Public Library

2005 & 2006 Service & space needs assessment study New concepts & library services oLondon’s Idea Store oDelft’s DOK Library oRichmond’s Ironwood Branch Remodeled Youth Services shelving

2007 Dropped ANSCR Remodeled Circulation Customer-Focused Library Project

Dropped ANSCR

Customer Focused Library Project  Presentations & Practices  Envirosell  Paco Underhill: Why We Buy

PLA 2008 Maricopa County Public Library, AZ Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, Topeka, KS

What did we do? Converted to a word based classification system Refer to BISAC (Book Industry Standards & Classification) as a guideline

McGraw-Hill's Conquering GMAT Math 6 different Dewey numbers are used to identify this book’s location.

The Dewey Free Project Phase 1: Planning & Design Phase 2: Shifting & Signage Phase 3: Conversion Phase 4: Analysis

Phase 1: Planning & Design  Designed a new floor layout  Weed! Weed! Weed!  Staffing  Time schedule

Original Floor Plan

Proposed Layout: July 2008

Phase 2: Shifting & Signage

Phase 3: Conversion Spine labels Taxonomy

Spine Labels  How many lines or levels?  How much is too much information?  Font style, color, and size?  Designing a label template o SUBJECT o CATEGORY o Author

Spine Label Design

Call Number

Shelf Tags

Taxonomy  Subject Collection Guide  Project coordinators develop the skeleton  Monthly committee meeting  Main taxonomy document is open to everyone working on the project

Cooking  Deconstructed  No “Ethnic” OR “Courses & Dishes” categories  AFRICAN  AMERICAN  APPETIZERS  ASIAN  BEVERAGES

Home  APPLIANCES  BUILDING  CLEANING  CONSUMER  DECORATING o BASEMENT o BATHROOM o BEDROOM

Beauty  BODY ART  GENERAL  HAIR  MAKE-UP  SKIN

We’re Done! Adult Nonfiction, Audiobooks, DVDs, & Large Print completed on September 10, 2009

Final Layout: Micromaps  http://frankfortlibrary.micromaps.com

Projects  Merged Biography into Subject Collections  Converted remaining titles in Reference Collection  Designed new endcap signs

New Endcap Signs

Phase 4: Analysis We will evaluate the project’s success: • Circulation Statistics • Surveys • Patron comments • Subject Collection Review This analysis will tell us if we need to alter any of the following: • Signs • Taxonomies • Layout

What’s Happening?

Subject Based, Dewey Free  Maricopa County Library District, AZ  Seward Memorial Library, Seward, NE  Darien Public Library, Darien, CT  Rangeview Library District, Adams County, CO  Indian Prairie Public Library, Darien, IL

Mashup: Subject + Dewey  Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, Topeka, KS  Delta Township District Library, Lansing, MI  Gail Borden District Library, Rakow Branch, Elgin, IL

Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics by Ina Garten Subject: Frankfort Public Library Dewey: SWAN District  641.5 GARTEN  COOKING GENERAL Garten  641.5 GAR Mashup: Delta Township District Subject: Maricopa County Library Library, Lansing, MI District, AZ  FOOD 641.5  COOKING Mashup: Gail Borden Public Library Subject: Rangeview Library District, District, Rakow Branch CO  COOKING AND  COOKING ENTERTAINING 641.5 Garten

Italian Grill by Mario Batali Subject: Frankfort Public Library Dewey: SWAN District  641.5 BATALI  COOKING ITALIAN Batali  641.5784 BATALI Mashup: Delta Township District Subject: Maricopa County Library Library, Lansing, MI District, AZ  FOOD 641.5784  COOKING INTL Subject: Ridgeview Library District, Mashup: Gail Borden Library District CO  COOKING AND ENTERTAINING  COOKING INTNTL ITALIAN 641.5784 Batali  COOKING INTNTL

FRANKFORT PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT Melissa Rice Head of Adult Services mrice@frankfortlibrary.org 815.534.6173 frankfortlibrary.org deweyfree.com

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