Cracking the Code

1. Cracking the Code: Beyond Dewey

2. <ul><li>Lynda Freas </li></ul><ul><li>Family Library Services Director, Anythink Libraries, CO </li></ul><ul><li>Molly Moyer </li></ul><ul><li>Retired Bookseller and Librarian, The Tattered Cover, Denver, CO </li></ul><ul><li>Marshall Shore </li></ul><ul><li>Information Curator, Phoenix, AZ </li></ul><ul><li>Rachel Fewell </li></ul><ul><li>Collection Development Manager, Anythink Libraries, CO </li></ul>

3. Molly Moyer Retired Bookseller and Librarian Cracking the Code: Beyond Dewey

11. Marshall Shore, Information Curator TM Cracking the Code: Beyond Dewey

12. Background <ul><li>“ Give ’em what they want” </li></ul><ul><li>Customer and Potential Customers </li></ul>Cracking the Code: Beyond Dewey

13. Elements – Third Place <ul><li>Distinct from home or work </li></ul><ul><li>Liberating “free” space </li></ul><ul><li>Encourages people to stay – and to return </li></ul><ul><li>Playful </li></ul>Cracking the Code: Beyond Dewey

16. Elements <ul><li>Shelving </li></ul><ul><li>Display </li></ul><ul><li>Furniture </li></ul><ul><li>Signage </li></ul><ul><li>Collection </li></ul>Cracking the Code: Beyond Dewey

22. Discussion Continues <ul><li>Library Journal </li></ul><ul><ul><li>LibraryJournal.com/article/CA6698264.html </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Corporate Curmudgeon </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Dauten.com/e-luminations/2010-01.html </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Changing Hands, Tempe, AZ </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Changinghands.com </li></ul></ul><ul><li>PLA 2010 </li></ul>Cracking the Code: Beyond Dewey

23. Marshall Shore, Information Curator TM [email_address] www.marshallshore.com Cracking the Code: Beyond Dewey

24. Lynda Freas Family Services Director Rachel Fewell Collection Development Manager Anythink Libraries Cracking the Code: Beyond Dewey

25. WordThink Grid Cracking the Code: Beyond Dewey BISAC SPINE LABEL #1 BISAC 2 SPINE LABEL #2 Relationships RELATION RELATION Abuse ABUSE RELATION Dating DATING RELATION Divorce DIVORCE RELATION Family FAMILY RELATION Marriage MARRIAGE RELATION Sex SEX RELATION Weddings WEDDINGS

26. Working with Vendors <ul><li>Communication and Timeline for the project </li></ul><ul><li>Plan for collecting </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Branch closures timeline </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Continuing to order Dewey while ordering WordThink </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Translation grid – BISAC to WordThink </li></ul><ul><li>Ongoing feedback </li></ul><ul><li>Yearly updates and </li></ul><ul><li>retro-fitting </li></ul>Cracking the Code: Beyond Dewey

27. MARC Display Cracking the Code: Beyond Dewey

28. WordThink Translation Cracking the Code: Beyond Dewey FAM000000 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / General RELATION FAM001000 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Abuse / General RELATION ABUSE FAM001010 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Abuse / Child Abuse RELATION ABUSE FAM001030 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Abuse / Domestic Partner Abuse RELATION ABUSE FAM004000 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Adoption & Fostering RELATION FAMILY FAM006000 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Alternative Family RELATION FAMILY FAM015000 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Divorce & Separation RELATION DIVORCE FAM017000 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Eldercare RELATION FAMILY FAM029000 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Love & Romance RELATION DATING FAM041000 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Siblings RELATION FAMILY HEA042000 HEALTH & FITNESS / Sexuality RELATION SEX PSY016000 PSYCHOLOGY / Human Sexuality RELATION SEX REF024000 REFERENCE / Weddings RELATION WEDDINGS SEL001000 SELF-HELP / Abuse RELATION ABUSE SEL034000 SELF-HELP / Sexual Instruction RELATION SEX

29. Planning <ul><li>Spine Label examples : </li></ul>DVD HOME DIY BIOGRAPH FAMOUS TRUMP HISTORY MILITARY WW2 MEDICAL HRT DIS COOKING INTNTL J PLACES US TEEN RELATION TEEN GRAPHIC SPIDER-M Cracking the Code: Beyond Dewey

30. Converting the Catalog <ul><li>Split up collection – 4 staff members change item records for Dewey ranges </li></ul><ul><li>Example: 636.7 = PETS DOGS </li></ul><ul><li>– go through item by item </li></ul><ul><li>Every NF collection converted </li></ul><ul><li>LP, Books on CD, J & E, Teen </li></ul><ul><li>Change catalog display </li></ul>Cracking the Code: Beyond Dewey

31. Converting the Branch <ul><li>Group “like” materials </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Map out new locations of materials using collection statistics </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Close the branch – fastest, easiest, cleanest </li></ul><ul><ul><li>35,000 item collection = 1 week closure </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>12 FTE complete the project </li></ul></ul><ul><li>New signs, maps of location </li></ul><ul><li>Orienting all staff </li></ul>Cracking the Code: Beyond Dewey

Cracking the Code

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Cracking the Code