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The document discusses how a media specialist at a school district genrefied their fiction collection by organizing books by genre instead of using the Dewey Decimal System, including investigating the idea, deciding on genres, pulling books and assigning them genres, setting up the new layout, and sharing the changes with students and teachers. The genrefying process took place over several months with minimal expenses and has led to improved browsing and book selection for students.
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Genrefying Fiction
- 1. Genrefying Fiction Shannon Vasseur Media Specialist ISD 728
- 2. Background Information Taught English Self-Selected Reading (SSR) Media specialist fall 2006 Students & teachers asked for it Moved graphic novels Reorganized 1styear
- 3. Investigating Professionalarticles: “Give ‘em What They Want! Reorganizing Your Fiction Collection by Genre” Elizabeth Dumas Publiclibraries MEMO Listserv Mackin Ann Mansfield My assistant
- 4. First Steps Brainstorming Too manycategories Didn’t change spine label Time Money Color Coded Demco Easy to change
- 5. Genres Modern (yellow) Adventure (orange) Edgy (pink) Sports (grey) Fantasy& science fiction Multicultural (brown) (green) Historical & war (light Horror & vampire (red) blue) Mystery, thriller Classics (purple) &suspense (dark blue)
- 6. Deciding on the Best Fit Cataloging Good Reads Shelfari Library Thing AP College Board lists & ALA lists Book reviews Student & teacher recommendations Not written in stone
- 7. Pulling the Books Started with mysteries,science fiction & fantasy Already pulled Large section Put stickers over spine label Added genre in location field Checkout still available
- 8. Layout of Genres Alphabetically by genre Didn’t flow Size of genre Better flow Adventure by sports Historical & warnext to classics Consider growth
- 9. Sharing Our New Layout Color coded signage Bookmarks explained “Edgy” Layout on back Lessons Book talks Media center orientation
- 10. Timeline December – February Never closed Never stopped checkout Collection size:2600fiction books Expenses: Labels Tape for label maker Shelf label holders Less than $200
- 11. Pleasant Surprises Collection development Sports Multicultural Weeding Books to elementary & middle schools Promoted nonfiction too Fun &excitement
- 12. Improved Dewey Redid signage for each end cap Added words Added words to each individual shelf Signage in fiction to guide towards nonfiction
- 13. Obstacles Finding books we were processing Running out of stickers Checked out books needed to be done Shelving books (remember checked out books) Ellen Hopkins
- 14. Future Book Orders Book reviews Subject headings Placed in notes section of Mackin order
- 15. Things I Would Do Differently Short Story Collection Left alone at first Could add stickers Could put in genres Done this fall Cooler Signage Librariantiff’s photostream Book Genre Art
- 16. Related Resources Are Dewey’s Days Numbered Dewey Free Library Dewey Dilemma