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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">And from Dee Crowner, now retired (with
picture!):<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Yes,
Dewey does group by subject but what I like about subject
based is the fact that all on one subject is in one place and
not scattered in the 970’s, 300’s and probably other place
throughout the collection which would be one reason for not
putting BISAC or your own subjects on the end panels. The
same basic subjects could be in several different places.
Patrons like it because it is more visual and friendly than
Dewey numbers for them. Also, people use bookstores a lot and
are used this type of categorization. Redoing all the labels
wasn’t necessary. We could have done just the non-fiction but
it was a staff decision to do all the material to have the
entire collection labeled/looking the “same” for the ease of
our patrons. Converting to subject based took us around two
years, a lot of time and energy, mulling over and deciding
where to put material but it was so worth it in the end. If
large libraries like AnyThink and Maricopa can do it we all
can if that is what you want. It does take a lot of
preparation up front and probably convincing some staff and
maybe even downright nagging to get them started but in the
end it all worked out great both for both staff and patrons
for us. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Dee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Forte;color:#1F497D">Dee
Crowner<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Library
Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">North
Liberty Community Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Elizabeth M. Rivera
Library Assistant
Coquille Public Library
105 N Birch St
Coquille OR 97423
541-396-2166</pre>
On 06/11/2014 02:15 PM, Elizabeth M. Rivera wrote:<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">From Jennie Garner in Iowa, who
graciously allowed me to share (I'm sharing on-list because I
think others might be interested):<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Great
discussion! I’ve enjoyed reading the comments/questions and
agree with some opinions written from each school of
thought. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">And
isn’t that the beauty of libraries? Librarians are
historically flexible and generally adapt for what works in
their respective communities; we tailor our collections,
services and programs to meet the needs/desires of our
users. What works for one library may not work at all for a
neighbor even 30 miles down the road. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The
boost in circulation of our nonfiction in all age ranges has
us sold that this system what works for North Liberty. In
the first few months, we had a good number of ART and
ARCHITECTURE books checked out that had never left the
shelves under their Dewey numbers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Here
in North Liberty, we found that the majority of our patrons
were requesting books by subject – “can you tell me where
your True Crime books are?” or “where are your books on
dogs?” “Parenting?” “Childbirth?”, “Gardening?” So it felt
natural for us to migrate our collection to subject-based
classification rather than assigning Dewey numbers. We have
found that using subject-based call numbers, as opposed to
Dewey, has been an intuitive and welcome switch for the
majority of our patrons (not all, we have had three patrons
state that they didn’t like it but many, many more who have
complimented the change). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Staff
are seeing less requests now for “where is this section” and
people simply reading our signage (our end caps list the
subjects) and finding the material on their own quite often.
We unveiled by hanging up large posters that told the story
of the switch with actual spine label examples enlarged to
80 point size font. We try to ask if people have found what
they need and explain our system if patrons don’t understand
but it has been a very smooth and easy transition for us.
There are always patrons who come straight to the desk no
matter what title they are looking for because it’s quick
and easy. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">But
even with Dewey and its subject-based cataloging, there is
still some subjective decision-making happening for
catalogers. You can go to our SILO online and compare
several libraries in Iowa with the same title assigned a
slightly or wholly different Dewey number and/or different
subject headings within a record as well. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">While
our collection is based on BISAC, it’s also localized to our
community. We have a section assigned WEDDINGS because we
have a large population of young people and a lot of
interest in this area. In the juvenile, we have DINOSAURS
because it’s so popular. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">It
is definitely getting harder to assign genre labels to
fiction as we see romance-fantasy crossovers, etc. We did
survey our patrons a couple times and they resoundingly
responded that they like the genre labels and separate
categorization so we do our best to assign according to the
descriptions and reviews.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">It
works for us here. When we were first discussing this change
during a presentation about it, a librarian said that
sometimes she can’t find what she’s searching for in the
bookstore and the response from the presenter was:
“Librarians are the only ones who can’t find things in
Barnes & Noble.” </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D">J</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thanks
for reading!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand
ITC";color:#1F497D">Jennie Garner<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-family:"Californian
FB","serif";color:#1F497D">Assistant
Library Director<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-family:"Californian
FB","serif";color:#1F497D">North Liberty
Community Library<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-family:"Californian
FB","serif";color:#1F497D">PO Box 320<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-family:"Californian
FB","serif";color:#1F497D">North Liberty,
IA 52317<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-family:"Californian
FB","serif";color:#1F497D">319.626.5778 (w)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-family:"Californian
FB","serif";color:#1F497D">319.321.8056 (c)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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style="font-family:"Californian
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moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.northlibertylibrary.org">www.northlibertylibrary.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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Coquille Public Library
105 N Birch St
Coquille OR 97423
541-396-2166</pre>
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