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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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      <br>
      <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>
        <br>
        <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>
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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">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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                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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        <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>
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