To answer one question, most newer books (last ten years at
least) actually have cataloging information on the copyright
page--including the Dewey Decimal Number. Sometimes I will
look up the book at the website catalog of one of the
jobbers I buy from to find a DD#. (Follette or BTSB.) There
is a Dewey Resource book, but I find it somewhat difficult
to use, so I save it for cases where I can't get it easily
elsewhere.
I have no automated circulation or cataloging at all, so you
are one up on me there.
I think the best thing to do might be to establish certain
basic standards that you wish to follow and expect whoever
might take the position to follow that basic plan. there is
always tweaking to make things more convenient or more
workable for your particular situation, but the basic plan
should be consistent.
As a librarian, I feel that books should not be arranged
according to AR level. When kids go to the public library
they are not going to find books arranged by level. I do
have AR color coded markers on books that show the
approximate level, with the level and points on the pocket
inside. In our school that has not led to embarrassment of
students reading something that is below level, which is the
argument against doing it.
It is logical to separate books for younger kids from those
for the older ones, though. That would be your dividing
between Early Readers and juvenile fiction. What is the
grade range of your school? In our PreK through 8th grade
school I have fiction in E, Early Chapter books, Fiction,
and Middle School Fiction. Non-fiction is in two sections--E
and "the stacks"--otherwise known as the big kids books.
I hope this has been helpful in some way. If you have other
questions, ask away.
On 2/28/08, Marie/IN/Curriculum Director wrote:
> Here is my dilemma; I hope that someone out there has some
> words of wisdom. I am the Curriculum Director of a small
> Christian school. Over the last 4 years, we have had 4
> different librarians most with no library experience. Each
> one comes in and arranges the library her own way. My
> administrator and I both want the library organized
> correctly.
>
> From reading some of the posts on here, I can see that
> there are different views on what is "correct". Here is
> what we are working with. Any and all suggestions are
> welcome. We are currently using an older version of
> ResourceMate. Unfortunately, the books have not been
> entered into it properly (the, a, series name instead of
> title). Spine tabs have not been put on the books with
> call letters/numbers etc. Where do we go to get the
> correct Dewey numbers for NF?
>
> We have AR Enterprise and try to make sure that all books
> are tagged according to level. Do you recommend organizing
> by grade level or by Early Reading, Juvenile Fiction etc?
>
> Like I said earlier, we will appreciate any guidance we
> can get.
>
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