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Re: Organizing School Library
Posted by KY Retired Librarian on 2/29/08
I agree with Kathy, I wouldn't arrange by AR level either.
Keep the books in their classification order. Common ones at
the elementary level are Easy, Fiction (I dislike the term
chapter books), Biography and Non-fiction. If you can't find
the Dewey number inside the book, try the Library of Congress
site www.loc.gov. However, sometimes they only give the LC
Classification. Wikipedia has a very basic one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dewey_Decimal_classes This is another good site I go to for cataloging information
http://olc1.ohiolink.edu/search
There are probably more if you have time to search. On 2/28/08, Kathy/WA wrote:
> 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.
>>
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Organizing School Library, 2/28/08, by Marie/IN/Curriculum Director.
- Re: Organizing School Library, 2/28/08, by Kathy/WA.
- Re: Organizing School Library, 2/29/08, by KY Retired Librarian.
- Re: Organizing School Library, 2/29/08, by Kathy/WA.
- Re: Organizing School Library, 2/29/08, by kevin.
- Re: Organizing School Library, 2/29/08, by Tom N.
- Re: Kathy, 3/01/08, by KY Retired Librarian.
- Re: Organizing School Library, 3/01/08, by Kevin.
- Re: Organizing School Library, 3/05/08, by fran.
- Re: Organizing School Library, 3/10/08, by sanwin.
- Re: Organizing School Library, 4/27/08, by jcarroll.
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