daring to be deweyless
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Daring to be Dewey-less
Deb Hoadley, Library DirectorLangley-Adams Library
Groveland, MA
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Daring to make the leap
This book describes it all! Why, what & how we did it!
InspirationMotivationPerspirationJustification
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INSPIRATION
Patron desired space
Why do patrons prefer to browse/buy from bookstores?
AccessibilityFamiliar subject
headingsComfortable areasAttractive spacesBrowsing allowed
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BISAC Categories• ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES• ARCHITECTURE• ART• BIBLES• BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY• BODY, MIND & SPIRIT• BUSINESS & ECONOMICS• COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS• COMPUTERS• COOKING• CRAFTS & HOBBIES• DESIGN*• DRAMA• EDUCATION• FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS• FICTION• FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY• GAMES• GARDENING• HEALTH & FITNESS• HISTORY• HOUSE & HOME• HUMOR• JUVENILE FICTION• JUVENILE NONFICTION
• LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES• LAW• LITERARY COLLECTIONS• LITERARY CRITICISM• MATHEMATICS• MEDICAL• MUSIC• NATURE• PERFORMING ARTS• PETS• PHILOSOPHY• PHOTOGRAPHY• POETRY• POLITICAL SCIENCE• PSYCHOLOGY• REFERENCE• RELIGION• SCIENCE• SELF-HELP• SOCIAL SCIENCE• SPORTS & RECREATION• STUDY AIDS• TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING• TRANSPORTATION• TRAVEL• TRUE CRIME
http://www.bisg.org/what-we-do-20-73-bisacsubject-headings-2008-edition.php NH READS Fall Program 2011
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Where do you find the BISAC headings?
My Spine Label:SPORTSBASEBALRed Sox
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Lost in the stacks
Opening up the space
Starting fresh
Configuring new space
Motivation
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Final Layout
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Volunteers helped to box up over 500 boxes
Coming up with our spine label standard
Re-labeling our non-fiction spine labels
Changing records Where should we
put the new categories?
Perspiration
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Justification• Statistical data to support • Patrons love the new
layout of the library• Patrons love the ability to
look at the sections and find what they are looking for
• Shelving is easier• No conflict with
consortium/just a change in local call number
2008 2010
2978 5266
35038
56981
Change in Circulation
Non-fiction circula-tion
Total circulation
Year
Bo
oks
Cir
cula
ted
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Flexibility & Adaptability• Watching patron
traffic patterns to best arrange collections
• Using merchandising techniques to best display collections
• Signs, signs, signs…
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The Children’s Room is next! We have many parents and children asking us if we are going to put things together like the adult books
Get Ingram to build a program for automatic spine label processing to include BISAC
Do we dare do more?
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Information Webinar by National Book Network http://
pdfs.nbnbooks.com/BI/SAC/BISACWebinar.pdf Book Industry Standard Group http
://www.bisg.org/ Book publishers are putting categories on
backs of books http://waltshiel.com/2009/09/14/to-bisac-or-not-to-bisac/ My information: [email protected] Slideshare Url: