[ISLMA-Share] Cataloging Question

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Dewey is only a suggestion, not a hard and fast rule.   You can catalog anything anywhere in your library- there's no DDC police.  It's all about where your patrons will look.

You might want to look at your Professional Development section to figure this out.

Is it a huge section?  Is it big enough that it's necessary to break it down so similar things are together?  Do you have a lot of materials on subjects like Civil Rights?  If a Social Studies teacher came in to find something for WWI, would they be able to browse and find it?

Basically, if it's two shelves and everyone finds stuff by browsing, you could totally catalog them all together.  If you already have a decent sized collection of WWII materials, you may want to catalog by subject.

Kathryn Spindler
Co-Library Media Center Director
Bolingbrook High School

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As part of a grant, our school received a copy of the Brown University's The Choices Program. It's a complete set of teaching materials that focus on common core standards of text analysis and critical thinking. It's a great resource, but I'm struggling on where to catalog the materials. We have a teacher resource/professional development section. But which Dewey number? Do I separate the materials into each individual topic: civil rights, manifest destiny, WWI, WWII, etc.? Or do I place them all under 373.19 or 375 with curricula?

Holly Pantle
Ms. Pantle
Library Media Specialist
Charleston Middle School<http://www.charleston.k12.il.us/cms/index.html>
Board Member
2017 Conference Chair
Illinois School Library Media Association<islma.org>

pantleh at charleston.k12.il.us<mailto:pantleh at charleston.k12.il.us>
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