[ISLMA-Share] Genre-fying Question

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I'm in the process of just doing my YA section and the term "Chick Lit" was
addressed.

I was surprised to hear that it was originally meant to showcase women
authors, which I find also rather gender specific.

My staff did not like "Romance" because we are an elementary school. So
these types of books are going into "Realistic Fiction" - non-gender
specific.

Linda

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On Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 9:15 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> My only question is doesn't the term chick-lit shut out male readers? (We
> call ours "Romance" and I'm often surprised by the relatively high degree
> of male readership.)
>
> Leah Krippner
> Librarian, Harlem High School
>
> On Jun 12, 2016, at 8:16 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
> Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
> Just finished up ours last week - middle school. Here are our categories:
>
>    - Adventure
>    - Chick Lit
>    - Fantasy
>    - Scary Stories/Horror
>    - Historical Fiction
>    - Humor
>    - Mystery
>    - Mythology
>    - Paranormal
>    - Realistic Fiction
>    - Sci-Fi
>    - Sports
>
>
>
>
> Amy Bendall
> District 34 Library Media Specialist
> Antioch, IL
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> *Subject:* Re: [ISLMA-Share] Genre-fying Question
>
> We ended up adding a "scary" section.  When I thought about the Hardy Boys
> or Nancy Drew in the same section as Mary Downing Hahn, it made me think we
> needed one more section.  And the kiddos know that the books in that
> section are SCARY!  Coraline, Hahn books, A Tale Dark and Grimm, and then
> we did move our Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark to this section too.  We
> took a bit of liberty with Dewey on that one.  Changed them to SCARY 398.2
> and kept them in the non-fic circ type (kind of a pain for inventory, but
> we just made a note of that in our inventory notes so we don't forget from
> year to year).  We did that too for our HUMOR section this year.  We moved
> our jokes books there on the suggestion of one of my colleagues, and boy,
> do they MOVE now!
>
> We genre-fied two years ago, and it's been the best change we have made
> around here!
>
> Here are our genres that we settled on in case you or anyone else is
> interested!
>
> MYSTERY
> ADVENTURE
> ANIMALS (was kind of tough to choose between animals and fantasy on so
> many of the books can cross over)
> FANTASY
> REALISTIC FIC
> HUMOR
> GRAPHIC NOVELS
> SCARY
> FAIRY TALES (kept these as a 398.2 and NF circ types, but pulled into its
> separate section)
> POETRY (same as above - kept as 811 but pulled into separate section)
>
> I hope this helps!
>
> Becky
> Rockland Learning Center
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> On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 9:55 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
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> > wrote:
>
>> Hi --
>>
>> I am seeking opinions of the many wise librarians on this list. I am
>> genre-fying my fiction section and have a section for Mystery/Horror books,
>> which will include traditional mysteries, ghosts, horror, etc. I have a
>> number of books in my folktale area that would qualify for this section. So
>> I am thinking of moving them. However, at the same time, I do like having
>> them in the folktale section because they are, indeed, folktales and/or
>> urban legends. What to do, what to do?
>>
>> "The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two
>> opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to
>> function." - F. Scott Fitzgerald
>>
>> I am interested in hearing your opinions on this!
>>
>> Thanks and happy summer (soon, one more week with the kiddos)!
>>
>> Joanne
>>
>> --
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>> LMC Specialist
>> Forest Elementary School
>> CCSD62 - Des Plaines
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