[ISLMA-Share] Biographies

Thu Nov 17 12:32:41 CST 2016

We have a biography section

B
Persons name
Author

Kids find it very easy to locate their books.

Karyn

Karyn Nadler, MLIS
Library Media Specialist
Robert Crown School
Wauconda, IL 60084

Phone (847) 526-7100
Fax (847) 487-3596

On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 11:57 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> We just genrefied our biographies. They are still I'm a separate area as
> biographies, but the call numbers are now in this format. Often students
> are asked to read biographies and the space in the library worked best to
> keep biographies together.
> Bio
> Baseball
> Ruth
>
> Here are our categories:
>
>    - Aerospace
>    - Art
>    - Aruthors
>    - Autobiography
>    - Baseball
>    - Basketball
>    - Entertainment
>    - Explorers
>    - First Ladies
>    - History (not U.S.)
>    - Hockey
>    - Humanitarians (people who didn't fit another category and did
>    something to make our world a better place.)
>    - Music
>    - Native Americans
>    - Presidents
>    - Science
>    - Soccer
>    - Sports (that don't fit into the other categories.)
>
> We just finished, so I can't give an evaluation yet, but I like the idea
> that students who are interested in science can find people they might not
> have known about. Same with each category.
>
> It meant changing all the catalog records and putting on new spine labels.
> We have some fabulous volunteers who took on this challenge and did the
> bulk of the work.
>
> Jill Berry
> Elm School
> Burr Ridge
> jberry at d181.org
>
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 11:29 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> We merged the biographies into the Dewey areas three years ago and
>> haven't looked back.  Our local public library had already done it, so we
>> followed their lead.  We've also marked all of them with orange tape, which
>> makes browsing for the freshman biography/autobiography reading project
>> much easier.   The students start in a section they already know well
>> through their personal interests, like soccer or World War II.
>>
>> Ann Marie Jinkins
>> Librarian
>> Rochelle Township High School
>> 1401 Flagg Road
>> Rochelle,  IL 61068
>>
>> (815)562-4161, ext. 4112
>> ajinkins at rthsd212.org
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 10:57 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>>> We did this as an intermediate step to going Dewey free altogether. It
>>> works great. Nobody says, boy, I feel like a sports biography. They do
>>> say--I want a basketball book!!! (We have all the basketball books
>>> together---fiction and "real."
>>>
>>> Leah Krippner
>>> Librarian, Harlem High School
>>> I am currently reading *I'll Give You the Sun* by Jandy Nelson
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 10:48 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
>>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I was just thinking the exact same thing this morning.  I would also be
>>>> interested in hearing responses.  My biographies already have a Dewey
>>>> designation, but I still shelve them in a separate area than the nonfiction.
>>>>
>>>> Jeanne Brucher
>>>> Teacher-Librarian
>>>> jbrucher at geneseoschools.org
>>>> Geneseo Middle School (309) 945-0524
>>>> Geneseo High School (309) 945-0316
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Nov 17, 2016, at 10:41 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
>>>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone integrated their biographies into the area of Dewey that the
>>>> person is known for rather than keeping them in separate location?
>>>>
>>>> Athletes in the 790's instead of in the 920's or B?
>>>>
>>>> If so, does this make it easier for students to locate biographies of
>>>> interest to them?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Barbra Miller
>>>> Learning Resource Center Facilitator
>>>> Troy Community Consolidated School District 30C
>>>>
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