[ISLMA-Share] Dewey

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Good idea!

On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 8:54 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I have started going only one place after the decimal and replacing the
> author with the subject in several areas of the collection: Animals, Native
> Americans, some fairy tales. Everyone loves it: volunteers who shelve, kids
> looking for books, and me! It makes it so much easier to find and shelve
> books and do inventory. All the dolphin books are now together, but in no
> particular order. Once we get to the dolphin books, we're just browsing
> anyway.
> 599.5 Dolphins
> 597.9 Turtles
> 398.2 Cinderella
> 970.3 Navajo
>
> We're starting to change our biographies to group similar people together.
> Bio Baseball Jeter
> Bio Inventors Edison
> Bio Composers Mozart
>
> Jill Berry
> Elm School
> Burr Ridge
>
> On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> I go two numbers after the decimal point except for some of the sports
>> football, hockey, basketball and then I go three out to differentiate.
>> Michelle Harris
>> Heyworth CUSD #4
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 10:23 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>>> I use two numbers after the decimal point.  It helps especially in the
>>> 900 to distinguish between the wars.
>>>
>>> Sue Genenbacher
>>> Media Specialist
>>> Southeastern CUSD #337
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 9:41 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
>>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I only use the next two after the decimal point. My library is pretty
>>>> small and I don't think there is a need for the same kind of specificity as
>>>> a larger library. However, I wouldn't eliminate the numbers altogether,
>>>> since I do still need to differentiate between certain topics.
>>>>
>>>> Anna Kim
>>>> School Librarian
>>>> Chappell Elementary School
>>>> akim6 at cps.edu
>>>>
>>>> "Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of
>>>> men."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>                        -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
>>>>
>>>> Follow me on Goodreads
>>>> <http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3232421-anna-kim>!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 9:15 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
>>>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I am re-thinking Dewey numbers – right now we go 2 decimal point out –
>>>>> does anyone just go 1 out or none at all? Pros? Cons?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank You,
>>>>>
>>>>> Amy
>>>>>
>>>>> Amy Bendall
>>>>>
>>>>> District 34 Library Media Specialist
>>>>>
>>>>> Antioch, IL
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>> Michelle Harris
>> District Librarian
>> Heyworth CUSD #4
>>
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