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We use 292 here!

Mariela Siegert
School Librarian
Westfield Middle School
marris116 at gmail.com
@marris116

On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 7:49 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> For graphic novels, we call them Graphic Readers because our collection
> includes both novels and nonfiction.  The term was less confusing for
> students who learned that novels are fiction.  We catalog with the general
> GR heading, then use F for fiction or the usual nonfiction number.  We do
> not use the 741 call number at all.  For mythology, we use 292.
>
>                 GR                          GR
>
>                 F                              292
>
>                 HOR                       SMI
>
>
>
> We also add the volume number if there is a series.
>
>                 GR
>
>                 F
>
>                 HOR
>
>
>
>                 v. 1
>
>
>
> Laura H. Meehan
>
> Licensed Teacher/Librarian
>
> Thurgood Marshall School
>
> Rockford, IL
>
> School:  815-490-5400 l 34009
>
> meehanl at rps205.com
>
>
>
> Finished reading:  *Fish in a tree* by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
>
> Currently reading*:  Night gardener by Jonathan Auxier *
>
> Reading next:   *The great trouble : a mystery of London, the blue death,
> and a boy called Eel* by Deborah Hopkinson
>
>
>
> *From:* Email list for the Illinois School Library Media Association
> [mailto:islma at list.railslibraries.info]
> *Sent:* Friday, October 21, 2016 3:38 PM
> *To:* Email list for the Illinois School Library Media Association
> *Subject:* [ISLMA-Share] Catalogging Help
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> I confess...I don't do much in the way of cataloging books (I have an
> associate, thank goodness).
>
>
>
> But we are recatalogging our graphic novels from all 741.5 to a call
> number that says either:
>
>
>
> GN         OR           GN
>
> 741.5                 dewey # for content
>
> AUT                        AUT
>
>
>
> So that we have fiction and non-ficiton GN call numbers in one GN area.
>
>
>
> But, I am having trouble with graphic novels for Mythology.  The
> publishers say 741.5, but shouldn't it be 883?
>
>
>
> Please advise!  TIA!
>
>
>
> --
>
> Sincerely,
> Amy Hamernick
> Teacher Librarian
> Century Jr. High
>
> @AhamernickCJH
>
> #CenturyWildcats
>
>
>
>
>
> "If we always do what we've always done,
> we will get what we've always got."
> ~Adam Urbanski~
>
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