[ISLMA-Share] color genrefying & categories

[Email list for the Illinois School Library Media Association]

I just color coded and moved mine into genres at the high school and I love it!   Trying to get all the middle school books finished now for the move. 

A few years ago I added genre stickers to the books at the middle school, but left them in A-Z order.  It made very little difference to the students looking for a certain type of book.  I am still in the process of relabeling and reorganizing the middle school and sticking to the genre stickers instead of color because they were already on much of our collection.  However, the see-through color labels at the high school look much better.

Our middle school categories are:  

Adventure
Classics
Fantasy
Historical
Horror
Mystery
Realistic
Sci-Fi
Sports

My high school collection does not have Adventure, but does have Humor and Romance.  I’m not done with middle school labels, but at the high school my largest sections are Fantasy, Realistic, Romance, and Sci-Fi.  Surprisingly, Sports was very small.

Jeanne Brucher
Teacher-Librarian
jbrucher at geneseoschools.org <mailto:jbrucher at geneseoschools.org>
Geneseo Middle School (309) 945-0524
Geneseo High School (309) 945-0316



> On Jan 13, 2017, at 10:59 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
> 
> Humor and Fantasy move the most at our school.  We have our fiction color coded and actually have them in genre sections. 
>  
> The kids love being able to find books similar to ones they enjoy reading.
>  
> Kay Carter, Media Specialist
> River View Elementary
> 2097 Bronk Road
> Plainfield, IL 60586
>  
> Currently Reading:  I Am Malala by  Malala Yousafzai
>  
> From: islma-bounces at list.railslibraries.info [mailto:islma-bounces at list.railslibraries.info] On Behalf Of Email list for the Illinois School Library Media Association
> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2017 10:46 AM
> To: islma at list.railslibraries.info
> Subject: Re: [ISLMA-Share] color genrefying & categories
>  
> I do! Email me at abendall at antioch34.com <mailto:abendall at antioch34.com>
> Amy Bendall
>  
> From: <islma-bounces at list.railslibraries.info <mailto:islma-bounces at list.railslibraries.info>> on behalf of "islma at list.railslibraries.info <mailto:islma at list.railslibraries.info>" <islma at list.railslibraries.info <mailto:islma at list.railslibraries.info>>
> Reply-To: "islma at list.railslibraries.info <mailto:islma at list.railslibraries.info>" <islma at list.railslibraries.info <mailto:islma at list.railslibraries.info>>
> Date: Friday, January 13, 2017 at 10:42 AM
> To: "islma at list.railslibraries.info <mailto:islma at list.railslibraries.info>" <islma at list.railslibraries.info <mailto:islma at list.railslibraries.info>>
> Subject: [ISLMA-Share] color genrefying & categories
>  
> I am thinking about color genrefying my library.
>  
> They will still be arranged by author's last name, but they will be color labeled by genre so kids can find the translucent blue over the call number for mystery or purple for fantasy, etc.
>  
> Does anyone have any experience with this?
>  
> Also, for anyone that has genreyfied, can you tell me the categories of genres that move the most at your schools so that I know how many colors to start with?
>  
> So far I am thinking of  
> Mystery
> Fantasy
> Science-fiction/Dystopian
> Sports
> Coming-of-Age
>  
> What else should I do?
>  
> Thanks! 
>  
> -- 
> Mariela Siegert
> School Librarian
> Westfield Middle School
> @marris116
>  
> _______________________________________________
> ISLMA-Share mailing list
> islma at list.railslibraries.info <mailto:islma at list.railslibraries.info>
> For list archives and subscription options, visit:
> http://list.railslibraries.info/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/islma <http://list.railslibraries.info/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/islma>
> To unsubscribe, send a message to:
> islma-leave at list.railslibraries.info <mailto:islma-leave at list.railslibraries.info>
> _______________________________________________
> ISLMA-Share mailing list
> islma at list.railslibraries.info <mailto:islma at list.railslibraries.info>
> For list archives and subscription options, visit:
> http://list.railslibraries.info/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/islma <http://list.railslibraries.info/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/islma>
> To unsubscribe, send a message to:
> islma-leave at list.railslibraries.info <mailto:islma-leave at list.railslibraries.info>
> _______________________________________________
> ISLMA-Share mailing list
> islma at list.railslibraries.info <mailto:islma at list.railslibraries.info>
> For list archives and subscription options, visit:
> http://list.railslibraries.info/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/islma <http://list.railslibraries.info/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/islma>
> To unsubscribe, send a message to:
> islma-leave at list.railslibraries.info <mailto:islma-leave at list.railslibraries.info>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://list.railslibraries.info/pipermail/aisle/attachments/20170113/9aaf7206/attachment-0002.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: Screen Shot 2016-08-19 at 1.57.42 PM.png
Type: image/png
Size: 16296 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://list.railslibraries.info/pipermail/aisle/attachments/20170113/9aaf7206/attachment-0002.png>