[ISLMA-Share] color genrefying & categories

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Fri Jan 13 11:35:37 CST 2017


By any chance do you use Follet's Destiny as your catalog? I create a
visual search in the copy categories section so when the kids are on the
catalog they just go to the visual search for their preference of genre.
This way it still makes them find the book in the library in the correct
fiction format but on the computer they can narrow down their search by
simply clicking on the genre they prefer.  Just another option before you
sticker anything if you have Destiny.

Here's what mine looks like:

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On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 10:42 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> 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
>
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