[ISLMA-Share] dewey for mammals

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I ended up doing this with all my sports books. Even I dreaded shelving
them! So all my sports books are now 796 BASEBALL or 796 FOOTBALL. For my
few odd balls, or general activity books, I labeled them 796 SPORTS.

I never thought of doing that with animals.  That's a great idea.

On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 3:36 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I had the same problem. It's really hard to be consistent with the animal
> numbers and they get so long.
>
> We ended up going to one digit past the decimal and use the animal name
> instead of the author. Students, teachers, parent volunteers, and library
> staff love it.
>
> 599.6 Zebras
> 599.2 Koalas
> 599.7 Bears
> 597.3 Sharks
> 598.4 Penguins
>
> We have labels on the shelves for the different animals. Similar animals
> are still near each other by going on digit past the decimal. It's easy to
> remember one digit past the decimal. Shelving and inventory are very easy.
> It means we need to change call numbers for all new books and make new
> spine labels if they come processed, but the consistency is worth it.
>
> Jill Berry
> Elm School
> Burr Ridge
>
> On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 9:57 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know where I can find a very detailed list for mammals in
>> dewey? We are looking through our mammals section and there are animals
>> everywhere that are not very well organized. For example, I have zebra
>> books that are labeled 599.66, 599.665, and 599.72. I have some awesome
>> parents that are helping with this, but I am having a hard time trying to
>> find the correct numbers from some of these animals (yes I took a
>> cataloging class and that is helping immensely but it would still help if
>> there was a place to find a nice long list!).
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Rikki Steinmetz
>> Pleasantdale School District
>> Burr Ridge, IL
>> rsteinmetz at d107.org
>>
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