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This post is just what I need! I have been wanting to tackle my animal
section for years (!) and this will motivate me to do it. I am looking at
retirement in 5+ years and I want to leave my library the way I wish I had
found it...

I am updating my sports section and just added an updated set of NFL teams,
which, of course, are by different authors, so I used 796.332 NFL. They
look nice all together on the shelf and they come up in the catalog in
alphabetical order by team name...


Christine Cahill
Teacher/Librarian
Carrie Busey School
304 Prairie Rose Lane
Savoy, IL 61874
217-351-3811
cahillch at u4sd.org

On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 6:15 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> 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:
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>> 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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