[ISLMA-Share] dewey for mammals

Wed Jan 25 09:36:20 CST 2017

Ladies,

I keep reading how you are "changing" the shelf call #s, and I wonder how this will affect students if they go to other libraries?  As a middle school LMC Director, I'm wondering if this will cause students to be unable to search for books in different libraries?

Am I missing something here?

Have a great day,
Michelle  

Michelle Fiorini 
Library Media Center Director 
Benjamin Middle School  
LMC HomePage: http://bms-bsd25-il.schoolloop.com/lmc

"A book, too, can be a star, 'explosive material, capable of stirring up fresh life endlessly,' a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe."
― Madeleine L’Engle, from her Newbery Award acceptance speech for A Wrinkle in Time (1963)

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I didn't think to do this with animals and sports. That's fantastic.  I did something similar with all my folktales.  I switched their call number to Folklore and then the common tale like Folklore Pigs for the 3 little pigs, Folklore Cinder, Folklore Gold (Goldilocks). Not perfect, but it at least grouped all the folk tales that teachers like to grab for compare and contrast lessons.

Taryn Hettlinger Parise
Library Learning Center Director
Longfellow School
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On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 6:54 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

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:

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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