[ISLMA-Share] biography organization

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We have abandoned Dewey. Biographies go with their subject. They include
the first three of the biographees last name so they file together.

Example (Martin Luther King, Jr.  biography)

SocSt
Civil Rights
KIN



Leah Krippner
Librarian, Harlem High School
I am currently reading *Harry Potter and the Cursed Child* by JK Rowling
and Jack Thorne

On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 10:17 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> A helpful addition to this idea that we do:
> Dewey number
> Biographee's full last name
> First 3 letters of author's last name
>
> This makes sure that all biographies of the same person file together.
> *~Monica Tolva*
> *Library media specialist*
> *Google Educator*
> *Vernon Hills High School*
> *847-932-2039 <847-932-2039>*
> *monica.tolva at d128.org <monica.tolva at d128.org>*
> Currently reading *Commonwealth
> <http://titlepeek.fsc.follett.com/tp/query?action=3&subnumber=1206365&isbn=9780062491794&appid=4>
> *by Ann Patchett
> Currently listening to *The Burgess Boys
> <http://titlepeek.fsc.follett.com/tp/query?action=3&subnumber=1206365&isbn=1400067685&appid=4>*
> by Elizabeth Strout
>
> On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 9:56 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
> Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> Our biography section is organized by Dewey then the letters of the
>> subject’s last name.  This keeps all of the baseball players, actors, etc.
>> together on the shelves.  This way, too, if students learn the Dewey number
>> for a topic that interests them it’s an easy transition between nonfiction
>> and biography shelves.
>>
>>
>> Jeanne Brucher
>> Teacher-Librarian
>> jbrucher at geneseoschools.org
>> Geneseo Middle School (309) 945-0524
>> Geneseo High School (309) 945-0316
>>
>>
>> On Mar 2, 2017, at 9:48 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
>> Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>> If you have your biographies organized in a manner that is NOT
>> alphabetical by the person the biography is about, can I ask you what
>> categories you use?  For example, I want to put artists together,
>> scientists, etc, but I have too many already I don't know where to put,
>> telling me that i'm missing some important categories.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Beth
>>
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