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I agree completely, Leah.  I moved mine into Dewey and they circulate so
much more.  A student who reads about the Apollo 11 mission is very likely
to then check out a biography of Jim Lovell and knows where to find it--the
same shelf!

Valerie Brunner
Mt. Zion Jr. High Librarian
315 S. Henderson
Mt. Zion, IL 62549
217-864-2369
brunnerv at mtzschools.org

*"be kind.  everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."*

On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 1:58 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Faced with this challenge, I'd go the other way. Move the biograhies into
> their dewey number. Nobody says, "Boy, I'd like to read a sports
> biography." They're just looking for a sports book. (Of course, this is
> coming from the person who eventually went Dewey free and put sports
> fiction with it too.)
>
> Leah Krippner
> Librarian, Harlem High School
> I am currently reading *Pacifica* by Kristen Simmons
>
> On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 1:14 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Internal debate happening in my head.  I am thinking of putting all my
>> memoirs in 922 (next to my biographies in 921 on a separate wall).  My
>> concern is that by not putting it into it's dewey subject number that I'll
>> be missing kids who want to read books about people's stories from that
>> subject.  For example, sports is big concern.  It's the most known and used
>> section, so they all know it's 700's.  But if I take the sports memoirs out
>> of the 700's and put it in 922, it's one more place for them to look for a
>> book they want. Middle schoolers may just give up and not bother looking at
>> 922.
>>
>> What would you do? Does anyone have their memoirs in 922?  Or do you keep
>> it with the dewey number?
>>
>> --
>> Sincerely,
>> Amy Hamernick
>> Media Specialist
>> Apple Teacher
>> Century Jr. High
>> @AhamernickCJH
>> #CenturyWildcats
>>
>>
>> "If we always do what we've always done,
>> we will get what we've always got."
>> ~Adam Urbanski~
>>
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