[ISLMA-Share] Memoirs

Wed Jan 10 15:10:01 CST 2018

I'm in the process of pulling out biographies (ours have been shelved in
with nonfiction) and integrating memoirs, so this was a spot-on question
for me.
Here is where I"m confused: I'm looking at the *Abridged Dewey Decimal
Classification 15* book for help with some Dewey questions, and 920 is
biography, of course.

921 is "Philosophers and psychologists"  (presumably "biographies of..."
922 is "Religious leaders , thinkers & workers"

Why are all my biographies classified as 921?  And what would be the
thought process behind putting memoirs at 922?  (This is a genuine follow
up question, not a criticism of your question, Amy! :) ).  Am I missing or
misunderstanding something in the Dewey guide?  Ultimately I may just label
them Biography & Memoir, but now I"m curious about this.  Some input from
someone who knows more about cataloging than I do would be appreciated!

Thanks!
Anita

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> We often have students looking for a biography or memoir, so most of ours
> are in 920.  My unofficial criteria is that if it is about a famous person
> or mainly about his/her life, I put it in biography; if it is mainly about
> a situation (ex. surviving abuse, medical condition, drug addiction, etc.),
> I lean toward putting it in the relevant Dewey section.  I try to put it
> where it is most likely to be found.
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> Hi all,
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> 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?
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