[aisle] High School Grenefy

[Jeanne Brucher]

I genrefied the fiction at the high school and middle school a few years
ago, but still have sections that are Dewey classified for nonfiction and
biography.  It is so much easier for our kids who are browsers to find
books.  Kids who are doing research or looking for something specific will
need to search and look up call numbers anyway.

You have to retrain your brain a little bit, especially if a book would
conceivably fit in multiple genres, but it's also kind of satisfying to see
all of the like books next to each other.  Our circulation has definitely
increased, particularly among boys reading fiction.

Two main things to think about before starting are really thinking about
how many categories you will have and what those will be and how you are
going to clearly define the categories on the shelves and books
themselves.  This is important for the staff that shelves the books and for
your students to move through the categories with ease.

Good luck!

On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 11:23 AM Wagoner, Benjamin via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> To Genrefy or Not to Genrefy, that is the question.  I see the pros and
> cons of doing/not doing it, and the was wondering what you all think?
> Thanks!
>
> Ben
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> *Ben Wagoner*
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Jeanne Brucher
Librarian, Teaching and Learning Team Co-Leader
GMS Student Council Advisor, GHS Speech Team Advisor
jbrucher at geneseoschools.org
Geneseo Middle School (309) 945-0524
Geneseo High School (309) 945-0316
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