[aisle] High School Genrefication Nonfiction

[Michele Whisenhunt]

I am in a small elementary school library but I have done kind of a
hybrid.  I have left all the Dewey spine labels as they are, but then
divided the books into some broad categories, identified with a sticker and
a sign.  For some areas, like "Animals" there is no change.  In some cases
however I moved books into a more logical location for my students.  For
example, I have a group labeled as "Astronomy."  In this category I have
all of the 500s about space and planets, etc., but ALSO all of the 600s
that deal with spaceships and rockets etc.  Same with "United States."
Since I am only K-5, I have moved all of my 300s dealing with immigration
and suffrage for example into the United States division.  The spine label
remains the same, but with United States sticker they are groups where kids
might actually find them.

If in the future the next librarian does not like my arrangement, they can
just rearrange those books by Dewey.

On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 12:27 PM Wagoner, Benjamin via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> We are debating in our district whether or not to genrefy non-fiction.
> Has anyone done that?  It does seem to already be genrefied, but it if will
> increase circulation, I'm willing to do it.
>
> Thanks!
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Michele Whisenhunt
Librarian, Southeast Elementary School
Sycamore, IL

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