[aisle] 811 vs. 808.1

[Brooke Fleuette]

Brian's answer is the proper Dewey one for cataloging poetry--using 811 for
all books of poetry is just a decision I made at the local level.

On Wed, Dec 7, 2022 at 2:21 PM Brooke Fleuette <fleuettebr at mercerschools.org>
wrote:

> We have recently dealt with this in our library.  I decided that the
> students really didn't care whether the poems were in an anthology, all by
> one author, or by an author in a different country. For simplicity's sake,
> we made the call number for all poetry 811 and now they are discovering new
> books that had been on the shelf the entire time.
>
> On Wed, Dec 7, 2022 at 1:47 PM Lala Lala via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> We are in the process of weeding and reorganizing our poetry sections. It
>> seems a mess with the same "type" of poetry in two different places. Some
>> books are very old in our collection, maybe that's why. But can anyone
>> weigh in with advice on reorganizing Poetry within the Dewey system?
>>
>>
>> Thank you!
>> Lori
>>
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>> Lori McGreal
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> Brooke Fleuette
> Mercer County High School Library
>
> Currently reading : * Love on the Brain* by Ali Greenwood
> Currently listening to: *We Can't Keep Meeting Like This* by Rachel Lynn
> Solomon
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Brooke Fleuette
Mercer County High School Library

Currently reading : * Love on the Brain* by Ali Greenwood
Currently listening to: *We Can't Keep Meeting Like This* by Rachel Lynn
Solomon
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