[aisle] [*EXTERNAL*] Ditching Dewey for NF

[Schauff, Kristine]

Hi Amy,

I am doing the same thing in my library.  I'm totally reimagining Dewey to
work better for how our students and teachers use NF.  I kind of made my
system up as I went along using Dewey actually in a subordinate role since
it is a thematic system to start with but is old and has some outdated
notions of relationships-- like the protests, civil rights, etc being so
distant from history which is the lens we use to visit those events.  So
I'm fixing those relationships as I go....it's slow but I started with
history and began pulling in the related subjects like government, civil
rights, women's suffrage, slavery (American race based NOT white or child
or trafficking).  I am not done yet, but I'm happy with how it's going.
Literature (800s), 700s, and 000s also benefited from simplified
organization.

Feel free to contact me off list if you have any questions.... but I think
you'll be happy you did this.
*---------*
*Mrs. Kristine Schauff,* Library Media Specialist

Rock Falls High School
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On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 1:40 PM Amy Phillips via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Hi, everyone!
>
> I'm wanting to redo the organization of my nonfiction section and am
> considering just ditching Dewey. Have you done this?! What system did you
> put in its place (genrefication like a bookstore, recategorized numbers,
> etc.)? What do you like and/or dislike about your current system?
>
> My overall goal in reorganizing this section is to make sure that books on
> like subjects are actually together (like the protest and social justice
> books actually in or near history sections) and to help me evaluate the
> books in these sections better as well.
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice and opinions!
> Amy Phillips
> Riverside Brookfield High School
> Library Media Specialist
> aebromberg at gmail.com
> phillipsa at rbhs208.net
> 847-722-6169
>
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