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

[Bobbie Kocim]

Some thoughts: This topic has been discussed by School Librarians for many years. Here is a 2013 article which defends keeping Dewey and modifying for younger students where needed. These students will be using their Public/University Libraries for resources and research and will need to understand systems of numeric/alpha classification.

https://elementarylibrarian.com/why-i-wont-ditch-dewey/ 


“The problem I have with the bookstore model is that while bookstores do look like Dewey-less libraries, public and university libraries generally do not. I use my local public library often, and they organize using Dewey. While it's true that many public and university libraries use different classification systems than Dewey, the basic principle is the same. Search for what you need, make a note of the call number, and figure out where it's located.”


Bobbie Kocim, Retired
bkocim at sbcglobal.net


> On Jan 19, 2022, at 2:11 PM, Schauff, Kristine via AISLE <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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> Hi Amy,
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> 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along using Dewey actually in a subordinate role since it is a thematic system to start with but is old and has some outdated notions of relationships-- like the protests, civil rights, etc being so distant from history which is the lens we use to visit those events.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. 
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> Feel free to contact me off list if you have any questions.... but I think you'll be happy you did this.
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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!
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>> 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?
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>> 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.
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>> Thanks in advance for any advice and opinions!
>> Amy Phillips
>> Riverside Brookfield High School
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