[aisle] Biography Section updates

[Jill Bennin]

I did a set of biography videos last year for an English class, and did
some categories like sports and arts, but I also did influencers and
innovators, and the student liked those categories - it also kept it vague
enough for those difficult to categorize biographies.

On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 12:26 PM Wagoner, Benjamin via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> We felt that if we created categories for our biographies that matched
> common themes that the English classes use it would support what our
> students are looking for at the moment.
>
> Here are our categories:
> Arts
> Historical Figures
> Military/War
> Music
> Personal Struggle
> Social Issues
> Sports
> STEM
>
> When we did this, our circulation of biographies increased.  Good luck!
>
> On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 12:20 PM Mrs. Hamernick via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> I changed all my bio call numbers to their dewey number based on topic.
>> So all athletes are in the 700's, singers are in 600's, etc.  They are
>> intermixed with the other nonfiction books, but have a yellow spine label,
>> so students know that it's a biography.  I find this useful, as they
>> typically know what area of nonfiction books they like to check out, so
>> they can go to that area and now easily see the people associated with that
>> topic.
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 12:15 PM Flaherty, Megan via AISLE <
>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi collective library minds!
>>>
>>> I am in the process of heavily weeding our middle school non-fiction
>>> section and have removed a lot of the biography books because they are
>>> outdated and not circulating. I am brainstorming different ways to organize
>>> the biography section in order to attract more students and make it more
>>> user-friendly. I have thought of separating it into areas based on what
>>> people are famous for (inventors, artists, government, sports) but would
>>> love to hear other ideas. Anything you have done that has worked or are
>>> thinking of?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance and hope you are surviving/enjoying the snow today😊
>>>
>>> Megan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Jill Bennin
Library Media Specialist - Sherrard CUSD #200
email: benninj at sherrard.us
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