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From A-Z to Barnes & Noble

Posted on September 6th, 2009 by admin in Exploratorium, Program

Exploratorium Title	From A-Z to Barnes & Noble
Time/Date	November 5th, 2009, 1:00PM – 3:00PM
Location	Exhibit Hall
Table	29
Track	Collection Development
Presenter(s)	Kim Gangwish, Laura Pietsch
Description	Learn about the process of changing the organization of a fiction collection from alphabetical to a genre based system.

Kim Opfer
Commented on November 16, 2009 at 8:14 am | Log in to Reply

Unfortunately, I missed your session, but I am very interested in this concept! Our library is quite large~ over 25,000 books so this would be a very big project for us. I understand how you added the color coding to your spine labels to help identify different genres. I’m wondering how teachers and students who use the online catalog find books if you don’t change the actual call number. Thanks for your help!
Terry
Commented on October 31, 2009 at 2:46 pm | Log in to Reply

Interesting concept!
- kgangwish
  Commented on November 2, 2009 at 11:05 am | Log in to Reply
  
  Thanks! We have found that our students love the new organization and our circulation numbers have risen.
  - martinls
    Commented on November 3, 2009 at 6:09 pm | Log in to Reply
    
    How large is your fiction collection, and how long did it take you to reorganize it?
    - lpietsch75
      Commented on November 13, 2009 at 11:27 am | Log in to Reply
      
      We both spent about 40 hours over the summer with an additional 40 hours of support staff time on the bulk of the project. Both of us worked before and after this summer work as time permitted. It’s difficult to do this when school is in session!
      Our collections run around 400 fiction titles.