2. Background Information
Taught English
Self-Selected Reading
(SSR)
Media specialist fall 2006
Students & teachers asked
for it
Moved graphic novels
Reorganized 1styear
3. Investigating
Professionalarticles:
“Give ‘em What They Want!
Reorganizing Your Fiction
Collection by Genre”
Elizabeth Dumas
Publiclibraries
MEMO Listserv
Mackin
Ann Mansfield
My assistant
4. First Steps
Brainstorming
Too manycategories
Didn’t change spine
label
Time
Money
Color Coded
Demco
Easy to change
6. Deciding on the Best Fit
Cataloging
Good Reads
Shelfari
Library Thing
AP College Board lists &
ALA lists
Book reviews
Student & teacher
recommendations
Not written in stone
7. Pulling the Books
Started with
mysteries,science fiction
& fantasy
Already pulled
Large section
Put stickers over spine
label
Added genre in location
field
Checkout still available
8. Layout of Genres
Alphabetically by genre
Didn’t flow
Size of genre
Better flow
Adventure by
sports
Historical &
warnext to classics
Consider growth
9. Sharing Our New Layout
Color coded signage
Bookmarks explained
“Edgy”
Layout on back
Lessons
Book talks
Media center
orientation
10. Timeline
December – February
Never closed
Never stopped checkout
Collection size:2600fiction
books
Expenses:
Labels
Tape for label maker
Shelf label holders
Less than $200
11. Pleasant Surprises
Collection development
Sports
Multicultural
Weeding
Books to elementary &
middle schools
Promoted nonfiction too
Fun &excitement
12. Improved Dewey
Redid signage for each
end cap
Added words
Added words to each
individual shelf
Signage in fiction to guide
towards nonfiction
13. Obstacles
Finding books we were
processing
Running out of stickers
Checked out books
needed to be done
Shelving books
(remember checked out
books)
Ellen Hopkins
14. Future Book Orders
Book reviews
Subject headings
Placed in notes section of
Mackin order
15. Things I Would Do Differently
Short Story Collection
Left alone at first
Could add stickers
Could put in genres
Done this fall
Cooler Signage
Librariantiff’s
photostream
Book Genre Art