tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441261494505436251.post489573985467481495..comments2024-01-21T12:55:15.003-06:00Comments on Library Learners: Ditch Dewey?Cari Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03997950983231061990noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441261494505436251.post-62690951323447751342012-04-21T15:21:22.272-05:002012-04-21T15:21:22.272-05:00Dear Anonymous, I agree that the animal section of...Dear Anonymous, I agree that the animal section of the library is already challenging, even with Dewey Decimals! I'm still pondering this idea.Cari Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03997950983231061990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441261494505436251.post-65009616325581234522012-04-15T20:44:00.806-05:002012-04-15T20:44:00.806-05:00After reading the blog post, I am interested in th...After reading the blog post, I am interested in this non-traditional view. I see how she put all the categories back on the shelves in alphabetical order. Interesting. I could almost go for this, but I also see that one of her categories is ANIMALS. So, call number for all animals (in fact, all nonfiction books) is NON _ _ _ (first 3 letters of author's last name). and the genre sticker is for animals. how are all the different animals together? Sounds like a clump of all the animals. I could see this presenting a problem with many "categories" that would need subcategories. I think Dewey kind of already solved that pretty well....<br />Still, I am always looking for ways to get the books into the kids' hands, so I will not completely discount it. Must read more about it....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441261494505436251.post-86435159112557694242012-04-15T18:41:48.303-05:002012-04-15T18:41:48.303-05:00It just seems like it's not the best use of ti...It just seems like it's not the best use of time to keep all those books in decimal number order, when we librarians are the only ones who understand it. I definitely need to work on my signs, emphasizing the subject, rather than the number.Cari Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03997950983231061990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441261494505436251.post-70213859321058860052012-04-15T18:34:18.491-05:002012-04-15T18:34:18.491-05:00I've totally read about that (she has some oth...I've totally read about that (she has some other interesting posts, too). But ... seriously don't see how it's all that different. Animal books are already together in Dewey. Arts & crafts books are already together. Sports books are already together. Only thing is maybe the military books ... the people are in the 300s and the tech (like tanks, aircraft carriers, etc) are in the 600s. Libraries still need to have good signage plus well thought out floorplan and as reasonable facilities as humanly possible. And then users still need to use their heads!<br /><br />But then I am a library nerd.Ms. Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00961883284227010403noreply@blogger.com