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DEWEY OR DON’T WE?: BISAC VS. DEWEY, A PANEL DISCUSSION
Wisconsin Library Association
Annual Conference
November 4, 2010
Melissa Rice, Head of Adult Services
Frankfort Public Library District
www.deweyfree.com
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DEWEY OR DON’T WE?:BISAC VS. DEWEY A PANEL DISCUSSION
Rachel Fewell, Collection Development Manager, Rangeview Library District, Colorado
Dr. Hope Olson, Professor and Associate Dean, SOIS, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Dr. Margaret Kipp, Assistant Professor, SOIS, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Daniel Martínez Ávila, Doctoral Student, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid
Frankfort Public Library District, Frankfort, IL
Service & space needs assessment studyNew concepts & library servicesoLondon’s Idea StoreoDelft’s DOK LibraryoRichmond’s Ironwood Branch
Remodeled Youth Services shelving
2005 & 2006
Dropped ANSCRRemodeled CirculationCustomer-Focused Library Project
2007
Dropped ANSCR
Before…..
After
Face out – Increases Circulation!
Customer Focused Library Project
Presentations & PracticesEnvirosellPaco Underhill: Why We Buy
Maricopa County Public Library, AZTopeka and Shawnee County Public Library, Topeka, KS
PLA 2008
McGraw-Hill's Conquering GMAT Math
6 different Dewey numbers are used to identify this book’s location.
DJing for Dummies
4 different Dewey numbers are used to identify this book’s location.
Converted to a word based classification systemRefer to BISAC (Book Industry Standards & Classification) as a guideline
What did we do?
Phase 1: Planning & DesignPhase 2: Shifting & SignagePhase 3: ConversionPhase 4: Analysis
The Dewey Free Project
Designed a new floor layout Weed! Weed! Weed! Staffing Time schedule
Phase 1: Planning & Design
Original Floor Plan
Proposed Layout: July 2008
Phase 2: Shifting & Signage
End Panel Signage
End Panel Signage
End Panel Signage
Spine labelsTaxonomy
Phase 3: Conversion
Spine Labels
How many lines or levels? How much is too much information? Font style, color, and size? Designing a label templateoSUBJECToCATEGORYoAuthor
Spine Label Design
Call Number
Shelf Tags
Taxonomy
Subject Collection Guide Project coordinators develop the
skeleton Monthly committee meeting Main taxonomy document is open to
everyone working on the project
Cooking
Deconstructed No “Ethnic” OR “Courses & Dishes”
categories Categories are Alphabetical
AFRICAN AMERICAN APPETIZERS ASIAN BEVERAGES
Home
APPLIANCES BUILDING CLEANING CONSUMER DECORATINGoBASEMENToBATHROOMoBEDROOM
Beauty
BODY ART GENERAL HAIR MAKE-UP SKIN
Adult Nonfiction, Audiobooks, DVDs, & Large Print completed on September
10, 2009
We’re Done!
Merged Biography into Subject Collections
Converted remaining titles in Reference Collection
Designed new endcap signs
Projects
New Endcap Signs
Phase 4: Analysis
Evaluate the project’s success: • Circulation Statistics• Surveys• Patron comments• Subject Collection Review
This analysis will tell us if we need to alter any of the
following:• Signs• Taxonomies• Layout
What’s Happening?
Subject Based, Dewey Free
Maricopa County Library District, AZ Seward Memorial Library, Seward, NE Darien Public Library, Darien, CT Rangeview
Library District, Adams County, CO Indian Prairie Public Library, Darien, IL
Mashup: Subject + Dewey
Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, Topeka, KS
Delta Township District Library, Lansing, MI
Gail Borden District Library, Rakow Branch, Elgin, IL
Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics by Ina Garten
641.5 GARTEN 641.5 GAR
FOOD 641.5
Dewey: SWAN
Mashup: Delta Township District Library, Lansing, MI
COOKING
COOKING GENERAL Garten
Mashup: Gail Borden Public Library District, Rakow Branch
COOKING AND ENTERTAINING 641.5 Garten
Subject: Frankfort Public Library District
Subject: Maricopa County Library District, AZ
Subject: Rangeview Library District, CO
COOKING
Italian Grill by Mario Batali
641.5 BATALI 641.5784 BATALI
FOOD 641.5784
Dewey: SWAN
Mashup: Delta Township District Library, Lansing, MI
COOKING INTL
COOKING ITALIAN Batali
Mashup: Gail Borden Library District
COOKING AND ENTERTAINING 641.5784 Batali
Subject: Frankfort Public Library District
Subject: Maricopa County Library District, AZ
Subject: Ridgeview Library District, CO COOKING INTNTL ITALIAN COOKING INTNTL
FRANKFORT PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT
Melissa RiceHead of Adult Servicesmrice@frankfortlibrary.org815.534.6173frankfortlibrary.org
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