Daring to be Dewey-less

Deb Hoadley, Library DirectorLangley-Adams Library

Groveland, MA

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  Daring to make the leap

This book describes it all! Why, what & how we did it!

InspirationMotivationPerspirationJustification

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INSPIRATION

Patron desired space

Why do patrons prefer to browse/buy from bookstores?

AccessibilityFamiliar subject

headingsComfortable areasAttractive spacesBrowsing allowed

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BISAC Categories• ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES• ARCHITECTURE• ART• BIBLES• BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY• BODY, MIND & SPIRIT• BUSINESS & ECONOMICS• COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS• COMPUTERS• COOKING• CRAFTS & HOBBIES• DESIGN*• DRAMA• EDUCATION• FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS• FICTION• FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY• GAMES• GARDENING• HEALTH & FITNESS• HISTORY• HOUSE & HOME• HUMOR• JUVENILE FICTION• JUVENILE NONFICTION

• LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES• LAW• LITERARY COLLECTIONS• LITERARY CRITICISM• MATHEMATICS• MEDICAL• MUSIC• NATURE• PERFORMING ARTS• PETS• PHILOSOPHY• PHOTOGRAPHY• POETRY• POLITICAL SCIENCE• PSYCHOLOGY• REFERENCE• RELIGION• SCIENCE• SELF-HELP• SOCIAL SCIENCE• SPORTS & RECREATION• STUDY AIDS• TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING• TRANSPORTATION• TRAVEL• TRUE CRIME

http://www.bisg.org/what-we-do-20-73-bisacsubject-headings-2008-edition.php NH READS Fall Program 2011

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Where do you find the BISAC headings?

My Spine Label:SPORTSBASEBALRed Sox

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Lost in the stacks

Opening up the space

Starting fresh

Configuring new space

Motivation

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Final Layout

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Volunteers helped to box up over 500 boxes

Coming up with our spine label standard

Re-labeling our non-fiction spine labels

Changing records Where should we

put the new categories?

Perspiration

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Justification• Statistical data to support • Patrons love the new

layout of the library• Patrons love the ability to

look at the sections and find what they are looking for

• Shelving is easier• No conflict with

consortium/just a change in local call number

2008 2010

2978 5266

35038

56981

Change in Circulation

Non-fiction circula-tion

Total circulation

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Flexibility & Adaptability• Watching patron

traffic patterns to best arrange collections

• Using merchandising techniques to best display collections

• Signs, signs, signs…

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The Children’s Room is next! We have many parents and children asking us if we are going to put things together like the adult books

Get Ingram to build a program for automatic spine label processing to include BISAC

 Do we dare do more?

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Information Webinar by National Book Network http://

pdfs.nbnbooks.com/BI/SAC/BISACWebinar.pdf Book Industry Standard Group http

://www.bisg.org/ Book publishers are putting categories on

backs of books http://waltshiel.com/2009/09/14/to-bisac-or-not-to-bisac/ My information: debhoadley@gmail.com Slideshare Url: