1. Breaking Up With Dewey:Breaking Up With Dewey:
What are we doing?What are we doing?
•Converting to a word basedConverting to a word based
classification systemclassification system
•Using BISAC as a guidelineUsing BISAC as a guideline

2. Why?Why?
• Experience library model
• Ease of use
– Words instead of Numbers
• Group “like” with “like”
– Neighborhoods/families of materials

3. Rangeview Library DistrictRangeview Library District
A RevolutionA Revolution
• Community assessment
• OCLC study, “From Awareness to
Funding”
• Customer focused library
• 4 new branches
• New administrative team

4. Are we renegades?Are we renegades?
(Who else is doing this?)(Who else is doing this?)
• London’s Idea store
• Maricopa’s Perry and Queen creek
branches
• Frankfort Library District
– Deweyfree.com

5. New direction promoted byNew direction promoted by
leadership teamleadership team
• 2008 weeding days in all branches
– 90% of collection younger than 2004
– Circulation up 15%
• Planning for new branches and service
model (experience)

6. Design BISACDesign BISAC
• Collection development team worked to
come up with a classification system
• Used BISAC as a model with input from
Maricopa’s classification system
• What will it look like for Rangeview?

7. What does the ClassificationWhat does the Classification
system look like?system look like?
• What spine labels should we use?
• Spine Labels examples:
COOKING
INTNTL
ITALIAN
BIOGRAPH
FAMOUS
TRUMP
HISTORY
MILITARY
WW2
MEDICAL
HRT DIS

8. Planning and implementationPlanning and implementation
• Challenging collections
– Graphic Novels
– Biography
– Parenting (preparation for Family Place)
– Fairy Tales
• Teach staff “how to” at various meetings
• Convert small collections, then a full
branch

9. More PlanningMore Planning
• Work with vendor to plan processing
changes for cataloging
– Constant communication for
updates/questions on items
– Set up Opening Day Collections timelines
• Use book store model
– Field trips!

10. Staff time/branch involvementStaff time/branch involvement
• Collection development team makes
labels, changes records in the catalog
• Collection development team trains
branch staff
• Work with branch manager to plan the
conversion in branch
• Create timeline based on the branch
conversions

11. What’s next?What’s next?
• Opening day collections arriving with
BISAC
• Full branch conversion
• Signs created in-house by
Communications Department
• Ongoing conversion of existing branches –
project completion, December 2009

12. Shifting the CollectionShifting the Collection
• Creating “neighborhoods” or “families” of
like materials
– Parenting, baby names, lose weight after
baby, etc.
– Nature, science, technology, math, education,
tests
• Signs and maps for branches – work with
Communications team

13. How will we know it’s working?How will we know it’s working?
• Statistical tracking/analysis
– Circulation
– Customer feedback
– Staff comments
• May need to alter:
– Signs
– Add/subtract subject headings

14. Rangeview Library DistrictRangeview Library District
• Contact:
Rachel Fewell
Collection Development Manager
303-405-3292
rfewell@rangeviewld.org