MEMO Presentation Fall 2012

1. 
Genrefying Fiction
Shannon Vasseur Media Specialist  ISD 728

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

5. Genres
 Modern (yellow)  Adventure (orange)
 Edgy (pink)  Sports (grey)
 Fantasy& science fiction  Multicultural (brown)
(green)
 Historical & war (light
 Horror & vampire (red) blue)
 Mystery, thriller  Classics (purple)
&suspense (dark blue)

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

16. Related Resources
 Are Dewey’s Days
Numbered
 Dewey Free Library
 Dewey Dilemma