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Ditching Dewey? These Ideas Can Get You Started on Genrefication.


Ditching Dewey? These Ideas Can Get You Started on Genrefication.

“Spheres of inquiry” including fiction and nonfiction delineate the collection for lower grades. For example, “Communities and Cultures” holds ...

Ditching Dewey: Choosing Genre Categories - Mighty Little Librarian

As long as you have a way to locate them, it doesn't really matter. My students feel so empowered when they can find a book on a topic they want ...

Ditching Dewey - Ideas & Inspiration from Demco

We're not in the business of teaching students the Dewey Decimal System, we're in the business of teaching students that library resources are ...

Ditching Dewey : r/Libraries - Reddit

I have heard of a lot of libraries "ditching Dewey" or "de-emphasizing Dewey", but there isn't really a system to replace it.

Starting the Genrefication Process: Ditching Dewey

IMG_1393. I have a confession to make. · IMG_1391. At the end of this school year, I decided that next year, I'm going to put a bigger emphasis ...

IST 605: Genrefying School Libraries: Articles

... will assist you in your ... SLJ Scholarly Journal Article. Ditching Dewey? These Ideas can get you Started on Genrefication by April Witteveen.

April Witteveen - School Library Journal

Ditching Dewey? These Ideas Can Get You Started on Genrefication. ... Here's how school and public libraries moved away from the Dewey Decimal Classification ...

5 Steps to Ditching Dewey: Genrefication in Your School Library

Ask any librarian how they feel about ditching Dewey and they're sure to have an opinion. For me, genrefication is the single best thing that I' ...

Dewey or Don't We? Dewey Decimal vs. Genrefication

Genrefication can achieve the same result more efficiently. When students and educators can find the right books, librarians can focus more time ...

Ditching Dewey #1: Dear Dewey, It's Not Me, Its You - Don't Shush Me!

The Dewey Decimal System (DDC). Oh how you plague me. I despise the DDC and have essentially ditched it at my high school library.

De-emphasized Dewey: Finding a Balanced Approach

This was a big consideration for me and it might be dependent on whether or not you have a library aide or student assistants. While there will ...

Genrefication: Removing Barriers to Access -

The idea of genrefying a library's collection, whether it's called “Dewey Light,” “ditching Dewey,” or “bookstore model,” is appealing because it empowers ...

Ditching Dewey? A "Genrefication" Project - Another Day in Paradise

I'm helping with their "Genrefication" project, an outcome of the librarian's thinking about a current "hot topic" in school librarianship right now.

De-emphasized Dewey: How I Changed Up My Non-fiction Section

Poetry and Literature (shelved close to the fiction section) · Culture and Identity · Social Sciences and Government · Science and Technology · Self ...

Genrefication: Beyond the Buzzword | Madison's Library

1555786 https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=ditching-dewey-libraries-These-Ideas-Can-Get-You-Started-on-Genrefication. Stiles, L. (2004). Shelf shifters. School ...

ditching dewey Archives - Renovated Learning

ditching dewey · De-emphasized Dewey: How I Changed Up My Non-fiction Section · Genrefication: How to Organize Your Fiction Collection by Genre · Hello and welcome ...

Ditching Dewey and developing a love of reading

They loved the layout, and asked if we could do the same for the non- fiction books and novels. So I began the process again with them. The observation.

How I Genrefied the Nonfiction Section of My Middle School Library

I don't claim to have perfect solutions or to have the most efficient mechanism for the change, but you can take a look at why I wanted to ditch ...

126 - School Library Journal

Ditching Dewey? These Ideas Can Get You Started on Genrefication. ... Here's how school and public libraries moved away from the Dewey Decimal Classification ...

Ditching Dewey: Labeling the Books - Mighty Little Librarian

I'm very happy with the choices I made for labels! For our fiction books, I purchased Demco Color-Tinted Glossy Label Protectors to go over the ...