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DEWEY & BEYOND: A PANEL DISCUSSION LACONI RASS September 17, 2010 Melissa Rice Head of Adult Services Frankfort Public Library District www.deweyfree.com
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The Frankfort Public Library District went completely Dewey free as part of an ongoing effort to make their collection more accessible to their patrons. Given by Melissa Rice as part of a LACONI-RASS continuing education program on September 17, 2010.
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DEWEY & BEYOND: A PANEL DISCUSSION
LACONI RASS
September 17, 2010
Melissa Rice
Head of Adult Services
Frankfort Public Library District
www.deweyfree.com
DEWEY & BEYOND: A PANEL DISCUSSION
Bleue Benton
Oak Park Public Library
Michael Geeraedts
Highland Park Public Library
Service & space needs assessment study
New concepts & library services
oLondon’s Idea Store
oDelft’s DOK Library
oRichmond’s Ironwood Branch
Remodeled Youth Services shelving
2005 & 2006
Dropped ANSCR
Remodeled Circulation
Customer-Focused Library Project
2007
Dropped ANSCR
Customer Focused Library Project
Presentations & Practices
Envirosell
Paco Underhill: Why We Buy
Maricopa County Public Library, AZ
Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library,
Topeka, KS
PLA 2008
Converted to a word based classification
system
Refer to BISAC (Book Industry Standards
& Classification) as a guideline
What did we do?
McGraw-Hill's Conquering GMAT Math
6 different
Dewey numbers
are used to
identify this
book’s location.
Phase 1: Planning & Design
Phase 2: Shifting & Signage
Phase 3: Conversion
Phase 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
Spine labels
Taxonomy
Phase 3: Conversion
Spine Labels
How many lines or levels?
How much is too much information?
Font style, color, and size?
Designing a label template
oSUBJECT
oCATEGORY
oAuthor
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
AFRICAN
AMERICAN
APPETIZERS
ASIAN
BEVERAGES
Home
APPLIANCES
BUILDING
CLEANING
CONSUMER
DECORATING
oBASEMENT
oBATHROOM
oBEDROOM
Beauty
BODY ART
GENERAL
HAIR
MAKE-UP
SKIN
Adult Nonfiction, Audiobooks, DVDs, & Large
Print completed on September 10, 2009
We’re Done!
Final Layout: Micromaps
http://frankfortlibrary.micromaps.com
Merged Biography into Subject
Collections
Converted remaining titles in Reference
Collection
Designed new endcap signs
Projects
New Endcap Signs
Phase 4: Analysis
We will 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 Rice
Head of Adult Services
815.534.6173
frankfortlibrary.org
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