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What has Dewey done for you lately? Deb Hoadley, Library Director Langley-Adams Library Groveland, MA 4/28/2011 Massachusetts Library Association Conference
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Presentation for Massachusetts Library Association Conference 2011about the conversion to BISAC from Dewey at the Langley-Adams Library in Groveland.
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Massachusetts Library Association Conference
What has Dewey done for you lately?
Deb Hoadley, Library DirectorLangley-Adams Library
Groveland, MA
4/28/2011
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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
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InspirationPatron-driven model
Why do patrons prefer to browse/buy from bookstores?
– Accessibility– Familiar subject
headings– Comfortable areas– Attractive spaces– Browsing allowed
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Inspiration from Maricopa County Library System-Arizona
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Motivation
Lost in the stacks
Opening up the space
Starting fresh
Configuring new space
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Final Layout
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Perspiration
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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?
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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
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2008 2010
2978 5266
35038
56981
Change in Circulation
Non-fiction circula-tion
Total circulation
Year
Bo
oks
Cir
cula
ted
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Flexibility & Adaptability
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• Watching patron traffic patterns to best arrange collections
• Using merchandising techniques to best display collections
• Signs, signs, signs…
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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/
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