[LM_NET] Sperated genres(was shelving for series)

[Molly Clark <mclark2@PHOENIX.K12.NY.US>]

Am I  the only one who hates having the public library fiction
collection divided by genre?  The  public library I worked at in high
school (25 years ago) had the mysteries in a seperate section way back
then.  My local public library just made that switch and I dislike it.
Why is Grisham in the regular fiction but Evanovich in the mysteries?
Who decides?  Does a mystery have to have an actual detective?  I
suppose Grisham is more suspense than mystery....

At least when we seperate series books, there is a clear method to our
madness....


Thanks for allowing me to vent


Molly Clark
Intermediate Librarian
Michael Maroun Elementary School
Phoenix, NY
mclark2@phoenix.k12.ny.us

"I really didn't realize the librarians were, you know, such a dangerous
group. They are subversive. You think they're just sitting there at the
desk, all quiet and everything. They're like plotting the revolution,
man. I wouldn't mess with them." Michael Moore

>>> Dawn Sades <yayagoddess@SBCGLOBAL.NET> 06/30/05 5:04 PM >>>

Now, I'm in a public library, and the adult collection
is divided into sci-fi, mystery, paperbacks (which is
further divided into genre), and African-American.
But, many public libraries are doing that nowadays.

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