[LM_NET] Gen: organizing fiction idea

[KIT PARKER <kit.parker@BOISESCHOOLS.ORG>]

To help with the organization situation,  I have created 'Genre
Bookmarks'.  Each one has a list of authors that typically write in a
specific genre, listed in alphabetical order.  I have only included
those that are found in my library.  To display them I used my antique
card pockets.  I  labeled them by genre,  glued them to posterboard, and
attached it to the circulation desk.  When kids come in and ask where
the 'horror section'  is for example,  I teach them how to use the
bookmarks.  They will not get a list of all the books I have in a
specific genre, but they get a good representative list.   I also have
genre stickers that I use.  These 2 tools have helped my students find
books by genre, as the catalog with a list of 300 mysteries is a bit
daunting and I am not inclined to reorganize it for them.

Also, as far as the bookstore arrangement, the B&N here has the childrens and YA 
section arranged by author.  Though each is a distinct section, they are not 
arranged by genre.




Kit Parker - Teacher/Librarian
Les Bois Jr. High School
Boise, Idaho
kit.parker@boiseschools.org

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