Arranging by color???? Let's see...We would then have to have big signs
for those who are color blind. BLUE BOOKS-RED BOOKS- Would Follett have
to add a new section under there curriculum: Blue titles, Red Titles.
And would that new 13 digit ISBN need a color signifier? And what about
those books that have more than one color or get published once in red
and once in blue? Now, then the arguments really be significant. Instead
of should the books about Birds of ohio be in 977's or 598's it would be
about does it have more green on the cover or yellow. And the creative
catalogers (who always want to do their own thing) would set up a Pea
Green section. Then we could all be in an uproar about the feasibility
Pea Green sections. I mean, really, if the patron needs Pea Green then
shouldn't there be a Pea Green section. The possibilities are endless.
If I am not mistaken most of the collection of the library of congress
is housed out of public reach. You have to request it and someone
retrieves it for you. In which case who cares how it is arranged. But,
it has been a few years since I used the Library of Congress so it could
be different.
Rebecca Vasilakis
District Library Media Specialist
Amanda Clearcreek LSD
Amanda, OH
becky_vasilakis@amanda.k12.oh.us
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[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Doyle_Tony
Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 1:46 PM
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Subject: Re: arranging a library humor
As recently as 6 or 7 years ago the Library of Congress was seriously
considering shelving books by size to make better use of space.
Objections were raised by many groups and I assume the idea died
(haven't heard anything about it in years).
I have considered having a "folio" section for oversized books like a
lot of university libraries do. But I think in a high school those
books would never get used, like the short story section I inherited
when I first started.
Now a color arrangement might actually work for some of my students...
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Livingston High School
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Sent: Thu 6/14/2007 6:28 AM
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Subject: [LM_NET] arranging a library humor
I am reading Here Lies The Librarian by Richard Peck. It is such a
funny, tongue in cheek book.
As the town resurrects the library and they are putting the books on
the spanking new shelves, a resident comments that it is interesting to
arrange by Dewey Decimal because the old librarian arranged the books by
size.
Think it will catch on?
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