The Parsons Avenue Branch of CML is set up that way. It is very confusing at
times. Especially since the Main is still set up with Dewey ( and most of the
other branches I have been to) and the OPAC gives you the Call Number. But then you
have to walk around the shelves of the Parsons branch to see what "General" heading
you need and the signs aren't all that helpful. When I asked about it one day, I
was told that it was easier for the patrons to find things as they really couldn't
understand how to find things before. It was said in such a condescending manner
that I got the real impression that it was more that they felt the patrons were
too dumb to find things. Fortunately, it is a small branch and so you don't have
to go too far to find things. Still, I found it very confusing. And, since I was
with some youngsters, it was frustrating. The youngsters understood that all books
had an address and that is how you found them. Ah, well, I sincerely hope this
isn't a sign of the future.
By the way- when I was in the grade school I taught 1st and 2nd graders to find
books by telling them that books had addresses - theynever had a problem if they
knew the address of a book. Ieven had one come back and tell me she was able to
find her book in the Main library because she knew its address!!
Toni Koontz
Librarian
St.Charles Preparatory School
Columbus,Ohio
akoontz@cdeducation.org
Carpe Diem
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