from dewey to natural language
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From Dewey to Natural Language. The Reorganization of Nunamuit School Library. Inspiration . Pam Sandlian Smith and “Wordthink” Part of the “Anythink” rebranding to make libraries relevant for the 21 st Century - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
T H E R E O R G A N I Z AT I O N O F N U N A M U I T S C H O O L L I B R A R Y
FROM DEWEY TO NATURAL LANGUAGE
INSPIRATION
• Pam Sandlian Smith and “Wordthink”• Part of the “Anythink” rebranding to make libraries
relevant for the 21st Century• “From a building of books to a place where the
community connects with information and has experiences that inspire new ideas”
• Eliminated Dewey in the Rangeview Library District• Greatly increased circulation, participation and funding!
LIBRARY RENOVATION
INTERLIBRARY COOPERATION GRANT
• State Wide Significance• Innovation• New Services• Technology
VISITING RANGVIEW
Neighborhood Approach
Identify Subjects
Batch processbased on bar code list
Be prepared to Revise
PROCEDURE
• How do my patrons use the library?
• How do they need information organized?
• Small Inupiat village
CONSIDERATIONS
• Collection Size: 9,942 copies
• Minimal Staff
• School Curriculum
• Cultural Interest
ANALYZE COLLECTION
• Identify Subject headings• Primary• Secondary
• BISAC, Dewey and WordSpeak
• Shelf List
• Counting and categorizing
SORT BOOKS
• Revise Primary Headings• Identify Secondary Headings
CREATE LABELS
• Spine Labels
• Shelf Labels
TEAMWORK
• One Week + Four Librarians+ 3 part time helpers =
One reorganized Library
Thank you
Sue, AjaAnd
Jacque
INTRODUCE TO THE PUBLIC
• Open House & Publicity
RESPONSE
• “Love this book store idea, I’ve made $1000 so far selling books!”
• “I can quickly run in between classes and find what I need.”
• “I know where the truck books are.”
• “It is much easier to shelve.”
• “What should I put on this spine label?”
SPINE LABEL DILEMMA
CONSIDERATIONS
• Who will be cataloging?• Rangeview sent translation key to Ingram
• How big is your collection?• Alphabetizing
• Do you need all those Books?
• Guides versus Librarians
• Transfer Skills
QUESTIONS
DISCUSSION
• Would this benefit your patrons?
• How would you accomplish the task?• People Power• Funding
• What effect will this have on libraries and patrons in the future?