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Some Dewey, Some Don’t A webinar by staff of the Gail Borden Public Library District For Nicolet Federated Library System October 21, 2010

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For their new branch library, see how the Gail Borden Public Library District has chosen to make their collection more user-friendly by using a de-emphasized Dewey system and browsing categories. Discover which other libraries influenced this conversion, and see examples of a library that has gone Dewey-free.

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  • 1. Some Dewey, Some Dont
    A webinar by staff of the
    Gail Borden Public Library District
    For Nicolet Federated Library System
    October 21, 2010

2. Moderator:Patricia K. Noonan
Speakers:
Karen Maki
William Blohm
Carol Skelton
Margaret Peebles
Handouts at:
http://www.slideshare.net/gailborden
3. Patricia K. Noonan
Director, Access & Technical Services
Gail Borden Public Library District
4. Influencing factors
Adult collections
Youth collections
Rakow experience
What weve learned
Time for your questions
Heres whats coming:
5. Karen Maki
Deputy Director
Gail Borden Public Library District
Some of the pictures used during Ms. Makis talk are courtesy of Engberg Anderson, Inc., the architect of the Rakow Branch.
6. Gail Borden Public Library
Elgin, Illinois
7. Richmond Public Library
Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
www.yourlibrary.ca




Cate McNeely
Deputy Chief Librarian
8. Ballard Branch Library
Seattle, Washington
9. Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library
Why Do We Dewey webpage
www.tscpl.org/dewey
10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. William R. Blohm
Reference Librarian & Collection Development Manager
Gail Borden Public Library District
17.

  • Population estimate for 2010: 70,604

18. Median household income in 2005: $84,657, compared with approximately $58,497 in the entire library district 19. Median age: 32.8 years, compared with 31.7 years in the entire district 20. Median home value: $209,102, compared with $217,478 in the entire district 21. Five elementary schools 22. Del Webb Edgewater, a gated, over-55 community of more than 1,000 homes just across the road.Demographic SummaryWithin a 3-mile radius of branch
23. NONFICTION RELATIVE USE
24. Initial Subject Bay Proposal, November 2006
Six subject bays:
Cookbooks (641)
Self-Help (158 self-help, 650.1 personal success in business, 646 personal life, grooming, dating)
Health, Diet & Exercise (613 personal health, diet & exercise, 616 diseases, possibly 618.92 pediatrics)
Money (332 personal finance & investment, possibly 333 real estate ownership & management)
25. Initial Subject Bay Proposal, November 2006
Home & Garden (635 gardening, 636 pets, 643.3-643.7 remodeling, 648 house cleaning, 710 garden design & landscaping, 747 interior decorating; cookbooks could be included here, although the number of them warrants their own collection)
Relationships (306 marriage & family relationships, 646.77 dating could also go here)
26. 28 nonfiction categories
For example: Food and Fitness, Pets, Arts and Crafts, Do-It-Yourself, Thats Entertainment!, etc.
10 fiction categories
For example: Thriller, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, Horror, Inspirational, etc.
Final Adult Subject Bay Categories
27. 28. 29. 30. Carol Skelton
Youth Services Collection Manager
Gail Borden Public Library District
31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. Margaret Peebles
Director of Branch ServicesGail Borden Public Library District
Rakow Branch
60. Wheres
Dewey?
Melvil Dewey 1851-1931
61. KEYWORD Subject Labels
DEWEY Spine Labels
62. OTHERS ARE DEWEY-FREE
63. Some Dewey, Some Dont ILA 2009 Peoria Civic Center Frankfort Public Library & Gail Borden Public Library
64. Dewey-Free Spine Labels
65.

  • Deconstructed

66. No Ethnic OR Courses & Dishes categories 67. COOKING 68. AFRICAN 69. AMERICAN 70. APPETIZERS 71. ASIAN 72. BEVERAGESFrankforts Cooking Collection
73.

  • HOME

74. APPLIANCES 75. BUILDING 76. CLEANING 77. CONSUMER 78. DECORATING 79. BASEMENT 80. BATHROOM 81. BEDROOMHOME COLLECTION
82. 83. SIGNS, SIGNS, SIGNS
84. Comparing Catalogs:Italian Grillby Mario Batali
Dewey:Gail Borden Main
Dewey-Free:Frankfort Public Library

  • COOKING ITALIAN Batali

85. 641.5784 BATALICombo: Rakow Branch Library
Dewey-Free:Maricopa County Library District, AZ

  • COOKING INTL

86. COOKING AND ENTERTAINING 641.5784 BataliCombo:Delta Township District Library, Lansing, MI
Dewey-Free:Ridgeview Library District, CO

  • FOOD 641.5784

87. COOKING INTNTL ITALIAN