Document Type
Presentation
Journal/Book Title/Conference
UELMA 2014 (Utah Educational Library Media Association) Annual Meeting
Publication Date
3-13-2014
Abstract
At the recent ALA Midwinter Conference in Seattle, I moderated the AASL-sponsored Hot Topics discussion on “Genre-fying” the collection. Six panelists presented a variety of viewpoints on how to handle an issue that is being widely discussed. A number of librarians have implemented the change, reclassifying their nonfiction titles using letters identifying the genre. Some have used EBSCO’s NoveList as a source for the categories they chose, others have used their own ideas. A few have integrated fiction within the nonfiction. A more limited approach is to “genre-fy” the fiction collection. Those who have made the change point to increased circulation. Librarians who think we should stay with Dewey argue that consistency between libraries is important and the amount of work to make the switch is huge
Recommended Citation
Diekama, Anne R. and Haderlie, Sheri, "Building on background knowledge to formulate researchable questions" (2014). Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications. Paper 481.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/itls_facpub/481
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