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One library's story about switching from Dewey to a modified BISAC classification system.
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WHO WE ARE
Small library in Chubbuck, Idaho 12,000 patrons in our database
18,000 in our population area
13 employees
46,000 items, 6,000 non-book items
A library that needed a theme
ABOUT OUR USERS
Browsers
Fiction readers
This side of the Digital Divide
OUR INSPIRATION
Overcrowded, unused collection
Visit to Anythink! in Denver
WHAT WE DID
Studied BISAC headings
Made our own headings
WHAT WE DID
Used words instead of nonsensical
numbers and decimal points
WHERE DID WE CHANGE
Nonfiction first User surveys
Juvenile nonfiction second Matched juvenile nonfiction to school projects
WHEN DID WE CHANGE
PLAN A:
Initially going to do section by section Create space, pull and relabel materials
Pull one heading at a time
WHEN DID WE CHANGE
UNPLANNED B:
Renovation Boxed the library, in rough order of new headings
Unboxed in rough order
HOW DID WE CHANGE
Planned! One year
Weeded, heavily!
Created our subject headings and sub categories
Planned our new labels
Planned shelves and locations
WHY WE DID IT
Better categories
OUR categories
Mimic bookstore browsing
Make more sense for our community
HOW LONG IT TOOK
Closed 2 weeks for renovations
Unboxing in a few days
8 weeks to relabel No dedicated staff for the job
SO WHAT HAPPENED?
Deleted ~2000 nonfiction books
Purchased many new nonfiction books
9800 adult nonfiction books
3600 juvenile nonfiction books
New labels
SO WHAT HAPPENED?
Hugely positive response from users
Better organization and display of
materials
Improved ‘browseability’
Improved finding for users and staff
SO WHAT HAPPENED?
As we relabeled, we changed the
catalog records
Created ‘shelf locations’ for nonfiction
sections Able to pull stats on each section to see use
SO WHAT HAPPENED?
Significant circulation increase 250% increase of nonfiction circ
90% overall circulation increase
Biography section increased
SO WHAT HAPPENED?
Staff Reactions Some not on board at first
All on board after seeing the results
User Reactions LOVE IT.
PROS:
Better browsing for users
Super easy to shelf read
Super easy to find things
Helped us hone and define our
nonfiction collection
CONS:
Some additional work for ordering
Some additional work for cataloging
Where do we stuff donations?
NEXT STEPS:
FICTON Already done a pilot with paperbacks
Choose genres
Cross genre authors in one place
SO WHAT DO YOU NEED?
Weed – remove the deadfall
Create or choose your categories
Plan for change All at once?
Parts at a time?
SO WHAT DO YOU NEED?
Storage space
Lots of labels
Lots of label covers
Lots of boxes
A plan for keeping things organized
GETTING BUY IN
Field trips to libraries
Propose a pilot project
Share success stories you hear Us, Anythink!, Maricopa County Arizona
BUT WE’VE ALWAYS DONE
IT THAT WAY!
Yes. We have. But it’s time to try new
things
Teaching Dewey in schools?
QUESTIONS?
Please ask!
THANK YOU!
Jezmynne Dene, MLIS
Portneuf District Library
Chubbuck, Idaho 83202
