Wellsville – Innovation in Collections

Becky Dodd, Director

Began with large weeding project.

Reorganization of entire collection needed.

What method of organization to use?• Dewey (current method)• Neighborhoods• Based on Bible (method selected)

Space Rocks & Fossils

Began with Astronomy, Plants, Animals, People, Houses, etc.

NameBrand Cookbooks

CelebrityCookbooks

Breads

Canning/Preserving

Baby &Childcare

ChildSafety

Parenting Self Help

Crafts

Quilts &Quilting!

WorldHistory

AmericanHistory

NativeAmericanHistory

Antiques-General

Coins

GeneralCollectibles

Series are shelved in their series group

Chicken SoupSeries

Cookbooks are grouped: Celebrity Canning/ PreservingSpecial Diets BreadsName Brand Children’s Health

New Books are Featured-Front and Center

Children’s Materials - Grouped in “themes” for kids

Another example of Children’s Books – Lego books themed together

Little House Books – grouped togetherIn Chronological Order

Results to Date

• Has circulation increased?• Are patrons discovering “new” materials? • Is the investment of staff time for project paying off? • What has the overall community response been?

Still working on:

Add needed areasDetermine organization within areas --Will likely be by author within each section area

NEKLS is assisting with the process of adding “section” indicators to the Public Notes Field of the records, which is a searchable field.

Wellsville uses full author name on spine labelplus call number

Questions?

Thank You!

Becky Dodd, Wellsvillebdodd@wellsvillelibrary.org