USE YOUR WORDS:BREAKING UP WITH DEWEY

Iowa Library Association

Annual Conference

October 12, 2011

Melissa Rice, Head of Adult Services

Frankfort Public Library District, Frankfort, IL

USE YOUR WORDS:BREAKING UP WITH DEWEY

Bob Pasicznyuk, Director, Cedar Rapids Public Library,

Cedar Rapids, IA

Susan Varscak, Library Transitions Coordinator, Maricopa County Library District, AZ

Elaine Hayes, Adult Services Librarian, North Liberty Community Library, IA

Rachel Fewell, Collection Development Manager, Rangeview Libraries, Thornton, CO

Frankfort Public Library District, Frankfort, IL

Service & space needs assessment studyNew concepts & library servicesoLondon’s Idea StoreoDelft’s DOK LibraryoRichmond’s Ironwood Branch

Remodeled Youth Services shelving

2005 & 2006

Face out – Increases Circulation!

Dropped ANSCRRemodeled CirculationCustomer-Focused Library Project

2007

Dropped ANSCR

Before…..

After

Customer Focused Library Project

Presentations & PracticesEnvirosellPaco Underhill: Why We Buy

Maricopa County Public Library, AZTopeka and Shawnee County Public Library, Topeka, KS

PLA 2008

What’s Happening Out There?

Subject Based, Dewey Free

Maricopa County Library District, AZ Seward Memorial Library, Seward, NE Darien Public Library, Darien, CT Rangeview

Library District, Adams County, CO Indian Prairie Public Library, Darien, IL

Mashup: Subject + Dewey

Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, Topeka, KS

Delta Township District Library, Lansing, MI

Gail Borden District Library, Rakow Branch, Elgin, IL

Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics by Ina Garten

641.5 GARTEN 641.5 GAR

FOOD 641.5

Dewey: SWAN

Mashup: Delta Township District Library, Lansing, MI

COOKING

COOKING GENERAL Garten

Mashup: Gail Borden Public Library District, Rakow Branch

COOKING AND ENTERTAINING 641.5 Garten

Subject: Frankfort Public Library District

Subject: Maricopa County Library District, AZ

Subject: Rangeview Library District, CO

COOKING

Italian Grill by Mario Batali

641.5 BATALI 641.5784 BATALI

FOOD 641.5784

Dewey: SWAN

Mashup: Delta Township District Library, Lansing, MI

COOKING INTL

COOKING ITALIAN Batali

Mashup: Gail Borden Library District

COOKING AND ENTERTAINING 641.5784 Batali

Subject: Frankfort Public Library District

Subject: Maricopa County Library District, AZ

Subject: Ridgeview Library District, CO COOKING INTNTL ITALIAN COOKING INTNTL

Converted to a word based classification systemRefer to BISAC (Book Industry Standards & Classification) as a guideline

What did we do?

McGraw-Hill's Conquering GMAT Math

6 different Dewey numbers are used to identify this book’s location.378.1662 GMA 378.1662 MOYER, R.378.1664 GMAT510.76 GMAT 510.76 MOY650 GMAT650.076 MOY658.076 GMAT

DJing for Dummies

4 different Dewey numbers are used to identify this book’s location.781.554791.44791.443796.4402

Phase 1: Planning & DesignPhase 2: Shifting & SignagePhase 3: ConversionPhase 4: Analysis

The Dewey Free Project

Designed a new floor layout Weed! Weed! Weed! Staffing Time schedule

Phase 1: Planning & Design

Original Floor Plan

Proposed Layout: July 2008

Phase 2: Shifting & Signage

End Panel Signage Before…

End Panel Signage During…

End Panel Signage

Spine labelsTaxonomy

Phase 3: Conversion

Taxonomy

Subject Collection Guide Project coordinators develop the

skeleton Monthly committee meeting Main taxonomy document is open to

everyone working on the project

Cooking

Deconstructed No “Ethnic” OR “Courses & Dishes”

categories Categories are Alphabetical

AFRICAN AMERICAN APPETIZERS ASIAN BEVERAGES

Home

DIY FURNITURE GREEN

LIVING PLANS REAL ESTATE REMODELING STORAGE TOOLS

APPLIANCES BUILDING CLEANING CONSUMER DECORATINGoBASEMENToBATHROOMoBEDROOM

Beauty

BODY ART GENERAL HAIR MAKE-UP SKIN

Spine Labels

How many lines or levels? How much is too much information? Font style, color, and size? Designing a label templateoSUBJECToCATEGORYoAuthor

Spine Label Design

Call Number

Shelf Tags

Adult Nonfiction, Audiobooks, DVDs, & Large Print completed on September

10, 2009

We’re Done!

Micromaps

frankfortlibrary.micromaps.com

Merged Biography into Subject Collections

Converted Reference CollectionDesigned new endcap signs

Projects - 2010

New Endcap Signs

Phase 4: Analysis

Evaluate the project’s success: • Circulation Statistics• Surveys• Patron comments• Subject Collection Review

This analysis will tell us if we need to alter any of the

following:• Signs• Taxonomies• Layout

Frankfort Public Library District

Melissa RiceHead of Adult Servicesmrice@frankfortlibrary.org815.534.6173frankfortlibrary.org

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