tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post7374054518311475637..comments2024-03-22T01:00:38.320-04:00Comments on I.N.K.: Interesting Nonfiction for Kids: Dewey Decimal System RIP?Linda Salzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17217322360480267856noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-64363001202373366492011-03-04T10:08:51.707-05:002011-03-04T10:08:51.707-05:00Thank you for your comments. I was just curious wh...Thank you for your comments. I was just curious what people thought. <br /><br />Kristin, that is so cool about the card catalog in War Games!<br /><br />Renee, I LOVED your comment about how people are going to be "driven mad by the Pack Your Bag sections". LOLAnna M. Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01915256522607241235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-56228134659646792422011-02-26T12:54:27.925-05:002011-02-26T12:54:27.925-05:00I like the idea of changing themed displays at the...I like the idea of changing themed displays at the front and/or in different areas of the library to catch the attention of browsers and call people's attention to groups of books, but I really question the usefulness of wholesale reorganizing a whole library "like a bookstore." If people really like an author, it is not that hard to walk three steps to a library computer, type the author's name in, and get a whole list of his/her other books. And if you are interested in a nonfiction subject, it seems to make more sense to keep identical and then related subjects grouped together. What might be more helpful for browsers stymied by the Dewey decimal system is to add more prominent and clear signs above and at the end of each row of books to let people know what subjects are covered where. Little pictures or icons are helpful too. The bottom line is that people who are serious about doing research on a topic and looking for a specific book by number are going to be driven mad by "Pack Your Bags" sections full of random travel and language books that are mushed together in no real order.Renéehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06612171177411754692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-53838150457510451572011-02-26T11:26:31.079-05:002011-02-26T11:26:31.079-05:00Very interesting Anna! I admit I would probably p...Very interesting Anna! I admit I would probably prefer the bookstore type layout as I am always looking for new authors and like to just wander and pick up things that look interesting. I can definitely do that in a library, but I always have more luck wandering in a bookstore than I do in the library.<br /><br />On another note, my kids and I watched a movie from 1983 last weekend (War Games w/Mathew Broderick....love that movie!). There's a part in the movie where he uses a card catalog to find a book. How ancient is that! My kids had no idea what it was...how sad!kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02208070664088551779noreply@blogger.com