I have a few questions about organization, such as what is the best way to organize the fiction books? and With the advancement of technology and the access to so much information on computers, should a teacher-librarian purchase a lot of non-fiction resources? I have a large section of non-fiction books compared to fiction; however, I visited a colleague's library and she asks, "Why waste so much money on non-fiction books when the Internet is so much better and then she can buy more fiction books?" A few colleagues have asked me about arranging books by genre and I suggested it might be a good idea to put the genre labels on the books, but leave them in the Dewey Decimal organization. My books are arranged by genre. My students love the genre arrangement, but when it comes to finding a book, sometimes I cannot find it in a timely fashion because of the blurring or blending of genres.
I do not remember reading about marketing startegies, so I will need to refresh my memory.
I have no idea how to make a digital library, so I can't wait to learn how to do that.
I will check out the Dewey Decimal links; the description of each site looks interesting. I starred a couple that I would like to try while doing a library orientation. The question Ihave is how do you find enough time to show this to students with everything else one is supposed to cover?
When I read the discussion posts, I liked the idea of having the teachers indicate favourite reads using a star.
A few people in this class asked how others arranged their graphic novels. My graphic novels are arranged along one shelf starting from the wall. They are put in alphabetical order in series. For example, Chibi Vampire series, then the Nana series, then the Tsubasa series, etc. I have the Classic genre at the end of the shelf, so students have to pass the timeless great reads first. The graphic novels are so popular that it is important for easy and quick access for students.
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