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Lobstergirl, el principe
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Apr 20, 2012 06:44PM
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Dewey Decimal. What do you mean by "neither"?
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Some library systems a few years ago started doing away with any kind of numerical or alphanumerical cataloging system. They shelve books by subject matter, in groups. In my opinion it's a big dumbing-down of the library, because it makes it much harder to find a book if you're going to the library specifically looking for a certain thing. So they might group "travel" or "romance" or "animals", and people who are interested in travel, romance, or animals would go to those shelves. It's aimed at the user who is going to the library for "something", just not anything in particular.
I usually go to the library looking for something in particular, but once I'm in the stacks, I'm also looking around at the books around it, because chances are I'll be interested in those too.
Our main library has a small Dewey section which seems to be much older books. When I checked out a 1962 edition of a Siberian travelogue a couple weeks ago it was in the Dewey section. I don't know why they just don't merge the sections, because every published book has a LCCN.
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Some suburban libraries begin turning away from the longtime classification system
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/20...
The SLC library system will be shut down from 6:00 PM Saturday until Tuesday morning. That's the entire system; every branch will be shuttered and on-line access curtailed.They're moving their 45 servers to a new location and have to have them all offline until the move is completed.
Until they re-open, it doesn't matter to anyone what filing system they use.
I use libraries in three different areas, but they all use Dewey.
Baltimore uses Library of Congress, which frustrates me since I worked in a library in high school and college and had the Dewey system down pat.
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Thank you.
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I never had the Dewey system learned. I don't know why; surely we used it in high school? But at college everything used the LOC and everyone knew what section of the stacks they spent the most time in: HQ? PN? DK?
I've been going to ML a lot lately: literature on music.
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/
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our library uses the less popular sibling version of the filing system called the huey decimal
*Itching to post Taylor Swift's photo*I guess any system is fine, as long as you can find the book you want by typing it in on the computer.
Scout wrote: "*Itching to post Taylor Swift's photo*I guess any system is fine, as long as you can find the book you want by typing it in on the computer."
Why are you posting Taylor Swift's photo?
Ooh! Look at the last one on this list. What fun!http://flavorwire.com/283928/10-gorge...
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That one has been making the rounds on Facebook. Is it real?
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I'm pretty sure mine doesn't use any system. It's completely disorganized. I can only ever find things by putting them on hold.
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Heiderson! You rock. <3For Sarah, a parking garage to go with your book building:
Phil wrote: "BURN. THE LIBRARIES. DOWN!The people of Troy, MI., were given the option."
Brilliant!
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http://gawker.com/5923608/texas-town-...
Upon its completion, the McAllen Public Library became the largest single-story library in the United States.
The project was massively successful: Registration by first-time patrons went up by 23% in the library's first month of operation...
Cool story, LG. Our public library will occupy an old Hastings store while they remodel/expand the downtown building.
We have a beautifully remodeled library. Non-readers in the community complain about the expense, but what do they know?
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Since January 2011 alone, Chicago’s 79 public libraries are owed $1.4 million in unpaid fines on overdue materials valued at more than $2 million.
Dang! That's a lot of fines. CPL really wants to get back the materials, which is why they're willing to lose all the revenue. But I'm skeptical that people still have all that stuff from 15-20 years ago. Or that they still even live in the area.
For the last two years, Chicago’s collection budget has hovered around $7.5 million. That’s down from $10 million in prior years.
“In a budget-constrained time when we have limited money to purchase new materials, this is a way to bring those materials back. You get best-sellers, CD’s, movies — stuff people really want to borrow again,” the commissioner said.
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Lobstergirl wrote: "Oh, also it will translate the article into 32 different languages."At the same time?
I must share with you the library I call home. Phillip S. Miller library, Castle Rock Colorado. To be honest it is probably similar to others except this one is my home towns. My family came here in the late 1850's. When my mom died in 94 she had a huge amount of documents on not only my family history but the town as well. Unfortunately none of it was in any kind of order. I took it to P.S.M historical archive and donated it in moms name.
The woman who heads the department is Johanna. Back then she had just started the advices department. That was 20 plus years ago and Johanna has built an archive that is so incredibly accurate and compleat. Most amazing is she is still as dedicated as she was in 94 if not more so. It amazes me there dedication and passion.
I hate my library. More than once now they've neglected to check in books that I've returned, so that they they still show as checked out on my account until I go and harass some poor underpaid librarian and show them that hey, look, the book is right here on the shelf and the barcodes match so why the eff are you charging me overdue fees since it is obviously back in the library?The last time this happened I was out of the country for 3 weeks, so I had to renew it online even though it was already returned, and then go on a scavenger hunt to find it on the (wrong) library shelf as soon as I'd gotten home. This is becoming a problem.
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There are some really low IQ workers and when they are at the desk I make sure I get a receipt, no exceptions.
I used to always get a return receipt, but they changed the system where instead of returning them at the desk and getting them checked in immediately, the check-in area is now this window that you slide them behind (and you can't even see if someone is back there working on checking the books in). Basically it's like a book drop but not outside and only open when the library is. Lame. At least if it were a real bookdrop I could return my books during off-hours.
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This receipt business is good to know. I am going to be sure to ask for one in the future.
I ask for a receipt showing all books I have checked out. Sometimes I have to make it a point to stand there and wait for my returns to be entered into the system. Otherwise, they'll stack my returns in a pile to be entered later, and that's where mistakes are made. Last Tuesday, I checked out a book, and the worker said, huh, this one was never checked back in. Someone probably has a fine and will never be able to explain what happened.
