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From: ShellyS <shell...@gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:17:20 -0700 (PDT)

Local: Sun, Nov 1 2009 8:17 am

Subject: Re: Giving Away Ideas

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On Oct 27, 7:55 am, netcat <net...@devnull.eridani.eol.ee> wrote:

> In article <4ae6d98c.4206...@news.btconnect.com>,
> s...@sofluc.co.uk.invalid says...

> > As a data point: the library where I live (one main library, and several
> > local branches) decided to shelve all the books together.

> All the libraries in Estonia have always done that, except children's
> libraries, possibly. And no tagging, either.

> rgds,
> netcat

There are a couple in the US that have experimented with non-library
shelving. They've done away with the Dewey Decimal System and are
using the shelving scheme used in bookstores. Patrons seem to like it
and more libraries are looking into it.

Our library system shelves fantasy with fiction and gives SF its own
section. Some branches have broken with that and moved fantasy in with
SF, which was what I did in my previous branch. Sure, it's labeling,
but it's more a convenience for readers than any real categorization
of the books, IMO, because I believe there's a crossover of genres,
and more blending and blurring than ever. But I never understood why
fantasy and SF were separated, which I first noticed close to 30 years
ago when I joined the library system.

Libraries are getting more creative/innovative in shelving. Strict
cataloging may become obsolete.

--Shelly

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