The fiction collection here has a lot of paperback books and very long shelves, which means the books get out of order easily and they fall, or even explode off of the shelves when students are using the bookends – if there are bookends. I am hoping to get more soon.
But, for now, on the same inservice day I went through the fiction collection and began labeling the shelves (the labeling was outdated) and putting books in order as much as possible. There are some unique sections that I would like to integrate into the collection instead of keep in corners of the library where students may not know where to look if they are using the online catalog to find a location.
I am the post-it labeling queen:
This is how the fiction looked right before, so it’s going to be a lot easier to navigate now.
I have also shelf-read all the Dewey sections, but those are more complicated and it will probably take another “dig in day” to get those sections integrated and in more typical library order. About 1 in 3 of those books will also need additional cataloging or processing…but that seems a long way off. A few more piles:
Still…progress! This library is really fun.
