Jennifer,
I genrefied a few years ago. We have a fairly small collection, and while
I dreaded it beforehand it went surprisingly easily. I figured out the
genres I wanted, then printed a mass of bookmarks in the colors I chose for
each genre. My intern at the time and I went through the whole collection
and categorized each book, placing a colored bookmark in each. Then we had
two CRAZZZY days where every book came off all the shelves, and we
calculated roughly how many shelves each genre would need, and then just
rejiggered a couple of times. We started at each end to do the shelving -
as all our Fiction shelves are on one long wall. We then made
sub-locations in Destiny and scanned them all in as an update. Then we did
spine stickers in matching colors and we were done. All told it took about
two months, with the longest part being the classification of each book.
I'm very glad I did it, as almost all requests here come in the form of "I
love this xxxxx type of book - what works with that".
Now to the weeding process though, so that I can have more books facing out.
Good luck - Sarah
On Wed, Jun 1, 2022 at 10:50 AM Jennifer de Sousa <jdesousa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hi there,
Wondering if I could get some insight from those of you who have already
been through the process of genrefying or moving towards a "bookstore"
model for your collection.
How did you approach the project? - i.e. one section or category at a
time? summer or during school year? How much assistance did you need?
Did you use a model for deciding on categories, sections, etc. or your own
judgement?
Sorry this is a lot to ask, but any insights are appreciated.
Happy almost end of the school year!
All the best,
Jennifer de Sousa
Librarian
The Carey School
