Hi Cathy,
We genrefied a few years ago into the following sections:
- Fantasy
- Historical Fiction
- Realistic Fiction
- Chapter Books
- Adventure Books
- Animal Stories
- Mysteries
- Sports Stories
- Folk and Fairy Tales (all of the 398.2s (except picture books) are here,
plus mythology)
- Scary Stories
- Science Fiction
We used tinted spine label covers from Demco to differentiate the sections.
Our biggest problem there has been Demco's "light purple" and "pink" colors
are too similar, so our animal and horror books are often misshelved
(sometimes with humorous results).
The fantasy/scifi issue was one I struggled with; the decision to split
them was based mostly on the fixed sheving layout in our library. I also
put some books in the adventure section that are really fantasy or scifi
books (Hunger Games, Divergent, etc) but appeal more to casual readers than
our genre devotees. Some books have copies shelved in multiple sections.
Happy to chat more!
Mark
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 8:19 AM, Cathy Rettberg <crettberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
We've decided to take the plunge and genrefy our teen fiction collection.
I'm interested to hear what has worked and what hasn't from those of you
who have done this.
Also:
- What you would do differently if you were to do this again?
- Did you combine fantasy and sci fi or separate them?
We're open to any advice we can get - we're currently tagging all of the
books in the collection (not physically yet, just on paper) but will be
ready to make the big move soon.
TIA,
Cathy
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