Where would you place books related to gender topics in your library if organized by Dewey?
Read more…I would like to know if anyone has a instruction manual for their libraries on how to catalog the books etc. and how to know which category to put the books into.
Thanks!
Carmy Heerboth
Read more…Hello all,
I used to be able to look up a dewey decimal number for my non fiction books by going to an oclc webpage but it has been discontinued as of Jan 1 of this year. I moved to NM and am now the church librarian at my new church and don't know w
Read more…Babs Harris and her team are working on a small display in the adult area of their building. Question: When you have display locations away from the library that are not considered satellite location, how do you identify the locations of the items in
Read more…Our library team has been conducting inventory of our library. None of us are very familiar with Concourse and the last time inventory was done was before Covid. We have completed the nonfiction, fiction, and DVD items but still have the children's i
Read more…I have recently noticed the card image of an item no longer includes the copyright date. Is this a new "update" feature of Atrium or have I inadvertently eliminated it somehow? Any observations?
Read more…How are books such as the I Can Read Series : Daniel and the Lion's Den , Jesus is Born , Faith Gets Us Through catalogued for shelving. It seems to me that being placed together would be easier for children to find. I've been out of this a while so
Read more…Roxy Klassen asks the following question:
How do you catalog items that have multiple pieces? We have a good number of Small Group Study Materials. Most have a Teacher/Leader Guide; a DVD; and one or more student book/workbooks. We don't mind if the
Read more…I am trying a new idea of mine-- to catalog Biblical fiction with the book of the Bible it fictionalizes. I clearly label the fiction with a sticker that says "Biblically Based Fiction" covered with an orange label cover. I know nothing is new unde
Read more…Any ideas on how to organize children's books (age 0-2nd grade)? By suthor, title, age,etc.
Barbara Brown
Read more…Pam Guin Asks:
If someone is using TinyCat/Library Thing for their very small library I would love to find out how they like it and some instructions on how some of it works. I found YouTube videos but they are a few years old.
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Jean Lefer
Read more…Southcrest asks the following question:
Is anyone else having trouble locating MARC records for books with ISBNs that begin with the newly utilized 979 prefix?
Read more…Renea Skaggs posted this topic for us to discuss:
Do any other libraries have their nonfiction books organized under topics instead of the Dewey Decimal system. If so, what are your topics and how do you label the spine of the book?
Read more…I wish those that responded with links to catalog would include size of libary collection
Read more…We are struggling with how to shelve our books published by Guidepost. They do not have an ISBN or Dewey system number. Does anyone have suggestions on how they categorize them on the shelf? Thank you in advance
kim Swisher - Hillside Christian Churc
Read more…Hi Everyone,
Requesting assistance on categorizing children's books.
The existing system is classified by C - Children; J - Juvenile; and Y - Youth.
1) What ages are included in each category?
2) Do you shelve the Youth in their own section, or with the
Read more…I am the proud librarian of our wonderful library, the Lamppost, at Northeast Presbyterian Church in Columbia South Carolina, and have a question about Atriuum library software: would love to hear from anyone who uses that system and what they like a
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