Most local libraries seem to put the first 3 letters of the title on the visible spine so they are shelved alphabetically by title. I plan to do this, but also think that I need to establish broad categories and identify those on the spine label and then shelve alphabetically within each category. My question is: what categories do you suggest for a church library? Do you have a better way to shelve and organize DVDs? Exactly how do you do it? My thinking is to use maybe MUSIC, BIBLE STUDY, DRAMA/MOVIES, SCIENCE, SERMONS Not sure what else would be helpful. Seems like if a patron wants to see what movies we have, they can go to that section and look rather than having to browse them all. I really just need to know how you organize your DVDs. Does anyone assign Dewey numbers to them?
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I think having categories like you suggested would be helpful, especially if you have a large selection of DVDs. In my past church we put the first 3 letters of the title on the spine of the DVD case and organized it alphabetically. I did group series together, for example, The Chronicles of Narnia were all labeled CHR/1, CHR/2... All the Veggie Tales were labeled VEG. It's much easier to find that than looking for each individual title. I've never assigned Dewey numbers to the DVDs. We just put them all together. But I can see the benefits to having groups like you suggested. I may do this in my current church. I'm in the midst of putting everything in alpha order in groups in order to do inventory and then I'll start weeding out and organizing. Thanks for the idea of grouping DVDs.
As you think through putting DVD's in groups, what groups do you envision??
Thanks! That sounds like a very workable system!
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