taking the guesswork out of genre
TRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: Taking the guesswork out of genre](https://reader031.vdocuments.site/reader031/viewer/2022031808/55a8511b1a28abc84f8b45b6/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
![Page 2: Taking the guesswork out of genre](https://reader031.vdocuments.site/reader031/viewer/2022031808/55a8511b1a28abc84f8b45b6/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Taking the guesswork out of genre
Michael Jongen
Library Services Coordinator
![Page 3: Taking the guesswork out of genre](https://reader031.vdocuments.site/reader031/viewer/2022031808/55a8511b1a28abc84f8b45b6/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Education Services Australia
• A not-for-profit, ministerial company established to provide services to the Standing Council on School Education and Early Childhood (SCSEEC)
• Assists with the infrastructure and content to support implementation of national initiatives such as the Australian Curriculum and National Professional Standards for Teachers
• Manages existing services: SCIS, ScOT thesaurus, Scootle, myfuture and Curriculum Press
![Page 4: Taking the guesswork out of genre](https://reader031.vdocuments.site/reader031/viewer/2022031808/55a8511b1a28abc84f8b45b6/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
What does SCIS provide?
• 1.3 million+ catalogue records
• 530,000+ authority records
• 200,000+ records with ScOT terms
• 10,000+ educational websites records
• 10,000+ records for e-books
• 140+ records for apps
• 500,000+ book cover images
for 10,500+ subscribers who download 8 million+ catalogue records p.a. plus 1,000+ Z39.50 users
![Page 5: Taking the guesswork out of genre](https://reader031.vdocuments.site/reader031/viewer/2022031808/55a8511b1a28abc84f8b45b6/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
![Page 6: Taking the guesswork out of genre](https://reader031.vdocuments.site/reader031/viewer/2022031808/55a8511b1a28abc84f8b45b6/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Genrefication
Lego Record Store. Photography by eldeeem. CC BY-NC-SA
![Page 7: Taking the guesswork out of genre](https://reader031.vdocuments.site/reader031/viewer/2022031808/55a8511b1a28abc84f8b45b6/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Genrefication and Led Zepplin
![Page 8: Taking the guesswork out of genre](https://reader031.vdocuments.site/reader031/viewer/2022031808/55a8511b1a28abc84f8b45b6/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/Glossary?a=SSCEEN&t=Genre
Define Genre
The categories into which texts are grouped. The term has a complex history within literary theory and is often used to distinguish texts on the basis of their subject matter (for example, detective fiction, romance, science fiction, fantasy fiction), form and structure (for example, poetry, novels, biography, short stories)
![Page 9: Taking the guesswork out of genre](https://reader031.vdocuments.site/reader031/viewer/2022031808/55a8511b1a28abc84f8b45b6/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
SubgenresScience fiction
Hard science fictionSoft science fictionSpace operaMilitary/BattlesPunk
CyberpunkBiopunkNanopunkPostcyberpunk
SteampunkClockpunkDieselpunkAtompunk
DystopianAlternative universe
Alternative historyPost-apocalypticAlien invasionScientific romance
![Page 10: Taking the guesswork out of genre](https://reader031.vdocuments.site/reader031/viewer/2022031808/55a8511b1a28abc84f8b45b6/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Cover images from Syndetics
Subgenres – space opera
![Page 11: Taking the guesswork out of genre](https://reader031.vdocuments.site/reader031/viewer/2022031808/55a8511b1a28abc84f8b45b6/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
Subgenres – military/battles
Cover images from Syndetics
![Page 12: Taking the guesswork out of genre](https://reader031.vdocuments.site/reader031/viewer/2022031808/55a8511b1a28abc84f8b45b6/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Science Fiction – Scope notes
![Page 13: Taking the guesswork out of genre](https://reader031.vdocuments.site/reader031/viewer/2022031808/55a8511b1a28abc84f8b45b6/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Playground Library Kyoto. Photography by Don Shall. CC BY-NC-ND
Playground for young minds
![Page 14: Taking the guesswork out of genre](https://reader031.vdocuments.site/reader031/viewer/2022031808/55a8511b1a28abc84f8b45b6/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
Dewey v Chaos
‘The biggest hurdle we face in the discussion about reorganizing resources in school libraries is getting over the widely held belief that this is a black-and-white decision between Dewey and chaos.’
Christopher Harris, director of the School Library System of the Genesee Valley (NY) Educational Partnership
![Page 15: Taking the guesswork out of genre](https://reader031.vdocuments.site/reader031/viewer/2022031808/55a8511b1a28abc84f8b45b6/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
At the bookstore. Photography by Nate Grigg. CC BY.
An alternative to traditional methods
![Page 16: Taking the guesswork out of genre](https://reader031.vdocuments.site/reader031/viewer/2022031808/55a8511b1a28abc84f8b45b6/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
This Way To Hogwarts. Photography by Scott Smith. CC BY-NC-ND.
The Harry Potter problem
![Page 17: Taking the guesswork out of genre](https://reader031.vdocuments.site/reader031/viewer/2022031808/55a8511b1a28abc84f8b45b6/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
Genre identifiers in use. Photography by Laura Armstrong. CC BY-NC-SA.
Genre identifiers in use
![Page 18: Taking the guesswork out of genre](https://reader031.vdocuments.site/reader031/viewer/2022031808/55a8511b1a28abc84f8b45b6/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
SCIS genre headings for fiction
http://www2.curriculum.edu.au/scis/cataloguing_standards.html
![Page 19: Taking the guesswork out of genre](https://reader031.vdocuments.site/reader031/viewer/2022031808/55a8511b1a28abc84f8b45b6/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
SCIS Cataloguing Standards
http://www2.curriculum.edu.au/scis/cataloguing_standards.html
![Page 20: Taking the guesswork out of genre](https://reader031.vdocuments.site/reader031/viewer/2022031808/55a8511b1a28abc84f8b45b6/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
Steam Punk scope notes
![Page 21: Taking the guesswork out of genre](https://reader031.vdocuments.site/reader031/viewer/2022031808/55a8511b1a28abc84f8b45b6/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
Subject headings update
www2.curriculum.edu.au/subject_heading_lists.html.
![Page 22: Taking the guesswork out of genre](https://reader031.vdocuments.site/reader031/viewer/2022031808/55a8511b1a28abc84f8b45b6/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
Steam punk in Connections
![Page 23: Taking the guesswork out of genre](https://reader031.vdocuments.site/reader031/viewer/2022031808/55a8511b1a28abc84f8b45b6/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
SCIS Fiction subject tags
![Page 24: Taking the guesswork out of genre](https://reader031.vdocuments.site/reader031/viewer/2022031808/55a8511b1a28abc84f8b45b6/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
It is SCIS policy to assign genre headings to works of fiction…
![Page 25: Taking the guesswork out of genre](https://reader031.vdocuments.site/reader031/viewer/2022031808/55a8511b1a28abc84f8b45b6/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
Taking the Guess work out of genre
![Page 26: Taking the guesswork out of genre](https://reader031.vdocuments.site/reader031/viewer/2022031808/55a8511b1a28abc84f8b45b6/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
SCIS OPAC
• Go to advanced optionshttp://opac.scis.curriculum.edu.au/vwebv/searchAdvanced.• In the ‘Search’ box type in the genre heading, for example
‘school stories.’• Select ‘as a phrase’ from the drop down menu.• Select ‘subject’ from the second drop down menu.• Once you retrieve your results, you can then select
‘Publication (most recent first)’ from the ‘Sort by’ drop
down menu.
![Page 28: Taking the guesswork out of genre](https://reader031.vdocuments.site/reader031/viewer/2022031808/55a8511b1a28abc84f8b45b6/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
Genre Spine Labels
![Page 29: Taking the guesswork out of genre](https://reader031.vdocuments.site/reader031/viewer/2022031808/55a8511b1a28abc84f8b45b6/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
![Page 30: Taking the guesswork out of genre](https://reader031.vdocuments.site/reader031/viewer/2022031808/55a8511b1a28abc84f8b45b6/html5/thumbnails/30.jpg)
Library – Australian International School Singapore. Photography by Rhondda. CC BY-NC
![Page 31: Taking the guesswork out of genre](https://reader031.vdocuments.site/reader031/viewer/2022031808/55a8511b1a28abc84f8b45b6/html5/thumbnails/31.jpg)
References• Clark, C and Rumbold, K 2006, 'Reading for pleasure: A research overview'.
National Literacy Trust, [online] http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED496343.pdf• Eichholzer, B, ‘Taking the guesswork out of genre’ Connections
http://www2.curriculum.edu.au/scis/connections/issue_91/articles/taking_the_guesswork_out_of_genre.html
• Good keen librarian, Genre Shelving - the (almost) finished product http://goodkeenlibrarian.blogspot.com.au/2014/04/genre-shelving-almost-finished-product.html
• National Library of New Zealand, ‘Arranging library fiction by genre’ http://schools.natlib.govt.nz/school-libraries/building-and-managing-collection/arranging-library-fiction-genre#advantages-arranging-fiction-by-genre
• Librarian blogs• http://www.ala.org/aasl/ecollab/ditching-dewey• http://www.readerpants.net/2011/09/genre-fication-project.html• http://liberrygurl.blogspot.com.au/2012_11_01_archive.html • http://www.risking-failure.com/2013/12/genre-shelving-plan.html
![Page 32: Taking the guesswork out of genre](https://reader031.vdocuments.site/reader031/viewer/2022031808/55a8511b1a28abc84f8b45b6/html5/thumbnails/32.jpg)
![Page 33: Taking the guesswork out of genre](https://reader031.vdocuments.site/reader031/viewer/2022031808/55a8511b1a28abc84f8b45b6/html5/thumbnails/33.jpg)
Libraries that have changed to a genre arrangement report greatly increased borrowing
http://schools.natlib.govt.nz/school-libraries/building-and-managing-collection/arranging-library-fiction-genre#advantages-arranging-fiction-by-genre
![Page 34: Taking the guesswork out of genre](https://reader031.vdocuments.site/reader031/viewer/2022031808/55a8511b1a28abc84f8b45b6/html5/thumbnails/34.jpg)
1. Do you find it easy to choose a book to read?
http://goodkeenlibrarian.blogspot.co.nz/2014/11/genre-shelving-students-have-their.html
![Page 35: Taking the guesswork out of genre](https://reader031.vdocuments.site/reader031/viewer/2022031808/55a8511b1a28abc84f8b45b6/html5/thumbnails/35.jpg)
Do you think shelving books by genre has made it easier for you to find books to read?
http://goodkeenlibrarian.blogspot.co.nz/2014/11/genre-shelving-students-have-their.html