wellsville – innovation in collections becky dodd, director
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Wellsville – Innovation in Collections
Becky Dodd, Director
Began with large weeding project.
Reorganization of entire collection needed.
What method of organization to use?• Dewey (current method)• Neighborhoods• Based on Bible (method selected)
Space Rocks & Fossils
Began with Astronomy, Plants, Animals, People, Houses, etc.
NameBrand Cookbooks
CelebrityCookbooks
Breads
Canning/Preserving
Baby &Childcare
ChildSafety
Parenting Self Help
Crafts
Quilts &Quilting!
WorldHistory
AmericanHistory
NativeAmericanHistory
Antiques-General
Coins
GeneralCollectibles
Series are shelved in their series group
Chicken SoupSeries
Cookbooks are grouped: Celebrity Canning/ PreservingSpecial Diets BreadsName Brand Children’s Health
New Books are Featured-Front and Center
Children’s Materials - Grouped in “themes” for kids
Another example of Children’s Books – Lego books themed together
Little House Books – grouped togetherIn Chronological Order
Results to Date
• Has circulation increased?• Are patrons discovering “new” materials? • Is the investment of staff time for project paying off? • What has the overall community response been?
Still working on:
Add needed areasDetermine organization within areas --Will likely be by author within each section area
NEKLS is assisting with the process of adding “section” indicators to the Public Notes Field of the records, which is a searchable field.
Wellsville uses full author name on spine labelplus call number
Questions?
