[Publib] Clustering - Hope to Learn More

[Elise Bedder]

Hello All,

I am new to this List Serv, but as an MLS student and Librarian In Training at a public library, I'd like to learn more about 'clustering'.  This topic just came up in a regional List Serv, to which I belong. I am lacking in positives when I read about shelving reference materials within circulating non-fiction, for instance. Patrons believing they can check out a reference item because it was shelved within circulating materials, seems to upset the circulation flow. 

Also, I am curious, because the idea of clustering seems to be linked to a subject and genre classification, such as in a book store. Are there two different schools of thought when it comes to clustering?

Elise Bedder
Ringwood Public Library