[Publib] How to Shelve Oversize Books

[Keri Cascio]

Hi, Val,

At my branch we made a display for some of our oversized, arty, coffee
table books on top of our magazine shelves. The shelves are about 5" high,
so the books on top make them eye level. We've seen an increase of
circulation of these books since we started this over a month ago.

Another branch in our system is physically shifting their shelves as they
weed the collection. They are leaving a shelf on the bottom of each set of
shelves that's a few inches high, and they are shelving their oversized
books flat on this lowest shelf. This way the books stay with the rest of
their Dewey numbers, even if they aren't "in order" on the shelves above
them. You just have to look down to see if there's anything oversized in the
same Dewey section.

Hope this sparks some ideas for you!

-Keri

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Keri Cascio
Branch Manager, Kisker Road
St. Charles City-County Library District
1000 Kisker Road
St. Charles, MO 63304
(636) 447-7323
kcascio at stchlibrary.org
http://youranswerplace.org

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Val Stark <VStark at quincylibrary.org>wrote:

> Please forgive me if this comes up twice.  I tried sending this last
> Friday, but sometimes my email is quirky. Here goes...
>
> I know someone out there has faced this situation.
>
> I'm asking the collective brain for ideas on how to shelve our oversize
> book collection.
>
> By oversized I mean those huge coffee table type books, the art books,
> etc., or just those books that won't fit in regular shelving not matter how
> hard you try, but you have to put somewhere.
>
> We do indicate in the catalog (Unicorn) that the item is oversize.  The
> spine label says the item is oversize.
>
> We have tried the following methods, currently using #2:
>
> 1)  All the oversized books were shelved together in the back of the
> library.
> 2)  We have a "dummy box" in the space where the book would be filed
> according to Dewey, but is actually shelved at the end of that call number
> range with the other oversize books in that area.  (All the oversize 700s
> are filed together at the end of the regular size 700s) Yes, it's confusing.
> Patrons bring up the box thinking it is actually a movie (we used blue
> video boxes-they were cheap, durable and didn't shed like Styrofoam.)
>
> We welcome all ideas!  We can only offer the winner our gratitude!
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
>
> Val Stark
> Circulation Assistant
> Quincy Public Library
> 526 Jersey Street
> Quincy, IL 62301
> vstark at quincylibrary.org
>
>
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