[Publib] Dewey vs. ???

[Sharon Foster]

I can certainly understand that BISAC is perceived as more
user-friendly, but I'm a little dubious about the cost savings. For
one thing, people (customers/patrons) are still going to take books
off the shelf and then put them back in the wrong place. Most patrons
are still going to need help finding things, unless the signage is at
least as good as the signage in a bookstore (which it should be
anyway). This seems like a topic that's ripe for study--comparing
labor costs for Dewey v. BISAC in a public library.

Sharon M. Foster, 83.4% Librarian
Speaker-to-Computers
http://home.southernct.edu/~fosters4/





On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 1:06 PM, charles hobbs <cph1776 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Looks like she's advocating for using BISAC in libraries....
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> http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/jan/03/030112/co-library-savings-small-part-of-sen-storms-agenda/
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> Library Savings Small Part Of Sen. Storms' Agenda
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> By RHONDA STORMS Special to the Tribune
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> The Tampa Tribune
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> Published: January 3, 2009
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> Updated: 01:12 am
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> The Tribune is nothing if not relentless in its determination to present a distorted picture of me. The most recent example is Catherine Dolinski's article, which editorialized about my comments regarding public library policies and procedures.
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> In libraries, for instance, I advocated for protecting the book budget but advocated against spending to buy television sit-coms, such as Seinfeld. Also, as a long-term strategy, I advocated for abandoning the Dewey Decimal System (DDS) and advocated for a more user-friendly method such as that used by any national book chain. The harsh reality is libraries are experiencing drastic cuts; the DDS is labor intensive in addition to being user-unfriendly, particularly so for literacy-challenged people. Other libraries across the nation have abandoned the DDS, and we should, too.
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