[Publib] Dewey vs. ???

[Karen Schneider]

If you buy shelf-ready books, I don't see where the savings are. the books
need some classification system. Ease of use in some circumstances? Well,
maybe, but that's not really her focus... that feels tossed-in. I still
smell someone putting a bug in her ear.

Karen / PUBLIB

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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