Michelle,
I have catalogued all the holiday books together. For example, picture books and non-fiction on Rosh Hashanah all have the same call number. I know it's not the way it should be done, but finding the books is so much easier for the teachers who never use the catalog anyway and in a library that is not always staffed. There are labels on the shelves and most of the books are color-coded. The shelves and the books are easy to find. I don't worry too much about alphabetical order because people usually just want to browse and the number of books in each category is not so large that browsing becomes a burden. This system only applies to the picture books and juvenile non-fiction. Young adult and adult books are catalogued in the traditional way. It seems to work. You have to trust that those borrowing the books can distinguish between fiction (picture books) and non-fiction although in kids' books, the line frequently blurs. Aileen Grossberg Lambert Library Congregation Shomrei Emunah Montclair, NJ -----Original Message----- From: Michelle Sandler <michellegailsand...@gmail.com> To: hasafran <hasafran@lists.osu.edu> Sent: Mon, Nov 6, 2017 2:56 pm Subject: [ha-Safran] Organization for Jewish children's books in small Reform Synagogue Library My reform synagogue library has 2,300 books in it. 450 of them are Jewish children's books. I just finished automating the collection in Resource Mate. It is now time to finish the organizing. The children's books were originally organized by category. They also had some Elazar numbers on them. I changed the system so they are now organized by Elazar number. The Religious School Director has asked me to pull out all the Jewish books for children on an upcoming holiday right before the holiday so she can share them with faculty to use in their classrooms. Sorting by Elazar number makes it harder to find both the fiction and non fiction on a particular holiday. Should I switch it back to organizing by category or keep it as it is? The previous Temple Beth David Librarian was not an MLS Degree'd Librarian. She was a Library Paige at a public library. Michelle Sandler MLS Volunteer Librarian Temple Beth David Westminster, CA __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) ================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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