Ditching Dewey?

These ideas can get you started on genrefication in your library.

"Kindergartners don’t know how to find books by author,” says Jo Ann Conlon, digital media literacy coordinator for the Thompson (CO) School District. That was just one reason to consider ditching the Dewey Decimal Classification System and organize the collection in a way that better fits kids’ intuitive browsing behavior.

Several schools in Conlon’s district have flipped their collections to organize books by genres, and librarians say it’s all positive. “When [one elementary school] began using icons to identify their genres, the students were not swarming the librarian. They were going to shelves and self-selecting. This was a big aha! moment,” she says.

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