Friday, July 24, 2009

No More Dewey?!

Oder, Norman. "Rangeview Library District, CO, First System to Fully Drop Dewey." Library Journal (2009). Library Journal. 5 June 2009. Reed Business Information. 21 July 2009 http://www.libraryjournal.com/.

Dicusses the adoption of a new classification system, and the retirement of the Dewey Decimal Classification System at the Rangeview Library District in Adams County, Colorado. The largest collection in the system is 85,000 items. Closely follows the BISAC (Book Industry Standards and Communications) used by book vendors. Library staff worked closely with their vendor (WordThink) to create specific categories that would make browsing easier and more effective for patrons. First library in the country to full drop the Dewey!

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