[CASL-L] Genrefy- High Sch

[Nunes, Eric]

I will echo everyone else. We genrefied our fiction at both the middle
school and high school last year. We first ran a report through Titlewave
and found about 15 genres that we could sort all of the fiction collection
into. We purchased genre spine stickers from Demco and genre signs. We used
Titlewave and Goodreads to find a genre for each book. We then went
one-by-one and added/updated the 655 tag in the MARC record and added the
book to a sublocation in Destiny. The sublocation was one of the 15 genres.
We started alphabetically and put the books back in their original location
once we edited the record in Destiny. Once every book was catalogued by
genre, I coordinated with the main office at each school and we used AP
testing days to pull the books and put them back on the shelves by genre.
We are fortunate because our middle school and high school are connected so
I was able to shift my two assistants at each school to help out the other
school when needed when moving the books. It took us about 2/3 of the
school year. We started in December and finished in June during the last
week of school. The actual moving of each book took about two weeks. Feel
free to reach out if you need any help!

Eric Nunes

Library Media and Technology Integration Specialist

Regional School District 8

eric.nunes at rhamschools.org  860.228.9474 ext. 3317

RHAM Learning Commons
<https://sites.google.com/rhamschools.org/instructionaltechnology/home> 85
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On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 8:17 AM Nicole Guillet via CASL-L <casl-l at mylist.net>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I genrefied our middle school library last year!
>
> Here are the things that I found helpful:
>
>    - If you can, buy genre spine labels stickers in all the genres you
>    plan to have.
>    - With a scanner and laptop, scan each book into Titlewave to see the
>    genre tags and add the appropriate sticker to the spine.
>    - When I couldn't find something, I'd check to see what readers tagged
>    the book as on Goodreads to inform my decision.
>    - I weeded as I went, since I had to pick up each book.
>    - Once everything was labeled, I started shifting books around by
>    working one genre at a time.
>
>
> The best thing about this, for me, was that last year was my first year
> and it really helped me to get to know my collection. It also makes readers
> advisory so much easier!
>
> Feel free to reach out with any questions and good luck! I think it's
> worth the time it takes to do.
>
> -Nicole
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 7:49 AM STEPHANIE PATTERSON via CASL-L <
> casl-l at mylist.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Has anyone genrefied fiction? If you have, can I contact you directly to
>> shee how you did it?
>>
>> Stephanie Patterson
>> Southington High School Library
>> "Building character with critical thinking, creativity,
>>  collaboration and communication."
>>
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