Dear All,
In Hillingdon we currently have between 44 and 50 categories of non-fiction
across our 17 libraries and are currently looking to reduce and delete some
or merge them into wider categories. The categories currently range from
Animals & Pets, Art, Beliefs, Crafts, Economics, Education, Electronics (inc
computing), Food & Drink, Fashion, Great Britain, Health, Home maintenance,
literature, music, parents, plants, psychology, religion, technology,
transport, world wars, world history/geography etc Within each category the
books are arranged on the shelf in Dewey order.
We were wondering how other library authorities arrange their non-fiction -
or do most use the Dewey classification arrangement? If using Dewey - do you
have broad subject headings? If using categories - how many do you have? Can
you provide us with a list? How long have you had such arrangements, how
successful do they seem to be, have you experiences of using any other
arrangements? Do you have a tiering structure of libraries where libraries
in certain tiers only purchase certain material - like, for example leisure
libraries only purchasing the very popular titles, study material etc? Do
only some of your libraries have a limited number of categories - if so how
does this work with circulating stock?
Also on the budget side of things do you split the stock budget at branch
level, and then fiction / non-fiction level or do you have separate funds
for Circulating Stock or tiered libraries or groups of libraries? Also how
does this fit into your acquisitions package?
We would be grateful of any information that authorities / individuals can
provide - please send replies via email to me at my work email address -
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Many thanks,
Helen Wood
Project Officer
Libraries, Arts and Information Service
London Borough of Hillingdon
Uxbridge Library
14-15 High Street
Uxbridge
Middlesex UB8 1HD
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