[Eril-l] Ditching Dewey and Genre-fying Fiction

[Core-CE Announce]

*Cross posted to multiple lists*

Core webinar: Ditching Dewey and Genre-fying Fiction

Date: Tuesday, November 29, 2022

All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11 am Pacific, noon
Mountain, 1 pm Central, and 2 pm Eastern time.



Description: Many libraries are looking for alternatives to the Dewey
Decimal Classification System to something that is a bit more
patron-friendly and intuitive. If you’re looking or even just thinking
about it, come hear from a solo librarian who switched her entire library
over from Dewey to an in-house adapted version of BISAC. During the same
process, the library also genre-fied their fiction sections. This session
will include tips, tricks, and notes to remember when ditching Dewey and
genre-fying. Learn from someone who’s done it before instead of
re-inventing the wheel.

Learning outcomes:

At the end of this webinar, the attendees will be able to:

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   make an informed decision of whether or not they think they'd like to
   definitively ditch Dewey in their library.
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   will have an idea of the next steps and processes involved.

Who should attend?

Decision makers in the technical services and circulation areas of a
library.

Presenters:

Jennifer Garden is a lifelong user of libraries. After re-learning in her
mid-teens that washing machines like to eat library books, she did some
volunteering at her local library. That went so well that they hired her to
work part-time and she was off! Picking up books here and there, attending
webinars, and reading websites and research papers when needed, she learned
everything she needed to know from acquisitions, cataloging, circulation,
and readers advisory on the job. She didn’t think to make libraries her
focus in college, so she studied modern languages instead. During several
jobs in the book distribution and publishing industries, she maintained her
work at that first small town public library. Eventually, when the
opportunity presented, she took a job as a three-quarter-time library
director/solo librarian at the Milledgeville Public Library in rural
northwest Illinois. After 5 years, she finally feels like she’s gaining her
footing and learning how to do things (and how not to do them!). About 3
years into the job, she decided that the Dewey system wasn’t working for
her library and did some research. Her library has been Dewey free for
several years now and the patrons and staff love it.

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Registration fees for webinar:  Core Member $57.67; ALA member: $71.10;
Non-member $79.00

For additional information and access to registration links, please go to
the following website:

https://elearning.ala.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=671

Core webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording
shortly following the live event.

For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling
1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration at ala.org.

For all other questions or comments related to Core webinars, please
contact Core CE staff at corece at ala.org.

*Posted on behalf of the Core Continuing Education Committee.*

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