1. Amy Fish, Media Services Coordinator Fort Wayne Community Schools
Largest School district in Indiana with 30,000 students, grades PreK-12
75 languages spoken
49 Schools
5 High Schools
1 Career and Technology Center
1 Alternative School
10 Middle Schools
1 Intermediate (1-8)
30 Elementary Schools
2 Early Childhood Centers

2. Library Staffing Centralized Processing Department
1 Supervisor
1 Cataloger
3.5 Clerks
High School and Middle School Certified School Media Specialists
Additional duties added in 2009 to avoid being cut
Teaching classes outside media center
Elementary, 25 hour, Classified Media Clerks
Reduced hours to comply with Obamacare

3. increase nonfiction and picture book checkout browse-able
BEFORE – STUDENTS DO NOT KNOW AUTHORS
Reasons to Ditch Dewey
increase nonfiction and picture book checkout
browse-able
more accessible
kids more independent
whole word labels/visual cues
less shelving time
Now – Organized by topic with picture clue

4. NONFICTION BOOKS
DITCHING DEWEY
PICTURE BOOKS

5. PILOT SCHOOLS
Staff at each school was interested in making these changes to make the collection better for their students. We supplied additional help during the transition.
1. TITLE I ELEMENTARY SCHOOL – PRE-K – 5TH GRADES
RENOVATING SCHOOL, PACKING UP BOOKS
STUDENTS CHOSE BOOKS BY BROWSING
MEDIA CLERK SHELVED BY DROPPING DECIMAL
2. EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER – PRESCHOOL/KINDERGARTEN
Students were not accessing nonfiction independently until Kindergarten

6. HOW?

10. RESULTS A LOT OF WORK RE-LABELING
DECIDING WHERE TO PUT EACH BOOK TAKES TIME……..
INCREASE IN PICTURE BOOK CHECKOUT
DIFFICULT TO FIND BOOKS FOR TEACHERS/UNITS

11. MY RECOMMENDATIONS NONFICTION INCREASE SIGNAGE DROP THE DECIMAL
GENREFY CHAPTER BOOKS
USE CHARACTER PICTURES
PICTURE BOOK BROWSER BINS

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