1. Genre Classified Fiction High School Collection
Nancy Goldblatt
Teacher-Librarian
Cobleskill-Richmondville High School

2. Do We or Don’t We Why Why Not Reader Advisory Implementation
User Friendly
Ongoing maintenance
Staying Current
Traditional

3. Getting your head into it
Getting Ready
Getting your head into it
Overwhelming at first – start reading!
Many decisions to make about implementation
Find someone to talk through decisions

4. Decisions – Which Genres
More localized than I expected
Talk to your readers, get ideas
Number of genres might be limited
Some genre challenges I had:
SciFi vs. Fantasy vs. Supernatural
Classics
Multicultural
Horror
Realistic

5. Decisions - Labeling
Consider what fits into current processing methods
Spine labels versus coding
Many options
FIC
SCI
SHA
FIC
SHA
SCI
SHA
versus
versus

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8. Decisions – labeling the books
Many different approaches
How many times do you touch a book?
Logistic Considerations
Time
Staffing
Patron impact

9. Number of Titles in each Genre
Decision – Shelving
Knowing how many titles are in a genre might become critical information
Number of Titles in each Genre
Adventure – 127
Mystery – 183
Classics – 356
Realistic – 958
Fantasy – 301
Science Fiction – 280
Historical – 622
Supernatural – 305
Multicultural – 127
Suspense (Horror) – 118

12. Decisions - Signage
How would patrons discover and understand the new set up independently

15. Decisions – The Physical Move
Collection off limits to patrons
As many carts or extra shelving as possible
Focus, determination and sticky notes
Be prepared to change your plan

16. Decisions – Cataloging system
Adventure ADV
Classics CLA
Fantasy FAN
History HIS
Horror HOR
Multicultural MUL
Mystery MYS
Realistic REA
Science Fiction SCI
Supernatural SUP
My system – 2 edits, one manual and one batch change
Call number prefixes

18. Questions? Feel free to contact me
My original article, if you’re interested, is in the LMC – Library Media Connection, March, 2015 issue.