1. Wellsville – Innovation in Collections Becky Dodd, Director

2. Began with large weeding project.

3. Reorganization of entire collection needed.

4. What method of organization to use? Dewey (current method) Neighborhoods Based on Bible (method selected) Space Rocks & Fossils

5. Began with Astronomy, Plants, Animals, People, Houses, etc.

7. Name Brand Cookbooks Celebrity Cookbooks Breads Canning/ Preserving

8. Baby & Childcare Child Safety ParentingSelf Help

9. Crafts

10. Quilts & Quilting!

11. World History American History Native American History

12. Antiques- General Coins General Collectibles

13. Series are shelved in their series group Chicken Soup Series

14. Cookbooks are grouped: Celebrity Canning/ Preserving Special Diets Breads Name Brand Children’s Health

15. New Books are Featured- Front and Center

16. Children’s Materials - Grouped in “themes” for kids

17. Another example of Children’s Books – Lego books themed together

18. Little House Books – grouped together In Chronological Order

20. Results to Date Has circulation increased? Are patrons discovering “new” materials? Is the investment of staff time for project paying off? What has the overall community response been?

21. Still working on: Add needed areas Determine organization within areas --Will likely be by author within each section area NEKLS is assisting with the process of adding “section” indicators to the Public Notes Field of the records, which is a searchable field. Wellsville uses full author name on spine label plus call number

22. Questions?

23. Thank You! Becky Dodd, Wellsville bdodd@wellsvillelibrary.org