------_=_NextPart_001_01C45242.296CC590
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"
We just re-cataloged all of our nonfiction VIDEO/DVD's to Dewey.
I can't tell you how much I love it.
Here are our Fiction categories:
ADVENTURE
ACTION FILMS
COMEDY
DRAMA
HORROR
MUSICAL
MYSTERY
WAR
WESTERN
(We have over 400 foreign films, we have large red stickers on them that say
Foreign Film, if they are a Comedy, they go in the Comedy area etc.)
Children's Department:
CARTOON
CHARACTERS
CHILDRENS STORIES
RELIGION (children's religious cartoons)
Regards,
Carol Dunn
AV Manager, NT Administrator and Webmaster
Findlay-Hancock County Public Library
206 Broadway
Findlay, Ohio 45840
dunn@findlaylibrary.org <mailto:dunn@findlaylibrary.org>
-----Original Message-----
From: Blane Halliday [mailto:bhalliday@collier-lib.org]
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 9:33 AM
To: videolib@library.berkeley.edu
Subject: RE: [Videolib] video categories
Celeste,
Here in Collier County we have a fast growing collection of around 8,000
DVDs and a (slowly shrinking) collection of around 40,000 VHS distributed
about nine branches. Our categories are Comedy, Drama, Horror, Musical,
Sci-Fi, Western, Series, How-To, Children's, Documentary, Travel, and
Educational. We are considering adding an Action/Adventure category, as
well. Spine stickers indicating the appropriate genre are placed on the
materials. Just recently (the last 30 days) we have begun adding this genre
classification to the item record (instead of a standard call number), to
help the customer find the title in its appropriate genre. This system has
generally worked well for us, though we do occasionally get the nit-picking
customer who wants to know why title 'X' is placed in 'Y' category and not
'Z' category. I agree with the potential of the 'Family Entertainment'
category's opening a huge can of worms...I would not use it.
Blane Halliday
Blane Halliday
AV Acquisitions Librarian
Collier County Public Library
2385 Orange Blossom Drive
Naples, Florida 34109
239-593-3511, ext. 45
bhalliday@collier-lib.org
-----Original Message-----
From: videolib-bounces@library.berkeley.edu
[mailto:videolib-bounces@library.berkeley.edu]On Behalf Of Celeste Choate
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 5:27 PM
To: michlib-l@lists.dhal.org; publib@sunsite3.berkeley.edu;
videolib@library.berkeley.edu
Subject: [Videolib] video categories
Please excuse the cross-posting.
We have a collection of over 4,500 DVDs and 2,700 videocassettes in our main
library in the adult feature film area. Juvenile and Nonfiction titles are
shelved in their respective departments. At present, the adult feature films
are shelved (separately from each other) in alphabetical order by title. In
response to customer requests, we're considering the following categories:
Family Entertainment, Art (as in Art/Foreign Language), In Demand Titles,
Action/Adventure
Has anyone separated their video recordings into categories? How well has it
worked? Which categories did you use? How did you let customers/library
staff know where to find them--call number change, stickers on the spine,
etc?
Please reply directly to me and I will summarize for the list.
Thanks!
Celeste Choate
-------------------------------------------
Celeste B. Choate
Head of Popular Materials
Clinton-Macomb Public Library
40900 Romeo Plank Road
Clinton Township, MI 48038
(586) 226-5051 FAX (586) 226-5058
celeste@cmpl.org
------_=_NextPart_001_01C45242.296CC590
Content-Type: text/html;
charset="iso-8859-1"
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
------_=_NextPart_001_01C45242.296CC590-------Original Message-----
From: Blane Halliday [mailto:bhalliday@collier-lib.org]
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 9:33 AM
To: videolib@library.berkeley.edu
Subject: RE: [Videolib] video categoriesCeleste,Here in Collier County we have a fast growing collection of around 8,000 DVDs and a (slowly shrinking) collection of around 40,000 VHS distributed about nine branches. Our categories are Comedy, Drama, Horror, Musical, Sci-Fi, Western, Series, How-To, Children's, Documentary, Travel, and Educational. We are considering adding an Action/Adventure category, as well. Spine stickers indicating the appropriate genre are placed on the materials. Just recently (the last 30 days) we have begun adding this genre classification to the item record (instead of a standard call number), to help the customer find the title in its appropriate genre. This system has generally worked well for us, though we do occasionally get the nit-picking customer who wants to know why title 'X' is placed in 'Y' category and not 'Z' category. I agree with the potential of the 'Family Entertainment' category's opening a huge can of worms...I would not use it.Blane HallidayBlane HallidayAV Acquisitions LibrarianCollier County Public Library2385 Orange Blossom DriveNaples, Florida 34109239-593-3511, ext. 45bhalliday@collier-lib.org-----Original Message-----
From: videolib-bounces@library.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-bounces@library.berkeley.edu]On Behalf Of Celeste Choate
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 5:27 PM
To: michlib-l@lists.dhal.org; publib@sunsite3.berkeley.edu; videolib@library.berkeley.edu
Subject: [Videolib] video categoriesPlease excuse the cross-posting.We have a collection of over 4,500 DVDs and 2,700 videocassettes in our main library in the adult feature film area. Juvenile and Nonfiction titles are shelved in their respective departments. At present, the adult feature films are shelved (separately from each other) in alphabetical order by title. In response to customer requests, we're considering the following categories:Family Entertainment, Art (as in Art/Foreign Language), In Demand Titles, Action/AdventureHas anyone separated their video recordings into categories? How well has it worked? Which categories did you use? How did you let customers/library staff know where to find them--call number change, stickers on the spine, etc?Please reply directly to me and I will summarize for the list.Thanks!Celeste Choate-------------------------------------------Celeste B. Choate
Head of Popular Materials
Clinton-Macomb Public Library
40900 Romeo Plank Road
Clinton Township, MI 48038
(586) 226-5051 FAX (586) 226-5058
celeste@cmpl.org