Comments on: You ditched Dewey and replaced it with what exactly? http://www.librarian.net/stax/2098/you-ditched-dewey-and-replaced-it-with-what-exactly/ putting the rarin back in librarian since 1999 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:55:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Meg http://www.librarian.net/stax/2098/you-ditched-dewey-and-replaced-it-with-what-exactly/comment-page-1/#comment-102000 Meg Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:43:11 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/2098/you-ditched-dewey-and-replaced-it-with-what-exactly/#comment-102000 I'm sorry, but acting like librarians think totally in Dewey is silly. We're much more likely to use the same kidsclick version as the kids. Most of us use Dewey as a shelving mechanism to locate a specific book, but think of a whole section as "Education" or "Medical" or "Travel." If you put big signs with those words over the appropriate areas and tell people that the Dewey number is just there as a sort of address when you're in a hurry to quickly tell you exactly where on a shelf a book should be, I think you have the best of both worlds. I wouldn't tell the 911 system they had to stop using addresses because most people who came to an area just wanted to browse and shop and didn't care exactly what the street address of the stores were. Different people have different needs, and there's no reason you can't design for both. I’m sorry, but acting like librarians think totally in Dewey is silly. We’re much more likely to use the same kidsclick version as the kids. Most of us use Dewey as a shelving mechanism to locate a specific book, but think of a whole section as “Education” or “Medical” or “Travel.” If you put big signs with those words over the appropriate areas and tell people that the Dewey number is just there as a sort of address when you’re in a hurry to quickly tell you exactly where on a shelf a book should be, I think you have the best of both worlds.

I wouldn’t tell the 911 system they had to stop using addresses because most people who came to an area just wanted to browse and shop and didn’t care exactly what the street address of the stores were. Different people have different needs, and there’s no reason you can’t design for both.

]]> By: Bruce Fulton http://www.librarian.net/stax/2098/you-ditched-dewey-and-replaced-it-with-what-exactly/comment-page-1/#comment-101919 Bruce Fulton Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:16:36 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/2098/you-ditched-dewey-and-replaced-it-with-what-exactly/#comment-101919 Sometimes it takes a child... Visit http://www.kidsclick.org , a kid's search engine. They have a neat little link at the bottom you can click on to see "What does this page look like through a Librarian's Eyes?" Toggle back and forth and ponder the debate. Sometimes it takes a child… Visit http://www.kidsclick.org , a kid’s search engine. They have a neat little link at the bottom you can click on to see “What does this page look like through a Librarian’s Eyes?” Toggle back and forth and ponder the debate.

]]> By: Terry http://www.librarian.net/stax/2098/you-ditched-dewey-and-replaced-it-with-what-exactly/comment-page-1/#comment-101898 Terry Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:25:07 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/2098/you-ditched-dewey-and-replaced-it-with-what-exactly/#comment-101898 Wait a minute, I'm supposed to read the facts and consider the Maricopa County's research-based decision to drop Dewey instead of blindly raging? Where's the fun in that? Wait a minute, I’m supposed to read the facts and consider the Maricopa County’s research-based decision to drop Dewey instead of blindly raging? Where’s the fun in that?

]]> By: Free Range Librarian » Blog Archive » My Techsource Post about Dewey http://www.librarian.net/stax/2098/you-ditched-dewey-and-replaced-it-with-what-exactly/comment-page-1/#comment-101734 Free Range Librarian » Blog Archive » My Techsource Post about Dewey Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:22:44 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/2098/you-ditched-dewey-and-replaced-it-with-what-exactly/#comment-101734 [...] I have to say when I hit “publish” for my Techsource post about post-Deweyfication last night I had no idea it would have 8 comments by this morning. I attribute that to Jessamyn’s link love, and thanks, gal. [...] [...] I have to say when I hit “publish” for my Techsource post about post-Deweyfication last night I had no idea it would have 8 comments by this morning. I attribute that to Jessamyn’s link love, and thanks, gal. [...]

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