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Do you remember
the Dewey Decimal System (DDC)? You thought you were done with that when you
finished school, didn't you?
That is how books
are arranged on the shelves at Pickerington Elementary School. Don’t
worry if you forgot, we have links to a few tutorials for you to do, and
some tips for shelving in our library/media center.
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Go to the
Thinkquest web site,
"Do
We" Really Know Dewey? for a general overview of the Dewey Decimal System and read some
interesting facts, also. This site was set up by 5th and 6th
grade students. |
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Take a Multimedia Tour of the Dewey Decimal
System from the OCLC web site, which has a great
animated tour.
To start the tour, click on the link on this page. On the OCLC
page, go to the words that are underlined in orange and click on "take
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Go through the tutorial on "How do DDC numbers
organize a collection?"
Pay special attention to the "Let's Do the DDC"
page.
Make sure to test yourself on the "Test Your
Knowledge of the DDC" page. (It is only 8 questions and you don't have
to do 8 if you don't want to, we won't grade it.)
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Look over the floor plan
of our library/media center so you can see how the shelves are arranged. |
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TIPS FOR SHELVING
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Arrange the books in order on the shelving
cart. |
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Shelve one section at a time, for example,
fiction, easy, 100s, 200s . . . |
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Refer to the Dewey Decimal posters to see
where the shelves for each section are located (fiction, easy,
100s, 200s . . . ) |
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Don't stress about leaving books unshelved if you
must leave, shelving is like housework, it always need to be done!
And it happens eventually. |
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