​SHELVING
DEWEY?
Life after Dewey? Discover what's involved when deciding to go Dewey-less. Look at both sides of the debate, think about users' needs, discover other classification possibilities, and explore libraries that have ditched Dewey.
HELPFUL LINKS
REFERENCES
Tamara Cox's curated site about Dewey-less libraries. http://www.scoop.it/t/dewey-free-library
Maricopa, AZ public library that reorganized its shelves without Dewey in 2007 and began a national discussion- http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2009/09/09/20090909deweyless0909.html
BISAC Subject Codes 2013 Edition- https://www.bisg.org/bisac-subject-codes
Metis Innovations- http://metisinnovations.com/
Prezi contrasting Dewey and BISAC categorization- http://prezi.com/fc-yidxh7the/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share
Colorado State Library's presentation "Dewey or Don't We: Transitioning to a Deweyless Library"- http://connect.enetcolorado.org/p1rsyxinou3/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal
Colorado elementary school that went Dewey-less- http://www.slideshare.net/svvsdlibraries/dueling-systems
Anythink Libraries in Colorado- http://www.anythinklibraries.org/
Mackin Publishing- Educational Resources for school and public libraries- http://www.mackin.com/LIBRARY/MAIN.aspx
San Mateo County Libraries' shift to Deweyless with their own system "FindIt" http://www.slideshare.net/pasinina/cla-find-itdeweytherumbleinsanmateocounty
The Dewey Decimal Classification blog- http://ddc.typepad.com/
OCLC's Dewey Decimal Classification information- http://www.oclc.org/dewey.en.html#arrangement
Public Library Association online blog - http://publiclibrariesonline.org/2012/12/is-dewey-dead/
Aubuchon, J. W. (2013). 21st-century thinking at the local level. Knowledge Quest, 42(2), 44-45.
Bojanowski, S., & Kwiecien, S. (2013). One library's experience. Knowledge Quest, 42(2), 20-21.
Buchter, H. (2013). Dewey vs. genre throwdown. Knowledge Quest, 42(2), 48-55.
Dickinson, G. K. (2013). The way we do the things we do. Knowledge Quest, 42(2), 4-6.
Gordon, C. A. (2013). Dewey do Dewey don't. Knowledge Quest, 42(2), E1-E8.
Harris, C. (2013). Library classification 2020. Knowledge Quest, 42(2), 14-19
Kaplan, A. G. (2013). Is it truly a matter of "Dewey or don't we"?. Knowledge Quest, 42(2), 46-47.
Miller, K. (2013). Ditching Dewey. Library Media Connection, 31(6), 24-26.
Pendergrass, D. J. (2013). Dewey or don't we?. Knowledge Quest, 42(2), 56-59