Juvenile Fiction By - Co:
Juvenile Fiction By-Co (cont'd):
Juvenile Fiction Ra - Sc
New furnishings:
Friday, February 23, 2018
WI 2017-18 - INFO I699-001: Independent Study: Nebinger School :Day 28:2/23/2018
Today my colleague Amey and I continued confirming the c cataloging in the JF section. Amey worked on By-Co while I worked on Ra-Sc. As usual, we found some uncataloged items and some Teen/YA titles and EF titles mixed in. We removed those items and reshelved them in their appropriate sections. It was very exciting to see the new delivery packages: white board, carpet and two new chairs for the circulation desk. Also, today both book carts were assembled. We immediately put those to use, and they made the transporting of books from shelves to circulation desk so much easier.
Thursday, February 22, 2018
WI 2017-18 - INFO I699-001: Independent Study: Nebinger School :Day 27: 2/22/2018
Today I continued confirming cataloging and shelf-reading in the Juvenile Fiction section. I completed Sa-So. As usual, I found a few Early and Teen/YA titles misshelved, which I reshelved in their respective sections.
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
WI 2017-18 - INFO I699-001: Independent Study: Nebinger School :Day 26: 2/20/2018
(School was closed on Mon., 2/19/18, due to President's Day)
Today I continued working on checking the Juvenile Fiction cataloging. I worked on SPI-TW. As with previous days, I found uncataloged titles and mis-shelved Early and Teen Fiction. Again, I pulled out the uncataloged titles for adding to the collection at a later date and re-shelved the Early and Teen fiction titles with their respective sections.
Today I continued working on checking the Juvenile Fiction cataloging. I worked on SPI-TW. As with previous days, I found uncataloged titles and mis-shelved Early and Teen Fiction. Again, I pulled out the uncataloged titles for adding to the collection at a later date and re-shelved the Early and Teen fiction titles with their respective sections.
Juvenile Fiction: S-Z
Also, Lisa, from the Nebinger Friends group was there today and she put together the first of two library carts. This will really be a big help as I can load up larger batches of books from a section of shelving and bring them over to the circulation computer for checking. Thank you Lisa!
New Library Cart:
WI 2017-18 - INFO I699-001: Independent Study: Nebinger School :Day 25: 2/16/2018
Today, with my colleague Amey, we worked on checking the cataloging in Juvenile Fiction. Amey worked on A-C, I worked on W-Z. It was really helpful to have the scanner, we made better progress with it. We found more Teen and Easy Fiction titles shelved in with the Juvenile Fiction, which we re-shelved in their appropriate sections. We also found more uncatalogued titles shelved with the collection, we pulled those out for cataloging and adding to the collection at a future date.
JF: W-Z
JF: A-C
Thursday, February 15, 2018
WI 2017-18 - INFO I699-001: Independent Study: Nebinger School :Day 24: 2/15/2018
Today was a lot of fun.
Caroline, a member of the Nebinger Friends came to help and brought her two children, Charlotte (age 10) and Adam (age 5).
Caroline assisted with the inventory checking and sorting. Thanks to her efforts the Early Chapter section is now completed.
Charlotte assisted by sorting some Teen/YA fiction, shelving some Classroom set titles .She is a voracious reader and a sharp eye, she quickly identified some titles that did not belong in the Teen/YA section. We had a lively discussion on the Harry Potter series and the difficulty in assigning the entire series to a single reading level/section. She shared which titles she found most appealing in the collection and gave some suggestions for future additions.
Adam was really helpful. He sorted out the Teen Fiction that was cataloged (had spine labels) and put them on a separate bookcase. Then he helped me shelf read that collection by author. He has an excellent grasp of the alphabet, as evidenced by his ability to sort the books based on the beginning letter of each author's last name. Thanks to Adam's assistance the Teen/YA cataloged collection is now shelf-read and sorted. There may be additions to this section, because the Juvenile Fiction section is still not completely shelf-read or sorted. I just wish I had a smidgen of his energy and enthusiasm.
Caroline, a member of the Nebinger Friends came to help and brought her two children, Charlotte (age 10) and Adam (age 5).
Caroline assisted with the inventory checking and sorting. Thanks to her efforts the Early Chapter section is now completed.
Charlotte assisted by sorting some Teen/YA fiction, shelving some Classroom set titles .She is a voracious reader and a sharp eye, she quickly identified some titles that did not belong in the Teen/YA section. We had a lively discussion on the Harry Potter series and the difficulty in assigning the entire series to a single reading level/section. She shared which titles she found most appealing in the collection and gave some suggestions for future additions.
Adam was really helpful. He sorted out the Teen Fiction that was cataloged (had spine labels) and put them on a separate bookcase. Then he helped me shelf read that collection by author. He has an excellent grasp of the alphabet, as evidenced by his ability to sort the books based on the beginning letter of each author's last name. Thanks to Adam's assistance the Teen/YA cataloged collection is now shelf-read and sorted. There may be additions to this section, because the Juvenile Fiction section is still not completely shelf-read or sorted. I just wish I had a smidgen of his energy and enthusiasm.
Adam and Charlotte Helping Organize the Collection:
Another exciting development is the laser printer. It arrived earlier this week and Lisa, another Nebinger Friend installed it on Tuesday and had it programmed and running today. Once the labels arrive I will be able to start cataloging some of the new additions to the collection.
Tomorrow I plan to focus on the Juvenile Fiction section.
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
WI 2017-18 - INFO I699-001: Independent Study: Nebinger School :Day 23: 2/14/2018
Today I worked on confirming the cataloging for the Easy Chapter Series books and the Early Reader Paperbacks.
The Early Chapter Series were problematic because they had different reading levels in the same section and on the same bookshelf. Some individual paperback titles had the same issue. I left the chapter series books for ages 6-9 ( grades 1-2) in place on the existing bookcase (examples: Junie B. Jones and Magic TreeHouse series), but I moved the Juvenile Chapter Series over to the appropriate section. These titles (Ramona Quimby for example) will need new spine labels with the correct call numbers (JF:...)
The second issue I encountered was that a significant number of uncataloged books have been shelved in with the cataloged collection. Apparently additional titles of the same series (Junie B. Jones, Magic TreeHouse, etc.) have been acquired over time. I have pulled out the uncataloged titles and set them aside for cataloging as soon as the spine label and barcode labels are available.
Tomorrow I plan to start work on the Juvenile Fiction section with the aid of the Follett Destiny system to sort out the books and ensure they are shelved in the section appropriate to their reading level. This will easily take the rest of the week, as this section has a significant number of titles in it.
The Early Chapter Series were problematic because they had different reading levels in the same section and on the same bookshelf. Some individual paperback titles had the same issue. I left the chapter series books for ages 6-9 ( grades 1-2) in place on the existing bookcase (examples: Junie B. Jones and Magic TreeHouse series), but I moved the Juvenile Chapter Series over to the appropriate section. These titles (Ramona Quimby for example) will need new spine labels with the correct call numbers (JF:...)
The second issue I encountered was that a significant number of uncataloged books have been shelved in with the cataloged collection. Apparently additional titles of the same series (Junie B. Jones, Magic TreeHouse, etc.) have been acquired over time. I have pulled out the uncataloged titles and set them aside for cataloging as soon as the spine label and barcode labels are available.
Tomorrow I plan to start work on the Juvenile Fiction section with the aid of the Follett Destiny system to sort out the books and ensure they are shelved in the section appropriate to their reading level. This will easily take the rest of the week, as this section has a significant number of titles in it.
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
WI 2017-18 - INFO I699-001: Independent Study: Nebinger School :Day 22: 2/13/2018
Today was a repeat of yesterday. I continued confirming the Early Reader Fiction titles against the Nebinger Follett/Destiny online catalog.
Here is what I found:
1. Easy Paperbacks mixed in with the Early Reader Fiction.
2. A significant number of Dr. Seuss titles were not cataloged or labeled, but were shelved with the circulating collection.
3. Two books were catalogued but not labeled: no spine label, no bar code.
4. Several sets of multiple copies of the same title, they may be part of classroom sets. I pulled them out and placed them on the top of the shelves.
I completed the Early Reader Fiction section today. Tomorrow I will work on the Early Chapter book section.
Here is what I found:
1. Easy Paperbacks mixed in with the Early Reader Fiction.
2. A significant number of Dr. Seuss titles were not cataloged or labeled, but were shelved with the circulating collection.
3. Two books were catalogued but not labeled: no spine label, no bar code.
4. Several sets of multiple copies of the same title, they may be part of classroom sets. I pulled them out and placed them on the top of the shelves.
I completed the Early Reader Fiction section today. Tomorrow I will work on the Early Chapter book section.
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