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One primary school’s experience of shelving their fiction collection by genre
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GENREFICATIONOne primary school’s experience of shelving their fiction collection by genre
Library Girl’s Article
Genre Blogs• Mrs Readerpants - Genrefication• E-literate Librarian – Navigating the library: Teaching
genre• Mighty Little Librarian – Ditching Dewey: Choosing genre
categories• Bulldog Readers – It’s a genre-based library• National Library – Genres for young adult and young
fiction• Create Readers – Shelving fiction by genre? Let’s give it
a go…• National Library – Arranging library fiction by genre
Our Genres
• Adventure• Animals• Fantasy• Historical Fiction• Horror• Humour• Mystery
• Realistic Fiction• Science Fiction• Sports
Labels
Labels
My Labels
Genre Posters
Genre Posters
Genres Within A-Z Shelving
But What About Wide Reading…?
• “A recent survey showed that the primary factor in choosing a book for 7- to 12-year-olds was a familiar character or series” – What do children’s book consumers want? Publishers’ Weekly Survey 2010
• “While formula fiction may not win awards for great literature, when a child hooks into a favourite series and reads them all, their reading mileage soars” – “Reading at home”, National Library’s Services to Schools website
But What About Wide Reading…?
• Quotes from “classroom strategies teachers use to create readers”, National Library’s Services to Schools website:
• “High achievement came as a result of greater reading mileage”
• “Increased reading volume will compensate for lack of extension in individual texts and readers tastes do gradually develop and broaden” -Dr Warwick Elley
But What About Wide Reading…?
• My view – reading mileage should come first, then wide reading.
• Our focus should be on increasing the amount of books a child reads, then we can work on promoting a wider range of reading options
• Shelving by genre makes it easier for students to increase their reading mileage because they can find books similar to ones they have enjoyed
• Promoting different genres can help broaden students’ reading tastes
Twitter Talk
Student Survey
Partial Genre Shelving
New Horror Section
Books in Each Genre1 Fantasy2 Humour3 Realistic Fiction4 Science Fiction5 Historical Fiction6 Mystery7 Horror8 Animals9 Adventure10 Sports
Adventure Animals Fantasy Historical Fiction
Horror Humour Mystery Realistic Fiction
Science Fiction
Sports
5684
244
90 78
223
86
133
98
24
Number of Books
Most Popular Genres
1 Humour2 Fantasy3 Horror4 Realistic Fiction5 Mystery6 Animals7 Science Fiction8 Historical Fiction9 Adventure10 Sports
Adven-ture
Animals Fantasy Historical Fiction
Horror Humour Mystery Realistic Fiction
Science Fiction
Sports
5
20
59
8
35
99
21 2415
3
Number Issued
Most Popular Genres
1 Horror2 Humour3= Fantasy3= Mystery5 Animals6 Realistic Fiction7 Science Fiction8 Sports9= Adventure9= Historical Fiction
Adven-ture
Animals Fantasy Historical Fiction
Horror Humour Mystery Realistic Fiction
Science Fiction
Sports
8
23 24
8
45 44
24
1815 13
% Issued
MAKING THE FULL SWITCH
Sorted Alphabetically Into Genres
Visual To-Do List (Un-Labelled Books)
Books Shelved by Genre
Ready to Go
What’s Your Genre Quiz
Genre Quiz Sign
To Do List• Signs linking genre to non-fiction e.g. humour to joke
books, and vice versa• Lists of genres for students moving on from Quick Picks
to try, based on what series they are reading e.g. Go Girl can try Realistic Fiction, Zac Power can try Mystery
• Bookmarks for different genres with recommended books on them
• Tellagami explanations of what the genres are and what to look for e.g. war books are in Historical Fiction; looking for a SCARY book, check out Horror
• Competition based on PlayBuzz quizzes
Competition
Why Shelve by Genre?• Makes it easier for students to quickly find books based
on their previous likes.• Helps with book selection as students find smaller
sections not so overwhelming. • Makes it easier for librarians and teachers to help
students find books they like. • Helps students learn about genre. • Encourages teachers to try different genres for their read
alouds. • Provides more data for collection development. • Good tie in for all kinds of book promotions.
Michelle Simms
• www.goodkeenlibrarian.blogspot.co.nz• @MSimmsNZ• http://www.slideshare.net/spaceace40