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Libraries have existed since people started writing things down, and evidence of them dates back to the 3rd millenium BC! There are lots of different types of libraries as well. Libraries in museums, public libraries, the Library of Congress, school libraries, little free libraries, chained libraries (in the middle ages, books were literally chained to the shelves!), special collection libraries, reference libraries, academic libraries, personal libraries and more.
Libraries open our lives to new ideas, perspectives and information. They catapult our imaginations into new worlds. This page provides all kinds of resources about libraries, how to use libraries, and where to find libraries!
from Brittanica
from the Vermont Department of Libraries
Methods of Organization in Libraries
For nearly 150 years, the most common organizational system in libraries has been the Dewey Decimal System. This method organizes books into ten broad numerical categories, with additional decimal places after the whole numbers that get into more specific categories. Books are shelved according to their Dewey Decimal number and then alphabetically by author last name. This system is used with non-fiction books.
Genre based shelving means that books (typically fiction books, but sometimes non-fiction) are organized by their genre or theme. Examples would be Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Realistic Fiction, Romance and so on. Once sorted by primary theme/genre, the books are organized alphabetically by author last name within that section. At the Danville School Library, our fiction books are sorted into genre "sublocations".
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