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Genrefication Project

Our goal for this project was to make it easier for WRHS students to find books of interest, allowing them to be more proactive in their choices, and increase the circulation of our fictional titles from the previous year.

The progression and transformation of our Fiction Section in each of the sub-menus below:

September 2019

Initial Observations

October though Mid November 2019

Re-cataloging and assigning a genre to every print fiction title in Destiny and label spine

Mid-November 2019

Plan Layout, Sort books by genre, and shelf books alphabetically within their genre

December 2019

Create signage to display each genre and PROMOTE!

References

Cornwall, G. (2018). How genrefication makes school libraries more like bookstores. MindShift. Retrieved from https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/51336/how-genrefication-makes-school-libraries-more-like-bookstores

Alexandria. (2019, March 08). Do's and Don'ts of Genrefication at Your School Library. Retrieved from https://www.goalexandria.com/library-genrefication-the-dos-and-donts/

LaGarde, J. (2018). Genrefying your collection without changing call numbers. Adventures of Library Girl. Retrieved from https://www.librarygirl.net/post/genrefying-your-collection-without-changing-call-numbers

Minton, C. (2017, October 29). "Genrefying" a High School Library: A Detailed Planning Document. Retrieved from https://christyminton.wordpress.com/2014/05/04/genrefying-a-high-school-library-a-detailed-planning-document/

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