TAR: MID: where to put the paperbacks

[Bridgman Public Schools]

Hey All,
After reading the discussion on how to keep your paperbacks neat and orderly
by putting things behind them (quite a while ago) another question came to
mind. Do you all seperate your paperbacks from you hardbacks. In the
fiction section of my 5-8 library I have all fiction combined. I hate that
the books are all "screwy" looking due to the huge size inconsistencies.
But I thought this was unavoidable. However, if I pull all the paperbacks
and shelve them together at least that part of the shelves would be
relatively neat, right?

Your thoughts and ideas as to why I should or should not seperate them.

Aaron Noll
Librarian (Tech Guy in a crunch)
F.C. Reed Middle School
an...@remc11.k12.mi.us

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[Shirley Traylor]

I am a librarian in a small rural school, pop. 450, but this is what I do.

As to where/how to shelve paperback; as to many problems in the library
depends upon which method is best for your students and yourself.
I do both:
If I have a paperback that is a Best book for YA, or other recommended
fiction, I catalog them, and place them on the regular fiction shelves.
If I have other titles by the same author that are alread cataloged, I
(sometimes catalog them, sometimes I just do a shelf life, spine, card and
pocket) and shelve them all together.
Otherwise, I shelve them in a special area, with just card and pocket.
I try to place a sticker on the spine and try to keep them on the shelf
arranged by gendre. But I do not try to keep them in alphabetical order.

Hope this helps.
Shirley
Teachers with class -- surf
Shirley Traylor (personal) vert...@netexpress.net
Riverdale Senior High Library
Port Byron, IL. (school) stra...@libby.rbls.lib.il.us