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Subject:    [Publib] Topically Dewey
From:       bookbitch () yahoo ! com (BookBitch)
Date:       2007-05-31 14:27:36
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To continue your travel example, how about the patron
who loved A Year in Provence (944.92) and wants more
books like that? The shelf next to that book might The
books that spring to mind that the patron might also
enjoy are maybe Under the Tuscan Sun (945.5), A House
in Corfu (949.5), In a Sunburned Country (919.404) or
maybe The Lobster Chronicles (974.1).  Or they could
go to the Travel Narratives section at the bookstore
and all those books plus many more would be shelved
together on a few rows, alpha by author.  Seems way
easier than running all over the travel section,
peering between the Fodors and the Rough Guides.

Stacy Alesi
Library Name *Censored*
Boca Raton, Florida

--- Reed Winterbourne <the_reeder@hotmail.com> wrote:

> > Yes.  DDC does just that * it is just that the
> general public can't 
> > translate 917.64 into Texas travel.   They are used
> to the look and feel of 
> > Barnes and Noble et al.
> 
> That's funny, my patrons are in the general public
> and they seem comfortable 
> with Dewey...  They find the 917.64 number, then can
> go to the shelf to find 
> a book (or DVD or whatever) in a logical order
> and... surprise, surprise, 
> they can find similar items shelved nearby.
> 
> Reed
> 
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