We finally found a bit of time and separated out our sections. What a project! It's really hard to judge how much shelf space you need when the sections are separated out. Special thanks to Mrs. Crawford and Mrs. Grabenbauer and countless students that pitched in and moved almost 6000 books!
We left Realistic Fiction (the largest section with no colored label protectors) on the shelves and pulled our labeled genres. Then consolidated Realistic fiction and created separate sections at the end of the shelving stacks. Our new fiction sections include: Realistic; Historical; Sports; Fantasy; Science Fiction; Horror; Graphic Novels; and Books in Spanish.
Our next task is signage. We've placed a sign at the door and made announcements that we've changed the arrangement of fiction. Book Tasting Menus are available on our website and at the door. Displays also steer students to the different sections. We'll also "advertise" through announcements and our newsletter.
At the end of the school year, when most books are returned, we'll scan in Sub-location in our Catalog to help students better find books on the shelves.
Before we had even finished, students were already remarking that they love this!
