<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">We have Fiction, Mystery and Scifi. Scifi includes fantasy as well. As far as Genre stickers, we completed a survey of patrons and we sticker Michigan Books, Westerns, Thriller, Historical Fiction, Short stories, and Award Winners. We also stopped stickering some genres that patrons weren't interested in anymore but we did not go back and remove stickers, we just don't sticker those going forward. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">We also keep a master list of authors listed in each genre and for the few authors who cross collections they're highlighted and listed in both categories.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4wp2GdChJTU1A-4bOXi9N-5Y3D0tMhcLZ0h7TdyVFocOCBgQOffhU0IrwnWaKivnI-SgK8mejWTL-Qd"><br></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Nov 14, 2024 at 10:52 AM Andrew Calvetti via Michlib-l <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-7460519595994759687">
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Here at Salem-South Lyon - we had Mystery & Science Fiction/Fantasy separated out - and the rest done by author. <br>
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But a few years ago - we merged everything together by author. I did a poll to see what libraries did - and it was basically 50/50. It didn't matter what size the library was or where they were located - it was basically preference of the library. And yes
- we have had a handful of patrons upset that they can no longer browse the sections - but the stickers really help - so they can still find big groups of Mystery or Fantasy or whatever they are looking for (except Romance - we don't have a sticker for that)... <br>
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Combining them saves room I am told... But you are always going to have patrons (or employees in my case - it was ME!) resistant to change... But at the end of the day - it was fine... </div>
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<div id="m_-7460519595994759687divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Michlib-l <<a href="mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org</a>> on behalf of Lisa Craig via Michlib-l <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 14, 2024 10:36 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l@mcls.org</a> <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Michlib-l] Shelving Adult Fiction by genre, or not</font>
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<p>Good Morning,</p>
<p>For a long time we have grouped our Adult Fiction books into several major genre areas: General Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction and Westerns. As genres become blurrier and authors move between genres more freely, we are considering
combining these genre areas into one large Fiction Area. However, we also believe that many patrons appreciate being able to browse their preferred genre, so enjoy the area as it is configured now.</p>
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<p>If you have either consolidated fiction or separated it into genres, how did it go for you? In particular, how did your patrons respond?</p>
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<p>Lisa Craig</p>
<p>Collection Development Specialist</p>
<p>Canton Public Library, Canton MI</p>
<p>734.397.0999 x1253</p>
<p><a href="mailto:craigl@cantonpl.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">craigl@cantonpl.org</span></a></p>
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