[Michlib-l] Reorganization of Children/Adult DVD Collections

[Patricia Braden]

Jaema, 

We recently reorganized our DVD collection. We now have them grouped by TV Series, Family, Adult, Non-Fiction and Juvenile. We put spine stickers on them to identify what part of the collection they belong to. Juvenile DVDs include mostly animated shows like Dora, Elmo and Bob the Builder. Full length movies are in the Family section and are G and PG. All PG-13 and R movies are in the Adult section. We found that we had to make a judgment call on non-rated DVDs. Take a look at the "slider" on the main page of our website for a photo of our new Family section. 

Patty 


Patty Braden 
Library Director 
Romulus Public Library 
11121 Wayne Road 
Romulus, MI 48174 
(734) 942-7589 
www.romulus.lib.mi.us 



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From: "Jaema Berman" <jberman at tln.lib.mi.us> 
To: "michlib-l" <michlib-l at mail.mcls.org> 
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2015 5:01:22 PM 
Subject: [Michlib-l] Reorganization of Children/Adult DVD Collections 

Dear Colleagues, 

We are reorganizing our DVD collections and wonder how you manage it. In the past, we collected award winning, R rated and family themed movies in the Adult Collection and cartoons and animation in the Children's Collection. We have recently broadened our Adult Collection by adding more films with adult themes and are looking to remove the "family oriented movies" to the Children's Collection. 

Do you mainly look at the ratings and divide your collections into Adults: R and PG13, Teens PG and PG13 and Children: G and PG? Or do you put them all together with proper labeling to guide patrons? Also, do you call your DVD collections anything other than Adult, Teen or Child/Youth? I appreciate your insight and advice. 

Sincerely, 

Jaema 

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Jaema Berman 
Director 
Addison Twp. Public Library 
1400 Rochester Rd. 
Leonard, MI 48367 
Phone: 248-628-7180 
Fax: 248-628-6109 
http://www.addisontwp.michlibrary.org 

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