[Michlib-l] Shelving Adult Fiction by genre, or not

[Holly Hentz]

We have our adult fiction separated into several categories: Romance,
Mystery, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy.  Anything that doesn’t fit into those
categories goes into General Fiction. Our large print collection has
General Fiction, Romance, Mystery, and Western.  We do not separate our Juv
or YA fiction collections.



Our patrons enjoy the separation as it helps them more quickly find what
they are looking for; it also helps with browsing.    But I think each
library (and their community) is different.



Holly Hentz

Director

Hamburg Township Library

10411 Merrill Rd.  P.O. Box 247

Hamburg, MI  48139

810.231.1771

Hamburglibrary.org



*From:* Michlib-l <michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org> *On Behalf Of *Lisa Craig
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Good Morning,

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.



If you have either consolidated fiction or separated it into genres, how
did it go for you? In particular, how did your patrons respond?



Lisa Craig

Collection Development Specialist

Canton Public Library, Canton MI

734.397.0999 x1253

craigl at cantonpl.org
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