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

[Ruth Cowles]

The Portage District Library has separated our fiction into General Fiction
(historical, psychological thrillers, spy novels, and literary novels),
Mystery (police procedurals, mystery, and police thrillers), Romance, and
Speculative Fiction (Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction). We did this to
help our patrons find their favorite books quickly, but it also helps me,
as the collection manager separate our budget to make sure I am not
overspending in mysteries and ignoring the literary fiction.
Ruth Cowles
Adult Services Librarian
Portage District Library

On Fri, Nov 15, 2024 at 11:02 AM TDL Director via Michlib-l <
michlib-l at mcls.org> wrote:

> We used to have fiction, mystery, romance, and science fiction.  We merged
> our mystery and romance first and I wish we had done it differently. I wish
> we had done it the way we did our later science fiction.  We relabeled the
> mystery and romance, but when we inter-grated our science fiction we left
> the spine label to say science fiction but it is shelved in the normal
> fiction section by author.  That way, patrons did not miss out on other
> books the author has written but they can still search and find items in
> the genre if they want.
>
> Our patrons took the romance merge the hardest but have adjusted and we
> found that circulation was not affected.
>
> Deanna Riggleman, Director
> Tamarack District Library
> 832 S Lincoln Avenue
> Lakeview MI 48850
> (989)352-6274
>
> https://tamaracklibrary.org/
>
>
>
> ---- On Thu, 14 Nov 2024 10:36:48 -0500 *Lisa Craig via Michlib-l
> <michlib-l at mcls.org <michlib-l at mcls.org>>* wrote ---
>
> 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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