What to do when the books are neatly tucked into their genrefied shelves and all is well in libraryland? Begin Phase 2. In this case, Phase 2 involves assigning a location to each and every fiction and nonfiction book. The reason we have to do this is because Destiny searches completed by students will still default to the Dewey classifications. Therefore, we need to have some way to direct students to the correct genrefied classification. Enter the location field. Kelly, with research, discovered the location field in the Destiny records. We were able to create locations specific to our genrefication categories. While time consuming, it is going to be immensely helpful to students, teachers and anyone accessing our library catalog.
So far I have completed the Science Fiction, Graphic Novels and Sports Fiction categories all with the help of my cell phone! I took photos of the shelves and then from the luxury of my own home, in the comfort of my own pajamas, I was able to enter the titles and set the location field. I know--how clever am I?
Here's a peek at what the location fields look like in classic Destiny.
Unfortunately, in Destiny Quest, the student will need to fully open the Title Detail page to see the location. Maybe as more libraries across the country embrace the genrefication of their collections we will see changes in Destiny Quest that allow for locations to be seen from the search page. (HINT HINT)
Because book check out is still ongoing, I have post-its (yes my beloved post-its) reminding me to grab these books as the are returned for the next few weeks to make sure the titles have had their location fields entered BEFORE they are reshelved. Extra work? Yes but very worth it to make sure that the titles don't get missed. I may just employ to old cell phone trick once again so I can get those titles back on the shelves in a timely manner.
I also learned that some special helpers from the Office of Digital Learning are swooping in to help speed up setting the location fields. Woo Hoo!
Barkley is excited. Can't you just see his enthusiasm on this warm sunny Sunday?
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