I visited the Scottsbluff Public Library in Scottsbluff, NE on Monday and I loved their solution to the Dewey “problem”. To them, it just seemed like the right thing to do and have been doing it for years. I was told the public love it. (They also do something similar in fiction.)
If interested in doing this in your library, you can order them(well, a close version anyway) from DEMCO. They’re called “DEMCO® Sturdy Colored Shelf Markers”. Sorry, their site doesn’t allow for linking directly to a product’s page. (Hey Demco, fix that, I’m trying to sell some of your stuff here and you’re not making it easy.)
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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