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LSC 557
Research and Evaluation in Library and Information Services
Dr. Lauren Mandel
Proposal presentation
December 9, 2013
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Shifting From The Dewey Decimal System To A Bookstore Model

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SHIFTING FROM THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM TO A BOOKSTORE MODEL

JENNIFER EDWARDS LSC 557 PROPOSAL PRESENTATION
LSC 557
Research and Evaluation in Library and Information Services
Dr. Lauren Mandel
Proposal presentation
December 9, 2013
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ASSESSMENT OF NEED

INCREASE ACCESS AND USE OF LIBRARY RESOURCES
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IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM

  • Difficulty navigating the catalog
  • Difficulty following the call numbers
  • Many books get lost in the stacks
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WILL THE BOOKSTORE MODEL :

  • Increase circulation?
  • Increase patron success?
  • Increase independent use?
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WHY ARE OTHER LIBRARIES

SHIFTING AWAY FROM DEWEY?
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LIMITATIONS

  • It was intended for large institutional libraries
  • Browser behavior has changed
  • Reliance on long decimal # is problematic
  • Cathy McGowan (2011). Innovative 21st Century
  • Classification schemes for Elementary School Libraries.
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ROLE OF THE SCHOOL LIBRARY

TO IMPROVE STUDENT PROFICIENCIES
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COLLABORATION

DISTRICTWIDE PROPOSAL
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WHO IS THE AUDIENCE?

  • Students
  • Teachers
  • Instructional support staff
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A CONSISTENT MODEL

  • Subject Specific
  • User friendly
  • Elementary-High School
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DATA COLLECTION

  • Unobtrusive observations
  • Observation recording sheet
  • Comparison of pre &post circulation records
  • Post project survey
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TRIANGULATION

  • "The use of several different research methods to test the same findings"
  • Barbie,E. (2013). The practice of social research(13th e d.). Belmont,CA:Wadsworth.
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RELIABILITY

  • "That quality of measurement method that suggests that the same data would have
  • been collected each time in repeated observations of the same phenomenon"
  • ( p. 148).
  • Barbie, E. (2013). The practice of social research (13th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
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CONSISTENT METHODS

  • Used in each school
  • Results compared
  • Generalized
  • Majority of population
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BENEFITS

  • A user friendly model & independence
  • Increased signage to visually support patrons
  • Subject specific categories
  • A consistent model K-12
  • Increased circulation
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REFERENCES

  • American Association of School Librarians. (2012). Position statement on the role of the school library program. Retrieved from
  • Http://www.ala.org/aASL/advocacy/resources/position-statements/program-role...
  • Barbie, E. (2013).The practice of social research (13th ed. ). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
  • Gibson, M. (2011). Innovative 21st century classification schemes for elementary school libraries.
  • Canadian Library Association. Feliciter, 2(57), 48-61
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