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Benefits of Genre Classification in the Elementary Library (The problem…
Benefits of Genre Classification in the Elementary Library
What are the benefits
Self-selection = self-sufficient
Form of reader's advisory - connect books to reader (Brodie, 2013)
Study by Briggs showed that students found the genre system less complicated (cited in Hembree, 2013)
Arrange titles in a way that encourages skill building (Lagarde, 2013)
Browse instead of search leads to better evaluation of selection (Montgomery, 2014)
Genre stickers didn't work until collection physically sorted (Miller, 2013)
information seeking behavior and how it affects self-sufficiency (Nesset, 2016)
Collection Development
Genre specific circ stats (Sweeny, 2013)
Provides opportunity to weed books (Hembree, 2013)
Weeding opportunity (Stiles, 2004)
Librarians must know collection (Brodie, 2013)
Opportunity to order titles where genre was limited (Hembree, 2013)
User Experience
Intuitive nature leads to enjoyment (Hembree, 2013)
Genres mirror what students are learning in class and feel more familiar (Jackman, 2014)
Nothing that improves user experience is a waste of time (Miller, 2013)
Positive user experience=repeat customers=lifelong readers (Miller, 2013)
Releuctant/low interest readers gain confidence to explore genres (Stiles, 2004)
Circ #s and reading scores improved (Hembree, 2013)
Can find books more easily and students seem to "talk books" with one another now (Sweeney, 2013)
The Research Gap: Implications of genre classification at the elementary level
The problem
Too many obstacles (Hembree, 2013)
Arranged assuming you are searching for a specific author (Jackman, 2014)
Doesn't meet children's information seeking behaior, (Nesset, 2016)
Current arrangement calls for known item search (Saarinen & Vakkari, 2013)
Needs of the users unmet because they cannot search independently (Shenton, 2006)
Non-fiction arranged by subject for ease of finding like materials (Stauffer, 2008)
Time to examine, flexible searching (Montgomery, 2014)
Two Schools of thought
Argument against changing
Less like to explore multiple genres (Shenton, 2006)
Against core values (Fister, 2009)
Research shows that young children will have trouble with any system that is more than 2-3 categories (Stauffer, 2008)
Will always have to make compromises (Grabenstein, 2013)
Ray's quote "Modern children's literature..." (cited in Shenton, 2006)
Argument for changing
Organize over classify (Shenton, 2006)
Motivation for change (Martinez-Avila & Kipp, 2014)
Be responsive/what's good for kids (Lagarde, 2013).
Serve needs of community/accessible resources (Lagarde, 2013)
Spiller survey - only 11% search only by author (Saarinen & Vakkari, 2013)