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dvd, video, cds classification?

June 26, 2006 - 8:46am — Blake

Anonymous Patron writes "I used to have a couple of cds, videos and dvds in my school library which i left them lying around on the shelf, but recently someone donated a large amount of these items to the library and frankly i don't know what kind of classification to adopt Can anyone help me?(most of them are fiction)"

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June 26, 2006 - 5:33pm — librarianscott

classification

I'd recommend you separate the DVDs from the videos because people are getting where they just want a DVD and don't want to wade through the VHS tapes. The CDs should be separated into music and audiobooks.

Put them in alphabetic order by title, or if there are a whole bunch you might try to the Dewey Decimal System to arrange subjects together. Or if that's too hard to figure out, you could go with colored dots and use a big bookstore's subject divisions.

Or hire a librarian. Grin.

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June 27, 2006 - 1:24am — leeb

Don't use Dewey or LC!

Whatever you do, don't use Dewey or LC. The best bet is alphabetical order, and signs. This is what bookshops do!

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June 27, 2006 - 3:20pm — joybutterdish

Alternative classification

You could look into ANSCR classification designed specifically for CDs (http://www.gti.net/mocolib1/music/anscr.html is a pretty good explanatory site). While I only worked briefly with it as an undergrad tech services assistant, it makes quite a bit more sense than using DDC or LCC.

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