Recently, one of my favorite local public libraries began to catalog
selected areas of their nonfiction collection in a new way.  They ditched
Dewey, and started using plain-language subject / author labels e.g.: SPORTS
BASEBALL Bouton, SPORTS FOOTBALL Fatsis, COOKING FRENCH Child, with pub.
dates.  I'm intrigued.  My book collection is small, and I have to wonder if
my users might not find "NURSING PEDIATRIC Wong 2010" more intuitive and
user-friendly than WY 159 W559e 2010.  I have an inquiry in to the public
library's tech services manager to chat with her about it, but wonder if
anyone else has done anything like this in a hospital setting.  I'm aware of
Planetree's consumer cataloging plan, which doesn't seem quite workable for
a professional clinical collection - is there some other system out there
anyone has tried?

Just curious on a Friday... Have a good weekend, all! :-)

-- 
Julie Stielstra, MLS
Manager, Knowledge Resource Library
Central DuPage Hospital
25 N Winfield Rd
Winfield, IL 60190
phone 630-933-4536
fax     630-933-4530
email jstielstra [ at ]  gmail.com

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David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)