After my last blog post about simplifying Dewey, a reader asked if I would share my Dewey nonfiction signs. I finally finished making the signs for Dewey 100’s (hundreds), and by signing up for my email list below you can download a FREE sample of the nonfiction signs in a PDF file.
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I created these signs to stick on the tall, narrow side of sturdy, plastic magazine file boxes. I inherited a LOT of them from the previous librarian, so I re-purposed them as shelf signs. If you don’t have any magazine file boxes, or book file cases, you can buy them from Demco, The Library Store, and even cardboard ones from Amazon. The magazine boxes sit on the book shelves right next to the corresponding section of books.
Easy and useful!
Update: July 2019 – I’m still using these same signs in my library with Whole Number Dewey call numbers. Check out my updated post HERE!
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If you purchase the full product, however, you can get the editable version in Microsoft PowerPoint, along with blank templates to create your own. All of the clipart can be replaced or removed as well.
These library signs are also part of my Elementary Library Shelf Signs BUNDLE and Elementary Displays & Signs BUNDLE products on TPT.
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I am in the process of changing over to a whole number dewey decimal system and can’t wait to get my signs put up! I think having more signage will greatly increase circulation in this area. I am coming across something that’s bothering me, though, and I wanted to get other opinions on the matter. There are book series that are separated in one section. For instance, one might have a call number of 152 (Angry) while the other has a call number of 177 (Caring). I would rather keep all the books in a series together. What would you suggest? Thank you so much!
Hello! I would say that’s completely up to you as the professional. If the whole set is about the same topic (for example, a set of books with a book about each different emotion), then they could all potentially fit in the same Dewey Number…in the example, 152 for emotions and senses. My best advice is to think like an 8-year-old, and when that 8-year-old would be looking for or need a book like this. What would they type into the online catalog, and what topic would they first associate with that book? That’s usually where the book will be most likely found. The whole point of Dewey (and all cataloging systems) is finding information one needs, after all. So we have to make the system work for our patrons…in this case, elementary students.
about how many file boxes did you use for your labels?