Date of Award
5-2016
Culminating Project Type
Starred Paper
Degree Name
Information Media - Education Media: M.S.
Department
Information Media
College
School of Education
First Advisor
Marcia Thompson
Second Advisor
Merton Thompson
Third Advisor
Ming-Chi E Own
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Keywords and Subject Headings
Genrefication, Fiction, Elementary School, Media Centers, Bookstore Model
Abstract
The majority of school library media centers are organized by the Dewey Decimal Classification system, in both fiction and nonfiction areas. This system meets the needs of organizing books, but in regards to the fiction section, it does not give any clue as to the contents, or subject, of the book. In order to try to meet the needs of students, some media centers are now moving to different classifications systems, one of which is labeled the Bookstore Model, or Genrefication. This system is based on organizing books into categories according to the main theme of the book, such as sports fiction, or science fiction. The theory behind moving to this model is that this will help students locate books more easily according to their interests. The research in this paper attempts to provide some answers to the question: What impact does genre classification have on the book selection process in elementary library media centers?
Recommended Citation
Potter, Jana M., "The Effects of Genrefication of Fiction on the Book Selection Process in Elementary Schools" (2016). Culminating Projects in Information Media. 7.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/im_etds/7
