One Size Does Not Fit All: Creating a Developmentally Appropriate Classification for Your Children's Collections

Autor/inn/en	Kaplan, Tali Balas; Giffard, Sue; Still-Schiff, Jennifer; Dolloff, Andrea K.
Titel	One Size Does Not Fit All: Creating a Developmentally Appropriate Classification for Your Children's Collections
Quelle	In: Knowledge Quest, 42 (2013) 2, S.30-37 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1094-9046
Schlagwörter	Developmentally Appropriate Practices; Classification; Childrens Literature; School Libraries; Library Materials; Library Services; Library Development; Elementary School Students; Access to Information; Systems Development; Usability; Standards; Librarians; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Entwicklungsbezogene Bildung; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; School library; Schulbibliothek; Bibliotheksarbeit; Bibliotheksplanung; System development; Systementwicklung; Standard; Librarian; Bibliothekar; Bibliothekarin
Abstract	This article is presented by four librarians who have come together as a creative team at Ethical Culture School in New York City. As elementary school librarians, their goal is to develop and support curriculum where children's developmental needs are given central importance. By putting the thinking, interests, information needs, and the information-seeking behavior of children first, they aim to eliminate the barriers that young users face in accessing and using their collections to their fullest potential. In this article, the authors describe Metis, an alternative they created to the Dewey Decimal Classification system. Their goal was to encourage productive independent browsing by children as well as allow for successful catalog searching by elementary students, thereby helping to keep libraries relevant in today's ever-changing technological world. They conclude that when a system is easy to understand, as Metis is, students learn how to categorize topics and navigate the system; this ability to categorize is an invaluable skill that they will apply to countless future situations. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	American Association of School Librarians. Available from: American Library Association. 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611. Tel: 1-800-545-2433; Web site: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/knowledgequest/knowledgequest.cfm
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10